scholarly journals Territorial impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in Galicia (Spain): a geographical approach

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ángel Miramontes Carballada ◽  
Jose Balsa-Barreiro
Keyword(s):  
Regional Differences ◽  
Multiscale Analysis ◽  
High Spatial Resolution ◽  
Competent Authority ◽  
Geographic Knowledge ◽  
The World ◽  
Huge Impact ◽  
Territorial Analysis ◽  
Resolution Data ◽  
Spanish Region

The coronavirus pandemic is causing a huge impact around the world. Its real magnitude presents very important regional differences, which are appreciable in the number of infected and victims in the different countries. The outbreak of the pandemic and the ignorance of the virus mean that, even today, there are many unknowns about essential aspects related to it. In this sense, geographic knowledge can help answer many questions from the territorial analysis of the data. The objective of this article will be to analyze the behavior of the coronavirus pandemic within the Spanish region of Galicia. The authors of this study propose a multiscale analysis that allows deciphering the most common propagation patterns. For this, we have high spatial resolution data that has been provided by the competent authority under confidentiality. The results of this work allow us to represent and interpret the territorial impact of the pandemic, understanding its behavior as far as possible, allowing future dynamics to be predicted.

scholarly journals Laws and Emerging Technologies

Laws ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 46
Author(s):  
Esther Salmerón-Manzano
Keyword(s):  
Information Technologies ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Legal Issues ◽  
The Other ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Legal Challenges ◽  
The World ◽  
Huge Impact ◽  
New Challenges ◽  
The Way

New technologies and so-called communication and information technologies are transforming our society, the way in which we relate to each other, and the way we understand the world. By a wider extension, they are also influencing the world of law. That is why technologies will have a huge impact on society in the coming years and will bring new challenges and legal challenges to the legal sector worldwide. On the other hand, the new communications era also brings many new legal issues such as those derived from e-commerce and payment services, intellectual property, or the problems derived from the use of new technologies by young people. This will undoubtedly affect the development, evolution, and understanding of law. This Special Issue has become this window into the new challenges of law in relation to new technologies.

Southeast Asian Muslim Washathyyah in the Global Era

2015 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 137-154
Author(s):  
Syahrin Harahap
Keyword(s):  
Southeast Asia ◽  
Significant Contribution ◽  
Main Idea ◽  
Global Village ◽  
Global Era ◽  
The People ◽  
The World ◽  
Huge Impact ◽  
Religious Aspects ◽  
The Universe

Globalization in the world has given the huge impact on the people, as the new condition of the world has brought the world to the globalism- a consciousness and understanding that the world is one. Globalization has also unified the people in a global village that covers all aspects of life such as economic, political, cultural, religious aspects. This paper will explore the concept of wa¡a¯iyyah which stresses on the moderation and accommodative way and its implementation in Southeast Asia. The main idea of the wa¡a¯iyyah or moderation in religious life is that it offers the importance of realizing the concept of Islamic blessing for all the Universe (Islam; Ra¥matan lil ±lam³n). Therefore, the main offer of the Muslim wa¡a¯iyyah movement is to focus on developing civilization, freedom, justice, prosperity and better future for all the people. It is the main capital of the Wa¡a¯iyyah in Southeast Asia to give the significant contribution to the globalization of the world.

scholarly journals The Rise of Container Tonnage and Port Developments in East Asia

2015 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 189 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mariner Wang
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
International Trade ◽  
East Asia ◽  
Container Terminals ◽  
The World ◽  
Substantial Investment ◽  
Huge Impact

1990’s saw the robust expansion of international trade in East Asia generating a remarkable record high and sustained economic growth unmatched by any other region in the world. In line with this, container tonnage in the region has been ever increased annually. In light of this, the governments in the main ports of the region have plunged substantial investment in expanding and developing new container terminals to cope with the ever increased cargoes out/to the region. Though Lehman Shock in 2008 has given a huge impact on the container volumes in Asia, ports in the East Asia are seen to continue to handle the lion’s share of global container business. In 2013, the container throughput of East Asia accounted for 51.2 per cent out of that of the world, becoming the world container center.

scholarly journals The coast of giants: An anthropometric survey of high schoolers on the Adriatic coast of Croatia

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pavel Grasgruber ◽  
Stipe Prce ◽  
Nikola Stračárová ◽  
Eduard Hrazdíra ◽  
Jan Cacek ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Regional Variation ◽  
Regional Differences ◽  
Body Height ◽  
Limited Data ◽  
Body Proportions ◽  
The North ◽  
The World ◽  
Adriatic Coast ◽  
Age Category ◽  
High Schoolers

