scholarly journals Composition of Gamat Music: A Hybrid Culture of the Minangkabau Coastal Community

2021 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Coastal Community ◽  
Hybrid Culture

COASTAL COMMUNITY WOES: SEPTIC SYSTEM DRAINFIELDS ARE THREATENED BY ELEVATED GROUNDWATER TABLES

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alissa Cox ◽  
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Deborah Surabian ◽  
George W. Loomis ◽  
James D. Turenne ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Septic System ◽  
Coastal Community

People's perception of land subsidence, floods, and their connection: A note based on recent surveys in a sinking coastal community in Jakarta

2021 ◽  
Vol 211 ◽  
pp. 105753
Author(s):  
Hiroshi Takagi ◽  
Miguel Esteban ◽  
Takahito Mikami ◽  
Munawir Bintang Pratama ◽  
Ven Paolo Bruno Valenzuela ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Land Subsidence ◽  
Coastal Community ◽  
People’S Perception

scholarly journals An Integrated Study of Toxocara Infection in Honduran Children: Human Seroepidemiology and Environmental Contamination in a Coastal Community

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 135 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sergio A. Hernández ◽  
José A. Gabrie ◽  
Carol Anahelka Rodríguez ◽  
Gabriela Matamoros ◽  
María Mercedes Rueda ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Logistic Regression ◽  
Soil Samples ◽  
Environmental Study ◽  
Enzyme Linked Immunosorbent Assay ◽  
Student Body ◽  
Nested Polymerase Chain Reaction ◽  
Serological Tests ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Coastal Community ◽  
Pcr Rflp

(1) Background: Infections caused by Toxocara canis and T. cati are considered zoonoses of global importance. Reports from North and South America indicate that human infections are widespread in both continents, but epidemiological information from Central America is still lacking. (2) Methodology: In the present cross-sectional multi-year study, we aimed to undertake the first seroepidemiological and environmental study on toxocariasis in Honduras. This included the determination of seroprevalence of anti-Toxocara spp. antibodies in children using a Toxocara spp. purified excretory-secretory antigens enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (TES-ELISA) and a confirmatory Western blot. As well, through statistical analysis including logistic regression we aimed at identifying relevant biological and epidemiological factors associated with seropositivity. The study also entailed detection of parasites’ eggs in the soil samples both through Sheather’s concentration method and a nested polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism (PCR-RFLP) method. (3) Results: The study was undertaken in a coastal community of Honduras in 2 different years, 2015 and 2017. A total of 88 healthy schoolchildren completed the study, with participation of 79% (73/92) and 65% (46/71) of the student body in 2015 and 2017, respectively. Thirty-one children participated in both years (i.e., dual participants). Through both serological tests, seropositivity was confirmed in 88.6% (78/88) of children. Due to the high number of seropositives, logistic regression analysis was not possible for most socio-economic and epidemiological variables. Eosinophilia, on the other hand, was associated with seropositivity, independently of other intestinal helminthic infections. Continued seropositivity was observed in most of the dual participants, while seroconversion was determined in 8 of these children. Microscopic examination of soil samples did not yield any positive results. Through nested PCR-RFLP, 3 of the 50 samples (6%) were positive for Toxocara spp.; two were identified as T. canis and one as T. cati. (4) Conclusions: This work documents for the first time, high levels of human exposure to Toxocara spp. in Honduras. These findings, along with the country’s favorable epidemiological conditions for this zoonosis, emphasize the need for more research to determine whether this infection is underreported in the country.

scholarly journals Resilience from coastal protection

2015 ◽  
Vol 373 (2053) ◽  
pp. 20140383 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lesley C. Ewing
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Values ◽  
San Francisco ◽  
Coastal Communities ◽  
Coastal Hazards ◽  
Community Safety ◽  
Coastal Protection ◽  
Shore Protection ◽  
Coastal Community ◽  
Effective Community ◽  
Key Aspects

Coastal areas are important residential, commercial and industrial areas; but coastal hazards can pose significant threats to these areas. Shoreline/coastal protection elements, both built structures such as breakwaters, seawalls and revetments, as well as natural features such as beaches, reefs and wetlands, are regular features of a coastal community and are important for community safety and development. These protection structures provide a range of resilience to coastal communities. During and after disasters, they help to minimize damages and support recovery; during non-disaster times, the values from shoreline elements shift from the narrow focus on protection. Most coastal communities have limited land and resources and few can dedicate scarce resources solely for protection. Values from shore protection can and should expand to include environmental, economic and social/cultural values. This paper discusses the key aspects of shoreline protection that influence effective community resilience and protection from disasters. This paper also presents ways that the economic, environmental and social/cultural values of shore protection can be evaluated and quantified. It presents the Coastal Community Hazard Protection Resilience (CCHPR) Index for evaluating the resilience capacity to coastal communities from various protection schemes and demonstrates the use of this Index for an urban beach in San Francisco, CA, USA.

