scholarly journals The Usage of New Multispectral Satellites in Agro-Environmental Protection

2005 ◽  
pp. 282-289
Author(s):  
Péter Takács ◽  
János Tamás
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Protection ◽  
Agricultural Production ◽  
Environmental Parameters ◽  
Remotely Sensed Data ◽  
Important Data ◽  
Data Source ◽  
Complex Phenomena ◽  
Excellent Source ◽  
Source Of Information ◽  
Meteorological Satellite

GIS, and especially remote sensing, offers great help in performing agro-environmental protection tasks. It can process a large amount of data to an arranged set of databases, and is also an excellent source of information. Moreover its keeps the geographical coordinates of all data during processing. The usage of remotely-sensed data is one of the most up-to-date and effective ways to observe, analyze and understand the complex phenomena taking place in all the spheres of agricultural production (soil, water, air), and also to track and monitor the changes of different environmental parameters, as they constantly change in time and space. Several indices will be described, which can be derived from remote sensed data. Next, a relatively new hyperspectral satellite sensor (MODIS) will be introduced, as it can be a input data source in research performed in agri-environmental protection. Last, a new meteorological satellite (MSG-1) will be introduced, as its data are available for public usage, and it could be an important data source.

George Wilbur: Otto Rank and Hanns Sachs

2006 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 43-63 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul Roazen
Keyword(s):  
Cape Cod ◽  
Excellent Source ◽  
Source Of Information ◽  
Otto Rank

George Wilbur, a pioneering Cape Cod psychoanalytic psychiatrist, was a longstanding editor of the journal American Imago, and an excellent source of information about the Viennese analysts Otto Rank and Hanns Sachs. Wilbur was also knowledgeable about the early reception of psychoanalysis in the Boston community.

scholarly journals P89 Patient reported comorbidity is not a reliable data source: a systematic review of the literature

BJS Open ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (Supplement_1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Chung Mun Alice Lin ◽  
Alexander Orman ◽  
Nicholas D Clement ◽  
David J Deehan ◽  
Chung M A Lin
Keyword(s):  
Medical Record ◽  
Meta Analysis ◽  
Analysis Data ◽  
Fundamental Factor ◽  
Resource Limitations ◽  
Patient Reported ◽  
Data Source ◽  
Reported Data ◽  
Operative Assessment ◽  
Source Of Information

Abstract Introduction There is currently an increased demand for elective orthopaedic surgery. However, due to the ever-growing financial, time and resource limitations, there is a pressing need to identify those who would benefit most from surgery but with the lowest risk of complications. Comorbidities are a fundamental factor in this decision and the traditional way to ascertain this is through medical record data abstraction during pre-operative assessment. However, this can be time consuming and expensive. We therefore set out to establish whether patient reported comorbidities are reliable as a principal source of information. Method Searches were performed on PubMed and Medline, and citations independently screened. Included studies were published between 2010 to 2020 assessing the reliability of at least one patient reported comorbidity against their medical record or clinical assessment as gold standard. Cohen’s kappa coefficient values were grouped into systems and a meta-analysis performed comparing the reliability between studies. Results Meta-analysis data showed poor-to-moderate reliability for diseases in cardiovascular, musculoskeletal, neurological and respiratory systems as well as for malignancy and depression. Endocrine diseases showed good-to-excellent reliability. Factors found to affect the concordance included sex, age, ethnicity, education, living alone, marital status, number or severity of comorbidities, mental health and disability. Conclusion Our study showed poor-to-moderate reliability for all systems except endocrine, consisting of thyroid disease and diabetes mellitus, which demonstrated good-to-excellent reliability. Although patient reported data is useful and can facilitate a complete pre-operative overview of the patient, it is not reliable enough to be used as a standalone measure.

Campanian-Maastrichtian ammonite and planktonic foraminiferal biostratigraphy from Tercis, France: Implications for defining the stage boundary

1997 ◽  
Vol 71 (3) ◽  
pp. 407-418 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter Ward ◽  
William Orr
Keyword(s):  
Planktonic Foraminifera ◽  
New Information ◽  
Biogeographic Provinces ◽  
Lower Maastrichtian ◽  
Stratotype Section ◽  
Stratigraphic Ranges ◽  
Excellent Source ◽  
Source Of Information ◽  
Reference Section ◽  
Upper Campanian

The Campanian-Maastrichtian-aged Grande Carriere quarry near Tercis, southwest France, contains a diverse and abundant assemblage of both micro-and macrofossils from a thick sequence of well-exposed limestones. Its fauna is also a mixture of both Boreal and Tethyan Province species. Because of these two traits, the quarry provides an excellent source of information about integrated biostratigraphic events among diverse taxa, as well as providing a reference section for correlation between the two biogeographic provinces. The quarry has recently been proposed as a candidate for the Campanian/Maastrichtian boundary stratotype section, while one ammonite found there, Pachydiscus neubergicus, has been proposed as the index fossil marking the base of the Maastrichtian Stage. We have made collections of Upper Cretaceous ammonites and planktonic foraminifera from limestones exposed in, and near this site, which yield new information about the relative stratigraphic ranges of Upper Campanian and Lower Maastrichtian ammonites and foraminifera.

