144 research outputs found
Supplemental Material - Phylogeographic Patterns of the Greater Cane Rat (<i>Thryonomys Swinderianus</i>) Populations from Eastern, Western and Southern Africa and Implications for Wildlife Conservation
No full textSupplemental Material for Phylogeographic Patterns of the Greater Cane Rat (Thryonomys Swinderianus) Populations from Eastern, Western and Southern Africa and Implications for Wildlife Conservation by Shadia I. Kilwanila, Charles M. Lyimo, Alfan A. Rija, and Rhodes H. Makundi in Tropical Conservation Science</p
Indoor environmental quality, energy effciency and thermal comfort in the retroftting of housing: A literature review
No full textBuilding retrofitted to be resilient in the face of future climates may present risks for the health and comfort of the occupants, due to the indoor environmental quality changes involved under current building practices. This chapter is a literature review of recent peer-reviewed papers from a variety of fields identifying such potential hazards. Three topics are investigated: building envelope, HVAC systems and occupants. In terms of the building envelope, resilient buildings currently lead to more airtightness and thermal insulation, which can create humidity problems, accumulation of air pollutants or overheating. HVAC systems, however efficient, can jeopardize the indoor environmental quality, through ducts, filters, noise and maintenance. Respiratory system, eyes and skin conditions can arise with certain retrofitting measures. Moreover, such measures do not necessarily lead to energy savings, partly due to the occupants and their behaviours and partly due to the technologies and their feedback. Human factors should be combined into the development of retrofitting technologies. Thus, interdisciplinarity is needed to develop resilient buildings that will be energy-efficient and also healthy and comfortable for their occupants and the technologies need to be researched as interdependent components to be synthesized in their performance to result in a single enhanced goal.Green Open Access added to TU Delft Institutional Repository 'You share, we take care!' - Taverne project https://www.openaccess.nl/en/you-share-we-take-care Otherwise as indicated in the copyright section: the publisher is the copyright holder of this work and the author uses the Dutch legislation to make this work public.Indoor Environmen
How airborne transmission of SARS-CoV-2 confirmed the need for new ways of proper ventilation
No full textSince the first outbreaks of COVID-19, research has focused on how to minimize SARS-CoV-2 transmission indoors. SARS-CoV-2 has three identified transmission routes: (1) direct transmission of virus-carrying droplets between people in close proximity, by coughing, sneezing or talking; (2) indirect transmission via deposited, or transmitted, infectious droplets via surfaces; (3) airborne transmission through virus-carrying, small, airborne droplets, also called aerosols, emanating from infected individuals. To reduce direct transmission from large infectious droplets, physical distancing of individuals is promoted, and for indirect transmissions, the cleaning of surfaces, washing of hands and sneezing/coughing in the elbow are advocated. For people who need or tend to come close to (possibly) infected persons, personal protective equipment is used, including facemasks and gloves. For airborne transmission, the use of ‘proper’ ventilation measures has been recommended to decrease the risk. In this chapter, the background of airborne transmission research is outlined and measures to reduce transmission are discussed. It is concluded that to provide pathogen safe, and comfortable, buildings in the future, we are in urgent need of both a better understanding of how pathogens spread within buildings, and reliable and resilient new ways of ventilating indoor spaces that are flexible, affordable, efficient and effective.Green Open Access added to TU Delft Institutional Repository 'You share, we take care!' - Taverne project https://www.openaccess.nl/en/you-share-we-take-care Otherwise as indicated in the copyright section: the publisher is the copyright holder of this work and the author uses the Dutch legislation to make this work public.Indoor Environmen
An innovative model for a sustainability report in no-profit organizations
No full textAfter a review of the literature, the research aims to build a sustainability report for NPOs through a set of economic, environmental and social indicators based on best international practice. Then the report will be applied to a voluntary service centre (CSV) which, in terms of function and organisation, over a wide range, contains all the social and economic environmental variables to be monitored in any NPOs. The findings appear to suggest an innovative model of sustainability report for NPOs with a significant set of indicators that offer a new disclosure of the activity carried on by the organisation. The work is tested only on a limited number of NPOs which can be extended in the future. Then, as there are many entities similar to CSV around Europe, it is necessary also to set up the model in other countrie
Board evaluation in Italian Listed Companies
