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Factors affecting the independence of tri guna karya group farmers in kintamani in processing and marketing their products
No full textIndonesia As an agrarian country, agriculture are considered as one of the sectors that contributes to economic growth by providing essential needs such as food and even raw materials for industries. The agricultural sector is still capable of maintaining positive growth and finding ways to achieve the welfare and independence of farmers through empowerment processes. This is crucial as the majority of farmers in Indonesia are categorized as poor and marginalized. One initiative in this regard is the effort made by local governments to implement programs that strengthen business capital and empowerment programs to enhance farmers' self-sufficiency. This study aimed to identify and assess the factors that impact the self-sufficiency of farmers in the processing and marketing of agricultural products in Subak-Abian Tri Guna Karya, located in Kintamani District, Bangli Regency. The type of data used in this research is quantitative and qualitative data. Data collection techniques were carried out by conducting structured interviews, observation and documentation studies. The data analysis technique in this study is to use descriptive analysis techniques and statistical analysis. Based on the results of data analysis, Based on the findings of the research, it can be deduced that the factors affecting the self-sufficiency of farmers in the marketing and processing of agricultural products are evident in Subak-Abian Tri Guna Karya, Kintamani District, Bangli Regency are the individual characteristics of farmers who are characterized by skills, capacity strengthening factors that characterized by strengthening individual capacity, and development capital factors characterized by Human Resources (HR) capital, Quality human resource development is achieved by enhancing specific individual skills (life of skill) and strengthening individual capacity building to reinforce institutional development capacity building based on the Subak institution. This approach aims to enhance individual farmers' intellectual self-sufficiency
Applying Q Methodology to Investigate How U.S. Meat Producers Prioritize Decisions Regarding Environmental Stewardship and Animal Wellbeing
No full textThesis (Master's)--University of Washington, 2023U.S. meat producers continue to face challenges with how to improve production sustainability,while balancing environmental and animal wellbeing decisions. The industry is driven by
changing consumer preferences and market trends that require the need for continued
transformations towards a sustainable production practice. The objective of this Q methodology
study is to better understand how U.S. meat producers prioritize sustainability-related decisions,
in response to both internal and external pressures. The underlying goals of this research is to
explore both the drivers of this complex decision-making landscape, while illuminating the
tradeoffs made between environmental stewardship and animal wellbeing. The facilitators and
barriers to the why behind producers’ current operational decisions have been examined across
very small to very large scale beef, pork, and broiler operations. Using principal component
analysis (PCA), 38 variables produced three distinct discourses: Animal Husbandry: First and
Foremost; Business Sustainability: A Balancing Act; Environmental Stewardship: A Holistic
Approach. These findings explain the tradeoffs made between high efficient production and
affordable meat products with the sole prioritization of environmental stewardship or animal
wellbeing. The key differences between these viewpoints lies within what can currently be
prioritized given the resources allocated to each producer, while balancing personal beliefs with
business viability. The need for flexible support systems that (1) reflect the needs of all
producers and (2) reflect the needs of individual groupings of producers that differ between one
another, is needed to increase sustainability-related practice adoption on animal agricultural
operations
Organically modified vanadium pentoxide as cathode for aqueous zinc ion batteries
No full textThesis (Master's)--University of Washington, 2023Aqueous zinc ion batteries (ZIBs) have attracted a lot of attention due to its environment-friendly, safe, easy to assemble, low-cost, and high capacity. Among the various ZIBs cathode materials, vanadium-based oxides have shown great potential for inexpensive, highly safe, spacious ion transport channels and excellent electrochemical performance. Despite these promises, the development of aqueous ZIBs is still hindered by irreversible formation of by-products, low electronic conductivity, sluggish Zn-ion diffusion, and poor structural stability. This study developed a high performance pre-inserted acetone hydrated vanadium pentoxide (AVOH) by modifying the vanadium pentoxide structure through hydrothermal process. As a result, the obtained Zn/AVOH batteries possess a higher capacity of 428 mA h g-1 at 50 mA g-1 and an impressive rate capability with 60 % capacity maintained when the current density increased from 0.5 to 8.0 A g-1, showing promising application as aqueous ZIBs
