Abstract Although smart technologies for managing urban problems have gained traction in Southeast Asia, citizens, experts, and policymakers continue to express concerns over data protection security. Smart technologies, such as big data, artificial intelligence, the Internet of Things (IoT), are perceived enablers cities control air pollution, reduce traffic, streamline public services, make e...

Languages are among the most complex systems that evolution has created. With an unforeseen speed many of these unique results of evolution are currently disappearing: every two weeks one of the 6500 still spoken languages is dying and many are subject to extreme changes due to globalization. Experts understood the need to document the languages and preserve the cultural and linguistic treasure...

BACKGROUND This study aimed to develop the models for regional cardiac surgery centers, which take regional characteristics into consideration, as a policy measure that could alleviate the concentration of cardiac surgery in the metropolitan area and enhance the accessibility for patients who reside in the regions. METHODS To develop the models and set standards for the necessary personnel an...

FACULTY OF ENGINEERING ELECTRONICS AND COMPUTER SCIENCE DEPARTMENT Doctor of Philosophy Who are the Experts? e-Scholars in the Semantic Web by Simon Robert Kampa Scholarly research is the sum of diverse activities and leads to the dissemination of a large amount of material. Traditional approaches to exploring and becoming proficient within an esoteric research field rely on slow and sometimes ...

The aim of this paper is to present the effects of the reform of primary care by privatization and direct contracting between general practitioners/family physicians and the Croatian Institute for Health Insurance, as well as to propose possible improvements. Using the data of the Croatian Institute of Public Health, we analyzed the coverage of population and accessibility of service, managemen...

PURPOSE This article presents 2013 data from a survey provided by G3ict and Disabled Peoples International (DPI). The Progress Report identifies the degree that each of the CRPD dispositions on ATs and ICTs accessibility are enacted in local laws, policies and regulations and their impacts. METHOD The initial methodology used to develop the survey involved several steps. First, a systematic r...

This paper focuses on designing accessible mobile learning interactions involving disabled people using a newly developed Technology Enhanced Interaction Framework. The framework was developed to help design technological support for communication and interactions between people, technology, and objects particularly when disabled people are involved. A review of existing interaction frameworks ...

Three important practical issues in fostering the widespread use of parallel simulation technology are the availability of graphical user interfaces, accessibility to parallel computing resources, and facilities for collaborating in the execution of simulations. First, graphical user interfaces must be available to support the various phases of the modeling and simulation process. Secondly, pot...

Most of the universities in Europe have started their process of adaptation towards a common educational space according to the European Higher Education Area (EHEA). The social dimension of the Bologna Process is a constituent part of the EHEA and it is a necessary condition for the attractiveness and competitiveness of the EHEA. Two of the main features of the social dimension are the equal a...