scholarly journals Sustainable re-use, preservation and modern management of historical ruins. RUINS’ tools & guidelines

2021 ◽  
pp. 115-125
Author(s):  
Silvia Soldano
Keyword(s):  
Specific Knowledge ◽  
Modern Management ◽  
Comprehensive Management ◽  
Artistic Value ◽  
Public Expectations ◽  
Management Plans ◽  
Historical Heritage ◽  
Economic Future ◽  
Social Uses ◽  
Operational Tool

Owners and managers of the thousands of medieval ruins around Europe face the challenge of preservation despite limited options for modern use of their sites. The RUINS project develops approaches that help managers to find contemporary, social uses for old ruins while keeping historical heritage intact. Research and evaluation of various sites will create a basis for comprehensive management plans. A lack of functionality of medieval ruins leaves limited opportunities for establishing a viable economic future of these sites. Giving new functions to ruins can result in broad, economically profitable ways of using the medieval ruins. The aim is finding the balance between the needs of stakeholders and public expectations concerning use of medieval ruins on one hand, and on the other hand preservation of authenticity and historical value of medieval ruins. The individuation of the new function requires a specific knowledge of the building in all its aspects, but also considerations regarding socio-economic values of the context that identifies its historical meaning and artistic value. The approach is to find new aims to monuments, but in harmony with the characteristics that give value and meaning to them. Within the INTERREG Central Europe project RUINS, is developing an handbook that supplies an operational tool useful to guide owners and managers of the thousands of medieval ruins around Europe toward a stainable re-use, preservation and modern management of historical ruins. The work follows an outline composed by 5 chapters that will try to respond in an exhaustive way to the aims related to contemporary use of historical ruins.

scholarly journals Pituitary Macroadenoma Manifesting As Acromegaly: A Case Report

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 07-11
Author(s):  
Dian Primadia Putri ◽  
Brama Ihsan Sazli
Keyword(s):  
Brain Mri ◽  
Pituitary Tumors ◽  
Serum Levels ◽  
High Serum ◽  
Pituitary Macroadenoma ◽  
Case Presentation ◽  
Clinical Disorder ◽  
Comprehensive Management ◽  
Management Plans ◽  
Chief Complaints

Background: Acromegaly is an uncommon clinical disorder driven by high serum levels of growth hormone (GH) and insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF-1). Over 99% of patients with acromegaly harbor a GH emitting pituitary adenoma. Pituitary tumors represent about 15% of essential intracranial neoplasms. Case presentation: A 38 years old woman, was referred to the H. Adam Malik central public hospital on December 15th, 2020, with chief complaints of enlarged fingers and toes. The patient complained that the patient's fingers and toes were getting bigger in the past 2 years. The brain MRI was performed showed intrasella spherical intensity lesions measuring ± 2.3x1.5x2 cm with the impression of macroadenoma. The patient later diagnosed with acromegaly due to pituitary macroadenoma. Therefore the patient was treated with administration of sandostatin injection, novorapid 6-6-6 IU SC, then 0-0-12 IU SC, 3x1 salt capsules. The patient is also consulted to the neurosurgery department for surgical management plans and a consulted to the Ophthalmology Department. Conclusion: We report an instance of acromegaly suspected because of pituitary macroadenoma in a patient with unmistakable clinical highlights, with comprehensive management.

Fish Habitat: Essential Fish Habitat and Rehabilitation

1999 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Great Lakes ◽  
Fish Habitat ◽  
Economic Benefits ◽  
Toxic Substances ◽  
Ecosystem Integrity ◽  
Control Programs ◽  
Comprehensive Management ◽  
Ecosystem Based Management ◽  
Management Plans ◽  
Policy Statements

