scholarly journals New locality records of the Mizo rain snake Smithophis atemporalis with meristic and morphometric data based on specimen collection and a citizen science initiative

2021 ◽  
pp. 12-15
Author(s):  
SAMUEL LALRONUNGA
Keyword(s):  
Citizen Science ◽  
Morphometric Data ◽  
Specimen Collection ◽  
Science Initiative

“Really Knowing” the Community: Citizen Science, VGI, and Community Housing Assessments

2020 ◽  
pp. 0739456X2097680
Author(s):  
Jerry Shannon ◽  
Kimberly Skobba ◽  
Jermaine Durham ◽  
Chase Polak
Keyword(s):  
Citizen Science ◽  
Volunteered Geographic Information ◽  
Geographic Information ◽  
Local Communities ◽  
Housing Conditions ◽  
Local Initiatives ◽  
Local Leaders ◽  
Science Initiative

This paper evaluates a citizen science initiative to assess housing conditions in multiple rural Georgia communities. Using technologies for digitized collection of volunteered geographic information (VGI) on property conditions and an online dashboard to analyze results, local housing teams identified the characteristics and prevalence of housing problems in their communities. Drawing from a pragmatist framework, we note how this process created new connections between local leaders and residents and brought attention to sometimes unexpected issues. Conversely, participation was uneven within local communities in ways that potentially limit the effectiveness of these local initiatives.

Citizen Science, Air Quality, and the Internet of Things

2017 ◽  
pp. 137-160 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ilze Black ◽  
Graham White
Keyword(s):  
Air Quality ◽  
Internet Of Things ◽  
Citizen Science ◽  
Quality Measurement ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Health Issues ◽  
Collective Sensing ◽  
The Internet Of Things ◽  
Science Initiative

This chapter discusses the emergence of the Internet of Things, using a case study of a citizen science initiative, focusing in particular on issues involved in measuring air quality. The core of the citizen science initiative was formed by a world-wide network of early adaptors of the Internet of Things who, motivated by public health issues, set out to create widely available tools for air quality measuring. With these tools, they established a global, citizen-led, air quality measurement network. Besides highlighting a number of social and technological issues which are involve any such enterprise, this chapter engages with the discourse surrounding the use of IoT in collective sensing projects. Two questions are salient here. Firstly, can IoT technology be used in a citizen science context to monitor air quality? And secondly, does the construction of these devices lead to a successful mobilisation around issues of air quality?

scholarly journals CIGESMED for divers: Establishing a citizen science initiative for the mapping and monitoring of coralligenous assemblages in the Mediterranean Sea

2016 ◽  
Vol 4 ◽  
pp. e8692 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vasilis Gerovasileiou ◽  
Thanos Dailianis ◽  
Emmanouela Panteri ◽  
Nikitas Michalakis ◽  
Giulia Gatti ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mediterranean Sea ◽  
Citizen Science ◽  
The Mediterranean ◽  
Science Initiative

scholarly journals A citizen science initiative for open data and visualization of COVID-19 outbreak in Kerala, India

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jijo Pulickiyil Ulahannan ◽  
Nikhil Narayanan ◽  
Nishad Thalhath ◽  
Prem Prabhakaran ◽  
Sreekanth Chaliyeduth ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Citizen Science ◽  
Web Application ◽  
Public Awareness ◽  
Open Data ◽  
Epidemiological Data ◽  
Demographic Characteristics ◽  
Real Time Analysis ◽  
Department Of Health ◽  
The Government ◽  
Science Initiative

ABSTRACTObjectiveIndia reported its first COVID-19 case in the state of Kerala and an outbreak initiated subsequently. The Department of Health Services, Government of Kerala, initially released daily updates through daily textual bulletins for public awareness to control the spread of the disease. However, this unstructured data limits upstream applications, such as visualization, and analysis, thus demanding refinement to generate open and reusable datasets.Materials and MethodsThrough a citizen science initiative, we leveraged publicly available and crowd-verified data on COVID-19 outbreak in Kerala from the government bulletins and media outlets to generate reusable datasets. This was further visualized as a dashboard through a frontend web application and a JSON repository, which serves as an API for the frontend.ResultsFrom the sourced data, we provided real-time analysis, and daily updates of COVID-19 cases in Kerala, through a user-friendly bilingual dashboard (https://covid19kerala.info/) for non-specialists. To ensure longevity and reusability, the dataset was deposited in an open-access public repository for future analysis. Finally, we provide outbreak trends and demographic characteristics of the individuals affected with COVID-19 in Kerala during the first 138 days of the outbreak.DiscussionWe anticipate that our dataset can form the basis for future studies, supplemented with clinical and epidemiological data from the individuals affected with COVID-19 in Kerala.ConclusionWe reported a citizen science initiative on the COVID-19 outbreak in Kerala to collect and deposit data in a structured format, which was utilized for visualizing the outbreak trend and describing demographic characteristics of affected individuals.

