scholarly journals Post-disaster effect on radiation safety in multihospital radiological unit: a one-year post-earthquake observation report in Lombok

2021 ◽  
Vol 1949 (1) ◽  
pp. 012009
Author(s):  
G R F Suwandi ◽  
M Haekal ◽  
I Bayuadi ◽  
L A Craig ◽  
A Fahmi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Radiation Safety ◽  
Observation Report ◽  
One Year ◽  
Earthquake Observation ◽  
Post Disaster

Development of a “Disaster Management Literacy Hub” for Collecting, Creating, and Transmitting Disaster Management Content to Increase Disaster Management Literacy

2017 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 42-56 ◽  
Author(s):  
Reo Kimura ◽  
◽  
Haruo Hayashi ◽  
Kosuke Kobayashi ◽  
Takahiro Nishino ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Disaster Management ◽  
Local Communities ◽  
University Student ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Internet Search ◽  
One Year ◽  
Post Disaster ◽  
Short Messages

In this project, a “Disaster Management Literacy Hub” (DMLH) has been developed for collecting, creating, and transmitting various disaster management content over the Internet. The first screen of the DMLH lists disaster management content on tiles to allow users easily find relevant disaster management content using a keyword retrieval function. A user who registers an account can post disaster management content, create a first screen that is customized using the “favorite function,” and compile different disaster management content using the “binder function.” In addition to the “relay (hub) function” for disaster management content, a “creation function” was also implemented, such as the “message function” for posting short messages of approximately 200 letters and an image, and the “quiz creation function” for measuring the effects of disaster management literacy. In the course of modifying the prototype Disaster Management Literacy Hub, the system was evaluated by university student users in July 2016, approximately one year after the fully-fledged operation came into effect in August 2015. The results yielded the following findings: 1) the DMLH is meaningful because by using specific keywords, users retrieved items that had been difficult to find by means of general Internet search sites; 2) statistically significant improvement was shown for 15 disaster management literacy items in the evaluation; the DMLH leads to a proposal to create effective disaster management literacy improvement because students recognized three disaster management literacy categories: cases of disasters and disaster management, responses of familiar agents such as themselves and people to one, and responses of agents in the environment, including local communities and governments.

Radiation Safety Standards and Basic Health Rules for Radiation Safety: Proposal on the Development of New Versions

2019 ◽  
Vol 64 (5) ◽  
pp. 15-19
Author(s):  
А. Симаков ◽  
A. Simakov ◽  
Ю. Абрамов ◽  
Yu. Abramov
Keyword(s):  
Effective Dose ◽  
Radiation Safety ◽  
Specific Activity ◽  
Annual Effective Dose ◽  
Uranium Isotopes ◽  
Time Interval ◽  
Solid Materials ◽  
Safety Standards ◽  
Basic Health ◽  
One Year

The objective of this work is to enhance national Radiation safety standards (NRB) and Basic Health Rules for Radiation Safety (OSPORB).  This article discusses proposals how to amend new versions of the fundamental regulatory documents – national NRB and OSPORB as regards the interpretation of the term “limit of the annual effective dose of manmade individual exposure” and the health physics limiting the content of artificial radionuclides in solid materials for their unrestricted use. In current Radiation Safety Standards, NRB-99/2009 (paragraph 3.1.5.), in contrast to the Federal Law of 09.01.1996 No 3-FZ “On the Public Radiation Protection” and provisions of draft International Basic Safety Standards, annual effective dose means gross effective dose of external and internal exposure, received for the calendar year. The article describes the situation where the doses of a conditional worker do not exceed the dose limits in a single calendar year, i.e. < 50 mSv, however, for any arbitrarily taken time interval equal to one year, the annual dose limit of 50 mSv is repeatedly exceeded. Therefore, the following amendment is proposed to be made in new version of the NRB: “Annual effective dose means the sum of the effective external dose received for any arbitrarily taken time interval equal to one year and the ambient effective internal dose due to the intake of radionuclides in the body over the same period”. In current Basic Health Rules for Radiation Safety, OSPORB 99/2010, Annex 3 “The Specific Activities of Artificial Radionuclides, at which Unrestricted Use of Materials is Permitted” does not include the uranium isotopes 234U, 235U and 238U; this contradicts paragraph 5.2.10 of OSPORB-99/2010, according to which these isotopes should be attributed to manmade radiation sources.  The article justifies the expediency of establishing the upper value of the specific activity of 1 Bq/g for the main uranium radionuclides in solid materials in case of their unlimited use. The supplement of Appendix 3 is proposed to the new version of the OSPORB with uranium isotopes 234U, 235U, 238U, setting the standard for their specific activity of 1 Bq/g in solid materials for unlimited use.

