Energize: An Interactive Evaluation Tool for Engaging the General Public with Energy Decision Making - Final Report

Farmers Participation Model in Agrowisata Development in Kerta Village,Payangan District, Gianyar Regency. The model of farmer participation in agro-tourism development in Kerta Village,Payangan District, Gianyar Regency is an effort to find out the model of farmerparticipation and farmer participation level in agro-tourism development. The researchlocation is in Kerta Village, Payangan District, Gianyar Regency which is an agro areaof Gianyar Botanical Garden. The method of analysis used is descriptive qualitative.The results showed that the farmers participation model is as follows. (a) Aspects ofmindset; farmers are aware of the potential that exists in Kerta Village that can bedeveloped as agro-tourism. (b) Social aspects; farmers' participation in social aspectssuch as participating in garden arrangement, diversification of commodity diversity,there is also agreement or cooperation between farmer society to sacrifice their land foragro-tourism such as for road and treking. (c) Aspects of artifacts / possessions; peasantcommunity participation in view of the material aspects include the garden andagricultural products, huts / huts for rest, parking lots and public toilets. Farmersparticipation rate is as follows. (a) Manipulation; done by changing the attractiveness ofthe attraction of organic citrus quotes. (b) Dissemination of information; the peasantcommunity conveys information to the general public through word of mouth, socialmedia, billboards installation. (c) Decision-making; demonstrated by their activengrembug to reach joint decisions and participate in village deliberations. (d) Buildingagreements; farmers mutually respect opinion in decision-making to build a deal basedon "Tri Sakti". Suggestion for farmer community to keep participating for agrotourismdevelopment in Kerta Village, considering the enormous potential of agriculture to bedeveloped into agro-tourism area. Through the model of farmer participation in agrotourismdevelopment in Kerta Village, Payangan District, Gianyar Regency, can beused as a reference for agro-tourism development in other regions.

Decision-Making Processes in Controlling Exposure to Sunlight Supported by Simulation Tools: A Case Study in Warm Weather

Energies ◽

10.3390/en14144100 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 14 (14) ◽

pp. 4100

Author(s):

Mariana Huskinson ◽

Antonio Galiano-Garrigós ◽

Ángel Benigno González-Avilés ◽

M. Isabel Pérez-Millán

Keyword(s):

Decision Making ◽

Global Analysis ◽

Energy Performance ◽

Information Modeling ◽

The European Union ◽

Evaluation Tool ◽

Simulation Tools ◽

Building Information ◽

The Impact

Improving the energy performance of existing buildings is one of the main strategies defined by the European Union to reduce global energy costs. Amongst the actions to be carried out in buildings to achieve this objective is working with passive measures adapted to each type of climate. To assist designers in the process of finding appropriate solutions for each building and location, different tools have been developed and since the implementation of building information modeling (BIM), it has been possible to perform an analysis of a building’s life cycle from an energy perspective and other types of analysis such as a comfort analysis. In the case of Spain, the first BIM environment tool has been implemented that deals with the global analysis of a building’s behavior and serves as an alternative to previous methods characterized by their lack of both flexibility and information offered to designers. This paper evaluates and compares the official Spanish energy performance evaluation tool (Cypetherm) released in 2018 using a case study involving the installation of sunlight control devices as part of a building refurbishment. It is intended to determine how databases and simplifications affect the designer’s decision-making. Additionally, the yielded energy results are complemented by a comfort analysis to explore the impact of these improvements from a users’ wellbeing viewpoint. At the end of the process the yielded results still confirm that the simulation remains far from reality and that simulation tools can indeed influence the decision-making process.

Elite Decision-making and International Law: Promises and Perils of the Behavioral Revolution

AJIL Unbound ◽

10.1017/aju.2021.32 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 115 ◽

pp. 242-247

Author(s):

Emilie M. Hafner-Burton

Keyword(s):

Decision Making ◽

International Law ◽

Real World ◽

General Public ◽

Decision Makers ◽

Direct Study ◽

The People ◽

Growing Body ◽

Actual Decision

A growing body of research applies behavioral approaches to the study of international law, mainly by studying convenience samples of students or other segments of the general public. Alongside the promises of this agenda are concerns about applying findings from non-elite populations to the people, and groups of people, charged with most real-world decision-making in the domain of law and governance. This concern is compounded by the fact that it is extremely difficult to recruit these actual decision-makers in a way that allows for direct study.

