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Ovidiu Bunea - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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family strengthening program Evaluation Report
Social Science Research Network, 2010Co-Authors: Daniela Cojocaru, Ovidiu BuneaAbstract:The Evaluation aimed at measuring the impact that the Family Strengthening Program run by SOS Children’s Villages in district 1 of Bucharest had on children, families and communities. In order to do this, 125 beneficiaries’ files (86 closed cases and 39 working cases) were analysed. In order to collect quality data, interviews took place with 9 mothers and 6 children and with the program’ staff, as well as focus groups with the beneficiaries whose files were closed, focus groups with beneficiaries from the existent beneficiaries category and focus groups with partners.
A Gains - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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the national safety camera programme four year Evaluation Report december 2005
2005Co-Authors: A Gains, M Nordstrom, J Shrewsbury, L Mountain, M MaherAbstract:In 2000, a system was introduced that allowed eight pilot areas to recover the costs of operating speed and red-light cameras (safety cameras) fromfines resulting from enforcement. In 2001, legislation was introduced that allowed the system to be extended to other areas. A national programme was then gradually introduced. This Report provides an updated analysis to the 38 areas that were operating within the programme over the four year period from April 2000 to March 2004. The main results showered that vehicle speeds were decreased by about 6% at speed camera sites. At new sites, the reduction in vehicles breaking the speed limit was 31% (70% at fixed sites and 18% at mobile sites). There was a 22% reduction in personal injurycollisions and 42% fewer people were killed or seriously injured at sitesafter cameras were introduced. There was a positive cost-benefit of around 2.7:1
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the national safety camera programme four year Evaluation Report
Department for Transport: London., 2004Co-Authors: A Gains, M Nordstrom, B G Heydecker, J ShrewsburyAbstract:A system was introduced in the United Kingdom in 2000 that allowed eight pilot areas to recover the costs of operating speed and red-light cameras from fines resulting from enforcement. In 2001, the system was extended to other areas, followed by a national programme. This Report provides an analysis of the 24 areas that had been operating safety cameras under the system for over a year. This showed that vehicle speeds had been reduced by about 7% at speed camera sites. At new sites, there was a 32% reduction in vehicles breaking the speed limit. At fixed sites, there was a 71% reduction in vehicles breaking the speed limit and at mobile sites there was a 21% reduction. After allowing for the long-term trend there was a 33% reduction in personal injury collisions at sites where cameras were introduced. There was a clear correlation between reductions in speed and reductions in personal injury collisions. There was a positive cost benefit ratio of 4:1. Public attitude surveys supported the use of safety cameras for targeted enforcement.
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the national safety camera programme three year Evaluation Report
UCL (University College London) Department for Transport: London UK., 2004Co-Authors: A Gains, B G Heydecker, J Shrewsbury, S RobertsonAbstract:In 2000, a system was introduced that allowed eight pilot areas to recoverthe costs of operating speed and red-light cameras (safety cameras) fromfines resulting from enforcement. In 2001, legislation was introduced thatallowed the system to be extended to other areas. A national programmewas then gradually introduced.In February 2003, the Department for Transport (DfT) published a researchReport 1 that analysed the effectiveness of the system in the eight pilot areasover the first two years (April 2000 to March 2002). This Report updates thisanalysis to the 24 areas that were operating within the programme over thefirst three years (April 2000 to March 2003). Only areas operating within theprogramme for at least a year were included in the analysis. High level resultsare as follows:Vehicle speeds were down ? surveys showed that vehicle speeds atspeed camera sites had dropped by around 7% following the introductionof cameras. At new sites, there was a 32% reduction in vehicles breakingthe speed limit. At fixed sites, there was a 71% reduction and at mobilesites there was a 21% reduction. Overall, the proportion of vehicles speedingexcessively (ie 15mph more than the speed limit) fell by 80% at fixed camerasites, and 28% at mobile camera sites. Both casualties and deaths were down ? after allowing for the long-termtrend there was a 33% reduction in personal injury collisions (PICs) at siteswhere cameras were introduced. Overall, this meant that 40% fewer peoplewere killed or seriously injured. At camera sites, there was also a reductionof over 100 fatalities per annum (40% fewer). There were 870 fewer peoplekilled or seriously injured and 4,030 fewer personal injury collisions perannum. There was a clear correlation between reductions in speed andreductions in PICs.There was a positive cost-benefit of around 4:1. In the third year, thebenefits to society from the avoided injuries were in excess of £221millioncompared to enforcement costs of around £54million.The public supported the use of safety cameras for targetedenforcement. This was evidenced by public attitude surveys, both locallyand at a national level.Overall, this Report concludes that safety cameras have reduced collisions,casualties and deaths.
J Shrewsbury - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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the national safety camera programme four year Evaluation Report december 2005
2005Co-Authors: A Gains, M Nordstrom, J Shrewsbury, L Mountain, M MaherAbstract:In 2000, a system was introduced that allowed eight pilot areas to recover the costs of operating speed and red-light cameras (safety cameras) fromfines resulting from enforcement. In 2001, legislation was introduced that allowed the system to be extended to other areas. A national programme was then gradually introduced. This Report provides an updated analysis to the 38 areas that were operating within the programme over the four year period from April 2000 to March 2004. The main results showered that vehicle speeds were decreased by about 6% at speed camera sites. At new sites, the reduction in vehicles breaking the speed limit was 31% (70% at fixed sites and 18% at mobile sites). There was a 22% reduction in personal injurycollisions and 42% fewer people were killed or seriously injured at sitesafter cameras were introduced. There was a positive cost-benefit of around 2.7:1
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the national safety camera programme four year Evaluation Report
Department for Transport: London., 2004Co-Authors: A Gains, M Nordstrom, B G Heydecker, J ShrewsburyAbstract:A system was introduced in the United Kingdom in 2000 that allowed eight pilot areas to recover the costs of operating speed and red-light cameras from fines resulting from enforcement. In 2001, the system was extended to other areas, followed by a national programme. This Report provides an analysis of the 24 areas that had been operating safety cameras under the system for over a year. This showed that vehicle speeds had been reduced by about 7% at speed camera sites. At new sites, there was a 32% reduction in vehicles breaking the speed limit. At fixed sites, there was a 71% reduction in vehicles breaking the speed limit and at mobile sites there was a 21% reduction. After allowing for the long-term trend there was a 33% reduction in personal injury collisions at sites where cameras were introduced. There was a clear correlation between reductions in speed and reductions in personal injury collisions. There was a positive cost benefit ratio of 4:1. Public attitude surveys supported the use of safety cameras for targeted enforcement.
