scholarly journals Terraced Landscapes and Hydrological-Geological Hazards: Innovative Approaches and Future Perspectives

Water ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (13) ◽  
pp. 1728
Author(s):  
Federico Preti ◽  
Alessandro Errico ◽  
Giulio Castelli

In the last few years, terraced landscapes have been receiving renovated interest all over the world (e [...]

Author(s):  
Deborah McGregor

This article aims to introduce a distinct conception of Indigenous environmental justice (IEJ) based on Indigenous legal orders, knowledge systems, and conceptions of justice. This is not to suggest in any way that the existing environmental justice (EJ) scholarship is flawed; in fact, the scholarship and activism around EJ have been central in diagnosing and drawing attention to injustices that occur on a systematic basis everywhere in the world. This article argues instead that such discussions can be expanded by acknowledging that concepts of environmental justice, including distinct legal orders informed by Indigenous knowledge systems, already existed on Turtle Island for thousands of years prior to the arrival of Europeans. It also suggests that environmental justice framed within Indigenous worldviews, ontologies, and epistemologies may make significant contributions to broader EJ scholarship, particularly in relation to extending justice to other beings and entities in Creation. This approach acknowledges ongoing colonialism and emphasizes the need to decolonize in order to advance innovative approaches to IEJ. 


2019 ◽  
Vol 65 (5) ◽  
pp. 664-671
Author(s):  
Ilya Pyatnitskiy ◽  
O. Puchkova ◽  
Viktor Gombolevskiy ◽  
Lyudmila Nizovtsova ◽  
Natalya Vetsheva ◽  
...  

The article presents a literature review of the PubMed database and the Cochrane library, aimed at analyzing the current situation and problems in the field of breast cancer screening in the world and Russia to form an idea of the key elements in organizing an effective screening program in the Russian healthcare system, as well as the possibilities of using new technologies when organizing such programs.


2014 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 95-98
Author(s):  
V. Kyryk

Overview of the World Congress on cord blood and innovative approaches to the treatment of sickle-cell anemia in Monaco on 24-27th october 2013


2012 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Paolo A Ascierto ◽  
Antonio M Grimaldi ◽  
Brendan Curti ◽  
Mark B Faries ◽  
Soldano Ferrone ◽  
...  

ESC CardioMed ◽  
2018 ◽  
pp. 3110-3111
Author(s):  
Thomas Münzel ◽  
Sanjay Rajagopalan ◽  
Mette Sørenson ◽  
Dave Newby ◽  
Robert D. Brook

Efforts to mitigate air pollution and noise are a complex endeavour as they involve addressing their sources, which vary depending on the country and region of the world and complex economic and geopolitical considerations. Measures such as mandatory or voluntary greenhouse emissions or fuel efficiency standards, shifting to lower-carbon fuels, legislating the use of motorized vehicles/kilometres driven, introduction of electric mass transit, congestion pricing/taxes, vehicle and fuel taxes, and advanced vehicle technologies (e.g. battery electric cars, hybrids, plug-in hybrids, and fuel cell cars) may help simultaneously alleviate air and noise pollution and climate change goals.


RMD Open ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. e001063 ◽  
Author(s):  
Berend Stoel

After decades of basic research with many setbacks, artificial intelligence (AI) has recently obtained significant breakthroughs, enabling computer programs to outperform human interpretation of medical images in very specific areas. After this shock wave that probably exceeds the impact of the first AI victory of defeating the world chess champion in 1997, some reflection may be appropriate on the consequences for clinical imaging in rheumatology. In this narrative review, a short explanation is given about the various AI techniques, including ‘deep learning’, and how these have been applied to rheumatological imaging, focussing on rheumatoid arthritis and systemic sclerosis as examples. By discussing the principle limitations of AI and deep learning, this review aims to give insight into possible future perspectives of AI applications in rheumatology.


2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhe Gao

<p>The Geo-Hazards Triggered of Serial Reclamation Land of Extreme Precipitation in Typical Regions of the Loess Plateau<br>Gao Zhe<sup>1</sup>,Zhang Genguang <sup>1*</sup>,Gao Jian'en<sup>1,2,3</sup>,Li Xingyao<sup>1</sup>,Han Jianqiao<sup>2,3</sup>,Kang Youcai<sup>3</sup>,Guo Zihao<sup>3</sup>,Long Shaobo<sup>2</sup>,Dou Shaohui<sup>2</sup>,Zhang Yuanyuan<sup>3</sup><br>1. College of Water Resources and Architectural Engineering, Northwest A&F University, 712100, Yangling, Shaanxi, China;<br>2. Institute of Soil and Water Conservation, Northwest A&F University, 712100, Yangling, Shaanxi, China;<br>3. Institute of Soil and Water Conservation, Chinese Academy of Sciences and Ministry of Water Resources, 712100, Yangling, Shaanxi, China;</p><p>The “Gully Land Consolidation Project”(GLCP) was widely carried out all over the world, such as Spain, the United States and China. It was a new attempt to solve the shortage of regional land resources. Aiming at the problem that the influence of extreme rainstorms on the “Gully Land Consolidation Project”(GLCP) on the Loess Plateau.By using the method of actual measurement and analysis of categorical data, the erosion disaster in July 26 2017 was investigated in Niu Xue Gully of Wuding River Watershed in Zizhou County of the Central part of the Loess Plateau. The results showed : </p><p>(1) The Niu Xue Gully Small Watershed in Zizhou County (109°55'25"E, 37°39'46"N), which was located in the central part of the Loess Plateau and belonged to the northern Shaanxi Loess Hilly-Gully region. The Niu Xuegou catchment covered an area of 0.48 km<sup>2</sup> and the average altitude of the region in about 1000-1200 meters, land consolidation in the basin about 38 mu(25333.3m<sup>2</sup>)since 2014.</p><p>(2) This storm was characterized by "long duration and large precipitation", the accumulated rainfall was 147.9 mm, the average rainfall intensity was 13.45 mm/h, the maximum rainfall intensity was close to 5 mm/min, the maximum flood peak discharge was 44.64 m<sup>3</sup>/s, the flood duration was about 11 hours, and the flood recurrence period was more than once in a hundred years.</p><p>(3) The storm caused nearly a thousand geological hazards at the channel of the basin. The main types of disasters were as follows, gravity erosion types, such as landslides, landslides, and mudflows, account for 14.85% of the conventional geological hazards; secondary disasters of water erosion types, such as trench erosion and dam erosion, occurring at different locations on the slope, accounted for 51.05% and composite new-derived land destruction and dam break disasters account for nearly 10% .</p><p>(4) The damage of cascade land preparation was closely related to the average flood discharge, embankment height and ecological vegetation cover in the watershed.<br>The investigation provided technical support for the consolidation of the Chinese implementation of the "Cropland to Forest (Grass)" results on the Loess Plateau, and also provided theoretical support for the safe implementation of the “Gully Land Consolidation Project”(GLCP) around the world.<br><br></p><p>Keywords: The loess plateau; Extreme rainstorm;The “Gully Land Consolidation Project”(GLCP)</p><p>Funding:(National Key R&D Program of China: 2017YFC0504703);(National Natural Science Foundation of China,41877078,41371276,51879227);(Research and Development and Integrated demonstration of key Technologies in soil and Water Conservation Engineering,A315021615)</p><p><strong>        </strong></p>


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