Summer Fog Frequency Patterns and Impact on Intertidal Organisms around Washington Coast from GOES-17 Satellite Imagery, Field Photos, and Field Sensors
No full textFog can offer protection for intertidal organisms around the coast of Washington when
low tides occur coincidently with warm temperatures. This protection becomes more
important as extreme heatwaves are expected to increase with global warming. Using
Cloud Top Height products from NASA and NOAA’s GOES-17 satellite, we created
frequency maps and timeseries of fog and low clouds cover (FLCC) during the summer
months of 2022 over Washington’s coastal areas. Our results showed that FLCC
increased significantly in both coastal and ocean locations from May to August. On San
Juan Island, FLCC was least frequent in the Northeast area, which contained the town of
Friday Harbor. Intertidal organisms around False Bay and Cattle Point had protection
from FLCC against heat stress during around 50% of the cumulative midday low tide
hours in summer 2022, while it was only around 14% for the ones around the UW Friday
Harbor Lab. We also used photos from our field cameras to acquire more accurate fog
presence at local sites on the island. We trained an SVC Machine Learning model to do
binary classification on all the photos, and the results were compared with the FLCC
presence results that we inferred from satellite data. Comparisons suggested that we have
yet to be able to use the satellite’s Cloud Top Height products to make conclusions about
FLCC presence in a small-scale area at a specific timestamp, but we can use them to
make good estimation of FLCC patterns over time at large spatial scales from the
products
Strategi pengembangan kawasan minapolitan berbasis perikanan tangkap di Desa Kedonganan Kabupaten Badung
No full textKedonganan Village is one of the areas decided as a Minapolitan region based- capture fisheries. To support the existence of Kedonganan Village as a Minapolitan region various facilities have been built among others, Pier, fish auction placeI, and ice factory. This research aims to find out the use of facilities and infrastructure built at the Minapolitan regional development based-capture fisheries. The methods applied in this research are qualitative and quantitative analysis for facilities and infrastructure utilization, internal and external environmental conditions with IE matrix, while for the development strategy SWOT matrix is applied. From the result of research, the implementation of development programs of Minapolitan region based-capture fisheries has not been consistent with the plan in the facilities and infrastructure utilization. The results of the analysis of external factors (EFAS matrix) include in the strong category. In IE matrix includes in the cell II constitutes a growth strategy where the applied strategy is designed to achieve optimal growth. The efforts that can be undertaken for the development of Minapolitan region of Kedonganan Village is that the management agency is expected to manage the facilities and infrastructure available in the area optimally and understands the functions of the manager, keeps requiring government support to assist board of management in optimizing the functions of the existing facilities and infrastructure with integrated management system, improvement of the existing facilities, additional fuel quota for fishermen as well as providing technical guidance for managers
Efektivitas fitoremidiasi kayu apu (Pistia stratiotes) dan eceng gondok (Eichhornia crassipes) dalam memenuhi baku mutu air limbah di instalasi pengolahan air limbah RSUD Kabupaten Badung Mangusada
No full textHospital liquid waste can be infectious, poisonous and harmful for hospital environment and communities surrounding. The examination result of liquid waste outlet in Mangusada hospital within January - August 2016 showed an increase in free Ammonia (NH3) quality raw at the level of 3.71 mg / L and phosphate (PO 4) up at the level to 3.38 mg / L. To anticipate the pollution of liquid waste which might occur, liquid waste treatment is an absolute option to be required. The objective of this research is to obtain the effectiveness of kayu apu and hyacinth in complying liquid waste quality standard. This research is quasi experiment using non-equivalent control group design with post test. The conclusion of this research showed that liquid waste management system refers to environmental health hospital requirements and it licensed on disposal of water resources and reuse of liquid waste environmental Board of Badung Regency. The results of an independent analysis showed that kayu apu phytoremediation is more (p <0.05) in complying the quality standard especially on the indicator of liquid waste mainly on NH3 and COD. Kayu apu lettuce can be apply as an alternative option in complying quality standard of liquid waste using biology system
