A mechatronic approach to smartphone failure analysis and sustainable maintenance solutions

Humans are interconnected to obtain information and communication. Advanced communication produces sophisticated technology, called smartphones, loved by many people. The phenomenon of smartphone needs has resulted in the Samsung smartphone counter business, a promising and growing business branch in Indonesia. The main thing is the information needs of people who like to change smartphones, every year the business and its actors develop, increase in Indonesia. Marketing strategies, challenging positioning, so that competitors compete, until expected by the public. The purpose of the study, describe in depth, the positioning strategy of Samsung smartphone service, in order to increase Samsung smartphone sales at the Anugrah Samsung Smartphone counter, Klaten. The research method is descriptive, qualitative approach, field research type. The purpose of the study, direct understanding of real conditions and comparing Samsung smartphone repair services as a marketing medium, with positioning specifications. By knowing the price of Samsung smartphone repair services, it is expected that product sales can increase. The purposive sampling method, the informant selection. The criteria are owner; operator, one employee; three regular customers. The results of the study as a benchmark for the success of the positioning marketing strategy, with 4 indicators, can provide an increase in sales of Samsung smartphone products, namely: 1. target market with customer persona specifications from collecting ideal customer profile information, representing the target market of Samsung smartphone counters; 2. life cycle of Samsung smartphone counter service, its stages, introduction, providing new services that are not yet available to competitors; growth, expansion of services from business partners; maturity, decision making when market conditions are saturated; decline conditions, adaptation to technological changes and consumer preferences; 3. adding a diversification strategy, offering replacement for the selection of second hand Samsung smartphone/new Samsung smartphone sales services; 4. product differentiation, shaping consumer perceptions. In addition to Samsung product repair services, adding other smartphone product repair services is currently trending.

Promises and Pitfalls of the Digital Age: A Review of Henry Jenkins, Sam Ford, and Joshua Green's <i>Spreadable Media: Creating Value and Meaning in a Networked Culture</i>

The governments and development agencies around the world have focused on achieving development by targeting on poverty reduction for more than two decades. Development, however, is multifaceted and goes beyond increases in income levels to incorporate human welfare by enhancing people’s choices and their substantive freedoms by providing both social and economic opportunities. While poverty is widespread in India, a study done by Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative concludes that Uttar Pradesh state had the fifth last Multidimensional Poverty Index rank in 2007 in the Indian states having 69.9% of its total population living under poverty. Lucknow District, taken up as the study area, demonstrates that due to technological disparities, infrastructural lags and lack of economic and social opportunities in the rural areas, the city becomes a hub for immigration. Government with the help of private enterprises, management agencies and NGOs can directly aid the situation through technology management projects, targeted at the grass roots and then upscaled, that can be beneficial in enhancing income opportunities through capacity building and focused knowledge dissemination, resulting in standardised, consistent and quality production, while the intervention of the private sector for these setups can be utilised for infrastructure provisions against the profit incentives, thereby resulting in a better quality of life, higher economic choices and higher income levels of the rural inhabitants.

Five decades after independence, the majority of Kenyan children do not receive quality education and live with limited economic and social opportunities. To this end, why have educational policies not worked as intended? I use Chabal and Daloz's (1999) framework to argue that good policies have not produced intended outcomes; instead, their implementations have delimited educational, social, and economic opportunities. Lackluster policy outcomes have perpetuated concentration of power and wealth, fostered weak public institutions, and destabilized citizenry while normalizing chaos.

Findings from Chile, Barbados, Guatemala, and Mexico are reviewed in this article to shed light on the consequences of adolescent childbearing for mothers' economic and social opportunities and the well-being of their first-born children. The studies include retrospective information and a comparison group of adult childbearers to account for the effects of background factors (poverty) and the timing of observations. The findings show that early childbearing is associated with negative economic rather than social effects, occurring for poor rather than for all mothers. Among the poor, adolescent childbearing is associated with lower monthly earnings for mothers and lower child nutritional status. Also, among this group of women only, improvements in the child's well-being are associated with mother's education and her contribution to household income. These findings suggest that social policy that expands the educational and income-earning opportunities of poor women could help to contain the intergenerational poverty associated with early childbearing among the poor.