No full textIn the last decade performance evaluation of the Board of Directors hasbecome a best practice at national and international level. Italy is an interesting areaof analysis given the high concentration of ownership that characterizes companies,including listed companies. In this context the choices of governance that affect thelevel of disclosure, for which the expectation is to have a low level of disclosure onthe practice of BE (Board Evaluation).The first purpose of this paper is to present are ́sume ́ on the state of the art in terms of BE for Italian listed companies at 31stDecember 2012, in terms of presence/absence of the practice of disclosure and itsmore or less extensive disclosure. The second objective is to highlight the modalityof adoption of BE and the third is to analyze the relationship between the quality ofBE (measured using as a proxy the disclosure on its setting up) and corporategovernance. The results reveal there are few companies that use board evaluationand that there is a relationship between BE adoption and good governance andbetween the quality of BE and good governance
The sustainability report in the the NPOs. An innovative model
No full textThe growing attention toward sustainability report pushed companies, private and public as well, to adopt instruments able to rate sustainability and environmental impact. Many tools can be used to evaluate social communication but the sustainability report is the most complete to explore, measure, understand and communicate the results under this aspect. Through the sustainability report is possible to supply a balanced vision of the sustainability performance of an organization and to understand all the positive and negative effects generated running the activity. To report the activity NPOs as well, has to disclose results and their connection with the surrounding community as social, environmental and economic impact. The voluntary disclosure of Triple Bottom Line information through proper tools, as the sustainability report, The sector vision of the environmental and social report, differently from the sustainability report, does not allow a complete disclosure on social and environmental activity carried on by the companies. Consequently is not fully represented the impact of these activities on the community. Nowadays NPOs use framework, which partially represent the sustainability activities. NPOs as well as for profit organizations have to introduce new reports keen to fill the information necessity of the stakeholder
Untold, impressive stories for a more inclusive Mongolia
No full textFriedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, Mongolian Institute for Innovative Policies ; nomyn teslijn bait: M. Sajbujan ... ; redaktov: Rija Tikkü ...Text mongolisch oder englischKyrillisc
Características y posibilidades del turismo ecológico en el distrito turístico, cultural e histórico de santa marta
No full textCCon este estudio se pretende determinar las características y posibilidades del turismo ecológico en el "Distrito Turístico Cultural e Histórico de Santa Marta" (D.T.C.H.S.M.). Pero se debe tener en cuenta que el desarrollo turístico puede convertirse en un factor de deterioro del medio ambiente, de no tomarse las medidas que ayuden a reducir los impactos negativos de ese mismo desarrollo. Por ello, es de gran importancia conocer el potencial turístico del D. T.C.H S. M, por medio de un inventario sistemático. También se deben analizar los efectos ambientales, sociales y económicos de la actividad ecoturística en la región. Estudiar si en realidad existen condiciones de capacitación para la práctica del turismo ecológico en el D.T.C.H.S.M. También se tiene por objeto investigar sí la infraestructura turística: Hoteles, Paraderos, otras infraestructuras están construidos o se construyen cerca de las áreas de interés o dentro de ellas. Determinar sí las prácticas del turismo ecológico mejora el nivel de vida de la población. Y por Último colaborar en la planificación regional a largo plazo para asegurar el rendimiento sostenido de todos los recursos naturales turísticos
Hubungan Efikasi Diri dengan Kualitas Hidup pada Pasien Diabetes Melitus Tipe 2 di Poliklinik Khusus Penyakit Dalam RSUP. DR. M. Djamil Padang
No full textDiabetes melitus merupakan penyakit kronis yang dapat menyebabkan kematian dan merenggut jutaan jiwa di dunia. Tingginya angka kejadian diabetes melitus disebabkan karena manajemen diri yang rendah. Salah satu cara untuk meningkatkan manajemen diri adalah efikasi diri sehingga menyebabkan perubahan kualitas hidup. Tujuan penelitian ini adalah mengetahui hubungan efikasi diri dengan kualitas hidup pasien diabetes melitus di poliklinik khusus penyakit dalam RSUP DR. M. Djamil Padang. Jenis penelitian yang digunakan adalah kuantitatif dengan pendekatan deskriptif korelasi. Penelitian dilakukan di Poliklinik Khusus Penyakit Dalam RSUP DR. M. Djamil Padang dari tanggal 31 Mei-21 Juni 2016 dengan menggunakan Diabetes Management Self Efficacy Scale (DMSES) dan Diabetes Quality of Life (DQOL). Teknik pengambilan sampel Accidental Sampling dengan sampel 178 pasien Diabetes Melitus. Analisa univariat didapatkan rata-rata efikasi diri 115,35, standar deviasi 26,062, skor terendah 57 dan skor tertinggi 174. Rata-rata kualitas hidup 78,11, standar deviasi 7,018, skor terendah 63 dan skor tertinggi 98. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan adanya hubungan bermakna antara efikasi diri dengan kualitas hidup pasien diabetes mellitus (p = 0,000) dengan arah hubungan positif dan kekuatan korelasi kuat (r = 0,721). Disarankan kepada perawat atau tenaga kesehatan untuk memberikan penyuluhan kepada responden mengenai pentingnya manajmen diri terutama pada perawatan kaki dan pengontrolan gula darah dengan memperhatikan aspek efikasi diri untuk meningkatkan kualitas hidup pasien diabetes melitus.
