OLD-NEW TYPE SCHOOL BUILDINGS AND ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT: TEACHER'S PERSPECTIVE – CASE OF IZMIR, TURKEY

The purpose of this research is to examine whether low and high student acheivement and new and old types of buildings have a meaningful relationship with perceptions of teachers on quality of school buildings. Quantitative methods were used in the research. 204 teachers from elementary, middle and high school in İzmir, Turkey completed the scale. Stratified random sampling was used in the research. In data collection, ‘Quality School Building Scale’ was used. For data analaysis, t test were used as well as basic statistical methods. Results show that, as academic achievement, there is a meaningful difference between perception of teachers related to school campus, acoustic dimensions and total scale. The difference is in the favor of schools with lower academic achivement. The same dimensions and total scale have difference that old type is favorable. In this sense, improving the quality of school building is important.   Article visualizations

Impact of outdoor sports on health

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Automatic Understanding and Mapping of Regions in Cities Using Google Street View Images

The use of semantic representations to achieve place understanding has been widely studied using indoor information. This kind of data can then be used for navigation, localization, and place identification using mobile devices. Nevertheless, applying this approach to outdoor data involves certain non-trivial procedures, such as gathering the information. This problem can be solved by using map APIs which allow images to be taken from the dataset captured to add to the map of a city. In this paper, we seek to leverage such APIs that collect images of city streets to generate a semantic representation of the city, built using a clustering algorithm and semantic descriptors. The main contribution of this work is to provide a new approach to generate a map with semantic information for each area of the city. The proposed method can automatically assign a semantic label for the cluster on the map. This method can be useful in smart cities and autonomous driving approaches due to the categorization of the zones in a city. The results show the robustness of the proposed pipeline and the advantages of using Google Street View images, semantic descriptors, and machine learning algorithms to generate semantic maps of outdoor places. These maps properly encode the zones existing in the selected city and are able to provide new zones between current ones.This work has been supported by the Spanish Grant PID2019-104818RB-I00 funded by MCIN/AEI/10.13039/501100011033 and by “ERDF A way of making Europe”. José Carlos Rangel and Edmanuel Cruz were supported by the Sistema Nacional de Investigación (SNI) of SENACYT, Panama

Fixed-site permanent supportive housing : understanding operational and environmental factors that contribute towards positive outcomes for residents of fixed-site permanent supportive housing in the Fraser Health and Interior Health Regions

Homelessness is a historical issue that has plagued many countries over time, and there have been a variety of responses to it. Homelessness is conceptualized as living without stable, permanent, or appropriate housing, is increasingly experienced by individuals who struggle with mental health issues, addiction, and poverty, and can result from both personal and systemic factors (Cronley, 2010). One measure to address increases in homelessness in Canada is the utilization of Permanent Supportive Housing (PSH). PSH is loosely defined as subsidized housing partnered with ongoing supportive services and often operates on Housing First (HF) principles (Byrne, Fargo, Montgomery, Munley & Culhane, 2014). Many PSH developments work with people who have varying levels of complexities on their lives, including mental health, addictions and histories of trauma. This study looked at operational and environmental factors that contribute towards positive outcomes for residents in PSH by having operators (management or lead staff member of operating organization for PSH surveyed) of developments in the Fraser Health and Interior Health regions complete a 25-question survey to share their experiences and insight. The participants identified positive outcomes and challenges in the areas of staffing, programming, and environmental designs. Understanding how PSH developments operate, and what considerations are needed to promote resident safety and independence will assist social workers and other human service providers as we journey towards providing services and reducing homelessness.homelessnesssupportive housinghousing firsthousing continuumaddictionmental healthrecovery approachsocial worker