scholarly journals Assessment of the quality of the housing environment, taking into account selected climate conditions

2018 ◽  
Vol 49 ◽  
pp. 00057
Author(s):  
Justyna Kobylarczyk
Keyword(s):  
Industrial Revolution ◽  
Climatic Factors ◽  
Human Life ◽  
Climate Conditions ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Modern Times ◽  
Housing Environment ◽  
Rational Management ◽  
State Of The Environment

For centuries, we have been observing the influence of nature on the conditions of human life, whose relationship with the natural environment has weakened during the period of changes brought about by the industrial revolution. However, the growing awareness of society about the dwindling resources of nature and the necessity to protect them resulted in the rediscovery of the importance of activities expressing concern for the state of the environment. It is consistent with the idea of sustainable development striving for rational management of natural resources. We also increasingly notice the possibility of using climatic factors to create optimal living conditions, taking into account, among other things, the relevant parameters of the objects. The article presents an analysis of climatic factors affecting the quality of the housing environment. These factors can be used in the pursuit of minimising energy consumption throughout the life cycle of buildings and for construction that utilises advanced technologies. Respecting the climate conditions in planning buildings of an appropriate scale, form and location is of great importance for shaping comfortable housing environments. It is planning that allows the symbiosis of architecture and the environment, which becomes a challenge of modern times.

scholarly journals Environmental factors affecting coffee (Coffea arabica L., Var. Castillo) quality in Colombia Southern

2020 ◽  
Vol 37 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Claudia Patricia Criollo-Velásquez ◽  
Johana Alixa Muñoz-Belalcazar ◽  
Tulio César Lagos-Burbano
Keyword(s):  
Climatic Factors ◽  
Principal Component ◽  
Average Score ◽  
Nutritional Factors ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Thermal Amplitude ◽  
And Cluster Analysis ◽  
Soil Climate ◽  
Cup Quality

The determinant factors of coffee cup quality are highly variable and depend on their interaction with coffee production and benefit. This study aimed to analyze soil and climatic factors and their association with the cup quality of Castillo coffee variety of three to five years of age from production units in ecotypes 220A and 221A of the Department of Nariño. The study farms were located in three different altitudinal ranges: ≤1500 m, between 1501 and 1700 m, and >1700 m. Soil, climate, and coffee cup quality variables were analyzed through principal component analysis and cluster analysis. A low level of association was found between climatic and soil nutritional factors and coffee cup quality. Soil Mn, Fe, and Cu contents showed the highest association levels with cup quality, indicated by an average score of 80.89. The highest values of photosynthetically active radiation -PAR- and thermal amplitude were found in La Unión - Nariño, and these variables were associated with the group that obtained the highest cup quality score (82.58). Cup quality was not associated with elevation since the highest scores (85.5 and 82.33) were obtained from production units located at ≤1500 m.a.s.l. and >1700 m.a.s.l, respectively.

scholarly journals Phytosanitary quality of Brachiaria brizantha ‘BRS Piatã’ seeds in function of climate conditions

2019 ◽  
Vol 23 (4) ◽  
pp. 237-243
Author(s):  
Givanildo Z. da Silva ◽  
Cibele C. Martins ◽  
Luciana C. do Nascimento ◽  
Gabriel G. Barreto ◽  
Otília R. de Farias
Keyword(s):  
Climatic Factors ◽  
Principal Component ◽  
Phytopathogenic Fungi ◽  
Pathogen Transmission ◽  
Climatic Variables ◽  
Brachiaria Brizantha ◽  
Climate Conditions ◽  
Mean Values ◽  
Maximum Temperatures

ABSTRACT Infected seeds are one of the main pathogen transmission vehicles, and they are responsible for significant losses in production fields; phytosanitary defense depends on the inoculum and climatic factors. Thus, in this study, it was aimed to identify climatic variables of the regions that propitiate the production of Brachiaria brizantha ‘BRS Piatã’ seeds infected with phytopathogenic fungi. Temperature and rainfall data were obtained from 10 production fields, and phytosanitary quality of the seeds was evaluated with the filter paper method; the means were compared using the Kruskal–Wallis non-parametric analysis. Principal component analysis was performed to determine the relationship between the climatic variables and seed phytosanitary quality. Sites with maximum temperatures higher than 30 °C, mean values close to 25 °C, and rainfall less than 82 mm during harvest were favorable to the incidence of Fusarium spp. The incidence of Bipolaris sp. in the seeds of Piatã grass was favored by temperatures around 19 and 20 °C during the maturation phase. The highest incidence of Exserohilum sp. occurred at the sites in which the temperature during harvest was close to 20 °C and accumulated rainfall, between 167 and 181 mm.

