Comfortable and safe environments for people with autism: preliminary analysis of risks and definition of priorities in the design phase

People with autism deserve specific attention as concern environmental comfort, well-being and accessibility of environments, not only because they are a significant and growing share of the total population, but also because they can show special sensitiveness to the variation and value of several environmental parameters. In this work, the main building-related critical issues connected to the special environmental sensitivity in the autism spectrum condition are highlighted and analysed. By means of a questionnaires’ survey among parents and caregivers of people with autism, their sensitivity to different thermal, visual, acoustic and indoor air quality stimuli was evaluated. Then, a list of risk factors was prepared for a residential context, classifying them into environmental risks, leading to discomfort and dangerous response for people with autism; and accidental risks, deriving from unpredictable events, even more dangerous for people with special perceptual disorders. According to the outcomes of the survey and based on literature considerations, probability and severity of environmental and accidental risks were estimated on a scale from 1 to 5 in the different rooms of residential buildings. This permitted to draw up a hypothetical system of possible interventions and solutions to be considered during the design phase, establishing a different priority in the different rooms of a dwelling, in order to increase the occupant’s comfort, safety and autonomy, and improving physical and psychological well-being.

A Review: Study on Identity in Mathematics Education

This paper talks about the writing on direction in Science instruction distributed papers throughout the most recent twenty years. It examination the hypothetical system, investigation technique and distinguishing proof ideas, offering an analysis instead of a survey of the writing. A sum of 188 distribution from 85 separate diaries are dissected in the investigation. This survey shows that help for well-known reactions in this field of examination is inadequate in portrayals of the possibility of identity and demonstrates that taking a shot at this subject is frequently actually contradictory. Likewise, work here can emerge out of two unmistakable standards. Credibility could be viewed as an occasion and match inside a sociological structure, or it very well may be viewed as a creation, fitted inside a mental system. The idea of way of life as something we do, as an occasion, and specifically as a socially developed, is supported in this paper. At last, proposals for potential headings in character research are made.

Study on Identity in Mathematics Education

This paper talks about the writing on direction in science instruction distributed papers throughout the most recent twenty years. It examinations the hypothetical system, investigation technique and distinguishing proof ideas, offering an analysis instead of a survey of the writing. A sum of 188 distributions from 85 separate diaries are dissected in the investigation. This survey shows that help for well-known reactions in this field of examination is inadequate in portrayals of the possibility of identity and demonstrates that taking a shot at this subject is frequently actually contradictory. Likewise, work here can emerge out of two unmistakable standards. Credibility could be viewed as an occasion and match inside a sociological structure, or it very well may be viewed as a creation, fitted inside a mental system. The idea of way of life as something we do, as an occasion, and specifically as a socially developed, is supported in this paper. At last, proposals for potential headings in character research are made.

COVID-19 simulation study—the effect of strict non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) on controlling the spread of COVID-19

Background From the beginning of 2020, COVID-19 infection has changed our lives in many aspects and introduced limitations in the way people interact and communicate. In this paper, we are evaluating the effect of non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPI) in limiting the spread of the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 pandemic during a wedding ceremony from Irbid, Northern Jordan. Agent-based modeling was used in a real wedding event that occurred at the beginning of the spread of the pandemic in Jordan. Two infected nationals of Jordan, who arrived in Jordan about a week before the event, initiated the spread of the pandemic within the contact community. Methods In this work, a strict national NPI that the government implemented is developed by using an abstract model with certain characteristics similar to the Jordanian community. Thus, the Jordanian community is represented in terms of ages, occupations, and population movements. After that, the extent of the impact of the NPI measures on the local community is measured. Results We observed the deterioration of the state of society while the epidemic is spreading among individuals in the absence of preventive measures. Also, the results show that the herd immunity case was an epidemic, with a high level of spread among the community with 918 cases during a short interval of time. On the other hand, the preventive measures scenario shows a totally controlled spread with only 74 cases applied on the same interval of time. Furthermore, a convergence in the actual results of the real system with the hypothetical system were detected in the case of applying the strict NPI measures. Finally, strict NPI at the community level following social gatherings seem to be effective measures to control the spread of the COVID- 19 pandemic.