Sustainable land use is a necessary element in ensuring sustainable agricultural development, improving environmental, economic and social opportunities for the benefit of present and future generations. The article investigates the historical development and state of land assessmentof sustainable land uses, which serves to increase the effectiveness of decision-making on land management. The conceptual apparatus and tools for assessing sustainable land use in the process of land and the state of land valuation of at the national, subnational and local levels. It provides an analysis of the main elements and sub-elements of any sustainable development programs, regardless of its reference point: country, region or community. It is proposed to improve the concept of "sustainable land use" in the context of the researched world tendencies of the paradigm of sustainable development of territories adapted to the realities of Ukraine.

Increasing the use of social sustainability in the decision-making process of construction projects requires that it be defined such that it can be evaluated objectively. One potential indicator of social sustainability in construction projects is public opinion, which can provide a means to evaluate the level of social sustainability on a construction project in normative ways. In this study, the causes for public opposition to a construction project are investigated using a framework that incorporates social principles of sustainability (as defined in current literature). The framework is demonstrated using two case studies: (1) California Delta (Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta), and (2) the Yucca Mountain Nuclear Waste Repository. Key observations are summarized using grounded theory. Preliminary analysis indicated that the public perception of unfulfilled social sustainability principles related to providing human basic needs, are common triggers of public opposition in construction infrastructure projects. This study provides the basis for research considering social sustainability principles and public opinion in construction projects. An improved understanding of the correlation of these factors could enable decision makers to better incorporate them during the planning phase of the project.

This research explores the impact of the global crisis on social and economic inequality in Medan City, focusing on social changes triggered by shifts in public policy and external factors affecting community welfare. Through qualitative approaches, this research identifies the main challenges faced by the community, including increased poverty, economic instability, and changes in social structure. The results show that the global crisis has exacerbated social and economic inequality in Medan, significantly impacting access to essential services and economic opportunities. The implications of this research suggest the need for effective data-driven strategies to address inequality, including integrated community empowerment programs and multi-sector collaboration. This research makes a novel contribution to understanding the dynamics of inequality in the context of the global crisis. It offers recommendations for future research, including an emphasis on longitudinal analysis and adaptive policy development. Recommendations for future research include developing more holistic intervention models and evaluating the long-term impact of policies implemented to reduce social and economic inequality.

In today’s conditions, issues related to the ecology and sustainability of natural ecosystems and their components are becoming more relevant. It should be noted that the main driving force affecting the use of land resources is climate change. The demand for land will only grow. At the same time, sustainable (balanced) land use, which is carried out on the basis of sustainable development, equally concerns not only ensuring the protection and maintenance of land potential for future generations, but also providing social and economic opportunities today. Comprehensive spatial development plans for territorial communities are a strategic tool for ensuring effective management of territories. They must not only meet the current needs of the population, economy and infrastructure, but also form the basis for sustainable land use in the long term. In this context, it is important to integrate the principles of land management, which are based on scientific justification for the distribution of land for specific purposes, taking into account state, public and private interests. In addition, comprehensive spatial planning of the development of territorial communities in the face of modern environmental challenges requires the integration of strategic environmental assessment as a key tool for ensuring sustainable development. The growth of anthropogenic load, degradation of natural resources and the consequences of military actions require an objective assessment of the state of the environment, analysis of the potential impacts of planning decisions and the search for alternative approaches that minimize the negative impact on ecosystems. Effective strategic environmental assessment will contribute to the adoption of balanced decisions that will ensure environmental safety, biodiversity conservation and compliance with the goals of sustainable development of territorial communities. It is obvious that sustainable land use, for example, for forestry lands and sustainable use of forest resources are interconnected, since they relate to the use of natural resources that are in an inextricable organic connection. Therefore, the simultaneous integrated use of natural resources, inextricably linked to land, carried out at the level of sustainable nature management, is an important object of planning territorial development, environmental safety, and rational use of land resources. In this regard, the subordination of the legal regime of forestry lands to the legal regime of forests growing on these lands becomes important. In this case, the role of recreational and health-improving forests, which perform mainly recreational, sanitary, hygienic, health-improving functions and are located on relevant lands that require special protection at the level of comprehensive spatial development plans, is actualized in the planning process.

