JSCalendar: A JSON Representation of Calendar Data

We investigated context-awareness by utilising multiple sources of context in a mobile device setting. In our experiment we developed a system consisting of a mobile client, running on the Android platform, integrated with a cloud-based service. These components were integrated using push messaging technology. One of the key features was the automatic adaptation of smartphones in accordance with implicit user needs. The novelty of our approach consists in the use of multiple sources of context input to the system, which included the use of calendar data and web based user configuration tool, as well as that of an external, cloud-based, configuration file storing user interface preferences which, pushed at log-on time irrespective of access device, frees the user from having to manually configure its interface. The system was evaluated via two rounds of user evaluations (n= 50 users), the feedback of which was generally positive and demonstrated the viability of using cloud-based services to provide an enhanced context-aware user experience.

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Longitudinal Patterns of Secure Institutional Placement Among Serious Adolescent Offenders

Criminal Justice and Behavior ◽

10.1177/0093854818762545 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 45 (6) ◽

pp. 762-782 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

JoAnn S. Lee ◽

Faye S. Taxman ◽

Edward P. Mulvey ◽

Carol A. Schubert

Keyword(s):

Juvenile Justice ◽

Justice System ◽

Juvenile Justice System ◽

Adolescent Offenders ◽

Longitudinal Patterns ◽

Trajectory Modeling ◽

Institutional Placement ◽

Extralegal Factors ◽

Calendar Data ◽

Pathways To Desistance

This study identifies longitudinal patterns of institutional placement to understand experiences in the juvenile justice system. We used monthly calendar data from the Pathways to Desistance study ( N = 1,354), which focuses on understanding how serious adolescent offenders desist from antisocial activity. Youth between 14 and 18 years of age were followed for 7 years. We used group-based trajectory modeling to identify longitudinal patterns of institutional placement. We also examined bivariate and multivariate associations between our identified groups and demographic, legal, and extralegal factors. We chose the 4-group solution, which reflected a pattern of steady time in the community (33.3%), and three patterns of youth spending varying (22.5%), declining (24.4%), and steady high (18.8%) time in placement. Significant differences between groups suggest that youth from the most disadvantaged contexts and those who were most likely to have trouble in school and live in disorganized neighborhoods spent the most time in placement.

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Detecting Induced Abortions from Reports of Pregnancy Terminations in DHS Calendar Data

Studies in Family Planning ◽

10.2307/2138076 ◽

1996 ◽

Vol 27 (1) ◽

pp. 36 ◽

Cited By ~ 9

Author(s):

Robert J. Magnani ◽

Naomi Rutenberg ◽

H. Gilman McCann

Keyword(s):

Induced Abortions ◽

Calendar Data

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STERILIZATION AND UNION INSTABILITY IN BRAZIL

Journal of Biosocial Science ◽

10.1017/s0021932004006972 ◽

2004 ◽

Vol 37 (4) ◽

pp. 459-469 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

TIZIANA LEONE ◽

ANDREW HINDE

Keyword(s):

Birth Control ◽

Discrete Time ◽

Lower Risk ◽

High Rate ◽

Contraceptive Methods ◽

Female Sterilization ◽

Steep Decline ◽

Calendar Data ◽

Effective Use ◽

Union Instability

Brazilian women rely on sterilization as the main source of birth control. Sterilization has been one of the causes of the steep decline in fertility in Brazil, at least since the second half of 1970. It is hypothesized that understanding couples’ relationships might be key to explaining this high rate of female sterilizations. Possible reasons for the higher level of fertility among women in unstable unions than among women in stable ones could be the less effective use of contraceptive methods, or that women in unstable unions tend to use less effective or reversible contraceptive methods. In this paper discrete time modelling of the timing of sterilization according to union histories is presented. The analysis uses the calendar data of the 1996 Brazilian DHS. It is shown that women in second or higher order unions have a lower risk of sterilization. This result should be taken into account in the analysis of the determinants of female sterilization in Brazil.

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The Chronological Scheme of Acts

Harvard Theological Review ◽

10.1017/s0017816000014425 ◽

1921 ◽

Vol 14 (2) ◽

pp. 137-166

Author(s):

Benjamin Wisner Bacon

Keyword(s):

New Testament ◽

Early Period ◽

Early Time ◽

The Bible ◽

Starting Point ◽

The New Testament ◽

Absolute Dating ◽

Correct Date ◽

Calendar Data

The article ‘Chronology of the New Testament’ by C. H. Turner in Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible marks an epoch in this important subject. Its astronomical and calendar data are indeed not unimpeachable, for the more recent studies of Fotheringham make it highly probable that A.D. 30 should be taken as the year of the crucifixion, rather than Turner's date of A.D. 29. But Turner's careful survey of ancient sources proves that from a very early time “the year of the two Gemini” (A.D. 29) was fixed upon by tradition, and became the accepted starting-point for primitive reckonings in both directions. Convenience of adjustment to the paschal cycle had probably much to do with the adoption of this particular year, which facilitated harmonization; but at the very early period to which it can be carried back tradition is not likely to have varied more than a year or two from the correct date for so all-important an event. While, then, a slightly earlier or later absolute dating, such as A.D. 30, may obtain the preference of modern chronographers it seems not impossible that the traditional date of 29 A.D. for the crucifixion may go back to the period of Luke himself.

