scholarly journals Diseño De Un Plan De Manejo Ambiental Para La Planta De Producción De Materiales Pétreos, Hormigón Y Asfalto La Josefina, Cantón Gualaceo, Provincia Del Azuay

2017 ◽  
Vol 13 (26) ◽  
pp. 157
Author(s):  
Norma Ximena Lara Vásconez ◽  
Oscar Bladimiro Guadalupe Arias ◽  
Juan Pablo Guamán ◽  
Eduardo Salazar
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Management ◽  
Environmental Impacts ◽  
Management Plan ◽  
Community Relations ◽  
Protective Equipment ◽  
Production Plant ◽  
Communication Program ◽  
Stone Materials ◽  
Design Plan ◽  
And Control

This research was to propose the elaborate of a Design Plan for Environmental Management Production Plant Stone Materials, Concrete and Asphalt in Josefina town, Gualaceo city, in Azuay province; it based on the collection of both primary and secondary, in addition to characteristics of the environment and population of area influence proceeded to design environmental management plan, these programs the same which is composed of nine programs intended to prevent or mitigate environmental impacts caused by the operation of the same, are: Communication Program, Community Relations, Training and Environmental Education, discharges and Waste Management, Safety and Occupational Health Laboring, contingencies, Prevention and Control of Impacts, Closure and Abandonment, Environmental Monitoring and Security. This research conclude that the most affected components are soil, water, flora and fauna and it is essential to fully comply all programs previously proposed in order to mitigate environmental impacts cauded by the operation of the Production Plant Stone Materials, Concrete and Asphalt. It is recommended to train staff, especially in first aid and use PPE (Personal Protective Equipment) so they will be prepared for any eventuality to occur during the operation of the plant.

THE CHELONIA SEISMIC SURVEY: MINIMISING ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS ON A NATURE RESERVE

1992 ◽  
Vol 32 (1) ◽  
pp. 429
Author(s):  
P.J. Long ◽  
V.L. Long
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Management ◽  
Environmental Impacts ◽  
Western Australia ◽  
Nature Reserve ◽  
Management Plan ◽  
Seismic Survey ◽  
Seismic Surveys ◽  
Innovative Methods ◽  
Environmental Management Plan ◽  
Bird Mortality

Onshore seismic surveys are traditionally associated with wide straight tracks, required for access by seismic vehicles and denuded of vegetation. The proposal by Lasmo Oil (Australia) Ltd and its co-venturers to perform a seismic survey on the Muiron Islands Nature Reserve was therefore received with some concern by residents of nearby Exmouth in Western Australia. The proponent undertook extensive surveys of the existing environment, however, and produced a strict environmental management plan which featured innovative methods to minimise impacts on both flora and fauna — in particular the extensive Wedge-tailed Shearwater colony on the islands. These methods were executed much as planned and caused negligible destruction of vegetation and no known bird mortality. The results indicate the management plan was highly successful and established a new benchmark for exploration in sensitive areas.This paper outlines the environmental management plan developed for the work and documents the results of the procedures employed. It concludes that such methods could be applied to similar projects elsewhere.

COVID-19: The Importance of Adequate Personal Protective Equipment in Healthcare Medical Staff

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anne Weissenstein
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Personal Protective Equipment ◽  
Health Care Services ◽  
Infection Prevention And Control ◽  
Protective Equipment ◽  
Emotional Resilience ◽  
Healthcare Facilities ◽  
Care Services ◽  
Healthcare Settings ◽  
And Control

We present an update on infection prevention and control for COVID-19 in healthcare settings. This update focuses on measures to be applied in settings with increasing community transmission, growing demand for concern about COVID-19 patients, and subsequent staffing issues in the event of shortages of personal protective equipment for healthcare facilities worldwide. The comfort and emotional resilience of health care workers are key components in maintaining essential health care services during the COVID-19 virus (coronavirus) outbreak.

scholarly journals Infection control practices and challenges in Pakistan during the COVID-19 pandemic: a multicentre cross-sectional study

