scholarly journals Airborne Electromagnetics to Improve Landslide Knowledge in Tropical Volcanic Environments

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (8) ◽  
pp. 3390
Author(s):  
Yannick Thiery ◽  
Pierre-Alexandre Reninger ◽  
Aude Nachbaur
Keyword(s):  
Rapid Development ◽  
Land Use Changes ◽  
Geological Model ◽  
Field Observations ◽  
Tropical Environments ◽  
Analysis Methodology ◽  
New Information ◽  
Triggering Conditions ◽  
Geophysical Investigations ◽  
Airborne Electromagnetics

Caribbean areas are particular volcanic territories in tropical environments. These territories juxtapose several landslide-prone areas with different predisposing factors (poorly consolidated volcanic materials, superimposition of healthy materials on highly weathered materials, high heterogeneity of thicknesses, etc.). In these environments, where rapid development of slopes and land use changes are noticeable, it is necessary to better characterize these unstable phenomena that cause damage to infrastructure and people. This characterization has to be carried out on the materials as well as on the initiation conditions of the phenomena and requires complementary investigations. This study, focusing on La Martinique, proposes a landslide analysis methodology that combines new information about landslide-prone materials acquired by an airborne electromagnetics survey with a physical-based model. Once the data are interpreted and compared with field observations and previous data, a geological model is produced and introduced into the physical model to test different instability scenarios. The results show that geophysical investigations (i) improve the knowledge of the internal structure of landslides and surficial formations, (ii) specify the spatial limits of the materials that are sensitive to landslides, and (iii) give a better understanding of landslide initiation conditions, particularly hydrogeological triggering conditions.

scholarly journals THE DESIGN OF TOPSIS4BIM DECISION SUPPORT FOR BUILDING INFORMATION MODELING SOFTWARE SELECTION

2015 ◽  
Vol 77 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ahmad Taufik Nursal ◽  
Mohd Faizal Omar ◽  
Mohd Nasrun Mohd Nawi
Keyword(s):  
Building Information Modeling ◽  
Rapid Development ◽  
Information Modeling ◽  
Software Selection ◽  
Information Communication ◽  
Construction Companies ◽  
New Information ◽  
Building Information ◽  
Modeling Software ◽  
High Investment

The emerging of new Information Communication Technology (ICT) technology namely Building Information Modeling been proven benefits toward construction industry. As a result, the list of BIM software available in the market is keep increasing in recent years. This has led to the selection problem among construction companies. Moreover, the selection BIM software also required high investment in term of software, hard ware and training expenses. These aforementioned issues have increased the complexities of decision process and the need of decision aid in BIM software selection. Thus, this paper has introduced a new approach in MCDMDSS web development by utilization of Web 2.0 application. The rapid development of Information technology has highly benefit to the development of web based DSS. The design and validation architecture of a web base DSS called topsis4BIM for Building Information Modeling (BIM) is presented. 

Freedom of expression and respect for private life in the context of the development of new information technologies: judicial practice of the ECHR and national courts

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 141-156
Author(s):  
Iliya Shablinsky
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Information Technologies ◽  
Freedom Of Expression ◽  
Rapid Development ◽  
Private Life ◽  
European Convention ◽  
Partial Control ◽  
National Courts ◽  
Judicial Practice ◽  
New Information

This article examines and summarises judicial practice in cases related to the use of new information technologies. The study primarily focuses upon the decisions of Russian courts (general jurisdiction and arbitration) and the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR). Employing ECHR practice, the author also refers to numerous decisions by courts in Hungary and the United Kingdom. Cases related to the use of new information technologies can be distinguished between, and this article examines the judicial practice of three categories of cases: 1) blocking of internet resources; 2) employers’ control over employees’ electronic correspondence; 3) journalists’ use of hyperlinks in author’s texts and their responsibility of such placements. Within each category of cases, the rights of citizens can be seriously violated. The article highlights that in an era of rapid development of new information technologies, states, represented by special services and authorised state bodies, are making unprecedented efforts to ensure that they maintain at least partial control over the activities of new actors (bloggers, Internet media, Internet platforms, etc.). Similarly, courts often compromise with authorities when resolving such issues. Notably, national Russian courts did not consider parties’ interests, nor did they assess the need to block all sites with a particular IP address. They did not even follow the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation’s decision to apply the requirements of the European Convention on Human Rights within the framework of the ECHR. The courts limited themselves to pointing out that Roskomnadzor acted within its power. Thus, the decisions of the national courts did not offer a mechanism for protecting rights. Within the norms regulating the new sphere of relations, there are often norms of a restrictive and prohibitive nature, and these norms are dominant in the Russian Federation. In this regard, there remains grounds for concern among lawyers involved in the protection of rights related to new information technologies.

scholarly journals The Construction and Thinking of Cloud Computing and Big Data Technology in Smart Campus

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 152
Author(s):  
Xianglan Wu
Keyword(s):  
Cloud Computing ◽  
Big Data ◽  
Data Storage ◽  
Information Technologies ◽  
Rapid Development ◽  
Smart Campus ◽  
Huge Data ◽  
New Information ◽  
Big Data Technology

