Applying GIS in Analysing Black Spot Areas in Penang, Malaysia

This study aims to analyze fatal accident rate involving all vehicle types in the North East District of Penang. It covers fatal accident data within the duration of three years from 2011 till 2013. The primary objective is to analyze the spatial pattern and fatal accident black spot areas using Geographic Information System (GIS) application. Average Nearest Neighbor (ANN) tool is used to analyze fatal accident spatial pattern, while Kernel Density Estimation (KDE) method is utilized for fatal accident analysis. The Fatal Accident rates in 2011, 2012 and 2013 were the highest with each accounted up to 90, 88 and 91 cases. The result of ANN shows that the fatal accident pattern for 2011, 2012 and 2013 is clustered with null hypothesis rejected. The KDE analysis result shows that most fatal accident black spot areas happened at main road areas or segments.

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RANCANG BANGUN APLIKASI PEMETAAN DAERAH RAWAN KECELAKAAN BERBASIS ANDROID

J TI UNDIP JURNAL TEKNIK INDUSTRI ◽

10.14710/jati.15.1.26-37 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 15 (1) ◽

pp. 26

Author(s):

Novia Anggraini ◽

Moh. Anshori Aris Widya ◽

Siti Sufaidah

Keyword(s):

Traffic Accident ◽

Black Spot ◽

Building Design ◽

Transportation Safety ◽

Z Score ◽

Accident Rate ◽

Digital Map ◽

Gis Application ◽

Accident Data ◽

Map Service

Kecelakaan lalu lintas merupakan masalah yang membutuhkan penanganan serius mengingat besarnya kerugian yang diakibatkannya. Salah satu upaya untuk meningkatkan keselamatan transportasi yaitu dengan mengetahui titik lokasi rawan kecelakaan. Metode yang digunakan untuk mengidentifikasi lokasi rawan kecelakaan yaitu metode Angka kecelakaan dan frekuensi kecelakaan. Tujuan studi ini untuk mengidentifikasi titik lokasi rawan kecelakaan dengan menggunakan metode Batas Angka Ekivalen kecelakaan dan Z-Score. Data kecelakaan lalu lintas yang dianalisis bersumber dari satlantas Jombang dari tahun 2018 dan data yang bersumber dari media elektronik, variabel dummy dari tahun 2016 - 2019. Aplikasi rancang bangun daerah rawan kecelakaan Berbasis mobile, dibangun dengan framework Codeigniter dan Framework 7, MySql sebagai basis data dan Mapbox Api sebagai layanan peta digital. Hasil akhir dari penelitian ini adalah terciptanya aplikasi SIG berbasis mobile yang menyajikan informasi titik lokasi rawan kecelakaan dan tingkat kerawanannya serta notifikasi kepada pengguna jika berada di radius titik rawan yang dapat diakses oleh masyarakat. AbstractTraffic accidents are a problem that requires serious treatment considering the amount of loss caused. One effort to improve transportation safety is to know the location of accident-prone locations. The method used to identify accident prone locations is the accident rate and frequency of accident methods. The purpose of the study is to identify accident prone locations by using the Accidental Equivalent Limit Limits and Z-Score methods. Traffic accident data analyzed were sourced from Jombang Satlantas from 2018 and data were sourced from electronic media, dummy variables from 2016 - 2019. Application of building design for accident-prone areas Based on mobile, built with Codeigniter frame and Framework 7, MySql as database and the Fire Mapbox as a digital map service. The final result of this study is the creation of a mobile-based GIS application that presents information on the location of accident-prone locations and their vulnerability levels as well as notifications to users if they are in a vulnerable point radius that can be accessed by the public.Keywords: Equivalent accident number (EEK); Black Spot; Framework7; SIG; Z-Score

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The Expansion and Spatial Pattern of Shopping and Tourism Services Facilities in North Bandung Region, Indonesia

Indonesian Journal of Science and Technology ◽

10.17509/ijost.v6i2.35105 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 6 (2) ◽

pp. 385-400

Author(s):

Lia Warlina ◽

Lusia Elsa Dika Damayanty

Keyword(s):

Spatial Pattern ◽

Local Governments ◽

Nearest Neighbor ◽

The North ◽

First Results ◽

Spatial Use ◽

Tourism Service ◽

Tourism Services ◽

Spatial Plan ◽

Tourist Service

This study aims to identify the expansion and spatial patterns of shopping and tourism services facilities and evaluate whether the locations are aligned with the spatial plan map of the North Bandung region. The research was conducted by taking inventory of shopping and tourism services facilities in 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, and 2018. The locations were plotted into maps to calculate each point's spatial pattern for each period using the nearest neighbor analysis method. The 2018 map was overlaid with a spatial plan map to identify whether the existing location aligns with the regional plan. The first results were the expansion and spatial pattern maps of shopping North Bandung area for 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, and 2018; that show the broadest expansion of shopping facility in 2018 with a clustered pattern. The second results were expansion, and spatial pattern maps of tourism service facilities in the same period show that since 2014 the expansion started with clustered patterns. The evaluation results show that only convenience stores were located in protected areas, but all tourist service facilities were located in these locations. This finding is essential for local governments in monitoring spatial use.

