scholarly journals Distance sampling surveys reveal 17 million vertebrates directly killed by the 2020’s wildfires in the Pantanal, Brazil

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Walfrido Moraes Tomas ◽  
Christian Niel Berlinck ◽  
Rafael Morais Chiaravalloti ◽  
Gabriel Paganini Faggioni ◽  
Christine Strüssmann ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Distance Sampling ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Meteorological Drought ◽  
Anthropogenic Factors ◽  
Cumulative Impact ◽  
First Order ◽  
Line Transects ◽  
Negative Impacts ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Pantanal Wetland

AbstractAnthropogenic factors have significantly influenced the frequency, duration, and intensity of meteorological drought in many regions of the globe, and the increased frequency of wildfires is among the most visible consequences of human-induced climate change. Despite the fire role in determining biodiversity outcomes in different ecosystems, wildfires can cause negative impacts on wildlife. We conducted ground surveys along line transects to estimate the first-order impact of the 2020 wildfires on vertebrates in the Pantanal wetland, Brazil. We adopted the distance sampling technique to estimate the densities and the number of dead vertebrates in the 39,030 square kilometers affected by fire. Our estimates indicate that at least 16.952 million vertebrates were killed immediately by the fires in the Pantanal, demonstrating the impact of such an event in wet savanna ecosystems. The Pantanal case also reminds us that the cumulative impact of widespread burning would be catastrophic, as fire recurrence may lead to the impoverishment of ecosystems and the disruption of their functioning. To overcome this unsustainable scenario, it is necessary to establish proper biomass fuel management to avoid cumulative impacts caused by fire over biodiversity and ecosystem services.

scholarly journals Counting the Dead: 17 Million Vertebrates Directly Killed by the 2020’s Wildfires in the Pantanal Wetland, Brazil

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Walfrido Moraes Tomas ◽  
Christian Niel Berlinck ◽  
Rafael Morais Chiaravalloti ◽  
Gabriel Paganini Faggioni ◽  
Christine Strussmann ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Distance Sampling ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Meteorological Drought ◽  
Anthropogenic Factors ◽  
Cumulative Impact ◽  
First Order ◽  
Line Transects ◽  
Negative Impacts ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Pantanal Wetland

Abstract Anthropogenic factors have significantly influenced the frequency, duration, and intensity of meteorological drought in many regions of the globe, and the increased frequency of wildfires is among the most visible consequences of human-induced climate change. Despite its role in determining biodiversity outcomes in different ecosystems, wildfires can cause negative impacts on wildlife. We conducted ground surveys along line transects to estimate the first-order impact of the 2020 wildfires on vertebrates in the Pantanal wetland, Brazil. We adopted the distance sampling technique to estimate the densities and the number of dead vertebrates in the 39,030 square kilometers affected by fire. Our estimates indicate that at least 16.952 million vertebrates were killed immediately by the fires in the Pantanal, demonstrating the impact of such an event in wet savanna ecosystems. The Pantanal case also reminds us that the cumulative impact of widespread burning would be catastrophic, as fire recurrence may lead to the impoverishment of ecosystems and the disruption of their functioning. To overcome this unsustainable scenario, it is necessary to establish proper biomass fuel management to avoid cumulative impacts caused by fire over biodiversity and ecosystem services.

scholarly journals Impact of EMI on Omani Engineering Students’ Academic Performance

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Holi Ibrahim Holi Ali
Keyword(s):  
Academic Performance ◽  
Engineering Students ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Classroom Observations ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Colleges Of Technology ◽  
English Medium Instruction ◽  
Negative Impacts ◽  
Interpretative Approach ◽  
The Impact

Using English to teach and learn academic subjects in higher education (HE) across the globe is increasing in popularity. The overarching aim of this study is to examine the impact of English-medium instruction (EMI) on Omani engineering students’ academic performance and their studies in an English-medium engineering programme in Oman. This paper reports on findings from a larger project that was intended to investigate Omani engineering students’ experience of learning through the medium of English in one of the Colleges of Technology in Oman. The study adopted a qualitative interpretative approach with a case study strategy and a purposive sampling technique to look into the impact of EMI on Omani engineering students’ academic performance and their studies. The sample included 12 Omani engineering and 8 engineering instructors who were interviewed along with five classroom observations. The data were collected and generated through semi-structured interviews and classroom observations. They were analysed manually, inductively and thematically using Braun and Clarke’s model (2006). The findings showed that EMI had both positive and negative impacts on the students’ academic performance and their studies.

scholarly journals Characteristic of traditional market and spilled markets in Sungguminasa District and Surrounding.