scholarly journals Gerakan Resiliensi Rumah Penginapan Bambu Tahan Gempa di Pulau Wisata Timur Indonesia

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-9
Author(s):  
Nazrina Zuryani
Keyword(s):  
School Buildings ◽  
Psychological Resilience ◽  
Main Aspect ◽  
Global Village ◽  
Global Space ◽  
Earthquake Resistant ◽  
Heritage Protection ◽  
One Year ◽  
Market Infrastructure ◽  
Post Disaster

AbstractPelestarian warisan or heritage protection for bamboo houses with earthquake resistant needs to be encouraged at a post-disaster resilient movement in West Nusa Tenggara and other tourist islands in eastern Indonesia. The ability to be optimistic, empathy with self-efficacy accompanied by emotion regulation after the earthquake became the main aspect of the resilience of the population in the tourist area to start building bamboo houses as commercial lodging. "Kundun House" is an example of bamboo lodging on the island of Gili Trawangan, which was built in 2017 one year before the Lombok earthquake that occurred on August 5, 2018 which left the island of Gili Trawangan vacated. The psychological resilience of Kundun homeowner as well as the “Batu Bambu Inn” owner to face the earthquake as well as the solid establishment of their lodgings, the two-story lodging building made of bamboo is still intact without damage after the calamity last August. This paper refers to the theory of global village (McLuhan, 1962 and 1994), a concept that encourages people to interact intensely and live in a global space. At the theoretical level, global village terminology often intertwines with "disaster resilience" that reveals livelihoods after the earthquake in Lombok to the surrounding islands including Gili Trawangan which results in damage to school buildings, housing, roads and market infrastructure and also leaves trauma for residents and island tourism entrepreneurs (Gili Trawangan is only 15 square kilometres wide) as well as the island of Lombok. The trauma experienced by the residents of Gili Trawangan shows the need for a sturdy bamboo house model and can be used as a modeling for commercial lodging houses. The potential for more development of earthquake-resistant bamboo houses prototypes of Kundun house are now offered to be developed in the island of Sumba which on the 31st of January 2019 was also rocked by an earthquake. The movement of the bamboo lodging houses in tourist areas should be a reconstruction of the mass bamboo planting ecology as part of the protection of Indonesia's cultural heritage which is famous for its traditional houses that have been tested for earthquake resistance.   Heritage protection (pelestarian warisan) rumah bambu tahan gempa bumi perlu digalakkan sebagai gerakan resilien pasca bencana di Nusa Tenggara Barat dan pulau wisata lain di timur Indonesia. Kemampuan untuk optimis, empati dengan efikasi diri yang disertai dengan regulasi emosi pasca gempa menjadi aspek utama daya lentur penduduk kawasan wisata untuk mulai membangun rumah bambu sebagai penginapan komersial. “Rumah Kundun” menjadi contoh penginapan dari bambu di pulau Gili Trawangan yang dibangun tahun 2017 satu tahun sebelum gempa Lombok yang terjadi tanggal 5 Agustus 2018 yang menyebabkan pulau Gili Trawangan dikosongkan. Kekuatan psikologis resilien pemilik rumah Kundun dan juga penginapan “Batu Bambu” menghadapi gempa serta kokoh berdirinya penginapan mereka yang bangunan penginapannya berlantai dua terbuat dari bambu masih utuh tanpa kerusakan pasca gempa bumi susulan setelah Agustus lalu. Tulisan ini merujuk teori global village (McLuhan, 1962 dan 1994), konsep yang mendorong masyarakat untuk berinteraksi secara intens dan tinggal dalam sebuah ruang global. Pada tataran teoretik, terminologi global village acap berkelindan dengan “resiliensi kebencanaan” yang mengungkap livelihood pasca kejadian gempaLombok hingga ke pulau sekitarnya termasuk Gili Trawangan yang berakibat kerusakan bangunan sekolah, perumahan, jalan dan infrastruktur pasar dan menyisakan trauma bagi penduduk dan pelaku usaha wisata (Gili Trawangan hanya seluas 15 kilometer persegi) dan pulau Lombok. Trauma yang dialami penduduk Gili Trawangan ini memperlihatkan perlunya model rumah bambu yang kokoh dan dapat menjadi percontohan sebagai rumah penginapan komersial. Potensi pengembangan rumah bambu tahan gempa prototipe dari rumah Kundun kini ditawarkan untuk dikembangkan di pulau Sumba yang pada tanggal 31 Januari 2019 lalu juga diguncang gempa bumi. Gerakan resiliansi rumah penginapan bambu di kawasan wisata hendaknya menjadi rekonstruksi ekologi penanaman massif bambu sebagai bagian dari proteksi warisan budaya Indonesia yang terkenal dengan rumah adatnya yang telah teruji tahan gempa.