<em>Abstract.</em> —The Canada-U.S. Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement (GLWQA) is an evolving instrument for ecosystem-based management. Its initial emphasis in 1972 was on controlling phosphorus inputs. In 1978, the GLWQA focused on control and management of persistent toxic substances and the use of an ecosystem approach in management and research. The 1987 Protocol to the GLWQA adopted new annexes mat focused on sources and pathways of persistent toxic substances and on development and implementation of comprehensive management plans to restore beneficial uses, including fish and wildlife habitat. Canada and the United States have achieved a number of Great Lakes successes. Examples of successes include: reversing cultural eutrophication in the lower Great Lakes and maintaining the oligotrophic-mesotrophic state of the upper Great Lakes as a result of phosphorus control programs, and achieving US$2-4 billion in economic return to the Great Lakes region annually as a result of fish stocking, restrictions on harvests, and sea lamprey control. As such successes have been achieved and cooperative management efforts have evolved to address ecosystem integrity and sustainability, the relative importance of habitat as a Great Lakes issue has increased. Current major challenges to further ecosystem-based management of habitat include: ensuring that all levels of government adopt strong habitat conservation and rehabilitation policy statements; recruiting and retaining trained habitat personnel to ensure that local and regional actions are consistent with such policies; sustaining creative ecosystem-based processes in light of government cutbacks; addressing the need for fish habitat assessment and analysis via effective institutional arrangements; agreeing on a core set of indicators and allocating required resources to sustain monitoring programs; and exchanging information about successful experiences with modifying habitat to support fish stocks and communicating broadly both ecological and economic benefits.

Soil pollution and site remediation policies in China: A review

2015 ◽  
Vol 23 (3) ◽  
pp. 263-274 ◽  
Author(s):  
X.N. Li ◽  
W.T. Jiao ◽  
R.B. Xiao ◽  
W.P. Chen ◽  
A.C. Chang
Keyword(s):  
Soil Pollution ◽  
Industrial Waste ◽  
Environmental Policies ◽  
Legal Framework ◽  
Contaminated Site ◽  
Chinese Government ◽  
Comprehensive Management ◽  
Management Plans ◽  
Site Restoration ◽  
Soil Cleanup

It was not until the 1980s that China’s policy makers became aware of the detrimental impacts on urban health from soil pollution as a result of industrial waste emissions. For the past three decades, the Chinese government has strived to prevent and control industrial pollution. Setting appropriate environmental policies is the key to mitigating the legacy of industrial waste emissions accumulated for three decades. In this paper, we review the development process by outlining the evolution of the policies and the resulting legal infrastructure in terms of acts, regulations, ordinances, and standards. Deficiencies of the existing policies are identified. In the early stages, environmental policies were fragmented, consisting of single-purpose laws that are narrowly focused. With time, these policies gradually evolved to become better integrated and comprehensive management plans. However, the laws emphasize contaminated site restoration instead of preventing soil pollution. The legal framework shows that the policies that are in place often lack clear mandates because the authorizations are piggybacked on environmental acts and regulations that do not directly address issues of soil pollution. Furthermore, implementation plans are impractical due to outdated soil quality standards, unclear soil cleanup goals, unenforceable liability and supervision mechanisms, limited funding, lack of transparency and public outreach, and the unreliable financial and technical capabilities of the remediation industries.

Hereditary angioedema: Comprehensive management plans and patient support

2020 ◽  
Vol 41 (6) ◽  
pp. S38-S42
Author(s):  
Diane Paige ◽  
Njeri Maina ◽  
John T. Anderson
Keyword(s):  
Hereditary Angioedema ◽  
Treatment Options ◽  
Management Plan ◽  
Essential Elements ◽  
Care Providers ◽  
Patient Support ◽  
Education Access ◽  
Comprehensive Management ◽  
Management Plans ◽  
Patient Will

Hereditary angioedema (HAE) is a rare disease. Regardless, patients with HAE have access to multiple state-of-the-art medications available for on-demand use and prevention that reduce the frequency and burden of HAE attacks. These treatments have greatly reduced the burden of disease and helped patients achieve improved quality of life. However, with greater numbers of therapeutic options, HAE care has become more complex. In this review, we addressed essential elements of an individualized comprehensive management plan for a patient with HAE. We focused on access to an expert physician, ongoing patient education, access to effective treatment options, coordination of care and management of treatment logistics, ongoing monitoring of attacks and treatments, and other resources for patient support. This plan will need to be communicated with the patient and other care providers, especially during emergent conditions, and accommodate the patient’s lifestyle with consideration for work, school, travel, etc. Periodically, the physician and the patient will need to review information about attacks, triggers, and treatments to identify areas for improvement and update the plan.