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Cost-effectiveness of a Specialised Medium Secure Personality Disorder Service

European Psychiatry ◽

10.1016/j.eurpsy.2017.01.275 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 41 (S1) ◽

pp. S87-S88

Author(s):

R. Woodward ◽

R. Lingam ◽

F. Papouli

Keyword(s):

Cost Effectiveness ◽

Personality Disorder ◽

Current Model ◽

Primary Objective ◽

Service Development ◽

North East ◽

The North ◽

Episodes Of Care ◽

Competing Interest ◽

The Cost

IntroductionThe Oswin unit located in the North East of England is commissioned primarily for offenders screened on the offender personality disorder (OPD) pathway based on measures of personality disorder being linked to moderate to high risks to other persons.ObjectivesThe Oswin Unit was re-designed in early 2014 meeting commissioning specifications to meet objectives based on access, measuring quality and reducing. The primary objective of this pathway is to ensure personality Disorder offenders have access to “community-to-community”, joint-up care and monitoring of risks. The Oswin unit implemented a re-designed service offering individuals formulation based assessments and risk management embedded in the OPD pathway. The overall objective of this project is to evaluate the effectiveness and risk amelioration of this hospital-based service.AimAs part of a broader service development and evaluation project, the cost-effectiveness of the current model of the unit was compared to that of the unit prior to the redesign of the service.MethodCollection of data on number of admission and length of stay and calculation of expenses per capita. Retrospective analysis of costs of care.ResultsAnalysis of comparative figures post-implementation of this new model of care found 41% more episodes of care. Cost-analysis indicated a saving of £200,000.ConclusionThe new Oswin Model meets commissioning objectives in offering access to hospital-based care and focused treatments for prisoners ‘stuck’ in prison pathways. This finding led to further investigation using thematic measures of quality of care to evaluate the effectiveness of this service and risk amelioration.Disclosure of interestThe authors have not supplied their declaration of competing interest.

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Governance in the Sixth Schedule Areas in India’s North-East: Context, Content and Challenges

Indian Journal of Public Administration ◽

10.1177/0019556120916885 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 66 (2) ◽

pp. 191-205

Author(s):

Prabhat Kumar Datta ◽

Panchali Sen

Keyword(s):

Primary Objective ◽

Eastern Region ◽

North East ◽

The North ◽

Rebel Groups ◽

North Eastern ◽

E Region ◽

Self Rule ◽

International Boundaries ◽

Background Context

Nestled in the foothills of the Himalayas in the eastern range North-East (N-E) has the ‘seven sisters’—Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland and Tripura, along with a small and beautiful cousin in the Himalayan fringes, namely, Sikkim. Nearly ninety-eight per cent of N-E is surrounded by international boundaries and two per cent with the rest of India. Often known as ‘the ethnic cauldron’, this region is the home of extraordinarily diverse mosaic of ethnic groups having distinctive social, cultural and economic identity, more akin to their South Asia neighbours than mainland India. It is a habitat of a good number of ethnic rebel groups whose agendas vary from complete session from India to fighting for ethnic identities and home lands. The primary objective of the colonial rule in N-E was to ensure its administrative insulation which might have largely contributed to the continuation of the backwardness of the N-E region. It is probably the only political region in the country where every large state is a region unto itself within a sub-continental nation. This uniqueness is found reflected in the legislations and institutions like the North Eastern Council Act, 1971, setting a nodal agency for the economic development of the region with a secretariat of its own and a separate Union Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region created in 2001. In this article, an attempt has been made to analyse the background, context, content and significance of the Sixth Schedule in the Constitution of India which was incorporated to provide self-rule to the tribal population in the N-E India.

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A cross-sectional questionnaire study of the rules governing pupils’ carriage of inhalers for asthma treatment in secondary schools in North East England

PeerJ ◽

10.7717/peerj.2006 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 4 ◽

pp. e2006

Author(s):

Wendy Funston ◽

Simon J. Howard

Keyword(s):

Secondary Schools ◽

Outcome Measures ◽

Clinical Medicine ◽

Postal Questionnaire ◽

Primary Objective ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Ethical Practices ◽