scholarly journals Developing Urban Environment by Focusing on Human Thermal & Wind Comfort: A literature review

2018 ◽  
Vol 3 (10) ◽  
pp. 59-75
Author(s):  
Zahra Ghasemi ◽  
Mahnaz Asemi Esfahani ◽  
Mona Bisadi
Keyword(s):  
Urban Environment ◽  
Open Space ◽  
Human Life ◽  
Publishing House ◽  
Effective Parameters ◽  
Open Spaces ◽  
Human Comfort ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Climatic Regions

This paper survey importance of urban open spaces and effective parameters on people attendance. In the recent years, low-quality environments have caused a low level of people attendance in that places and subsequently, lots of different problems in human life. One of the determining factors affecting the quality of the environment is providing human comfort. This paper discusses human comfort features. The aim of this article is presentation guidelines based on the creation of the wind and thermal comfort in urban open spaces. According to the fact, by the presence of comfort we can return people to urban open spaces. We derived some conceptual frameworks and categorized them on a chart. The table is divided into four climatic regions based on Iran climatology, to lead architects, urban planners for designing desirable spaces. Keywords: Comfort zone; urban environment; public open space; quality of life (QOL). eISSN 2514-7528 © 2018. The Authors. Published for AMER ABRA cE-Bs by e-International Publishing House, Ltd., UK. This is an open-access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). Peer–review under responsibility of AMER (Association of Malaysian Environment-Behaviour Researchers), ABRA (Association of Behavioural Researchers on Asians) and cE-Bs (Centre for Environment-Behaviour Studies), Faculty of Architecture, Planning & Surveying, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia. DOI: https://doi.org/10.21834/jabs.v3i10.305

scholarly journals Designing the reference architecture of human ecology on the basis of the methodology of the function oriented modelling

2021 ◽  
Vol 101 ◽  
pp. 02016
Author(s):  
Svetlana Mukhametdinova ◽  
Evgenia Tyumentseva ◽  
Oleg Patlasov ◽  
Oleg Luchko
Keyword(s):  
Human Ecology ◽  
Human Life ◽  
External Environment ◽  
Reference Architecture ◽  
Dynamic Nature ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Qualitative And Quantitative ◽  
Integrated Research ◽  
The Impact

The dynamic nature of changes in the conditions of existence and functioning of modern communities requires comprehensive and integrated research in order to develop a reference architecture of human ecology, as a system of scientifically substantiated criteria for a qualitative and quantitative assessment of the impact of the external environment on various aspects of human life and the formation of a balanced strategy for managing social development. The paper presents one of the approaches to the design of the reference architecture of human ecology based on the methodology of the function oriented modelling and provides examples of models developed in accordance with the IDEF0 notation. The study identified the main stages in the design of the reference architecture of human ecology from collecting information to developing software that makes it possible to automate the processing of input information characterizing various factors affecting the quality of life of the population to developing the architecture of human ecology in a particular region or city and comparing it with the reference one.

scholarly journals An Empirical Analysis of the Relationship between International Trade and Quality of Life

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-32 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tasmeena Tahir ◽  
Muhammad Tariq Majeed
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
International Trade ◽  
Human Life ◽  
Panel Data Analysis ◽  
Development Program ◽  
Trade Restrictions ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
The Relationship

Ever increasing trade restrictions have severe consequences for the quality of human life. Since improving the quality of life (QoL) is the core of economic development, therefore, it is important to investigate the factors affecting it. International trade is an important factor which affects QoL. Therefore, the current study is an attempt to analyze the nexus of international trade and QoL in the member countries of the United Nation Development Program (UNDP). Since QoL is a subjective measure, therefore, human development index (HDI) was used to empirically measure it. Data of 184 UNDP member countries for a period of 28 years (1990-2017) was analyzed in the current study. Both cross-sectional and panel data analysis techniques were used. The results indicated that international trade positively affects QoL. Hence, it was concluded that instead of remaining a closed economy, countries should promote international trade to improve the QoL of their people.

