Wildlife roadkill in Odisha, India: the threat to biodiversity needs to be addressed

Arxius de Miscel·lània Zoològica ◽

10.32800/amz.2021.19.0151 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 151-159

Author(s):

S. Behera ◽

S. Nayak ◽

P. K. Dash ◽

S. K. Swain

Keyword(s):

Management Strategies ◽

The State ◽

Wild Animals ◽

Linear Infrastructure ◽

National Highway

Over a 90–day period we assessed wildlife roadkill on National highway NH–16 in the state of Odisha, India. We recorded 123 vertebrate carcasses: 14 species of mammals, nine species of birds, and seven species of reptiles. Our findings reiterated NH–16 as a vulnerable site of roadkill of many native wild animals and birds. Further studies are required where linear infrastructure affects wildlife and appropriate management strategies are needed.

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Three Years Later: Report on the State of Well-Being of Patients with Chronic Tinnitus Who Underwent Modified Tinnitus Retraining Therapy

Audiology and Neurotology ◽

10.1159/000363728 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 20 (1) ◽

pp. 26-38 ◽

Cited By ~ 18

Author(s):

Claudia Seydel ◽

Heidemarie Haupt ◽

Agnieszka J. Szczepek ◽

Anne Hartmann ◽

Matthias Rose ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Management Strategies ◽

Well Being ◽

The State ◽

Chronic Tinnitus ◽

Tinnitus Retraining Therapy ◽

Psychometric Instruments ◽

Important Health ◽

Retraining Therapy ◽

Treatment Onset ◽

A Minor

Successful management of patients with chronic tinnitus is an important health issue. One of the tinnitus management strategies used at our Tinnitus Center is a combination of tinnitus retraining therapy (TRT) with physiotherapy and psychological management [called modified TRT (MTRT)]. We have used this type of management for over a decade and have described the protocol in detail elsewhere. In the present study, we wanted to determine the effect of MTRT on the well-being of tinnitus patients 3 years after treatment onset. One hundred and thirty patients with chronic tinnitus were assessed using psychometric instruments immediately before 7-day MTRT, immediately after the therapy and 3 years later. Patients with very severe tinnitus-related distress associated with major depression and a risk of suicide were excluded from this study. MTRT resulted in a sustained reduction of tinnitus-related distress. Moreover, the quality of life of patients had increased, as assessed by a separate questionnaire. The effect of MTRT was influenced by the degree of tinnitus-related distress and by the patients' age, the latter being gender dependent. Hearing loss and tinnitus duration had only a minor influence on the therapeutic effect. Taken together, we report a positive change in the state of well-being of patients with chronic tinnitus measurable with various psychometric instruments 3 years after the onset of MTRT. i 2014 S. Karger AG, Basel

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The effectiveness of capital management strategies used by the investment funds in Poland

Przedsiebiorczosc i Zarzadzanie ◽

10.2478/eam-2014-0021 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 15 (2) ◽

pp. 119-129

Author(s):

Paweł Trippner

Keyword(s):

Financial Market ◽

Financial Intermediation ◽

Management Strategies ◽

Financial System ◽

The State ◽

Financial Intermediaries ◽

Investment Strategies ◽

Capital Management ◽

Investment Funds ◽

Location Policy

Abstract Collective investors play an extremely important role in the financial system of the state and in the economy. They operate in the financial market as institutions that enable households and businesses to convert savings into investments. Investment funds are the most conventional institutions which are dealing with financial intermediation. The main purpose of the submitted paper is to characterise the essence of investment funds operation in the role as financial intermediaries, to present the investment strategies and to characterise the methodology for measuring the effectiveness of capital management entrusted by the clients. The author has formulated a research hypothesis, according to which, the strategies of capital location policy used by the investment funds have an impact on the level of their performance, while funds holding higher risk portfolios perform better compared to the funds using passive investment strategies

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Pan-European sustainable forest management indicators for assessing Climate-Smart Forestry in Europe

Canadian Journal of Forest Research ◽

10.1139/cjfr-2020-0166 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 1-10

Author(s):

G. Santopuoli ◽

C. Temperli ◽

I. Alberdi ◽

I. Barbeito ◽

M. Bosela ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Forest Management ◽

Sustainable Forest Management ◽

Management Strategies ◽

Forest Policy ◽

The State ◽

Forest Damage ◽

Tree Species Composition ◽

Mitigation And Adaptation ◽

Management Indicators ◽

Using Data

The increasing demand for innovative forest management strategies to adapt to and mitigate climate change and benefit forest production, the so-called Climate-Smart Forestry, calls for a tool to monitor and evaluate their implementation and their effects on forest development over time. The pan-European set of criteria and indicators for sustainable forest management is considered one of the most important tools for assessing many aspects of forest management and sustainability. This study offers an analytical approach to selecting a subset of indicators to support the implementation of Climate-Smart Forestry. Based on a literature review and the analytical hierarchical approach, 10 indicators were selected to assess, in particular, mitigation and adaptation. These indicators were used to assess the state of the Climate-Smart Forestry trend in Europe from 1990 to 2015 using data from the reports on the State of Europe’s Forests. Forest damage, tree species composition, and carbon stock were the most important indicators. Though the trend was overall positive with regard to adaptation and mitigation, its evaluation was partly hindered by the lack of data. We advocate for increased efforts to harmonize international reporting and for further integrating the goals of Climate-Smart Forestry into national- and European-level forest policy making.

