Elevating Pakistan’s flood preparedness: a fuzzy multi-criteria decision making approach
Zeshan Alam, Yousaf Ali, Dragan Pamucar
Abstract In South Asia, Pakistan has a long and deadly history of floods that cause losses to various infrastructures, lives, and industries. This study aims to identify the most appropriate flood risk mitigation strategies that the government of Pakistan should adopt. The assessment of flood risk mitigation strategies in this study is based on certain criteria, which are analyzed using the fuzzy full consistency method. Moreover, flood risk mitigation strategies are evaluated by using the fuzzy weighted aggregated sum product assessment (WASPAS) method, considering previously prioritized criteria. According to the results, lack of governance, lack of funding and resources, and lack of flood control infrastructure are the most significant flood intensifying factors and act as major criteria for assessing flood risk mitigation strategies in Pakistan. Adopting hard engineering strategies (e.g., dams, reservoirs, river straightening and dredging, embankments, and flood relief channels), maintaining existing infrastructure, and adopting soft engineering strategies (flood plain zoning, comprehensive flood risk assessment, and sophisticated flood modeling) are identified as the top three flood risk mitigation strategies by the fuzzy WASPAS method. The highest weight (0.98) was assigned to the adoption of hard engineering strategies to mitigate flood risks. The study introduces a novel dimension by analyzing the real-time impact of the unprecedented 2022 floods, during which approximately one-third of the nation was submerged. This focus on a recent and highly significant event enhances the study’s relevance and contributes a unique perspective to the existing literature on flood risk management. The study recommends that the government of Pakistan should prioritize hard engineering strategies for effective flood risk mitigation. It also recommends that the government should incorporate these strategies in the national policy framework to reduce flood losses in the future.
The effect of environmental citizenship and spiritual norms as mediators on students’ environmental behaviour
Nilasari Siagian, Ridayani, Andrias
et al.
ABSTRACTThis study aimed to determine the relationship between environmental citizenship and behaviour with spiritual norms serving as mediator among students at Syiah Kuala University (USK), Indonesia. A quantitative method employing a cross-sectional approach was used, with a sample of 200 students randomly selected from diverse majors. The results showed the existence of gender differences, with women displaying more consistent environmental behaviour. The inferential statistics indicated an influence of environmental citizenship on behaviour without and with spiritual norms as mediator variables at (β = 0.606, p = 0.00) and (β = 0.199, p = 0.00), respectively. Therefore, this study underscored the importance of spiritual norms as mediator variable for the relationship between environmental citizenship and students’ behaviour.
Special aspects of education, The family. Marriage. Woman
Probate proceedings and a previous issue
Stojanović Nataša
In this paper, the author focuses on the legal solutions in Serbian succession law pertaining to a previous issue that may arise in the course of probate proceedings. The research has been conducted with the aim of providing reasoned answers to the following questions: When is there a dispute on the application of law, and when is there a dispute on facts (factual issues significantly affecting the right to inherit)? How should the legal standard of "the less probable right" be understood? What are the characteristics of probate proceedings that prevent the dispute resolution of the same quality as in civil (litigation) or administrative proceedings? Why is the dispute resolution on decisive facts assigned to another (civil) court or administrative body if the authority in charge of conducting the probate proceedings has resolved very complex previous issues beforehand? Will the civil court judge or the notary public conducting the probate proceedings be competent enough to resolve the dispute in a specific case, bearing in mind their professional qualification and authorities, particularly those of notaries public. The analysis in this paper is based on the dogmatic (legal science) method, legal history method, normative law method, and comparative law method. For the purpose of attaining a higher level of legal certainty and a more consistent observance of the principles of procedural economy and efficiency in establishing the succession law effects of one's death, the author proposes adequate changes and amendments to the non-litigious procedure rules.
