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This study aims to analyze the effect of direct spending in the education and health sectors on the human development index in Mataram City in 2013-2022. This type of research is Quantitative research. The results showed that the partial test results of direct expenditure in the health sector did not have a significant effect on the human development index in Mataram City as seen from the significance value above 0.05. And partially the influence of direct expenditure budget in the field of education has a significant influence on the human development index in Mataram City, which is seen from the significance value below 0.05. Simultaneous test results show that the effect of direct expenditure in the education and health sectors together has a significant effect on the human development index, which is seen from the significance value below 0.05.

Intestinal parasitic infections (IPIs) caused by protozoan and helminth parasites are among the most common infections in humans in low-and-middle-income countries. IPIs afect not only the health status of a country, but also the economic sector. Over the last decade, pattern recognition and image processing techniques have been developed to automatically identify parasitic eggs in microscopic images. Existing identifcation techniques are still sufering from diagnosis errors and low sensitivity. Therefore, more accurate and faster solution is still required to recognize parasitic eggs and classify them into several categories. A novel Chula-ParasiteEgg dataset including 11,000 microscopic images proposed in ICIP2022 was utilized to train various methods such as convolutional neural network (CNN) based models and convolution and attention (CoAtNet) based models. The experiments conducted show high recognition performance of the proposed CoAtNet that was tuned with microscopic images of parasitic eggs. The CoAtNet produced an average accuracy of 93%, and an average F1 score of 93%. The fnding opens door to integrate the proposed solution in automated parasitological diagnosis

Third-party purchases (3PP) offered by third-party logistics (3PL) providers are a new concept in the contemporary business context. The primary objective of our study is to explore a possible method of improving relationships between 3PP service providers and suppliers in China's automotive industry. We analyse a 3PP service provider by interviewing its employees and suppliers. A qualitative research method was employed using a single case study protocol. We deliberately selected a 3PP service provider operating in the automotive industry. We then collected empirical data via face-to-face interviews with well-informed 3PP employees and a cross-section of 32 suppliers. The major finding of this study is that 3PP service providers not only help to improve operational efficiency, but they also reduce prices for their clients. The study comprehensively analyses the implementation of 3PP in the automotive industry in China.

Research Article| March 31 2021 Even When You Are a Solution You Are a Problem: An Uncomfortable Reflection on Feminist Data Ethics Collections: Special Collection: Cross-cultural Feminist Technologies , Section: Communication and Media Anna Lauren Hoffmann Anna Lauren Hoffmann Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar alho@uw.edu Global Perspectives (2021) 2 (1): 21335. https://doi.org/10.1525/gp.2021.21335 Article history Received: June 21 2020 Accepted: December 14 2020 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Cite Icon Cite Search Site Citation Anna Lauren Hoffmann; Even When You Are a Solution You Are a Problem: An Uncomfortable Reflection on Feminist Data Ethics. Global Perspectives 1 February 2021; 2 (1): 21335. doi: https://doi.org/10.1525/gp.2021.21335 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentGlobal Perspectives Search Topics Communication and Media, Cross-cultural Feminist Technologies Keywords: data, feminism, justice She is Ella—a survivor of chattel slavery, a veteran of the Underground Railroad, and a key character in Toni Morrison's novel Beloved. She is "a practical woman" (301). A center of gravity, Ella keeps both the book and its characters grounded whenever outside forces threaten to unmoor them. She trusts lightly, if at all. She understands power and its violent machinations. She refuses reduction and rejects simple binaries. She teaches us that the conditions of life escape reductive binaries of fair and unfair, problems and solutions, past and present. When confronted with epistemological and juridical frameworks grounded in such binaries, Ella refuses their terms. Instead, she shows us how to engage the world through an active and avowed uneasiness, a discomfort with "past errors taking possession of the present" (302). Following Ella, this essay is about unease. It seeks to register a discomfort with both emerging ideals of "data... You do not currently have access to this content.

Technology plays an important role in people’s daily life, for they depend on it to perform many tasks. Among the prominent technologies are smartphones and Virtual Reality (VR). Developing mobile apps and integrating VR technology allow users to experience an artificial environment as if it is real such as the simulation of phobias. This research paper proposes a mobile application named Face-Your-Fear (FyF) integrating VR to help any user to live a cybernetic experience, overcome the illness, know about phobia symptoms, and get extra information on two types of phobia: aquaphobia and achluophobia. Its architecture, features, development, interfaces and limitations are presented, including the main results of the qualitative survey to users.