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First occurrence of Amblyomma ovale in the State of Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil

Revista Brasileira de Parasitologia Veterinária ◽

10.1590/s1984-29612013000100032 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 22 (1) ◽

pp. 167-170 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Caroline Gracielle Torres Ferreira ◽

Ana Carla Diógenes Suassuna Bezerra ◽

Otávio Valério de Carvalho ◽

Márcia Rogéria de Almeida ◽

Claudio Mafra

Keyword(s):

Tick Species ◽

Rio Grande ◽

The State ◽

Boophilus Microplus ◽

Domestic Dogs ◽

Wild Animals ◽

Emerging Pathogens ◽

Wild Carnivores ◽

Amblyomma Ovale ◽

First Occurrence

This study aims to report the occurrence of parasitism byAmblyomma ovale (Koch, 1844) in dogs in the municipality of Apodi, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil. Specimens were identified as being one female and two males of A. ovale, besides; the animal was infested by five females of Rhipicephalus(Boophilus) microplus and seven females and three males of R. sanguineus. The finding ofA. ovale confirms results in the literature that these ticks, reported in several species of wild carnivores, can also infect dogs in Brazil. The distribution of this tick species in several Brazilian states has already been confirmed, but this is the first report in the State of Rio Grande do Norte. This finding highlights the risk of the carrying of emerging and re-emerging pathogens to peridomestic hosts are as, either because of the frequency of these ticks in wild environments or the presence of infected wild animals near peridomestic environments, exposing domestic dogs to parasitism byA. ovale ticks and, therefore, to agents potentially carried by this ectoparasite.

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Waste Management Strategies; the State of the Art

Biofuel and Biorefinery Technologies - Biogas ◽

10.1007/978-3-319-77335-3_1 ◽

2018 ◽

pp. 1-33 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Alireza Ghasemi Ghodrat ◽

Meisam Tabatabaei ◽

Mortaza Aghbashlo ◽

Solange I. Mussatto

Keyword(s):

Waste Management ◽

State Of The Art ◽

Management Strategies ◽

The State

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Sandfly frequency in a clean and well-organized rural environment in the state of Paraná, Brazil

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical ◽

10.1590/s0037-86822012000100015 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 45 (1) ◽

pp. 77-82 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Cristiane Machado de Oliveira Legriffon ◽

Kárin Rosi Reinhold-Castro ◽

Vanderson Carvalho Fenelon ◽

Herintha Coeto Neitzke-Abreu ◽

Ueslei Teodoro

Keyword(s):

Domestic Animals ◽

The State ◽

Rural Environment ◽

Wild Animals ◽

Light Traps ◽

Enzootic Cycle

INTRODUCTION: Sandflies caught in Santa Juliana Farm in Sarandi, State of Paraná, Brazil, were assessed in terms of their fauna, seasonality, and frequency in the homes and in shelters of domestic animals around the homes, as well as in the nearby forest. METHODS: In Santa Juliana Farm, there are no records of cases of ACL, differing from other relatively clean and organized areas where surveys of sandflies have been conducted in Paraná. Samples were collected with Falcão light traps, fortnightly from 22:00 to 02:00 hours, from November 2007 to November 2008. RESULTS: A total of 4,506 sandflies were captured, representing 13 species, predominantly Nyssomyia whitmani (71.8%). More sandflies were collected in the forest (52.6%) than outside the forest (residences and pigsty) (47.4%). However, Ny. whitmani was collected in greater numbers outside (38.3%) than inside the forest (33.5%). Most sandflies were collected in the warmer months and during periods with regular rainfall. CONCLUSIONS: The results suggest that cleaning and organization around the houses could reduce sandfly population in peridomicile. Constructing shelters for animal at a distance of approximately 100m from domiciles is recommended to prevent the invasion of sandflies, as this farm has an area of preserved forest, with wild animals and sandflies present to maintain the enzootic cycle of Leishmania.

