scholarly journals Methodology for Gender Analysis in Transport: Factors with Influence in Women’s Inclusion as Professionals and Users of Transport Infrastructures

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (9) ◽  
pp. 3656
Author(s):  
Elena García-Jiménez ◽  
Sara Poveda-Reyes ◽  
Gemma Dolores Molero ◽  
Francisco Enrique Santarremigia ◽  
Andrea Gorrini ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Transport System ◽  
Personal Characteristics ◽  
Gender Analysis ◽  
Mathematical Methods ◽  
Group Discussions ◽  
Family Responsibilities ◽  
Barriers To Use ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Changes Over Time ◽  
Transport Factors

This work analyzes gendered processes by a methodology based on clustering factors with influence in the decision-making process of women as users or employees of the transport system. Considering gender as a social construction which changes over time and space, this study is based on the concept of a woman as a person who adopts this role in society. This paper performs a deep analysis of those factors women consider as needs and barriers to use or work in the transport system in four scenarios: railway public transport infrastructures, automated vehicles, bicycle sharing, and jobholders. A literature review and focus group discussions were performed under the consideration that the definition of woman includes the addition of several personal characteristics (age, sexual orientation, family responsibilities, and culture). The data analysis allowed the identification of fairness characteristics (FCs) that affect the interaction of women with the transport system for each scenario. A methodology for clustering the fairness characteristics identified the main areas of action to improve the inclusion of women within each use case. Further studies will be focused on the quantification and prioritization of the FCs through mathematical methods and the suggestion of inclusive measures by an interdisciplinary panel.

The methodology of experimental research of the feed components extrusion process in order to improve its energy performance

2020 ◽  
pp. 147-152
Author(s):  
E. M. Ratnikov ◽  
D. O. Milko
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Studies ◽  
Energy Performance ◽  
Extrusion Process ◽  
Mathematical Methods ◽  
Screw Extruder ◽  
Mathematical Planning ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Extrusion Processing ◽  
Definition Of

Annotation Purpose. Development of a program and methods for conducting experimental studies of the extrusion process with the definition of parameters and modes of operation of the extruder to improve its energy performance. Methods. Methods of mathematical statistics, synthesis, analysis, description and modeling were used. Results. The application of mathematical methods, in particular mathematical planning, reduces the number of experiments several times, and allows to evaluate the role of influencing factors, obtain a mathematical model of the process and determine the optimal conditions for its parameters and modes, etc. Conclusions. The methodology for experimental studies of a screw extruder is presented with the necessary equipment and methodology for processing the obtained experimental data. A mathematical method of planning, which reduces the number of experiments several times, allows us to evaluate the role of factors affecting productivity and energy intensity is presented. Keywords: extruder, auger, nutrients, research methodology, extrusion, processing, feed.

scholarly journals Application of Mathematical and Computational Methods to Identify Women’s Priorities in Transport

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (5) ◽  
pp. 2845
Author(s):  
Sara Poveda-Reyes ◽  
Ashwani Kumar Malviya ◽  
Elena García-Jiménez ◽  
Gemma Dolores Molero ◽  
Maria Chiara Leva ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Transport System ◽  
Autonomous Vehicles ◽  
Transport Sector ◽  
Sustainable Society ◽  
Analytic Hierarchy ◽  
Family Responsibilities ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Participation Of Women ◽  
Bike Sharing ◽  
Safe Transport

It is well established that the transport sector is not an equalitarian sector. To develop a sustainable society, a more equalitarian and safe transport system for both users and transport sector employees is needed. This work prioritizes the needs and barriers previously identified as relevant among transport system users and employees for four different transport scenarios (railways, autonomous vehicles (AVs), bicycle-sharing services (BSSs), and employment). The aim of this paper is to prioritize the factors affecting women in these four transport scenarios with the help of a survey followed by the application of mathematical and computational algorithms based on the analytic hierarchy process (AHP) methodology. The identification of factors with higher influence in the fair participation of women in the transport sector will help transport planners, bike-sharing system owners, decision-makers, transport companies, and regulatory professionals to develop measures that could plausibly increase the proportion of women as users of BSSs, users of rail public transport, and AVs, as well as employees in the transport sector for a sustainable society. The results indicated that safety and security were the most challenging factors for railways. Weather, topography, and family responsibilities were shown to have a high influence on the use of BSSs. In the case of autonomous vehicles, the simultaneity and trust in the technology are the main opportunities to influence the acceptance of such vehicles. Finally, for transport employment, caring and parenting responsibilities were the factors that had the largest effect. Some differences in priorities were found for different profiles of women.