دور مدخل محاسبة تکاليف تدفق المواد في تحقيق الاستدامة للشرکات المصرية: دراسة حالة في شرکة مصر للأسمنت (قنا)
عبدالناصر نصير
هدف الدراسة: تهدف هذه الدراسة إلى توضيح دور مدخل محاسبة تکاليف تدفق المواد في تحقيق الاستدامة لشرکة مصر للأسمنت (قنا). نتائج الدراسة: کشفت مراجعة الأدبيات السابقة عن وجود اهتمام عالمي متزايد بمدخل محاسبة تکاليف تدفق المواد. على الجانب الآخر، هناک نقص في المعرفة المتاحة حول مدخل محاسبة تکاليف تدفق المواد في مصر. کما کشفت نتائج دراسة الحالة في شرکة مصر للأسمنت (قنا) من خلال بيانات فعلية عن عام (2019م) عن قدرة مدخل محاسبة تکاليف تدفق المواد على توفير معلومات مالية وغير مالية تفصيلية في کل عملية من عمليات الإنتاج. فقد أمکن تحديد کمية الفاقد وخسائره في کل مرکز کمية، مما يکشف عن مستويات عدم الکفاءة في عمليات الإنتاج ومراکز الکمية المسئولة عن هذا الفاقد. کما تم فصل خسائر الفاقد والتقرير عنها بصورة مستقلة عن تکلفة المنتج، مما يحقق الشفافية في المحاسبة عن التکاليف. ومن خلال هذه المعلومات ستتمکن الشرکة الآن من إدراک خسائر الفاقد والتي ربما لم يتم الاعتراف بها من قبل بطريقة سليمة، وأيضاً إدراک المنافع الاقتصادية والبيئية والاجتماعية المحتملة نتيجة تخفيض الفاقد. ومن ثم سوف تتمکن الإدارة من اتخاذ القرارات الاستراتيجية التي تحقق الاستدامة للشرکة.
Fibromatosis Intraabdominal Mesentérica de Identificación Postmortem. Reporte de caso
Edwin Eduardo Velásquez Maldonado, Nicolás Sabillón, Ana Molina
La Fibromatosis Intraabdominal es una entidad rara, de etiología desconocida, benigna, sin riesgo de metástasis, pero de comportamiento clínico muy agresivo. Se presenta el caso de femenina de 47 años de edad con paro de evacuaciones de un mes de evolución, marcada distensión abdominal e intolerancia a la vía oral, quien fue manejada en la emergencia de adultos de un hospital público, sin poder determinar su diagnóstico, quien falleció en su casa 30 días después de su última atención hospitalaria. El diagnostico post-mortem en la autopsia médico legal se estableció como Fibromatosis Intraabdominal. Se requiere un alto índice de sospecha ante esta enfermedad con el fin de proveer manejo adecuado a las complicaciones asociadas y disminuir la mortalidad atribuible a ellas
Criminal law and procedure, Medical legislation
A Legal and Social Framework for the Inclusion of Persons with Disability through Accessible Tourism and Transportation by Bus
Dario Imperatore
National, European, and international institutions should implement social policies to help the persons with disabilities. Strategic sectors include education, training, and work, with the equal protection of the laws. In addition, this essay is focused on another crucial “sector" that is part of the (European) primary law, which include tourism along with public transportation and non-discrimination. In conclusion, legislators, and public institutions, as well as transport companies must comply the principles of accessibility, equality, and social justice for the social inclusion of persons with disabilities.
Philosophy. Psychology. Religion, Social Sciences
Saúde e pesquisa científica com seres humanos: a conformação dos danos decorrentes e o modelo brasileiro de fiscalização
Ana Thereza Meireles Araújo, Lívia Alegria
Objetivo: Este artigo objetiva analisar o ordenamento jurídico brasileiro às pesquisas envolvendo seres humanos no tocante aos danos à saúde decorrentes dos experimentos, com fundamento na Resolução nº 466/2012 do Conselho Nacional de Saúde. Metodologia: Realizou-se pesquisa de natureza bibliográfica, em livros e artigos da área jurídica, em legislações ordinárias e resoluções relacionadas, bem como em artigos publicados em periódicos da área de Saúde. Resultados: Os danos decorrentes dos experimentos devem ser cuidadosamente evitados e, se ocorrerem, deve o participante da pesquisa ser indenizado. Conclusão: Eventuais danos decorrentes dos experimentos devem ser evitados e observados durante todo o curso da pesquisa, iniciando-se com a assinatura do Termo de Consentimento Livre e Esclarecido pelo participante e perpassando pela fiscalização pelo Comitê Nacional de Ética e Pesquisa e pelas Comissões de Ética em Pesquisa. É essencial que o acompanhamento e a fiscalização sejam feito de forma mais próxima, obstando e ressarcindo a ocorrência de eventuais danos, além de garantir a regularidade do processo de consentimento realizado no projeto.
