The very first infected novel coronavirus case (COVID-19) was found in Hubei, China in December 2019. The COVID-19 pandemic has spread over many countries and areas in the world, and has significantly affected every aspect of our daily lives. Artificial Intelligence(AI) thriving technology for many intelligent applications in various fields. Some high-profile examples of AI are autonomous vehicles (e.g., self-driving car and drones) in automotive, medical diagnosis and telehealth in healthcare, cybersecurity systems (e.g., malware and botnet detection), AI banking in finance, image processing and natural language processing in computer…
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BEHAVIOUR AND EFFECTS OF OIL SPILLS IN AQUATIC ENVIRONMENTS
When we think of oil spills, we usually think of oil tankers spilling their cargo in oceans or seas. However, oil spilled on land often reaches lakes, rivers, and wetlands, where it can also cause damage. Oceans and other saltwater bodies are referred to as marine environments. Lakes, rivers, and other inland bodies of water are called freshwater environments. The term aquatic refers to both marine and freshwater environments. When oil is spilled into an aquatic environment, it can harm organisms that live on or around the water surface and…
Read MoreBIG DATA AND HUMAN RIGHTS
The data relating to our own actions and the data generated and reported on by “things”, are also increasingly shared and/or exploited in aggregate form, as so-called Big Data. In this new environment, we are generate extremely detailed personalized or quasi-personalized data trails even if we are only half aware of them. These data can be used to map social networks along with the spiders’ webs of contacts linked to further contacts. Combined with Big Data and profiles, they can show surprisingly revealing details of every man and woman’s life, beliefs, inclinations,…
Read MoreEPIDEMIC OF UNEMPLOYMENT AND ITS FACTS: PART II
Epidemic treatments are often based on proactive solutions, early interventions and direct approaches wherever possible. What the literature on the costs of unemployment and the social determinants of health suggests is that directly creating employment opportunities for the unemployed is in and of itself an important policy objective. One such direct approach to joblessness is a job guarantee, aka, employer of last resort, buffer stock employment, or public service employment. The advantage of this type of program is that it not only stresses job creation as an end in itself, but…
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