Archives of Post-Occupation: Indigenous Peoples and the Biopolitics of Modern Chile
No full textThesis (Ph.D.)--University of Washington, 2023This dissertation studies discourses on Indigenous peoples in the aftermath of the late-nineteenth-century occupation of the lands of the Mapuche people in Wallmapu (historical and unceded Mapuche lands) and Selk’nam people in Tierra del Fuego by the Chilean state. It examines how discourses of Native recognition and elimination organized distinct yet connected colonial projects of territorial management. It traces these discourses across photographic collections, poetry, narrative fiction, testimonials, ethnographic studies, and state records to approach them as “archives of post-occupation.” It argues that archives are key cultural technologies for producing relations of colonial control and resistance. Two interrelated questions guide this study: How do state operations of colonial control that have differentially represented and managed the territorial management of the Mapuche and Selk’nam peoples articulate forms of recognition and extinction? And how does the examination of different experiences of colonialism reveal Mapuche and Selk’nam’s paradoxical re-appropriations of the vocabularies of colonial control to assert their opposition to and negotiation with oppression? Chapter 1, “Extinction: The Selk’nam People and the Writing of the History of the Occupation of Tierra del Fuego” examines the deployment of the discourse on extinction that narrated the so-called disappearance of the Selk’nam people in the historiography of the Tierra del Fuego to trace the relations of oppression that reproduced capital accumulation and Indigenous forced displacement in the early twentieth century. Chapter 2, “Life with Extinction: Selk’nam Life in 20th Century Post-Occupation Tierra del Fuego” draws on photographic records and declassified letters to argue that extinction created the logics of a mode of life that negated but did not eliminate the Selk’nam people. Instead, it paradoxically organized Indigenous forms of living that continued to maintain relations with Selk’nam lands and waters under conditions of oppression. Chapter 3, “The Mapuche Diaspora: A Political Theory of Autonomy, Territory, Nation, and Difference” reads contemporary Mapuche political writing about forced displacement as political and cultural theories that articulate projects of Indigenous emancipation. Chapter 4, “Fütra Warria: The Cultural Dynamics of the Diaspora in the Colonial City” reads union newsletters and an ethnographic study of Mapuche settlement in twentieth-century Santiago to study residual discourses on Mapuche difference in Santiago that express the political and cultural transformation of Mapuche migrancy in the 20th century
Associations of Magnesium Intake with Acyclic Pelvic Pain and Dysmenorrhea
No full textThesis (Master's)--University of Washington, 2023Background: Pelvic pain (with or without endometriosis) is responsible for the deterioration of quality of life, chronic absenteeism and truancy, and loss of intimate relationships. Magnesium is a mineral that aids in muscular relaxation and can relieve cramps in a variety of muscles, including those in the pelvic floor. Little is known about the role of diet, particularly magnesium intake, as a modifiable risk factor in chronic pelvic pain symptoms and dysmenorrhea among adolescents. We investigated associations of magnesium intake with dysmenorrhea and acyclic pelvic pain. We also examined potential modifiers of the associations. Methods: We conducted a cross-sectional analysis in the Women’s Health Study: Adolescence to Adulthood (A2A) participants. A2A is a longitudinal cohort study of women aged 7 -55 recruited from the Boston area. Our analytic population (N=938) comprised of participants with and without endometriosis aged 7-25 years. Exposure, average weekly magnesium intake (dietary and supplement) over the past year, was assessed based on responses to a self-reported food frequency questionnaire. Outcomes, acyclic pain and dysmenorrhea, were assessed using the Visual Analog Scale pain scale. We used unadjusted and adjusted logistic regression models to calculate odds ratios (ORs) and corresponding 95% confidence intervals (CI) relating the exposure (quartiles of average weekly intake of magnesium) with outcomes (mild/moderate Vs. severe pain). Adjusted models included a priori selected confounders including age at enrollment, age at menarche, body mass index (BMI), parity, physical activity, and race. All models included total caloric intake. We also examined the associations across subgroups defined by race (white vs. non-white) and endometriosis status (cases vs. non-cases) to explore potential differences in associations. Results: The median age of participants was 20 years (range 7 to 25 years). About 81% were white and 53% had been diagnosed