The aim of this anthropometric survey was to map regional differences in height and body proportions in eight counties adjacent to the Adriatic coast of Croatia. Body height was measured in 1803 males and 782 females aged 17-20 years at 66 schools in 23 towns. When corrected for population size, average male height in the eight counties is 182.6 cm (182.8 cm in seven counties of Adriatic Croatia and 183.7 cm in four counties of Dalmatia proper). Regional variation is considerable (3.5 cm): from 180.6 cm in the county of Karlovac to 184.1 cm in the county of Split-Dalmacija. The height of females in the eight counties is 168.2 cm (168.3 cm in Adriatic Croatia and 168.5 cm in Dalmatia proper), but it is based on more limited data. The results show that young men from Dalmatia are currently the tallest in the world in the age category of 18 years, and the north-to-south gradient of increasing stature on the Adriatic coast largely mirrors that in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH). These parallel changes of height in Croatia and BiH can most likely be explained by unique genetic predispositions that are shared by the local populations of the Dinaric Alps.

scholarly journals Good and bad luck of a computer project

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Georgii Gennadyevich Malinetskii
Keyword(s):  
Technological Change ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Technological Revolution ◽  
Norbert Wiener ◽  
Joint Actions ◽  
The World ◽  
The Future ◽  
Huge Impact ◽  
Current Point ◽  
Social Project

A computer project in the world and in Russia is now usually viewed as an economic, technological or military one. At the same time, it is a global social project. From the theory of the humanitarian and technological revolution, it follows that at the current point of bifurcation, its results can determine the path of humanity to the future. I show that the results of this project reflect the readiness of civilizations for socio-technological change. The COVID-19 pandemic turned out to be a test for social imperatives and had a huge impact on computer reality in the formation of a new sociality. Book by K. Schwab, T. Mallerert “COVID-19: The great reset” represents a variant of such sociality. The analysis presented in this work shows the unacceptability of the proposed changes for the world of Russia. A study of large-scale computer projects in Russia and Belarus shows the need to bring them to a new sociocultural level, much higher than the current one. The unsuccessful experience of mass e-education in the Union State confirmed the imperative of Norbert Wiener: “Render unto man the things which are man’s and unto the computer the things which are the computer’s”. This should, apparently, be a reasonable line of behavior in organizing joint actions of people and machines.

scholarly journals PROTECTED AREAS OF THE WORLD – REGIONAL DIFFERENCES

2019 ◽  
Vol 41 ◽  
pp. 61-68
Keyword(s):  
Protected Areas ◽  
Cultural Values ◽  
Regional Differences ◽  
Effective Means ◽  
Total Surface Area ◽  
Natural Areas ◽  
The World ◽  
Protected Natural Area ◽  
Protected Natural Areas

The subject of the paper is protected natural areas of the world and their regional differences. According to the IUCN, a protected natural area is “a clearly defined geographical space, recognized, dedicated and managed, through legal or other effective means, to achieve the long term conservation of nature with associated ecosystem services and cultural values”. States differ in their interpretations of the above definition. Very often, some of the sites that are protected areas in one country may not necessarily be considered protected in another country. In defining and management of protected areas, some countries have adapted their laws to international guidelines, while in other countries the legislation differs significantly from these guidelines. Therefore, the research aims to show regional differences in the identification and management process as well as in the total surface area and abundance of protected natural areas at the world level.

Impact of Covid-19 Pandemic on Higher Education and Research

2020 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 340-343 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shazia Rashid ◽  
Sunishtha Singh Yadav
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Education System ◽  
Student Learning Outcomes ◽  
Research Strategies ◽  
Higher Education System ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
The World ◽  
Downward Spiral ◽  
Huge Impact ◽  
Community Transmission

COVID-19 outbreak has caused a downward spiral in the world economy and caused a huge impact on the higher education system. The sudden closure of campuses as a social distancing measure to prevent community transmission has shifted face-to-face classes to online learning systems. This has thrown the focus on utilising eLearning tools and platforms for effective student engagement which may have limitations of accessibility and affordability for many students. The pandemic has exposed the shortcomings of the current higher education system and the need for more training of educators in digital technology to adapt to the rapidly changing education climate of the world. In the post-pandemic situation, the use of eLearning and virtual education may become an integral part of the higher education system. The higher education institutions and universities need to plan the post-pandemic education and research strategies to ensure student learning outcomes and standards of educational quality.

scholarly journals Estimating Capacity Utilization of Chinese State Farms

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (18) ◽  
pp. 4894 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhuo-wan Liu ◽  
Tomas Balezentis ◽  
Yao-yao Song ◽  
Guo-liang Yang
Keyword(s):  
Regional Differences ◽  
Capacity Utilization ◽  
Agricultural System ◽  
Data Envelopment ◽  
Analysis Method ◽  
State Farm ◽  
Method Performance ◽  
The World ◽  
Farm System ◽  
Populous Country

As the most populous country in the world, China has one of the largest agricultural systems in the world, which plays an important role in ensuring China’s food security. The state farms comprise an integral part of China’s agricultural system. However, there have been few studies evaluating the efficiency and capacity utilization of China’s state farms. In this paper, we estimate the efficiency and capacity utilization of state farms across 27 Chinese regions by applying the data envelopment analysis method. Performance of the overall state farm system and its three sub-industries is taken into consideration simultaneously. Over the period of 2013–2017, the technical efficiency fluctuated in between 0.74 and 0.84, whereas the capacity utilization fluctuated around 0.85. The regional differences were observed. The regional differences were also observed.

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