Law, Public aspects of medicine
A integralidade do SUS e a Judicialização por transplantes intestinais e multiviscerais
Rodrigo Machado Santos
A discussão sobre a judicialização da saúde no Brasil tem como tema central a questão do Sistema Único de Saúde - SUS não disponibilizar insumos e serviços de forma integral à população. Há demandas para transplantes de intestino e múltiplos órgãos, que em virtude do seu custo elevado, são combatidos pelos órgãos gestores do SUS, pelo custo elevado do procedimento. Tratou-se de um estudo de 4 casos ocorrido em 2014 sobre o tema para pacientes portadores de Síndrome de Berdon, Síndrome do Intestino Curto e a Doença de Inclusão Microvilositária. Concluiu-se pela pertinência da judicialização em vista da falta de recursos para os pacientes.
Law, Public aspects of medicine
Conceptul modern al principiului subsidiarităţii in dreptul internaţional public
Antohi Leonid
Actually, principle of subsidiarity has certain reflection in the European Union law and international law of human rights, manly law of the European Convention on Human Rights. With regard to the European Union, principle of subsidiarity acts as a criterion that regulates the execution of shared competences between the EU and member-states. On the one hand, it excludes the EU intervention when an issue could be regulated more efficiently by member-states at central, regional or local level. On the other hand, the European Union exercises its powers when member-states are not capable to fulfill adequately goals of the Treaties. With regard to the ECHR law, subsidiarity principle implies the obligation of the victims of the ECHR violation to appeal firstly to relevant domestic remedies, to allow the national judge of a higher court to rectify the errors committed by lower courts, so as domestic legal system could itself rectify violations of human rights and fundamental freedoms. In the present scientific paper, the author tried to prove modern implications of the principle of subsidiarity in international public law, and also to elucidate its essence and inherent characters.
Law, Law in general. Comparative and uniform law. Jurisprudence
OPTIMIZATION OF THE LEGAL REGULATION IN THE CONTEXT OF SOCIAL-ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
Y. A. Tikhomirov
Objective: to develop conceptual theoretical-legal provisions and scientific recommendations to optimize legal regulation and increase efficiency of public administration. Methods: universal dialectical method of cognition, and general and private law research methods based on it. Results: in the article, a system of measures on legal regulation optimization under current conditions is proposed. Particular attention is drawn to the need for consistent implementation of the existing legal norms by public authorities and business structures, the appropriate combination of public law and private law regulation methods, for provision of systematic connection between normative legal acts of different sectors. The effectiveness of legal development forecasts in the legislative process is proved, the recommendations on the analysis and evaluation of legal risks are given, the appropriateness of the legal experiment at different levels is justified. Scientific novelty: the mechanism of legal regulation optimization in the context of socio-economic development has been developed and introduced into scientific use. Practical value: the research results can be used in scientific, legislative and law-enforcement activities, in the educational process of higher educational institutions.
Economics as a science, Law in general. Comparative and uniform law. Jurisprudence
Political Handbook of the World
Walter H. Mallory
294 sitasi
en
Political Science
Failure of policy regarding smoke-free bars in the Netherlands.
Mariaelena Gonzalez, S. Glantz
58 sitasi
en
Political Science, Medicine
Considerações sobre a definição da data-base para a segunda progressão de regime no contexto da execução penal no Brasil
Domingos Barroso da Costa
O presente trabalho visa a uma abordagem crítica da postura incoerente e assistemática que marca a execução penal no Brasil. Para tanto, após partir de uma análise dos aspectos macro da temática em foco – em que se procura descortinar os desígnios velados a que serve a execução penal no Brasil –, adentrase o plano micro, no que se desenvolvem considerações sobre a ausência de critérios na definição da data-base para a segunda progressão de regime. Nessa dinâmica, defende-se que o lapso temporal previsto como condição objetiva para acesso ao direito em questão deve ser tomado como termo final para a apuração quanto ao preenchimento dos requisitos subjetivos.
Jurisprudence. Philosophy and theory of law, Political institutions and public administration (General)
Adjudication as a Private Good
W. Landes, R. Posner
保守主义的含义=Meaning of Conservatism
R. Scruton, 王 皖強
222 sitasi
en
Political Science, Economics
Nonprofit and Proprietary Sector Behavior: Wage Differentials among Lawyers
B. Weisbrod
The Lost Lawyer: Failing Ideals of the Legal Profession
A. Kronman
199 sitasi
en
Political Science
The Right to Science and Culture
L. Shaver
The Laws of Fear
C. Sunstein
180 sitasi
en
Economics, Psychology
Regulating scientific research: intellectual property rights and the norms of science.
A. Rai
172 sitasi
en
Economics, Medicine