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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202009.0328.v1

Meeting SDG6 in the Kingdom of Tonga: The Mismatch between National and Local Sustainable Development Planning for Water Supply

Ian White, Tony Falkland, Taaniela Kula

Subject: Environmental And Earth Sciences, Environmental Science Keywords: groundwater; rainwater harvesting; climate variability; small island developing states; water planning; community participation.

Online: 15 September 2020 (04:38:05 CEST)

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Exact Solutions of A Mathematical Model Describing Competition and Co-existence of Different Language Speakers

Roman Cherniha, Vasyl' Davydovych

Subject: Computer Science And Mathematics, Applied Mathematics Keywords: reaction-diffusion system; lie symmetry; exact solution; traveling front; community of language speakers

Online: 19 December 2019 (08:43:29 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints201908.0098.v1

The Facility List Coder: A Tool to Evaluate Community Food Environments

Ana Maria Arcila-Agudelo, Juan Carlos Muñoz-Mora, Andreu Farran-Codina

Subject: Biology And Life Sciences, Food Science And Technology Keywords: community food environment; nutrition environment; geographical information systems (GIS); Facility List Coder; Python

Online: 7 August 2019 (16:53:36 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints201902.0018.v1

Comparing Measures of Community Lineage Diversity across North American Forests

Kyle G. Dexter, Ricardo A. Segovia, Andy Griffiths

Subject: Biology And Life Sciences, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior And Systematics Keywords: temperate forests; species richness; community lineage diversity; phylogenetic diversity; United States; trees; TILD

Online: 2 February 2019 (03:24:56 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints201809.0593.v1

Kū Hou Kuapā: Cultural Restoration Improves Water Budget and Water Quality Dynamics in Heʻeia Fishpond

Paula Mohlenkamp, Charles Kaiaka Beebe, Margaret A. McManus, Angela Hiʻilei Kawelo, Keliʻiahonui Kotubetey, Mirielle Lopez-Guzman, Craig E. Nelson, Rosanna ʻAnolani Alegado

Subject: Environmental And Earth Sciences, Environmental Science Keywords: mariculture; aquaculture; community restoration; conservation ecology; Native Hawaiian fishpond; microbes; microbial source tracking

Online: 30 September 2018 (04:49:28 CEST)

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In Hawaiʻi, the transition from customary subsistence flooded taro agroecosystems, which regulate stream discharge rate trapping sediment and nutrients, to a plantation-style economy (c. the 1840s) led to nearshore sediment deposition - smothering coral reefs and destroying adjacent coastal fisheries and customary fishpond mariculture. To mitigate sediment transport, Rhizophora mangle was introduced in estuaries across Hawai’i (c. 1902) further altering fishpond ecosystems. Here, we examine the impact of cultural restoration between 2012-2018 at Heʻeia Fishpond, a 600-800-year-old walled fishpond. Fishpond water quality was assessed by calculating water exchange rates, residence times, salinity distribution, and abundance of microbial indicators prior to and after restoration. We hypothesized that R. mangle removal and concomitant reconstruction of sluice gates would increase mixing and decrease bacterial indicator abundance in the fishpond. We find that Heʻeia Fishpond’s physical environment is primarily tidally driven; wind forcing and river flux are secondary drivers. Post-restoration, two gates in the northeastern region account for >80% of relative flux in the fishpond. Increase in exchange rates during spring and neap tide and shorter minimum water residence time corresponded with the reconstruction of a partially obstructed 56 m gap together with the installation of an additional sluice gate in the fishpond wall. Lower mean salinities post-restoration suggests increased freshwater influx due to R. mangle removal. Spatial distribution of microbial bio-indicator species inversely correlated with salinity. Average abundance of Enterococcus and Bacteroidales did not significantly change after restoration efforts, however, average abundance of a biomarker specific to birds nesting in the mangroves decreased significantly after restoration. This study demonstrates the positive impact of biocultural restoration regimes on water flushing and water quality parameters, encouraging the prospect of revitalizing this and other culturally and economically significant sites for sustainable aquaculture in the future.

Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints201805.0314.v1

Who and Where: A Socio-Spatial integrated Approach for Community-Based Health Research

Jeanne-Marie R. Stacciarini, Raffaele Vacca, Liang Mao

Subject: Social Sciences, Geography, Planning And Development Keywords: community health; rural Latino immigrants; mental well-being; network analysis; spatial statistics; intervention

Online: 23 May 2018 (07:40:58 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202410.2386.v1

Foster Grandparent Programs Impact on the Quality-of-Life of Older Adult Volunteers

Anastacia Schulhoff, Alex Dukehart

Subject: Sociology, Social Sciences Keywords: quality of life (QoL); community participation; volunteering; older adults, United States; Foster Grandparent Program

Online: 30 October 2024 (11:37:38 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202409.1855.v1

Antimicrobial Susceptibility of Uropathogenic Escherichia coli with Analysis of Impact of Socio-Economic Factors in Low, Medium and High-Income Countries

Meher Rizvi, Maria Khan, Amina AL Jardani, Ujjala Ghoshal, Zaaima AL Jabri, Mohammad Ahanjan, Azza AL Mamari, Nawal AL Shizawi, Hiba Sami, Abdullah Balkhair, Adila Shaukat, Alwarith Nasser Salem Alkharusi, Abdulrahman Almahrouqi, Afreenish Hassan, Ajay Kumar, Amal Malehi, Amina Gul, Ashima Singh, Asma Said Hamed AL Shidhani, Areena Hoda Siddiqui, Aruna Poojary, Azza AL Rashdi, Bradley Langford, Dmytro Stepanskyi, Abbas Dolatabadi, Aisha Al Mufraji AL Mufraji, Elham Said Ahmed AL Risi, Garima Kapoor, Isabella Princess, Hatim Ali Eltahir, Hilal Al Sidairi, Kaitlyn Dougherty, Katia Iskandar, Ken Masters, Ibrahim Khalaf Hamdan AL Busaidi, Laila AL Yazidi, Mahfuza Nasrin, Mahmood Salim AL Subhi, Mallika Sengupta Mallika Sengupta, Manisha Khandait, Nada Khalfan AL Tamtami, Nada Khafan Alsiyabi, Nawal AL Kindi, Nazla Musthafa Luthfee, Neha Shreshtha, Nihal Mohamed Amur AL Riyami, Noora Hilal Ali AL Busaidi, Nupur Goel, Oksana Ishchenko, Omnia Mohamed Elnabawy Ahmed Taher, Pragnya Paramita Jena, Rajni Ekadashi, Razan Zadjali, Reba Kanungo, Sara Abolghasemi, Salima Al-maqbali, Sanjay Jaju, Sayantan Banerjee, Shadma Yaqoob, Shahnaz Sali, Shafqat Husnain Khan, Shalini Malhotra, Stephen Hughes, Sundas Shaukat, Syed Mohammed Atif, Vrushali Vishwas Patwardhan, Victorien Dougnon, Wahid Khan, Walid Wali, Zakariya AL Muharrmi, Zeeshana Basit, Jasashree Choudhury, Rachita Pravalina, Sanjeev Singh, Sarman Singh, Neelam Taneja, Raman Sardana, Pawan Kapoor, Rajeev Soman, Rashid Al Abri

Subject: Medicine And Pharmacology, Epidemiology And Infectious Diseases Keywords: community acquired UTI; Escherichia coli; antimicrobial susceptibility; Indian subcontinent; MENA; GDP; temperature

Online: 24 September 2024 (12:32:05 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202409.1626.v1

Self-Perceived Health, Mood, and Substance Use Among Adolescents: An Analysis to Enhance Family, Community, and Mental Health Care

Jose Antonio Zafra-Agea, Cristina García-Salido, Estella Ramirez-Baraldes, Mireia Vilafranca-Cartagena, Ester Colillas-Malet, Anna Portabella-Serra, Daniel García-Gutiérrez

Subject: Public Health And Healthcare, Nursing Keywords: adolescents; Substance use; emotional well-being; Mental health; Community care; public health policies; prevention

Online: 20 September 2024 (16:21:38 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202409.0296.v1

Development and Validation of the Communities Geriatric Mild Cognitive Impairment Risk Calculator (CGMCI-Risk)

Jiangwei Chen, Qing Fang, Kehua Yang, Jiayu Pan, Lanlan Zhou, Qunli Xu, Yuedi Shen

Subject: Public Health And Healthcare, Public Health And Health Services Keywords: Mild Cognitive Impairment; cognitive disorder; cognitive function; community health; healthcare; prediction model; risk model

Online: 4 September 2024 (08:39:04 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202408.1293.v1

Immobilizing Effects on Exchangeable CD Merged Soil by Various Amendments – Focused on Plant Uptake and Soil Microbial Community