<p>In today's society, the rise of the Internet and rapid development make every day produce a huge amount of data. Therefore, the traditional data processing mode and data storage can not be fully analyzed and mined these data. More and more new information technologies (such as cloud computing, virtualization and big data, etc.) have emerged and been applied, the network has turned from informationization to intelligence, and campus construction has ushered in the stage of smart campus construction.The construction of intelligent campus refers to big data and cloud computing technology, which improves the informatization service quality of colleges and universities by integrating, storing and mining huge data.</p>

scholarly journals Assessing the Scope and Feasibility of First-Year Students’ Research Paper Topics

2017 ◽  
Vol 77 (6) ◽  
Author(s):  
Erin Rinto ◽  
Melissa Bowles-Terry ◽  
Ariel J. Santos
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Information Literacy ◽  
Literacy Instruction ◽  
Textual Analysis ◽  
Research Paper ◽  
First Year ◽  
Research Topics ◽  
First Year Students ◽  
Analysis Methodology ◽  
New Information

This study applied a content analysis methodology in two ways to evaluate first-year students’ research topics: a rubric to examine proposed topics in terms of scope, development, and the “researchability” of the topic, as well as textual analysis, using ATLAS.ti, to provide an overview of the types of subjects students select for a persuasive research essay. Results indicated that students struggle with defining an appropriate and feasible focus for their topics and that they often select topics related to education, health, and the environment. These findings were used to implement a new information literacy instruction model that better supports student topic development.

scholarly journals The Integrated Management of Information about the Geodetic Point Fields—A Case of the Czech Republic

Geosciences ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (7) ◽  
pp. 307 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karel Janečka
Keyword(s):  
Cyber Security ◽  
Information Technologies ◽  
Spatial Information ◽  
Integrated Management ◽  
Rapid Development ◽  
Spatial Database ◽  
Web Technologies ◽  
Security Issues ◽  
New Information ◽  
Available Information

The geodetic point fields play a crucial role in measuring a terrain, in surveying, and mapping applications. Due to the rapid development in the domain of information technologies, it makes sense to consider using the database and web technologies to manage and disseminate the available information about the geodetic point fields. The paper presents the creation of a spatial database which integrates the information about the various kinds of established geodetic point fields (horizontal, vertical and gravitational) with the aim of enabling their effective management. Furthermore, based on the integrated spatial database, the prototype of the new information system of geodetic point fields has been developed. The functionality of the prototype also considers the requirements coming from the international efforts, i.e., the Infrastructure for Spatial Information in Europe (INSPIRE) directive. The prototype, based on Java Enterprise Edition (EE) technology, implements the features reflecting the cyber-security issues and ensures the modularity and scalability of the system, which is important for further development of the system and dissemination and accessibility of the information about the geodetic point fields via modern web technologies.

scholarly journals Reconciling the disagreement between observed and simulated temperature responses to deforestation

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Liang Chen ◽  
Paul A. Dirmeyer
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Radiation Effects ◽  
Climate Models ◽  
Climate Model ◽  
Land Use Changes ◽  
Cmip5 Models ◽  
Analysis Methodology ◽  
Atmospheric Feedbacks ◽  
Changes Over Time ◽  
Temperature Responses

AbstractLand use changes have great potential to influence temperature extremes. However, contradictory summer daytime temperature responses to deforestation are reported between observations and climate models. Here we present a pertinent comparison between multiple satellite-based datasets and climate model deforestation experiments. Observationally-based methods rely on a space-for-time assumption, which compares neighboring locations with contrasting land covers as a proxy for land use changes over time without considering possible atmospheric feedbacks. Offline land simulations or subgrid-level analyses agree with observed warming effects only when the space-for-time assumption is replicated. However, deforestation-related cloud and radiation effects manifest in coupled climate simulations and observations at larger scales, which show that a reduction of hot extremes with deforestation – as simulated in a number of CMIP5 models – is possible. Our study provides a design and analysis methodology for land use change studies and highlights the importance of including land-atmosphere coupling, which can alter deforestation-induced temperature changes.

THE EARLY AND MIDDLE BRONZE AGE SETTLEMENT AT KOIMISIS, THERASIA: PERIODS OF HABITATION AND ARCHITECTURE

2020 ◽  
Vol 115 ◽  
pp. 105-132
Author(s):  
Kostas Sbonias ◽  
Iris Tzachili ◽  
Maya Efstathiou ◽  
Clairy Palyvou ◽  
Costas Athanasiou ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Bronze Age ◽  
Volcanic Eruptions ◽  
Geological Structure ◽  
Archaeological Investigation ◽  
New Information ◽  
Surface Survey ◽  
History Of ◽  
Geophysical Investigations ◽  
Middle Bronze Age ◽  
Early Phases