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 147
Author(s):  
Lidia Husain ◽  
Ichsan Invanni Baharuddin ◽  
Sulaiman Zhiddiq ◽  
Rahma Musyawarah
Keyword(s):  
Traffic Congestion ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Simple Random Sampling ◽  
South Sulawesi ◽  
Traded Goods ◽  
Traditional Market ◽  
Negative Impacts ◽  
Residential Market ◽  
Surrounding Areas ◽  
The Impact

This study aims to: 1) To determine the condition of traditional market located in Sungguminasa and surrounding areas. 2) To determine the distribution of goods in these markets. 3) To determine the extent of the impact of the presence of adjacent markets in the region. The population in this study are all traders in Mamminasamaupa Market, Central Market Sungguminasa, Pallangga Markets, Markets and Market Kalegowa Panciro totaling about 1,070 traders. Sample drawn from the population as 107 traders with simple random sampling technique and the accidental sampling technique sampling haphazard manner until the desired data is met. The results showed that the location and condition of Sungguminasa Central Market, Market Mamminasamaupa, Pallangga Markets, Markets and Market Kalegowa Panciro shows the interaction between layout and layout layout residential market. The number of visitors in the market due to the inexpensive price karenya traded goods, especially vegetables. Distribution of goods originating from Gowa district and other districts in South Sulawesi. Some even come from outside the province of South Sulawesi. Negative impacts such as traffic congestion and litter are not organized regularly.

scholarly journals DAMPAK PANDEMI COVID-19 PADA KESEHATAN MENTAL PEMANDU WISATA DI BALI

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 164-173
Author(s):  
I Gusti Ayu Rai Rahayuni ◽  
Ida Ayu Putri Wulandari
Keyword(s):  
Rapid Test ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Mental Condition ◽  
Control Individual ◽  
Psychotic Symptoms ◽  
Ptsd Symptoms ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Tour Guides ◽  
Negative Impacts ◽  
The Impact

Background : Tour guides as individuals who experience the impact of the loss of their livelihoods need to study and analyze whether there are psychological or mental impacts that are experienced considering that they are very vulnerable to not being able to control individual coping to easily accept situations or conditions without negative impacts. This research will study and describe the extent of the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the mental of tour guides in Bali. Methods :  This descriptive research with cross-sectional approach. Data was collected  from the association of tour guides in Bali in February 2021 with a total sampling technique of 115 tour guides who meet inclusion criteria. Data were collected using the Indonesian version of the SRQ-29 questionnaire online and processed by descriptive univariate. Results : The results of the study describe the conditions during the Covid-19 pandemic that 68 respondents (33.17%) had undergone a Rapid test, 45 people (21.95%) had undergone a swab test, 12 people (5.85%) had been confirmed as Positive Covid- 19 and 113 people (55.12%) stated that their area of origin or place of residence was once a red zone. The results of mental condition analysis during the pandemic showed that 134 people (65.37%) indicated symptoms of neurosis, 118 people (57.56%) indicated the use of psychoactive substances, 141 people (68.78%) indicated psychotic symptoms and that is 152 people (74.15%) indicated the presence of PTSD symptoms. Conclusion : Support from all parties through policies, attention and intervention is needed to minimize mental disorders, especially PTSD symptoms for the guides so that it is time for the Bali Return Program to start again productively without any mental obstacles. 

scholarly journals The Portrait of Social Media on Students’ Lifestyle and Education Culture

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 287-295
Author(s):  
Sururin Sururin ◽  
Mukhshon Nawawi ◽  
Imam Subchi ◽  
Ilham Maulana Amyn
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Random Sampling ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Likert Scale ◽  
Educational Culture ◽  
Negative Impacts ◽  
Education Culture ◽  
The Impact