Kata Kunci : diabetes mellitus, efikasi diri, kualitas hidup
Daftar pustaka : 66 (1994 – 2016)
Diabetes Mellitus is a chronic disease that can cause death and claimed millions of human lives in the world. The high incidence of diabetes mellitus is caused due to low self-management. One way to improve self management is self efficacy, causing changes in the quality of life. This study aims to determine the relationship of self efficacy and quality of life of patients with Diabetes Mellitus type 2 in special internal medicine polyclinic DR. M. Djamil Padang Hospital. This type of research is quantitative with descriptive correlation method. This study was conducted in special internal medicine polyclinic DR. M. Djamil Padang Hospital from 31 May until 21June 2016 by using the Diabetes Management Self Efficacy Scale (DMSES) and Diabetes Quality of Life (DQOL). Sampling technique is accidental sampling with 178 patients.of diabetes mellitus. Univariate analisys showed mean score for self efficacy 115,35, standard deviation 26,062, the lowest score was 57 and the highest score was 174. The mean score for the quality of life was 78,11, standard deviation 7,018, the lowest score was 63 and the highest score was 98. The result of the research showed there was a significant relationship between self-efficacy and quality of life patients with diabetes mellitus type 2 (p = 0.000) with the direction of positive relationship and the strength of a strong correlation (r = 0.721). It is suggested to the nurses or health workers to give counseling about the importance of self-management on foot care and blood sugar control with due respect to self-efficacy to improve the quality of life of patients with diabetes mellitus.
Keywords : diabetes mellitus, self efficacy, quality of life
Bibliography : 66 (1994 – 2016
Uso di additivi vegetali per migliorare il colore della carne e del tuorlo nel pollame: revisione degli studi condotti in India
No full textThis work shows the use of herbal feed additives to improve meat and yolk color in poultry, with an emphasis on studies conducted in India. The growing desire for natural and safe chicken products has prompted researchers to look at alternative feed additives, particularly herbal ones, which are abundant in India due to its rich biodiversity and herbal medical traditions. It combines findings from several Indian studies, focusing on essential herbal additives such as turmeric, paprika, marigold, etc. The article explores how these chemicals affect color, the underlying mechanisms, the potential benefits and limitations, future research possibilities in India. Indian research provides unique insights into the benefits of herbal feed additives, which contribute to the global trend of natural and sustainable poultry production. This article underlines the potential for herbal additions to improve poultry product quality and match customer demands for natural, health-promoting foods.U ovom radu prikazana je upotreba biljnih dodataka krmnim smjesama za poboljšanje boje mesa i žumanjka kod peradi, s naglaskom na studije provedene u Indiji. Rastuća želja za prirodnim i sigurnim proizvodima od peradi potaknula je istraživače da potraže alternativne dodatke stočnoj hrani, osobito one biljne, kojih u Indiji ima u izobilju, zbog njezine bogate bioraznolikosti i tradicijskog korištenja ljekovitog bilja. Kroz pregled nekoliko studija, usredotočujući se na esencijalne biljne dodatke kao što su kurkuma, komorač, neven itd., opisano je kako te biokemijske tvari iz biljnih preparata utječu na boju, temeljne mehanizme i potencijalne koristi i ograničenja, kao i buduće mogućnosti istraživanja u Indiji. Indijska istraživanja pružaju jedinstveni uvid u prednosti biljnih dodataka stočnoj hrani, koji doprinose globalnom trendu prirodne i održive proizvodnje peradi. Ovaj pregled naglašava potencijal