Current appropriate technology promoting social sustainability for rural, underprivileged populations is often plagued by lack of affordability, maintenance, and personal training, and is also empathetically disconnected from local people and culture. This study proposes criteria for balancing design thinking processes and appropriate technology for social sustainability. In this study, we concretized five assumptions for design thinking processes: user-oriented design with mass productivity; reiterative nature through user satisfaction surveys; affordability for purchase, maintenance, and repair services; local appropriateness; and eco-friendliness with environmental sustainability. Next, we applied the criteria to 28 representative cases from the water, energy, health, shelter, and transportation fields. The cases were evaluated using qualitative content analysis. Findings show that the criteria are necessary for setting economic, social, and environmental development goals for underprivileged regions after considering local contexts. Cultural empathy and collaboration with locals are key for finding practical solutions and co-creating options iteratively. Further, the cases were compared quantitatively using radar diagrams, histograms, and graphs showing average values and standard deviations, providing an objective measure for appropriate technology. Notably, both qualitative and quantitative approaches can serve as useful guidelines for designers, developers, and local users when developing appropriate technology for social sustainability in underprivileged regions.

(2021) Volume 2, Issue 4 Cultural Implications of China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC Authors: Dr. Unsa Jamshed Amar Jahangir Anbrin Khawaja Abstract: This study is an attempt to highlight the cultural implication of CPEC on Pak-China relations, how it will align two nations culturally, and what steps were taken by the governments of two states to bring the people closer.

Background:The effectiveness of malaria control programs is determined by an array of complex factors, including the acceptability and sustained use of preventative measures such as the bed net. A small-scale exploratory study was conducted in several locations in the Niger Delta region, Nigeria, to discover barriers against the use of bed nets, in the context of a current drive to scale up net use in Nigeria.Methods:A qualitative approach with a convenience sample was used. One to one interviews with mostly male adult volunteers were undertaken which explored typical living and sleeping arrangements, and perceptions about and barriers against the use of the mosquito prevention bed net.Results:Several key issues emerged from the qualitative data. Bed nets were not reported as widely used in this small sample. The reasons reported for lack of use included issues of convenience, especially net set up and dismantling; potential hazard and safety concerns; issues related to typical family composition and nature of accommodation; humid weather conditions; and perceptions of cost and effectiveness. Most barriers to net use concerned issues about everyday practical living and sleeping arrangements and perceptions about comfort. Interviewees identified were aware of malaria infection risks, but several also indicated certain beliefs that were barriers to net use.Conclusions:Successful control of malaria and scale up of insecticide-treated net coverage relies on community perceptions and practice. This small study has illuminated a number of important everyday life issues, which remain barriers to sustained net use, and has clarified further questions to be considered in net design and in future research studies. The study highlights the need for further research on the human concerns that contribute to sustained use of nets or, conversely, present significant barriers to their use.

