scholarly journals Aedes albopictus oviposits with other Aedes species in artificial oviposition cups: a case study in Knox County, Tennessee, U.S.A.

2020 ◽  
Vol 45 (1) ◽  
pp. 2-15
Author(s):  
A. Dixson ◽  
R.N. Jackson ◽  
R.D. Rowe ◽  
R. Nease ◽  
R.T. Trout Fryxell
Keyword(s):  
Aedes Albopictus ◽  
Knox County

scholarly journals Estimating External Costs of Municipal Landfill Siting Through Contingent Valuation Analysis: A Case Study

1991 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
pp. 155-166 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roland K. Roberts ◽  
Peggy V. Douglas ◽  
William M. Park
Keyword(s):  
Rural Communities ◽  
Contingent Valuation ◽  
Solid Waste ◽  
Household Income ◽  
The United States ◽  
External Costs ◽  
Knox County ◽  
City Water ◽  
Perception Of Health

AbstractMuch of the solid waste stream in the United States is generated by metropolitan areas, while associated landfills are often located in adjacent rural communities. Landfill disposal of municipal solid waste often creates external costs to nearby residents. Contingent valuation was used to estimate external costs of siting a landfill in the Carter community of Knox County, Tennessee. Estimates of annual external costs were $227 per household. Household income, size, years in the community, and distance from the proposed landfill and the respondent's education, sex, and perception of health risks were important in determining a household's willingness to pay to avoid having a landfill in the Carter community. Also, households whose (drinking water supplies were at risk of contamination were willing to pay $141 more than those who used piped city water or bottled water.

scholarly journals Integrating environmental and neighborhood factors in MaxEnt modeling to predict species distributions: A case study of Aedes albopictus in southeastern Pennsylvania

PLoS ONE ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 14 (10) ◽  
pp. e0223821 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel Wiese ◽  
Ananias A. Escalante ◽  
Heather Murphy ◽  
Kevin A. Henry ◽  
Victor Hugo Gutierrez-Velez
Keyword(s):  
Aedes Albopictus ◽  
Species Distributions ◽  
Neighborhood Factors ◽  
Maxent Modeling

scholarly journals A Case Study of Dual Infection of Dengue and COVID-19: Presenting as Multiorgan Dysfunction in an Infant

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maha Ashraf Kazi ◽  
Sanajit Ghosh ◽  
Satyabrata Roychowdhury ◽  
Prabhas Prasun Giri ◽  
Mihir Sarkar
Keyword(s):  
South Asian ◽  
Aedes Albopictus ◽  
Liver Enzymes ◽  
Dual Infection ◽  
Female Child ◽  
Health Concern ◽  
Bleeding Tendency ◽  
Asian Countries ◽  
Major Health

Abstract Dengue is a major health concern in South Asian countries transmitted by bite of day breeder mosquitoes Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus. Severity of plasma leak, shock, bleeding tendency and other organ dysfunction can be more pronounced in infants. The management becomes further complicated in the presence of a co-existing COVID-19 infection. Although COVID-19 infection is usually asymptomatic or has mild manifestations in children, however in presence of serious co-infection like dengue it can modify the course of the illness and lead to drastic consequences. Here, we present one such case of a 9-month-old female child who tested positive for dengue as well as COVID-19 during the ongoing corona pandemic and went on to develop shock, encephalopathy with deranged liver enzymes but managed to overcome all odds and recover from the disease by day 14 of illness.

scholarly journals Pengaruh Lama Perawatan Terhadap Indeks Platelet Pasien Demam Berdarah Dengue (Dbd) Di Rumah Sakit Islam Jemursari Surabaya

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 85-91
Author(s):  
Ruri Arinil Khoiro ◽  
Gilang Nugraha ◽  
Wieke Sriwulan
Keyword(s):  
Aedes Albopictus ◽  
Rank Test ◽  
Platelet Distribution Width ◽  
Platelet Volume ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Distribution Width ◽  
Wilcoxon Sign Rank Test ◽  
Wilcoxon Sign Rank ◽  
Sign Rank Test

Penyakit Demam Berdarah Dengue (DBD) merupakan salah satu penyakit infeksi tropis terbanyak di Indonesia yang disebabkan oleh virus dengue dan diperantarai oleh gigitan nyamuk Aedes aegypti dan Aedes albopictus. Salah satu gejala klinis dari penyakit dengue adalah menurunnya jumlah trombosit darah. Terdapat beberapa indeks trombosit yang diketahui sebagai indikator aktivasi trombosit, yaitu Mean Platelet Volume (MPV), dan Platelet Distribution Width (PDW). Pasien DBD yang mengalami perawatan di Rumah Sakit hanya memantau jumlah trombosit yang rendah selama proses penyembuhannya. Tujuan dari penelitian ini untuk mengetahui pengaruh lama perawatan terhadap Indeks Platelet MPV dan PDW pasien DBD. Data diperoleh dengan pengambilan data primer di Rumah Sakit Islam Jemursari Surabaya. Penelitian ini merupakan jenis penelitian One Shot Case Study dengan metode deskriptif analitik dan desain Cross sectional pada pasien DBD di Rumah Sakit Islam Jemursari Surabaya. Teknik pengambilan sampel menggunakan teknik accidental sampling. Analisis data MPV dan PDW menggunakan uji non-parametrik Wilcoxon Sign Rank Test.. Uji tersebut digunakan untuk melihat pengaruh lama perawatan pasien pada indeks platelet MPV dan PDW dengan tingkat kemaknaan α=0,05. Hasil uji statistik Wilcoxon Signk Rank Test pada MPV menunjukkan signifikansi sebesar (ρ=0,845), dan hasil uji statistik Wilcoxon Signk Rank Test pada PDW menunjukkan signifikansi sebesar (ρ=0,469). Berdasarkan hasil penelitian, dapat ditarik kesimpulan bahwa tidak terdapat pengaruh lama perawatan terhadap Indeks Platelet MPV dan PDW pada pasien DBD di RSI Jemursari Surabaya.

