scholarly journals Remotely sensed habitat assessment of bottomland hardwood and swamp habitat : West Shore Lake Pontchartrain Hurricane Storm Damage Risk Reduction System potential impact area

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christina Saltus ◽  
Glenn Suir
Keyword(s):  
Risk Reduction ◽  
Bottomland Hardwood ◽  
Storm Damage ◽  
Lake Pontchartrain ◽  
Reduction System ◽  
Impact Area ◽  
Baseline Knowledge ◽  
Remote Sensing Techniques ◽  
Damage Risk

This study used remote sensing techniques to identify and assess the current condition of bottomland hardwood (BLH) and swamp habitats within the West Shore Lake Pontchartrain (WSLP) hurricane storm-damage risk reduction system (HSDRRS) project area. This effort provides baseline knowledge of the location and quality of these habitats prior to the construction of the WSLP HSDRRS project. The resultant products will assist the USACE—New Orleans District (MVN) by informing ecosystem decision-making related to environmental assessments.

scholarly journals How Hurricane Katrina influenced the design of hurricane protection and risk reduction systems and national approaches to risk and resilience. Part 2: Designing the Hurricane and Storm Damage Risk Reduction System and resulting long-term engineering guidance and practice changes

Water Policy ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 23 (S1) ◽  
pp. 174-187
Author(s):  
Lewis E. Link
Keyword(s):  
Hurricane Katrina ◽  
Risk Reduction ◽  
Task Force ◽  
Flood Mitigation ◽  
Engineering Practice ◽  
Army Corps ◽  
Storm Damage ◽  
Corps Of Engineers ◽  
Reduction System ◽  
Damage Risk

Abstract Following Hurricane Katrina, the US Army Corps of Engineers, supported in part by the risk and reliability analysis conducted by the Interagency Performance Evaluation Task Force (IPET), made a major shift from ‘protection’ to ‘risk reduction’ as the principal goal in flood mitigation. The mitigation of the flood risk in Southeast Louisiana was embodied in the design and construction of the ‘Hurricane and Storm Damage Risk Reduction System’, the post-Katrina initiative for New Orleans flood mitigation. It also spawned a major overhaul of many of the Corps of Engineers’ technical guidance and engineering practice documents, incorporating risk as a key measure in the planning and design processes. The criteria applied for the design of the HSDRRS are discussed, with summaries of the associated major changes in Corps engineering guidance and practice relevant to flood mitigation.

Storm Damage Risk Reduction

2011 ◽  
Vol 2203 (1) ◽  
pp. 211-218 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gordon Keller ◽  
Gary Ketcheson
Keyword(s):  
Risk Reduction ◽  
Storm Damage ◽  
Damage Risk

Cardiovascular Risk Reduction in the Workplace With CAMMPUS (Cardiovascular Assessment and Medication Management by Pharmacists at the UBC Site)

2019 ◽  
Vol 53 (6) ◽  
pp. 574-580 ◽  
Author(s):  
Barbara Gobis ◽  
Anita I. Kapanen ◽  
Jillian Reardon ◽  
Jason Min ◽  
Kathy H. Li ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Medication Adherence ◽  
Risk Reduction ◽  
Medication Management ◽  
Baseline Assessment ◽  
Cardiovascular Risk Reduction ◽  
Cardiovascular Assessment ◽  
Preventive Health Programs ◽  
The Impact

Background: Cardiovascular (CV) disease is a leading cause of death despite being largely preventable. Employers increasingly offer preventive health programs in the workplace, and pharmacists are well suited to provide these programs. Objective: To evaluate the impact of a pharmacist-led service on CV risk in University of British Columbia (UBC) employees. Methods: This was a prospective observational pre-and-post design study, with participants as their own controls. Employees >18 years of age in the UBC health plan with a Framingham Risk Score (FRS) ≥10% or ≥1 medication-modifiable CV risk factor were included. Participants received a baseline assessment, individualized consultation for 12 months, and a final assessment by a pharmacist at the UBC Pharmacists Clinic. The primary end point was FRS reduction. Results: Baseline assessment of 512 participants between September 2015 and October 2016 yielded 207 (40%) participants, of whom 178 (86%) completed the 12-month intervention. Participants were 54% female and 55% Caucasian, with an average age of 51 (SD = 9.1) years. FRS at baseline was <10 in 45.8%, 10 to 19.9 in 37.9%, and ≥20 in 16.4% of participants. Over 12 months, significant reductions in average FRS (from 11.7 [SD = 7.7] to 10.7 [SD = 7.3]; P = 0.0017) and other parameters were observed. Significant improvements in quality of life (EQ5D change of 0.031 [95% CI = 0.001, 0.062] P = 0.023) and medication adherence (MMAS-8 change of 0.42 [ P = 0.019]) were also noted. Conclusions and Relevance: UBC employees had improvements in health markers, self-reported quality of life, and medication adherence after receiving a 12-month pharmacist-led intervention. Pharmacists are encouraged to provide CV risk reduction services in workplaces.

