scholarly journals The Finnish National Seismic Network: Toward Fully Automated Analysis of Low-Magnitude Seismic Events

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Toni Veikkolainen ◽  
Jari Kortström ◽  
Tommi Vuorinen ◽  
Ilmo Salmenperä ◽  
Tuija Luhta ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Background Activity ◽  
Automated Analysis ◽  
Seismic Events ◽  
Crystalline Bedrock ◽  
Management Concepts ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities ◽  
Anthropogenic Seismicity ◽  
Seismic Networks ◽  
High Level ◽  
Seismic Background

Abstract We present an overview of the seismic networks, products, and services in Finland, northern Europe, and the challenges and opportunities associated with the unique combination of prevailing crystalline bedrock, low natural intraplate seismic background activity, and a high level of anthropogenic seismicity. We introduce national and local seismic networks, explain the databases, analysis tools, and data management concepts, outline the Finnish macroseismic service, and showcase data from the 2017 M 3.3 Liminka earthquake in Ostrobothnia, Finland.

scholarly journals Method Development and Determination of Chlorinated Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Different Matrices

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carsten Schörnick ◽  
Anja Lüth ◽  
Birgit Wobst ◽  
Wolfgang Rotard
Keyword(s):  
Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons ◽  
Aromatic Hydrocarbons ◽  
Method Development ◽  
Automated Analysis ◽  
Proficiency Tests ◽  
Level Of Automation ◽  
Polycyclic Aromatic ◽  
Food And Feed ◽  
Performance Check ◽  
High Level

AbstractThe aim of this study was to develop an analytical method, which separates selected chlorinated polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (Cl-PAHs) from fat, and fat-free or vegetable matrices. The method contains extraction-, cleanup-, and quantification steps. Integration of automated analysis actions, as in extraction and cleanup, should enhance the reproducibility, precision, and efficiency of the method. This was confirmed by validation of the overall analytical process. In the end, as a performance check, the developed method was applied on different matrices, e.g., tea, rice, grilled pork, and eel and predator eggs, as a non-food example. An inter-laboratory check was initiated as replacement for the lack of proficiency tests. Due to the high level of automation, both personnel and time effort are very low. In addition, the method is very robust with regard to the variability of the solvent selection and the loss of analytes by evaporation to dryness. It could be demonstrated that the developed method is applicable to different matrices with reproducible and precise results. This applies also to low-fat food and feed.

scholarly journals Indicators for site characterization at seismic station: recommendation from a dedicated survey

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Giovanna Cultrera ◽  
Cécile Cornou ◽  
Giuseppe Di Giulio ◽  
Pierre-Yves Bard
Keyword(s):  
Seismic Station ◽  
International Workshop ◽  
Site Characterization ◽  
Companion Paper ◽  
Background Information ◽  
Online Questionnaire ◽  
Seismic Records ◽  
Seismic Networks ◽  
High Level ◽  
Data Acquisition And Processing

AbstractIn recent years, the permanent seismic networks worldwide have largely increased, raising the amount of earthquake signals and the applications using seismic records. Although characterization of the soil properties at recording stations has a large impact on hazard estimates, it has not been implemented so far in a standardized way for reaching high-level metadata. To address this issue, we built an online questionnaire for the identification of the indicators useful for a reliable site characterization at a seismic station. We analysed the answers of a large number of experts in different fields, which allowed us to rank 24 different indicators and to identify the most relevant ones: fundamental frequency (f0), shear-wave velocity profile (VS), time-averaged Vs over 30 m (VS30), depth of seismological and engineering bedrock (Hseis_bed and Heng_bed), surface geology and soil class. Moreover, the questionnaire proposed two additional indices in terms of cost and difficulty to obtain a reliable value of each indicator, showing that the selection of the most relevant indicators results from a complex balance between physical relevancy, average cost and reliability. For each indicator we propose a summary report, provided as editable pdf, containing the background information of data acquisition and processing details, with the aim to homogenize site metadata information at European level and to define the quality of the site characterization (see companion paper Di Giulio et al. 2021). The selected indicators and the summary reports have been shared within European and worldwide scientific community and discussed in a dedicated international workshop. They represent a first attempt to reach a homogeneous set of high-level metadata for site characterization.

scholarly journals Medical Education in the 21st Century: Students Driving the Global Agenda