with endometriosis. Two-thirds (66%) of participants self-reported severe acyclic pain and over half (55%) self-reported severe dysmenorrhea. Overall, we did not find significant associations of magnesium intake with acyclic pain or dysmenorrhea after adjustment for covariates (all p-trend>0.05). Our observations were similar when participants were stratified by endometriosis case status. In race-stratified analyses, we did not find associations of magnesium intake with acyclic pain among white participants. We were not able to assess association of magnesium intake with acyclic pain among non-whites due to small numbers. We found the suggestion of an association between magnesium intake and dysmenorrhea among non-white participants, but not among white participants. The adjusted odds ratios (adjORs) for participants in the second, third, and fourth quartiles of magnesium intake, compared with participants in the first quartile, were 1.04 (95% CI: 0.21-5.60), 1.22 (95% CI: 0.22-7.20), and 5.01 (95% CI: 0.90-32.4) (p-trend=0.07). Corresponding estimates among white participants were 1.04 (95% CI: 0.90-1.20), 0.99 (95% CI: 0.86-1.15), and 1.02 (95% CI: 0.87-1.20) (p-trend>0.90). The p-value for the interaction of magnesium intake with race on dysmenorrhea was not statistically significant (p-interaction>0.05). Conclusion: We found no significant association between magnesium intake and severe acyclic pain or severe dysmenorrhea overall or among participants with or without endometriosis. Our findings suggest a potential association between magnesium intake and dysmenorrhea that differed by racial groups. These findings suggest that magnesium intake may not be a major contributing factor in the severity of acyclic pain or dysmenorrhea. Further research with larger sample sizes is needed to confirm our observations and explore other potential factors influencing the associations. Keywords: dysmenorrhea, acyclic pelvic pain, endometriosis, magnesiu
Everyday Use of Emergency Spaces: A Park Design for Westport, Washington’s Proposed Vertical Evacuation Structure
No full textThesis (Master's)--University of Washington, 2023This thesis explores the integration of hazard mitigation, placemaking, andresilient design in the small coastal town of Westport, Washington, as it confronts
the challenges of preparing for a catastrophic tsunami while simultaneously
creating a vibrant public space. The study examines the design of an open space
around a proposed evacuation tower and investigates how the design can be
meaningful and functional for the community during non-emergency periods,
as well as seamlessly integrate the tower into the everyday landscape. Through
literature review, contextual analysis, and community engagement, the research
emphasizes the importance of community involvement in decision-making
processes to ensure contextually appropriate and community-driven solutions.
The thesis presents a proposed design for the public space surrounding the
proposed evacuation tower and highlights the opportunity for rural areas and
small towns to serve as innovative models for climate adaptation and hazard
mitigation strategies. The research contributes to the broader discourse on
resilient planning and design and challenges the urban bias prevalent in the field
Construction of the Agrotourism Dimensional Model: Perspective of Attraction of Visitor Experiences in Agrotourism Salak, Sibetan Karangasem Bali
No full textoai:ojs2.journal-iasssf.com:article/77Tourism has become one of the industries that has a major impact on Bali's economic growth. This study aims to explore the various factors that build important dimensions as a determinant of the formation of visitor experience in agro-tourism. The collecting data by interviews related to the form of expectations and responses of visitors as informants about the Sibetan agro-tourism object. This type of data is for exploring the dimensions and factors that reflect the dimensions to construct a measurement scale. The next step is to classify by group category to build dimensions, then the data processed using descriptive statistical analysis tools, namely confirmatory factor analysis. The indicator that produces the largest loading factor is determined as the indicator that most strongly reflects the variable in question. This result shows that the better the Tourist Visit Experience to Sibetan Agrotourism object, Karangasem, the more loyal these visitors are to Sibetan Agrotourism object, Karangasem. Based on the results of the study, information was obtained that based on the Experience of Tourists visiting Sibetan Agrotourism objects, Karangasem the biggest factor influencing tourists to visit Sibetan Agrotourism objects, Karangasem is the Security factor, then followed by the Coolness of tourist objects, Service and Hospitality, Order and Uniqueness and Beauty of Sibetan Agrotourism objects, Karangasem. Tourist Visiting Experience to Sibetan Agrotourism Object, Karangasem has a positive and significant effect on Visitor Loyalty