scholarly journals Supply of Physical Resources in Accommodation Facilities: with Examples from Bulgaria

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 28-45
Author(s):  
Elena PETKOVA ◽  
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Keyword(s):  
Physical Resources

scholarly journals Understanding the influence of physical resources and social supports on primary food providers’ snack food provision: a discrete choice experiment

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Brittany J. Johnson ◽  
Rebecca K. Golley ◽  
Dorota Zarnowiecki ◽  
Gilly A. Hendrie ◽  
Elisabeth K. Huynh
Keyword(s):  
Discrete Choice ◽  
Significant Influence ◽  
Choice Experiment ◽  
Social Supports ◽  
Social Condition ◽  
Parent Support ◽  
Relative Importance ◽  
Utility Weight ◽  
Physical Resources ◽  
Choice Tasks

Abstract Background Snack eating occasions contribute approximately a third of children’s energy intake, with approximately half of all unhealthy foods consumed during snack times. Therefore, it is critical to understand the drivers of primary food providers’ snack provision. The study aims were to determine the relative importance of physical resources and social supports when primary food providers are choosing snacks to provide to their child, and to investigate how these attributes differ in social versus non-social occasions, and between subgroups of primary food providers based on socio-economic position. Methods Primary food providers of three to seven-year olds completed an online discrete choice experiment, by making trade-offs when completing repeated, hypothetical choice tasks on the choice of snacks to provide to their child in: 1) non-social and 2) social condition. Choice tasks included two alternatives consisting of varying attribute (i.e. factor) levels, and an opt-out option. The order of conditions shown were randomized across participants. Multinomial logit model analyses were used to determine utility weights for each attribute. Results Two-hundred and twenty-five primary food providers completed the study, providing 1125 choice decisions per condition. In the non-social condition, the top three ranked attributes were type of food (utility weight 1.94, p < 0.001), child resistance (− 1.62, p < 0.001) and co-parent support (0.99, p < 0.001). In the social condition, top ranking attributes were child resistance (utility weight − 1.50, p < 0.001), type of food (1.38, p < 0.001) and co-parent support (1.07, p < 0.001). In both conditions, time was not a significant influence and cost was of lowest relative importance. Subgroup analyses revealed cost was not a significant influence for families from higher socio-economic backgrounds. Conclusions Type of food, child resistance and co-parent support were of greatest relative importance in primary food providers’ snack provision decision-making, regardless of social condition or socio-economic position. In designing future interventions to reduce unhealthy snacks, researchers should prioritize these influences, to better support primary food providers in changing their physical and social opportunity. Trial registration Australian New Zealand Clinical Trials Registry no. ACTR N12618001173280

scholarly journals COVID-19 Brings Data Equity Challenges to the Fore

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
H.V. Jagadish ◽  
Julia Stoyanovich ◽  
Bill Howe
Keyword(s):  
Quality Control ◽  
Government Policy ◽  
Data Driven ◽  
Contact Tracing ◽  
Control Mechanisms ◽  
Sources Of Information ◽  
Decision Systems ◽  
Physical Resources ◽  
Multiple Levels ◽  
Data Driven Decisions

The COVID-19 pandemic is compelling us to make crucial data-driven decisions quickly, bringing together diverse and unreliable sources of information without the usual quality control mechanisms we may employ. These decisions are consequential at multiple levels: they can inform local, state and national government policy, be used to schedule access to physical resources such as elevators and workspaces within an organization, and inform contact tracing and quarantine actions for individuals. In all these cases, significant inequities are likely to arise, and to be propagated and reinforced by data-driven decision systems. In this article, we propose a framework, called FIDES, for surfacing and reasoning about data equity in these systems.

scholarly journals The importance of knowledge for wellbeing of society in the contemporary world

2017 ◽  
Vol 28 (4) ◽  
pp. 1136-1159
Author(s):  
Dusan Markovic ◽  
Mrdjan Mladjan
Keyword(s):  
Developed Countries ◽  
Contemporary World ◽  
Types Of Knowledge ◽  
National Competitiveness ◽  
Long Run ◽  
New Knowledge ◽  
Physical Resources ◽  
Potential Problems ◽  
Different Types ◽  
The Relationship

Following the recent wave of globalization, the possession of different types of knowledge became even more important for economic development than the possession of physical resources. The ability of a society to adopt existing and create new knowledge thus gained fundamental importance for its wellbeing. In this paper, we identify important aspects of the relationship between education, creation of knowledge, economic growth, as well as both material and immate?rial wellbeing of a society. We describe potential problems that prevent societies from maximizing the benefit from the effort its members invest in acquiring knowledge. The problems of failure of the national markets for education as well as the global migrations which lead to drain of knowledge towards economically highly developed countries are especially analyzed. In the long run, they lead to a decline in both national competitiveness and different aspects of the immate?rial wellbeing. As the basis for solving these problems we propose a combination of economic theory and the concept of solidarity between more and less devel?oped countries, individuals and societies of their origin, respecting the free will of individuals.