The study of the history of the first excavations on prehistoric Therasia in the nineteenth century, which were carried out in the context of contemporary scientific interest in the volcanic eruptions of Santorini, has led to the systematic archaeological investigation of the island from 2007 onwards. The intensive archaeological surface survey, the geological survey of the geological structure and palaeotopography of Therasia, and geophysical investigations, undertaken in conjunction with the ongoing excavation of the prehistoric settlement at the site of Panaghia Koimisis at the southern end of modern Therasia, have created the conditions for a more comprehensive approach to the archaeological landscape of the island. Based on the results from the excavation trenches in the south and south-east terraces of the Koimisis hill, which have been excavated down to the virgin soil, we present findings on the organisation, architecture and habitation phases of the Koimisis settlement. The site emerges as an important settlement located on the imposing hilltop rising on the west side of the pre-eruption Santorini caldera in the Early Bronze Age, with a long period of habitation to the end of the Middle Cycladic period, when it was definitively abandoned. The excavation of the settlement provides new information on its architecture and spatial organisation during the Early and Middle Bronze Age, completing the picture from Akrotiri, whose early phases are preserved in a piecemeal fashion under the buildings of the Late Cycladic town.

Recent ecological trajectory of lake Taihu and land-use history reconstructed from lake sediment DNA

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Charline Giguet-Covex ◽  
Qi Lin ◽  
Ludovic Gielly ◽  
Fabien Arnaud ◽  
Ke Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Trophic State ◽  
Lake Taihu ◽  
Rapid Development ◽  
Urban Expansion ◽  
Land Use Changes ◽  
Lake Ecosystems ◽  
Agriculture Industry ◽  
Yangtze Floodplain

&lt;p&gt;More than 80% of shallow lake ecosystems in the Yangtze floodplain suffer significant disturbances from the 50&amp;#8217;s, especially eutrophication. These environmental degradations and subsequent loss of services are related with the important and rapid development of the agriculture, industry, urban areas and the population boom in the region. Lake Taihu is one of the largest lakes of the floodplain and represents an important water resource (for drinking and fishing) for the population of the two big cities on the lake shore. This lake experimented two shifts toward the degradation of the trophic state: one in the 50-60&amp;#8217;s and a second in 80&amp;#8217;s.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;In order to document the causes of these ecological shifts, we applied the DNA metabarcoding approach on lake sediments and focused on plants as proxy of land use. Whereas this proxy has been successfully applied in many lakes over the world, it has never been tested in large shallow lakes and not in China either.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;We show important changes in land use in 50&amp;#8217;s and 80&amp;#8217;s related with agricultural developments (i.e. intensification) and urban expansion, respectively.&amp;#160;In fact, in the 50&amp;#8217;s crop plants are increasing (rapeseed and/or cabbage, rice and/or wheat, barley and &lt;em&gt;Poaceae&lt;/em&gt;)&amp;#160;whereas in 80&amp;#8217;s, we record the development of several plants associated to gardens (e.g. ornamental species). Moreover, this last period is characterised by the presence of trees mostly cultivated along stream banks to protect dikes against erosion. Between the 80&amp;#8217;s and the years 2000, the plant diversity recorded in the sediment strongly increase, which may be due to higher detrital inputs (i.e. more efficient DNA transfer). The&amp;#160;timing in land-use changes corresponds&amp;#160;to the main shifts in lake trophic state.&lt;/p&gt;

Detecting the Development of Land Use Patterns for Building in Urban Areas by Using High Resolution Image

2013 ◽  
Vol 15 (3) ◽  
pp. 160
Author(s):  
A Amar
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
High Resolution ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Rapid Development ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Survey Method ◽  
Field Observations ◽  
Land Use Patterns ◽  
Spatial Image ◽  
Use Patterns

This study aimed at obtaining factual information and overview to the development of land use patterns for buildings in urban areas by interval time period, both spatially and aspatially, by utilizing high-resolution satellite photo image (high resolution spatial image) combined with field observations. This research used survey method approach. The data of this study consisted of primary and secondary data classified into spatial and aspatial data in the form of time series obtained through documents recording techniques, field observations, previous mapping sources, as well as depth interviews. The analysis technique used Image Processing Analysis through programs and software Arc View. The result of research showed that there was a quite rapid development of land use patterns for building in Palu within the last 50 years (≤ 1970 till 2010) It had building addition in 65,173 units (82.28%), from 14,032 units in ≤1970 to 79,205 units in 2010, and the addition of extensive use of land for building was 4723.52 ha (89.06%), from 516.98 ha in ≤ 1970 to 4723.52 ha in 2010. The development level of land use patterns for building was getting along with the size of distribution and population growth in Palu.

The Building of Education Information System Based on Semantic Service

2010 ◽  
Vol 439-440 ◽  
pp. 1087-1092
Author(s):  
Hong Zhou
Keyword(s):  
Information System ◽  
Distance Education ◽  
Continuing Education ◽  
Information Management ◽  
Rapid Development ◽  
New Information ◽  
Semantic Service ◽  
Education In China ◽  
Information Scattering ◽  
Information Frame

With the rapid development of distance continuing education in China, there is a need to integrate the education information systems in different regions to offer a unified information management to eliminate the problems of the information scattering, information isolation, and information isolated islands for distance education. A new information frame based on SOA technology in software engineering was proposed to fulfill the requirement of contemporary distance education.

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