scholarly journals Phenology and Spectral Unmixing-Based Invasive Kudzu Mapping: A Case Study in Knox County, Tennessee

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (22) ◽  
pp. 4551
Author(s):  
Ming Shen ◽  
Maofeng Tang ◽  
Yingkui Li
Keyword(s):  
Invasive Plant ◽  
Spectral Unmixing ◽  
Multispectral Images ◽  
Kappa Index ◽  
Knox County ◽  
Linear Unmixing ◽  
Control And Management ◽  
Selection Of ◽  
Sentinel 2

As an invasive plant species, kudzu has been spreading rapidly in the Southeastern United States in recent years. Accurate mapping of kudzu is critical for effective invasion control and management. However, the remote detection of kudzu distribution using multispectral images is challenging because of the mixed reflectance and potential misclassification with other vegetation. We propose a three-step classification process to map kudzu in Knox County, Tennessee, using multispectral Sentinel-2 images and the integration of spectral unmixing analysis and phenological characteristics. This classification includes an initial linear unmixing process to produce an overestimated kudzu map, a phenological-based masking to reduce misclassification, and a nonlinear unmixing process to refine the classification. The initial linear unmixing provides high producer’s accuracy (PA) but low user’s accuracy (UA) due to misclassification with grasslands. The phenological-based masking increases the accuracy of the kudzu classification and reduces the domain for further processing. The nonlinear unmixing further refines the kudzu classification via the selection of an appropriate nonlinear model. The final kudzu classification for Knox County reaches relatively high accuracy, with UA, PA, Jaccard, and Kappa index values of 0.858, 0.907, 0.789, and 0.725, respectively. Our proposed method has potential for continuous monitoring of kudzu in large areas.

scholarly journals Factors Associated with Backyard Composting Behavior at the Household Level

2002 ◽  
Vol 31 (2) ◽  
pp. 147-156 ◽  
Author(s):  
William M. Park ◽  
Kevin S. Lamons ◽  
Roland K. Roberts
Keyword(s):  
Peer Influence ◽  
Telephone Survey ◽  
Policy Implications ◽  
Single Family ◽  
Household Level ◽  
Factors Associated ◽  
Logit Regression ◽  
Knox County ◽  
Sample Data

Communities in most states are under pressure to reduce the amount of solid waste going into landfills. Many are making efforts to encourage their citizens to practice backyard composting. A logit regression analysis was conducted to identify factors associated with backyard composting of yard and food wastes in a case study area. Sample data were obtained through a September 1997 telephone survey of 865 households residing in single-family dwellings in Knox County, Tennessee. Findings indicate that a number of variables reflecting complementary behavior, attitudes, knowledge, and peer influence were significantly related to composting behavior. Policy implications of these findings are outlined.

The Genesis and Internal Dynamics of El Salvador's People's Revolutionary Army, 1970–1976

2014 ◽  
Vol 38 (01) ◽  
pp. 102-129
Author(s):  
ALBERTO MARTÍN ÁLVAREZ ◽  
EUDALD CORTINA ORERO
Keyword(s):  
Latin America ◽  
El Salvador ◽  
Early Years ◽  
Left Wing ◽  
Internal Dynamics ◽  
Internal Coherence ◽  
The 1960S

AbstractUsing interviews with former militants and previously unpublished documents, this article traces the genesis and internal dynamics of the Ejército Revolucionario del Pueblo (People's Revolutionary Army, ERP) in El Salvador during the early years of its existence (1970–6). This period was marked by the inability of the ERP to maintain internal coherence or any consensus on revolutionary strategy, which led to a series of splits and internal fights over control of the organisation. The evidence marshalled in this case study sheds new light on the origins of the armed Salvadorean Left and thus contributes to a wider understanding of the processes of formation and internal dynamics of armed left-wing groups that emerged from the 1960s onwards in Latin America.

Culture and the plasticity of perception

2020 ◽  
Vol 43 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Lifshitz ◽  
T. M. Luhrmann
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Context ◽  
Sensory Experience ◽  
Cultural Learning ◽  
The World

Abstract Culture shapes our basic sensory experience of the world. This is particularly striking in the study of religion and psychosis, where we and others have shown that cultural context determines both the structure and content of hallucination-like events. The cultural shaping of hallucinations may provide a rich case-study for linking cultural learning with emerging prediction-based models of perception.

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