Alarming the Population Using SMS

2004 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Sillem ◽  
J. W. F. Wiersma ◽  
B. J. M. Ale
Keyword(s):  
Pilot Study ◽  
The Netherlands ◽  
Emergency Situation ◽  
Pilot Project ◽  
Evaluation Study ◽  
Short Message ◽  
The Public ◽  
First Results ◽  
Effectiveness And Efficiency ◽  
The City

Alarming a community in case of an emergency is not always perfect, as recent incidents in the Netherlands have shown. The audibility of the current siren is too low, especially for people indoors, and the public often does not know how to behave in an emergency situation. This paper describes the evaluation study of a project that investigates the possibilities of using Short Message Services (SMS) as an addition to the siren. The study describes a pilot project in the Netherlands, where an SMS service was used to inform and give instructions to the population of the city of Vlaardingen in case of an emergency. The pilot study has been carried out in the first half of 2004. The objective of this pilot study was to determine the effectiveness and efficiency of the service. At this moment (April 2004) the pilot study is still ongoing. This paper presents the first results of this pilot.

scholarly journals ANALISIS IMPLEMENTASI E-KINERJA PADA LINGKUNGAN PEMERINTAH KOTA BANDA ACEH

2022 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 39-50
Author(s):  
Ikhwan Rahmatika Latif
Keyword(s):  
City Government ◽  
Equal Pay ◽  
The Public ◽  
Is Research ◽  
Government Work ◽  
Work Units ◽  
Effectiveness And Efficiency ◽  
The Government ◽  
The City ◽  
Banda Aceh

This article is research on the implementation of e-Kinerja within the Banda Aceh City Government.  In this paper, the author uses a descriptive qualitative approach and collects data through a study of existing documents.  This method illustrates how the implementation of e-Kinerja is carried out by the Banda Aceh Government, which the author then compares with existing concepts, namely the concept of performance and reward and punishment.  The results of this study are that the implementation of the e-Kinerja system carried out by the Banda Aceh City Government has a good impact on the regional civil apparatus, the government, the City Government Work Unit (SKPK), and the public.  These impacts include making promotions and transfers based on equal job for equal pay for regional civil servants, facilitating supervision for the government, and knowing the effectiveness and efficiency of work units.

scholarly journals Analysis of Emergency Medical Response Service in Peshawar through Simulation

2019 ◽  
Vol 38 (4) ◽  
pp. 1033-1044
Author(s):  
Rashid Nawaz ◽  
Shahid Maqsood ◽  
Abdur Rehman Baber
Keyword(s):  
Public Safety ◽  
Emergency Situation ◽  
The Public ◽  
Critical Elements ◽  
Medical Response ◽  
Emergency Medical ◽  
Timely Response ◽  
Emergency Medical Response ◽  
The City

EMRS (Emergency Medical Response Service) is the public safety system that is responsible for the initial first aid and transportation of the patient to the hospital. Providing a timely response to any emergency situation is of critical nature and needs to be addressed in the shortest possible time. Decreasing the response to an emergency site and timely pre-hospitalization care location identification and number of emergency response personnel and vehicles are some of the critical elements of EMRS. In this research, a probabilistic model is developed which incorporates the probabilistic response to any emergency situation. The developed model was applied to an actual scenario of the EMRS in the city of Peshawar, Pakistan. The EMRS has 7 locations covering 7 different regions of the city covering more than 1200 square kilometers area. The main purpose of the study is to measure the quality of EMRS on the basis of response time and queue. The study has identified that station 1 and 2 have the highest utilization; 58% each, while station 7 has the lowest utilization at 13.7%. Since the emergency care at the site of incidence is one of the primary responsibilities of the public safety organizations so this study also discusses the average instantaneous utilization of EMRS resources for that region.

scholarly journals When international avatars meet – intercultural language learning in virtual reality exchange

2020 ◽  
pp. 138-142
Author(s):  
Kristi Jauregi Ondarra ◽  
Alice Gruber ◽  
Silvia Canto
Keyword(s):  
Virtual Reality ◽  
Pilot Study ◽  
The Netherlands ◽  
Focus Groups ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Perceived Usefulness ◽  
Language Competence ◽  
Reflective Journals ◽  
First Results ◽  
Support Students

Virtual exchange projects have become an effective pedagogical method to support students’ development of intercultural language competence. High-immersion experiences in Virtual Reality (VR) may offer an environment which is conducive to developing such competence. This paper reports on a pilot study carried out with two groups of university students (N=30) in the Netherlands and Germany. The students, involved in a virtual exchange using VR headsets, completed three tasks collaboratively. The aim of the study was to investigate participants’ perception regarding (1) their collaboration with foreign peers within the VR setting and (2) the perceived usefulness of the tool. The researchers employed questionnaires and conducted interviews and focus groups. The audio recording transcripts from the VR encounters and students’ reflective journals provide further data to triangulate the results. This pilot study provides first results with regard to virtual exchanges carried out in high-immersion VR.

