Which vehicle type is more responsive to traffic information provided on local roads? by Justin S. Chang, Songhee Jeong, Wookjae Yang

“…This study investigated different responses to traffic information based on vehicle type on a local road. A living lab-based experiment was conducted in Seoul, South Korea. …”
Get full text

Women’s political participation at the local level in Ethiopia: Does number really matter? by Muhammed Hamid Muhammed, Abebe Yirga Ayenalem

“…Though there are still issues to be addressed, women in local government are becoming more visible in the political arena. …”
Get full text

Rethinking Local Government Asset Management in Indonesia: Governance, Planning, and Policy Evaluation by Asep Sumaryana, Syifa Rachmania Komara, Ramadhan Pancasilawan

“…Effective asset management is essential for enhancing operational efficiency and achieving sustainable development within local governments in Indonesia. This study explores key challenges in asset management, focusing on governance, planning, and policy evaluation. …”
Get full text

Improving Local Fidelity and Interpretability of LIME by Replacing Only the Sampling Process With CVAE by Daisuke Yasui, Hiroshi Sato

“…Therefore, local fidelity must be increased, and the more interpretability of the local surrogate model, the better. …”
Get full text

Legislative Regulation of Territorial and Organizational Foundations of Local Government in the Villages of the Republic of Türkiye by A. G. Bykova

“…The Author describes the legal framework governing local government in Türkiye’s villages, with particular emphasis on the structure and organization of local governance. …”
Get full text

Impact of Human Resource Quality and Motivation on Service Delivery in Ghana’s Local Government by Cyril D. Xatse, Matsidiso N. Naong

“…Motivation for the study: Ghana’s Local Government Service has faced challenges in delivering effective public services because of resource constraints and workforce-related issues. …”
Get full text

Protection of the economic basis of local self-government in the decisions of the Constitutional Court of Russia by Oleg A. Kozhevnikov, Irina V. Glazunova

“…The issues of legal regulation of the economic basis of local government need increased attention of the state and urgently require a deliberate change, primarily in the form of developing a federal state policy, taking into account the practice already developed by the Constitutional Court of Russia. …”
Get full text

The Power of Imagery: the Visual Language of the Ukrainian SSR Local Newspapers of the Early 1930s by Mykhailo Kostiv, Tetiana Soproniuk

“… Along with textual articles, the local press of the Ukrainian SSR in the early 1930s often contained visual elements, which, despite their poor quality, had enormous propagandistic potential. …”
Get full text

An Assessment of Measuring Local Levels of Homelessness Through Proxy Social Media Signals by Yoshi Bird, Sarah Grobe, Michael Arnold, Sean Rogers, Mikaela Fudolig, Julia Zimmerman, Christopher Danforth, Peter Sheridan Dodds

“…While a computational approach to social media analysis may provide a low-cost, real-time dataset rich with information about nationwide and localized impacts of homelessness and homelessness policy, we find that practical issues abound, limiting the potential of social media as a proxy to complement other measures of homelessness.…”
Get full text

Curbing bureaucratic limitations through continuous learning in local government in South Africa by Elvin Shava, Tigere Paidamoyo Muringa

“…A purposive sampling technique was employed to select 50 participants from 10 municipalities across six South African provinces, ensuring representation from various managerial levels within local governments. The study’s key findings reveal that if properly implemented, continuous learning frameworks can address critical issues such as administrative inefficiency and resistance to innovation, which are deeply embedded in bureaucratic structures. …”
Get full text

GOVERNMANET PUBLIC RELATIONS IN FACING POLITICAL YEAR: TRAINING FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENT OF MAGETAN by Rani Sukma Ayu Suteja, Titik Puji Rahayu, Irfan Wahyudi, Suko Widodo, Dina Septiani, Santi Isnaini, Intan Fitranisa, Ratih Puspa

“…The issues faced by Indonesia in the 2019 elections are likely to reemerge in the 2024 elections. …”
Get full text

An efficient parallel runoff forecasting model for capturing global and local feature information by Yang-hao Hong, Dong-mei Xu, Wen-chuan Wang, Hong-fei Zang, Xiao-xue Hu, Yan-wei Zhao

“…However, research on how to efficiently identify the physical characteristics of runoff sequences and develop forecasting models that simultaneously address both global and local features of the sequences is still lacking. …”
Get full text

A scoping review of UK local government workplace health and wellbeing programmes by Austen El-Osta, Sami Altalib, Aos Alaa, Mahmoud Al-Ammouri, Manisha Karki, Eva Riboli-Sasco, Azeem Majeed, Laura Kudrna

“…With the growing prevalence of health issues among employees in the UK, including stress and long-term conditions, effective workplace health and wellbeing support by local government can play a crucial role in keeping people economically active and well. …”
Get full text

Financial sustainability of local NGOs funded by the Churches Health Association of Zambia in Zambia by Michael Mutaya Kachumi, Mukumbuta Nawa, Joseph Mwanakatwe, Raymond Bwembya, Dhally M. Menda, Karen Sichali Sichinga, Junaid M. Shaikh

“…Abstract Local non-profit organizations (LNPOs) play an important role in providing services to vulnerable communities, especially in rural areas where for-profit organizations do not reach. …”
Get full text

Image dehazing algorithm based on deep transfer learning and local mean adaptation by Dongyang Shi, Sheng Huang

“…Currently, it is challenging for dehazing models to simultaneously ensure effective dehazing in bright regions while maintaining strong noise suppression capabilities. To address both issues simultaneously, we propose an image dehazing algorithm based on deep transfer learning and local mean adaptation. …”
Get full text

Navigating Fragmented Globalization: Local Content Policies in a New Trade Order by Yudan Whulanza, Eny Kusrini, Akhmad Hidayatno, Teuku Yuri M. Zagloel

“…Likewise, in India, the Production Linked Incentive (PLI) scheme connects financial support to local value addition, encouraging companies to establish local supplier networks and strengthen backward linkages (Cherian et al., 2021). …”
Get full text

Mobile Robot Navigation with Enhanced 2D Mapping and Multi-Sensor Fusion by Basheer Al-Tawil, Adem Candemir, Magnus Jung, Ayoub Al-Hamadi

“…Additionally, we propose the enhanced Gmapping (EGM) algorithm by adding adaptive resampling and degeneracy handling to address particle depletion issues, thereby improving the robustness of the localization process. …”
Get full text

Toward Adaptive Unsupervised and Blind Image Forgery Localization with ViT-VAE and a Gaussian Mixture Model by Haichang Yin, KinTak U, Jing Wang, Wuyue Ma

“…Most image forgery localization methods rely on supervised learning, requiring large labeled datasets for training. …”
Get full text

Application of hyperthermia robots in Cyber-syndrome treatment by Xueyan YIN, Feifei SHI, Jinqiang WANG, Huansheng NING

Get full text

Research on Real-Time Localization and Environmental Monitoring Using Sensors and ZigBee for Cold Chain System by Changsoo Lee, Daewon Jung, Keun-Wang Lee

“…However, as we can see from the food poisoning incidents that have recently occurred, important issues are how to keep the items (foods) and manage them. …”
Get full text