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Assessment of the size of the danger zone caused by an accident during transportation of a dangerous chemical substance [PDF]

Hemijska Industrija
Air pollution is the central topic of all discussions related to environmental protection. Modelling the spread of pollution is one of the methods used to predict the spread paths and levels of pollution and to act in order to combat this problem.
Ivković Aleksandar S., Ilić Srećko D., Radovanović Radovan V., Mladenović Nevena V.   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Nothing to See Here: Researching Non‐Recent Child Abuse in Schools and the Politics of Silence

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT While institutions, including schools, have responsibilities to protect children from harm, responses to instances of child sexual abuse have often exhibited avoidance and denial. Recent public inquiries in Australia revealed that some institutions, particularly in the Catholic sector, employed a deliberate strategy of silence which was used ...
John Crowley, Katie Wright, Kate O'Connor   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Australia's Migration Strategy: An Effective Response to Migrant Worker Exploitation?

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT A series of publicised migrant worker injuries and deaths has drawn attention to the issue of migrant worker exploitation (MWE) in Australia. In response, the Australian Government has included ‘Tackling Worker Exploitation’ as a key area of its Migration Strategy which it introduced in 2023. However, it is unclear how effective the Strategy’s
Evelyn Dowling, Alexandra Ridgway
wiley   +1 more source

Multi-anchor adaptive fusion and bi-focus attention for enhanced gait-based emotion recognition

Scientific Reports
Gait-based emotion recognition has emerged as a promising field with applications in public safety, healthcare, and human–computer interaction. However, existing methods often suffer from excessive globalization, feature redundancy, and lack of dynamic ...
Jincheng Li, Xuejing Dai, Ruiao Yan, Chengqing Tang, Yunpeng Li   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Artificial Intelligence and Access to Justice at the ‘Shop Front’: The Potential and Limitations of Meeting Legal Need Through Technology

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In Australia, governments fund Community Legal Centres (CLCs) as part of the legal assistance sector (LAS) to meet the ‘legal needs’ of people experiencing disadvantage who cannot afford private legal services. Persistent unmet demand for CLCs is well‐documented. As artificial intelligence (AI) is increasingly used in private legal practice to
Catherine Hastings, Art Cotterell, Farzana Bruce   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

A score based likelihood ratio framework for deepfake image identification in forensic science

Scientific Reports
This paper proposes a score-based likelihood ratio system for forensic identification of deepfake images, addressing challenges in digital media identification due to rapid deepfake development. Built on the FaceForensics + + dataset, the system prevents
Tianli Guo, Jisong Li, Yunqi Tang
doaj   +1 more source

Public Attitudes Toward Compassionate Release of Older People From Prison: Findings From a National Survey in Australia

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The rapid increase in older people in prison populations worldwide is generating significant health, cost, and human rights pressures on custodial systems. Compassionate release for older, frail inmates is a potentially effective response, yet little is known about public support for this approach.
Ye In (Jane) Hwang, Natasha Ginnivan, Amanuel Kidane Hagos, Tony Butler   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Bivariate Generalized Split-BREAK Process with Application in Modeling Crime Dynamics

Mathematics
The manuscript proposes a new non-linear and non-stationary bivariate stochastic model, termed the two-dimensional Gaussian (generalized) Split-BREAK (2D-GSB) process, as a multivariate extension of the univariate GSB framework.
Snežana Stojičić, Vladica S. Stojanović, Mihailo Jovanović, Dušan Joksimović, Radovan Radovanović   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Correlation of Morphological Characteristics with Police Specific Fitness Test in Police Students [PDF]

SportLogia
This research delved into the potential correlation between morphological characteristics and the performance in a police specific physical ability test (PSPAT) among students at the University of Criminal Investigation and Police Studies.
Radivoje Janković, Nenad Koropanovski
doaj   +1 more source

To What Extent Do Australian Government Metrics Align With Indigenous and Non‐Indigenous Conceptualisations of Wellbeing? A Scoping Review of Wellbeing Frameworks

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Indigenous wellbeing theories offer potential to better measure social and cultural determinants. This scoping review aimed to identify the types of metrics used by the Australian government to assess wellbeing and evaluate the alignment of current frameworks against Indigenous and non‐Indigenous conceptualisations of wellbeing.
Sophie Wright‐Pedersen, Edward J. O'Connor, Megan Rebuli, Tiana Thorne, Naomi Kakoschke, Ray Mahoney   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source