scholarly journals The Polish Experience in the Development of Smart Cities

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 48-64
Author(s):  
Magdalena Kisała
Keyword(s):  
Smart City ◽  
Smart Cities ◽  
Urban Spaces ◽  
Polish Experience ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Universal Definition ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Urban Population Growth ◽  
Changes Over Time ◽  
Beneficial Approach

Abstract In recent years, Poland has seen an increased migration of people to cities, which translates into significant urban population growth. This, in turn, raises new challenges in the performance of cities’ tasks and responsibilities. Additionally, climate changes and the depletion of natural resources necessitate the modification of existing urban practices. Polish cities seek solutions which would enable social, economic and environmental demands to be reconciled so that urban spaces become friendly for the city’s inhabitants and investors. Some Polish cities have applied the smart city concept to solve their problems. Despite the fact that the concept has been the subject of scientific research for many years, no universal definition of the smart city has been agreed upon. Analyzed assumptions of the smart city concept as well as the Polish experiences in the implementation indicate that the concept is dynamic and changes over time. It should be considered as a perpetual process unrestricted by a specific timeframe. This impedes the formulation of uniform, generally accepted assumptions of the concept since its existence is inscribed in the change related to urban development. This article claims that this would be a beneficial approach for formulating the general characteristics of the smart city that could be applicable to any city, and that could be employed regardless of the present challenges cities may face.

scholarly journals Manifestations of Natural Written Speech: Inscriptions on Photos

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 39-48
Author(s):  
N. A. Krasovskaya ◽  
P. Yu. Kositsina
Keyword(s):  
Personality Traits ◽  
Personal Characteristics ◽  
Written Discourse ◽  
Digital Era ◽  
Oral Speech ◽  
Graphical Layout ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Close Relatives ◽  
Linguistic Means ◽  
Written Speech

The main purpose of this article is to dwell on the consideration of some genres of natural writing. The very concept of “natural written speech” at the present time has not received a complete and comprehensive interpretation. However, recently we have come across its existence much less often. In part, the disappearance of the genres of natural writing is associated with the onset of the digital era, when people stopped writing letters to each other on paper, notes, making notes for themselves, stopped signing photographs. Many genres of writing are capable of giving an idea of the writer in the same way as varieties of oral speech. In natural written speech, some personality traits and linguistic personality are manifested. The aim of the research, presented in the article, is to analyze inscriptions on photographs from the viewpoint of their lexis, punctuation, graphical layout to define the chronotope and personal characteristics of the author, who produces this genre of written discourse. The focus is on the linguistic means of inscriptions on photos, i.e. graphic, lexical, derivational and some others. In the process of analyzing such a genre of writing as inscriptions on photographs, the main varieties of this genre were identified: inscriptions made as a memento, inscriptions that represent the definition of an event or time and place; inscriptions made to convey information to close relatives, etc. In addition, the inscriptions on photographs can be classified by keywords, if possible, determining the chronotope, by the use of graphic means, by the location of the inscription itself in the photograph. To a certain extent, the inscriptions made on photographs reflect the personality traits of a person. The analysis shows, that the inscriptions on photographs have become somewhat of a harbinger of personal pages on Instagram.

Construction of an Indicator System for Integrated Assessment of Environmental Quality of the Dianchi Basin

2011 ◽  
Vol 356-360 ◽  
pp. 903-907
Author(s):  
Ai Jun Li ◽  
Yan Ying Guo ◽  
Feng He ◽  
Rui Jia Yuan
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Quality ◽  
Integrated Assessment ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Environmental Changes ◽  
Indicator System ◽  
Regional Environment ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Changes Over Time ◽  
Regional Environmental Quality

There are few indicator systems available for monitoring and assessing the environmental quality of large-scale regions. We constructed an indicator system for integrated assessment of the environmental quality of the Dianchi Basin. First, the definition of regional environmental quality is determined by both the supply of materials and energy in the region and the extent to which the region is polluted. Second, the indicator categories used for assessment mainly comprise vegetation biomass and the concentrations of various pollutants. Third, owing to spatial heterogeneity of a region, evaluation of the regional environment first requires division into sub-regions, each of which should be relatively homogeneous with regard to physical conditions (e.g. marine and terrestrial) and appearance (e.g. vegetation cover). Finally, the mathematical models for assessing regional environmental quality can be built according to the relationships between the various indicators, the sub-regions and regional environmental quality. The indicator system built using this approach can reflect environmental changes over time and identifies reasons for environmental variation.

