Note on “The Working of Captive Balloons in Windy Weather”

1893 ◽  
Vol 23 ◽  
pp. 42-45
Author(s):  
Eric Stuart Bruce
Keyword(s):  
Windy Weather

scholarly journals Hubungan Tingkat Pengetahuan dengan Perilaku Penanganan Gawat Darurat Hipotermi pada Pendaki Gunung di Organisasi Primapala Ampel Kabupaten Boyolali

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 037-043
Author(s):  
Tri Susilowati ◽  
Ririn Wardani ◽  
Ida Nur Imamah
Keyword(s):  
Data Analysis ◽  
Body Condition ◽  
Emergency Treatment ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Cognitive Level ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Research Population ◽  
Windy Weather ◽  
Bad Weather ◽  
Test Result

Latar Belakang : Pendaki gunung dan hipotermi merupakan sebuah hubungan yang sangat terkait dalam pendakian. Cuaca buruk di puncak gunung Merbabu menyebabkan 7 pendaki harus dievakuasi karena mengalami hipotermi saat mendaki. Kondisi tubuh yang terlalu lama kedinginan, khususnya dalam cuaca berangin dan hujan dapat menyebabkan mekanisme pemanasan tubuh terganggu. Pentingnya pengetahuan pada pendaki dapat menjadikan pendaki tersebut terhindar dari hipotermi, tetapi tak jarang para pendaki menganggap remeh dan tidak peduli. Tujuan Penelitian: Mengetahui hubungan tingkat pengetahuan dengan perilaku penanganan gawat darurat hipotermi pada pendaki gunung di organisasi Primapala Ampel Boyolali. Metode: Jenis penelitian analitik dengan pendekatan cross sectional. Populasi dalam penelitian ini adalah seluruh anggota Primapala Ampel Boyolali yang berjumlah 30 orang. Jumlah sampel dalam penelitian ini adalah 30 orang. Teknik pengambilan sampel menggunakan total sampling. Instrumen penelitian menggunakan kuesioner. Analisa data menggunakan Uji Kendal Tau. Hasil : Hasil analisa diperoleh tingkat pengetahuan tentang penanganan gawat darurat hipotermi dalam katgori baik sebanyak 27 responden (90%), kategori cukup sebanyak 3 responden (10%). Perilaku penanganan gawat darurat hipotermi dalam kategori baik sebanyak 28 responden (93,3%), kategori cukup 2 responden (6,7%). Nilai Signifikansi uji Kendal Tau yaitu 0,013 Diskusi: Perilaku penganganan gawat darutat Hipertermi mayoritas dalam kategori baik dan terdapat hubungan antara tingkat pengetahuan dengan perilaku penanganan gawat darurat hipotermi pada pendaki gunung di organisasi Primapala Ampel Boyolali. Background: Mountaineer and hypothermia have correlation in climbing. Bad weather at the top of Merbabu caused 7 mountaineers to be evacuated because of hypothermia. Body condition was too long periods of cold, especially in windy weather and rain can cause the body's warming mechanism to be disrupted. The importance of cognitive for mountaineers can make the mountaineers avoid hypothermia, but not infrequently the mountaineers underestimate and do not care. The purpose of research: Knowing the realtion of cognitive level and hypothermia emergency handling of mountaineers in Primapala ampel Boyolali organization. Method: The research used analytic reasearch with cross sectional approach. The research population is all members of Primapala ampel Boyolali organization which are consist of 30 people. The number of samples is 30 people. The sampling technique used total sampling. The research instrument used questionnaire. The data analysis used Fisher Test. Result: Cognitive level of hypothermia emergency handling is good category which are 27 respondents (90%), enough category which are 3 respondents (10%). Hypothermia emergency handling in good category is 28 respondents (93,3%) and enough category is 2 respondents (6,7%). Significance Value of Kendall’s Tau test that is 0.013 Discussion: Majority of emergency treatment behavior Hypertherm is in the good category. Discuss: There is a realtionship between the cognitive level and hypothermia emergency handling of mountaineers in Primapala ampel Boyolali organization.

