scholarly journals Using spatial data on habitat suitability in estimation of wild boar resources in Russia

2020 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexander Economov ◽  
Vyacheslav Kolesnikov ◽  
Victor Mashkin ◽  
Andrey Lissovsky
Keyword(s):  
Wild Boar ◽  
Spatial Data ◽  
Habitat Suitability ◽  
Public Access ◽  
Environmental Capacity ◽  
Russian Territory ◽  
Russian Scientific ◽  
Russian Scientific Research Institute ◽  
The Impact

Wild boar is one of the most important hunting husbandry resources in Eurasian boreal and temperate forests. In Russia, these animals inhabit a large part of the territory; however, official bodies do not allow public access to relevant and unbiased regional statistics. In parallel with official figures, such statistics have been kept for decades by VNIIOZ (All-Russian Scientific Research Institute for Hunting and Animal Breeding): the resource is estimated using the indirect method of recalculating multiple scores from independent respondents. We compared VNIIOZ long-term datasets with the wild boar habitat suitability distribution in the Russian territory to assess the reliability of these figures and to carry out a pilot evaluation of the need for their adjustment. Our results show a good correlation between the abundance assessment by VNIIOZ and habitat suitability (about 0.7); we also identified several regions where wild boar abundance indicators are sharply dissonant with the existing environmental capacity. We discussed the impact of man-made and natural factors on the population growth rate of wild boar in Russia.

Experience in Total Ankle Replacement at Russian Scientific-Research Institute of Traumatology and Orthopaedics Named After R.R. Vreden

2009 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
pp. 56-60 ◽  
Author(s):  
R M Tikhilov ◽  
Nikolay Aleksandrovich Koryshkov ◽  
V G Emel'yanov ◽  
A V Stoyanov ◽  
A V Zhuravlev ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Infectious Complications ◽  
Early Complications ◽  
Long Term Outcomes ◽  
Joint Replacements ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Russian Scientific ◽  
Ankle Replacement ◽  
Russian Scientific Research Institute

Results of 45 ankle joint replacements performed during the period from 1998 to 2008 have been analyzed. Cementless original implants were applied in 6 (13.3%), «Link S.T.A.R.» implants - in 26 (57.8%) and «DePuy Mobility TM» implants - in 13 (28.9%) cases. Mean follow-up made up 3 years (from several months to 10 years). For the evaluation of long-term outcomes the data from patients questionnaires (prior to, 6 months after operation and at the time of last examination) and X-ray results were used. Early complications, i.e. fracture of lateral malleolus, was noted in 4 patients. Long-term complications, i.e. dislocation of tibial component, were observed in 2 patients. In 2 patients the development of infectious complications required implant removal followed by arthrodesis. In 91% of cases the results were assessed as satisfactory and good by Kitaoka scale.

scholarly journals Development opportunities for storing and displaying of spatial data in long-term experiments

2016 ◽  
pp. 81-86
Author(s):  
Péter Ragán
Keyword(s):  
Spatial Data ◽  
Measurement Data ◽  
Data Entry ◽  
Large Data ◽  
Nutrient Utilization ◽  
Google Earth ◽  
Long Term Experiments ◽  
Google Drive ◽  
The Impact

Long-term experiments are required to evaluate the impact of irrigation, nutrient utilization, and year factor as well as to assess the potential consequences of climate change. However, in the long-term experiment, it may be necessary to display spatial data for each parcel, either for investigation of soil heterogeneity or presentation. This article aims to provide help for researchers working in long-term experiments for storing and displaying spatial data. After the outlines of each experimental site were measured with GPS, a spatial database has been created in Quantum GIS. Then, a filter script in R statistical environment using RStudio graphical interface was written. The script helps avoid the QGIS data input interface so that large data can be attached to each parcel directly and as a result there is no need for a separate data entry, only the basic statistical database. The created GIS database can be used in many ways; it can be exported to KML file format that can be displayed using Google Earth. It is possible to view exported KML files in Google Drive with importing them to Google My Maps application, and with that a browser can display the map. With the Google Drive the maps can be shared within the research group, additionally the outlines can be edited and it is possible to upload the measurement data to the attributes table to existing empty table columns. The map created in Quantum GIS can be used for presentation purposes.

scholarly journals The Influence of Wild Boars on the Growth of Forest Trees and Stands: A Case Study of a Wild Boar Game Preserve/ A vaddisznó hatása a fák és a faállomány növekedésére - egy vaddisznóskert esettanulmánya

2015 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 65-75 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tibor Lebocký ◽  
Rudolf Petráš
Keyword(s):  
Wild Boar ◽  
Soil Surface ◽  
Negative Influence ◽  
Forest Trees ◽  
Wild Boars ◽  
Wild Game ◽  
Growth Increments ◽  
Oak Trees ◽  
The Impact

AbstractThis research investigated methods for determining and quantifying the impact of wild boars on the increment and growth of forest trees and stands. The influence of wild boars on stand variables was observed in a wild game preserve established in central Slovakia in 2000 practicing intensive wild boar management. Long-term measurements obtained from two long-term research plots of sessile oak trees established in 1969 were used to monitor stand growth. Increments of trees were observed on tree ring cores coming from trees surrounded by differently damaged soil surfaces. Wild boars rooting the soil surface proved to have neither a positive nor negative influence on the mean diameter and height of the forest stands. Analysis of radial increments in 9 trees growing on sites with more intense, deeper, and permanent rooting in the soil profile located near a larger mud bath was also carried out. A more distinctive increment depression was found on one oak near the mud bath and on one beech where deeper soil surface rooting occurred.

