Tsunamis are devastating natural hazards that can reach runups of 30 m in coastal areas. One of the most important mitigation measures to save human lives is evacuation, which requires identification of both the inund...
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Tsunamis are devastating natural hazards that can reach runups of 30 m in coastal areas. One of the most important mitigation measures to save human lives is evacuation, which requires identification of both the inundation area and safe zones. Currently, a ground elevation of 30 m is used to determine safe zones in Chile. However, it has also been used for urban planning, for which the actual tsunami hazard may be overestimated. This research aims to propose a criterion based on probabilistic analysis to determine the tsunami inundation limit, considering both the runup and inundation distance from the shoreline. To this end, a synthetic database of runup and inundation distance from the shoreline was analyzed. First, stochastic earthquake sources were used to simulate tsunami events up to an inundation level in 10 coastal cities. Second, maximum runup and inundation distance were calculated for each tsunami scenario along transect lines perpendicular to the coastline. Finally, three exceedance probabilities of runup - 0.5%, 1%, and 2% in 50 years - were calculated to estimate the runup and inundation distances for each city. The results showed that geomorphology has an important role in runup and inundation distance. In addition, this research introduced new criteria for inundation limit identification, which are more flexible and accurate than the current 30-m ground elevation criterion used for tsunami risk assessment and urban planning. The application of this proposed method would allow local authorities to improve the locations of both critical infrastructure and safe zones.
The emergence of platforms and the associated idea of the shared economy have fostered a lot of research relating to the future of work. The question that arises is: does the advent of platform work enhance precarity ...
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The emergence of platforms and the associated idea of the shared economy have fostered a lot of research relating to the future of work. The question that arises is: does the advent of platform work enhance precarity of work as contracts become increasingly informal or does it build agency as the barriers to work participation decline? It is critical to understand the nuances of the ongoing processes and recognize the heterogeneity among platforms as precarity of work or agency may be a function of the nature of the platform and the type of work that it offers. This paper presents a tentative heuristic framework that can be used to understand precarity and agency in the context of the platform economy. This framework and some empirical evidence is used to compare two types of platforms in the food sector to understand the nuances of the processes at work.
Infected COVID19 cases continue to increase, having already reached 21 million globally, attracting scientists around the world to trying to find a possible vaccine. Unlike many places around the world, movement restr...
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Infected COVID19 cases continue to increase, having already reached 21 million globally, attracting scientists around the world to trying to find a possible vaccine. Unlike many places around the world, movement restrictions and difficulties in travelling in and out due to a 13-year-old blockade with no possibility for tourists to travel in, has benefited Gaza in terms of being self-isolated and less likely to have many travellers or foreigners carrying the virus and infecting the population. First cases were discovered on 22 March 2020, and by 05 July 2020, there were still only 72 cases confirmed, 60 of whom were successfully treated, 11 active cases, and only 1 death. Constructively, this study follows a direct observation approach with in-depth disk review for data collected locally from official sources (Governmental bodies, UN agencies, and INGOs);concrete context analysis is then made and used toward predicting the potential risk scenarios associated with COVID19 supported by the application of a simple risk matrix for each scenario within a limited time frame covering the period from 22 March to 05 July 2020. Three different risk scenarios associated with COVID19 risks were studied and analysed towards understanding exceptional circumstances surrounding Gaza along with potential mitigation measures executed and suggested. (C) 2020 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd on behalf of International Society for Infectious Diseases.
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Chien, YICunningham, WHJUniv Scranton
Arthur J Kania Sch Management Dept Operat & Informat Management Scranton PA 18510 USA Univ Scranton
Arthur J Kania Sch Management Master Business Adm Programme Scranton PA 18510 USA
Sales forecasting, aggregate production planning and cash budgeting are three functions which must be performed for firms to succeed in today's marketplace. Frequently, however, coordinating these activities is di...
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Sales forecasting, aggregate production planning and cash budgeting are three functions which must be performed for firms to succeed in today's marketplace. Frequently, however, coordinating these activities is difficult because critical information may not be easily shared. This paper presents a means whereby the three planning activities can be integrated through the use of spreadsheet linking procedures. Doing so provides the opportunity for managers to share information in developing plans for better decisions.
