scholarly journals The Impact of the Quality Assessment of Optimal Assignment for Data Association in a Multitarget Tracking Context

2015 ◽  
Vol 15 (7) ◽  
pp. 88-98
Author(s):  
J. Dezert ◽  
A. Tchamova ◽  
P. Konstantinova
Keyword(s):  
Quality Assessment ◽  
Data Association ◽  
New Method ◽  
Multitarget Tracking ◽  
Belief Functions ◽  
Tracking Systems ◽  
Optimal Assignment ◽  
The Individual ◽  
The Impact

Abstract The main purpose of this paper is to apply and to test the performance of a new method, based on belief functions, proposed by Dezert et al. in order to evaluate the quality of the individual association pairings provided in the optimal data association solution for improving the performances of multisensor-multitarget tracking systems. The advantages of its implementation in an illustrative realistic surveillance context, when some of the association decisions are unreliable and doubtful and lead to potentially critical mistake, are discussed. A comparison with the results obtained on the base of Generalized Data Association is made.

scholarly journals Knowledge sharing in open source software communities: motivations and management

2015 ◽  
Vol 19 (4) ◽  
pp. 791-813 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zilia Iskoujina ◽  
Joanne Roberts
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Sharing ◽  
Open Source ◽  
Open Source Software ◽  
Online Communities ◽  
Descriptive Analysis ◽  
Online Questionnaire ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Individual ◽  
The Impact

Purpose – This paper aims to add to the understanding of knowledge sharing in online communities through an investigation of the relationship between individual participant’s motivations and management in open source software (OSS) communities. Drawing on a review of literature concerning knowledge sharing in organisations, the factors that motivate participants to share their knowledge in OSS communities, and the management of such communities, it is hypothesised that the quality of management influences the extent to which the motivations of members actually result in knowledge sharing. Design/methodology/approach – To test the hypothesis, quantitative data were collected through an online questionnaire survey of OSS web developers with the aim of gathering respondents’ opinions concerning knowledge sharing, motivations to share knowledge and satisfaction with the management of OSS projects. Factor analysis, descriptive analysis, correlation analysis and regression analysis were used to explore the survey data. Findings – The analysis of the data reveals that the individual participant’s satisfaction with the management of an OSS project is an important factor influencing the extent of their personal contribution to a community. Originality/value – Little attention has been devoted to understanding the impact of management in OSS communities. Focused on OSS developers specialising in web development, the findings of this paper offer an important original contribution to understanding the connections between individual members’ satisfaction with management and their motivations to contribute to an OSS project. The findings reveal that motivations to share knowledge in online communities are influenced by the quality of management. Consequently, the findings suggest that appropriate management can enhance knowledge sharing in OSS projects and online communities, and organisations more generally.

An Analysis on Human Resource Development Culture and Climate of Chemical Based Public Sector Enterprises in Kerala, India

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 (6) ◽  
pp. 132-135
Author(s):  
Balakrishnan A ◽  
Dr. KVM Varambally
Keyword(s):  
Public Sector ◽  
Human Resource Development ◽  
Human Resource ◽  
Deep Structure ◽  
Positive Culture ◽  
Resource Development ◽  
The Individual ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Culture And Climate

The impact of Globalization creates a competitive horizon with new markets, new products, new mindsets, new competencies, and new ways of thinking about business. As an outcome of this, the market places become more complex, uncertain, competitive, and transformational. In this era, the major challenge faced by any organization is to maintain a peaceful as well positive culture and climate inside the organization. The human resource development climate of an organization plays a significant role in ensuring the competency, motivation, and development of its employees. Here the term climate denotes the quality of the internal environment. It influences morale and the attitudes of the individual toward his work and his environment. Culture refers to the deep structure of organizations, which is rooted in the values, beliefs, and assumptions held by organizational members. The study was aimed to analyze the Human Resource Development culture and climate of chemical-based public sector enterprises in Kerala. The results indicated that the Human Resource Development climate in an organization is average and the perception of employees regarding Human Resource Development culture and climate does not differs significantly based on age, job approval status, and qualification. But it differs significantly based on gender and experiences.

