scholarly journals Factors Affecting the Presence and the Diversity of Bryophytes in the Petrifying Sources Habitat (7220) in Wallonia and the Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium

2016 ◽  
Vol 2016 ◽  
pp. 1-18 ◽  
Author(s):  
J.-M. Couvreur ◽  
G. San Martin ◽  
A. Sotiaux
Keyword(s):  
Species Richness ◽  
Environmental Factors ◽  
Community Composition ◽  
Linear Models ◽  
Canopy Cover ◽  
Individual Species ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Main Factor

Bryological composition, water chemistry, and environmental factors were characterized on 67 Belgian travertines. We explore the relationship between these environmental factors and the community composition, species richness, or presence of individual species using Redundancy Analysis with Hellinger’s transformation (tb-RDA) or Generalized Linear Models (GLMs). The best variables explaining the community composition are slope, NO3, NH4, and PO4. The species richness is negatively related to canopy cover and PO4.Palustriella commutatatends to be more frequent when the slope is steeper and to a lesser degree when the canopy cover is lower.Eucladium verticillatumtends to be slightly more frequent when canopy cover and NH4concentrations are lower.Cratoneuron filicinumis more frequent at higher Mg concentrations andPellia endiviifoliais more frequent at lower PO4concentrations and higher NO3concentrations.Brachythecium rivulareshowed wide ecological amplitude and almost none of the tested environmental factors seem to be related to its presence. The study identifies eutrophication as the main factor responsible for habitat deterioration. Practical indications on the best ways to maintain or to enhance the quality of these petrifying sources are given.

scholarly journals 31.B. Workshop: Public health and urban design: an interdisciplinary approach to promote autism friendly environments

2020 ◽  
Vol 30 (Supplement_5) ◽  
Author(s):  
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Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Risk Factors ◽  
Environmental Factors ◽  
Built Environment ◽  
Urban Design ◽  
Significant Role ◽  
Prevalence Rates ◽  
Environmental Characteristics ◽  
The Relationship

Abstract Autism is a set of heterogeneous neurodevelopmental conditions, characterised by early-onset difficulties in social communication and restricted, repetitive behaviour and interests. The worldwide population prevalence is about 1% with an increasing incidence and prevalence rates. Autism affects more male than female individuals, and comorbidity is common (>70% have concurrent conditions). Determinants of these changes in incidence and prevalence rates may also be related to exposure to environmental factors and to modifications in diagnostic concepts and criteria. In spite of the uncertainty in determinants of incidence of autisms, there is evidence that environmental characteristics play a significant role both as autism risk factors and as potential obstacles that influence the capabilities of autonomously and fully “using” everyday spaces. The workshop aims to provide a framework on risk factors of autism and explore the relationship with the built environment, focusing on the quality of the everyday spaces and projecting the effects that it could have in the long term on achieving a desirable level of quality of life. The 11th Sustainable Development Goals of United Nations “Make cities inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable” underlines the necessity of designing policies and projects acting to enhance and promote healthy cities and communities by addressing the needs of the most vulnerable groups of inhabitants. Herewith we bring together the discipline of Public Health and Urban Design to promote an interdisciplinary debate on a little explored topic investigating how the approaches adopted during childhood to promote the wellbeing of people with ASD can be related or strengthen by focusing also on built environment design intervention to pursue and reach the same objectives even during adulthood. The workshop will consist of four presentations. The first focuses on giving an overview on current knowledge of intervention for people with autism, presenting also criteria for evidence-based interventions. The second explores the relationship between autism and built environment by providing an exhaustive framework of the available research literature in order to identify a first set of spatial requirements for autism friendly cities. The third examines the impact of built environment on ASD users with the aim of developing a specific evaluation tool for healthcare spaces and best practices formulation according to the specific sensorial hypo- or hyper-activation of people with autism. Finally, the fourth reports the results of a two years Research & Development project called “GAP REDUCE” finalized at developing an Assistive Technology tool to support people with ASD, adult and high-functioning, to plan urban itineraries towards daily destinations. Key messages World's incidence of autism is about 1% with an increasing incidence whose determining rates may also be related to environmental factors and to modifications in diagnostic concepts and criteria. Environmental characteristics play a significant role also as potential obstacles that influence the capabilities of people with autism of autonomously and fully “using” everyday spaces.