scholarly journals THE EARTHQUAKE OBSERVATION REPORT OF A BASE ISOLATED BUILDING(Structure)

2006 ◽  
Vol 12 (24) ◽  
pp. 89-94
Author(s):  
Toshiaki FUJIMOTO ◽  
Eiichi INAI ◽  
Koichi YATSUSHIGE
Keyword(s):  
Building Structure ◽  
Observation Report ◽  
Earthquake Observation

Development and Evaluation of a Radiation Safety Program in the NICU

2017 ◽  
Vol 36 (5) ◽  
pp. 306-312
Author(s):  
Kristina Wallingford ◽  
Lori Baas Rubarth
Keyword(s):  
Radiation Safety ◽  
Diagnostic Testing ◽  
X Rays ◽  
Safety Program ◽  
Radiologic Imaging ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Nicu Admission ◽  
One Year ◽  
Effects Of Radiation ◽  
Safety Procedures

AbstractPurpose: To develop and evaluate a radiation safety program used to educate NICU staff regarding safety procedures to minimize the effects of radiation on the newborn.Background: Advancements in medical care have resulted in infants born at lower gestational ages and higher acuity. With increased acuity comes an increase in diagnostic testing, including radiologic imaging. Although x-rays are necessary, they do not come without risk, including the future development of cancers.Methods: The number of x-rays completed in the NICU over a one-year period, was evaluated prior to the radiation safety program, directly after implementation, and five years postintervention.Results: Prior to the radiation safety program, the mean number of x-rays was 4.2 per patient per NICU admission. Immediately after implementation, the mean decreased to 3.8 per patient, and five years postintervention, the mean significantly decreased to 1.9 x-rays per patient per NICU stay.

scholarly journals Butyrate-producing gut bacteria are associated with protection from allergic symptoms after Hurricane Harvey

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kristen M. Panthagani ◽  
Kristi L. Hoffman ◽  
Abiodun Oluyomi ◽  
Jesus Sotelo ◽  
Christopher Stewart ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Study ◽  
Health Concerns ◽  
Adverse Health Outcomes ◽  
Allergic Symptoms ◽  
Increased Risk ◽  
Fungal Microbiota ◽  
One Year ◽  
The City ◽  
Post Disaster ◽  
Human Stool

AbstractHurricane Harvey caused record-breaking, catastrophic flooding across the city of Houston. After floodwaters receded, several health concerns arose, including the potential adverse impact of exposure to mold in flooded homes. We rapidly launched the Houston Hurricane Harvey Health Study to evaluate if microbiome sampling in the wake of a disaster could inform flood-associated environmental exposures and adverse health outcomes. We enrolled a total of 347 subjects at 1-month and 12-months post-Harvey, collecting human (stool, nasal, saliva) and environmental (house swab) samples to profile the bacterial and fungal microbiota. Here we show reported exposure to mold was associated with increased risk of allergic symptoms for up to one year post-disaster, and that butyrate-producing bacteria in the gut were linked to protection from allergic symptoms in mold-exposed individuals. Together, these data provide new insights into how microbiome:environment interactions may influence health in the setting of a flood-related disaster.

scholarly journals Wong Ndhuwur, Wong Ngisor: Local Community and Post-disaster Tourism in Kinahrejo

2020 ◽  
Vol 32 (3) ◽  
pp. 271
Author(s):  
Jordyna Austine Xaviera Susanto ◽  
Wiwik Sushartami
Keyword(s):  
Local Community ◽  
Tourism Development ◽  
The Other ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
One Year ◽  
Post Disaster

This research has two objectives. First, it aims to determine the perspective of the local community towards the commodification of disaster tourism in Kinahrejo, one year following the 2010 eruption of Mount Merapi. Second, it aims to identify the implication of the local community’s involvement in the new tourism activities. Referring to the indicators of residents’ perceptions of involvement in post-disaster tourism development (Wright, 2014), semi-structured interviews of seven informants were conducted and several more casual conversations were held with a larger group. Two types of responses from the local community were indicated based on the respondents’ varying involvement in tourism activities. On one hand, members of the local community who benefit from employment in tourism activities have positive perspectives towards the commodification of disaster tourism in Kinahrejo. On the other hand, those who do not participate in tourism activities regard it negatively as it is not beneficial to them. Another important finding shows that the variation in involvement in the new tourism activities has caused a split in the community into two groups, namely wong ndhuwur and wong ngisor.

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