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the national safety camera programme three year Evaluation Report
UCL (University College London) Department for Transport: London UK., 2004Co-Authors: A Gains, B G Heydecker, J Shrewsbury, S RobertsonAbstract:In 2000, a system was introduced that allowed eight pilot areas to recoverthe costs of operating speed and red-light cameras (safety cameras) fromfines resulting from enforcement. In 2001, legislation was introduced thatallowed the system to be extended to other areas. A national programmewas then gradually introduced.In February 2003, the Department for Transport (DfT) published a researchReport 1 that analysed the effectiveness of the system in the eight pilot areasover the first two years (April 2000 to March 2002). This Report updates thisanalysis to the 24 areas that were operating within the programme over thefirst three years (April 2000 to March 2003). Only areas operating within theprogramme for at least a year were included in the analysis. High level resultsare as follows:Vehicle speeds were down ? surveys showed that vehicle speeds atspeed camera sites had dropped by around 7% following the introductionof cameras. At new sites, there was a 32% reduction in vehicles breakingthe speed limit. At fixed sites, there was a 71% reduction and at mobilesites there was a 21% reduction. Overall, the proportion of vehicles speedingexcessively (ie 15mph more than the speed limit) fell by 80% at fixed camerasites, and 28% at mobile camera sites. Both casualties and deaths were down ? after allowing for the long-termtrend there was a 33% reduction in personal injury collisions (PICs) at siteswhere cameras were introduced. Overall, this meant that 40% fewer peoplewere killed or seriously injured. At camera sites, there was also a reductionof over 100 fatalities per annum (40% fewer). There were 870 fewer peoplekilled or seriously injured and 4,030 fewer personal injury collisions perannum. There was a clear correlation between reductions in speed andreductions in PICs.There was a positive cost-benefit of around 4:1. In the third year, thebenefits to society from the avoided injuries were in excess of £221millioncompared to enforcement costs of around £54million.The public supported the use of safety cameras for targetedenforcement. This was evidenced by public attitude surveys, both locallyand at a national level.Overall, this Report concludes that safety cameras have reduced collisions,casualties and deaths.
Daniela Cojocaru - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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family strengthening program Evaluation Report
Social Science Research Network, 2010Co-Authors: Daniela Cojocaru, Ovidiu BuneaAbstract:The Evaluation aimed at measuring the impact that the Family Strengthening Program run by SOS Children’s Villages in district 1 of Bucharest had on children, families and communities. In order to do this, 125 beneficiaries’ files (86 closed cases and 39 working cases) were analysed. In order to collect quality data, interviews took place with 9 mothers and 6 children and with the program’ staff, as well as focus groups with the beneficiaries whose files were closed, focus groups with beneficiaries from the existent beneficiaries category and focus groups with partners.
Lim, Kim Chuan - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Evaluation of Image Pixels Similarity Measurement Algorithm Accelerated on GPU with OpenACC
Journal of Telecommunication Electronic and Computer Engineering (JTEC), 2018Co-Authors: Abdulqader, Ibrahim Mundher, Lim, Kim ChuanAbstract:OpenACC is a directive based parallel programming library that allows for the easy acceleration of existing C, C++ and Fortran based applications with minimal code modifications. By annotating the bottleneck causing a section of the code with OpenACC directives, the acceleration of the code can be simplified, leading for high portability of performance across different target Graphic Processing Units (GPUs). In this work, the portability of an implemented parallelizable chi-square based pixel similarity measurement algorithm has been evaluated on two consumer and professional grade GPUs. To our best knowledge, this is the first performance Evaluation Report that utilizes the OpenACC optimization clauses (collapse and tile) on different GPUs to process a less workload (low resolution image of 581x429 pixels) and a heavy workload (high resolution image of 4500 x 3500 pixels) to demonstrate the effectiveness and high portability of OpenACC
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Evaluation of Image Pixels Similarity Measurement Algorithm Accelerated on GPU with OpenACC
Penerbit Universiti UTeM, 2017Co-Authors: Abdulqader, Ibrahim Mundher, Lim, Kim ChuanAbstract:OpenACC is a directive based parallel programming library that allows for easy acceleration of existing C, C++ and Fortran based applications with minimal code modifications. By annotating the bottleneck causing section of the code with OpenACC directives, the acceleration of the code can be simplified, leading for high portability of performance across different target Graphic Processing Units (GPUs). In this work, the portability of an implemented parallelizable chi-square based pixel similarity measurement algorithm has been evaluated on two consumer and professional grade GPUs. To our best knowledge, this is the first performance Evaluation Report that utilizes the OpenACC optimization clauses (collapse and tile) on different GPUs to process a less workload (low resolution image of 581x429 pixels) and a heavy workload (high resolution image of 4500 x 3500 pixels) to demonstrate the effectiveness and high portability of OpenACC
