scholarly journals Human Activity Affects Forest Fires: The Impact of Anthropogenic Factors on the Density of Forest Fires in Poland

Forests ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (6) ◽  
pp. 728
Author(s):  
Aleksandra Kolanek ◽  
Mariusz Szymanowski ◽  
Andrzej Raczyk
Keyword(s):  
Forest Fires ◽  
Goodness Of Fit ◽  
Human Life ◽  
Anthropogenic Factors ◽  
Road Density ◽  
Regression Methods ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Mixed Regression ◽  
Almost All ◽  
The Impact

Forest fires, due to climate change, are a growing threat to human life, health, and property, especially in temperate climates. Unfortunately, the impact of individual factors on forest fires varies, depending on the geographical region and its natural and socio-economic conditions. The latter are rarely introduced into fire warning systems, which significantly reduces their effectiveness. Therefore, the main goal of this study was to quantify the impact of a wide range of anthropogenic factors on forest fires, using Poland as a representative example of a Central European country. Data were analyzed in relation to districts for the period 2007–2017, using correlation analysis and regression modeling applying global and local/mixed regression methods. It was found that almost all of the 28 variables taken for analysis significantly determined the density of forest fires, but the greatest role was played by the length of the border between forests and built-up areas, and road density. In addition, the impact of most of the analyzed variables on forest fires varied over the study area, so implementing non-stationarity in geographically weighted regression models significantly improved the goodness-of-fit compared to global models.

scholarly journals Respiratory Care in Corona

2021 ◽  
Vol 58 (2) ◽  
pp. 613-620
Author(s):  
Mustafa Amdani, Dr. Swaroopa Chakole
Keyword(s):  
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome ◽  
Human Life ◽  
The Body ◽  
Respiratory Care ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Specific Therapy ◽  
History Of ◽  
Novel Coronavirus ◽  
Almost All ◽  
The Impact

BACKGROUND The expanse of the coronavirus disease 2019 or COVID-19 is huge. The impact is multispectral and affected almost all aspects of human life. SUMMARY Respiratory impact of the COVID-19 is the most felt and widely reported impact. As the novel coronavirus maintained its history of affecting lungs as seen previously in severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) outbreak. Ventilators and oxygen support system are required mostly in comorbid patients particularly amongpatientsbearing illnesses like asthma, bronchial impairment and so on. CONCLUSION More study needs to be done in order to assess the impact on the respiratory functioning of the body. Respiratory care must be including proper instruments so that more efficient result can be obtained. Research is needed to promote the invention of specific therapy for targeted action for respiratory functioning improvement.

Yes, But

2016 ◽  
Vol 40 (4) ◽  
pp. 504-517 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laina Y. Bay-Cheng ◽  
Anne E. Bruns
Keyword(s):  
Young Women ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Gender Inequalities ◽  
Sexual Experiences ◽  
Unwanted Sex ◽  
Unwanted Sexual Experiences ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Almost All ◽  
The Impact

Reflecting the wide range of consensual unwanted sexual experiences, researchers often have contrasting views of the impact of these incidents on young women. Some scholars support a normalizing view of these as fairly harmless and ordinary aspects of relationships, akin to other forms of willing compromises between partners. Other researchers problematize unwanted sexual experiences, framing them in terms of gender inequalities and detrimental effects. In the current study, we were interested in how young women themselves characterized their unwanted sexual experiences and whether these accounts varied according to a woman’s social location. We interviewed 41 young women (18–22 years old) from three groups: affluent undergraduates, low-income undergraduates, and low-income nonstudents. Almost all of the affluent undergraduates framed their unwanted sexual experiences in normalizing terms, representing such events as relatively harmless incidents and outgrowths of developmental experimentation. In contrast, the low-income students and nonstudents both articulated more ambivalent positions and were more inclined to link their experience to sources of vulnerability, including personal adversity (e.g., trauma, social, and material insecurity) and social norms and stigma. Participants’ sexual histories, life circumstances, and standpoints at the intersection of gender and class were reflected in their experiences of unwanted sex, reinforcing that contextualized analyses and interventions are essential to advancing women’s sexual rights and well-being. Online slides for instructors who want to use this article for teaching are available on PWQ 's website at http://pwq.sagepub.com/supplemental

scholarly journals Soil Degradation Assessment in Europe, A Review of Status, Interaction and Remediation