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The Progressive Response of Sahelian Dams to Sediment Intrusion: Case of Kano State between 1976 and 2009

Applied Mechanics and Materials ◽

10.4028/www.scientific.net/amm.773-774.1301 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 773-774 ◽

pp. 1301-1306

Author(s):

Mahadi Lawan Yakubu ◽

Usman Tasiu Abdurrahman ◽

Muhammad Tajuri Ahmed ◽

Amina Sallau Aliyu ◽

Muttaqa Uba Zango ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Management Strategies ◽

Water Storage ◽

Time Frame ◽

Mitigation Strategy ◽

The State ◽

Best Management ◽

The Future ◽

Short And Long Term

Reservoirs are built to store water during abundance for possible reuse during scarcity; sediment incursion is the leading phenomenon that limit reservoirs to sustain this function. Therefore, modelling the rate at which reservoir accumulates sediments is critical in understanding the nature of the problem, the time frame within which it is expected to occur, and the best mitigation strategy that will maintain the reservoir service. This study investigated the sediment influx in three typical Sahelian reservoirs in Kano state using the bathymetric method. The reservoir capacities were found to be declining at different rates but with grave consequences on the future, and economy of the state. In prolific terms, the state is losing 490 million litres of water storage each year. Presently, Magaga lost 39% of its capacity; Thomas has lost 13%; while Kafin-chiri has lost 5%. For sustainability, this trend needs to be addressed. The short and long-term best management strategies to curtail this trend have been outlined in this study.

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Ichneumonids (Hymenoptera) and Tachinid Flies (Diptera) Associated to Leptidopterans in Soybean Crops

Journal of Agricultural Science ◽

10.5539/jas.v10n7p167 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 10 (7) ◽

pp. 167 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Angélica Massarolli ◽

Ana Regina Lucena Hoffmann ◽

Bruna Magda Favetti ◽

Alessandra Regina Butnariu

Keyword(s):

Biological Control ◽

New Species ◽

Natural Enemies ◽

Management Strategies ◽

Neotropical Region ◽

The State ◽

Pest Species ◽

Mato Grosso ◽

Control Programs ◽

Lepidopteran Pest

Studies on natural enemies are important to find new species and to develop management strategies to preserve them to help control pests in biological control programs. For the state of Mato Grosso, Brazil, which comprises the Amazon, Cerrado, and Pantanal biomes, few studies have been conducted on the diversity of these parasitoids, possible endemic and/or new species, as well as their potential as natural enemies. Thus, the present study was aimed at describing the diversity of parasitoids of the families Ichneumonidae (Hymenoptera) and Tachinidae (Diptera) associated with pest lepidopterans in soybean crops. Weekly sampling of pest lepidopterans was carried out during four soybean seasons (2009/2010, 2010/2011, 2011/2012 and 2012/2013). Parasitoid larvae were observed in the main lepidopteran pest species of soybean during the four soybean seasons. Three genera of the Ichneumonidae family, belonging to the genera Microcharops Roman, Ophionellus Westwood, and Podogaster Brullé. Six genera of the Tachinidae family occur in the state of Mato Grosso in soybean fields. The following genera were recorded: Archytas spp. Jaennicke, Phorocera spp. Robineau-Desvoidy, Gymnocarcelia spp. Townsend, Lespesia spp. Robineau-Desvoidy, Eucelatoria spp. Townsend, Chetogena spp. Rondani. These parasitoids were found parasitizing caterpillars of the Noctuidae (Lepidoptera), in species that had not yet been reported as hosts for the Neotropical region. Further studies are needed on the beneficial entomofauna and their preservation in agricultural environments.

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State of Charge Management for Plug-In Hybrid Vehicles With Uncertain Trip Information

Journal of Dynamic Systems Measurement and Control ◽

10.1115/1.4030428 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 137 (9) ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Chris Manzie ◽

Prakash Dewangan ◽

Gilles Corde ◽

Olivier Grondin ◽

Antonio Sciarretta

Keyword(s):

Hybrid Electric Vehicles ◽

Management Strategies ◽

Hybrid Vehicles ◽

The State ◽

State Of Charge ◽

Environmental Benefits ◽

Contributing Factors ◽

Vehicle Velocity ◽

Charge Management ◽

A Charge

Efficient state of charge management of plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) differs from their nonplug-in counterparts through the utilization of a charge depleting (CD) mode of operation. Several studies have shown that a blended mode of CD holds fuel economy advantages over a CD and charge sustaining (CS) combination, however, these approaches assume knowledge of the total journey distance. Here, this assumption is relaxed and the state of charge trajectory was recalculated online using a weaker assumption that only a probability distribution accumulated over past trips is available. The importance of other contributing factors to the state of charge profile such as vehicle velocity and altitude is also assessed. Simulation results on a prototype plug-in hybrid are presented with an adaptive equivalent consumption minimization strategy (ECMS) used by the powertrain management to track the proposed state of charge trajectory. The financial and environmental benefits of the proposed approach relative to other state of charge management strategies are then calculated over a number of different cycles and conditions.

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