Applications such as fleet and mobile task force management, or traffic control can largely benefit from the on-line detection of collective mobility patterns of vehicles, goods or persons. A common mobility pattern is a cluster, a concentration of mobile nodes in a certain region, e.g., a mass protest, a rock concert, or a traffic jam. Current approaches require previous knowledge of the locat...

sale of mortgaged property is one of serious problems of people and courts because at first, it is very current in the society and mortgagors need to do it on the social and economical numerous reasons and on the other hand mortgagees oppose with it. in spite of that after mission of judgment dated no.620 discussing of contradiction between sale of mortgaged property and the right of mortgagee ...

Civil unrest (protests, strikes, and “occupy” events) is a common occurrence in both democracies and authoritarian regimes. The study of civil unrest is a key topic for political scientists as it helps capture an important mechanism by which citizenry express themselves. In countries where civil unrest is lawful, qualitative analysis has revealed that more than 75% of the protests are planned, ...

The aim of this research was to determine the role of gender, type of residence, living arrangement, self-rated health status, loneliness, and sense of humor in self-reported life satisfaction in elderly retirees. The study included 300 elderly retirees from Zagreb, Croatia. Demographic data were collected with a structured questionnaire, whereas data on self-reported health status, loneliness,...

Over the last decade, a number of progressive social movements around world have embraced peer production principles such as collaboration, co-production, and self-organization. This chapter investigates consequences for protest, looking at how reshuffles “remediates” change activism today. First, it traces historical trajectory has come to permeate three decades, linking distinct approaches or...

The EU last month announced its allowable quotas for various species within its waters for this coming year that fishermen will be able to land and sell. The aim behind the quotas is to limit fishing in an effort to preserve stocks at sustainable levels, but the policy is being shown increasingly to be damaging many stocks, caught by fishermen pursuing one species but catching others, which oft...