Proceedings ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 30 (1) ◽  
pp. 18
Author(s):  
Jannes Stolte ◽  
Gudrun Schwilch
Keyword(s):  
Ecosystem Services ◽  
Soil Degradation ◽  
Expert Knowledge ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Natural Capital ◽  
Soil Functions ◽  
Soil Biodiversity ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Almost All ◽  
The Impact

As soil formation is an extremely slow process, soil can be considered a non-renewable resource. Soils should thus be adequately protected and conserved to ensure that soil functions are not lost or diminished. Soil functions are, however, threatened by a wide range of processes. Europe’s soil resources may continue to degrade due to changes in climate, land use and other human activities. The challenge is to prevent degradation and its adverse effects on soil functions and ecosystem services, and even improve the ability of soil to perform its functions. The soil degradation processes are complex and all parts of Europe are affected by one or more soil threats to some degree. There is a lack of knowledge on, a large uncertainty in, and lack of quantitative information on understanding the interrelationships between soil threats, soil threat and soil functions, and soil and ecosystem services. A major challenge in clarifying these relationships is how to integrate information and to analyse the key interactions. To bridge this gap, we have made an approach based on a review and expert knowledge to understand and describe those interrelations. This has been described in qualitative terms, and showed that the soil functions ‘biomass production’ is affected by almost all threats, whereas the threat ‘biodiversity decline’ has a major negative impact on all functions. It also showed that both soil biodiversity and soil erosion are more or less affected by almost all other soil threats. In the RECARE project, various prevention and remediation measures were trialed. Changes in manageable soil and other natural capital properties were measured and quantified, and a methodology to assess changes in ecosystem services was developed. Overall, the results showed positive on the impacts of the measures on ecosystem services. Although methodological challenges remain, the assessment served as an input to a stakeholder valuation of ecosystem services at local and sub-national levels. Although these activities are steps towards a soil remediation strategy, there is a need for further research on the mentioned issues in order to achieve an improved overview of existing information on soil degradation at the European scale, their interactions, and effects on ecosystem services. In addition, the lack of legally binding targets limits the impact that existing policies have on reducing soil threats and protecting soil function, although various EU policy instruments have shown positive impacts even in absence of binding targets for Member States.

scholarly journals The impact of digitalization of the economy upon social governance: analysis of current global trends

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-7
Author(s):  
Kira Vadimovna Isaeva
Keyword(s):  
Social Issues ◽  
Human Life ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Digital Environment ◽  
Digital Government ◽  
Fundamental Factor ◽  
Innovative Methods ◽  
Social Governance ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
The Impact

The subject of this research is the modern system of social governance, which has been transformed in the conditions of digital environment. Particular attention is given to the definition of electronic-digital civilization and its criteria. The concept of “electronic-digital civilization”, with emphasis on the transitional state of society, was introduced into the scientific discourse by the Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences G. V. Osipov. The goal of this article is to determine the criteria of this concept. Description is given the innovative methods and techniques of social governance, namely those that depend on digitalization of the economy. The events of 2020-2021, related to the COVID-19 pandemic, demonstrated the increase of digitalization of human life and nonlinearity of social development. The shift of industrial era towards modern electronic-digital era entails qualitative transformations in the lifestyle of the entire humanity, which certainly requires the implementation of innovative methods in social governance. The author outlines the basic criteria of electronic-digital stage in the development of humanity. The analysis of scientific literature indicates the a wide range of scientific research in the sphere of humanities are dedicated to examination of the effects of digitalization in the economy. However, the emerging social issues in the conditions of digital environment require expert evaluation of sociologists, psychologists, political scientists, and legal experts. The article determines the modern forms and methods of social governance, which are currently implemented by the industrially developed countries. The fundamental factor of transformation of the style of governance became the process of all-round “digitalization of the economy”. The statistical data on the “effects of digitalization” is provided. The author explores such modern trends in governance, such as “E–government”, transitioning to “Digital government”, “Soft–power” technologies, “Agile methodology”, transition to 5G, etc.

scholarly journals Planning and Development: Social Capital and Promoting Mental Health

2016 ◽  
Vol 10 (12) ◽  
pp. 146
Author(s):  
Nour Mohammad Yaghoubi ◽  
Masoumeh Zare Kaseb ◽  
Sayed Moslem Sayedalhosseini ◽  
Jamshid Moloudi ◽  
Homayoon Nori
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Social Capital ◽  
Goodness Of Fit ◽  
Small And Medium Enterprises ◽  
Human Life ◽  
Structural Capital ◽  
The Social ◽  
Statistical Program ◽  
Medium Enterprises ◽  
The Impact