scholarly journals Work-life Balance Under Conditions of Changes in the Quality of Working Life

2020 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
pp. 24-37
Author(s):  
Tatiana O. Razumova ◽  
Anna B. Aleshina ◽  
Maria A. Serpikhova
Keyword(s):  
Human Life ◽  
Working Life ◽  
Work Life ◽  
The Self ◽  
Work Life Balance ◽  
Remote Work ◽  
Life Balance ◽  
Quality Of Working Life ◽  
Factors Affecting

Work-life balance is an indicator of satisfaction with human life as a whole and is becoming more relevant in socioeconomic conditions today. A balance between two important areas of human life can be achieved only with a high quality of working life, but it is now subject to serious fluctuations in conditions of active spread of remote forms of employment. The article deals with studying the state of work-life balance during the period of changes in the quality of working life due to the pandemic of «Covid-19» and the forced transition to remote work. In the theoretical part of the article the authors consider approaches to determining the main elements of the quality of working life and their indicators, identifying various aspects of the studying worklife balance. Labour quality indicators usually consider the ratio of working life to non-working life, but in this article the authors give evidence how the quality of working life can influence the achievement of work-life balance. In the practical part of the study, based on the author's survey, the main factors affecting the balance and quality of working life in the context of two-time intervals have been analyzed: before and after introducing of the self-isolation regime. The study has made it possible to determine changes in the work-life balance for different groups of employees due to changes in the main parameters of the quality of working life after the self-isolation regime was introduced and the transition to remote work occurred.

scholarly journals THE PARADIGM OF EDUCATION IN THE ERA OF THE FOURTH INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (34) ◽  
Author(s):  
M.B LIGA ◽  
◽  
I.A SHCHETKINA ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Creative Thinking ◽  
Industrial Revolution ◽  
Human Life ◽  
Main Task ◽  
Education Development ◽  
Fourth Industrial Revolution ◽  
History Of ◽  
Dialectical Relationship ◽  
Culture Centered

The goal is to substantiate the possibility of using the culture-centered paradigm of education as the basis for the development of education in the era of the fourth industrial revolution, which forms a person with a technocratic mindset, aimed at forming a person not only as a carrier of knowledge, but also as a carrier of values and traditions. Methods. The structural and functional approach was used as the methodological basis of the research, which made it possible to identify the main trends in the development of modern civilization, which actualize the need to form a culture-centered paradigm of education. The use of structural-functional and systemic approaches made it possible to identify the dialectical relationship between education, economy and quality of life. Results. The fourth industrial revolution, based on the digital economy, actualizes the problem of forming a new person. One of the mechanisms for solving this problem is education, the main development trends of which must meet the realities of our time. The main task of education is to prepare a person with creative thinking who has innovative professional competencies - the competencies of the XXI century. In connection with the above-mentioned modern trends, it is necessary to raise the question of the paradigm of education development. Each epoch in the history of mankind creates its own paradigms for the development of education. However, it should be borne in mind that different educational paradigms may exist in the same era, replacing each other. Conclusions. The analysis of existing paradigms allows the authors to prove that the basis of education in the era of the fourth industrial revolution should be a culture-centered paradigm as a reflection of various aspects of human life, which implements its content and functions in the "values-positions-knowledge-skills" scheme.

scholarly journals Securing Horticulture in a Changing Climate—A Mini Review

Horticulturae ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 56 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mehdi B. Bisbis ◽  
Nazim S. Gruda ◽  
Michael M. Blanke
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Industrial Revolution ◽  
Elevated Temperatures ◽  
Heat Waves ◽  
Anthropogenic Activities ◽  
Climate Impacts ◽  
Extreme Weather Events ◽  
Cold Temperatures ◽  
Climate Conditions