2012 ◽  
Vol 2012 ◽  
pp. 1-5 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Singh ◽  
J. McCool ◽  
J. Weller ◽  
A. Woodward
Keyword(s):  
Medical Education ◽  
Medical Curriculum ◽  
International Health ◽  
Leadership Role ◽  
Individual Student ◽  
Host Institution ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities ◽  
Student Exchanges ◽  
The Individual ◽  
High Level

This descriptive article examines the potential for student-led initiatives in international health to be better integrated with formal medical education systems. Students have embraced the challenges and opportunities provided by globalisation to take a leadership role on international issues. Medical students are involved with a diverse portfolio of international activities, including work to internationalise the medical curriculum, the establishment of “hands-on” development projects, efforts to promote student exchanges, and engagement with high-level international policy fora. Such experiences not only add to the personal and professional development of the individual student, but also have the potential to contribute to the academic environment of the host institution as well as more broadly influencing the determinants of international health outcomes. There are challenges and risks associated with independent student initiatives, however these risks can be mitigated if institutions work in partnership with their students and peers internationally.

scholarly journals Online learning - Global Challenges and Opportunities for Students in Higher Education amid the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Libyan Context

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 159-164
Author(s):  
Abdelbasit Gadour
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Online Learning ◽  
Mode Of Delivery ◽  
Education Students ◽  
Postgraduate Students ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities ◽  
Students Attitudes ◽  
Changing Times ◽  
High Level

The spread of COVID-19 has had psychological effects on higher education students globally reflected in high level of anxiety associated with worries of failing to complete their studies (Holmes et al., 2020; Sawahhel, 2020). Due to COVID-19 all universities in Libya were closed for ten months causing a massive impact and leaving about quarter a million students without education. However, during this period some universities took preventive measures and maintained functioning from a distance. An attempt was made in this study to explore higher education students’ attitudes toward online learning and appreciate more the advantages and challenges associated with online learning. Of the 100 questionnaires sent out to university students, 58 responded back of whom 40 undergraduate and the remaining postgraduate students. The results of this study suggested that students are more interested in conventional way of learning in favour of face-to-face communication with tutors and peers as opposed to remote learning. For online learning to be successful in Libya, universities ought to upgrade their educational mode of delivery making the learning contents and assessment more desirable and responsive to the needs of the changing times. Furthermore, students must be technically and financially supported with unlimited access to internet.

scholarly journals CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES OF MEDICAL EDUCATION UNDER CONDITIONS OF CORONAVIRUS DISEASE (COVID-19) PANDEMIA

2021 ◽  
Vol 20 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
I.M. Poiasnyk ◽  
V.A. Gryb
Keyword(s):  
Medical Education ◽  
Online Learning ◽  
Adaptive Learning ◽  
Medical Training ◽  
Core Competencies ◽  
Transformative Change ◽  
Phone Calls ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities ◽  
High Level ◽  
Physician Patient

The article analyzes how higher medical education is currently undergoing a gradual butsignificant change to the transformation into online learning adapt accordingly in orderto fulfill the core competencies of medical training and to provide quality education tomedical students during the COVID-19 pandemia.Objective – to study the challenges and opportunities faced by medical schoolsin introduction of the remote learning for basic science teaching in response to theCOVID-19 crisis.Conclusions. Despite the pace of this transition, both formal and informal studentfeedback indicated that students have an extremely high level of satisfaction andengagement with online learning activities. The use of emergent technology (e.g.,artificial intelligence for adaptive learning, virtual simulation, and telehealth) foreducation is most likely to be indispensable components of transformative change andpost-COVID medical education. These measures could then be followed by hands-onexperience that is provided in a safe environment. As physicians begin to use telehealth(phone calls, video visits, and communication over online medical record applications)to communicate with their patients, students should be included (and instructed) in thislearning environment. It is likely that telehealth will persist long after the pandemicrecedes perhaps even as a preferred method of physician-patient interaction in somesituations. Therefore, it is essential that students graduate from medical school welltrained in telehealth including technological aspects as well as learning the mostprofessional models of the physician-patient distance interaction.

scholarly journals CONSERVATION AFTER EARTHQUAKE OF MINIMAL URBAN FRAMEWORK HISTORICAL HERITAGE