During the planning and development of a country, social capital along with natural, human and physical capitals is considered as input and output of development. In underdeveloped countries, social capital is called as missing link development. According to the impact of this factor on varicose aspects of human life and more importantly on Mental Health, the present study attempted to identify the main factor of Mental Health and how to increase it by Social Capital and its dimensions (Cognitive, Relative and Structural Capitals). Present study researchers have used the Social capital and Mental Health theories, application survey and questionnaire. In present research the sample size consists of 264 employees (59 women and 205 men) that were selected at random from 243 small and medium enterprises located in Science and Technology Park. Data analysis was carried out by using the statistical program packages SPSS 17.0, AMOS SPSS 16.0.1 and LISREL 8.54. Results of the present study were illustrated that there is significant relationship between Social capital and its dimensions and Mental health in the present companies (p<0/01). The results of Enter Regression showed that predictor variables significantly (cognitive, relative and structural capital) have determined 47.7 % of the variance of Mental Health together. Also the result of LISREL statistical software was illustrated that the data of present study involve significant goodness of fit. Also the interesting results were obtained from Regression analysis and Factor Analysis to predict Social capital and its dimensions on the mental health that will watch in the present study.

scholarly journals BIOPHILE ELEMENTS AND HEAVY METALS IN ARTEMISIA FRIGIDA WILLD. AND ARTEMISIA JACUTICA DROB.

2019 ◽  
pp. 199-205
Author(s):  
Elena Petrovna Dylenova ◽  
Svetlana Vasil'yevna Zhigzhitzhapova ◽  
Tuyana Erdemovna Randalova ◽  
Larisa Dorzhiyevna Radnaeva ◽  
Valentina Germanovna Shiretorova ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Heavy Metals ◽  
Forest Fires ◽  
Inductively Coupled Plasma ◽  
Aerial Part ◽  
Raw Materials ◽  
High Concentration ◽  
Artemisia Frigida ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Copper Zinc ◽  
The Impact

Biophile microelements (copper, zinc, manganese, iron, nickel) and heavy metals (lead, cadmium) in the aerial part of Artemisia frigida Willd. and Artemisia jacutica Drob. of Russian (areas of the Republic of Buryatia) and Mongolian flora was presented in this paper. The quantitative content of the elements in the samples collected in 2008, 2015–2018 was studied using atomic absorption method performed on a SOLAAR M6 after preliminary decomposition by dry mineralization, and inductively coupled plasma atomic emission method (ICP) on a Profile Plus spectrometer after decomposition of samples in the MARS 6 microwave system. The content of the same elements in the aerial part of the same species of Artemisia varied in a wide range, which was consistent with the literature data. In addition, the Principle component analysis of the elemental composition of A. frigida and A. jacutica was presented in this paper. The biplot showed the impact of forest fires that took place on the territory of Buryatia in 2015. So this year was characterized by a high concentration of lead, cadmium, nickel, copper and iron in studied samples. Also, the biplot showed the elements content versus plant species. In general, the content of toxic (lead, cadmium, nickel) and vital elements (copper, zinc, iron, manganese) was within the normal concentration. Therefore, the aerial part of A. frigida and A. jacutica of Buryatian (Russia) and aimaks (Mongolia) flora can be considered as promising plant raw materials for using in medical practice.

scholarly journals Pemaknaan Penonton Mengenai Revolusi Industri 4.0 dalam Tayangan Mata Najwa Episode #Generasisolusi

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-5
Author(s):  
Thanthowie Jauharie ◽  
Rita Gani
Keyword(s):  
Technological Progress ◽  
Industrial Revolution ◽  
Human Life ◽  
Rapid Progress ◽  
The Moment ◽  
Almost All ◽  
Message Reception ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Over Time