Work-Release—the Sheriff's Viewpoint

1967 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 513-520 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stanley E. Grupp
Keyword(s):  
Work Release ◽  
Excellent Source ◽  
Source Of Information

The sheriff typically occupies a key position in county- administered work-release programs. Therefore, his views on work release are important, and he is an excellent source of information.

scholarly journals Food consumption of women during holidays: fit, healthy, or relaxed?

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (1, 2 e 3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Caner Çalişkan ◽  
Çiğdem Sabbağ ◽  
Bekir Bora Dedeoğlu
Keyword(s):  
Food Consumption ◽  
Planning Process ◽  
Social Roles ◽  
Important Data ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Data Source ◽  
Role Of Women ◽  
The Impact

During holidays, what, why, and how do women consume? Women’s attitudes and thoughts about food consumption should be researched in terms of their social roles. However, the important role of women in holiday planning process makes women's food consumption preferences and also behaviours an important data source especially for tourism managers. This study focused on the impact of holidays on women’s food consumption. For this purpose, face-to-face interviews were carried out with 15 women participants, who spent two holiday periods during the previous year – summer and winter – in Adıyaman, Turkey. According to the results of the survey, women’s food consumption preferences and behaviours change during the summer and winter holiday periods.

The Correspondence with Arnauld

2020 ◽  
pp. 80-100
Author(s):  
Julia Jorati
Keyword(s):  
Short Summary ◽  
Middle Period ◽  
Antoine Arnauld ◽  
Excellent Source ◽  
Source Of Information ◽  
Final Letter

Leibniz’s correspondence with Antoine Arnauld took place in his so-called “middle period”: it began in February 1686 and ended in March 1690, when Leibniz wrote his final letter to Arnauld. The exchange was initiated by Leibniz, who sent Arnauld a short summary of his most recent philosophical composition, the “Discourse on Metaphysics”, and asked Arnauld for his opinion. The ensuing correspondence is an excellent source of information about Leibniz’s views in the middle period: it contains a thorough, clear, and surprisingly systematic presentation of many of his most important philosophical doctrines. This chapter focuses on what we can learn from these letters about Leibniz’s theory of complete concepts, his account of body and substance, his doctrines about causation, and finally his theory that minds have a special status in God’s plan.

scholarly journals Assessing the Ability of Luojia 1-01 Imagery to Detect Feeble Nighttime Lights

Sensors ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 19 (17) ◽  
pp. 3708 ◽  
Author(s):  
Li ◽  
Liu ◽  
Chen ◽  
Sun
Keyword(s):  
Infrared Imaging ◽  
Detection Accuracy ◽  
Application Research ◽  
Threshold Method ◽  
Minimum Area ◽  
Nighttime Lights ◽  
Nighttime Light ◽  
Data Source ◽  
Meteorological Satellite ◽  
Cutoff Threshold

The Luojia1-01 (LJ1-01) satellite launched on June 2, 2018 provides a new option for nighttime light (NTL) application research. In this paper, four types of human settlements, such as cities, counties, towns and villages, are sampled to evaluate the potential of LJ1-01 to detect feeble NTL by comparing with the NTL images from the Defense Meteorological Satellite Program’s Operational Linescan System (DMSP/OLS) and the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) on the Suomi National Polar-Orbiting Partnership Satellite. First, the landscape indices and cutoff threshold method are applied to enhance signal-noise ratio (SNR). Then, the detection accuracy of samples is evaluated to determine the optimal cutoff threshold for each NTL data source. After that, the spatial correspondence of different NTL images and the area consistency between the samples and NTL footprints are compared. Finally, after the discussion of feeble NTL detection and the influence of clouds, moonlight and image composites, it can be concluded that LJ1-01 is more suitable for detection feeble NTL objects, while great importance should be attached to the measures to eliminate the noise in LJ1-01 image and make LJ1-01 more widely used: (1) In the study area, a suitable cutoff threshold of LJ1-01 image can be set to 0.1 nano-Wcm−2sr−1, which is lower than that of VIIRS image (0.3 nano-Wcm−2sr−1), and this enables LJ1-01 to reserve more information of NTL, especially the feeble NTL. Moreover, the minimum area that can be identified by NTL footprints from LJ1-01 is 0.02 km2, while that of VIIRS and DMSP are 0.3 km2 and 4.5 km2, respectively. (2) The cutoff threshold method can identify the range of NTL with more noise, but cannot eliminate the noise separately. The filtering method and the image composition method may play more important role in the applications of LJ1-01 data.