(1) Background: Climate change is on the rise due to continuous greenhouse gas emissions from anthropogenic activities ever since the industrial revolution. Changing weather conditions are likely to have consequences for horticulture. (2) Objective and Methods: A short literature review was conducted, gathering findings on climate change and the impacts on the yield and product quality of special crops. (3) Results: Global warming will result in elevated temperatures and CO2 concentrations in all seasons. Extreme weather events such as heat waves are also on the increase. In vegetables, physiological processes such as vernalization and winter chilling strongly rely on temperature. Therefore, heat stress may cause irregularities in yield production and planning the harvest. For fruit crops, frost poses a risk that is enhanced through climate change, as does a lack of chilling, as cold temperatures in the winter are required for flowering in the spring. Abiotic disorders in horticulture are also related to changing temperatures and humidity. The nutritional quality of special crops may be threatened by increasing rates of plant development and premature ripening at high temperatures. Quality traits such as sugars, acids, or antioxidant capacity may also shift as well. (4) Conclusions: Adapting to these new climate conditions means developing new climate-resilient varieties to maintain high production levels with superior quality. In this mini review, cultivation measures to mitigate adverse climate impacts are also discussed. Current developments and recent findings are presented, pointing out further steps toward adaptation and sustainable production.

scholarly journals Konseling Daring bagi Mahasiswa Universitas Sebelas Maret, Surakarta, Indonesia

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 283-292
Author(s):  
Siti Sutarmi Fadhilah ◽  
Agus Tri Susilo ◽  
Indriyana Rachmawati
Keyword(s):  
Industrial Revolution ◽  
Human Life ◽  
Psychological Services ◽  
Counseling Services ◽  
Counseling Service ◽  
Online Counseling ◽  
Student Needs ◽  
The Third ◽  
Student Counseling

ONLINE COUNSELING FOR STUDENTS OF UNIVERSITAS SEBELAS MARET, SURAKARTA, INDONESIA. The industrial revolution 4.0 resulted in disruptive changes that affected human life. Likewise, the students of Sebelas Maret University (UNS) in fulfilling their academic, personal, social, and career development assignments, also often demanded independence in this disruption era. As the third rank university in Indonesia, according to UniRank 4ICU rating agency, UNS needs to respond to this in order to be able to facilitate the task of developing students from the psychological side. Facilitation that can be done is by providing online counseling services for students. This study aims to describe the level of UNS student needs as initial data in compiling online counseling services. The subjects of this study were 544 students from ten faculties in the UNS that were randomly determined. The results of the analysis showed that the needs of student counseling services included six problem areas namely: personal-social (81%), academic (76%), career (82%), premarital (75%), traumatic (71%), and multicultural (81 %). The results of this study indicate that the level of need for online counseling services for UNS students is quite high. These results need to be followed up with the development of an android-based online counseling service platform in order to improve the quality of psychological services of UNS students.

scholarly journals The Problem of Living Standards and Quality of Life in the Age of Digitalization

2019 ◽  
pp. 24-38 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gennady Korshunov ◽  
Svetlana Kroitor
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Digital Literacy ◽  
Industrial Revolution ◽  
Modern Society ◽  
Legal Framework ◽  
Living Standards ◽  
Sociological Research ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
The One

The authors substantiate the relevance of the study of the processes of digitalization of modern society. They show that the main factor of transformation in all spheres is information technology, which is the driver of the next industrial revolution. The researchers prove that at the current stage of social development the level of ICT development is one of the key indicators of the competitiveness of national economies. The article presents a number of examples of developed and developing countries where programs and strategies for the development of digital economies are already being implemented. The authors review similar programs and projects implemented in Belarus, analyze the experience of the Belarusian state in the development of infrastructure conditions and the legal framework on the way to the creation of an IT-country. The thesis that the process of digitalization of the economy, society and the state, on the one hand, opens up Windows of opportunity and growth for economic and social actors; on the other hand, it leads to the emergence of new, as yet unexplored, risks and threats. The advantages of sociological science as a tool to explore these new opportunities and risks based on the assessment and expectations of the population are shown. The sociological concepts "standard of living" and "quality of life" are considered and compared, the authors offer their interpretations of these notions. They prove that modern rapidly digitizing communities have access to the latest technologies and the ability to use them become powerful factors affecting the living standards and quality of life of individuals. The scientists investigate a number of contradictions preventing improvement of quality of life in the conditions of increasing digitalization of social processes, namely: unevenness of development of ICT in different spheres of activity of society and higher rates of development of technologies in comparison with the speed of their development by the population. On the base of analysis of statistical information and sociological research data the authors point out the factors reducing the digital readiness of the population including insufficient computer and digital literacy of the population, psychological conservatism, fear of facing threats to information security, lack of confidence in the usefulness and practical applicability of new knowledge. The researchers also formulate prospects of further research within the given problematics.

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