Abstract. Over time, especially in the field of technology experienced very rapid progress, almost all work was helped by the role of computers and the internet. With this progress came the term Industrial Revolution 4.0, where a revolution caused by rapid technological progress. With this progress, human life has become easier, not only in working but also in meeting their needs. Appears various applications initiated by young people from various regions who want to help the community to continue to fulfill or make their lives better, which can reduce the time, energy, and costs that must be spent to meet those needs. Shown in the Mata Najwa Show episode #GenerasiSolusi by presenting speakers who are the inventors of the Wahyoo, Halodoc, Reblood, Riliv, and CariUstadz applications. The audience did a message reception from this show about the Industrial Revolution 4.0, for its viewers it became one of the shows that provided information and education about the Industrial Revolution 4.0, they realized that the ease they had at the moment was the impact of the Industrial Revolution 4.0 marked with the emergence of various applications, after watching this show they are more aware of it and also open their minds to be more creative and critical thinking about the problems that exist in their environment. Even though not all of them received the full message given by this show, one of them did not receive the full message given, so there are two mortgage positions occupied in this research, namely dominant and negotiation. Abstrak. Seiring berjalannya waktu terutama  bidang teknologi mengalami kemajuan yang sangat pesat, hampir semua pekerjaan terbantu oleh peran komputer dan internet. Dengan kemajuan ini muncul istilah Revolusi Industri 4.0, dimana sebuah revolusi yang diakibatkan oleh kemajuan teknologi yang pesat. Dengan adanya kemajuan ini kehidupan manusia semakin mudah, tidak hanya dalam bekerja namun juga dalam memenuhi kebutuhan hidup mereka. Muncul berbagai aplikasi yang diinisiasi oleh pemuda dari berbagai wilayah yang ingin membantu masyarakat untuk terus memenuhi ataupun membuat hidup mereka lebih baik,yang dapat mengurangi waktu,tenaga, dan biaya yang harus dikeluarkan untuk memenuhi kebutuhan tersebut. Yang diperlihatkan dalam Tayangan Mata Najwa episode #GenerasiSolusi dengan menghadirkan narasumber yang merupakan penemu dari aplikasi Wahyoo, Halodoc, Reblood, Riliv, dan CariUstadz. Para penonton melakukan sebuah resepsi pesan dari tayangan ini mengenai Revolusi Industri 4.0, bagi para penontonnya tayangan ini menjadi salah satu tayangan yang memberikan informasi dan edukasi mengenai Revolusi Industri 4.0, mereka menyadari bahwa kemudahan yang mereka miliki saat ini merupakan dampak dari Revolusi Industri 4.0 yang ditandai dengan munculnya beragam aplikasi, setelah menonton tayangan ini mereka lebih sadar akan hal itu dan juga membuka pikiran mereka untuk bisa lebih berfikir kreatif dan kritis lagi akan masalah-masalah yang ada di lingkungan mereka. Meskipun begitu tidak semua dari mereka menerima pesan sepenuhnya yang diberikan oleh tayangan ini, salah satu dari mereka tidak menerima pesan sepenuhnya  dengan pesan yang diberikan, sehingga terdapat dua posisi hipotekal yang ditempati di dalam penelitian ini yaitu dominan dan negosiasi.

scholarly journals The Analysis of Semiotic Signs on Forest Fires’ Posters

HUMANIS ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 25 (2) ◽  
pp. 135
Author(s):  
Desak Putu Eka Pratiwi ◽  
I Gusti Ayu Vina Widiadnya ◽  
Ni Luh Emi Puspita Sari
Keyword(s):  
Forest Fire ◽  
Forest Fires ◽  
Qualitative Method ◽  
Human Life ◽  
Global Issues ◽  
The Earth ◽  
Global Issue ◽  
Global Concern ◽  
Observation Method ◽  
The Impact

Forest fires are one of the global issues and need global concern. A campaign through forest fire posters on social media is a way to spread a message all over the world to prevent forest fires and save the earth from disaster. This study aims to discover the meaning of verbal and nonverbal signs used on forest fire posters. Verbal signs are about the text, either words or sentences while nonverbal signs are about pictures. The use of these two signs on a poster is meant to make people understand the message within it. The data were taken from three selected forest fire posters. The data were collected by observation method. The data were analyzed by a qualitative method using the theory of Semiotic by Barthes (1998) and supporting theory by Wierzbicka (1996). The finding shows that both verbal and nonverbal signs have important purposes such as giving some information about the impact of forest fires on nature and human life as well as warning people to be more responsible and aware of this global issue.