A Shared Journey To a Better Future: Mutual Support Among Breast Cancer Survivors and Their First-Degree Relatives

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shao-Hua Chen ◽  
Jun-E Liu ◽  
Dong-Mei Guo ◽  
Ya-Li Su ◽  
Yan-Fei Liu
Keyword(s):  
Breast Cancer ◽  
Cancer Survivors ◽  
Breast Cancer Survivors ◽  
External Support ◽  
Mutual Support ◽  
First Degree Relatives ◽  
Purposeful Sampling ◽  
Windy Weather ◽  
Depth Interviews

Abstract Purpose Breast cancer affects survivors and their first-degree relatives. They face breast cancer together as a unit. This study aimed to explore the mutual support of breast cancer survivors and their first-degree relatives in their joint coping with breast cancer. Methods A qualitative case study with purposeful sampling was conducted. Ten breast cancer survivors and 21 of their first-degree relatives were recruited for in-depth interviews. Data were analyzed by thematic analysis using MAXQDA software. Results Three themes were extracted under the overarching theme “a shared journey to a better future”: 1. “Mutual support is needed as we are in the same boat,” suggesting mutual support in responding to breast cancer; 2. “We experience stormy and windy weather during our journey,” emphasizing challenges encountered in providing support; and 3. “Sunny and breezy days are a gift for both of us,” indicating they perceived reciprocity during the process of mutual support. Conclusions Mutual support was an important feature of breast cancer survivors and first-degree relatives coping with breast cancer and beneficial to both groups. However, significant challenges in supporting each other were reported, indicating the necessity of external support in coping with breast cancer. Health professionals should not ignore first-degree relatives of breast cancer survivors, and need to support both of these groups.

Testing Unmanned Aircraft for Roadside Snow Avalanche Monitoring

2019 ◽  
Vol 2673 (2) ◽  
pp. 94-103
Author(s):  
Edward McCormack ◽  
Torgeir Vaa
Keyword(s):  
Snow Depth ◽  
Unmanned Aircraft ◽  
Unmanned Aircraft Systems ◽  
Snow Avalanche ◽  
Baseline Survey ◽  
Usable Information ◽  
Review Team ◽  
Windy Weather ◽  
Ground Penetrating ◽  
Transportation Agencies

An important part of the Norwegian Public Roads Administration’s (NPRA’s) mission is to monitor and react to snow avalanche hazards in steep areas above their roads. Small unmanned aircraft systems (UASs) are increasing capable and commercially available. The NPRA wanted to evaluate if this technology could support their avalanche program but had concerns about UASs’ ability to function and to provide usable information in typical field conditions. The NPRA hired vendors to fly nine different UAS aircraft on challenging avalanche surveillance missions in cold, windy weather in steep mountains. An evaluation team’s conclusions were that different aircraft could be effectively used for different aspects of avalanche monitoring and that cameras on UASs (both visible light and infrared) provided images useful for avalanche surveillance. A second test further evaluated if sensors and cameras carried on UASs could provide NPRA’s avalanche staff with usable snow depth, layering, and surface information. Data from UAS carrying visual cameras, used for both real-time viewing and photogrammetry (structure from motion), and ground penetrating radar (GPR) were compared with snow pack information collected using hand dug pits. The review team found the GPR output could identify the weak snow layers that cause avalanches but the raw data required time-consuming post-processing. Photogrammetry had considerable potential as it mapped snow surface conditions and, with a baseline survey, measured snow depth, both of which are valuable for avalanche assessment. Overall, the review team felt UAS technology held considerable promise to support transportation agencies’ roadside avalanche monitoring programs.

