scholarly journals Living borders as an alternative for the development of the northern zone in the province of Esmeraldas, Ecuador

2022 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Northern Zone

scholarly journals Are children’s stools in Ghana disposed of safely? Evidence from the 2014 Ghana demographic and health survey

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Abdul-Aziz Seidu
Keyword(s):  
Drinking Water ◽  
Health Survey ◽  
Water Source ◽  
Demographic And Health Survey ◽  
Outcome Variable ◽  
Drinking Water Source ◽  
Safe Disposal ◽  
Toilet Facility ◽  
Improved Sanitation ◽  
Northern Zone

Abstract Background Safe disposal of children’s faeces has always been one of the main challenges to good hygiene in Ghana. Although it has been proven that children’s faeces are more likely to spread diseases than adults’ faeces, people usually mistake them for harmlessness. This study, therefore, sought to determine the prevalence and factors associated with safe disposal of children’s faeces in Ghana. Methods Data from the 2014 Ghana Demographic and Health Survey was used for the analysis. A sample size of 2228 mother-child pairs were used for the study. The outcome variable was disposal of children stools. Both bivariate and multivariable logistic regression analyses were performed to identify the factors with safe child stool disposal. Results The prevalence of safe child stool disposal in Ghana was 24.5%. Women in the middle [Adjusted odds ratio (AOR) = 4.62; Confidence Interval (CI) = 3.00–7.10], Coastal Zone [AOR = 4.52; CI = 2.82–7.22], mothers whose children were aged 12–17 [AOR = 1.56; CI = 1.15–2.13] and 18–23 months [AOR = 1.75; CI = 1.29–2.39], and mothers whose household had improved type of toilet facility [AOR = 2.04; CI = 1.53–2.73] had higher odds of practicing safe children’s faeces disposal. However, women from households with access to improved source of drinking water [AOR = 0.62; CI = 0.45–2.7] had lower odds of practicing safe children’s faeces disposal. Conclusion Approximately only about 25 out of 100 women practice safe disposal of their children’s faeces in Ghana. The age of the child, ecological zone, the type of toilet facilities, and the type of drinking water source are associated with the disposal of child faeces. These findings have proven that only improved sanitation (i.e. drinking water and toilet facilities) are not enough for women to safely dispose of their children’s faeces. Therefore, in addition to provision of toilet facilities especially in the northern zone of Ghana, there is also the need to motivate and educate mothers on safe disposal of children’s stools especially those with children below 12 months. More so, mothers without access to improved toilet facility should also be educated on the appropriate ways to bury their children’s stools safely.

scholarly journals Analisis Ketersediaan Sarana dan Prasarana Terhadap Motivasi Belajar Siswa SD pada Zona Utara Kabupaten Mojokerto

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 55
Author(s):  
Desi Eka Pratiwi
Keyword(s):  
Elementary School ◽  
Random Sampling ◽  
Quantitative Data ◽  
Qualitative Data ◽  
Learning Motivation ◽  
Main Determinant ◽  
Northern Zone ◽  
High Motivation ◽  
Research Objects ◽  
Determinant Factor

