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Fog Computing: A Taxonomy, Survey and Future Directions

open access: yes, 2017
In recent years, the number of Internet of Things (IoT) devices/sensors has increased to a great extent. To support the computational demand of real-time latency-sensitive applications of largely geo-distributed IoT devices/sensors, a new computing ...
Buyya, Rajkumar   +2 more
core   +1 more source

National Disability Insurance Scheme and Quality of Life Among Carers of Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder in Australia: A Thematic Analysis

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Diagnoses of autism spectrum disorder in Australia have increased considerably in recent years. The current study investigated how the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) impacts quality of life (QoL) among carers of children with autism spectrum disorder.
Jesse Gerhard, Sharon L. Grant
wiley   +1 more source

‘People Need to Understand That They Are Stealing From Their Neighbours’: A Critical Media Analysis of the Representations and Resistance Throughout the Robodebt Scheme

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The Robodebt scheme issued thousand‐dollar debts to an estimated half a million people who had received social security. The debts were largely inaccurate and illegal, with the aim of improving the federal government's budget. The 2023 Royal Commission into the Robodebt Scheme found that the stigmatising political and public language about ...
Ella Kruger, Phillipa Evans
wiley   +1 more source

ЦИФРОВІ ІНСТРУМЕНТИ ДЛЯ ЗЕЛЕНОЇ ЕНЕРГЕТИКИ ЯК ДРАЙВЕРИ СТАЛОГО ТА ІНКЛЮЗИВНОГО РОЗВИТКУ РЕГІОНІВ

open access: yesЕкономіка та суспільство
У статті обґрунтовано роль цифрових технологій як каталізатора розвитку відновлюваної енергетики в умовах повоєнної відбудови України. Розкрито сутність концепції «подвійного переходу» (twin transition) та доведено необхідність її імплементації на ...
Тетяна Передерій
doaj   +1 more source

Economic Optimization of the Energy Supply for a Logistics Center Considering Variable-Rate Energy Tariffs and Integration of Photovoltaics

open access: yesApplied Sciences, 2019
The energy supplied by photovoltaic (PV) panels connected to the grid creates more flexibility for energy management; however, oversizing the PV system may result in an energy surplus, an essential factor to be considered during energy efficiency ...
Alex Ximenes Naves   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Increasing EHR Use for Quality Improvement in Community Health Centers: The Role of Networks [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
Describes how five community health center networks helped implement electronic health records to improve chronic and preventive care, as well as the obstacles they faced, including limited software capabilities, funding, and ability to share ...
Chris E. West, Robert H. Miller
core  

The Legislation for Providing Animal Access in Australian Residential Aged Care: It's Not a Zoo

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Providing meaningful animal contact to residential aged care facility (RACF) residents is problematic due to a lack of animal policies and National Guidelines. This paper examines how Australian Legislation could influence access to animal contact in RACFs and aims to answer the question, ‘Could current Legislation facilitate the development ...
Wendy Newton   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Optimal PV Sizing and Demand Response in Greek Energy Communities Under the New Virtual Net-Billing Scheme

open access: yesEnergies
Energy Communities have emerged as a key mechanism for promoting citizen participation in the energy transition. In Greece, recent legislation replaced the virtual net-metering scheme with a virtual net-billing framework, introducing new economic and ...
Ioanna-Mirto Chatzigeorgiou   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Cost of the National Disability Insurance Scheme: Australia's Print‐Media Discourse

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper examines the way that Australian newspapers have framed the cost of the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS). Introduced in 2013, the NDIS represented a major change in Australia's disability support policy, moving for the first time to a nationwide universal insurance model.
Meera Chinnappa   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Who?s getting caught? An analysis of the Australian Medicare Safety Net, CHERE Working Paper 2006/8 [PDF]

open access: yes
The Medicare Safety Net Policy was introduced in March 2004 to provide financial relief for those Australians who face high out-of-pocket costs incurred through out-of-hospital medical services.
Elizabeth Savage   +4 more
core  

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