Technological advancements bring about changes in people's lives, particularly in lifestyle and educational culture. This study aims to examine the impact of social media on the lifestyle and culture of IAIN Metro Lampung students. The sampling technique employed was random sampling which determined 147 students. A closed-ended questionnaire with a Likert scale was utilized as the instrument, then graded based on the percentage scale. The study reveals that social media has a varying degree of effects on IAIN Metro Lampung students' lifestyle and educational culture changes. The influence of social media, lifestyle, and educational culture has more than 10 percent. Social media presents both positive and harmful consequences. Recommendations for the next researcher are to investigate the overcome the negative impacts created by lifestyle and educational culture changes as the impacts of social media.

scholarly journals Impact of EMI on Omani Engineering Students’ Academic Performance

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 309-324
Author(s):  
Holi Ibrahim Holi Ali
Keyword(s):  
Academic Performance ◽  
Engineering Students ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Classroom Observations ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Colleges Of Technology ◽  
English Medium Instruction ◽  
Negative Impacts ◽  
Interpretative Approach ◽  
The Impact

Using English to teach and learn academic subjects in higher education (HE) across the globe is increasing in popularity. The overarching aim of this study is to examine the impact of English-medium instruction (EMI) on Omani engineering students’ academic performance and their studies in an English-medium engineering programme in Oman. This paper reports on findings from a larger project that was intended to investigate Omani engineering students’ experience of learning through the medium of English in one of the Colleges of Technology in Oman. The study adopted a qualitative interpretative approach with a case study strategy and a purposive sampling technique to look into the impact of EMI on Omani engineering students’ academic performance and their studies. The sample included 12 Omani engineering and 8 engineering instructors who were interviewed along with five classroom observations. The data were collected and generated through semi-structured interviews and classroom observations. They were analysed manually, inductively and thematically using Braun and Clarke’s model (2006). The findings showed that EMI had both positive and negative impacts on the students’ academic performance and their studies.

scholarly journals Analysis of the Impact of Smartphone Use on Adolescent Social Interactions During COVID-19

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 167
Author(s):  
Mellania Indrasvari ◽  
Risma Delima Harahap ◽  
Dahrul Aman Harahap
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Social Interactions ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Senior High School ◽  
Generation Z ◽  
Qualitative Descriptive ◽  
Smartphone Use ◽  
Negative Impacts ◽  
The Impact ◽  
At Home

This study is titled Analysis of Smartphone Use against Adolescent Social Interactions During COVID-19. This research is motivated by the increasingly popular use of smartphones among generation Z that can influence social interactions especially the outbreak of the Covid-19 virus that urged students to study at home or online by using smartphones and keeping activities out of the house in order to avoid the Covid-19 virus and break the chain of the virus that causes constrained social interaction activities outside the home, especially the students of grade XII science 1 and XII science 2 at Senior High School 2 Rantau Selatan (State Senior High School 2, South Rantau) (State Senior High School 2, South Rantau) using qualitative-descriptive research that considered suitable for the problem of the impact of smartphone use on adolescent social interactions during the Covid-19 period where the main data sources in this study are students. The tools used to collect data are questionnaires, interviews, observations and documentation. Sampling technique used is purposive sampling. The sample data from this study were students of grade XII science 1 & XII science 2 with a total of 64 people. The results of the interview research and supported by the questionnaire showed that the use of smartphones in students in grade XII science 1 and XII science 2 Senior High School 2 Rantau Selatan (State Senior High School 2, South Rantau) (State Senior High School 2, South Rantau) was at 51.02%, then about 33.84% intensity of social media to eliminate saturation only activities in the house alone that resulted in a lack of intensity or association of teenagers with people around the next student doing activities gathered with friends categorized as small enough only 5.08% is also caused by the government's rules to stay at home and 10.06% of students feel the effects of smartphones. The conclusion of this study shows that there are positive and negative impacts of smartphones on adolescent social interactions during Covid-19

scholarly journals Potential and Observed Environmental Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic

2021 ◽  
Vol 58 (2) ◽  
pp. 784-794
Author(s):  
Vaishnavi Gore, Dr. Swarupa Chakole
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Impacts ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Anthropogenic Factors ◽  
Coastal Pollution ◽  
Waste Products ◽  
After Effects ◽  
The World ◽  
Negative Impacts ◽  
Short Time ◽  
The Impact

