A slow but continuous growth: Case study of a thyroid nodule

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Verissimo ◽  
Vitoria Pires ◽  
Dolores Passos ◽  
Filipa Serra ◽  
Joao Silva ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Thyroid Nodule ◽  
Continuous Growth

Organic food consumers in Hong Kong

2012 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 141-146
Author(s):  
Matthew H. T. Yap
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
Innovation Diffusion ◽  
Diffusion Theory ◽  
Organic Food ◽  
Research Proposal ◽  
Organic Foods ◽  
Continuous Growth ◽  
Innovation Diffusion Theory

Asian organic foods consumers’ behaviour is worth investigating to sustain the continuous growth of organic foods consumption. Hence, Fiona has the ambition to employ the innovation diffusion theory to profile and understand organic foods consumers in Hong Kong in her research proposal. The process of writing an acceptable research proposal is challenging, tedious and time consuming as depicted in Fiona’s experience. Hence, this case study provides the opportunity for educators, students, and organic foods sellers and retailers to discuss and address Fiona’s challenges.

Responsible Nature Tourism Development Models

2020 ◽  
pp. 113-131
Author(s):  
Tiago Lopes ◽  
Francisco António dos Santos da Silva
Keyword(s):  
Social Representations ◽  
Marketing Strategies ◽  
Hot Water ◽  
Development Model ◽  
Continuous Growth ◽  
Nature Tourism ◽  
Development Models ◽  
Sustainable Product ◽  
Tourism Destinations

Recent decades have revealed profound changes in population leisure paradigms, strengthening social representations attributed to the enjoyment of natural spaces and leading to the growth of informed, demanding, and conscious visitors. Responsible nature tourism assumes a continuous growth in tourism destinations and their marketing strategies. Without the attractiveness of the hot-water islands, the Azores follow a development model towards differentiation factors based on the quality and notoriety of the destination privileging, among others, specialized markets anchored in this territory's main resources and potentialities. The current expression of whale watching in these islands, assumed as one of the main representations of nautical tourism in the region, seems to raise important questions about the real impacts of its practice. This chapter proposes to synthesize this segment as a case study, presenting a successful and recurrent sustainable product and several valorisation strategies to promote its responsible development.

scholarly journals Detailed Geophysical Mapping and Hydrogeological Characterisation of the Subsurface for Optimal Placement of Infiltration-Based Sustainable Urban Drainage Systems

Geosciences ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (11) ◽  
pp. 446
Author(s):  
Theis Raaschou Andersen
Keyword(s):  
Shear Strength ◽  
Undrained Shear Strength ◽  
Optimal Placement ◽  
Urban Drainage ◽  
Cohesive Soils ◽  
Continuous Growth ◽  
Infiltration Tests ◽  
Geophysical Mapping ◽  
Undrained Shear

The continuous growth of cities in combination with future climate changes present urban planners with significant challenges, as traditional urban sewer systems are typically designed for the present climate. An easy and economically feasible way to mitigate this is to introduce a Sustainable Urban Drainage System (SUDS) in the urban area. However, the lack of knowledge about the geological and hydrogeological setting hampers the use of SUDS. In this study, 1315 ha of high-density electromagnetic (DUALEM-421S) data, detailed lithological soil descriptions of 614 boreholes, 153 infiltration tests and 250 in situ vane tests from 32 different sites in the Central Denmark Region were utilised to find quantitative and qualitative regional relationships between the resistivity and the lithology, the percolation rates and the undrained shear strength of cohesive soils at a depth of 1 meter below ground surface (m bgs). The qualitative tests enable a translation from resistivity to lithology as well as a translation from lithology to percolation rates with moderate to high certainty. The regional cut-off value separating sand-dominated deposits from clay-dominated deposits is found to be between 80 to 100 Ωm. The regional median percolation rates for sand and clay till is found to be 9.9 × 10−5 m/s and 2.6 × 10−5 m/s, respectively. The quantitative results derived from a simple linear regression analysis of resistivity and percolation rates and resistivity and undrained shear strength of cohesive soils are found to have a very weak relationship on a regional scale implying that in reality no meaningful relationships can be established. The regional qualitative results have been tested on a case study area. The case study illustrates that site-specific investigations are necessary when using geophysical mapping to directly estimate lithology, percolation rates and undrained shear strength of cohesive soils due to the differences in soil properties and the surrounding environment from site to site. This study further illustrates that geophysical mapping in combination with lithological descriptions, infiltration tests and groundwater levels yield the basis for the construction of detailed planning maps showing the most suitable locations for infiltration. These maps provide valuable information for city planners about which areas may preclude the establishment of infiltration-based SUDS.

scholarly journals Urban Land Mapping Based on Remote Sensing Time Series in the Google Earth Engine Platform: A Case Study of the Teresina-Timon Conurbation Area in Brazil

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (7) ◽  
pp. 1338
Author(s):  
Eduilson Carneiro ◽  
Wilza Lopes ◽  
Giovana Espindola
Keyword(s):  
Urban Land ◽  
Google Earth ◽  
Urban Land Use ◽  
Urban Fabric ◽  
Continuous Growth ◽  
Semiarid Environments ◽  
Irregular Shapes ◽  
Google Earth Engine ◽  
Fabric Structures