Development of a Personal Computer-Based System to Support Basin-Wide Management of Water Quality in Lakes and Rivers

1991 ◽  
Vol 24 (6) ◽  
pp. 125-132 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Okada ◽  
K. Chihara ◽  
H. Kawashima ◽  
M. Suzuki
Keyword(s):  
Water Quality ◽  
Personal Computer ◽  
System Development ◽  
Management Program ◽  
Point Sources ◽  
Water Quality Control ◽  
Comprehensive Management ◽  
Management Plans ◽  
Computer Based ◽  
Unit Loading

A personal computer based easy of access software to help water authorities for setting basin-wide comprehensive management program on water quality control was developed. Users are requested to input geological and administrative mapping of pollution sources and related socioeconomic information such as unit loading, activities, wastewater treatment efficiencies supported by the advisory system. Then the system enables to estimate pollution loads from the basin including both point and non-point sources and to predict quality of the water bodies, i.e. river systems and lakes, based on the present load and expected loads after alternative management plans are implemented. The C-language was used for system development. Lake Sagami-ko and its tributary, Katsura River, was used as a model basin for system development and validation.

scholarly journals Jumputan Batik for The Family of PKK RW 02 Kelurahan Baktijaya, Kecamatan Sukmajaya, Depok

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 283-291
Author(s):  
Catur Sunu Wijayanto ◽  
Renanda Nugraha
Keyword(s):  
Video Recording ◽  
The Public ◽  
Artistic Value ◽  
The Family ◽  
The World ◽  
Manufacturing Techniques ◽  
Historical Heritage ◽  
Online Methods ◽  
Previous Training

Batik is a craft that has high artistic value and has become part of Indonesian culture which is a legacy of the ancestors of the Indonesian nation which has been widely known in the world. The potential of batik can be used to foster interest in the archipelago's literature, as a historical heritage that is still admired by all levels of society. One of the relics that is also strategic to be developed is wastra jumputan. One of the easier and faster batik fabrics to make and will be easily learned by the public. This jumputan batik training was applied to the families of RW 02 PKK women, Baktijaya Village, Sukmajaya District, Depok. This jumputan batik training was a follow-up to the previous training which was only held at the RT level. Through training with video recording tutorials and online methods, it will be one method of growing public interest in recognizing and developing the potential of Indonesian literature without having to meet in person. The results of the training show that the most prominent interest in jumputan batik is the motifs it produces. Various motifs can be produced with several manufacturing techniques that are relatively easy to master by the trainees. With the Covid-19 pandemic, this batik training is not like before, which is in one place but at home each and also followed by the families of PKK mothers by following the instructions we have given. As the end result of this effort, people who initially did not know or had followed this method of making jumputan wastra, in just two hours the community could master it well in producing various jumputan cloth motifs.

scholarly journals EVALUATION OF HISTORICAL HERITAGE DOCUMENTATION: REALITY BASED SURVEY AND DERIVATIVE MODELS

2019 ◽  
Vol XLII-2/W17 ◽  
pp. 115-122
Author(s):  
A. di Luggo ◽  
M. Campi ◽  
L. Repola ◽  
V. Cera ◽  
S. Scandurra ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Point Clouds ◽  
Artistic Value ◽  
North East ◽  
The North ◽  
Accuracy And Precision ◽  
First Results ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Historical Heritage

Abstract. Three-dimensional acquisition systems for architecture have significantly evolved over just a few decades, with them allowing point clouds to be generated through active and passive optical sensor equipment.Accuracy levels vary considerably in relation to both the equipment and techniques used, with the data obtained acting as a scaffolding for the creation of derived models that allow specific analyses to be carried out.Ongoing research on Palazzo Donn’Anna, a Neapolitan sixteenth-century building of particular historical and artistic value, is being carried out in this context and the first results are presented in this paper.The entire building has been the subject of an instrumental survey. The north-east façade was proposed as a case-study for the experimentation of diversified reality-based sensors so as to compare the accuracy and precision of the data. The comparison was also aimed at evaluating the performance of some processing softwares. Finally, in order to obtain an estimate of the data in the transcription from the point cloud to a derived 3D model, the reproduction of the same portion of the prospectus in a derivative model of both object-oriented and NURBS types was experimented.

Risk assessment for suicide

2019 ◽  
pp. 66-73 ◽  
Author(s):  
Navneet Kapur ◽  
Robert Goldney
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Risk Assessment ◽  
Suicidal Behaviour ◽  
Risk Markers ◽  
Comprehensive Management ◽  
Management Plans ◽  
The Common ◽  
Utility Services ◽  
Different Levels

This chapter discusses the role of risk assessment for suicide. It describes the common practice of categorizing patients into different levels of risk in order to predict future suicidal behaviour and determine management. In mental health, risk is often seen as negative, but it simply describes the likelihood of a particular event occurring. Clinical approaches to risk lack predictive validity, and risk scales perform no better. Novel risk markers or algorithms are unlikely to add much in the way of utility. Services should recognize the fallacy of suicide risk prediction and should instead focus on individual needs, comprehensive management plans, and ensuring care is as good as it possibly can be.