scholarly journals Statistical analysis of factors affecting the service quality of Jetstar Pacific Airlines

2015 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 67-75
Author(s):  
Nhan Huu Huynh ◽  
Dung Anh To
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Statistical Analysis ◽  
Service Quality ◽  
External Environment ◽  
Technical Quality ◽  
Quality Model ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Functional Quality ◽  
The Relationship

The aim of this paper is to study the effects of service quality in Jetstar Pacific Airlines towards customer’s satisfaction under the perspective of Servqual and Gronroos service quality model and the relationship between functional quality, technical quality, internal and external environment influences mediated by Jetstar Pacific Airlines images and service quality using the main statistical methods such as factor analysis and multiple linear regression.

scholarly journals Caracterización ficológica en manantiales de la cuenca baja del sistema hidrológico del Pánuco, México

2017 ◽  
pp. 21 ◽  
Author(s):  
Javier Carmona-Jiménez ◽  
Gustavo Montejano-Zurita
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Factors ◽  
Light Intensity ◽  
Current Velocity ◽  
Growth Forms ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Similarities And Differences ◽  
The Relationship

The results of a phycofloristic study on three springs in the Huasteca Potosina region are presented; 67 species are reported. Floristic similarities and differences among the springsare analized, as well as the relationship between species and environmental factors. Microhabitas were defined in the springs as well as the principal algal asociations that characterize them. Light intensity and current velocity are the most important factors affecting the predominant growth forms present in this type of habitat.

Associations of Bird Species Richness and Community Composition with Local and Landscape-scale Environmental Factors in Borneo

2005 ◽  
Vol 20 (8) ◽  
pp. 989-1001 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel F. R. Cleary ◽  
Martin J. Genner ◽  
Timothy J. B. Boyle ◽  
Titiek Setyawati ◽  
Celina D. Angraeti ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Species Richness ◽  
Environmental Factors ◽  
Community Composition ◽  
Bird Species ◽  
Landscape Scale ◽  
Bird Species Richness

THE INFLUENCE OF ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS ON THE CROP AND QUALITY OF FIBER FLAX

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (86) ◽  
pp. 3-10
Author(s):  
V.G. Chernikov ◽  
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R.A. Rostovtsev ◽  
N.A. Kudryavtsev ◽  
I.V. Uschapovsky ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Factors ◽  
Raw Materials ◽  
Great Influence ◽  
Quality Parameters ◽  
Anthropogenic Factors ◽  
Soil Conditions ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Fiber Flax ◽  
Yield And Quality

The formation of fiber flax yield and quality parameters depends on many soil-climatic, breedinggenetic, as well as anthropogenic factors. The quality of flax fiber is a combination of a number of features and properties that depend on the varietal characteristics of plants, the conditions of their cultivation, technologies for harvesting and straw retting, as well as on the processing modes of raw materials. During plant vegetation (90-130 days) many factors such as soil conditions (pH 4.8-5.5, humus 1.8-2.5%, P2O5 and K2O – 150-200 and 100-200 mg/kg, respectively) and the area of plant nutrition (15-30 million seeds/ha), temperature regime (the sum of active temperatures 1000-1800ºC), water supplying (400-430 units of water mass to create 1 unit of dry matter) and insolation (the arrival of FAR during the growing season 20-25 kcal / cm²), contamination of weeds (more than 60 annual and perennial species) and pests (more than 200 types of fungal, bacterial and viral diseases), features of phytosanitary measures (more than 50 chemicals) and agrotechnologic manners (Federal Register of technologies for the production of crop products) have a great influence on the quality of flax raw materials and can be a limit factor. Environmentally hazardous pollution of air, water and soil - the main components for the production of fiber flax – strongly affects the yield and quality of flax products. The development of waste-free environmentally friendly technologies for the cultivation, harvesting and processing of flax is an urgent task of scientific support of the industry. The main environmental factors affecting the yield and quality of fiber flax are discussed in the article.

scholarly journals The quality of close relationships in adulthood: the role of sociodemographic and environmental factors