Many ecological variants have impact on the onset and communicability of infectious diseases or pandemics, which may in later days can trigger environmental feedback. The most potentially lethal virus of this century coronavirus disease (COVID-19) was declared an epidemic on March 13, 2020, and its vigorous spread, congruous coverage and its many diverse and complicated after effects may have made it a very dangerous disease to counteract the problems related to it in such a short time period making it once in only century disaster around the world. Most of the countries around the world being currently in a situation of chaos and suffering of this disease and its consequences have responded with great concern and measures by taking social distancing methods and measures of various kinds and drastically reducing the spread of the virus and helping in prevention by it have also helped in resolving many economic and other activities of the country to cope with. As a result, the COVID-19 pandemic at the end of April 2020 caused many environmental impacts, including positive impacts such as improved air quality. Negative impacts such as coastal pollution through the elimination of water and sanitation supplies in urban areas and in rural have shown it effects of healing the surrounding which was caused by the halting to many industries and the release of waste products and hampering of the transport and its emission after the public went into home isolation after the pandemic started. This study provides a first overview of the observed environmental and possible aftermath of COVID-19. We argue that the impact of COVID-19 is largely determined by anthropogenic factors that become apparent as public events declines around the globe, and effects on towns and human health will continue to exist.

Socio-cultural, organizational factor and career development of female employees: A study on school teachers

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 140-152
Author(s):  
Sarita Maharjan
Keyword(s):  
Career Development ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Organizational Factors ◽  
School Teachers ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Female Employees ◽  
Negative Impacts ◽  
Human Resource Developers ◽  
The Impact

The main objective of this study is to examine the impact of socio-cultural and organizational factors affecting the career development of female employees. With judgmental/ purposive sampling technique, only 142 respondents have been selected out of 150 questionnaires distributed to female school teachers. This study has tested reliability of questionnaires by using Cronbach alpha. Using multiple regression analysis, it has been found that both socio-cultural and organizational factors have negative impact on women career development. Hence, a conclusion can be drawn-out of the study that there are negative impacts of socio-cultural and organizational factors on women career development. Considering the outcomes, it can be claimed that the study could be useful for school management, trainers, and human resource developers to assist the career development of female school teachers.

Hubungan Pengetahuan Tentang Manajemen Bencana Dengan Prevention Masyarakat Dalam Menghadapi Bencana Gunung Meletus Pada Kepala Keluarga Di Rt 06/Rw 01 Dusun Puncu Desa Puncu Kecamatan Puncu-Kediri

1970 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 01
Author(s):  
Didit Damayanti ◽  
Pria Wahyu R.G ◽  
Muhanni’ah Muhanni’ah
Keyword(s):  
Disaster Management ◽  
Volcanic Eruption ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
P Value ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Head Of Household ◽  
Correlational Research ◽  
Level Of Knowledge ◽  
Independent Variable ◽  
Negative Impacts

Introduction: Disaster management is a dynamic, continual, and integrated process as to increase the qualities of the actions which are relevant to the process of observation and analysis of disaster as well as minimalizing the negative impacts, mitigation, readiness, early warning, immediate emergency, rehabilitation and reconstruction. The aim of this research is to analyse theconnection between disaster management and the prevention of community breakdown in order to face a volcanic eruption for every head of household. Method: The design of this research is correlational research with a cross sectional approach. The demographic group that is used for this research is the head of households in Rt 06/Rw 01 dusun Puncu desa Puncu, by using the purposive sampling technique which has been collected from the sampling of the 33 heads of households. Independent variable is the knowledge of disaster management, and the dependent variable is the prevention of community breakdown in the handling of the disaster. The data has been received by using the questionnaire, and the results have been analysed by using spearman rho test. Result:  As according to the statistics test, it is found that p-value= 0,000 on the significant level (α) = 0,05 and r = 0,752. It is concluded that there is a connection between knowledge and the prevention of community breakdown in handling of the volcanic eruption in Rt 06/Rw 01. This research shows that the level of knowledge within the community about disaster management and prevention in handling volcanic eruption has been increasing. Conclution: This is shown by the capability of the community in mitigating the effects of the disaster. It is hoped that the community will further engage in training education and simulation to reduce the negative impacts of a disaster. The location where the participants resideis Kelud Volcano, and it is therefore hoped that the communities are willing to participate in better handling of any disaster by joining the education training and simulation; Kata kunci : Pengetahuan, Manajemen bencana, Prevention.

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