Tuan Nguyen Quoc, Myung Chae Jung

Subject: Environmental And Earth Sciences, Soil Science Keywords: Cd contaminated soil; soil amendments; Cd uptake by plant; Cd immobilization; Soil microbial community

Online: 19 August 2024 (12:23:32 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202407.2246.v1

Does the Weather Still Affect Me When I Shop at Home? The Impact of Weather on Online Shopping Behavior

Hongde Liu, Jun Wang, Ruilin Zhang, Ou Liu

Subject: Business, Economics And Management, Business And Management Keywords: Community Retail Shops; weather conditions; S-O-R; online purchasing behavior; risk aversion awareness

Online: 29 July 2024 (11:07:38 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202407.1564.v2

Imprecision in Yield Estimates Using Timber Volume in Forest Management Plans in the Amazon

Renato Bezerra da Silva Ribeiro, Leila Sheila Silva Lisboa, Carlos Tadeu dos Santos Dias, Afonso Henrique Moraes Oliveira, Emanuel José Gomes de Araújo, Dárlison Fernandes Carvalho de Andrade, Lucieta Guerreiro Martorano

Subject: Environmental And Earth Sciences, Environmental Science Keywords: Annual Operating Plan; Commercial Height; Community Forest Management; Logging; Tapajó; s National Forest; Timber estimation

Online: 10 October 2024 (06:16:09 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202405.1728.v1

P2P Energy Exchange Architecture for Swarm Electrification-Driven PV Communities

Khaled Taouil, Rahma Aloulou, Salma Bradai, Amal Gassara, Mohamed wajdi Kharrat, Badii Louati, Michel Giordani

Subject: Engineering, Energy And Fuel Technology Keywords: Swarm electrification; Rural PV communities; DC Microgrids; Blockchain; P2P Energy Exchange; Community-Shared Loads

Online: 27 May 2024 (10:14:16 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202403.1432.v1

Empowering Community Clinical Triage through Innovative Data-Driven Machine Learning

Binu M. Suresh, Nitsa J. Herzog

Subject: Computer Science And Mathematics, Artificial Intelligence And Machine Learning Keywords: clinical triaging; machine learning; community health care triaging; prediction; classification; artificial intelligence

Online: 25 March 2024 (08:47:31 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202403.0093.v1

Slashing Swords: Identity and Culture of the Live Action Role Playing (LARP) Community in Jakarta

Yoga Susatyo, Fris Valentino Lie, Michael Douglas, Nandi Karuniko

Subject: Social Sciences, Sociology Keywords: Community; Identity; Culture; Solidarity; Live Action Role Playing

Online: 4 March 2024 (09:33:09 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202403.0033.v1

Community Battery for Collective-Self-Consumption and Energy Arbitrage: Techno-Economic Simulations Assessing Energy Balances, Battery Ageing and Different Market Scenarios

Mattia Pasqui, Lorenzo Becchi, Marco Bindi, Matteo Intravaia, Francesco Grasso, Gianluigi Fioriti, Carlo Carcasci

Subject: Engineering, Energy And Fuel Technology Keywords: renewable energy community; battery energy storage system; scheduling; ageing; collective-self-consumption; energy arbitrage

Online: 4 March 2024 (06:12:07 CET)

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Preprint REVIEW | doi:10.20944/preprints202401.1748.v1

Community-Based HIV Awareness & Prevention

Samina Khan

Subject: Biology And Life Sciences, Biology And Biotechnology Keywords: HIV/AIDS; community-based; awareness; prevention; stigma; empowerment; health promotion

Online: 24 January 2024 (10:41:11 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202312.0685.v1

Malic Acid Interacts with Citric Acid to Affect Fermentation Quality, Microbial Community, and Ruminal Degradability in Mixed Silage of Chinese Water Chestnut Residue and Corn Gluten Meal

Chao Zhao, Yue Li, Qiong Chen, Yongqing Guo, Baoli Sun, Dewu Liu

Subject: Biology And Life Sciences, Agricultural Science And Agronomy Keywords: chinese water chestnut; corn gluten meal; malic acid; citric acid; mixed silage; microbial community

Online: 11 December 2023 (09:32:44 CET)

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This experiment aimed to investigate the impact of malic acid (MA) and citric acid (CA) on the nutritional composition, fermentation quality, rumen degradation rate, and microbial diversity of a mixture of apple pomace and corn protein powder during ensiling. The experiment used apple pomace and corn protein powder as raw materials, with four groups: control group (CON), malic acid treatment group (MA, 10g/kg), citric acid treatment group (CA, 10g/kg), and citric acid + malic acid treatment group (MA, 10g/kg + CA, 10g/kg), subjected to mixed ensiling for 60 days. The results indicated: (1) Compared to the CON group, the crude protein content significantly increased in the MA, CA, and MA+CA groups (p < 0.05), with the highest content observed in the MA+CA group. The addition of MA and CA effectively reduced the water-soluble carbohydrate (WSC) content (p < 0.05). Simultaneously, the CA group showed a decreasing trend in NDFom and hemicellulose content (p = 0.08; p = 0.09). (2) Compared to the CON group, the pH significantly decreased in the MA, CA, and MA+CA groups (p < 0.01), and the three treatment groups exhibited a significant increase in lactic acid and acetic acid content (p < 0.01). The quantity of lactic acid bacteria increased significantly (p < 0.01), with the MA+CA group showing a more significant increase than the MA and CA groups (p < 0.05). (3) Compared to the CON group, the in situ dry matter disappearance (ISDMD) significantly increased in the MA, CA, and MA+CA groups (p < 0.05). All three treatment groups showed highly significant differences in in situ crude protein disappearance (ISCPD) compared to the CON group (p < 0.01). (4) Good's Coverage for all experimental groups was greater than 0.99, meeting the conditions for subsequent sequencing. Compared to the CON group, the Shannon index significantly increased in the CA group (P < 0.01), and the Simpson index increased significantly in the MA group (p < 0.05). However, there was no significant difference in the Chao index among the three treatment groups and the CON group (p > 0.05). At the genus level, the abundance of Lentilactobacillus in the MA, CA, and MA+CA groups was significantly higher than in the control group (p < 0.05). PICRUSt prediction results indicated that the metabolic functional microbial groups in the CA and MA treatment groups were significantly higher than in the CON group (p < 0.05), suggesting that the addition of MA or CA could reduce the loss of nutritional components such as protein and carbohydrates in mixed ensilage. In conclusion, the addition of malic acid and citric acid to a mixture of apple pomace and corn protein powder during ensiling reduces nutritional losses, improves fermentation quality and rumen degradation rate, enhances the diversity of the microbial community in ensiled feed, and improves microbial structure. The combined addition of malic acid and citric acid demonstrates a superior effect.

Preprint BRIEF REPORT | doi:10.20944/preprints202311.0615.v1

A Study to Determine the Prevalence and Risk Factors of Schistosomiasis Amongst School-Aged Children in Low- and Middle-Income Communities: Ehlanzeni District Municipality, South Africa

Sunnieboy Lot Njikho, Vanessa Cecilia Quan, Thokozani Patrick Mbonane, Renay Helouise Van Wyk

Subject: Public Health And Healthcare, Public Health And Health Services Keywords: schistosomiasis; prevalence; district municipality; disease; risk factors; low- and middle-income community; environmental factors

Online: 9 November 2023 (11:26:07 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202309.2169.v1

Divergent Responses of Temperature Sensitivity to Rising Incubation Temperature in the Warmed and Un-warmed Soil from a Subtropical Plantation

Yong Zheng, Zhijie Yang, Jiacong Zhou, Wei Zheng, Shidong Chen, Weisheng Lin, Decheng Xiong, Chao Xu, Xiaofei Liu, Yusheng Yang

Subject: Environmental And Earth Sciences, Soil Science Keywords: Warming; Soil organic carbon mineralization; Temperature sensitivity; Substrate availability; Enzyme activity; Microbial community structure

Online: 30 September 2023 (09:54:19 CEST)

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The subtropical forest soil plays a pivotal role in terrestrial carbon (C) cycling. Although global warming is expected to influence subtropical soil C cycling, a consensus on its impact on soil C dynamics remains elusive. Given the significant response of soil microbial respiration to temperature in subtropical soils, understanding its behavior under varying temperature regimes is critical for predicting soil organic C (SOC) responses to climate warming. We conducted a short-term laboratory soil warming incubation experiment, sampling both warmed and un-warmed soils from a subtropical plantation in southeastern China, incubating them at 20 °C, 30 °C, and 40 °C. Our aim was to study the SOC mineralization response to increasing temperatures. Our findings revealed that the temperature sensitivity (Q10) of SOC mineralization to short-term experimental warming varied between the warmed soil and the un-warmed soil. The Q10 of the un-warmed soil escalated with the temperature treatment (20-30 ℃: 1.31, 30-40℃: 1.63). Conversely, the Q10 of the warmed soil decreased (20-30 ℃:1.57, 30-40 ℃:1.41). Increasing temperature treatments enhanced hydrolytic enzyme activity but decreased soil substrate availability in both un-warmed and warmed soil. The Q10 of un-warmed soil was positively correlated with the response ratio of DOC. Additionally, soil microbial biomass exhibited a significant decline, leading to a reduced total amount of PLFAs and a decreased abundance of bacteria, fungi, and Gram-negative bacteria (GN). The changes in temperature also considerably altered the composition of the warmed soil microbial community. A drop in the microbial quotient coupled with a rise in the metabolic quotient indicated that warming amplified microbial respiration over microbial growth. The differential Q10 of SOC mineralization, in response to temperature across varying soil, can largely be attributed to shifts in soil nutrients, C-degrading enzyme activities, and microbial communities (the ratio of fungal to bacterial PLFAs).

Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202309.2058.v1

Effects of Total Flavonoids from Taraxacum mongolicum Hand.-Mazz. on Fermentation Quality, Antioxidant Status and Microbial Community of Caragana korshinskii Kom. Silage

Shuai Huang, Can Wen Ke, Qiang Lu, Fei Long Gao, Dong Xiao Zhou, Yan Cheng Ma

Subject: Biology And Life Sciences, Animal Science, Veterinary Science And Zoology Keywords: Caragana korshinskii Kom.; flavonoids; Taraxacum mongolicum Hand.-Mazz.; fermentation quality; antioxidant status; microbial community

Online: 29 September 2023 (04:26:21 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202309.1350.v1

From Divide to Debate: A Methodological Approach to Dismantling Polarization in Social Networks

Zaka Ul Mustafa, Muhammad Amir, Manal Mustafa, Muhammad Adnan Anwar

Subject: Computer Science And Mathematics, Computer Networks And Communications Keywords: echo chamber; filter bubble; digital social networks; social network analysis; polarization; diversity; community discovery

Online: 20 September 2023 (04:51:16 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202309.0310.v1

Accessing Meals on Wheels: A Qualitative Study Exploring the Experiences of Service Users and People Who Refer Them to the Service

Angeliki Papadaki, Mary Wakeham, Becky Ali, Miranda Armstrong, Paul Willis, Ailsa Cameron

Subject: Public Health And Healthcare, Health Policy And Services Keywords: carers; community meals; home-delivered meals; Meals on Wheels; older adults; qualitative research; referral

Online: 6 September 2023 (04:17:25 CEST)

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Preprint CASE REPORT | doi:10.20944/preprints202308.0440.v1

Health Access, Health Promotion and Health Self-Management: Barriers When Building Comprehensive Ageing Communities

Leticia Pérez-Saiz, Mireia Ferri, Maite Ferrando, Mirian Fernández Salido, Tamara Alhambra-Borrás, Jorge Garcés Ferrer, Rachael Dix

Subject: Public Health And Healthcare, Primary Health Care Keywords: value-based care; healthy ageing; frailty; social care; barriers; health promotion; community; digital solution

Online: 4 August 2023 (14:45:00 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202307.1727.v1

Governance Assessment of Community Based Reduction Waste Programs in Makassar, South Sulawesi, Indonesia

Michael Denny Latanna, Budhi Gunawan, María Laura Franco-García, Hans Bressers

Subject: Environmental And Earth Sciences, Environmental Science Keywords: Governance Assessment Tool (GAT); waste management; community-based solid waste management (CBSWM); waste bank

Online: 26 July 2023 (03:26:42 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202210.0144.v1

Virtual Reality Destination Experiences Model: A Moderating variable between Wisesa Sustainable Tourism Behavior and Tourists' Intention to Visit.

Yohan Wismantoro, Vincent Didiek Wiet Aryanto, Imang Dapit Pamungkas, Nanda Adhi Purusa, Amron Amron, Amalia Nur Chasanah

Subject: Business, Economics And Management, Marketing Keywords: virtual reality; destination experiences; wisesa sustainable community tourism; content quality; portability; intention to revisit

Online: 11 October 2022 (07:05:39 CEST)

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Preprint REVIEW | doi:10.20944/preprints202207.0230.v1

Nitrogen Distribution and Soil Microbial Community Characteristics in A Legume–cereal Intercropping System: A Review

Huiling Lai, Fuyun Gao, Hao Su, Peng Zheng, Yaying Li, Huaiying Yao

Subject: Biology And Life Sciences, Agricultural Science And Agronomy Keywords: intercropping; nitrogen transfer; microbial community structure; microbial activity; DNA-SIP; high-throughput sequencing; metagenomes

Online: 15 July 2022 (09:38:10 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202202.0344.v1

Probing the Potential of Community-Based Transportation Facilities: A Case of Community Managed School Van Service in Dhaka City

Anutosh Das, Sharmin Akter, Sumita Roy, Mohammad Shahriyar Parvez

Subject: Social Sciences, Sociology Keywords: community-based transportation; para-transit; school going children; social security; participa-tory rural appraisal

Online: 28 February 2022 (02:57:13 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202106.0715.v1

Impact of Charcoal Canker on Oak Trees at a Site of Community Importance: Case Study of the Relict Castelfidardo Forest (SIC Area IT520008, Castelfidardo, AN, Italy)

Sergio Murolo, Jonathan Concas, Alessandro Salerno, Fedele Maiorano, Lorenzo Cingolani, Francesca Carloni, Salvatore Moricca, Gianfranco Romanazzi

Subject: Biology And Life Sciences, Biochemistry And Molecular Biology Keywords: Biscogniauxia mediterranea; oak decline; dieback; Site of Community Importance (S.I.C.); tree competition; warming conditions

Online: 29 June 2021 (23:50:11 CEST)

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Preprint REVIEW | doi:10.20944/preprints202104.0031.v1

Novel Therapeutic Trends in Pneumonia: Antibiotics and Mesenchymal Stem Cells

Jennifer Ly, Qi Chu, Li Zhong

Subject: Medicine And Pharmacology, Immunology And Allergy Keywords: Community-Acquired Pneumonia; Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia; COVID-19; Antibiotics; Mes-enchymal Stem Cells; Corticosteroids

Online: 1 April 2021 (16:18:25 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202101.0169.v1

Student Annotations of Published Data as a Collaboration between an Online Laboratory Course and the C. elegans Database, WormBase

Christian Grove, Samiya Ismail, Heino Hulsey-Vincent, Caroline Dahlberg

Subject: Biology And Life Sciences, Biochemistry And Molecular Biology Keywords: Collaboration; annotate; WormBase; C. elegans; Course-based undergraduate research experience (CURE); genetics; scientific community

Online: 8 January 2021 (16:55:14 CET)

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The Comprehensive Changes in Soil Properties Are Continuous Cropping Obstacles Associated With American Ginseng (Panax Quinquefolius) Cultivation

Chongwei Li, Guozhong Chen, Jianlong Zhang, Xinfu Bai, Ping Zhu, Yuping Hou, Xingxiao Zhang

Subject: Biology And Life Sciences, Biochemistry And Molecular Biology Keywords: continuous cropping obstacles; Panax quinquefolius L.; phenolic acids; soil bacterial community composition; soil nutrients

Online: 5 January 2021 (11:46:53 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202012.0221.v1

Building a Laboratory at a Primarily Undergraduate Institution (PUI)

Caroline Dahlberg, Christina King-Smith, Blake Riggs

Subject: Social Sciences, Education Keywords: PUI (primarily undergraduate institution); laboratory; start-up; negotiation; undergraduate; support; funding; equipment; mentorship; community

Online: 9 December 2020 (11:16:48 CET)

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Scientists who are interested in building research programs at primarily-undergraduate institutions (PUIs) have unique considerations compared to colleagues at research-intensive (R1) institutions. Maintaining a research program at a PUI holds unique challenges that should be considered before prospective faculty go on the job market, as they negotiate a job offer, and after they begin a new position. In this article we describe some of the considerations that aspiring and newly hired faculty should keep in mind as they plan out how they will set up a laboratory as a new Principle Investigator (PI) at a PUI. Anyone hoping to start a research program at a PUI should understand both the timeframe of interviews, job offers, and negotiations and the challenges and rewards of working with undergraduate researchers. Once a job is offered, candidates should be aware of the range of negotiable terms that can be part of a start-up package. Space and equipment considerations are also important, and making the most of shared spaces, existing infrastructure, and deals can extend the purchasing power of start-up funds as a new PIs builds their lab. PUIs’ focus on undergraduate education and mentorship leads to important opportunities for collaboration, funding, and bringing research projects directly into undergraduate teaching laboratories. A major focus of any new laboratory leader must be on building a productive, equitable, and supportive laboratory community. Equitable onboarding, mentorship plans, and formalized expectations, can all help build a productive and sustainable laboratory research program. However, important considerations about safety, inclusion, student schedules, and a PI’s own professional commitments are also extremely important concerns when working with undergraduates in research. A successful research program at a PUI will bring students into meaningful scientific inquiry and requires insights and skills that are often not the focus of scientific training. This article aims to describe the scope of setting up a new laboratory as a way to alleviate some of the burden that new and prospective faculty often feel.

Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202011.0036.v1

A Creative Living Lab for the Adaptive Re-use of the Morticelli Church: the SSMOLL project

Maria Cerreta, Ludovica La Rocca, Alessia Elefante

Subject: Social Sciences, Decision Sciences Keywords: Cultural Heritage; Adaptive Reuse; Urban Regeneration; Community-Based Approach; Decision-Making Process, Intrinsic Value

Online: 2 November 2020 (11:36:31 CET)

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Preprint REVIEW | doi:10.20944/preprints202009.0548.v1

Metabolic Modelling Approaches for Describing and Engineering Microbial Communities

Beatriz García-Jiménez, Jesús Torres, Juan Nogales

Subject: Biology And Life Sciences, Biology And Biotechnology Keywords: genome-scale metabolic model; microbial community; optimization; design; engineering; computational methods; synthetic microbial consortia

Online: 23 September 2020 (09:52:17 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202005.0382.v1

Unravelling the Social Network of COVID-19 in India from 30 January to 6 April 2020

Sarita Azad, Sushma Devi

Subject: Public Health And Healthcare, Health Policy And Services Keywords: COVID-19; India; Indian states; International travels; Local transmission; Community transmission; Delhi religious conference

Online: 24 May 2020 (15:56:44 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202004.0216.v1

Development of a Field-deployable RT-qPCR Workflow for COVID-19 Detection

Raphael Nyaruaba, Bo Zhang, Caroline Muema, Elishiba Muturi, Greater Oyejobi, Jin Xiong, Bei Li, Zhengli Shi, Caroline Mwaliko, Junping Yu, Xiaohong Li, Hongping Wei

Subject: Biology And Life Sciences, Immunology And Microbiology Keywords: COVID-19; SARS-CoV-2; field work; community; diagnosis; rapid detection; inactivation; RT-qPCR

Online: 14 April 2020 (08:41:04 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202003.0216.v1

Bees Occurring in Corn Production Fields Treated with Atoxigenic Aspergillus flavus (Texas, USA)

Krishna B. Bhandari, Scott D. Longing, Charles P. West

Subject: Biology And Life Sciences, Immunology And Microbiology Keywords: Aflatoxin treated corn; Aspergillus flavus; atoxigenic aflatoxin; bee community; biological pesticide; saprophytic soil fungus

Online: 12 March 2020 (14:18:11 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints201908.0313.v1

Community Empowerment Model for Forest Revegetation and Preservation the Area Around the Springs: Arjuna Mount Case Study in East Java, Indonesia

Matheus Nugroho, Soemarno Soemarno, Harsuko Riniwati, Aminudin Afandhi

Subject: Environmental And Earth Sciences, Environmental Science Keywords: community empowerment; springs; forest revegetation; Arjuna mount; soil and geographical conditions; plants vegetation profile

Online: 29 August 2019 (17:17:32 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints201906.0116.v1

Findings from a Pilot Led Bulb Exchange Program at a Neighborhood Scale

Sadie M. Witt, Shelby Stults, Emma Rieves, Kevin Emerson, Daniel L. Mendoza

Subject: Environmental And Earth Sciences, Environmental Science Keywords: LED lighting; energy efficiency; electricity consumption; social cost of carbon; CO2 emissions; community programs

Online: 13 June 2019 (08:24:27 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints201803.0107.v2

Fire Management in Mount Kenya—A Case Study of Gathiuru Forest Station

Kevin W. Nyongesa, Harald Vacik

Subject: Environmental And Earth Sciences, Environmental Science Keywords: fire management; human activities; participation; firewood; charcoal; grazing; water; honey; farming; community forest association

Online: 12 June 2018 (11:20:43 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202410.2464.v1

Effects of Biological Nitrogen Fixation and Nitrogen Deposition on Soil Microbial Communities in Karst Grassland Ecosystems

Xin Liu, Rong Yang, Jie Zhao, Dan Xiao, Xunyang He, Wei Zhang, Kelin Wang, Hongsong Chen

Subject: Ecology, Environmental And Earth Sciences Keywords: legume plants; nitrogen deposition; soil microbial community; soil microbial phospholipid fatty acid; karst grassland ecosystems

Online: 30 October 2024 (15:37:12 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202409.0650.v1

Muslim World League (MWL) as a Soft Power Tool to Serve Muslims Globally: A Descriptive and Analytical Study

Safran Almakaty

Subject: Social Sciences, Religion Keywords: Muslim World League; soft power; global Muslim community; religious diplomacy; international relations; Political Communication theory

Online: 9 September 2024 (14:02:43 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202408.0332.v1

The Influence of Social Media Marketing on Brand Loyalty

George Wilson, Oliver Johnson, William Brown

Subject: Business, Economics And Management, Business And Management Keywords: social media marketing; brand loyalty; personalization; content quality; influencer marketing; community management; social media advertising

Online: 7 August 2024 (12:54:17 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202407.2183.v1

Diversity Management and WAI (Work Ability Index): A Cross-Sectional Study of Family and Community Nurses in Tuscany. Monitoring Organizational Wellbeing in the Workplace Context

Chiara Barchielli, Camilla Di Marco, Marco Alaimo, Daniela Ammazzini, Paolo Zoppi

Subject: Public Health And Healthcare, Nursing Keywords: ; work ability; work ability index; diversity management; work ability; family and community nurses ;

Online: 29 July 2024 (03:00:49 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202405.1157.v1

Advancing Electric Load Forecasting: Leveraging Federated Learning for Distributed, Non-Stationary, and Discontinuous Time Series

Lucas Richter, Steve Lenk, Peter Bretschneider

Subject: Computer Science And Mathematics, Artificial Intelligence And Machine Learning Keywords: Federated Learning; Load Forecasting; Non-Stationary And Discontinous Time Series; Renewable Energy Community; Dynamic Portfolio

Online: 17 May 2024 (11:36:14 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202404.1789.v1

Comparing Outcomes of Community-Acquired Pneumonia Patients Discharged from General Medicine and Respiratory Units in Australia: A Propensity Score-Matched Analysis

Yogesh Sharma, Arduino A Mangoni, Arduino Mangoni, Chris Horwood, Campbell Thompson

Subject: Medicine And Pharmacology, Internal Medicine Keywords: Community-acquired pneumonia; Length of Hospital Stay; Mortality; Respiratory Unit; General Medicine Unit; Mortality; Readmissions

Online: 26 April 2024 (16:22:05 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202402.0105.v1

Evaluating the Endangered Mechanism and Different Conservation Effects of Pinus squamata from the Rhizosphere Soil Bacterial Community Perspective

Fengrong Li, Shugang Lu, Weibang Sun

Subject: Biology And Life Sciences, Plant Sciences Keywords: Pinus squamata; Plant Species with Extremely Small Populations; rhizosphere soil; bacterial community; soil physicochemical properties

Online: 2 February 2024 (04:53:45 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202401.0647.v1

Extracted Spectral Signatures from the Water Column as a Tool for Characterization of Marine Microbial Community

Staša Puškarić, Mateo Sokač, Živana Ninčević, Danijela Šantić, Sanda Skejić, Tomislav Džoić, Heliodor Prelesnik, Knut Yngve Børsheim

Subject: Environmental And Earth Sciences, Oceanography Keywords: spectral signatures; machine learning; artificial intelligence; non-negative matrix factorization; prediction; microbial community structure; ocean

Online: 9 January 2024 (05:21:28 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202309.0362.v1

Understanding Public Perception of Air Quality in Emerging Economies: An Empirical Assessment Using Structural Equation Modeling

Akmaral Agibayeva, Aidana Tleuken, Ferhat Karaca, Egemen Avcu, Mert Guney

Subject: Environmental And Earth Sciences, Pollution Keywords: ambient air pollutants; community health; environmental health literacy; knowledge, attitude, and perception (KAP); multivariate analysis

Online: 6 September 2023 (03:52:57 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202308.0464.v1

Evidence Based Pharmaceutical Care in Community Pharmacies: A Survey of 595 French Pharmacists

Louis Bosson, Francesca Veyer, Jean-Didier Bardet, Céline Vermorel, Alison Foote, Benoit Allenet, Jean-Luc Bosson

Subject: Public Health And Healthcare, Primary Health Care Keywords: Evidence based practice; Pharmaceutical care; Community pharmacy; France; Over-the-counter medication; sources of information

Online: 7 August 2023 (10:45:26 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202306.0946.v1

Valorisation of Madagascar’s Wildlife Trade and Wildlife Tourism; What are the Conservation Benefits?