2020 ◽  
Vol XLIV-M-1-2020 ◽  
pp. 907-911
Author(s):  
S. D’Avino
Keyword(s):  
Central Italy ◽  
Spatial Relations ◽  
Seismic Events ◽  
The Past ◽  
Construction Techniques ◽  
Widespread Agreement ◽  
The Face ◽  
Critical Understanding ◽  
Historical Heritage ◽  
High Level

Abstract. Three years after the earthquake that struck central Italy, a number of pressing points need to be addressed as part of a far-ranging discussion that seeks to identify the steps to be taken in response, including: the widespread agreement on the need for reconstruction efforts which ensure a high level of security; the importance of preserving the urban fabric of ‘minimal’ population centres that are unquestionably intertwined with their surrounding landscapes; the need to acknowledge the most valuable features of historic downtown areas, including their undeniable fact of their intrinsic fragility in the face of seismic events, even though construction techniques developed and refined over time have provided them with a certain resilience. While use is made of a frankly contemporary idiom, when needed to remedy shortcomings, a reconstruction grounded in a critical understanding of the ‘sense of place’ must guarantee that the identifying features of historic downtown areas remain in place (at least in terms of the lay of the land and spatial relations) while, at the same time, ensuring that the constantly evolving memories which render such areas unique are also preserved, so as to allow the past to play its rightful role in the planning of the future.

scholarly journals Disasters, Memory and Liturgy

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 ◽  
pp. 194-207
Author(s):  
Giulia De Lucia
Keyword(s):  
Traumatic Event ◽  
Seismic Events ◽  
Structural Vulnerability ◽  
Catastrophic Event ◽  
High Level ◽  
Earthquake Reconstruction

Seismic events demonstrated the high level of structural vulnerability of Italian ecclesiastical heritage. This paper investigates liturgical reordering applied (or not applied) in the post-earthquake reconstruction of churches. The aim is to analyze if the tragic circumstance of a post-earthquake reconstruction has been taken as an opportunity to renovate the sacramental space as a whole, and above all, to evaluate in which way the memory of the disaster and mourning may have influenced the celebratory aspects. The paper focus on the several criteria that may support choices for churches reconstruction, with or without the assimilation of the liturgical modifications introduced by the Second Vatican Council.If fifty years later, the process of the liturgical modification continues to be problematic in churches with a high heritage or historical value, the issue is event more complex for those buildings affected by catastrophic event and where communities are wounded by traumatic event as an earthquake.

scholarly journals Cosolvent Analysis Toolkit (CAT): A Robust Hotspot Identification Platform for Cosolvent Simulations of Proteins to Expand the Druggable Proteome

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Francesc Sabanés Zariquiey ◽  
Joao Victor de Souza Cunha ◽  
Agnieszka K. Bronowska
Keyword(s):  
Binding Sites ◽  
Scoring Function ◽  
Automated Analysis ◽  
Md Simulations ◽  
Volume Data ◽  
Molecular Graphics ◽  
Dynamic Interactions ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
High Level ◽  
Graphics Software

Cosolvent Molecular Dynamics (MD) simulations are increasingly popular techniques developed for prediction and characterisation of allosteric and cryptic binding sites, which can be rendered “druggable” by small molecule ligands. Despite their conceptual simplicity and effectiveness, the analysis of cosolvent MD trajectories relies on pocket volume data, which requires a high level of manual investigation and may introduce a bias. In this work, we present CAT (Cosolvent Analysis Toolkit): an open-source, freely accessible analytical tool, suitable for automated analysis of cosolvent MD trajectories. CAT is compatible with commonly used molecular graphics software packages such as UCSF Chimera and VMD. Using a novel hybrid empirical force field scoring function, CAT accurately ranks the dynamic interactions between the macromolecular target and cosolvent molecules. To benchmark, CAT was used for three validated protein targets with allosteric and orthosteric binding sites, using five chemically distinct cosolvent molecules. For all systems, CAT has accurately identified all known sites. CAT can thus assist in computational studies aiming at identification of protein “hotspots” in a wide range of systems. As an easy-to-use computational tool, we expect that CAT will contribute to an increase of the size of the potentially ‘druggable’ human proteome.

scholarly journals PENGUATAN LITERASI BARU PADA GURU MADRASAH IBTIDAIYAH DALAM MENJAWAB TANTANGAN ERA REVOLUSI INDUSTRI 4.0