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"One For The Money"? The impact of the "disk crisis" on "ordinary musicians" income: The case of French speaking Switzerland

10.31235/osf.io/cxgh8 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Pierre Bataille ◽

Marc Perrenoud

Keyword(s):

Technological Innovations ◽

Social Origin ◽

Income Sources ◽

The Social ◽

French Speaking ◽

Geometrical Data ◽

And Gender ◽

Calendar Data ◽

The Impact ◽

Do So

The so called "disk-crisis" and the rise of music digitization and/or music piracy regularly make the headlines of general and specialized newspapers. The impacts of these metamorphoses on the more visible actors of the national musical industries are relatively well documented. Nevertheless, little is known about the impact of these changes on the musicians’ incomes – especially the "ordinary" ones, who are located at the intermediary and the bottom stages of the professional hierarchy. This paper aims to contribute to better understanding the extent to which digitization reshaped the ways these little-known musicians make a living from music. To do so, we use longitudinal data collected from a sample of musicians active in the French-speaking part of Switzerland in the early 2010’s. These data mainly consist of life calendar-data, with retrospective information on income sources for every year of the career – from the first gig played in public to 2013. Crossing sequence analysis and geometrical data analysis tools, we analyze whether or not digitization spurred a career reorientation to one of two major "poles" structuring the "ordinary musicians" professional space (the "artist" pole or the "craftsman" one). We show that changes are few. Nevertheless, we point out how social origin and gender impact these potential career re-orientations. More broadly, our paper points to the need to analyze the social conditions of appropriability of technological innovations - especially when it comes to symbolic goods.

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Discontinuation of modern contraception methods due to side effects and method failure in India: an analysis using reproductive calendar data

International Journal of Reproduction Contraception Obstetrics and Gynecology ◽

10.18203/2320-1770.ijrcog20213469 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 10 (9) ◽

pp. 3462

Author(s):

Mahesh R. Shete ◽

Prakash Kumar ◽

Enu Anand ◽

Jayakant Singh ◽

Manas Ranjan Pradhan

Keyword(s):

Side Effects ◽

Contraceptive Use ◽

Family Health ◽

Informed Choice ◽

Married Women ◽

Health Concern ◽

Discontinuation Rate ◽

Modern Contraception ◽

Significant Public Health ◽

Calendar Data

Background: Contraceptive discontinuation for reasons other than the desire to get pregnant is a significant public health concern. This study aimed to understand the elaborated role of side effects and method failure behind modern reversible contraception method discontinuation among married women aged 15-49 years in India.Methods: The analysis was based on 142992 episodes of contraceptive use contributed by 90414 married women aged 15-49 years covered in the National family health survey-4 (2015-2016). Multivariate analyses, discontinuation rates using the multiple/single decrement life table and multi-level multinomial competing risk analyses were performed.Results: Discontinuation rate due to side effects within 12 months of use was highest for injectables (14.7%) and lowest for male condoms (3%) and due to method failure, it was highest for male condoms (3%) and lowest among IUD users (1.2%). Compared to women using IUD, those using pills had 2.3 times and 1.6 times the higher hazard of discontinuation due to method failure and side effects, respectively.Conclusions: The discontinuation rate of all selected methods was higher due to side effects than method failure. The high discontinuation rate of many contraceptive methods and the frequency of contraceptive failure suggest the need for strategies to promote improved contraceptive use following method selection. Improved quality of services through proper counselling of the potential contraceptive users would enhance informed choice, thus increasing modern contraception continuation among women in India.

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Contraceptive Use Dropout-adjusted Unmet Need for Family Planning

F1000Research ◽

10.12688/f1000research.54823.1 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 10 ◽

pp. 780

Author(s):

Budi Utomo ◽

Hariyanti Hariyanti ◽

Sabarinah Prasetyo ◽

Robert Magnani ◽

Sukma Rahayu

Keyword(s):

Family Planning ◽

Contraceptive Use ◽

Unwanted Pregnancy ◽

Unmet Need ◽

Discontinuation Rate ◽

Study Results ◽

Unwanted Pregnancies ◽

Contraceptive Discontinuation ◽

History Of ◽

Calendar Data

Background: In the last two decades, unmet need for family planning in Indonesia remains stagnant, and contraceptive discontinuation has increased. These two indicators describe the risk of unwanted pregnancy in a population. Therefore, this study aims to develop an accurate calculation of the unmet need for family planning in Indonesia. Method: The study uses 2017 IDHS data to compare unmet need at survey-time and five years preceding the survey, measured by contraceptive calendar data that measured history of contraceptive use within five years preceding the survey. Unmet need at five years preceding the survey is measured by calculating the proportion of months not using contraceptive to the duration of months exposed to pregnancy in a period of 69 months. The study population is married women in Indonesia, with a sample size of 35,681. Results: Unmet need with contraceptive calendar calculation is higher than unmet need at survey-time. A difference of 3% concerns an additional of nearly 1.6 million unwanted pregnancies. This study proves that the high number of contraceptive discontinuations is directly proportional to higher unmet need with contraceptive calendar calculation. Conclusion: In Indonesia, with a relatively high contraceptive discontinuation rate, the calculation of unmet need using the calendar method is more precise than at survey-time method. The study results suggest the use of unmet need calendar for countries with high contraceptive discontinuation rate and provision of primary health care that is responsive to a potential unwanted pregnancy.

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