Towards modeling civilian behavior during a natural disaster

This work presents a literature review on civilian evacuation behavior and agent based modeling for disaster planning. The aim is to understand a regional response to a natural disaster. We propose a study to investigate our study area's disaster plan and civilian response at large during such an event. The implications of our proposed work include improved disaster planning and a framework for modeling civilian response to real government disaster plans

BOOK REVIEW: Ridge, Natasha. (2014). Education and the Reverse Gender Divide in the Gulf States: Embracing the Global, Ignoring the Local. New York, NY: Teachers College Press. 216 pp., ISBN: 978-0-8077-5561-7.

BOOK REVIEW: Ridge, Natasha. (2014). Education and the Reverse Gender Divide in the Gulf States: Embracing the Global, Ignoring the Local. New York, NY: Teachers College Press. 216 pp., ISBN: 978-0-8077-5561-7

A mérkőzéslátogatás és a klubhoz való kötődés közötti kapcsolat kvalitatív elemzése: egy futball klub példája = Qualitative analysis of the relationship between club attachment and match attendance: the case of a football club

A szurkolók csapathoz való kötődésének kialakítása, új szurkolók bevonzása egy fejlett sportgazdaságban elengedhetetlen. Magyarországon ez a téma évtizedes megoldatlan problémát jelent, miközben látványos beruházásokkal új stadionok épültek, melyek kihasználtsága a hazai labdarúgó bajnoki mérkőzések esetében jelentős mértékben fejleszthető lenne. Kutatásunk az OTP Bank Liga magyar elsőosztályú labdarúgó bajnokságban szereplő Mol Fehérvár FC tekintetében vizsgálja a mérkőzéslátogatás és a klubhoz való kötődés közötti kapcsolatot kvalitatív kutatás, mélyinterjúk segítségével. Eredményeink szerint a klub letért arról az útról, amit a szurkolók a tradíciója alapján elvárnak tőle, valamint hiányzik a törzsszurkolók tisztelete és megbecsülése. Mindez megmagyarázhatja az alacsony nézőszám problémáját. Jelen kutatás a vizsgált klub példáján keresztül rávilágít arra a helyzetre, hogy a labdarúgásban kialakult egy sajátos helyzet, amely háttérbe szorítja a szurkoló szükségességét, szükségszerűségét, sőt az eredmények felvetik azt is, hogy a kluboknak szükségük van-e egyáltalán szurkolókra. Fans' attachment to their teams and the attraction of new fans are essential in a developed sports economy. In Hungary, this problem has been unsolved for decades in the domestic football league, while new stadiums have been built with spectacular investments and the utilization of these facilities could be significantly improved. With the help of qualitative research and indepth interviews, our research examines the relationship between match attendance and attachment to the club for Mol Fehérvár FC, a member of the Hungarian first-class football championship of the OTP Bank Liga. According to our results, the club has deviated from the path that the fans expect from it based on its tradition, while core fans lack respect and appreciation. All this may explain the problem of the low match attendance numbers. Through the example of the investigated club, the present research sheds light on the situation that a specific situation has developed in football, which pushes the need and necessity of the fan into the background, and the results even raise the question of whether clubs need fans at all

Mieniplotia scabra (Müller, 1774), another gastropod invasive species in Europe and the status of freshwater allochthonous molluscs in Greece and Europe

Mieniplotia scabra (Müller, 1774), a freshwater gastropod originating from the Indo-Pacific area, has proved to be a successful invader spreading to other parts of East Asia, Middle East, the Pacific Islands, North America and West Indies. This paper reports the first record of M. scabra from Europe, where it has become naturalized in Kos Island in Greece. This new trans-continental introduction brings to nine the number of alien freshwater molluscs species in Greece and to 30 in Europe. It is therefore given an updated snapshot on the presence of the numerous non-native fresh water species in Europe, divided by nation, an account that is currently lacking in literature and in the specific databases

Critiques of Gatekeeping In Scholarly Journals: An Analysis of Perceptions and Data

This article analyzes criticisms on the nature and functioning of the editorial boards of communication journals. There are certain elements in the pattern among the critics of journal articles and the journal publishing process. First, they tend to distort what was written in the original article by changing the words, concepts, or ideas. Second, they redefine the parameters of the study they are critiquing. Third, there is sometimes an element of hypocrisy in the critics\u27 attack. However, from the analysis it would appear that editors attempt to maintain balance considering experience in publishing, geographic and institutional affiliation, and gender