Purchaser Attributes And Their Impact On Tolerating Internet Shopping, With Regards To Various Item Types

Web based shopping is among the most famous exercises of the web, yet the reasons why buyers purchase online are as yet hazy. In spite of the fact that it is inferred that purchaser acknowledgment of web based shopping is influenced by various items very few examinations have embraced this view. This examination endeavors to analyze buyers' disposition when making on the web buys with regards to various item types. A hypothetical system is proposed dependent on the determinants of buyer conduct and client acknowledgment of internet shopping, just as online item grouping. The elements that were chosen to be tried are Close to home Ingenuity of Data Innovation, Self-adequacy, Seen security, Protection, Item association and how they influence shopper demeanor towards internet shopping. Connection examination, from the outset, to decide the connections among the factors and relapse investigation a short time later to confirm the degree of the variable cooperation were utilized to test the theories. In view of the previously mentioned investigations, results were attracted and contrasted with the outcomes found by Lian and Lin in a comparative report. It has been discovered that PIIT, saw security and item association affect the demeanor towards web based shopping, yet the outcomes fluctuate among the diverse item types.

Theoretical Foundations of the Relationship Management Mid-Range Theory

In this chapter the domain of relationship management (RM) is discussed and the notion of the RM mid-range theory is introduced. The first section highlights the socio-economic duality of RM and presents the core characteristics of the RM business model. The diversity of partly overlapping relational constructs is commented on, and a uniform semantic programme for RM is proposed that links the notion of relationship capital and three RM dimensions: structural, psychological and behavioral. In the second section, the role of mid-range theories in linking macro and micro theoretical levels is presented. The theoretical boundaries (the content) of the envisioned RM mid-range theory are outlined, which link the RM business model, the key relational activities and approaches, and business performance. A hypothetical system of theories for competitive advantage is drafted, where the general theory level is occupied by the Resource-Advantage Theory of Competition followed by the upper mid-range theory level; where the RM mid-range theory is placed, completed by the specific market type mid-range theory level; and where network-based and market-based relational theories are positioned.

Effects of flux variation on the surface temperatures of Earth-analog circumbinary planets

ABSTRACT The Kepler Space telescope has uncovered around thirteen circumbinary planets (CBPs) that orbit a pair of stars and experience two sources of stellar flux. We characterize the top-of-atmosphere flux and surface temperature evolution in relation to the orbital short-term dynamics between the central binary star and an Earth-analog CBP. We compare the differential evolution of an Earth-analog CBP’s flux and surface temperature with that of an equivalent single-star (ESS) system to uncover the degree by which the potential habitability of the planet could vary. For a Sun-like primary, we find that the flux variation over a single planetary orbit is greatest when the dynamical mass ratio is $\sim$0.3 for a G-K spectral binary. Using a latitudinal energy balance model, we show that the ice-albedo feedback plays a substantial role in (Earth-analog) CBP habitability due to the interplay between flux redistribution (via obliquity) and changes in the total flux (via binary gyration). We examine the differential evolution of flux and surface temperature for Earth-like analogs of the habitable zone CBPs (4 Kepler and 1 hypothetical system) and find that these analogs are typically warmer than their ESS counterparts.

Modelling the Quest for Status in Ancient Greece: Paying for Liturgies

The substantive view of the ancient economy argues that social considerations and especially the quest for status featured prominently in ancient Greece. Paying for liturgies, the private finance of public expenditure by wealthy individuals, offered the opportunity to acquire status by choosing the level of contributions to outperform rival providers. Effectively, liturgies were a system of finance of public provision through redistributive taxation sidestepping state administration of taxes and expenditures. Applying the insights of the economic approach to status, the paper examines status competition in ancient Athens and compares paying for liturgies with a hypothetical system of explicit income taxation of the rich. It is concluded that status seeking increased aggregate provision of public goods. The results formalise important aspects of substantivism and illustrate the value of formal economic analysis in the investigation of the ancient Greek economy.

Motivational Factors for Knowledge Sharing and Trust

sharing knowledge is transmission of knowledge (implicit or tacit) from an organization, group, or person to another one. Through sharing knowledge, organizations are able to improve their effectiveness, saves cost of training and moderate risks due to lack of certainty. While managing knowledge, organizations find it difficult to motivate employees for sharing knowledge with others. Therefore, it is essential to recognize the elements impacting information sharing and trust. This paper attempts to understand trust and persuasive variables that impact information sharing conduct in associations. It is huge that there are a not many investigations because of inspirational factors on information sharing conduct through trust as an arbitrator. Right now, specialist proposed a hypothetical system that consolidated inspirational elements with Theory of Reasoned Action (TRA) to depict the relationship among inspiration (extraneous and inherent), trust and demeanors toward information sharing. This paper will be important to the experts as it gives a premise of understanding persuasive elements for information sharing and trust.