User needs for solar decision-making tools: the homebuilding industry. Final report

10.2172/6273564 ◽

1981 ◽

Author(s):

M. Kantrowitz ◽

J. Kurtz ◽

K. Hart

Keyword(s):

Decision Making ◽

User Needs ◽

Final Report

The Critical Relationship between Climate Change Awareness and Action: An Origin-Based Perspective

10.26686/wgtn.12744656 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Tina Tiller ◽

Christian Schott

Keyword(s):

Climate Change ◽

Decision Making ◽

New Zealand ◽

Human Activity ◽

General Public ◽

Climate Changes ◽

Ghg Emissions ◽

Mail Survey ◽

Overwhelming Majority

<p>While it is now widely accepted by scientists and governments that human activity contributes to climate change, there is a lack of understanding whether this realisation is now gaining greater attraction with the general public than it had 5 or 10 years ago. Additional gaps in knowledge relate to the link between awareness and action, which could be hypothesised to have become stronger in light of evidence being produced of some projected climate changes occurring already. This article examines climate change awareness and the link with travel-related decision-making by adopting an under-utilised origin perspective in Wellington, New Zealand. The ﬁndings, generated by a household mail survey, indicate that the majority of the respondents are aware of tourism’s contribution to climate change and think that it is likely that their lives in New Zealand will be negatively affected by climate change. However, when examining the respondents’ recent holiday decision-making, it is evident that for the overwhelming majority, climate change awareness does not appear to inﬂuence travel-related decisions. This article concludes by discussing demand-focused measures aimed at reducing the GHG emissions generated by tourism.</p>

An Evidence review of Face Masks against Covid-19

International Journal for Research in Applied Science and Engineering Technology ◽

10.22214/ijraset.2021.39418 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 9 (12) ◽

pp. 919-923

Author(s):

Tanish Kumar

Keyword(s):

Decision Making ◽

General Public ◽

Face Mask ◽

Analytical Framework ◽

Transmission Characteristics ◽

Simple Material ◽

Policy Makers ◽

Care Workers ◽

Regulation Policy ◽

Evidence Review

Abstract: The technology round the usage of mask with the aid of using the general public to hinder COVID-19 transmission is advancing rapidly. In this narrative overview, we expand an analytical framework to study masks utilisation, synthesising the applicable literature to tell more than one areas: populace impact, transmission characteristics, supply control, wearer protection, sociological considerations, and implementation considerations. A number one direction of transmission of COVID-19 is thru breathing debris, and it's far recognised to be transmissible from presymptomatic, paucisymptomatic, and asymptomatic people. Reducing ailment unfold calls for things: proscribing contacts of inflamed people thru bodily distancing and different measures and lowering the transmission chance according to touch. The preponderance of proof shows that masks sporting reduces transmissibility according to touch with the aid of using lowering transmission of inflamed breathing debris in each laboratory and medical contexts. Public masks sporting is handiest at lowering unfold of the virus whilst compliance is high. Given the modern shortages of clinical mask, we advise the adoption of public material masks sporting, as a powerful shape of supply control, along with present hygiene, distancing, and make contact with tracing strategies. Because many breathing debris turn out to be smaller because of evaporation, we advise growing awareness on a formerly unnoticed component of masks utilisation: masks sporting with the aid of using infectious people (“supply control”) with blessings on the populace level, in preference to simplest masks sporting with the aid of using inclined people, which include fitness care workers, with awareness on person outcomes. We advise that public officers and governments strongly inspire the usage of extensive face mask in public, which include the usage of suitable regulation. Policy makers want pressing steering on the usage of mask with the aid of using the overall populace as a device in preventing extreme acute breathing syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), the breathing virus that reasons COVID-19. Masks were encouraged as an ability device to address the COVID-19 pandemic for the reason that preliminary outbreak in China (1), even though utilisation all through the outbreak numerous with the aid of using time and location (2). Globally, nations are grappling with translating the proof of public masks sporting to their contexts. These guidelines are being evolved in a complicated decision-making environment, with a unique pandemic, speedy technology of recent research, and exponential boom in instances and deaths in lots of regions. There is presently an international scarcity of N95/FFP2 respirators and surgical mask to be used in hospitals. Simple material mask gift a practical answer to be used with the aid of using the general public. This has been supported with the aid of using maximum fitness bodies. We gift an interdisciplinary narrative overview of the literature at the position of face mask in lowering COVID-19 transmission with inside the community. Keywords: COVID, ECONOMY, MASKS, LIVES, SAFETY, FUTURE

Interactive Multi-Modal Visualization Environment for Complex System Decision Making

Volume 3: 28th Computers and Information in Engineering Conference, Parts A and B ◽

10.1115/detc2008-49805 ◽

2008 ◽

Author(s):

Jung Leng Foo ◽

Eliot Winer

Keyword(s):