scholarly journals ADAPTASI MODEL DELONE DAN MCLEAN YANG DIMODIFIKASI GUNA MENGUJI KEBERHASILAN IMPLEMENTASI APLIKASI OPERASIONAL BAITUL MAAL WAT TAMWIL (BMT) BAGI INDIVIDU PENGGUNA (Studi Empiris Pada BMT di Kota Semarang)

2016 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 123
Author(s):  
Novita Anugrah Listiyana ◽  
Dedi Rusdi
Keyword(s):  
Path Analysis ◽  
User Satisfaction ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Individual Performance ◽  
Quality System ◽  
Quality Of Information ◽  
Positive Direction ◽  
The Individual ◽  
The Impact

This study analyzed the relationship between humans as users of the system and application software as object an inseparable relationship. The purpose of this study was to analyze the effect of variable quality system to the perception of the quality system, the effect of perceived quality system and quality of information on the intensity of use and user satisfaction, and the influence of the intensity of use and user satisfaction of the impact of individual performance. This research is an empirical study using purposive sampling technique in data collection. Data were collected through  questionnaires to 39 BMT’s operational employees. Then, performed an analysis of the data obtained used path analysis. This included: testing hypotheses through path analysis. The results of tests performed using path analysis to get the results that each variable in the model of equation 4 had a coefficient with a positive direction. This means that the improvement of the quality of the system will be able to improve the quality of information for the individual impact of the use and satisfaction of employees through the use of the system.

scholarly journals Water Quality of Freshwater Ecosystems in a Temperate Climate

Water ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (9) ◽  
pp. 2643
Author(s):  
Piotr Klimaszyk ◽  
Ryszard Gołdyn
Keyword(s):  
Water Quality ◽  
Freshwater Ecosystems ◽  
Temperate Climate ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Quality Of Water ◽  
Local Water ◽  
Water Ecosystems ◽  
The Individual ◽  
The Impact

Water is the substance that made life on Earth possible. It plays a key role in both the individual and population development of all species. Water is also a critical resource for humans as populations continue to grow and climate change affects global and local water cycles. Water is a factor limiting economic development in many regions of the world. Under these conditions, good water quality becomes an extremely important factor that determines its economic utility, including water supply, recreation, and agriculture. Proper water quality maintenance of freshwater ecosystems is also very important for preserving biodiversity. The quality of water depends on many factors, the most important of which are related to human impact on water ecosystems, especially the impact of various pollutants from municipal economy, industry and agriculture. Hydrotechnical changes, such as river damming, drainage processes and water transport between catchments also have a significant impact. Water quality is also dependent on the impact of natural conditions connected, e.g., with climate, catchment, water organisms and their interactions within the food-webs, etc. This Special Issue consists of fourteen original scientific papers concerning different problems associated with the water quality of freshwater ecosystems in a temperate climate. Most of the articles deal with the relations between water quality and the structure of ecosystem biocenoses. The conclusion of these articles confirms the fact that the deterioration of water quality has a direct impact on the quantitative and qualitative structure of biocenoses. This is accompanied by a decline in biodiversity and the disappearance of rare plant and animal species. They also draw attention to the particular importance of internal physical and chemical differentiation within the aquatic ecosystem, both in horizontal and vertical dimensions. The problem of ensuring proper ecological conditions and good quality of water in freshwater aquatic ecosystems is also raised, and methods for the restoration of water bodies are presented. The majority of the research presented in this Special Issue was carried out in Central Europe, and one of the papers concerns the area of West Africa—the edge of temperate climate zone.

Formation of the Economic Model and the Impact of Economic Factors on the Health of Russian Population

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (8) ◽  
pp. 2557
Author(s):  
Tamara G. ROMANOVA ◽  
Valentina D. BATOMUNKUEVA ◽  
Tatiana K. GYRGENOVA ◽  
Nataliya V. MONGOLOVA ◽  
Roman Zh. TSYDYPOV
Keyword(s):  
Federal District ◽  
The State ◽  
Economic Losses ◽  
Economic Factors ◽  
Main Task ◽  
Public Benefit ◽  
Level Model ◽  
The Individual ◽  
The Impact