TIMS Acta ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 73-84
Author(s):  
Nikolina Kuruzović
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Factors ◽  
Marital Status ◽  
Social Relations ◽  
Close Relationships ◽  
Family Relations ◽  
The Social ◽  
Parental Marital Status ◽  
The Relationship

In order to better understand the phenomenon of the quality of different types of close relationships of adults, we have investigated several determinants which define them more clearly. We focused on the relational differences of the respondents according to several sociodemographic (age, gender, employment, marital status and children) and environmental factors (structure and relationships in the family). A total of 400 males and females, ranging from 19 to 51 years, completed a general questionnaire. It collected the data related to sociodemographic and environmental characteristics, as well as the Social Relations Network Inventory (NRI), which assessed the quality of five types of close relationships. The results indicate significant differences between the respondents in the quality of individual close relationships, based on the factors of age, gender, employment, marital status and parenthood, as well as according to the factors of the quality of family relations and parental marital status. The identified differences are particularly pronounced in terms of the quality of the relationship with the mother and the quality of the relationship with the friend, which is explained by the characteristic nature of these relationships, as well as the developmental roles and tasks of the adulthood.

scholarly journals The relationships between moral distress and quality of nursing care in oncology nurses

2020 ◽  
Vol 26 (4) ◽  
pp. 366-373
Author(s):  
Sae Mi Kim ◽  
Yong Soon Shin
Keyword(s):  
Nursing Care ◽  
Moral Distress ◽  
Correlation Study ◽  
Oncology Nursing ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Distress Scale ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Quality Of Nursing

Purpose: The study aimed to investigate the relationship between moral distress and the quality of nursing care.Methods: This cross-sectional correlation study included nurses working at oncology nursing units of two secondary general hospitals in Seoul and Gyeonggi-do, Korea. A total of 207 nurses participated. Moral distress was measured by the Moral Distress Scale-Revised Nurse Questionnaire and quality of nursing care was evaluated by the Quality of Oncology Nursing Care Scale. Data were collected from October 5 to 31, 2018. Data analysis included descriptive statistics, independent t-test, ANOVA, Pearson’s correlation coefficient and multiple regression analysis.Results: The quality of oncology nursing care showed a negative correlation with moral distress (r=-.19, <i>p</i>=.007). The factors affecting the quality of oncology nursing care were religion (β=-.22, <i>p</i>=.001), clinical experience in oncology units (β=.27, <i>p</i>=.007), and moral distress (β=-.16, <i>p</i>=.018). Moral distress showed a statistically significant predictive power of 13% in the regression model (F=8.70, <i>p</i>=<.001).Conclusion: The findings of this study suggest that management of moral distress is important to increase the quality of oncology nursing care.

scholarly journals PENGARUH KOMPETENSI MANDOR TERHADAP KUALITAS PELAKSANAAN KONTRUKSI GEDUNG DI MALANG RAYA

2014 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Hariyono Seputro Youngky Pratama ◽  
Sri Murni Dewi ◽  
Ruslin Anwar
Keyword(s):  
Structural Equation ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Equation Model ◽  
Building Construction ◽  
Building Performance ◽  
Statistical Tool ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship

Hariyono Seputro Youngky Pratama1, Sri Murni Dewi2 & Ruslin Anwar31, 2 & 3Jurusan Teknik Sipil, Fakultas Teknik, Universitas Brawijaya MalangAlamat Korspondensi: Jl.MT. Haryono 167, Malang 65145, IndonesiaE-mail: [email protected] purpose of this study was: (1) to analyze the factors that affect the competence of foremanon the quality of construction of the building performance in Malang. (2) to know the relationship ofvariables that affect the competence of supervisors on the performance of the quality of buildingconstruction in Malang. The research was carried out on several samples of foreman in Malang.The sampling technique used is the judgmental technique (purposive). The statistical tool used inthis study is Structural Equation Model (SEM) to determine the relationship of variables that affectthe foreman’s competence on the quality of construction of the building performance in Malang.The analysis showed that foreman’s competency factors affecting the performance of thequality of building construction in Malang are competency skills, personal and management. Fromthe result of this research noted that there is a significant effect between skills variables, personalvariables and management variable on the quality of buildings construction in Malang. Based onthese result, it is advisable to conduct further research for other types of work that can be seen inmore depth the competence of foreman.Keywords: foreman competence, quality of building construction

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