Complex System ◽

Decision Making ◽

Three Dimensional ◽

Image Data ◽

Detailed Examination ◽

Surgical Instruments ◽

Input Device ◽

Volume Data ◽

Evaluation Tool ◽

Standard Format

Decision making in a complex system requires a large amount of data, and real time interaction and visualization tools become effective solutions. Constant improvement in computer graphics technology has encouraged the research of developing better and more efficient ways of interacting and visualizing complex three-dimensional image data. This paper presents a unique software framework for interacting and visualizing complex volume image data in a virtual environment. For efficient user interactions, a wireless gamepad controller is used as the main input device. The buttons and joysticks on the gamepad controller are intuitively mapped to perform different functions depending on the feature mode that the software is currently in. Apart from the general viewer, an extension of the software also reads in standard format patient medical images such as CT/MRI scans. As an effective decision making tool, the software allows the user to apply fast pseudo-coloring and multiple interactive oblique clipping planes for an immersive detailed examination of any 3D model. In the medical imaging extension of this software, it features the ability for the user to select a specific range of tissue densities to render and an endosurgery planning mode that allows a surgeon to place simulated laparoscopic surgical instruments in a virtual model of the patient. The developed software allows for better interaction with complex volume data for use as a decision making and evaluation tool.

The Plight of the Orang Asli Women in Malaysia

Women Empowerment and Well-Being for Inclusive Economic Growth - Advances in Religious and Cultural Studies ◽

10.4018/978-1-7998-3737-4.ch015 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 214-226

Author(s):

Rachel Thomas Tharmabalan

Keyword(s):

Decision Making ◽

Rural Development ◽

General Public ◽

Health And Safety ◽

Orang Asli ◽

Practical Applications ◽

The Past ◽

The Village ◽

Wild Edibles

In the past, Orang Asli women and men were considered equal, even though their roles were very different. As modernization slowly crept into their lifestyles, the gender divide has gotten a lot bigger and the paternalistic culture has taken a hold of many. Some researchers have said the skewed depictions was influenced by both Christianity and Islam, whereby women were considered to be created by supernatural powers alongside the male species. However, there have been accounts of women being the village chief, but as more anthropologists targeted their research on the Orang Asli, the role of a women in the decision making process slowly got relegated. Hence, this review aims to provide the role of Orang Asli women in educating the general public on the usage of wild edibles found in Malaysia and how it could be incorporated into street food to preserve traditional dietary culture. Some of the key challenges, plans, and practical applications are discussed to improve rural development and prepare a holistic mediation guideline to buffer the health and safety of the population.

Women and Media

Handbook of Research on Discrimination, Gender Disparity, and Safety Risks in Journalism - Advances in Linguistics and Communication Studies ◽

10.4018/978-1-7998-6686-2.ch002 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 8-23

Author(s):

Zeljka Lekic-Subasic

Keyword(s):

Decision Making ◽

Public Sphere ◽

Gender Equality ◽

Public Service ◽

General Public ◽

The Public ◽

The Media ◽

Existing Data ◽

National Borders

Difficulties that women face in the media professions and discrimination against women's access to decision-making posts within the media is a problem that transcends national borders. Becoming a greater part of this particular workforce would help to expand both the amount and quality of visibility for women – in news, television, and public sphere in general. Public service media (PSM), as broadcasting, made, financed, and controlled by the public and for the public, with the output designed to reach everyone and reflect all voices, should treat gender equality with the utmost importance. The existing data indicate however that, although some progress have been made, there is a lot to be done: while women among European PSMs represent 44% of the workforce, the number falls to less than 25% at the higher and executive positions. This chapter analyses the efforts made by the European Broadcasting Union's members and the measures they recommend.

Statins for primary prevention: what is the regulator’s role?

BMJ evidence-based medicine ◽

10.1136/bmjebm-2019-111321 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. bmjebm-2019-111321 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Tom Jefferson ◽

Maryanne Demasi ◽

Peter Doshi

Keyword(s):

Cardiovascular Disease ◽

Decision Making ◽

Primary Prevention ◽

General Public ◽

Trial Data ◽

Central Location ◽

Decision Making Processes ◽

Drug Approvals ◽

Prevention Of Cardiovascular Disease

Globally, drug regulators have approved statins for the prevention of cardiovascular disease (CVD), although their use in primary prevention has been controversial. A highly publicised debate has ensued over whether the benefits outweigh the harms. Drug regulators, which are legally required to make independent judgements on drug approvals, have remained silent during the debate. Our aim was to navigate the decision-making processes of European drug regulators and ultimately request the data upon which statins were approved. Our findings revealed a system of fragmented regulation in which many countries licensed statins but did not analyse the data themselves. There is no easily accessible archive containing information about the licensing approval of statins or a central location for holding the trial data. This is an unsustainable model and serves neither the general public, nor researchers.