scholarly journals A Demonstration That Large-Scale Warming Is Not Urban

2006 ◽  
Vol 19 (12) ◽  
pp. 2882-2895 ◽  
Author(s):  
David E. Parker
Keyword(s):  
Large Scale ◽  
Urban Heat Islands ◽  
Global Trends ◽  
Heat Islands ◽  
Air Temperatures ◽  
Regional Trends ◽  
Windy Weather ◽  
Complete Networks ◽  
Urban Heat ◽  
Selection Of

Abstract On the premise that urban heat islands are strongest in calm conditions but are largely absent in windy weather, daily minimum and maximum air temperatures for the period 1950–2000 at a worldwide selection of land stations are analyzed separately for windy and calm conditions, and the global and regional trends are compared. The trends in temperature are almost unaffected by this subsampling, indicating that urban development and other local or instrumental influences have contributed little overall to the observed warming trends. The trends of temperature averaged over the selected land stations worldwide are in close agreement with published trends based on much more complete networks, indicating that the smaller selection used here is sufficient for reliable sampling of global trends as well as interannual variations. A small tendency for windy days to have warmed more than other days in winter over Eurasia is the opposite of that expected from urbanization and is likely to be a consequence of atmospheric circulation changes.

A Report on the Difference Between the Precipitation Records as Taken on the Standard Canadian and United States Rain-gauges

1941 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
pp. 65-67 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. Napier Denison
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Rain Gauge ◽  
Similar Comparison ◽  
Rain Gauges ◽  
Weather Bureau ◽  
Windy Weather ◽  
Small Gauge ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Precipitation Records

Synopsis This describes a comparison of rainfall observations as taken at the Victoria College on the Canadian standard rain gauge of 3.57 inch diameter, and the standard U. S. 8 inch gauge, and a similar comparison made at Seattle Weather Bureau. The results appear to show that the small gauge records more rainfall than the larger gauge, but the difference is less during windy weather. No cause for this difference is given at the present time. It is also pointed out that the cedar stick causes a displacement of .01 inch per inch in the 8 inch gauge.

scholarly journals Wind and rain are the primary climate factors driving changing phenology of an aerial insectivore

2017 ◽  
Vol 284 (1853) ◽  
pp. 20170412 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rachel D. Irons ◽  
April Harding Scurr ◽  
Alexandra P. Rose ◽  
Julie C. Hagelin ◽  
Tricia Blake ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Natural Populations ◽  
Climate Change Impacts ◽  
Tree Swallow ◽  
Breeding Phenology ◽  
Climate Conditions ◽  
Aerial Insectivore ◽  
Windy Weather ◽  
Two Measures

While the ecological effects of climate change have been widely observed, most efforts to document these impacts in terrestrial systems have concentrated on the impacts of temperature. We used tree swallow ( Tachycineta bicolor ) nest observations from two widely separated sites in central Alaska to examine the aspects of climate affecting breeding phenology at the northern extent of this species' range. We found that two measures of breeding phenology, annual lay and hatch dates, are more strongly predicted by windiness and precipitation than by temperature. At our longest-monitored site, breeding phenology has advanced at nearly twice the rate seen in more southern populations, and these changes correspond to long-term declines in windiness. Overall, adverse spring climate conditions known to negatively impact foraging success of swallows (wet, windy weather) appear to influence breeding phenology more than variation in temperature. Separate analyses show that short windy periods significantly delay initiation of individual clutches within years. While past reviews have emphasized that increasing variability in climate conditions may create physiological and ecological challenges for natural populations, we find that long-term reductions in inclement weather corresponded to earlier reproduction in one of our study populations. To better predict climate change impacts, ecologists need to more carefully test effects of multiple climate variables, including some, like windiness, that may be of paramount importance to some species, but have rarely been considered as strong drivers of ecological responses to climate alteration.