scholarly journals Foliar microbiome transplants confer disease resistance in a critically-endangered plant

PeerJ ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 5 ◽  
pp. e4020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Geoffrey Zahn ◽  
Anthony S. Amend
Keyword(s):  
Plant Conservation ◽  
Critically Endangered ◽  
Wild Plants ◽  
Endangered Plants ◽  
Comprehensive Management ◽  
Management Plans ◽  
Its1 Rdna ◽  
Pseudozyma Aphidis ◽  
Related Plant ◽  
And Function

There has been very little effort to incorporate foliar microbiomes into plant conservation efforts even though foliar endophytes are critically important to the fitness and function of hosts. Many critically endangered plants that have been extirpated from the wild are dependent on regular fungicidal applications in greenhouses that cannot be maintained for remote out-planted populations, which quickly perish. These fungicides negatively impact potentially beneficial fungal symbionts, which may reduce plant defenses to pathogens once fungicide treatments are stopped. Using the host/parasite system of Phyllostegia kaalaensis and Neoerysiphe galeopsidis, we conducted experiments to test total foliar microbiome transplants from healthy wild relatives onto fungicide-dependent endangered plants in an attempt to mitigate disease and reduce dependency on fungicides. Plants were treated with total microbiome transplants or cultured subsets of this community and monitored for disease severity. High-throughput DNA screening of fungal ITS1 rDNA was used to track the leaf-associated fungal communities and evaluate the effectiveness of transplantation methods. Individuals receiving traditionally isolated fungal treatments showed no improvement, but those receiving applications of a simple leaf slurry containing an uncultured fungal community showed significant disease reduction, to which we partially attribute an increase in the mycoparasitic Pseudozyma aphidis. These results were replicated in two independent experimental rounds. Treated plants have since been moved to a native habitat and, as of this writing, remain disease-free. Our results demonstrate the effectiveness of a simple low-tech method for transferring beneficial microbes from healthy wild plants to greenhouse-raised plants with reduced symbiotic microbiota. This technique was effective at reducing disease, and in conferring increased survival to an out-planted population of critically endangered plants. It was not effective in a closely related plant. Plant conservation efforts should strive to include foliar microbes as part of comprehensive management plans.

scholarly journals Foliar microbiome transplants confer disease resistance in a critically-endangered plant

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Geoffrey Zahn ◽  
Anthony S Amend
Keyword(s):  
Plant Conservation ◽  
Critically Endangered ◽  
Wild Plants ◽  
Endangered Plants ◽  
Comprehensive Management ◽  
Management Plans ◽  
Its1 Rdna ◽  
Pseudozyma Aphidis ◽  
Related Plant ◽  
And Function

There has been very little effort to incorporate foliar microbiomes into plant conservation efforts even though foliar endophytes are critically important to the fitness and function of hosts. Many critically endangered plants that have been extirpated from the wild are dependent on regular fungicidal applications in greenhouses that cannot be maintained for remote out-planted populations, which quickly perish. These fungicides negatively impact potentially beneficial fungal symbionts, which may reduce plant defenses to pathogens once fungicide treatments are stopped. We conducted experiments to test total foliar microbiome transplants from healthy wild relatives onto fungicide-dependent endangered plants in an attempt to mitigate disease and reduce dependency on fungicides. Plants were treated with total microbiome transplants or cultured subsets of this community and monitored for disease severity. High-throuhgput DNA screening of fungal ITS1 rDNA was used to track the leaf-associated fungal communities and evaluate the effectiveness of transplantation methods. Individuals receiving traditionally isolated fungal treatments showed no improvement, but those receiving applications of a simple leaf slurry containing an uncultured fungal community showed significant disease reduction, to which we partially attribute an increase in the mycoparasitic Pseudozyma aphidis. These results were replicated in two independent experimental rounds. Treated plants have since been moved to a native habitat and, as of this writing, remain disease-free. Our results demonstrate the effectiveness of a simple low-tech method for transferring beneficial microbes from healthy wild plants to greenhouse-raised plants with reduced symbiotic microbiota. This technique was effective at reducing disease, and in conferring increased survival to an out-planted population of critically endangered plants. It was not effective in a closely related plant. Plant conservation efforts should strive to include foliar microbes as part of comprehensive management plans.

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