scholarly journals Citizen science initiative points at childhood BCG vaccination as a risk factor for COVID-19

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jose de la Fuente ◽  
Octavio Armas ◽  
Luis Sanchez-Rodriguez ◽  
Christian Gortazar ◽  
Alexander Lukashev
Keyword(s):  
Innate Immunity ◽  
Risk Factor ◽  
Citizen Science ◽  
Conclusive Evidence ◽  
Inflammatory Reactions ◽  
Bcg Vaccination ◽  
Reasonable Explanation ◽  
Global Pandemic ◽  
First Time ◽  
Science Initiative

Current results do not provide conclusive evidence on the effect of BCG vaccination on COVID-19 alone or in combination with other factors. To address this limitation, in this study we used a citizen science initiative on the COVID-19 pandemic to collect data worldwide during October 2-30, 2020 (1,233 individuals) in a structured way for analyzing factors and characteristics of affected individuals in relation to BCG vaccination. For the first time, the results of our study suggested that vaccination with BCG may increase the risk for COVID-19 at certain age, particularly in individuals vaccinated at childhood. A reasonable explanation for this effect is the activation of certain innate immunity mechanisms associated with inflammatory reactions, which should be considered when analyzing the risks associated with this global pandemic. These factors should be considered when analyzing the risks associated with this global pandemic.

A striking sexually dimorphic new species of Castolus (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Reduviidae) from Colombia, with new records from Neotropical countries and taxonomic notes on the genus

Zootaxa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 5048 (4) ◽  
pp. 538-560
Author(s):  
DIMITRI FORERO ◽  
ANDRÉS MEJÍA-SOTO
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Costa Rica ◽  
Citizen Science ◽  
Type Species ◽  
New World ◽  
New Records ◽  
Sexually Dimorphic ◽  
Monotypic Genus ◽  
New Synonyms ◽  
Science Initiative

The New World genus Castolus Stål, 1858 (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Reduviidae) contains 16 described species. Based on material from northern Colombia we describe Castolus rafaeli sp. nov., and key all known species. The following new synonyms are proposed: Castolus nigriventris Breddin, 1904 = C. bicolor Maldonado, 1976, syn. nov.; and C. subinermis (Stål, 1862) = C. annulatus Maldonado & Brailovsky, 1992, syn. nov. = Mucrolicter alienus Elkins, 1962, syn. nov. Because M. alienus is the type species of the currently monotypic genus Mucrolicter Elkins, 1962, the proposed synonymy results in the following generic synonym: Castolus Stål, 1858 = Mucrolicter Elkins, 1962, syn. nov. New country records are provided for two species: Castolus plagiaticollis Stål, 1858 is recorded new for Colombia; and Castolus rufomarginatus Champion, 1899 for Costa Rica, Colombia, and Ecuador. Additional localities are provided for species from Colombia and other Neotropical countries based on both specimens from entomological collections and observations from the citizen science initiative iNaturalist.  

scholarly journals Bird conservation in Africa: the contributions of the Ibadan Bird Club

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adewale Gboyega Awoyemi ◽  
Deni Bown
Keyword(s):  
Citizen Science ◽  
Bird Species ◽  
Bird Conservation ◽  
Southwestern Nigeria ◽  
Local Capacity ◽  
Important Bird Area ◽  
Science Initiative

The Ibadan Bird Club has met 19 times at monthly intervals between February 2016 and August 2017, and 264 people (155 male and 109 female) have registered as members. During this period, the club has successfully built local capacity in bird conservation, and 111 bird species, distributed in 39 families, have been documented in an urban Important Bird Area, southwestern Nigeria. The findings of this citizen science initiative are essential for conservation purposes.

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