2021 ◽  
pp. 175717742110127
Author(s):  
Salma Abbas ◽  
Faisal Sultan
Keyword(s):  
Personal Protective Equipment ◽  
Prevention And Control ◽  
Infection Prevention ◽  
Hospital Staff ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Infection Prevention And Control ◽  
Protective Equipment ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Healthcare Facilities ◽  
And Control

Background: Patient and staff safety at healthcare facilities during outbreaks hinges on a prompt infection prevention and control response. Physicians leading these programmes have encountered numerous obstacles during the pandemic. Aim/objective: The aim of this study was to evaluate infection prevention and control practices and explore the challenges in Pakistan during the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic. Methods: We conducted a cross-sectional study and administered a survey to physicians leading infection prevention and control programmes at 18 hospitals in Pakistan. Results: All participants implemented universal masking, limited the intake of patients and designated separate triage areas, wards and intensive care units for coronavirus disease 2019 patients at their hospitals. Eleven (61%) physicians reported personal protective equipment shortages. Staff at three (17%) hospitals worked without the appropriate personal protective equipment due to limited supplies. All participants felt overworked and 17 (94%) reported stress. Physicians identified the lack of negative pressure rooms, fear and anxiety among hospital staff, rapidly evolving guidelines, personal protective equipment shortages and opposition from hospital staff regarding the choice of recommended personal protective equipment as major challenges during the pandemic. Discussion: The results of this study highlight the challenges faced by physicians leading infection prevention and control programmes in Pakistan. It is essential to support infection prevention and control personnel and bridge the identified gaps to ensure patient and staff safety at healthcare facilities.

scholarly journals Geosites Inventory in Liguria Region (Northern Italy): A Tool for Regional Geoconservation and Environmental Management

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 2346
Author(s):  
Andrea Ferrando ◽  
Francesco Faccini ◽  
Flavio Poggi ◽  
Paola Coratza
Keyword(s):  
Risk Assessment ◽  
Environmental Management ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
Quantitative Assessment ◽  
Management Plan ◽  
Northern Italy ◽  
Value Assessment ◽  
Field Surveys ◽  
Environmental Management Plan ◽  
Use Values

The Liguria Region in Northern Italy is characterized by a wide geological and geomorphological variety, encompassing an important and valuable geoheritage. The Ligurian regional law (L.R. 39/2009) protects and enhances geodiversity and geosites, establishing the Regional Inventory of Geosites; however, an approved official inventory is still lacking. In this work, a first reasoned inventory of 120 geosites is proposed for the Liguria Region on the basis of field surveys and literature review. A quantitative assessment of the value and the degradation risk of geosites has been carried out: the value assessment takes into account scientific, additional and potential-for-use values; the degradation risk assessment considers geosites’ fragility and vulnerability. The results, providing knowledge on the Ligurian geoheritage, can serve as the basis for the Regional Inventory of Geosites and can be useful tools for the implementation of any regional geoconservation strategy or environmental management plan.

scholarly journals The Impact of the Direct Participation of Workers on the Rates of Absenteeism in the Spanish Labor Environment

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (7) ◽  
pp. 2477 ◽  
Author(s):  
Raúl Payá Castiblanque
Keyword(s):  
Multinomial Logistic Regression ◽  
Management Plan ◽  
Risk Prevention ◽  
Prevention Measures ◽  
Direct Participation ◽  
High Level ◽  
And Control ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Transversal Study

The aim of this research was to study the relationship between the different levels of direct participation of workers (passive, consultative or active-delegated) in risk prevention management with the levels of absenteeism in Spain. To this end, a transversal study was carried out using microdata from the Second European Survey of Companies on New and Emerging Risks (ESENER-2-Spain, 2014) with a master population of 3162 work centres. A multinomial logistic regression model was carried out, with the dependent variable being the levels of absenteeism and the independent variables, the participation indicators and preventive management, calculating the adjusted odds ratio (aOR) between all the independent and control variables, with their corresponding 95% confidence intervals (95% IC). The results obtained showed how the active-delegative participation of workers in the design and adoption of psychosocial risk prevention measures reported 2.33 less probabilities of having a very high or fairly high level of absenteeism (aOR = 0.43; 95%IC:0.27–0.69). However, having documented aspects of preventive management (plan, risk assessment, planning measures) did not have any impact on absenteeism levels, which shows that we can fall into an unrealistic institutional mirage of security with active policies of co-education or co-management being necessary to reduce absenteeism.

