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Empowering and conquering infirmity of visually impaired using AI‐technology equipped with object detection and real‐time voice feedback system in healthcare application

open access: yesCAAI Transactions on Intelligence Technology, EarlyView., 2023
Abstract The Internet of Things is emerging as a crucial technology in aiding humans and making their lives easier. Among the human population, a large percentage of people suffer from disabilities resulting in challenges in everyday life particularly people with visual disabilities.
Hania Tarik   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Transforming Slums Through Urban Intensification [PDF]

open access: yesWorld Journal of Science, Technology and Sustainable Development, 2022
Unplanned rapid urbanization is leading to the mass formation of informal settlements in many developing cities around the world. It is estimated that globally approximately 30% of urban residents inhabit such informal settlements. These settlements are characterized by poor physical urban structures, insecure land tenure, overcrowding, and poor ...
Omer, K, Watts, GN, Moustaka, A
openaire   +3 more sources

Nurturing Sustainable Development: Unveiling the Dynamics of Implementing Slum Management Policies in Indonesia

open access: yesJurnal Ilmiah Ilmu Administrasi Publik, 2023
This article explores the dynamics of implementing slum management policies in Indonesia, aiming to contribute to sustainable development efforts.
Ida Nuryadi   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

An overview of slum upgrading programs in developing countries: Case study in Indonesia

open access: yesCogent Arts & Humanities, 2023
Many slum upgrading programs have been conducted globally, including in Indonesia. However, the research of those interventions is quite rare. The purpose of this paper is to evaluate slum upgrading programs, which has already had 10 editions in ...
Siti Zubaidah   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Infant mortality in an urban slum [PDF]

open access: yesThe Indian Journal of Pediatrics, 2007
Infant and child mortality are important indicators of the level of development of a society, but are usually collected by governmental agencies on a region wide scale, with little local stratification. In order to formulate appropriate local policies for intervention, it is important to know the patterns of morbidity and mortality in children in the ...
A, Vaid, A, Mammen, B, Primrose, G, Kang
openaire   +2 more sources

Because space matters: conceptual framework to help distinguish slum from non-slum urban areas

open access: yesBMJ Global Health, 2019
Despite an estimated one billion people around the world living in slums, most surveys of health and well-being do not distinguish between slum and non-slum urban residents. Identifying people who live in slums is important for research purposes and also
Timothy Hofer   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

Building Density Level of Urban Slum Area in Jakarta

open access: yesGeosfera Indonesia, 2020
Currently, the number of urban residents is increasing and some of the urban population live in slum areas. Therefore, identifying the characteristics of slum areas has become crucial.
Tenty Melvianti Legarias   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

KNOWLEDGE AND AWARENESS REGARDING RISK-FACTORS ASSOCIATE WITH COVID-19 AMONG URBAN POOR IN BANGLADESH [PDF]

open access: yesInnovative Issues and Approaches in Social Sciences, 2021
COVID-19 has become a global pandemic as well as deadly disease. COVID-19 pandemic has brought vulnerability to the people especially among urban poor in Bangladesh. Lack of knowledge and awareness regarding COVID-19 has occurred miserable condition. The
Rafia Akter
doaj   +1 more source

The role of earth observation in an integrated deprived area mapping “system” for low-to-middle income countries [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
Urbanization in the global South has been accompanied by the proliferation of vast informal and marginalized urban areas that lack access to essential services and infrastructure.
Boo, Gianluca   +11 more
core   +4 more sources

Prevalence and determinants of hypertension among urban slum dwellers in Bangladesh

open access: yesBMC Public Health, 2022
Background In low- and middle- income countries such as Bangladesh, urban slum dwellers are particualry vulnerable to hypertension due to inadequate facilities for screening and management, as well as inadequate health literacy among them. However, there
Sabuj Kanti Mistry   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

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