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-21 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hamidulloh Ibda
Keyword(s):  
Elementary Education ◽  
Industrial Revolution ◽  
Thinking Skills ◽  
Literacy Skills ◽  
Islamic Education ◽  
Technology Literacy ◽  
New Literacy ◽  
Fourth Industrial Revolution ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities ◽  
High Level

Abstract: In answering the fourth industrial revolution era, basic Islamic education institutions did not adequately apply old literacy (reading, writing, arithmetic), but had to apply new literacy (data literacy, technology literacy and human resource literacy or humanism). This article discusses the challenges and opportunities of basic Islamic education in the era of the fourth industrial revolution. Strengthening new literacy in Islamic elementary education teachers as a key to change, revitalizing literacy-based curriculum and strengthening the role of teachers who have digital competencies. The teacher plays a role in building competency generation, character, having new literacy skills, and high-level thinking skills. Islamic elementary education as a basis for determining intellectual, spiritual, and emotional intelligence in children must strengthen 21st century literacy skills. Start creative aspects, critical thinking, communicative, and collaborative. Islamic elementary education is urgently needed to strengthen new literacy and revitalize digital-based curriculum. Curriculum revitalization refers to five basic values of good students, namely resilience, adaptability, integrity, competence, and continuous improvement. Islamic elementary education educators must be digital teachers, understand computers, and be free from academic illness. The goal is to realize high competency generation, character and literacy to answer the challenges of the fourth industrial revolution era. Abstrak: Dalam menjawab era Revolusi Industri 4.0, lembaga pendidikan dasar Islam tidak cukup menerapkan literasi lama (membaca, menulis, berhitung), tetapi harus menerapkan literasi baru (literasi data, literasi teknologi dan literasi sumber daya manusia atau humanisme). Artikel ini membahas tantangan dan peluang pendidikan dasar Islam di era Revolusi Industri 4.0. Penguatan literasi baru pada guru pendidikan dasar Islam sebagai kunci perubahan, revitalisasi kurikulum berbasis literasi dan penguatan peran guru yang memiliki kompetensi digital. Guru berperan membangun generasi berkompetensi, berkarakter, memiliki kemampuan literasi baru, dan keterampilan berpikir tingkat tinggi. Pendidikan dasar Islam sebagai dasar penentu kecerdasan intelektual, spiritual, dan emosional pada anak, harus memperkuat keterampilan literasi abad 21. Mulai aspek kreatif, pemikiran kritis, komunikatif, dan kolaboratif. Pendidikan dasar Islam urgen memperkuat literasi baru dan revitalisasi kurikulum berbasis digital. Revitalisasi kurikulum mengacu pada lima nilai dasar dari peserta didik yang baik, yaitu ketahanan, kemampuan beradaptasi, integritas, kompetensi, dan peningkatan berkelanjutan. Pendidik pendidikan dasar Islam harus menjadi guru digital, paham komputer, dan bebas dari penyakit akademis. Tujuannya mewujudkan generasi berkompetensi tingkat tinggi, karakter dan literasi untuk menjawab tantangan era Revolusi Industri 4.0.

m-Government Adoption in Saudi Arabia

2015 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 51-68
Author(s):  
Anan Alssbaiheen ◽  
Steve Love
Keyword(s):  
Saudi Arabia ◽  
Technological Development ◽  
Saudi Arabian ◽  
Mobile Technologies ◽  
Government Services ◽  
Effective Implementation ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities ◽  
Level Of Understanding ◽  
High Level ◽  
Arabian Population

This study analyzed the challenges and opportunities associated with the implementation of mobile government services in Saudi Arabia. By collecting data through surveys from citizens and employees in Saudi Arabia, this study shows that the high level of mobile penetration in the country offers an opportunity for Saudi Arabian government to offer mobile government services in the country. The results suggest that although a large percentage of population does not have access to mobile technologies, there is still a strong desire among users for the provision of mobile government services. The effective implementation of mobile government services would enhance the technological development in Saudi Arabia. However, there exist certain challenges. Sufficient level of understanding among the Saudi Arabian population about the benefits of mobile government services is lacking. There is lack of the customization of mobile government services and lack of access to mobile technologies would be a challenge.

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