Reverse mortgages are loans that allow older homeowners to borrow from their home equity with no repayment due until the borrower dies or moves out of the home. We currently know very little about how homeowners evaluate and experience reverse mortgages as solutions to their financial and housing needs in later life. Furthermore, despite an increasingly diverse population of reverse mortgage borrowers, we know little about how social inequalities may contribute to reverse mortgage decisions and their outcomes. In this paper, we examine reverse mortgage decision-making and experiences in a racially and economically diverse sample of older US homeowners. We conducted 44 in-depth interviews with older homeowners who were considering or who had obtained a reverse mortgage loan. We inductively and iteratively developed a thematic coding scheme that was applied to all interview transcripts. Our analysis produced a dichotomous schema of reverse mortgage decision making that was shaped by social and economic opportunities and constraints. For some participants, reverse mortgages represented strategic tools used to maximize home equity and its benefits. For others, it was an option of last resort to which participants turned when faced with the imminent loss of their home. Focusing on reverse mortgages, our analysis suggests way that social inequalities may be reproduced through financial decisions and the unequal landscapes of opportunity in which they are made.

Household biogas can significantly contribute to sustainable energy transition by supporting the decarbonisation and modernization of the cooking energy sector. Nearly 450,000 household biogas plants were reported to have been installed in Nepal as of 2023. This study assesses their sustainability using large-scale household survey data combined with statistical analysis. A face-to-face survey of 2,559 households with biogas plants was conducted across ten districts, spanning the three most inhabited physiographic regions of the country. The interviews were conducted using a structured questionnaire to collect demographic and socio-economic characteristics, information on the functionality of biogas plant components (including from visual inspections), and the reasons, if any, for biogas plant dis-adoption. This study used descriptive and logistic regression analysis to identify factors that influence sustained use and dis-adoption. At the time of the survey, 54% of biogas plants had been abandoned, primarily due to a malfunctioning mixer, the main valve or the gas pipe. Statistically significant contributors to dis-adoption included plant operators having too small a herd of livestock to produce sufficient biogas feedstock, failure to conduct routine digester and outlet cleaning, and lack of post-installation repair and maintenance services. Moreover, many systems that were still in use were not performing optimally, producing only 0.4 m3/day of biogas on average. As they have moved away from biogas, households have compensated by increasing use of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG); this effect is estimated to cost 5.2million USD annually to Nepal's households and implies an increase in CO2 emissions of 0.66million tonnes (and global damages of USD 7.6million). These findings inform recommendations to improve the performance and sustained use of household biogas systems in Nepal and other countries with similar geographical and socio-economic conditions. In particular, a paradigm shift in biogas promotion and support policy is needed, that more seriously considers the demand-driven, subsidy, and dissemination features of interventions, and that engages in thorough monitoring and evaluation to troubleshoot program challenges.

The construction sector can be identified as one of the highest energy-consuming industries in the world. The energy usage of the construction, operation, and maintenance stages is significant due to the complex nature of the industry. However, energy is one of the most undervalued resources in terms of efficiency and conservation in the construction stage. Higher energy usage and energy wastage in construction sites can be identified as significant matters, and various energy efficiency measures have massive potential for saving energy during the construction stage. Accordingly, this paper aims to investigate the sustainable use of energy practices on construction sites in Sri Lanka. A comprehensive literature review was conducted to identify principles and practices of sustainable use of energy, energy-using activities, processes, and the most applicable energy efficiency measures. The research aim was achieved through a qualitative research approach, and four case studies on building construction projects were conducted within the Colombo district. The case boundary of the study is defined as high-rise building sites. Semi-structured interviews, site observation, and document reviews were carried out as data collection techniques within each case. The collected data were analysed using manual content analysis. Key findings revealed how to use energy sustainably, what are the current energy sources and alternative sources available, construction activities and equipment used in the construction process, and reduce energy wastage by using energy efficiency measures. Rework, and workers’ behaviour highly affects the energy wastage on the site. Lack of planning, lack of information, limited space, and poor responses from the construction organisation were identified as the most relevant barriers that influence sustainable energy use on construction sites. The proposed recommendations for improving the sustainable use of energy should be adopted at the project level. Measures exceeding the scope of site management, industry-level support, and policy intervention are required.