Hot weather adversely affects the fresh, mechanical and durability properties of concrete. This study was conducted in an outdoor environment during the summer of 2014 at the construction material laboratory at Abu Dhabi University. The self-consolidating concrete (SCC) mixtures were continuously mixed for 2 h at temperatures ranging from 25 to 40°C, to simulate concrete in a transit truck during transportation to a construction site in hot weather. The paper displays the results of the fresh, mechanical and durability properties of SCC in hot weather. The SCC mixtures incorporated silica fume (SF) and fly ash (FA) in binary and ternary blends. A polycarboxylate-based high-range water-reducing admixture was used to maintain a consistent initial slump for all SCC mixes investigated. The flowability of SCC was evaluated using the slump flow test, visual stability index and T50. The concrete compressive strength was measured at 3, 7 and 28 d. The durability was evaluated using the rapid ion chloride penetration test. The results showed that both the fresh and mechanical properties of the SCC mixtures were highly affected by SF and FA dosage, temperature and prolonged mixing.

This paper presents the numerical investigation of nine Glass Fiber-Reinforced Polymer (GFRP) concrete deep beams through the use of numerically-efficient 20-noded hexahedral elements. Cracking is taken into account by means of the smeared crack approach and the bars are simulated as embedded rod elements. The developed numerical models are validated against published experimental results. The validation beams spanned a practical range of varying design parameters; namely, shear span-to-depth ratio, concrete specified compressive strength and flexural reinforcement ratio. The motivation for this research is to accurately yet efficiently capture the mechanical behavior of the GFRP-reinforced concrete deep beams. The presented numerical investigation demonstrated close correlations of the force–deformation relationships that are numerically predicted and their experimental counterparts. Moreover, the numerically predicted modes of failure are also found to be conformal to those observed experimentally. The proposed modeling approach that overcame previous computational limitations has further demonstrated its capability to accurately model larger and deeper beams in a computationally efficient manner. The validated modeling technique can then be efficiently used to perform extensive parametric investigations related to behavior of this type of structural members. The modeling method presented in this work paves the way for further parametric investigations of the mechanical behavior of GFRP-reinforced deep beams without shear reinforcement that will serve as the base for proposing new design guidelines. As a deeper understanding of the behavior and the effect of the design parameters is attained, more economical and safer designs will emerge.

As a special approach in discourse analysis, Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) aims to study the discursive conditions and consequences of power abuse practised by dominant groups or institutions (van Dijk, 1995). It contributes to raising awareness of the discursive strategies employed by elite groups in order to control the minds of minor ones. It permits them to free themselves from the compulsions and limitations that deprive them of their right to think critically and have the freedom of choice. In the discipline of language learning, learners’ awareness of CDA enables them to read critically and produce language in more logical manner. It is one way to empower them with adequate reading and writing strategies and to enhance their consciousness of using speech acts in meaningful context. This paper analyses a text following the framework of text analysis proposed by Fairclough (1992). The authentic text was selected reflecting one aspect of the British culture that does not have the common agreement of the ruling parties in the British community. It holds significant debate between representatives of the Conservative Party and the Labour Party that was taking over at that time. The analysis shows how the lexical and syntactic connotations reflect the attitudes of each Party and the newspaper publishing this article as well. The paper provides insights into how CDA can enhance learners’ sociolinguistic competence and language use.

A Master of Science thesis in Civil Engineering by Dina Saadi entitled, “Nonlinear FEA of Soil-Structure-Interaction Effects on RC Shear-Wall Structures”, submitted in May 2018. Thesis advisor is Dr. Mohammad AlHamaydeh and thesis co-advisor is Dr. George Markou. Soft and hard copy available.

Murals have long been used in communities to express solidarity and voice political opinions. As neighborhoods become increasingly diverse, complex economic and political motivations emerge for making murals that reflect new claims and contests over space. Focusing on recently designated ethnic “-towns” in the Greater Los Angeles area, the study finds that murals reveal multiple narratives and motives, including negotiations over space, identity, place-branding, and border-making as well as interethnic competition and reconciliation. It is argued that understanding the evolving functions and multivalent potentials of murals is critical for the success of place making and community planning. In particular, we draw attention to the trend of businesses and local government agencies using murals to make statements on identity and intercultural relations.