The article offers information on the course on reflective learning for Year-5 students at Taipei Medical University designed to explore the application potential of the Canadian Medical Education Directives for Speci...
The article offers information on the course on reflective learning for Year-5 students at Taipei Medical University designed to explore the application potential of the Canadian Medical Education Directives for Specialists (CanMEDS) Roles descriptions through further analysis of the framework. Topics covered include the problems that were addressed by the course, its application to non-Western medical practice, and the lessons that were learned from the implementation of the course.
This article deals with the question of whether regional cultural competence centers foster the diversity of cultural expressions and how the objectives of the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Orga...
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This article deals with the question of whether regional cultural competence centers foster the diversity of cultural expressions and how the objectives of the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization's (UNESCO) Convention on Cultural Diversity are implemented. By introducing the Convention on Cultural Diversity, the conditions of regional cultural policy governance, and the idea of regional cultural competence centers, a framework for evaluation is outlined. The evaluation of four regional cultural competence centers in the Swiss Central Region shows that fostering cultural diversity is complex and has many different approaches and effects. The final discussion concludes that principles such as "interculturality," "freedom," and "access for all" under the Convention on Cultural Diversity can promote a diversity of cultural expressions but that these criteria have to be set from outside-for example, by public funding institutions-so that regional actors implement them.
The advent of e-government and the use of the Internet to connect governments to citizens and businesses have resulted into direct contact between government agencies and their customers. This development confirms the...
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The advent of e-government and the use of the Internet to connect governments to citizens and businesses have resulted into direct contact between government agencies and their customers. This development confirms the prediction of the transaction cost theory, which predicts a more direct interaction and the resulting bypassing of intermediaries. In this article, the authors explore intermediation theory and analyze two case studies which counter the argument of the bypassing of intermediaries. It is possible to adopt a reintermediation strategy in which intermediaries are used as a value-adding service delivery channel. The case studies show that intermediaries can be employed to reduce cost and improve information quality, while at the same time make government more demand-driven by employing channels that are closer to the natural interaction patterns of their customers than direct interaction. For governments, this implies that only adopting a disintermediation strategy, which is often motivated by a desire to reduce transaction costs, is too narrow an approach and needs to be complimented by a reintermediation strategy in order to advance towards a demand-driven government.
Companies are required by law to report all kinds of information to various public agencies. Since most public agencies are autonomous and define their information demands independent of each other, companies have to ...
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Companies are required by law to report all kinds of information to various public agencies. Since most public agencies are autonomous and define their information demands independent of each other, companies have to report information to various agencies in different ways. Accordingly, governments are initiating programs that aim to transform business-to government information exchange to reduce the administrative burden for companies and improve the accountability at the same time. Yet little research is available on the type of transformations needed and the role of the infrastructure. Drawing on a case study, this paper investigates the interplay between technical infrastructure and transformation. In this case study an information brokerage infrastructure based on the Extensible Business Reporting Language (XBRL) was developed providing a one stop shop for companies and public agencies. The case study shows that the infrastructure should be flexible enough to accommodate changes over time but stable enough to attract a large user-base. The increase in efficiency and effectiveness of information exchange processes requires extensive transformation from both public and private parties.
The Central Sulawesi region is known as the meeting place for three of the world's main tectonics. As a result, the region is prone to natural disasters, especially those caused by the movement of these plates, wh...
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One of the current issues in fashion studies resides in the area of wearable technologies research. The intersection between fashion and technology has been studied;however, as technology, particularly information and...
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One of the current issues in fashion studies resides in the area of wearable technologies research. The intersection between fashion and technology has been studied;however, as technology, particularly information and communication technologies (ICTs), evolves at a rapid speed, this topic has become increasingly important in recent years. This paper proposes to apply Marshall McLuhan's ideas on media and fashion as an analytical framework of wearable technologies, particularly focusing on the case of Hussein Chalayan. The analysis of Chalayan's work suggests the progressive integration between design innovation and increasingly elaborate storytelling techniques. The paper argues that the smartly clothed body produces data as well as wears the data. The extended skin is equipped with artificial sensory systems, extending our natural body and sensory systems into the augmented space;the extended skin is datafied and the body is datafied.
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