Parental Permission ◽

North East ◽

The North

Objectives.The primary objective of this study was to assess the rules governing secondary school pupils’ carriage of inhalers for emergency treatment of asthma in the North East of England.Design.This study was based upon a postal questionnaire survey.Setting.The setting for this study was mainstream free-to-attend secondary schools which admit 16 year old pupils within the 12 Local Authority areas which make up the North East of England.Participants.All 153 schools meeting the inclusion criteria were invited to participate in the study, of which 106 (69%) took part.Main Outcome Measures.Our three main outcome measures were: whether pupils are permitted to carry inhalers on their person while at school; whether advance permission is required for pupils to carry inhalers, and from whom; and whether the school has an emergency ‘standby’ salbutamol inhaler for use in asthma emergencies, as permitted since October 2014 under recent amendments to The Human Medicines Regulations 2012.Results.Of 98 schools submitting valid responses to the question, 99% (n= 97) permitted pupils to carry inhalers on their person while at school; the remaining school stored pupils’ inhalers in a central location within the school. A total of 22% of included schools (n= 22) required parental permission before pupils were permitted to carry inhalers. Of 102 schools submitting valid responses to the question, 44% (n= 45) had purchased a ‘standby’ salbutamol inhaler for use in asthma emergencies.Conclusions.Most secondary schools in North East England permit pupils to carry inhalers on their person. The requirement in a minority of schools for parental permission to be given possibly contravenes the standard ethical practices in clinical medicine for children of this age. Only a minority of schools hold a ‘standby’ salbutamol inhaler for use in asthma emergencies. Wider availability may improve outcomes for asthma emergencies occurring in schools.

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Automatic Vowel Recognition from Assamese Spoken words

International Journal of Innovative Technology and Exploring Engineering - Special Issue ◽

10.35940/ijitee.j1301.0881019 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 8 (10) ◽

pp. 2297-2304

Keyword(s):

Random Forest ◽

Speech Processing ◽

Nearest Neighbor ◽

Research Work ◽

Recognition System ◽

Support Vector ◽

K Nearest Neighbor ◽

North East ◽

The North ◽

Vowel Recognition

Vowel plays the most important role in any speech processing work. In this research work, recognition of Assamese vowel from spoken Assamese words is explored. Assamese is a language which is spoken by major people in Brahmaputra Valley of Assam, Assam is a state which is situated in the North-East part of India. This automatic vowel recognition system is implemented by using three efficient techniques Support Vector Machine (SVM), K-Nearest Neighbor (KNN) and Random Forest (RF) classifier. The database used in the experiments is specially designed for this purpose. A list of phonetically vowel rich Assamese words is prepared for the experiment. As an initial effort, twenty different (20) words uttered by fifty-five (55) speakers are taken. Utterances from both male and female speakers are collected. Each utterance was repeated two times by every speaker. A database of the total of 2200 samples is prepared. After experimenting on different samples it is seen that Random Forest (RF) is giving the best performance compared to the other two classifiers. The performance of the system is shown with testing dataset and comparison is done. Outcome of this research work will enhance the Machine Translation from Assamese to any other language.

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Operaestate Festival Veneto, A socio cultural and economic analysis

Focus On Festivals ◽

10.23912/978-1-910158-15-9-2622 ◽

2015 ◽

Author(s):

Luisella Carnelli

Keyword(s):

Performing Arts ◽

Research Training ◽

Primary Objective ◽

Dance Music ◽

Media Management ◽

Contemporary Theatre ◽

North East ◽

The North

Bassano Operaestate Festival Veneto has presented more than four hundred shows in castles, parks, palaces, villas, squares and museums in thirty municipalities of the region of Veneto in the North East of Italy. The festival hosts artists and productions from all over the world, ranging from contemporary theatre to the most innovative international dance, music, opera, classical, jazz and art films. The diversity, breadth and quality of its programmes are its greatest strengths. The primary objective of the festival is to enable large audiences to experience the performing arts in its many different forms, and to do so through a programme of cultural animation across the entire region. This case study of Bassano Operaestate aims to provide a picture of the effects produced by the festival with over three decades of activity, in an area that has experienced vibrant and dynamic growth in the industrial, creative, artistic and cultural sectors, especially in recent years. The research study was commissioned by the festival and carried out by Fondazione Fitzcarraldo (FF). FF is an independent centre, based in Turin, for planning, research, training and documentation on cultural, arts and media management, eco- nomics and policies, at the service of those who create, practice, take part in, produce, promote and support arts and cultural activities.

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Ras al Khaimah: further archaeological discoveries

Antiquity ◽

10.1017/s0003598x00150070 ◽

1976 ◽

Vol 50 (200) ◽

pp. 216-222

Author(s):

Beatrice De Cardi

Keyword(s):

United Arab Emirates ◽

The State ◽

Focused Attention ◽

North East ◽

The North ◽

History Of ◽

The City

Ras a1 Khaimah is the most northerly of the seven states comprising the United Arab Emirates and its Ruler, H. H. Sheikh Saqr bin Mohammad al-Qasimi, is keenly interested in the history of the state and its people. Survey carried out there jointly with Dr D. B. Doe in 1968 had focused attention on the site of JuIfar which lies just north of the present town of Ras a1 Khaimah (de Cardi, 1971, 230-2). Julfar was in existence in Abbasid times and its importance as an entrep6t during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries-the Portuguese Period-is reflected by the quantity and variety of imported wares to be found among the ruins of the city. Most of the sites discovered during the survey dated from that period but a group of cairns near Ghalilah and some long gabled graves in the Shimal area to the north-east of the date-groves behind Ras a1 Khaimah (map, FIG. I) clearly represented a more distant past.

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