biljnih dodataka za poboljšanje kvalitete proizvoda od peradi i zadovoljavanje zahtjeva kupaca za prirodnom hranom koja promiče zdravlje.Diese Arbeit zeigt die Verwendung von pflanzlichen Futtermittelzusätzen zur Verbesserung der Fleisch- und Dotterfarbe bei Geflügel, wobei der Schwerpunkt auf in Indien durchgeführten Studien liegt. Der wachsende Wunsch nach natürlichen und sicheren Hühnerprodukten hat Forscher dazu veranlasst, sich mit alternativen Futtermittelzusatzstoffen zu befassen, insbesondere mit pflanzlichen, die in Indien aufgrund der reichen biologischen Vielfalt und der Traditionen der Kräutermedizin reichlich vorhanden sind. Der Artikel fasst die Ergebnisse mehrerer indischer Studien zusammen und konzentriert sich dabei auf wesentliche pflanzliche Zusatzstoffe wie Kurkuma, Paprika, Ringelblume usw. Der Artikel untersucht, wie diese Chemikalien die Farbe beeinflussen, die zugrundeliegenden Mechanismen, den potenziellen Nutzen und die Grenzen sowie künftige Forschungsmöglichkeiten in Indien. Die indische Forschung bietet einzigartige Einblicke in die Vorteile pflanzlicher Futtermittelzusatzstoffe, die zum weltweiten Trend einer natürlichen und nachhaltigen Geflügelproduktion beitragen. Dieser Artikel unterstreicht das Potenzial von pflanzlichen Zusätzen zur Verbesserung der Qualität von Geflügelprodukten und zur Erfüllung der Kundennachfrage nach natürlichen, gesundheitsfördernden Lebensmitteln.Este trabajo muestra el uso de aditivos herbales en la alimentación para mejorar el color de la carne y la yema en aves, con énfasis en estudios realizados en la India. El creciente deseo de productos avícolas naturales y seguros ha llevado a los investigadores a examinar aditivos alimenticios alternativos, particularmente los herbales, que son abundantes en la India debido a su rica biodiversidad y tradiciones médicas herbales. Combina hallazgos de varios estudios indios, centrándose en aditivos herbales esenciales como la cúrcuma, el pimentón, la caléndula, etc. El artículo explora cómo estos compuestos afectan el color, los mecanismos subyacentes, los posibles beneficios y limitaciones, y las posibilidades de investigación futura en la India. La investigación india proporciona perspectivas únicas sobre los beneficios de los aditivos herbales en la alimentación, que contribuyen a la tendencia global de producción avícola natural y sostenible. Este artículo destaca el potencial de las adiciones herbales para mejorar la calidad de los productos avícolas y satisfacer las demandas de los consumidores por alimentos naturales y promotores de la saludQuesto articolo presenta l'uso di additivi vegetali nelle miscele di mangimi per migliorare il colore della carne e del tuorlo nel pollame, con particolare attenzione agli studi condotti in India. Il crescente desiderio di prodotti avicoli naturali e sicuri ha spinto i ricercatori a cercare additivi alternativi per mangimi, in particolare quelli a base d’erbe, abbondanti in India, paese caratterizzato da una ricca biodiversità e dall’uso tradizionale di piante medicinali. Attraverso la revisione di numerosi studi, concentrandosi su additivi vegetali a base di piante officinali come la curcuma, il finocchio, la calendula, ecc., viene analizzato il modo in cui queste sostanze biochimiche vegetali incidono sul colore, i meccanismi sottostanti, i potenziali benefici e limiti, nonché le future opportunità di ricerca in India. Le ricerche indiane forniscono una visione unica dei benefici degli additivi vegetali per mangimi, contribuendo alla tendenza globale della produzione di pollame naturale e sostenibile. Questa revisione mette in risalto il potenziale degli additivi vegetali per migliorare la qualità dei prodotti a base di pollame e soddisfare la domanda dei consumatori rivolta ad alimenti naturali e salutari
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