scholarly journals The intrinsic roles of regulatory instruments in mining operations

2015 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 132-140
Author(s):  
Kola Odeku
Keyword(s):  
Good Practice ◽  
Mineral Resources ◽  
Management Plan ◽  
Mining Activities ◽  
Mining Operations ◽  
Regulatory Instruments ◽  
Intrinsic Roles ◽  
Practice Approach ◽  
Remedial Actions ◽  
And Control

Prospecting and exploiting natural mineral resources for economic growth and development could be beneficial if done in sustainable ways and manners. However, if the operation is done in such a way that cause harm to the environment and people, this will amount to unsustainable mining activity and anti-sustainable development. Therefore, there is need to ensure that appropriate and adequate plans and programmes are put in place in order to mitigate, minimise and avoid negative environmental impacts. Against the backdrop of these concerns and the need to ensure that the environment is not degraded and destroyed, South Africa, as part of the countries that promotes sustainable prospecting and mining has put in place and currently implementing tools known as environmental management plan and programme to regulate and control all prospecting and mining activities. These tools contain a bundle of remedial actions in the forms of compensation, rehabilitation and restoration of any harm done to the environment during the course of mining activities. They also contain information on mitigation, ingredients for good practice approach on how to conduct sustainable prospecting and mining. This article looks at the intrinsic roles of these tools and accentuates the importance and operations of their use in the decision making processes.

scholarly journals Process Capability Analysis in a Polypropylene Bag Manufacturing Company

2021 ◽  
Vol 25 (8) ◽  
pp. 1477-1482
Author(s):  
O.F. Odeyinka ◽  
F.O. Ogunwolu ◽  
O.P. Popoola ◽  
T.O. Oyedokun
Keyword(s):  
Control Charts ◽  
Process Capability ◽  
Production Plant ◽  
Specification Limit ◽  
Process Capability Analysis ◽  
Capability Analysis ◽  
Vertically Aligned ◽  
Lower Specification Limit ◽  
And Control

Process capability analysis combines statistical tools and control charts with good engineering judgment to interpret and analyze the data representing a process. This work analyzes the process capability of a polypropylene bag producing company. The case study organization uses two plants for production and data was collected over a period of nine months for this study. Analysis showed that the output spread of plant 1 was greater than the specification interval spread which implies poor capability. There are non-conforming parts below the Lower Specification Limit (LSL: 500,000 metres) and above the Upper Specification Limit (USL: 600,000 metres) and that the output requires improvement. Similarly, the capability analysis of plant 2 shows that the overall output spread is greater than the specification interval spread (poor capability). The output centre in the specification and overall interval are vertically aligned, thus specifying that the output from plant 2 is also process centered and requires improvement. Recommendations were made to improve the outputs from each production plant.

scholarly journals Análise da proposta do Plano de Manejo para estruturação do Parque Estadual do Biribiri

2012 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Raquel Campos Antunes ◽  
Álvaro José Ferreira Tôrres ◽  
Raquel Faria Scalco
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Impacts ◽  
Management Plan ◽  
Park Management ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Natural Park ◽  
Physical Infrastructure ◽  
Environmental Development ◽  
Research Analysis