scholarly journals Prediction of hookworm prevalence in southern India using environmental parameters derived from Landsat 8 remotely sensed data

2020 ◽  
Vol 50 (1) ◽  
pp. 47-54
Author(s):  
Alexandra V. Kulinkina ◽  
Rajiv Sarkar ◽  
Venkata R. Mohan ◽  
Yvonne Walz ◽  
Saravanakumar P. Kaliappan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Parameters ◽  
Remotely Sensed ◽  
Southern India ◽  
Landsat 8 ◽  
Remotely Sensed Data

scholarly journals The effects of recent austerity on environmental protection decisions

2019 ◽  
Vol 30 (5) ◽  
pp. 1218-1234 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vincent Onyango ◽  
Paola Gazzola ◽  
Geoffrey Wood
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Environmental Protection ◽  
Statistical Tests ◽  
Environmental Parameters ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Study Approach ◽  
Environmental Decisions ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Austerity Policy

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to establish the evidence for, the why and how recent austerity policy atmosphere associated with the UK government affected environmental protection decisions within planning in Scotland. Design/methodology/approach A qualitative analysis based on perspectives gathered via questionnaire survey targeted at stakeholders involved in planning in Scotland was undertaken. The questionnaire responses were analysed thematically, supplemented by using statistical tests of significance and variance to show how responses differed across participants. Findings The evidence showed that austerity policy atmosphere resulted in a pervasive neoliberal imperative of resuscitating the economy; whilst producing subtle and adverse effects on environmental decisions. This was best understood within a neo-Gramscian perspective of hegemony, borrowed from the field of political economy of states. Research limitations/implications The gathered views were constrained within unknown biases that the participants may have had; and because the case study approach was not equipped to generalise the results beyond the study, more research testing cause-effect between the austerity and selected environmental parameters is needed, from various contexts. Practical implications Decision-making frameworks should explicitly acknowledge the unique pressures during austerity periods; and contemplate resilient decision-making frameworks that can withstand the hegemonic tendencies which prioritise economic goals above environmental ones. Originality/value Whilst the area of austerity’s impacts on the environment remains poorly evidenced, empirically, this seminal paper uses robust analysis to establish how the austerity policy atmosphere affects environmental decisions. This is insight into what may be happening in other similar situations outside Scotland, raising concern as to whether and how we should approach the challenge of hegemonic ideas.

scholarly journals A Guideline for Effectively Synthesizing and Characterizing Magnetic Nanoparticles for Advancing Nanobiotechnology: A Review

Sensors ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (9) ◽  
pp. 2554 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohammad Reza Zamani Kouhpanji ◽  
Bethanie J. H. Stadler
Keyword(s):  
Magnetic Nanoparticles ◽  
Biomedical Applications ◽  
State Of The Art ◽  
Future Directions ◽  
Current State ◽  
Pros And Cons ◽  
Synthesis Routes ◽  
Size And Morphology ◽  
Excellent Source ◽  
Source Of Information

The remarkable multimodal functionalities of magnetic nanoparticles, conferred by their size and morphology, are very important in resolving challenges slowing the progression of nanobiotechnology. The rapid and revolutionary expansion of magnetic nanoparticles in nanobiotechnology, especially in nanomedicine and therapeutics, demands an overview of the current state of the art for synthesizing and characterizing magnetic nanoparticles. In this review, we explain the synthesis routes for tailoring the size, morphology, composition, and magnetic properties of the magnetic nanoparticles. The pros and cons of the most popularly used characterization techniques for determining the aforementioned parameters, with particular focus on nanomedicine and biosensing applications, are discussed. Moreover, we provide numerous biomedical applications and highlight their challenges and requirements that must be met using the magnetic nanoparticles to achieve the most effective outcomes. Finally, we conclude this review by providing an insight towards resolving the persisting challenges and the future directions. This review should be an excellent source of information for beginners in this field who are looking for a groundbreaking start but they have been overwhelmed by the volume of literature.

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