scholarly journals Responsible court in the global world – managerism or managerialism

2015 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 29 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sylwia Morawska ◽  
Przemysław Banasik
Keyword(s):  
Pilot Study ◽  
Justice System ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Institutional Development ◽  
Pilot Project ◽  
Final Report ◽  
Business Practices ◽  
Good Practices ◽  
The World ◽  
Effectiveness And Efficiency

One can look at the improvement of the effectiveness and efficiency of the justice system from three perspectives: macro, mezo, and micro. After all, the general goal is to enhance the effectiveness and efficiency of the justice system as a whole (the macro perspective), the courts (the mezo scale), and court proceedings  (the micro scale). The need to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of the justice system was noticed in the Strategy of modernization of justice  in Poland in the years 2014–2020 prepared by the Ministry of Justice incorporates the three abovementioned perspectives. From the perspective of this paper, emphasis has been placed on courts. The Strategy, as a matter of fact, assumes that the improvement of  the effectiveness and efficiency of courts may occur by introducing a model of management based on the idea of “managerialism” to run them. Effective and efficient courts, just like the proceedings they operate, are particularly important in the face of globalization, regulatory arbitration, as well as forum shopping. Based on a case study, this paper outlines the results of an innovative pilot project of implementing management methods of running common courts, and sets out to answer the question of the extent to which the state of institutional development of courts allows one to employ good practices in courts already successful in the world of business. During the pilot study, in 60 selected regional, district, and appellate courts, with the support of external experts, „good practices” were implemented to serve as management enhancements (Final report…, 2014..). The results of the pilot study prove that the level of institutional development of courts determines the possibility of introducing good management practices that have already been approved in the world of business. This situation is further complicated by the diverse level of institutional development among courts. The type of a given court (its size, regional, district, appellate) may impact the possible upgrade of the maturity of the way a given practice functions. Also, not all business practices are eligible for implementation, given the different level of managers’ competence, as well as the frequently clear process of taking on the management staff.

Art, Death, and Science: The Skull in Dutch Still Life Painting

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jiaqi (Angela) Sun
Keyword(s):  
The Netherlands ◽  
Rapid Development ◽  
International Community ◽  
Still Life ◽  
High Point ◽  
The Public ◽  
Interest In Science ◽  
Curiosity Cabinets ◽  
The University ◽  
The City

Vanitas is a type of still life popular in European art that usually includes items that symbolize the transience of life and the emptiness of earthly accomplishment.  The most commonly depicted object in Vanitas images is a skull.  In the 17 th‐century, vanitas still‐lifes flourished in the Netherlands and especially the city of Leiden.  It has been generally agreed among scholars that this phenomenon was a result of Leiden’s unique cultural atmosphere.  In 1575, when Leiden University was established, it quickly became one of the leading intellectual institutions in Europe, attracting an international community of renowned humanist scholars and scientists. Since the university was heavily under the influence of Calvinist and Neo‐Stoicist scholars, whose philosophies emphasized greatly the “brevity of life”, it has been accepted that this cultural atmosphere promoted the vogue for Vanitas Still lifes in Leiden. However, there is another strong intellectual force in the city that has been overlooked by art historians, the rapid development of scientific studies and the formation of ‘curiosity cabinets’, where natural and artistic artefacts were displayed together. There were a number of prominent scientists who researched and taught in Leiden University, and they often held labs and demonstrations of anatomy dissection for the public. Furthermore, according to several inventories from the time, people also collected skulls as precious objects. Hence, I would like to propose that the great interest in science, shared by scholars and the public, was an alternative factor that pushed Vanitas painting to its high point in Leiden.  

scholarly journals REFRACTURE PREVENTION SYSTEM: FIRST RESULTS OF A PILOT PROGRAM WITHIN THE PROJECT «PROMETHEUS» IN YAROSLAVL

2014 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 3-6
Author(s):  
K Yu Belova ◽  
O B Yershova ◽  
A A Degtyarev ◽  
M V Belov ◽  
V O Gerasimov ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Osteoporotic Fracture ◽  
Best Practice ◽  
Pilot Project ◽  
Low Energy ◽  
International Standards ◽  
Prevention System ◽  
First Results ◽  
Practice Framework ◽  
The City ◽  
Russian Association

In order to reduce the incidence of recurrent fractures in patients that had already experienced low-energy (osteoporotic) fracture, the International Osteoporosis Foundation initiated the program «Capture the fracture». Established Best Practice Framework represents 13 standards to evaluate the effectiveness of the centers for the prevention of recurrent fractures, organized in different countries. In 2012 the Russian Association on Osteoporosis started the project PROMETHEUS [Creation the system to prevent recurrence of fractures in patients with osteoporosis]. In order to implement this program in the city of Yaroslavl we conducted a pilot project to establish a center for the prevention of recurrent fractures in patients who have received osteoporotic fracture. In this article we assess the effectiveness of the work of this center with the use of international standards, identify key problems and propose solutions.