Shifting the Paradigm: An Assessment of the Quality of Fall Risk Reduction in Nebraska Hospitals

2014 ◽  
Vol 31 (2) ◽  
pp. 135-145 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katherine J. Jones ◽  
Dawn M. Venema ◽  
Regina Nailon ◽  
Anne M. Skinner ◽  
Robin High ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Risk Reduction ◽  
Fall Risk ◽  
Fall Risk Reduction

scholarly journals Determination of sea surface height from moving ships with dynamic corrections

2012 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 172-187 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Reinking ◽  
A. Härting ◽  
L. Bastos
Keyword(s):  
Satellite System ◽  
Ocean Dynamics ◽  
Sea Surface ◽  
Sea Surface Heights ◽  
Positioning Analysis ◽  
Remote Sensing Techniques ◽  
Global Navigation Satellite

AbstractWith the growing global efforts to estimate the influence of civilization on the climate change it would be desirable to survey sea surface heights (SSH) not only by remote sensing techniques like satellite altimetry or (GNSS) Global Navigation Satellite System reflectometry but also by direct and in-situ measurements in the open ocean. In recent years different groups attempted to determine SSH by ship-based GNSS observations. Due to recent advances in kinematic GNSS (PPP) Precise Point Positioning analysis it is already possible to derive GNSS antenna heights with a quality of a few centimeters. Therefore it is foreseeable that this technique will be used more intensively in the future, with obvious advantages in sea positioning. For the determination of actual SSH from GNSS-derived antenna heights aboard seagoing vessels some essential hydrostatic and hydrodynamic corrections must be considered in addition to ocean dynamics and related corrections. Systematic influences of ship dynamics were intensively analyzed and sophisticated techniques were developed at the Jade University during the last decades to precisely estimate mandatory corrections. In this paper we will describe the required analyses and demonstrate their application by presenting a case study from an experiment on a cruise vessel carried out in March 2011 in the Atlantic Ocean.

scholarly journals Development of a risk-reduction system for air cylinders

2019 ◽  
Vol 85 (880) ◽  
pp. 19-00282-19-00282
Author(s):  
Masanobu CHIBA ◽  
Hiroyuki SASAGAWA ◽  
Osamu ICHIKAWA
Keyword(s):  
Risk Reduction ◽  
Reduction System

scholarly journals Bottleneck Pelayanan Nifas pada Upaya Penurunan Risiko Kejadian Kematian Ibu di Wilayah Dinas Kesehatan Kota Semarang

2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 28-35
Author(s):  
Ike Johan Prihatini ◽  
Sri Achadi Nugraheni ◽  
Sutopo Patria Jati
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Mortality Rate ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Maternal Mortality ◽  
Risk Reduction ◽  
Post Partum ◽  
Scale Up ◽  
Monitoring And Evaluation ◽  
Maternal Mortality Rate

Maternal and child health was a priority of health program in Indonesia. Maternal Mortality Rate in Semarang was ranked second highest in Central Java. The highest proportion of maternal deaths occurred during puerperium. That’s indicates, there was a problem in a process of maternal health services during puerperium period in health facilities. This study was conducted to examine constraints on health systems that limit range of interventions or health services that were important for postpartum, bottlenecks related to postpartum services in Public Health Center (PHC), especially infrastructure, human resources, access to PHC, post partum visits (KF1 and KF3), as well as quality of post partum services on risk reduction of maternal mortality. This case study used a qualitative approach. Data collection through interviews to five midwives as main informants, 5 midwives coordinator and 5 heads of PHC as informant triangulation. Data analsyis used content analysis method, then assigned priority bottleneck through MCUA (Multiple Criteria Utility Assessment) techniques. WHO's scale-up BNA plan to analyze bottleneck causes. Results showed, there was a bottleneck on childbirth services in PHC. The causes of bottleneck risk reduction efforts of maternal mortality incidence in puerperium period has never been analyzed workload of health personnel in PHC, lack of monitoring and evaluation of an availability infrastructure facilities in PHC, there has not been regular training, especially on delivery until puerperium services, and PHC has not received more detailed and operational information about puerperium so their maternal knowledge about puerperium has not increased much and couldn’t raise mother's awareness to do so. Semarang Public Health Office (Dinas Kesehatan Kota Semarang) needs to conduct periodic monitoring and evaluation implementation of postpartum services and improve quality of childbirth services in PHC.Keywords: Bottleneck analysis, health services, post partum, Primary Health Care, Puskesmas, Maternal Mortality Rate

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