Abstrak: Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mendeskripsikan ketersediaan sarana dan prasarana terhadap motivasi belajar siswa SD berdasarkan letak fisiografis  pada zona utara Kabupaten Mojokerto. Pengumpulan Data dalam penelitian ini menggunakan angket berskala, lembar observasi dan lembar wawancara yang diolah secara kuantitatif dan kualitatif. Objek penelitian adalah 10 SD/MI yang dipilih secara random sampling tersebar di kabupaten mojokerto. Berdasarkan hasil analisis pada 10 sekolah, diperoleh data sebagai berikut (1) SDN Windurejo II sarana prasarana baik, motivasi belajar siswa sebesar 66 %; (2) SDI Insan Mulia sarana prasarana sangat baik, motivasi belajar siswa sebesar 36,47 %; (3) SDN Sooko I sarana prasarana sangat baik, motivasi belajar siswa sebesar 71 % ; (4) MI GUPPI 2 sarana prasarana baik, motivasi belajar siswa sebesar 44,44 %; (5) SDN Berat Wetan I sarana prasarana sangat baik, motivasi belajar siswa sebesar 61,66 %; (6) SDI Plus Al-Azhar sarana prasarana baik, motivasi belajar siswa sebesar 81,33 %; (7) SDN Gempolkerep sarana prasarana sangat baik, motivasi belajar siswa sebesar 40 %; (8) SDN Wonorejo I sarana prasarana sangat sangat baik, motivasi belajar siswa sebesar 40 %; (9) SDI Arinal Auna sarana prasarana sangat baik, motivasi belajar siswa sebesar 53,63 %; (10) SDN Temon sarana prasarana sangat baik, motivasi belajar siswa sebesar 80 %. Dari data di atas dapat disimpulkan bahwa sarana dan prasarana yang memadai mampu memotivasi belajar siswa di kelas, namun sarana dan prasarana bukan menjadi penentu utama tingginya motivasi belajar siswa, karena ada 4 sekolah dengan sarana dan prasarana yang baik/ sangat baik namun motivasi belajar siswa rendah. Banyak faktor yang memengaruhi motivasi belajar siswa antara lain faktor eksternal dan internal.Kata Kunci: Sarana dan Prasarana, Motivasi Belajar, Kabupaten MojokertoAbstract: This Research aims to describe the contribution of facilities and infrastructure of the learning motivation of elementary students in the northern zone of mojokerto district. The research instruments were questionnaire scale sheets, observation sheets, and interview sheets. The types of data obtained were qualitative data and quantitative data. The objects of this research consists of 10 SD/MI randomly selected in mojokerto district. The research objects are 10 elementary school that were selected randomly from different area of mojokerto district. Based on the results of the analysis at the 10 schools are: (1) The facilities in SDN Windurejo II is good, the students learning motivation is 66%; (2) The facilities in SDI Insan Mulia is very good, the students learning motivation is 36,47 %; (3) The facilities in SDN Sooko I is good, the students learning motivation is 71 %; (4) The facilities in MI GUPPI 2 is good, the students learning motivation is 44,44 %; (5) The facilities in SDN Berat Wetan I is very good, the students learning motivation is 61,66 %; (6) The facilities in SDI Plus Al-Azhar is good, the students learning motivation is 81,33 %; (7) The facilities in SDN Gempolkerep is very good, the students learning motivation is 40 %; (8) The facilities in SDN Wonorejo I is very good, the students learning motivation is 40 %; (9) The facilities in SDI Arinal Auna is good, the students learning motivation is 53,63 %; (10) The facilities in Temon is very good, the students learning motivation is 80 %. From the data, it can be concluded that the adequate facilities and infrastructure are able to motivate student in learning in the classroom. However, the facilities and infrastructure are not the main determinant factor for the students high motivation in learning, since there are 4 elementary school that has very good facilities and infrastructure but the students still have low learning motivation. Accordingly, there are many factors influence students learning motivation that is the internal and external factor.Keywords: Facilities and Infrastructure, Learning Motivation, Mojokerto District

scholarly journals Stability and Charging Characteristics of the Comma Head Region of Continental Winter Cyclones

2014 ◽  
Vol 71 (5) ◽  
pp. 1559-1582 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert M. Rauber ◽  
Joseph Wegman ◽  
David M. Plummer ◽  
Andrew A. Rosenow ◽  
Melissa Peterson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Convective Available Potential Energy ◽  
Spectral Width ◽  
Head Region ◽  
Stratiform Clouds ◽  
Southern Side ◽  
Northern Zone ◽  
Cutoff Low ◽  
Deep Cyclone ◽  
Convective Cells