scholarly journals СОЗДАНИЕ И ИССЛЕДОВАНИЕ ГЕЛИОТЕХНОЛОГИЧЕСКОЙ УСТАНОВКИ С ПОЛИКАРБОНАТНЫМ ПОКРЫТИЕМ

World Science ◽  
2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ketevan Archvadze ◽  
Ilia Chachava ◽  
Russudan Tsiskarishvili ◽  
Nanuli Khotenashvili ◽  
Zurab Tabukashvili
Keyword(s):  
Air Temperature ◽  
Greenhouse Effect ◽  
Agricultural Products ◽  
Direct Sunlight ◽  
High Quality ◽  
Fan Effect ◽  
Windy Weather ◽  
Strong Winds ◽  
Hot Weather ◽  
Convective Movement

The proposed solar dryer (S / D) has a polycarbonate coating, which is actually a combined dryer. By drying an agricultural products in the proposed apparatus, it is possible to get ecologically pure and high quality food. The "greenhouse effect" in S / D ensures the temperature under the glass is 15-25°C, higher than the ambient temperature. In windy weather, the product to be dried cannot be left in the open air due to strong winds, in this device drying in windy weather occurs no less intensively than in hot weather, although the air temperature in S / D is not high. During wind it is recommended to locate the S / D with the inlet towards the wind. The high drying speed occurs due to the increased convective movement. The wind creates a fan effect both at the inlet S / D and at the outlet - at the end of the pipe. In the proposed installation, it is possible to dry various agricultural products, both in direct sunlight and without them.

scholarly journals A hospital based eye health survey to see the pattern of eye diseases in Uttarakhand, India

2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 548
Author(s):  
Manu Bharadwaj ◽  
Lokesh Kumar Singh ◽  
Bhaskar Dutt
Keyword(s):  
Allergic Conjunctivitis ◽  
Low Vision ◽  
Refractive Errors ◽  
Medical College ◽  
Eye Health ◽  
High Prevalence ◽  
Registration Number ◽  
Windy Weather ◽  
Male Patients ◽  
Ocular Morbidity

Background: The cause of blindness and low vision differs in different countries and communities. The requirements of eye services also vary according to the need of the native population. Studies showing the pattern of ocular morbidity are needed to build better infrastructure of eye care facilities.Methods: This prospective study was conducted in eye department of Government Doon Medical College, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India between April 2016 to May 2016.the patients were seen in eye OPD by ophthalmologists. Proper anterior and posterior segment evaluation was done and patients were treated accordingly. Data including the registration number, name of the patient, age, sex and diagnosis were recorded in OPD register and analysed.Results: Total 1259 patients were examined. 605 were male and 654 were female. The mean age of male patients was 43 years and for females was 41.33 years. Refractive error (20.97%) was the commonest ocular morbidity in our study followed by cataract (20.02%), follow ups of cataract surgeries and allergic conjunctivitis. Besides refractive errors total 137 (10.88%) patients were presbyopic.Conclusions: This study shows a slightly exceeding number of female patients, which shows that females are equally aware of their health problems. Refractive errors are the most common cause in present study with cataract being second, may be because of higher mean age of the patients presenting to OPD. In present study allergic conjunctivitis was third commonest cause of ocular morbidity in our district may be due to windy weather. The leading causes of ocular morbidity in our study were refractive errors, cataract, allergic conjunctivitis and, presbyopia. The high prevalence of refractive errors and cataracts shows that hospital still requires an improved infrastructure with spectacle provision to the patients.

scholarly journals Morphological features of the leaves in clematises as a reflection of their ecological peculiarities

2021 ◽  
Vol 89-90 ◽  
pp. 89-100
Author(s):  
Iryna Kovalyshyn ◽  
Andrii Pinchuk ◽  
Artur Likhanov
Keyword(s):  
Leaf Area ◽  
Anatomical Structure ◽  
Morphological Features ◽  
Adaxial Surface ◽  
Anatomical Features ◽  
The Third ◽  
Small Leaf ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Windy Weather