A Long-Term, High-Quality, High-Vertical-Resolution GPS Dropsonde Dataset for Hurricane and Other Studies

2015 ◽  
Vol 96 (6) ◽  
pp. 961-973 ◽  
Author(s):  
Junhong (June) Wang ◽  
Kate Young ◽  
Terry Hock ◽  
Dean Lauritsen ◽  
Dalton Behringer ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Value Added ◽  
Public Access ◽  
Scientific Instrument ◽  
Vertical Resolution ◽  
High Quality ◽  
Environmental Interactions ◽  
High Vertical Resolution ◽  
Flight Level ◽  
The Impact

Abstract A GPS dropsonde is a scientific instrument deployed from research and operational aircraft that descends through the atmosphere by a parachute. The dropsonde provides high-quality, high-vertical-resolution profiles of atmospheric pressure, temperature, relative humidity, wind speed, and direction from the aircraft flight level to the surface over oceans and remote areas. Since 1996, GPS dropsondes have been routinely dropped during hurricane reconnaissance and surveillance flights to help predict hurricane track and intensity. From 1996 to 2012, NOAA has dropped 13,681 dropsondes inside hurricane eye walls or in the surrounding environment for 120 tropical cyclones (TCs). All NOAA dropsonde data have been collected, reformatted to one format, and consistently and carefully quality controlled using state-of-the-art quality-control (QC) tools. Three value-added products, the vertical air velocity and the radius and azimuth angle of each dropsonde location, are generated and added to the dataset. As a result, a long-term (1996–2012), high-quality, high-vertical-resolution (∼5–15 m) GPS dropsonde dataset is created and made readily available for public access. The dropsonde data collected during hurricane reconnaissance and surveillance flights have improved TC-track and TC-intensity forecasts significantly. The impact of dropsonde data on hurricane studies is summarized. The scientific applications of this long-term dropsonde dataset are highlighted, including characterizing TC structures, studying TC environmental interactions, identifying surface-based ducts in the hurricane environment that affect electromagnetic wave propagation, and validating satellite temperature and humidity profiling products.

Suppressed, but Not Forgotten

2011 ◽  
Vol 70 (1) ◽  
pp. 5-11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Beat Meier ◽  
Anja König ◽  
Samuel Parak ◽  
Katharina Henke
Keyword(s):  
Memory Trace ◽  
Thought Suppression ◽  
Test Phase ◽  
Indirect Test ◽  
Final Test ◽  
Test Experiment ◽  
And Control ◽  
Cue Words ◽  
The Impact

This study investigates the impact of thought suppression over a 1-week interval. In two experiments with 80 university students each, we used the think/no-think paradigm in which participants initially learn a list of word pairs (cue-target associations). Then they were presented with some of the cue words again and should either respond with the target word or avoid thinking about it. In the final test phase, their memory for the initially learned cue-target pairs was tested. In Experiment 1, type of memory test was manipulated (i.e., direct vs. indirect). In Experiment 2, type of no-think instructions was manipulated (i.e., suppress vs. substitute). Overall, our results showed poorer memory for no-think and control items compared to think items across all experiments and conditions. Critically, however, more no-think than control items were remembered after the 1-week interval in the direct, but not in the indirect test (Experiment 1) and with thought suppression, but not thought substitution instructions (Experiment 2). We suggest that during thought suppression a brief reactivation of the learned association may lead to reconsolidation of the memory trace and hence to better retrieval of suppressed than control items in the long term.

Examining the Impact of the Disabled Youth Peer Development Initiative: What are the Long-Term Outcomes?

2003 ◽  
Author(s):  
Teresa Garate-Serafini ◽  
Jose Mendez ◽  
Patty Arriaga ◽  
Larry Labiak ◽  
Carol Reynolds
Keyword(s):  
Long Term Outcomes ◽  
The Disabled ◽  
The Impact

The Impact of Different Treatments on Long-Term Symptoms in Vestibular Schwannoma

2014 ◽  
Vol 75 (S 02) ◽  
Author(s):  
Morten Lund-Johansen ◽  
Øystein Tveiten ◽  
Monica Finnkirk ◽  
Erling Myrseth ◽  
Frederik Goplen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Vestibular Schwannoma ◽  
The Impact

The influence of inflation targeting on the pass-through effect of the exchange rate

2018 ◽  
pp. 70-84
Author(s):  
Ph. S. Kartaev ◽  
Yu. I. Yakimova
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Monetary Policy ◽  
Exchange Rate ◽  
Inflation Targeting ◽  
Policy Regime ◽  
Short And Long Term ◽  
The Exchange Rate ◽  
Pass Through ◽  
The Impact

The paper studies the impact of the transition to the inflation targeting regime on the magnitude of the pass-through effect of the exchange rate to prices. We analyze cross-country panel data on developed and developing countries. It is shown that the transition to this regime of monetary policy contributes to a significant reduction in both the short- and long-term pass-through effects. This decline is stronger in developing countries. We identify the main channels that ensure the influence of the monetary policy regime on the pass-through effect, and examine their performance. In addition, we analyze the data of time series for Russia. It was concluded that even there the transition to inflation targeting led to a decrease in the dependence of the level of inflation on fluctuations in the ruble exchange rate.

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