Internet of Things (IoT): Classification, Secured Architecture Based on Data Sensitivity, Security Issues and Their Countermeasures

2021 ◽  
Vol 20 (Supp01) ◽  
pp. 2140001
Author(s):  
Bremnavas Ismail Mohideen ◽  
Basem Assiri
Keyword(s):  
Internet Of Things ◽  
Pervasive Computing ◽  
Architecture Design ◽  
Iot Security ◽  
Significant Development ◽  
Security Issues ◽  
Physical Resources ◽  
Healthcare Monitoring ◽  
Data Sensitivity

In recent decades, the communication of electronic equipment and physical resources is combined. Internet of Things (IoT) distributes things widely in the network. The IoT is Internet-based pervasive computing, which created significant development in the recent disposition of IoT infrastructures. The IoT infrastructures lead, manage and generate large amounts of data across various applications including environmental, transportation and healthcare monitoring. In this regard, there are salient uncertainties about the use of security concepts that are frequently measured as a major concern of IoT distributed architecture design. This paper mainly focuses on the classification of IoT, novel architecture considering the sensitivity of data, IoT security layers, review of security issues and acclaimed countermeasures.

A Model Football Academy for residents of Lyari Town, Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan

2020 ◽  
pp. 5-35
Author(s):  
Prof. Dr. Syed Arif Kamal ◽  
Shahid Ali Khan ◽  
Prof. Dr. Soniha Aslam
Keyword(s):  
Human Resources ◽  
Fitness Testing ◽  
Football Game ◽  
Physical Resources ◽  
Sport Activities ◽  
Physical Examinations ◽  
Certificate Examination ◽  
Green Campus ◽  
Drugs And Crime ◽  
Football Training

This paper reviews and analyzes factors contributing to the rise and the fall of football game in Lyari Town. This town has the passion and the talent for football, which should be groomed to produce international players. A model football academy on the pattern of Grêmio (Brazil), Altınordu (Turkey), La Masia (Spain) and INF Clairefontaine (France) is proposed with football- oriented curriculum and international-level-football-training facilities on a green campus. The players are to be inducted at the age of 5 years after rigorous psychological and physical examinations as well as fitness testing. They study and play football here till they pass their Higher Secondary Certificate Examination. Measures are suggested for safety and security at campus as well as use and abuse of controlled substances. A survey was conducted to obtain opinions of footballers, coaches and general public in order to determine causes of decline of football in Lyari. The questionnaire was divided into 3 parts — lack of physical resources, noises influencing football game and shortage of human resources. The responses were indicative of the community‟s strong feeling that Lyarites can become international- standard footballers, if they are given the infrastructure and the facilities combined with motivation to achieve distinction. The proposed football academy should be the first step to change mindset of Lyarities from indulging in drugs and crime to healthy sport activities.

Geographical Resources for Tourism

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter Mason
Keyword(s):  
Built Environment ◽  
Human Resources ◽  
Coastal Area ◽  
Physical Environment ◽  
Coastal Tourism ◽  
Tourism Destination ◽  
Human Environment ◽  
Physical Resources ◽  
Historic Monuments

Chapters 1 and 2 made brief reference to a number of potential geographical resources for tourism. Some of these resources are located within the physical environment, such as landscapes, and include coastal area, moorlands and mountains. Others are part of the human environment, including towns and cities and historic monuments – in summary this is usually known as the built environment. These physical resources and human resources are not necessarily located separately but are often found together. For example, a coastal tourism destination has a physical environment which may be made up of a beach, a shoreline, the sea and it could be backed by cliffs. This will be coupled with a human environment of, for example, hotels, restaurants and bars and possibly, a harbour or marina. This chapter considers the physical and human resources for tourism.

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