Valutare per decidere: un monitoraggio qualitativo degli investimenti pubblici

2009 ◽  
pp. 69-80
Author(s):  
Fausta Scardigno ◽  
Caterina Balenzano ◽  
Giuseppe Moro
Keyword(s):  
Research Design ◽  
Evaluation Process ◽  
Decision Processes ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Group Discussions ◽  
Evaluation Question ◽  
Participative Approach ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
The Relationship

- This paper suggests some considerations regarding the relationship between evaluation and making decision processes, through the description of an evaluation experience of some formative projects orientated towards unemployed young people living in Apulia Region. After the definition of evaluation question, made together with Educational Local Authority, we have preferred a qualitative research approach. Sharing a participative approach, we have chosen a multistakeholder research design as instrument to catch the representations of actors involved regarding the evolution of projects, the weak and strong aspects, through to focus group discussions and semi-structured interviews respectively administered to actuators and beneficiaries of these projects. Interviews have been analyzed first trough content analysis of relevance and in a second moment trough associations analysis between words, by the use of T-Lab software. Highlighting stakeholders' suggestions and recommendations and giving back them to the decision maker confirms the utility of evaluation as instrument to supporting making decision processes, with the aim of improving policies.Key words: partecipate evaluation, multistakeholder research design, utilization of evaluation Process

Some Aspects of HR Management in Order to Reduce the Operational Risks of the Company

2021 ◽  
pp. 13-17
Author(s):  
O. Sidorenko ◽  
G. Sidorenko ◽  
Valeriya Konovalova
Keyword(s):  
Business Management ◽  
Personal Characteristics ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Economic Stability ◽  
Management Decisions ◽  
Operational Risks ◽  
Hr Management ◽  
Personal Qualities ◽  
Risk Culture ◽  
Definition Of

Optimization of management decisions from the point of view of staffing of economic entities is currently the task of minimizing operational risks in order to increase the economic stability of companies. In this connection, the relevance of monitoring the activities of officials in the field of business management increases both before employment and during economic activity on the basis of monitoring the management decisions made, the personal qualities of managers and their competencies, as well as professional development or retraining. In turn, the main problem of the personnel management system of the enterprise as a whole is the redistribution of activities (functions) of managers of all levels, the definition of personal characteristics in accordance with this functional and the formation of a risk culture.

Big Data and Simulations for the Solution of Controversies in Small Businesses

2018 ◽  
pp. 6907-6915
Author(s):  
Milena Janakova
Keyword(s):  
Big Data ◽  
Data Storage ◽  
Small Businesses ◽  
Mathematical Methods ◽  
The Road ◽  
True Story ◽  
Variable Level ◽  
Global Information Society ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Many Sources

The global information society creates data in various formats and data is stored in many sources. Interest is focused on true story formation with respect to sustainable development. The suitable recommendation is to implement a multidimensional view on big data. Such an approach works with big data along three levels. Basic level represents default activities and analyses for data storage in data warehouse. Advanced level is focused on searching for links between stored data and information sources in the global society and variable level searches unexpected events based on complex statistics and mathematical methods with the support of Artificial Intelligence, Business Intelligence, Customer Intelligence, Competitive Intelligence, Swarm Intelligence. These kinds of activities are important for IT product development such as specification of the road for an adopted methodology, definition of a reference for needed dimensions and phases for IT development, and also as a warning against omissions and mistakes.

Gender Violence Experiences of Urban Adult Indigenous Women

2016 ◽  
pp. 256-277
Author(s):  
M. Cruz Sánchez Gómez ◽  
Antonio V. Martín García ◽  
Ana María Pinto Llorente ◽  
Paula Andrea Fernández Dávila ◽  
Pamela Zapata Sepúlveda
Keyword(s):  
Domestic Violence ◽  
Ad Hoc ◽  
Health Indicators ◽  
Gender Violence ◽  
Group Discussions ◽  
Domestic Violence Against Women ◽  
Women’S Perceptions ◽  
Public Health Indicators ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Ways Of Life

This chapter deals with the problem of gender violence, especially in Chilean Aymara women. The aim of the study is to make a diagnosis of the indices and forms of domestic violence against women on the basis of gender in a sample of Aymara women from the urban area in the Arica and Parinacota Region (Chile). The chapter assumes the definition of intrafamiliar violence, according to the formulation adopted by Chilean legislation, as a complex and multi-determined phenomenon, which happens in the context of a culture and certain social relationships that support and make it possible. In this sense, it is one of the most dramatic manifestations of discrimination experienced by women because of their sexual condition. It is conceptualized as any form of physical, psychological-emotional, sexual, and/or economic abuse, which happens within the couple relationship, regardless of the legality of the bond. The chapter deals with the description of conditions and ways of life of the Aymara ethnic group, from socio-demographic, economic, and public health indicators that may be related to these women's perceptions concerning their situation in view of the intrafamiliar violence phenomenon. The research is a quantitative and qualitative multimethod design. The qualitative side of this study consists of group discussions in which the object of the research is analyzed through an outline ad hoc. The quantitative side of the research consists of the application of two standardized scales of domestic violence (WASTT and ISA).

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