scholarly journals Modelling of a hybrid culture system with a stationary layer of liquid perfluorochemical applied as oxygen carrier

2016 ◽  
Vol 37 (1) ◽  
pp. 149-158
Author(s):  
Maciej Pilarek ◽  
Katarzyna Dąbkowska
Keyword(s):  
Mass Transfer ◽  
Aqueous Phase ◽  
Culture System ◽  
Oxygen Carrier ◽  
Published Data ◽  
Monod Kinetics ◽  
Batch Cultures ◽  
Whole Process ◽  
Hybrid Culture ◽  
Stationary Layer

Abstract A mathematical model of a hybrid culture system supported with a stationary layer of liquid perfluorochemical (PFC) as a source of O2 for cells which grow in the aqueous phase of culture medium has been developed and discussed. The two-substrate Monod kinetics without inhibition effects, i.e. the Tsao-Hanson equation, has been assumed to characterise the biomass growth. The Damköhler number which relates the growth rate to the mass transfer effects has been used to appraise the regime (i.e. diffusion-limited or kinetics) of the whole process. The proposed model predicted accurately previously published data on the submerged batch cultures of Nicotiana tabacum BY-2 heterotrophic cells performed in a culture system supported with a stationary layer of hydrophobic perfluorodecalin as a liquid O2 carrier. Estimated values of the parameters of the model showed that the process proceeded in the kinetics regime and the growth kinetics, not the effects of the mass transfer between aqueous phase and liquid PFC, had essential influence on the growth of biomass.

scholarly journals The main consequences of continued illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing within Indonesian waters for maritime security actors and coastal communities

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. e24911566
Author(s):  
Deby Indah Lestari ◽  
Arfian R. Putra ◽  
Amanda Yofani Larasuci
Keyword(s):  
Negative Impact ◽  
Coastal Communities ◽  
Maritime Security ◽  
Marine Resources ◽  
Social Aspect ◽  
Coastal Community ◽  
Iuu Fishing ◽  
State Actors ◽  
Unregulated Fishing ◽  
Fishing Practices

Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing is known as a global serious threat and become International major issues. Indonesia, as one of the biggest archipelago countries and Mega Biodiversity that has rich, various, and potential marine resources has succeeded in attracting domestic fisheries and foreign fisheries to commit Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing (IUU Fishing) practices. This research aims to understand the phenomenon of Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing in Indonesia and to understand the consequences of IUU Fishing practices to the coastal community and the maritime security state actors. This research finds that IUU Fishing practices have significant and negative impact towards Coastal communities on Economic, Environmental, and Social aspect. Furthermore, IUU Fishing practices has also significant and negative impact on the integrity of Maritime Security State Actors in protecting Indonesian waters.

scholarly journals Vulnerable Territories: The Perpetually Shifting Edge

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
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Joseph Wellwood
Keyword(s):  
At Risk ◽  
Sense Of Place ◽  
Architectural Design ◽  
Coastal Hazards ◽  
Adaptive Planning ◽  
Coastal Community ◽  
Sea Levels ◽  
Community Model ◽  
Rising Sea Levels ◽  
Imminent Threat

<p>New Zealand’s coastline is rapidly receding. The increased threat of rising sea levels continues to erode the shore line causing extensive and irreparable damage to thousands of coastal properties, often dismantling communities and the kiwi dream of living near the ocean. With global temperatures continuing to rise, all of our coastal communities are at risk. The current measure of response to this issue is through managed retreat, the removal and relocation of all ‘at risk’ buildings in coastal hazard zones. While this approach is successful in preserving the physical structures, it remains an undesirable solution that forces homeowners to abandon their community and the coastline for the safety of higher ground. The retreat is hampered among debate within the effected regions as the forced detachment of long standing communities often results in the loss of ‘sense of place’ that living within a coastal community enables.  This thesis proposes that Haumoana in Hawkes Bay offers the fitting location to introduce an alternative coastal community model that actively responds to the impending hazards whilst retaining the societal poetics. Situated just south of the nearby communities of Te Awanga and Haumoana, two of the most at-risk coastal regions in New Zealand that are currently facing the prospect of dismantlement. The site was specifically chosen due to the fact that erosion is predicted to diminish half its usable land over the next century, this thesis will investigate the potential risks to the respective coastline, the role that this would play in an adaptive community, and the possible design options that can respond and enhance a future sustainable landscape.  This thesis argues that a coastal community can be designed to actively adapt and respond to the threat of erosion rather than being dismantled through retreat; that by adopting design principles that protect the land on which they are placed, the coastal hazards of the region can be lessened; and that an adaptive community model can be achieved whilst retaining the ‘sense of place’ that coastal community’s exhibit.  The thesis proposes that this can be achieved by incorporating and reinforcing natural features of the coast into the architectural design at various scales; accommodating for, and adapting to the imminent threat of erosion; and by invoking principles of sustainable design in company with adaptive planning and resilient design, thereby pushing the standards of coastal planning beyond typical practice.</p>

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