scholarly journals Can Forest Management Units Improve Community Access to the Forest?

2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (5) ◽  
pp. 565-571
Author(s):  
Golar Golar ◽  
Hasriani Muis ◽  
Sudirman Dg Massiri ◽  
Abdul Rahman ◽  
Arman Maiwa ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Forest Management ◽  
Public Access ◽  
Primary Role ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Investment Opportunities ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Forestry Programs ◽  
Community Access ◽  
Central Sulawesi

This paper examines the Forest Management Unit's (FMU) role in enhancing access to forest area utilization, especially in production and protected community-based forests, to suppress the rate of deforestation. We research five FMU in central Sulawesi. The analysis method is qualitative based on emic information from FMU, community, academic, local government, and direct field observations. This paper explains that public access in forest resource utilization is a deciding factor in helping the community face the impact of economic crises. To make it happen, the primary role of FMU is necessary. FMU Should be increasing public access to the state-owned forest by optimizing the facilitating functions. Providing investment opportunities for forest management based on the community in partnership schemes can realize a broad impact and national issues on empowering forest communities. FMU can also prioritize the partnership cooperation programs by implementing social forestry programs, instantly absorbing significant community participation.

Crossing the Digital Divide in a Women's Community ICT Centre

2008 ◽  
pp. 904-910
Author(s):  
Clem Herman
Keyword(s):  
Digital Divide ◽  
Growth And Development ◽  
Skills Training ◽  
Shared Vision ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Strategic Plans ◽  
Underrepresentation Of Women ◽  
The Impact

This article examines the role of community-based training initiatives in enabling women to cross the so-called digital divide and become confident users of ICTs. Drawing on a case study of the Women’s Electronic Village Hall (WEVH) in Manchester, United Kingdom, one of the first such initiatives in Europe offering both skills training and Internet access to women, the article will illustrate the impact that community-based initiatives can have in challenging and changing prevailing gendered attitudes toward technology. Gendered constructions of technology in dominant discourse suggest that women must also cross an internal digital divide, involving a change in attitude and self–identification, before they can see themselves as technically competent. Learning about technology is intimately linked to learning about gender, and the performance of skills and tasks that are culturally identified as masculine can be an empowering step for women, successfully challenging preconceived gendered relationships with technology. The WEVH occupied a unique position, acting as a model for other women’s ICT initiatives and influencing the development and proliferation of other community-based ICT access projects. There were two main motivating forces behind its setting up in 1992. The first was a shared vision of the potential for ICTs to be used as a tool to combat social exclusion. The second was a feminist commitment to redressing the inequalities and underrepresentation of women in computing. Both these perspectives formed an important backdrop to the growth and development of the organisation and have continued to inform its strategic plans.

Crossing the Digital Divide in a Women's Community ICT Centre

2008 ◽  
pp. 2151-2158
Author(s):  
Clem Herman
Keyword(s):  
Digital Divide ◽  
Growth And Development ◽  
Skills Training ◽  
Shared Vision ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Strategic Plans ◽  
Underrepresentation Of Women ◽  
The Impact

This article examines the role of community-based training initiatives in enabling women to cross the so-called digital divide and become confident users of ICTs. Drawing on a case study of the Women’s Electronic Village Hall (WEVH) in Manchester, United Kingdom, one of the first such initiatives in Europe offering both skills training and Internet access to women, the article will illustrate the impact that community-based initiatives can have in challenging and changing prevailing gendered attitudes toward technology. Gendered constructions of technology in dominant discourse suggest that women must also cross an internal digital divide, involving a change in attitude and self–identification, before they can see themselves as technically competent. Learning about technology is intimately linked to learning about gender, and the performance of skills and tasks that are culturally identified as masculine can be an empowering step for women, successfully challenging preconceived gendered relationships with technology. The WEVH occupied a unique position, acting as a model for other women’s ICT initiatives and influencing the development and proliferation of other community-based ICT access projects. There were two main motivating forces behind its setting up in 1992. The first was a shared vision of the potential for ICTs to be used as a tool to combat social exclusion. The second was a feminist commitment to redressing the inequalities and underrepresentation of women in computing. Both these perspectives formed an important backdrop to the growth and development of the organisation and have continued to inform its strategic plans.

The Impact of Conflict Judgments between Developers and Testers in Software Development

2013 ◽  
Vol 24 (4) ◽  
pp. 26-50 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xihui Zhang ◽  
Jasbir S. Dhaliwal ◽  
Mark L. Gillenson ◽  
Thomas F. Stafford
Keyword(s):  
Job Satisfaction ◽  
Software Development ◽  
Software Quality ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Primary Role ◽  
Software Development Process ◽  
Research Model ◽  
Quality Testing ◽  
The Impact

The primary role of testers is to verify and validate the software produced by developers to ensure its quality. Testing is designed to catch problems in the software and report them for correction, so it is a conflict-laden, confrontational, and judgmental process. This “audit” role of testing is inherently adversarial, ensuring the development of components of interpersonal conflict judgments between developers and testers. Prior research indicates that such conflict is likely to be negatively associated with software quality and job satisfaction, producing negative judgments about the artifact production process and about the job itself. This study addresses the question: How do judgments of conflict between developers and testers impact the software development process? The authors develop and empirically test a research model which proposes that the conflict judgment targets of both the tasks and the persons who perform them will have direct impact on both software quality and job satisfaction judgments. Results of testing this model indicate that interpersonal judgments arising from conflict, as well as judgments made by testers and developers about the conflict targets of tasks and persons negatively influence subsequent software quality and job satisfaction judgments. Implications for theory and practice are discussed.