The article is about the influence of economic factors on the health quality of the population as a public benefit. Health of the individual has an important role in national economy, both in processes of formation of public health, and in reproduction of quality of a manpower. The review of the indicators of evaluation test of health of the population applied in the Russian practice is given in article. Health of the population and economy of the state have close interrelation and interdependence: not only the economy influences health of the population, but also health of the population affects the economy of the state. The technique allowing to assess economic damages from loss of health on the basis of which economic losses from mortality of the population at working-age in Siberian Federal District are estimated is presented. The economic three-level model of health upgrading of the population allows to reveal paths of health upgrading for improvement of economy in the country is developed. The three-level model reflects preventive character with obligatory selection of the measures accompanying achievement of the main task – to upgrade the population health as the public benefit and to increase the level of economy.

scholarly journals Effectiveness of individual and group interventions for people with type 2 diabetes

2015 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
pp. 200-207 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria Fernanda Manoel Imazu ◽  
Barbara Nascimento Faria ◽  
Guilherme Oliveira de Arruda ◽  
Catarina Aparecida Sales ◽  
Sonia Silva Marcon
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Type 2 Diabetes ◽  
Group Intervention ◽  
Statistical Significance ◽  
Self Care ◽  
Educational Interventions ◽  
The Individual ◽  
The Impact

OBJECTIVE: to compare the effectiveness of two educational interventions used by a healthcare provider in the monitoring of individuals with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), regarding knowledge of the disease, impact on quality of life and adoption of self-care actions. METHODS: comparative, longitudinal, prospective study performed with 150 subjects with type 2 diabetes, analyzed according to the type of participation in the program (individual and/or group). Participants of the individual intervention (II) received nursing consultations every six months and those of the group intervention (GI) took part in weekly meetings for three months. Data were collected through four questionnaires: Identification questionnaire, Problem Areas in Diabetes Questionnaire (PAID), Summary of Diabetes Self-Care Activities Questionnaire (SDSCA) and the Diabetes Knowledge Scale (DKN-A). Data were analyzed using the Friedman and Mann Whitney tests, considering a statistical significance of p ≤ 0.05. RESULTS: there was an increase in knowledge about the disease in the II (p<0.003) and GI (p<0.007), with reduction of the impact on the quality of life in the II (p<0.007) and improvement in self-care actions in the GI (p<0.001). CONCLUSION: in both intervention models improvements were observed in the indicators, over the six month monitoring period.

scholarly journals The Impact of COVID-19 on the Dietary Habits of Middle-Class Population in Mulund, Mumbai, India

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vidhi Mehta
Keyword(s):  
Dietary Habits ◽  
Preventive Measures ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Health Sector ◽  
Eating Patterns ◽  
Early Implementation ◽  
The Usa ◽  
The Individual ◽  
The Impact

In India, the SARS-CoV-2 COVID-19 pandemic has grown to 112,359 cases and 3,435 deaths as per 21st May, 2020. The severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) affected the world with 4,893,186 cases and 323,256 deaths as of 21st May, 2020. The WHO declared the outbreak as a public health emergency of international concern on 30th January, 2020 and it was declared as a pandemic in March 2020. Clinical studies conducted on hospitalized cases show that the onset of COVID-19 is associated with symptoms commonly associated with viral pneumonia, most commonly fever, cough/sore throat and myalgia/fatigue. COVID-19 world pandemic imposed a new set of challenges for the individual to maintain a healthy diet. When compared to the USA, India is currently facing lesser cases of the pandemic because of early implementation of the preventive measures such as a lockdown. Because of the lockdown imposed, India has and is facing a downfall in every aspect, such as the economy, the agriculture, the health sector, the IT and management sectors and also tourism. This in turn, will have a negative impact on the quality of life and economy in India. The present paper aims to find out the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on the health sector and is based on the results obtained from a survey about the eating patterns of participants from Mulund, Mumbai, India. It was seen that the mental stress caused due to the pandemic had an effect on the dietary behaviors of the participants.

scholarly journals The role of safety in service quality in the opinion of traditional and digital customers of postal service

2020 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-4
Author(s):  
Kamila Kowalik
Keyword(s):  
Service Quality ◽  
Quality Assessment ◽  
Theoretical Framework ◽  
Postal Service ◽  
Perception Of Safety ◽  
Postal Services ◽  
Safety Attributes ◽  
The Impact

