Socio Economic Impact Due to Climate Variability on Selected Villages of Ukhrul and Thoubal Districts, Manipur

As global climate change continues, many of the villages are likely to become vulnerable at present. The altering of spring shed cycles, rainfall pattern, evaporation, precipitation and temperature are all subjected to climate variability and change. The present paper defined to study the socio-economic impacts due to climate variability on certain villages of Ukhrul and Thoubal districts, Manipur. Tentha and Khekman village are selected from Thoubal district where as Shirui and Hungpung village are selected from

Occurrence of Malaria and Intestinal Helminths among Students from Selected Secondary Schools in Port Harcourt Area of Rivers State, Nigeria

Occurrence of malaria and Intestinal helminths among students from three senior secondary schools in Port Harcourt, rivers state, Nigeria was conducted from March to July 2017. Blood and stool samples were each collected from two hundred and forty three (243) students. Questionnaires and oral communication were used to obtain information and observable epidemiological factors. Standard parasitological procedusres were employed in sample collection and examination. Blood samples were examined for the presence of malaria parasite using microscopy and Rapid Diagnostic Test (RDT) kits, and the stool samples were examined for intestinal helminths using formol-ether concentration technique. Data obtained were analysed using SPSS. Results

A Cyber-Physical Analyzer System for Precision Agriculture

This study discusses the deficiencies in transforming current farming to the next generation and precision agriculture, which applies the concept of Industry 4.0 to promote agriculture production sustainability through the use of advanced cyber systems and intelligent mechanical inventions. Precision agriculture’s goal is to increase the intelligence in the production of the crop, using real-time sensing, control and optimization for enhancing soil-crop health, as well as advanced cyber-enabled tools for automation and efficiency. Integrated analysis of agricultural and soil ecosystems is in nascent stages, but growing steadily with improvements in sensing technologies, interoperability standards and data-influenced decision making. This study aims to develop an adaptive Sensor-Drone-Satellite (SeDS) system for promoting farming operations and sustainability via balancing often-conflicting objectives (e.g. cost environmental and social). This integrated analyzer system is a conceptual test bed built on a cyber-physical interface

Change in SO42-, NO3- and NH4+ levels in PM2.5 in Beijing from 1999 to 2016

Extant literature was reviewed to analyze the trend of three water-soluble ions-sulfate (SO42-), nitrate (NO3-), ammonium (NH4+) in PM2.5 in Beijing in recent years, and the reasons affecting changes were investigated. From 1999 to 2016, the concentrations of SNA (the total SO42-, NO3-, and NH4+ in PM2.5) in Beijing showed a zigzag fluctuation. Pollution control measures have been successfully used in controlling the primary fine particles and SO42- in atmospheric fine particles, but not in controlling NO3- and NH4+. From 2013 to 2016, the changes in PM2.5 and SNA showed the same trends in summer and autumn, indicating that SNA made a dominant contribution to PM2.5 in summer and autumn and that PM2.5 was mainly produced through secondary formation.

Reducing Climate Change Vulnerability in Sub-Saharan Africa Cities: Policy Prospects for Social Innovation and Microfinance

Africa might not achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) because climate change will exacerbate poverty and inequality in the region. Moreover, many African cities are characterised by poor urban planning, gaps in public services and infrastructure and settlement in hazard-prone areas leading to increased climate change vulnerability as city governments/local governments fail to mainstream climate change mitigation and adaptation into local planning. However, social innovations are practices that bring about changes in attitudes, behaviour, or perceptions, resulting in new social practices, new institutions and new social systems,

Physical-Chemical Assessment of Surface Water Pollution in a Micro-Water Basin in the Highlands of Jalisco, Mexico

Much of human well-being depends on ecosystems, a body of water can be used in different ways: as a source of drinking water, for agricultural irrigation, including for energy generation, many water sources support food production; in short, life on our planet is sustained through sensitive interrelationships with various natural resources, such as water flows. In the particular case that the river is an ecosystem of great richness and complexity, necessary for the sustainability of population centers, true urban planning must consider the proper conservation of the natural causes of water (rivers and streams, among others), avoiding using these routes