scholarly journals CARA-CARA NICA MEMPENGARUHI RAKYAT SUPAYA TIDAK BERSIMPATI KEPADA PARA PEJUANG PADA MASA REVOLUSI FISIK DI BALI 1945-1950

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 57
Author(s):  
Ida Bagus Astika Pidada
Keyword(s):  
The Netherlands ◽  
Mothers And Fathers ◽  
The Public ◽  
East Indies ◽  
The People ◽  
August 15Th ◽  
Long Time ◽  
Dutch East Indies ◽  
The City ◽  
Dutch People

[Title: The Ways of Influencing the People of NICA to Understand at Physical Revolution for Balinese People in Bali 1945-1950] Giving up without the conditions of Lieutenant General H. Ter Pooerten (Commander of the Dutch East Indies) to Lieutenant General Hitosyi Imamura (Japanese Army Chief), then the Dutch East Indies government has since ended in Indonesia. Not a long time ago Japan ruled in Indonesia, on August 15th, 1945 surrendered unconditionally to the allies. Then on March 2nd, 1946 the Y Brigade began landed along the Sanur coast. This Y Brigade is nicknamed "Gajah Merah". The arrival of the Gajah Merah in Bali, the situation became unsafe. The arrival of the Dutch (NICA) received resistance from fighters in Bali under the leadership of Lieutenant Colonel I Gusti Ngurah Rai. Sympathy getting from the Dutch people use various ways of influencing. The Dutch (NICA) influences the people in two ways, namely by means of soft and violent methods. In the soft way the Dutch (NICA) gave material to the people such as: giving cigarettes, snacks, money, batik cloth, rice and traveling by car. In providing soft assistance the Dutch also use their accomplices such as: NICA Gandek, AP and others. The Netherlands (NICA) in this case looks good and generous to the people so they get sympathy. Generally, it is influenced by the Dutch, whose economies are poor and whose education is low. By means of violence, the Dutch deliberately exhibited fighters who were captured by the public such as being kicked, beaten, dragged by car, and shot in front of the people. This method is carried out to regions that are pro-republic so that people become deterred and afraid. In this way the Dutch (NICA) hopes that the people will no longer want to help the fighters. To fall on the mentality of the Dutch people (NICA) deliberately stripped their hands or soldiers who were killed in a war that was paraded around the city by using an open truck that was rumored to be a young man who was killed. The mothers and fathers who were provoked by the Dutch propaganda, his soul was shaken. This is the way the Dutch influenced the Balinese people, however, the Balinese people and fighters were not deterred. Evidently the people and fighters remain united so that the physical revolution that took place in Bali can last long enough.

Hospitals: N.Y. Appellate Court Denies Move to Privatize Public Hospital

1999 ◽  
Vol 27 (2) ◽  
pp. 202-203
Author(s):  
Robert Chatham
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
New York City ◽  
York City ◽  
Public Health System ◽  
Municipal Hospital ◽  
The Public ◽  
Public Benefit ◽  
For Profit ◽  
Benefit Corporation ◽  
The City

The Court of Appeals of New York held, in Council of the City of New York u. Giuliani, slip op. 02634, 1999 WL 179257 (N.Y. Mar. 30, 1999), that New York City may not privatize a public city hospital without state statutory authorization. The court found invalid a sublease of a municipal hospital operated by a public benefit corporation to a private, for-profit entity. The court reasoned that the controlling statute prescribed the operation of a municipal hospital as a government function that must be fulfilled by the public benefit corporation as long as it exists, and nothing short of legislative action could put an end to the corporation's existence.In 1969, the New York State legislature enacted the Health and Hospitals Corporation Act (HHCA), establishing the New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation (HHC) as an attempt to improve the New York City public health system. Thirty years later, on a renewed perception that the public health system was once again lacking, the city administration approved a sublease of Coney Island Hospital from HHC to PHS New York, Inc. (PHS), a private, for-profit entity.

Design as an Agent for Public Policy Innovation

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Federico VAZ ◽  
Sharon PRENDEVILLE
Keyword(s):  
Public Policy ◽  
Process Model ◽  
Public Policies ◽  
Policy Innovation ◽  
Design Methods ◽  
Policy Effectiveness ◽  
The Public ◽  
Dependent Activity ◽  
Effectiveness And Efficiency ◽  
Context Dependent

Described as units developing public policies in a design-oriented manner, Policy Labs are tasked to innovate to gain in policy effectiveness and efficiency. However, as public policymaking is a context-dependent activity, the way in which these novel organisations operate significantly differs. This study discusses the emergence of design approaches for policy innovation. The purpose is to map how Policy Labs in Europe introduce design approaches at distinct stages of the policymaking cycle. For this study, 30 organisations in Europe operating at various levels of government were surveyed. Based on the public policymaking process model, it investigates which design methods are Policy Labs deploying to innovate public policies. The study exposed a gap in the awareness of the utilised methods' nature. It also showed that the use of design methods is of less importance than the introduction of design mindsets for public policy innovation, namely ‘user-centredness’, ‘co-creation’, and ‘exploration’.

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