Quantitative morpho-anatomical features of leaves of nine Clematis taxa (C. alpina ‘Pamela Jackman’, C. macropetala ‘Maidwell Hall’, C. integrifolia ‘Aljonushka’, C. ispahanica ‘Zvezdograd’, C. fargesii ‘Paul Farges’, C. texensis ‘Princess Diana’, C. tibetana, C. viticella, and C. heracleifolia) were determined with the aim to analyze their adaptation to the environmental conditions.Among investigated clematises, there were plants with hypostomatic (C. viticella, C. fargesii ‘Paul Farges’, C. heracleifolia, C. texensis ‘Princess Diana’, C. macropetala ‘Maidwell Hall’, and C. alpina ‘Pamela Jackman’), and amphistomatic leaves (C. ispahanica ‘Zvezdograd’ and C. tibetana). In C. integrifolia ‘Aljonushka’ leaves were hypostomatic, but few solitary stomata were also present on the adaxial surface. In the leaves of investigated taxa, the palisade coefficient ranged from 27.3% (C. alpina ‘Pamela Jackman’) to 49.9% (C. tibetana). The leaves also differed significantly in size. In particular, leaves of C. integrifolia ‘Aljonushka’ were almost ten times smaller than such of C. heracleifolia.As a result of UPGMA clustering, the plants that can survive in severe windy weather in open rocky areas, Clematis tibetana and C. ispahanica ‘Zvezdograd’, were joined in a separate cluster. The second cluster combined C. alpina ‘Pamela Jackman’ and C. macropetala ‘Maidwell Hall’ – cultivars blooming in the spring, during a period of significant difference in daily temperatures. A relatively small leaf area in plants from these two clusters may indicate an adaptation by reducing the transpiration area and general windage. The third cluster united the rest of investigated taxa, mostly – the mesophytic plants with a relatively large leaf area. However, due to similar morpho-anatomical structure of the leaf, the third cluster also comprised C. integrifolia ‘Aljonushka’ with the smallest leaves.

scholarly journals The association between meteorological variables and road traffic injuries: a study from Macao

PeerJ ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 7 ◽  
pp. e6438 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chon-Fu Lio ◽  
Hou-Hon Cheong ◽  
Chon-Hou Un ◽  
Iek-Long Lo ◽  
Shin-Yi Tsai
Keyword(s):  
Linear Regression ◽  
Multiple Linear Regression ◽  
Traffic Accidents ◽  
Road Traffic ◽  
Meteorological Factors ◽  
Linear Regression Analysis ◽  
World Health ◽  
Road Traffic Accidents ◽  
Road Traffic Injuries ◽  
Windy Weather

Objective Correlation analysis and multiple linear regression analysis were conducted to estimate the influence of meteorological factors on road traffic injuries stratified by severity. Crash rate was defined as mean monthly road traffic accidents per 1,000 vectors. Design Ecological time-series study. Setting Macao traffic accident registry database between January 1st, 2001 and November 31st, 2016. Participants In total, 393,176 traffic accidents and 72,501 cases of road traffic injuries (RTIs) were enrolled; patients’ severity was divided into mild injury, required hospitalisation, and death. Exposure Variation of monthly meteorological factors. Main outcome measure Weather-condition-related road traffic accidents, injuries, and deaths. Results Windy weather significantly correlated with increased number of traffic accidents among all transport vectors (r = .375 to .637; p < 0.001). Multiple linear regression showed temperature (B = 0.704; p < 0.05) and humidity (B =  − 0.537; p < 0.001) were independent factors for mild injury. The role of windy weather was relatively more obvious among patients with severe injuries (B = 0.304; p < 0.001) or those who died (B = 0.015; p < 0.001). A longer duration of sunshine was also associated to RTI-related deaths (B = 0.015; p < 0.001). In total, 13.4% of RTIs were attributable to meteorological factors and may be preventable. Conclusion The World Health Organization stated that RTIs are a major but neglected public health challenge. This study demonstrates meteorological factors have significant effects on any degree of RTIs. The results may not be generalized to other climates or populations while the findings may have implications in both preventing injuries and to announce safety precautions regarding trauma and motor vehicle collisions to the general public by public agencies.

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