A presente pesquisa foi desenvolvida com o objetivo de analisar a proposta do Plano de Manejo do Parque Estadual do Biribiri – PEBI, localizado em Diamantina – MG, no que se refere à implantação de estruturas físicas de apoio à visitação e gestão do Parque. Para tanto, foram utilizados os seguintes procedimentos metodológicos: pesquisa bibliográfica, pesquisa de gabinete, análise do plano de manejo e entrevista semiestruturada com atores que se mostraram relevantes para a realização deste estudo. Por meio do desenvolvimento destas etapas, foi possível entender a necessidade de atualização, revisão e implementação das estruturas propostas no Plano de Manejo do PEBI para oferecer condições mínimas para sua visitação. Percebeu-se que a presença de tais estruturas poderia contribuir de maneira positiva,pois possibilitariam um maior controle e segurança ao Parque, aumento da conservação do meio ambiente, além damelhoria da qualidade da visitação turística da área. Constatou-se, ainda, que a implantação de tais estruturas contribuiria para minimizar impactos ambientais negativos e para o desenvolvimento turístico, socioeconômico e ambiental de Diamantina e região. ABSTRACT This research was developed with the purpose of analyzing the proposal of the Management Plan of the Biribiri State Natural Park (PEBI), located in Diamantina (MG, Brazil), with regard to the deployment of physical infrastructure to support visitors and park management. For this purpose, we used the following methodological proceedings: bibliographic research, cabinet research, analysis of the management plan and semi-structured interviews with actors that were relevant to this study. Through the development of these steps, we can understand the necessity for updating, revision and implementation of the proposed structures in the Management Plan of the PEBI to offer the minimum conditions for their visitation. It was noticed that the presence of such structures could contribute in a positive way, as would enable greater control and security to the park, increased conservation of the environment, in addition to improving the quality of tourist visitation in this area. It was found also that the implementation of such structures would help to minimize negative environmental impacts and for tourism, socioeconomic and environmental development of Diamantina and region.

Choosing a "best" Canadian environmental management strategy

2001 ◽  
Vol 28 (S1) ◽  
pp. 183-193
Author(s):  
Isobel W Heathcote
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Management ◽  
Management Strategy ◽  
Environmental Law ◽  
Complex Mixture ◽  
Pollution Prevention ◽  
Command And Control ◽  
Economic Incentives ◽  
Economic Instruments ◽  
Voluntary Compliance ◽  
And Control

All human societies have laws, which may be written or unwritten. Those laws, and the mechanisms to enforce them, evolve as internal and external forces shape the society. Modern environmental regulatory frameworks are a complex mixture of traditional behavioural rules and newer benchmarks of environmental performance. Gradually, we have come to value the rules themselves above the goals they are intended to achieve. In fact, environmental improvement can be achieved in many ways, not just through traditional regulatory approaches. Traditional "command-and-control" regulation provides a useful backstop but is limited in its ability to encourage innovation. Newer approaches, including economic instruments, voluntary clean-up, and recognition programs, offer the means to encourage prevention, protection, and conservation, rather than resource wastage and reliance on end-of-pipe technology. A combination of command-and-control programs for minimum limits, coupled with economic incentives and voluntary compliance schemes for enhanced protection, may be the only viable environmental management strategy for the 21st century.Key words: environmental management, environmental law, pollution prevention, economic instruments, voluntary, compliance.

Design and Realization of Management and Control System of Warehouse Based on VC6

2014 ◽  
Vol 539 ◽  
pp. 878-881
Author(s):  
Huai Yong Deng
Keyword(s):  
Control System ◽  
Monitoring System ◽  
System Integration ◽  
Lower Cost ◽  
Network Communication ◽  
Control Panel ◽  
Industrial Ethernet ◽  
Communication Model ◽  
Communication Program ◽  
And Control

The designing and realizing methods of network communication of the management and monitoring system of automatic tridimensional warehouse and proposed,the the main characters and the way of communication program developing with VC6 are expounded based on industrial Ethernet communication.Use the the ARM2440 control panel, the system is divided into the automated warehouse management and control system functional modules.And the Ethernet-based communication model used between the supervisor computer and the ARM2440 is presented. The realization and utilization of the design are described. The information and software integration of the system are illuminated, too. The design has lower cost and achieves system integration of management and control of an AS/RS by common devices and technology.

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