The weather diary of Felipe de Zúñiga (1775-1786): A key documentary source to understand the hunger year in Mexico

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fernando Domínguez-Castro ◽  
María Cruz Gallego ◽  
José M. Vaquero ◽  
Ricardo García Herrera ◽  
Sergio M. Vicente-Serrano
Keyword(s):  
Forest Fires ◽  
Extreme Event ◽  
Drought Event ◽  
Water Shortages ◽  
Documentary Source ◽  
The Government ◽  
Instrumental Period ◽  
Almost All ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Rainy Days

&lt;p&gt;The weather diary of Felipe de Z&amp;#250;&amp;#241;iga y Ontiveros (FZO) (Oaxtepec, 1717&amp;#8211;Mexico City, 1793) provides daily meteorological information for rain frequency, temperature, frost, hail, thunderstorms, and windy days, from January 1775 to December 1786. It is the earliest obser&amp;#173;vational data collection with daily resolution retrieved in the region so far and it has higher time resolution than any other climate proxy available for this period. Some of the meteorological information provided by FZO could be compared with current meteorological records i.e. frequency of rain, hail, and thunderstorm. The seasonal distribution of these variables corresponds well during the FZO period and the present climate. 1781 was the warmest year in the FZO record while 1785 and 1778 were the coldest. FZO also identified a wet period (1782/1783) and two dry periods (1780/1781 and 1785/1786). The later coincides with the hunger year. It is considered the worst famine in Mexico during the colonial period (1521&amp;#8211;1821). &amp;#160;A combination of adverse climate, lack of food, and an outbreak of typhus epidemic killed around 300,000 people. During these years a drought event extended over almost all the Mexican territory and was particularly severe over the central and northeastern regions. During the period 1785/86 FZO only recorded 188 rainy days. A similar record of low rainy days only occurred two times in the instrumental period: i) 1909/10 (188 days) and ii) 2010/11 (189 days). Both episodes with harmful consequences to the country e.g. water shortages, important loses in agriculture, farming, and forest fires. However, the climate during the hunger year was worse than during the instrumental droughts due to the high frequency of early killing frost. During 1785, frost events happened on April, August and September. FZO describes the impact of the frost and the attempt of the government to alleviate the famine &amp;#8220;&lt;em&gt;the frosts since August 28th have been so general that the fruits have been lost throughout the Kingdom, with the excep&amp;#173;tion of the warm lands; the government has asked them to sow corn, beans and other seeds in the irri&amp;#173;gated lands immediately so that they can be harvested by March 1786 and partially remedy the hunger that threatens&lt;/em&gt;&amp;#8221;. Nevertheless, this decision was no useful because 1786 was driest than the 1785 impeding the growing of any crop. The annual summary of FZO for 1786 was, &amp;#8220;&lt;em&gt;It has been an unfortunate year due to scarcity of rain, supplies and everything needed for life, also in misfortune and public diseases&lt;/em&gt;&amp;#8221;. The FZO&amp;#180;s diary is a good example of a documentary source that allows understanding the climate situation and the socio-economic response in detail during an extreme event.&lt;/p&gt;

scholarly journals Exploring the Associations Between Urban Form and Neighborhood Vibrancy: A Case Study of Chengdu, China

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 165 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shiwei Lu ◽  
Yaping Huang ◽  
Chaoyang Shi ◽  
Xiping Yang
Keyword(s):  
Functional Diversity ◽  
Urban Form ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Goodness Of Fit ◽  
Central Area ◽  
Geographical Information ◽  
Road Density ◽  
Building Density ◽  
The Creation ◽  
The Impact

The design and optimization of urban form has always been a hot topic in urban planning and development research. Besides, the creation of continuous vitality in urban areas is of critical importance in the development of urbanization. However, due to the lack of data, it is difficult to measure the effects of urban form on neighborhood vibrancy. Additionally, no uniform conclusion has been drawn regarding to what degree urban form can contribute to neighborhood vibrancy. Taking advantage of emerging new data sources, the depth and breadth of related research can now be improved. Therefore, this paper uses high-precision positioning social media check-in data to approximate the vibrancy of 658 neighborhoods, and uses a geographical information system (GIS) to quantitatively measure the urban form indicators in the central area of Chengdu City, China. A quantitative exploration and analysis of the relationships between neighborhood vibrancy and urban form is conducted. The results of three regression models considering different explanatory variables show that socio-economic factors account for approximately 23% of neighborhood vibrancy. In addition, the correlation between the shape characteristics of a neighborhood and the vibrancy is weak. However, when the inner urban form indicators of neighborhoods are introduced into the regression model, the goodness of fit (R2) is nearly doubled. This finding indicates that strong associations exist between urban form and neighborhood vibrancy. Specifically, building density and functional diversity are positively correlated with neighborhood vibrancy. Unlike existing studies, this study finds that the road network within the neighborhood plays a positive role in the creation of neighborhood vibrancy. However, the impact of a road density indicator is not as powerful as the impacts of building density and functional diversity. This research can help urban designers to better design urban environments.

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