Abstract This paper presents analyses of the finescale structure of convection in the comma head of two continental winter cyclones and a 16-storm climatology analyzing the distribution of lightning within the comma head. A case study of a deep cyclone is presented illustrating how upper-tropospheric dry air associated with the dry slot can intrude over moist Gulf air, creating two zones of precipitation within the comma head: a northern zone characterized by deep stratiform clouds topped by generating cells and a southern zone marked by elevated convection. Lightning, when it occurred, originated from the elevated convection. A second case study of a cutoff low is presented to examine the relationship between lightning flashes and wintertime convection. Updrafts within convective cells in both storms approached 6–8 m s−1, and convective available potential energy in the cell environment reached approximately 50–250 J kg−1. Radar measurements obtained in convective updraft regions showed enhanced spectral width within the temperature range from −10° to −20°C, while microphysical measurements showed the simultaneous presence of graupel, ice particles, and supercooled water at the same temperatures, together supporting noninductive charging as an important charging mechanism in these storms. A climatology of lightning flashes across the comma head of 16 winter cyclones shows that lightning flashes commonly occur on the southern side of the comma head where dry-slot air is more likely to overrun lower-level moist air. Over 90% of the cloud-to-ground flashes had negative polarity, suggesting the cells were not strongly sheared aloft. About 55% of the flashes were associated with cloud-to-ground flashes while 45% were in-cloud flashes.

Environmental Problems of Delhi and Governmental Concern

2020 ◽  
pp. 133-167
Author(s):  
Mohd. Yousuf Bhat
Keyword(s):  
Water Pollution ◽  
Service Provider ◽  
Healthcare Service ◽  
Environmental Problems ◽  
High Order ◽  
Capital City ◽  
Political Will ◽  
Capital Cities ◽  
Northern Zone

Delhi, the capital city of India, which is the concern of this chapter, has its own significance as it is the seat of governance, learning, and the healthcare service provider. Capital cities though inhabit people from every region and tend to be overcrowded, but in Delhi, the situation is not only the nature of a capital city, but also the industrial and commercial centre of high order in the northern zone of India, which is creating a number of environmental problems, such as air and water pollution, slum development, congested housing, etc. The chapter discusses all causes of Delhi's environmental problems like atrophy of political will, mismanaged urbanisation, court interventions, etc., and finally, the chapter tries to find out possible solutions in a detailed manner keeping in view the measures taken by other countries like China to deal with such problems.

Development Strategy in the Northern State of Jalisco from the Institutional Perspective

2015 ◽  
pp. 11-23
Author(s):  
José G. Vargas-Hernández ◽  
Mónica Isabel García Mora ◽  
Luis C. Rivera Rosas
Keyword(s):  
Regional Development ◽  
Development Strategy ◽  
Northern Region ◽  
The State ◽  
Institutional Perspective ◽  
Social Perspectives ◽  
The North ◽  
Key Factor ◽  
Northern Zone ◽  
Development Evaluation

The regionalization process in Jalisco occurred in the nineties leading to the decentralization of regions and formulating a regional development plan for each of them. Currently, despite the measures taken to establish regional plans, it appears that there are disparities in regional development, being the most affected, the North Zone of the State. The aim of this chapter is to analyze a key factor, the ratio of the institutions with the development of the Northern region of the State of Jalisco, with a brief analysis of the role of institutions from economic, political, and social perspectives. The method used is a review of the existing literature on institutional theory and the development of the Northern Zone of Estado. It concludes by stating a strategy to promote the development, evaluation, and strengthening of the institutions involved in this process.

THE PROTEIN CONTENT OF CORRESPONDING GRADES OF WHEAT DRAWN FROM THE NORTHERN AND SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF WESTERN CANADA

1943 ◽  
Vol 21c (9) ◽  
pp. 276-288 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Ansel Anderson ◽  
William J. Eva
Keyword(s):  
Protein Content ◽  
Protein Level ◽  
Western Canada ◽  
Average Difference ◽  
Northern Area ◽  
Southern Area ◽  
Western Area ◽  
Northern Zone ◽  
North Western

Data for 12 crops, 1927 to 1938, have been used to examine the protein contents of Grades 1, 2, and 3 Northern drawn from the northern and north-western area, and from the central and southern area, of Western Canada. The boundary between the areas was taken as that dividing zones averaging over and under 13% protein. Grades 1, 2, and 3 Northern from the southern area averaged 14.2, 14.0, and 14.0% protein; those from the northern area averaged 12.8, 12.0, and 11.6% protein; and the average difference between zones for all three grades was 2.0%. The reasons for the increase in the spread between zones with decreasing grade are discussed. For the 12 yr. period, the average protein content of shipments of Western Canadian wheat is estimated as 13.5%. If no wheat had been shipped from the northern zone the average protein level would have been increased by about 0.5 per cent.