Angus I. Carpenter, Franco Andreone

Subject: Environmental And Earth Sciences, Environmental Science Keywords: Madagascar; conservation; wildlife trade; wildlife tourism; wildlife valorisation; wildlife economics; community-based conservation; resource management

Online: 13 June 2023 (14:42:56 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202210.0136.v1

Role of Patient's Ethnicity in Seeking Preventive Dental Services at the Community Health Centers of South-Central Texas: A Cross-Sectional Study

Girish Suresh Shelke, Rochisha Singh Marwaha, Pankil Shah, Suman N. Challa

Subject: Medicine And Pharmacology, Dentistry And Oral Surgery Keywords: Rural dental care; Preventive visits; Rural Vs Urban; community health centers; Hispanic Vs Non-Hispanics

Online: 11 October 2022 (04:07:45 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202103.0097.v1

Community Health Workers as a Strategy to Tackle Psychosocial Suffering due to Physical Distancing: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Dorien Vanden Bossche, Susan Lagaert, Sara Willems, Peter Decat

Subject: Medicine And Pharmacology, Immunology And Allergy Keywords: Community health workers; Primary healthcare; Mental health; Psychosocial support; Vulnerable populations; COVID-19; Health crisis

Online: 2 March 2021 (14:31:40 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202009.0010.v1

Strategies to Connect Low-income Communities With the Proposed Sewerage Network of the Dhaka Sanitation Improvement Project, Bangladesh: A Qualitative Assessment of the Perspectives of Policymakers and Residents

Mahbub-Ul Alam, Fazle Sharior, Sharika Ferdous, Atik Ahsan, Tanvir Ahmed, Ayesha Afrin, Supta Sarker, Farhana Akand, Rownak Jahan Archie, Md. Kamrul Hasan, Rosie Renouf, Sam Drabble, Guy Norman, Mahbubur Rahman, James B. Tidwell

Subject: Social Sciences, Anthropology Keywords: urban sanitation; sewerage network; sewerage connection; low-income community; slum; DSIP; affordability; feasibility; Dhaka; Bangladesh

Online: 1 September 2020 (11:36:01 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints201711.0135.v1

Rice Bacterial Endophytes; 16S-Based Taxonomic Profiling, Isolation and Simplified Endophytic Community from Two Venezuelan Cultivars

Felix Moronta-Barrios, Fabrizia Gionechetti, Alberto Pallavicini, Edgloris Marys, Vittorio Venturi

Subject: Biology And Life Sciences, Immunology And Microbiology Keywords: rice; endophyte; sustainable agriculture; plant microbiome; simplified bacterial community; syncom; taxonomic profiling; core plant microbiome

Online: 21 November 2017 (03:33:00 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints201709.0031.v1

Isolation and Studies on Bacterial Endophytes from Two Venezuelan Rice Cultivars

Felix Moronta-Barrios, Fabrizia Gionechetti, Alberto Pallavicini, Edgloris Marys, Vittorio Venturi

Subject: Biology And Life Sciences, Agricultural Science And Agronomy Keywords: rice; endophyte; sustainable agriculture; plant microbiome; simplified bacterial community; syncomm; taxonomic profiling; core plant microbiome

Online: 8 September 2017 (14:02:56 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202406.0906.v1

Acute Care Rehabilitation Services Utilization and Post-acute Discharge Destination among Adults with Traumatic Brain Injury: The Moderating Effect of Functional and Physical Performance at Discharge

Rayyan A. Bukhari, Jennifer A. Weaver, Julia Sharp, Amanda Hoffman, Deana Davalos, James Graham

Subject: Public Health And Healthcare, Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy And Rehabilitation Keywords: Community Discharge; Health Services Research; Occupational therapy; Physical therapy; Functional and Physical performance; Traumatic Brain Injury

Online: 13 June 2024 (10:13:20 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202402.0104.v1

Factors Associated with Non-Adherence to Tuberculosis Pre-ventive Treatment among Adult Contacts of Pulmonary Tuberculosis Cases with Latent Tuberculosis Infection in Catalonia, Spain, in 2019−2021

Pere Plans-Rubió, Sofia Godoy, Diana Toledo, Angela Domínguez, Joan Caylà, Ignasi Parron, Joan Pau Millet, Pere Godoy

Subject: Public Health And Healthcare, Public Health And Health Services Keywords: latent tuberculosis infection; tuberculosis; non-adherence to LTBI treatment; factors of treatment non-adherence; community health

Online: 2 February 2024 (04:53:50 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202309.0681.v1

Study on the Dynamics of Microflora during Natural Fermentation of Different Blueberry Wines

Boran Hu, Jinghao Su, Min Zhou, Xu Shaochen

Subject: Engineering, Other Keywords: Majiang region; dry red blueberry wine; fungal community; fungal dynamic analysis; Illumina MiSeq high-throughput technology

Online: 11 September 2023 (13:45:18 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202308.1328.v1

Valorisation of Madagascar’s Wildlife Trade and Wildlife Tourism; what Are the Conservation Benefits?

Angus I. Carpenter, Franco Andreone

Subject: Environmental And Earth Sciences, Environmental Science Keywords: community-based conservation; conservation; Madagascar; resource management; wildlife eco-nomics; wildlife trade; wildlife tourism; wildlife valorisation.

Online: 18 August 2023 (07:26:26 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202306.0586.v1

Harbor Porpoise Aggregations in the Salish Sea

Dave Anderson, Laurie Shuster, Cindy R. Elliser, Katrina MacIver, Erin Johns Gless, Johannes Krieger, Anna Hall

Subject: Biology And Life Sciences, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior And Systematics Keywords: harbor porpoise; aggregation; social behavior; Phocoena phocoena; foraging behavior; large group; transboundary; community science; Salish Sea

Online: 8 June 2023 (04:18:24 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202305.0842.v1

Cultural Adaptation and Pilot Testing of the CDC’s Stopping Elderly Accidents, Deaths, and Injuries (STEADI) Program for Older Adults in a Low and Middle-Income Country

Ladda Thiamwong, Sirinart Tongsiri, Jom Suwanno, Rui Xie, Boon Peng Ng, Joon-Hyuk Park, Wenjun Li, Elizabeth Eckstrom

Subject: Public Health And Healthcare, Nursing Keywords: Assessment, community, fall prevention, low-income, non-communicable diseases, public health, older people, risk, primary care

Online: 11 May 2023 (10:48:30 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202209.0213.v1

Interaction Between Participation and Impact of a Multicomponent Empowerment-based Psychosocial Mental Health Intervention on Service Users and Their Relatives

Francisco José Eiroa-Orosa, Maria Jesús San Pío, Gemma Marcet, Isabela Sibuet, Emilio Rojo

Subject: Medicine And Pharmacology, Psychiatry And Mental Health Keywords: community care; integrated care; mental health; service users and relatives’ interventions; service users and relatives’ interaction

Online: 14 September 2022 (16:27:56 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202208.0367.v1

A Kirkpatrick Model Process Evaluation of Reactions and Learning from My Strengths Training for Life™

Mary L. Quinton, Grace Tidmarsh, Benjamin J. Parry, Jennifer Cumming

Subject: Social Sciences, Psychology Keywords: young people experiencing homelessness; disadvantaged youth; engagement; community-based research; positive youth development; mental skills training

Online: 22 August 2022 (03:25:19 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202011.0335.v1

Sensing the Past: Perspectives on Remote Sensing and Collaborative Archaeology from Coastal California

Gabriel Sanchez, Michael Grone, Alec Apodaca, Scott Byram, Valentin Lopez, Roberta Jewett

Subject: Arts And Humanities, Archaeology Keywords: Amah Mutsun Tribal Band; Indigenous archaeology; Collaborative archaeology; Community-based participatory research; California archaeology; Indigenous stewardship

Online: 12 November 2020 (09:43:15 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202010.0216.v1

Resilience Thinking and Strategies to Reclaim Sustainable Rural Livelihoods: Cascade Tank-Village System (CTVS) in Sri Lanka

Gavin Melles, Ethmadalage Dineth Perera

Subject: Environmental And Earth Sciences, Atmospheric Science And Meteorology Keywords: cascading tank village system; sustainable livelihoods; resilience thinking; Sri Lanka; rural dry zone; community rural development

