A Theoretical Analysis Upon the Environmental Health and Justice Issue: A Case Study for a Comparison Between G20s Unitary and Federal Members

The primary purpose of an improved water supply and sanitation is the achievement of acceptable health and hygiene standards as well as the sustainable improvement of the environment. Many governments recognize this and so they budget for large sums of money to improve these services to the communities. The purpose of this study was to investigate the different gaps in environmental health and hygiene practices with the aim of suggesting a strategy of improving this in the Northern Province of South Africa. To do this, 231 households and 30 schools were surveyed. Workshops and visits to different government departments were also used. This paper reports the results from this study which indicate that the situation in schools was not any better than that in households, with more than 90% of the villages still dependent on the unimproved pit latrines and 56,6% relying on standpipes which were (70% of the time) non-operational. The main problems identified seem to those associated with implementation and maintenance. The study concludes that with proper training of the water committees and their active involvement with the government and NGOs, environmental health and hygiene problems can be minimized or eliminated.

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How to Analyze the Neurodynamic Characteristics of Pulse-Coupled Neural Networks? A Theoretical Analysis and Case Study of Intersecting Cortical Model

IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics ◽

10.1109/tcyb.2020.3043233 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 1-15

Author(s):

Xin Jin ◽

Dongming Zhou ◽

Qian Jiang ◽

Xing Chu ◽

Shaowen Yao ◽

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Keyword(s):

Neural Networks ◽

Theoretical Analysis ◽

Cortical Model ◽

Coupled Neural Networks ◽

Pulse Coupled Neural Networks

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Environmental health indicator for the evaluation of neighborhoods in urban areas: a case study in Caruaru (PE), Brazil

Revista Brasileira de Ciências Ambientais (Online) ◽

10.5327/z21769478750 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 56 (1) ◽

pp. 166-179

Author(s):

Armando Dias Duarte ◽

Saulo de Tarso Marques Bezerra ◽

Elizabeth Amaral Pastich Gonçalves

Keyword(s):

Environmental Management ◽

Environmental Health ◽

Urban Areas ◽

Public Policies ◽

Environmental Indicators ◽

Economic Policies ◽

Health Indicator ◽

Public Managers ◽

Negative Impacts

The environment, over the years, has been subjected to strong negative impacts caused by economic policies that have promoted an uncontrolled growth of urbanization in the cities and abusive exploration of the natural resources. In this context, developing socio-environmental indicators to subsidize the formulation of municipal public policies which consider, specifically, the environmental (in)salubrity of each neighborhood or locality of municipalities is imperative. The present paper presents the construction and application of an environmental health indicator for residential neighborhoods in two localities of Caruaru City, Pernambuco State. The data adopted in research were obtained from databases of City Hall institutions, from interviews with the population of the localities and water quality analyses. The results indicated that the neighborhoods analyzed presented characteristics of medium health; water supply, the disposal of solid waste, and socioeconomic aspects require attention and priority of public policies. In conclusion, the proposed indicator can be an instrument to assist in urban planning and environmental management of Brazilian municipalities, because it can guide the performance of public managers and the civil society to identify priority actions for improving the infrastructure of the most unhealthy neighborhoods. Keywords: healthiness; environmental health; environmental sanitation; environmental management; environmental health indicator.

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ILLUSORY RESTITUTION OF NOT PRESERVED ARCHITECTURAL OBJECTS – AN ANALYSIS OF METHODS AND A CASE STUDY

space&FORM ◽

10.21005/pif.2021.47.b-04 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 2021 (47) ◽

pp. 83-104

Author(s):

Maciej Piekarski ◽

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Ewa Kulpińska ◽

Anna Prokop ◽

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Keyword(s):

Augmented Reality ◽

Theoretical Analysis ◽

Advantages And Disadvantages ◽

Conservation Method ◽

Specific Conservation

The article concerns the illusory presentation of non-existent architectural objects directly in the place of their original location. This specific conservation method is considered as a tool for disseminating knowledge about the original architectural landscape of places where it has undergone transformations. The authors believe that its implementation may contribute to the growth of the identity of cities and their inhabitants. The concept refers to augmented reality, but the authors use only optical means to create a virtual component, The article presents the results of theoretical analysis and practical experiments, pointing to the advantages and disadvantages of the method.

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The Question of Religion in T. S. Eliot’s Poetry: “Ash-Wednesday” as a Case Study

SMART MOVES JOURNAL IJELLH ◽

10.24113/ijellh.v7i11.10122 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 7 (11) ◽

pp. 12

Author(s):

Mohammed Bassou

Keyword(s):

Theoretical Analysis ◽

Religion And Literature ◽

Devotional Poetry ◽

Do So

This article puts under scrutiny the religious manifestations in Eliot’s devotional poetry and the meditative questions that he raises. To do so, it limits the scope of my analytical reading to one of his well-known meditative poems, “Ash-Wednesday.” I shall start with a theoretical analysis of his famous article, “Religion and Literature” and argue for the presence of its milestone ideas in Eliot’s poetry taking “Ash-Wednesday as a case study.” The study also discerns Eliot’s renunciation of the main tenets of Romanticism which he made use of before his conversion.

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