The 1-D and 2-D Seismic Modeling of Deep Quaternary Basin (Downtown L'Aquila, Central Italy)

2019 ◽  
Vol 35 (4) ◽  
pp. 1689-1710 ◽  
Author(s):  
Luca Macerola ◽  
Marco Tallini ◽  
Giuseppe Di Giulio ◽  
Marco Nocentini ◽  
Giuliano Milana
Keyword(s):  
Transfer Function ◽  
Central Italy ◽  
Simulated Data ◽  
Linear Modeling ◽  
Deep Basin ◽  
One Dimensional ◽  
Southern Zone ◽  
Northern Zone ◽  
Subsoil Model ◽  
Good Agreement

We compare the results of one-dimensional (1-D) and two-dimensional (2-D) modeling of the up-to-date geological section of downtown L'Aquila. The section transects a 300-m-deep Quaternary graben assumed as a “deep basin.” It is placed in the southern zone of downtown L'Aquila and is mainly filled up by silt and clay. The northern zone of downtown L'Aquila is conversely characterized by stiff rock (breccia superposed onto limestone). The study's aim is to validate this upgraded subsoil model and to investigate possible 2-D seismic effects. Considering both the experimental and simulated data, all the sites exhibit a clear resonance frequency ( F0:0.4–0.6 Hz), and its amplitude ( A0) decreases northward. The linear modeling is in good agreement with experimental data, confirming the subsoil model. In the southern zone, the A0 of the 2-D transfer function is higher than the A0 of the 1-D transfer function, which can be attributed to a bidimensional deep basin effect.

scholarly journals Estimating the incidence of abortion: using the Abortion Incidence Complications Methodology in Ghana, 2017

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
pp. e002130 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chelsea B Polis ◽  
Philicia W Castillo ◽  
Easmon Otupiri ◽  
Sarah C Keogh ◽  
Rubina Hussain ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Induced Abortion ◽  
Safe Abortion ◽  
Ecological Zones ◽  
Abortion Law ◽  
Induced Abortions ◽  
Stratified Sample ◽  
Northern Zone ◽  
Annual Estimate ◽  
Nationally Representative ◽  
Abortion Incidence

IntroductionInduced abortion is legally permitted in Ghana under specific conditions, but access to services that meet guidelines approved by government is limited. As part of a larger project comparing five methodologies to estimate abortion incidence, we implemented an indirect estimation approach: the Abortion Incidence Complications Methodology (AICM), to understand the incidence of abortion in Ghana in 2017.MethodsWe drew a nationally representative, two-stage, stratified sample of health facilities. We used information from 539 responding facilities to estimate treated complications stemming from illegal induced abortions, and to estimate the number of legal abortions provided. We used information from 146 knowledgeable informants to generate zonal multipliers representing the inverse of the proportion of illegal induced abortions treated for complications in facilities in Ghana’s three ecological zones. We applied multipliers to estimates of treated complications from illegal abortions, and added legal abortions to obtain an annual estimate of all induced abortions.ResultsThe AICM approach suggests that approximately 200 000 abortions occurred in Ghana in 2017, corresponding to a national abortion rate of 26.8 (95% CI 21.7 to 31.9) per 1000 women 15–49. Abortion rates were lowest in the Northern zone (18.6) and highest in the Middle zone (30.4). Of all abortions, 71% were illegal.ConclusionDespite Ghana’s relatively liberal abortion law and efforts to expand access to safe abortion services, illegal induced abortion appears common. A concurrently published paper compares the AICM-derived estimates presented in this paper to those from other methodological approaches.

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