scholarly journals Spatiotemporal Distribution of Zika Virus and Its Spatially Heterogeneous Relationship with the Environment

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 290
Author(s):  
Jie Li ◽  
Kun Jia ◽  
Yanxu Liu ◽  
Bo Yuan ◽  
Mu Xia ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Factors ◽  
Human Health ◽  
Zika Virus ◽  
Landscape Fragmentation ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Continental Scale ◽  
Natural Factors ◽  
Qualitative Understanding ◽  
Gwr Model ◽  
And Diffusion

Infectious diseases have caused some of the most feared plagues and greatly harmed human health. However, despite the qualitative understanding that the occurrence and diffusion of infectious disease is related to the environment, the quantitative relations are unknown for many diseases. Zika virus (ZIKV) is a mosquito-borne virus that poses a fatal threat and has spread explosively throughout the world, impacting human health. From a geographical perspective, this study aims to understand the global hotspots of ZIKV as well as the spatially heterogeneous relationship between ZIKV and environmental factors using exploratory special data analysis (ESDA) model. A geographically weighted regression (GWR) model was used to analyze the influence of the dominant environmental factors on the spread of ZIKV at the continental scale. The results indicated that ZIKV transmission had obvious regional and seasonal heterogeneity. Population density, GDP per capita, and landscape fragmentation were the dominant environmental factors affecting the spread of ZIKV, which indicates that social factors had a greater influence than natural factors on the spread of it. As SARS-CoV-2 is spreading globally, this study can provide methodological reference for fighting against the pandemic.

scholarly journals 674 Horticultural Aspects of Phytochemicals in Small Fruits: Introduction to the Workshop

HortScience ◽  
2000 ◽  
Vol 35 (3) ◽  
pp. 515A-515
Author(s):  
Fumiomi Takeda
Keyword(s):  
Food Safety ◽  
Environmental Factors ◽  
Shelf Life ◽  
Human Health ◽  
Value Added ◽  
Consumer Perception ◽  
Detection Methods ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Safety Issues ◽  
Small Fruit

Small fruits, such as strawberries and blueberries, are rich in phytonutrients and regarded to have high human health-functional bioactivities. In this workshop, 1) the horticultural and environmental factors affecting antioxidant levels in small fruit, 2) fruit volatiles as related to postharvest shelf life and quality, 3) changes in non-volatile fruit constituents, and 4) olfactometric analyses and consumer perception of these value-added fruit constituents will be discussed. In addition, novel detection methods for fruit- and microbial-derived aromas to address the food safety issues will be discussed.

Environmental factors affecting reproducibility of bioremediation field assays in Antarctica

2020 ◽  
Vol 169 ◽  
pp. 102915 ◽  
Author(s):  
L.M. Martínez Álvarez ◽  
L.A.M. Ruberto ◽  
J.M. Gurevich ◽  
W.P. Mac Cormack
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Factors ◽  
Factors Affecting

scholarly journals Regional environmental controllers influence continental scale soil carbon stocks and future carbon dynamics

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel Ruiz Potma Gonçalves ◽  
Umakant Mishra ◽  
Skye Wills ◽  
Sagar Gautam
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Factors ◽  
Land Cover ◽  
Environmental Conditions ◽  
Climate Feedback ◽  
Soil Types ◽  
Climatic Data ◽  
Earth System ◽  
Land Cover Types ◽  
Continental Scale ◽  
Soc Stocks

AbstractUnderstanding the influence of environmental factors on soil organic carbon (SOC) is critical for quantifying and reducing the uncertainty in carbon climate feedback projections under changing environmental conditions. We explored the effect of climatic variables, land cover types, topographic attributes, soil types and bedrock geology on SOC stocks of top 1 m depth across conterminous United States (US) ecoregions. Using 4559 soil profile observations and high-resolution data of environmental factors, we identified dominant environmental controllers of SOC stocks in 21 US ecoregions using geographically weighted regression. We used projected climatic data of SSP126 and SSP585 scenarios from GFDL-ESM 4 Earth System Model of Coupled Model Intercomparison Project phase 6 to predict SOC stock changes across continental US between 2030 and 2100. Both baseline and predicted changes in SOC stocks were compared with SOC stocks represented in GFDL-ESM4 projections. Among 56 environmental predictors, we found 12 as dominant controllers across all ecoregions. The adjusted geospatial model with the 12 environmental controllers showed an R2 of 0.48 in testing dataset. Higher precipitation and lower temperatures were associated with higher levels of SOC stocks in majority of ecoregions. Changes in land cover types (vegetation properties) was important in drier ecosystem as North American deserts, whereas soil types and topography were more important in American prairies. Wetlands of the Everglades was highly sensitive to projected temperature changes. The SOC stocks did not change under SSP126 until 2100, however SOC stocks decreased up to 21% under SSP585. Our results, based on environmental controllers of SOC stocks, help to predict impacts of changing environmental conditions on SOC stocks more reliably and may reduce uncertainties found in both, geospatial and Earth System Models. In addition, the description of different environmental controllers for US ecoregions can help to describe the scope and importance of global and local models.

scholarly journals Host and Environmental Factors Affecting the Intestinal Microbiota in Chickens

2018 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jannigje G. Kers ◽  
Francisca C. Velkers ◽  
Egil A. J. Fischer ◽  
Gerben D. A. Hermes ◽  
J. A. Stegeman ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Factors ◽  
Intestinal Microbiota ◽  
Factors Affecting
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