Teresina-Timon conurbation (TTC) area is an example of urban agglomeration, situated in the semiarid environment of the northeast region of Brazil, which has shown an accelerated process of urban development over the last four decades (1985–2019). In this study, we developed a semi-automatic urban land mapping framework at the Google Earth Engine (GEE) platform to (a) evaluate spatiotemporal sprawl of the TTC area (1985–2018); and (b) quantify current urban fabric structures of TTC area (2019). The main empirical results demonstrate that the use of the Landsat historical dataset is a suitable option for generating consistent urban land maps across the years in semiarid environments. Teresina and Timon expanded, respectively, from 70.34 km2 and 12.20 km2 in 1985 to 159.02 km2 and 30.68 km2 in 2018, increasing annually at 3.05% and 3.69% averaged rate, showing an underlying tendency of continuous growth, and magnitude similar to Asian cities. The results of the urban fabric (UF) structures mapping demonstrates a high complexity of the urbanized surfaces, characterized by irregular shapes and variability of urban coverage. In 2019, the TTC metropolitan area was covered by urban land use classes as ceramic roofs, other types of roofs, and impervious surface, in the proportions of 28.02%, 11.97%, and 5.67%, respectively.

Covering energy needs in the context of sustainable development. Case study: Romania

2013 ◽  
pp. 87-99
Author(s):  
Florina Bran ◽  
Gian Paolo Cesaretti ◽  
Ion Cdobre
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Renewable Energy ◽  
National Level ◽  
Primary Energy ◽  
Main Topic ◽  
Energy Sources ◽  
Continuous Growth ◽  
Energy Needs ◽  
Energy Challenge

The last decades fueled the energy challenge by the continuous growth of demand and strengthening of environmental restrains. How these challenges are addressed at global and national level is the main topic approached by the paper using as case study Romania. The availability of resources and how they compare with the current and growing needs of energy is analyzed and discussed. The analysis is taking in account the structure by primary energy sources and the dynamic on the last decades. Applying the same approach for energy imports it is calculated the degree of energy freedom and how this could be improved by considering the potential of renewable energy.

scholarly journals A Prototype of High Rise Residential Management Systems in Malaysia: A Case Study for Seroja Apartment

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (01) ◽  
pp. 1-11
Author(s):  
Mudiana Mokhsin ◽  
Ahmad Zambri Shahuddin ◽  
Amer Shakir Zainol ◽  
Mohd Husni Mohd Som ◽  
Nurhaziani Binti Hazemi
Keyword(s):  
Literature Review ◽  
Conceptual Framework ◽  
Mobile Application ◽  
Residential Buildings ◽  
Management Systems ◽  
User Requirements ◽  
Property Management ◽  
Continuous Growth ◽  
High Rise

Residential high-rises are unique properties that differ from landed properties such as bungalows or terrace houses. They are unique insofar as, after the properties have been occupied, facilities must be jointly managed by residents. The continuous growth of high-rise residential buildings specifies that there is a need for effective ownership and property management system to instill a valuable living experience among high-rise residents in this country. Looking at this scenario, this research takes an initiative to develop a mobile application that supports streamline information with assistive features to improve communication and information sharing for high-rise residential management in Malaysia. This aim is achieved by answering three research objectives, including identifying user requirements, designing the application prototype and developing the artefact and evaluating the artefact. The study was conducted together with LT Sdn Bhd, the property management company responsible in managing and maintaining property related matters of Seroja Apartment. An adopted conceptual framework for property management based on the sustainable indicator dimensions for property management and applicable features from existing mobile application to develop the artefact has been proposed. The conceptual framework was proposed based on literature review and nature of work observed on site. Lastly, the study successfully validated the proposed adopted framework against the artefact, the MyLT mobile application.

scholarly journals Integrated RAGA-PP water demand forecast model (case study: Shaanxi Province, China)

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jun Yang ◽  
Yanning Mao ◽  
Yuqi Ma ◽  
Wei Wu ◽  
Yuan Bai
Keyword(s):  
Water Resources ◽  
Water Demand ◽  
Rapid Development ◽  
Shaanxi Province ◽  
Demand Forecast ◽  
Continuous Growth ◽  
Sustainable Solutions ◽  
Demand Fluctuations ◽  
The Impact

Abstract The demand for water resources in Shaanxi Province increases greatly due to the continuous growth of its population and the rapid development of the social economy. Water demand forecasting is a significant issue in the designing, maintaining and operating of a reliable and economical water supply system. An explicit mathematical method was presented in this study, based on the indicators of industrial output value, such as the gross output value of agriculture, forestry, animal husbandry and fishery. The impact of total retail sales and year trends in the domestic or industrial water demands, can accurately forecast the water demand fluctuations for a municipality. Adopt RAGA-PP optimal selection model through a grouping method of data handling for water demand management to test for the case study Shaanxi, China. Results showed that the prediction effect of multivariate logarithmic model accuracy can reach 99.50%, and it is estimated that the demand for water resources in Shaanxi would exceed 10 billion m3 by 2030. The average relative error of the water consumption from 2015 to 2017 is 3.05% for the model of multiple linear and 0.50% for the model of multivariate logarithm model. Our framework can assist in developing sustainable solutions.

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