AbstractOne of the factors allowing to shape safety and quality of a postal service is an opinion of its customer. In the following paper, the analysis of the impact of a customer’s perception of safety on the service quality assessment has been presented. Research results presented in the paper refer to opinions of traditional and digital customers of postal services. The presented analysis is enriched by a theoretical framework of service quality, the explanation of the concept of safety, and a complementary characteristics of traditional and digital postal services. Afterwards, safety attributes of the postal services have been proposed, explained and highlighted. Subsequently, the results presented in the paper refer to the validity of particular chosen safety attributes of postal services.

scholarly journals A database of multi-year (2004–2010) quality-assured surface solar hourly irradiation measurements for the Egyptian territory

2015 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 737-758 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Korany ◽  
M. Boraiy ◽  
Y. Eissa ◽  
Y. Aoun ◽  
M. M. Abdel Wahab ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Control ◽  
High Frequency ◽  
High Temporal Resolution ◽  
Atmospheric Processes ◽  
Reliable Source ◽  
Data Files ◽  
Atmospheric Radiative Transfer ◽  
The Individual ◽  
The Impact

Abstract. A database containing the global and diffuse components of the surface solar hourly irradiation measured from 1 January 2004 to 31 December 2010 at eight stations of the Egyptian Meteorological Authority is presented. For three of these sites (Cairo, Aswan, and El-Farafra), the direct component is also available. In addition, a series of meteorological variables including surface pressure, relative humidity, temperature, wind speed and direction... is provided at the same hourly resolution at all stations. The details of the experimental sites and instruments used for the acquisition are given. Special attention is paid to the quality of the data and the procedure applied to flag suspicious or erroneous measurements is described in details. Between 88 and 99 % of the daytime measurements are validated by this quality control. Except at Barrani where the number is lower (13 500), between 20 000 and 29 000 measurements of global and diffuse hourly irradiation are available at all sites for the 7-year period. Similarly, from 9000 to 13 000 measurements of direct hourly irradiation values are provided for the three sites where this component is measured. With its high temporal resolution this consistent irradiation and meteorological database constitutes a reliable source to estimate the potential of solar energy in Egypt. It is also adapted to the study of high-frequency atmospheric processes such as the impact of aerosols on atmospheric radiative transfer. In the next future, it is planned to complete regularly the present 2004–2010 database, which has been placed on the PANGAEA repository (doi:10.1594/PANGAEA.848804) and contains the individual meteorological and irradiation data files of the 8 stations.

scholarly journals On the issue of administrative and legal regulatory mechanism in the domestic pharmaceutical industry relations

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Gulac Olena ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Pharmaceutical Industry ◽  
Public Relations ◽  
Legal Regulation ◽  
Public Authorities ◽  
Constant Change ◽  
Decentralization Reform ◽  
The Individual ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Industry Relations

The article analyzes the individual components of the mechanism of administrative and legal regulation of relations in the domestic pharmaceutical industry at the present stage. Some problematic aspects of such activity are outlined. The legal bases of regulation of relations in the domestic pharmaceutical industry and the preconditions for reforming both the industry as a whole and its institutional component are determined. It is noted that the state policy in the pharmaceutical sector is implemented by public authorities, however, which, based on the constant change of the central executive system and decentralization reform, undergo quite frequent transformations, which directly affects the quality of their direct functions. In the pharmaceutical industry of Ukraine, there are a number of problematic issues, including corruption. One of the most painful problems facing the country is the problem of providing the population with quality and affordable medicines. The directions of activity of the domestic pharmaceutical branch are analyzed. It is noted that the administrative and legal regulation of relations in the pharmaceutical industry is an integral part of national management. The mechanism of administrative and legal regulation of relations in the pharmaceutical industry is considered as a system of tools (legal, organizational and institutional), which are components of the impact of this branch of law on public relations in the pharmaceutical industry and aimed at ensuring its proper functioning. The analysis of elements of administrative and legal regulation of relations in the pharmaceutical industry is carried out. Keywords: pharmaceutical industry, mechanism of administrative and legal regulation, administrative and legal regulation of relations in the pharmaceutical industry, health care legislation, medical industry, administration in the medical field

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