scholarly journals Genetic recombination of poliovirus facilitates subversion of host barriers to infection

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ashley Acevedo ◽  
Andrew Woodman ◽  
Jamie J. Arnold ◽  
Ming Te Yeh ◽  
David Evans ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Virus Replication ◽  
Genetic Recombination ◽  
Rna Virus ◽  
Small Population ◽  
Viral Fitness ◽  
Primary Role ◽  
Rna Recombination ◽  
Viral Mutant ◽  
The Impact

AbstractThe contribution of RNA recombination to viral fitness and pathogenesis is poorly defined. Here, we isolate a recombination-deficient, poliovirus variant and find that, while recombination is detrimental to virus replication in tissue culture, recombination is important for pathogenesis in infected animals. Notably, recombination-defective virus exhibits severe attenuation following intravenous inoculation that is associated with a significant reduction in population size during intra-host spread. Because the impact of high mutational loads manifests most strongly at small population sizes, our data suggest that the repair of mutagenized genomes is an essential function of recombination and that this function may drive the long-term maintenance of recombination in viral species despite its associated fitness costs.Significance StatementRNA recombination is a widespread but poorly understood feature of RNA virus replication. For poliovirus, recombination is involved in the emergence of neurovirulent circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus, which has hampered global poliovirus eradication efforts. This emergence illustrates the power of recombination to drive major adaptive change; however, it remains unclear if these adaptive events represent the primary role of recombination in virus survival. Here, we identify a viral mutant with a reduced rate of recombination and find that recombination also plays a central role in the spread of virus within animal hosts. These results highlight a novel approach for improving the safety of live attenuated vaccines and further our understanding of the role of recombination in virus pathogenesis and evolution.

scholarly journals Elements of sustainable forest management

1995 ◽  
Vol 60 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. Lust
Keyword(s):  
Forest Management ◽  
Sustainable Forest Management ◽  
Basic Research ◽  
Ecological Stability ◽  
Forest Sustainability ◽  
Forest Use ◽  
Forest Stability ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Forest Engineering

Elements  of the modern day vision on sustainable forest management are discussed. Some  aspects of the concept are analysed, focusing on the natural definition in  comparison with the ecosystem definition. The significance of ecological  stability is emphasized. It is pointed out that perhaps the most important  aspect of forest stability and sustainability is the ability to retain soil  fertility. Attention is paid to the importance of species composition, the  role of organic matter, the impact of forest use and the problems of forest  engineering.     In order to reach sustainable forest management, a number of strategies can  be applied, based either on the market or the state. There is a need for  measurable criteria and indicators for the evaluation of sustainability.  Therefore new programmes of scientific sampling or even basic research are  still needed.     Forest sustainability provides still a dramatic lot of questions and  efforts, a.o. on the potentiality of sustainable forestry.

scholarly journals The Role of Radiation in Accelerating Tropical Cyclogenesis in Idealized Simulations

2020 ◽  
Vol 77 (4) ◽  
pp. 1261-1277 ◽  
Author(s):  
Warren P. Smith ◽  
Melville E. Nicholls ◽  
Roger A. Pielke
Keyword(s):  
Numerical Modeling ◽  
Radiative Forcing ◽  
Deep Layer ◽  
Surface Radiation ◽  
Tropical Cyclogenesis ◽  
Primary Role ◽  
Modeling Framework ◽  
The Core ◽  
The Impact

Abstract Recent numerical modeling studies indicate the importance of radiation in the transformation from a tropical disturbance to a tropical depression, a process known as tropical cyclogenesis. This paper employs a numerical modeling framework to examine the sensitivity to radiation in idealized simulations for different initial vortex strengths, and in doing so highlights when during tropical cyclogenesis radiation is most important. It is shown that all else being equal, a stronger initial vortex reduces the impact that radiation has on accelerating tropical cyclogenesis. We find that radiation’s primary role is to moisten the core of a disturbance through nocturnal differential radiative forcing between the disturbance and its cloud-free surroundings, and after sufficient moistening occurs over a deep layer and the winds are sufficiently strong at the surface, radiation no longer plays as significant a role in tropical cyclogenesis.

scholarly journals Role of Community and User Attributes in Collective Action: Case Study of Community-Based Forest Management in Nepal

Forests ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 136 ◽  
Author(s):  
Swati Negi ◽  
Thu Pham ◽  
Bhaskar Karky ◽  
Claude Garcia
Keyword(s):  
Forest Management ◽  
Collective Action ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Action Case

Meeting the Health Promotion Needs of Hispanic Communities

1995 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 300-311 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jane L. Delgado
Keyword(s):  
Health Educators ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Competency Training ◽  
Community Based Organizations ◽  
Advisory Boards ◽  
Community Data ◽  
Status Data ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Community Advisory Boards

This paper conducts a review of the demographic and health status data for Hispanic communities and relates them to the role of culture in health care. The author's recommend that promotion programs for Hispanic communities should focus on specific community data (morbidity rather than mortality), understand the impact of culture and language (cultural competency training and staffing), develop strong outreach components (establish community advisory boards, identify credible community spokespersons and incorporate community residents as health educators), and work in partnership (sharing funds and resources) with community-based organizations.

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