Online: 12 October 2020 (09:47:15 CEST)

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Cascading Tank Village Systems (CTVSs) of Sri Lanka historically provided a resilient community-based social-ecological water management system in the rural dryzone of Sri Lanka [1]. The CTVS has been described as the ‘lifeblood’ of communities in the rural dry zone [2] and as a globally important Agricultural Heritage System by the FAO [3]. After being abandoned for many centuries, their restoration is now being pursued by different national and international actors as a key to climate change mitigation and sustainable livelihoods for communities [4]. Rural livelihoods in the dry zone are at risk due to multiple factors, poor access and management of water, economic and health pressures, as well as resource limitations and degradation [5]. Despite recent efforts to restore CTVS systems, no social-ecological approach (SES) nor sustainable livelihoods framework (SLF) focused approach to ensuring resilient and sustainable livelihood outcomes has been taken [6]. As part of an on-going PhD project, this paper describes the background, current challenges and potential for an SES focused resilience thinking approach to CTVS combined with a focus on sustainable livelihoods for future sustainable livelihood opportunities and outcomes. The study finds current restoration efforts are at a crossroads between restoring the past (system adaptability) or transforming for the future. It introduces relevant SES and resilience thinking concepts and analyses the CTVS from this perspective. A particular contribution of this study is to point to the significant overlaps and complementarities in social-ecological (SES) resilience thinking and SLF approaches to analysis and proposals for resilient rural development. Employing resilience thinking principles it recommends strategies to create positive livelihood outcomes for communities and households. Keywords: cascading tank village system; sustainable livelihoods; resilience thinking; Sri Lanka; rural dry zone; community rural development

Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202009.0204.v1

Assessment on the Effectiveness of Urban Stormwater Management

Yixin Zhang, Weihan Zhao, Xue Chen, Changhyun Jun, Jianli Hao, Xiaonan Tang, Jun Zhai

Subject: Environmental And Earth Sciences, Environmental Science Keywords: Sponge City; Residential Community; SWMM (Storm Water Management Model); Ecosystem Services; Low Impact Development (LID); China

Online: 9 September 2020 (09:40:28 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints201905.0230.v1

Identification of the Differential Effect of City-level on the Gini Coefficient of Healthcare Service Delivery in Online Health Community

Haiyan Yu, Jingjing Chen, Jying-Nan Wang, Ya-Ling Chiu, Hang Qiu, Li-Ya Wang

Subject: Social Sciences, Library And Information Sciences Keywords: Gini coefficient; online health community; medical service delivery; Lorenz curve; inequality of health service; differential Effect

Online: 20 May 2019 (03:13:23 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints201804.0093.v1

Understanding the Importance of Front Yard Accessibility for Community Building: A Case Study of Subiaco, Western Australia

Abu Yousuf Swapan, Dora Marinova, Joo Hwa Bay

Subject: Arts And Humanities, Architecture Keywords: community building; quality of life; built form typology; front-yard; physical accessibility; visual permeability; human behaviour

Online: 8 April 2018 (11:29:30 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202408.2166.v1

Digital Tools for Climate Health: Empowering Advocates in the Age of Environmental Challenges

Joy Fabuluje

Subject: Computer Science And Mathematics, Information Systems Keywords: Digital health; climate health; environmental health; public health; mobile health applications; community engagement; climate-related health risks

Online: 29 August 2024 (12:31:10 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202407.0382.v1

Effects of Five Years of Treatment of Onchocerciasis with Ivermectin under Community Guidelines in Resurgent Areas of Burkina Faso: A Before-and-After Analysis

Micheline O. Ouedraogo, Bertrand Meda, Karifa Kourouma, Fanny Yago-Wienne, Dieudonne Nare, Clarisse Bougouma, Justin Compaore, Seni Kouanda

Subject: Public Health And Healthcare, Public Health And Health Services Keywords: Onchocercose; Ivermectine, zones de ré; surgence; microfilarodermie; community microfilarial load; standardized prevalence; directives communautaires; Burkina Faso

Online: 4 July 2024 (14:30:14 CEST)

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Background:Almost the entire country of Burkina Faso was endemic to onchocerciasis. Onchocerciasis control efforts thus brought the prevalence of O. volvulus to a level where the disease was no longer a public health problem and a national onchocerciasis control program was set up in 1991 to ensure surveillance and maintain the gains made. A resurgence of onchocerciasis cases has been observed in two regions (Comoé, South West) located around several river basins in the 2010-2011. In accordance with WHO guidelines, for the management of resurgent cases, CDTI was implemented in the affected areas of Comoé and Sud-Ouest regions. Methodology: We conducted an extensive analysis to determine the effects of CDTI on parasitological indices of onchocerciasis in these two areas and we also analyzed the data in relation to the location of the village in relation to the river to see if this was a factor in the decrease in prevalence. Results: A total of 43 villages in 6 health districts, i.e., 100% of the villages that participated in the epidemiological surveys before and after the implementation of CDTI in the Southwest and Cascade regions were included in the study. The key findings were that standardized microfilaria prevalence and CMFL decreased significantly after the implementation of CDTI in both regions. For the average of the two regions, the results for standardized microfilaria prevalence were -5.91 with a 95% confidence interval of (-9.67; -2.16) and for CMFL were -0.29 with a 95% confidence interval of (-0.57; -0.01). Our results showed also a decline in standardized microfilaria prevalence and CMFL in all villages involved in the study. Moreover, the drop in the trajectory of the curve representing the predicted standardized microfilaria prevalence of villages located within 5 km of the streams was greater than that of villages located more than 5 km from the streams. Conclusion: Our results thus show that the implementation of effective CDTI could stop the transmission of O. volvulus in these two regions. The main challenge for stopping transmission could be the migration of populations to neighboring countries and migration of the vector from one country to another, as Burkina Faso shares some river basins with neighboring countries.

Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202406.1494.v1

Geometric Separability of Mesoscale Patterns in Embedding Representation and Visualization of Multidimensional Data and Complex Networks

Aldo Acevedo, Yue Wu, Fabio Lorenzo Traversa, Carlo Vittorio Cannistraci

Subject: Physical Sciences, Applied Physics Keywords: data separability; community separability; network embedding; representation and visualization; mesoscale data structure; mesoscale network structure

Online: 21 June 2024 (06:00:15 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202404.1555.v1

Unveiling the Nexus: Sulphur Dioxide Exposure, Proximity to Mining, And Respiratory Illnesses in Kankoyo: A Mixed-Methods Investigation

Sipiwe Chihana, Jameson Mbale, Nchimunya Chaamwe

Subject: Public Health And Healthcare, Public, Environmental And Occupational Health Keywords: Sulphur Dioxide Exposure; Mining and Health Impact; Respiratory Illnesses; Community Health Monitoring; Mixed-Methods Research; Air Pollution

Online: 24 April 2024 (09:59:14 CEST)

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The emission of sulphur dioxide (SO2) from mining activities presents a substantial risk to public health, especially in populations located near mine industrial regions. This study investigated the potential correlation between exposure to sulphur dioxide (SO2) and its effects on respiratory health in Kankoyo Township, Zambia. A variety of methodologies were employed in this study, encompassing community participation, expert interviews, spatial analysis, and a retrospective examination of health and SO2 data for Kankoyo spanning 15 years. The results of our research indicated a worrisome correlation between the community and the presence of SO2, which has had a significant impact on their lives. The expert interviews also emphasized the effects of SO2, with respiratory cases accounting for approximately 75% of the reported cases. Additionally, the clinic officer observed that asthma cases have decreased following the implementation of a monitoring station in the community. Furthermore, overall emissions of SO2 have decreased since the upgrade of the smelter operation. A probable association was identified in the retrospective analysis between exposure to SO2 and the occurrence of asthma, respiratory non-pneumonia, and pneumonia infections. The findings of the retrospective research revealed a substantial association between SO2 concentrations and the susceptibility of individuals aged 5 years and older to asthma, respiratory non-pneumonia, and pneumonia infections. The results of the spatial study indicated that Kankoyo exhibited a significant level of SO2 pollution, above the established limitations set by the Zambian Environmental Management Agency (ZEMA) by an alarming margin of 1713%. In response to the challenges identified, this study proposed several measures. These measures encompassed the implementation of a requirement for regulators such as ZEMA and local communities to have access to real-time pollution data from mines, to enhance transparency. Additionally, the deployment of affordable air quality sensors, the resolution of medication shortages, the establishment of specialized respiratory health clinics, the initiation of IT-driven public awareness campaigns, and the expansion of research to investigate additional pollutants and confounding factors were also recommended.

Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202403.1739.v1

Community Group Purchasing of Next-Day Delivery: Bridging the Last Mile Delivery for Urban Residents during COVID-19 in China

Yingying Wang, Feng Xu, Gang Li

Subject: Social Sciences, Geography, Planning And Development Keywords: Community group purchasing collection and delivery points; Location selection; Mixed geographically weighted regression; Influence mechanism; Nansha District

Online: 28 March 2024 (07:10:21 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202403.0643.v1

Phytophthora Communities Associated with Agathis australis (kauri) in Te Wao Nui o Tiriwa/Waitākere Ranges, New Zealand

Shannon Hunter, Ian Horner, Jack Hosking, Ellena Carroll, Jayne Newland, Matthew Arnet, Nick Waipara, Bruce Burns, Peter Scott, Nari Williams

Subject: Biology And Life Sciences, Other Keywords: Phytophthora; Agathis australis; kauri dieback; community structure; soil baiting; metabarcoding; New Zealand; epidemiology; invasive pathogen; forest management

Online: 11 March 2024 (18:00:13 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202311.0378.v1

Changing to Personalized Education at the University: Study Case of a Connected Learning Experience

Javier González-Patiño, Moisès Esteban-Guitart

Subject: Social Sciences, Education Keywords: Higher education; connected learning; personalized education; digital media y learning; community of practice; learning pathways; digital culture

Online: 6 November 2023 (18:02:17 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202303.0089.v1

Adapted Business Model Canvas Template and Primary Market Research for Project-Based Learning on Management of Slurry

Alejandro Moure Abelenda, Farid Aiouache, Daniel Moreno-Mediavilla

Subject: Social Sciences, Education Keywords: Educational action research; unregistered community design; shared intellectual property; cooperative learning; K-16 students; net-zero emissions

Online: 6 March 2023 (04:35:22 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202207.0029.v1

Systems Dynamics and the Analytical Network Process as A methodology for the Evaluation and Prioritization of Green Projects: A New Proposal that Involves Participative Integration

Julian Andres Castrillon-Gomez, Gerard Olivar-Tost, Johnny Valencia-Calvo

Subject: Computer Science And Mathematics, Applied Mathematics Keywords: community participation; Systems Dynamics Model; sustainable development; multi-criteria deci-sion-making (MCDM); analytic network process (ANP)

Online: 4 July 2022 (04:22:59 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202112.0305.v1

Nematode-Microbe Complexes in Soils Replanted with Apple

Xorla Kanfra, Andreas Wrede, Julia Moll, Holger Heuer

Subject: Biology And Life Sciences, Horticulture Keywords: replant disease; Malus; free-living nematodes; bacteria; fungi; rhizosphere; nematode-microbe association; disease complex; metabarcoding; nematode community

Online: 20 December 2021 (10:34:03 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202105.0691.v1

Uganda Mountain Community Health System Perspectives and Capacities Towards Emerging Infectious Disease Surveillance

Aggrey Siya, Richardson Mafigiri, Richard Migisha, Rebekah C. Kading

Subject: Medicine And Pharmacology, Immunology And Allergy Keywords: Alerts; Village Health Teams; Community Based Surveillance; Integrated Disease Surveillance and Reporting; Elgon; Climate Change; One Health

Online: 28 May 2021 (10:20:13 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202007.0463.v1

Simulated Photovoltaic Solar Panels Alters the Seed Bank Survival of Desert Annual Plant Species

Rebecca R. Hernandez, Karen Tanner, Sophia Haji, Ingrid Parker, Bruce Pavlik, Kara A. Moore-O'Leary

Subject: Biology And Life Sciences, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior And Systematics Keywords: disturbance; drylands; photovoltaic; plant community; plant traits; rare species; renewable energy; seed traits; seed banks; solar energy

Online: 20 July 2020 (08:55:44 CEST)

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Indicators for Analyzing Village Territories in the Baltic Sea Coast Areas

Maris Kalinka, Sanda Geipele, Andrejs Lazdins, Una Krutova, Jurijs Holms

Subject: Social Sciences, Other Keywords: spatial village planning; coastal areas; local community; indicators of village planning; GIS application; GIS layers; territorial development

Online: 12 January 2020 (13:38:08 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints201705.0096.v1

Successes of Restoration and Its Effect on the Fish Community in a Freshwater Tidal Embayment of the Potomac River, USA

Kim De Mutsert, Amanda Sills, C. J. Carroll Schlick, R. Christian Jones

Subject: Biology And Life Sciences, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior And Systematics Keywords: fish assemblages; community dynamics; alternate stable states; eutrophication; submerged aquatic vegetation; nutrient load reduction; point-source pollution

Online: 11 May 2017 (07:54:59 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202404.1416.v1

Small Fish Big Impact: Improving Nutrition during Pregnancy and Lactation, and Empowerment for Marginalized Women

Manika Saha, Heidi Ng, Emmanuel Nene Odjidja, Mallika Saha, Patrick Olivier, Tracy A McCaffrey, Shakuntala Haraksingh Thilsted

Subject: Public Health And Healthcare, Public Health And Health Services Keywords: First 1000 days of life; anemia; pregnant and lactating women; women empowerment; community-based intervention; food-based intervention

Online: 22 April 2024 (18:26:51 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202402.0952.v1

Undesirable Levels of Practice Behaviours and Associated Knowledge amongst Community Health Workers in Rural South India Responsible for Type 2 Diabetes Screening & Management

Anirudh Gaurang Gudlavalleti, Giridhara Rathnaiah Babu, Varun Agiwal, G V S Murthy, Nicolaas C. Schaper, Onno C. P. Van Schayck

Subject: Public Health And Healthcare, Public Health And Health Services Keywords: Community Health Workers; Health worker Diabetes Knowledge; Health worker Diabetes Practice; Health worker Diabetes Behaviour; South-East Asia

Online: 19 February 2024 (11:35:21 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202401.1552.v1

Researching the Structure of Species to Propose Exploitation the Potential for Food and Medicine and to Expand Natural Land by Polder from Mangroves in the Western Mekong Delta of Vietnam

THAI THÀNH LƯỢM, Bao Manh Ngoc Nguyen

Subject: Environmental And Earth Sciences, Sustainable Science And Technology Keywords: ; Structure of plant community, western Mekong Delta, mangrove forest species, sustainably development, ;
Mekong Delta, Vietnam

Online: 22 January 2024 (09:57:49 CET)

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Abstract: In the Western of Mekong Delta belong to Vietnam a amount of alluvium sediments flows from upstream China to Vietnam, they are going from the river branches to in the Mekong Delta, then get out the Western Sea of Vietnam. This sediments accumulated gradually elevation the new land. The increase elevation of the land creates a fertile coastal plain where mangrove forests with a rich ecosystem of plants and animals. Over time, these forests change, with different plant species succeeding each other. This aims of this study to finding plant species in the forest, classification of forest types based on ecological regions, assessement the biodiversity of tree species, and compare the abundance communities, measuring the growth of the forest in these regions. In 2023, a comprehensive survey was conducted by using a systematic approach. The number of survey plots have done depend on the density of the forest, Base on the width of the forest range, the number of survey plots from 500m to 1,000m set up 1-2 plots, sub region set up from 10 to 15 plots. In total, 68 plots have done established in the erea, the area of plot is 100 square meters (10m x 10m). Using the statistical software in forestry to survey and analysis data. The result provided a complete picture of the tree species composition, distribution, and community structure characteristics in each ecological sub-region. The result of survey showed in the sub-region 1 have seven species as Sonneracia ovate, Rhzophora apiculata, Excoecaria agallochha, Avicennia officinalis, Avicennia alba, Agricerasvcoculatum, Bruguiera gymnorhiza. In the sub region 2 have eleven species as Sonneracia caseolaris, Annona reticulata, Lumnitzera littorea, Lumnizera racemosa, Rhizophora apiculata, Excoecaria agallocha, Avicennia officinalis, Avicennia alba, Hibiscus tillacerus, Bruguiera gymorhiza, Aericeras comiculatum. In the sub region 3 have eight as Sonratia caseolaris, Rhizophora mucronata, Rhizophora apiculata, Excoecaria agallocha, Avicennia marine, Avicennia alba, Bruguiera gymorhiza. In the region 4 have ten species as Sonneracia caseolaris, Sonneracia ovate, Lumnizera racemosa, Rhizophoa apiculata, Excoecaria agallocha, Avicennia marina, Avicennia officinalis, Aviecnnia alba, Bruguiera gymorhiza, Bruguiera cylindrica The total species of the mangrove forest in the Western Mekong Delta have 16 species from 11 plant families have been identified. Among these species have 6 dominant species include Avicennia oficinali),Avicennia alba, Rhizophora apiculata, Excoecaria agallocha, Someratia caseolaris, and Bruguiera yipamoriza. Two species easy grow on the new land are Avicennia officinalis Avicennia alba this findings show they can develope on the original new land for the shore of the Western Mekong Delta. The surveyed results also calculated the average of the height, diameter (D1.3), canopy, health of the nature mangrove tree for each sub region and total region. From these results showed the division of foresty structure, the structure of height, diameter (D1.3), canopy, vitality of the sub region and total region in the Western Mekong Delta.

Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202304.0971.v1

Diagnostic of Patients With COVID-19 Pneumonia Using Passive Medical Microwave Radiometry (MWR)

Berik Emilov, Aleksander Sorokin, Meder Seiitov, Tulegen Chubakov, Sergey Vesnin, Igor Goryanin

Subject: Medicine And Pharmacology, Pulmonary And Respiratory Medicine Keywords: 2019-nCoV; COVID-19; RT-PCR; SARS-CoV-2; Community-acquired pneumonia; Chest CT; microwave radiometry; temperature measurement

Online: 26 April 2023 (08:02:32 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202006.0205.v1

Energy Management of Community Microgrids Considering Uncertainty using Particle Swarm Optimisation

Md. Alamgir Hossain, Ripon Kumar Chakrabortty, Michael Ryan, Hemanshu Roy Pota

Subject: Engineering, Electrical And Electronic Engineering Keywords: Energy management schemes; particle swarm optimisation; community microgrids; scheduling battery energy; real-time energy management and renewable energy

Online: 16 June 2020 (09:46:03 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202004.0073.v2

SEIR Modeling of the Italian Epidemic of SARS-CoV-2 Using Computational Swarm Intelligence

Alberto Godio, Francesca Pace, Andrea Vergnano

Subject: Computer Science And Mathematics, Mathematics Keywords: SARS-CoV-2; COVID-19; SEIR modeling; Italy; stochastic modeling; swarm intelligence; Google COVID 19 Community Mobility Reports

Online: 5 May 2020 (16:10:48 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202004.0243.v1

Patients with Community Acquired Pneumonia Exhibit Depleted Vitamin C Status and Elevated Oxidative Stress

Anitra C. Carr, Emma Spencer, Liane Dixon, Steve Chambers

Subject: Medicine And Pharmacology, Pulmonary And Respiratory Medicine Keywords: vitamin C; ascorbic acid; ascorbate; pneumonia; community acquired pneumonia; oxidative stress; protein carbonyls; hypovitaminosis C; vitamin C deficiency

Online: 15 April 2020 (10:12:26 CEST)

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Pneumonia is a severe lower respiratory tract infection that is a common complication and a major cause of mortality of the vitamin C-deficiency disease scurvy. This suggests an important link between vitamin C status and lower respiratory tract infections. Due to the paucity of information on the vitamin C status of patients with pneumonia, we assessed the vitamin C status of 50 patients with community-acquired pneumonia and compared these with 50 healthy community controls. The pneumonia cohort comprised 44 patients recruited through the Acute Medical Assessment Unit (AMAU) and 6 patients recruited through the intensive care unit (ICU); mean age 68 ± 17 years, 54% male. Clinical, microbiological and haematological parameters were recorded. Blood samples were tested for vitamin C status using HPLC with electrochemical detection and protein carbonyl concentrations, a marker of oxidative stress, using ELISA. Patients with pneumonia had depleted vitamin C status compared with healthy controls (23 ± 14 µmol/L vs 56 ± 24 µmol/L, P <0.001). The more severe patients in the ICU had significantly lower vitamin C status than those recruited through AMAU (11 ± 3 µmol/L vs 24 ± 14 µmol/L, P = 0.02). The total pneumonia cohort comprised 62% with hypovitaminosis C and 22% with deficiency, compared with only 8% hypovitaminosis C and no cases of deficiency in the healthy controls. The pneumonia cohort also exhibited significantly elevated protein carbonyl concentrations compared with the healthy controls (P < 0.001), indicating enhanced oxidative stress in the patients. We were able to collect subsequent samples form 28% of the cohort (mean 2.7 ± 1.7 days; range 1-7 days). These showed no significant differences in vitamin C status or protein carbonyl concentrations compared with baseline values (P = 0.6). Overall, the depleted vitamin C status and elevated oxidative stress observed in the patients with pneumonia indicates an enhanced requirement for the vitamin during their illness. Due to the important roles that vitamin C plays in the immune system, low vitamin C status is possibly both a cause and a consequence of the disease. Therefore, these patients would likely benefit from additional vitamin C supplementation to restore their blood and tissue levels to optimal. This may decrease oxidative stress and aid in their recovery.

Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints201907.0019.v1

Public Water Supply and Sanitation Authorities: A Sustainable Domestic Water Management Strategy in Tanzania

Mesia Lufingo

Subject: Environmental And Earth Sciences, Environmental Science Keywords: community-owned water supply organization (COWSO); domestic water management strategy; water quality; water supply and sanitation authority (WSSA)

Online: 1 July 2019 (15:07:50 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints201905.0109.v2

Community-Based Participatory Research and Drug Utilization Research to Improve Childhood Diarrhea Case Management in Ujjain, India: A Cross-Sectional Survey

Aditya Mathur, Devendra Baghel, Jitendra Jaat, Vishal Diwan, Ashish Pathak

Subject: Medicine And Pharmacology, Pediatrics, Perinatology And Child Health Keywords: child; diarrhea; water sanitation and hygiene; rehydration solution; zinc; case management; antibacterial agents; drug utilization; community participation; India

Online: 14 May 2019 (11:46:53 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints201810.0184.v1

Surveying the Solar Power Gap: Assessing the Spatial Distribution of Emerging Photovoltaic Solar Adoption in the State of Georgia, U.S.A.

Jacqueline Hettel Tidwell, Abraham Tidwell, Steffan Nelson

Subject: Social Sciences, Sociology Keywords: technology adoption; Lorenz curves; Gini coefficient; local-national gap; Georgia; NIMBY; solar energy; community development; soft cost reduction

Online: 9 October 2018 (10:23:08 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints201806.0017.v1

Filling the Gaps for Community-Based Programs Managing Treatment and Prevention of Child Malnutrition in Non-Emergency Contexts: Results from the Rainbow Project 2015-17 in Zambia

Stefania Moramarco, Giulia Amerio, Jean Kasengele Chipoma, Karin Nielsen-Saines, Leonardo Palombi, Ersilia Buonomo

Subject: Medicine And Pharmacology, Pediatrics, Perinatology And Child Health Keywords: childhood malnutrition; community-based management of acute malnutrition–CMAM; moderate acute malnutrition–MAM; supplementary feeding programs–SFP; Zambia

Online: 1 June 2018 (12:04:50 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints201702.0059.v1

Fusing Observational, Satellite Remote Sensing and Air Quality Model Simulated Data to Estimate Spatiotemporal Variations of PM2.5 Exposure in China

Tao Xue, Yixuan Zheng, Guannan Geng, Bo Zheng, Xujia Jiang, Qiang Zhang, Kebin He

Subject: Environmental And Earth Sciences, Environmental Science Keywords: fine particulate matter (PM2.5); aerosol optical depth; community multi-scale air quality (CMAQ) model; data fusion; exposure assessment

Online: 16 February 2017 (08:58:09 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202410.2514.v1

Fisheries Sustainability Eroded by the Loss of Vulnerable Dominant Taxa and Insufficient Compensatory Production in a Coral Reef Seascape

Tim McClanahan, Jesse Kiprono Kosgei, Austin Tom Humphries

Subject: Aquatic Science, Biology And Life Sciences Keywords: balanced harvest; community biomass; fish life histories; gear management; ghost taxa; marine reserve benchmarks; surplus production models

Online: 31 October 2024 (08:37:37 CET)

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The status of tropical fisheries is poorly known because the existing methodological choices have variable outcomes and recommendations. Therefore, multiple approaches to estimating sustainability were compared, namely fisheries independent stock biomass and recovery rates, fisheries dependent landed catches, balanced harvest and gear use metrics, and fish length measurements. Unfished biomass recovery time series was established by a 45-year stock recovery relationship from 7 fisheries reserves and compared to catch and length-based estimates of sustainability. The logistic production rates (r = 0.10 ± 0.06 95% CI) and maximum equilibrium total biomass (150 ± 30 tons/km²) indicated a broad range of potential maximum sustainable yields but likely ranging from 1.1 to 3.9 (95% CI; mean = 3.8) tons/km²/year. In contrast, mean annual biomass growth rates in reserves was lower but less variable than surplus production estimates, ranging from 2.1 to 3.5 (mean=2.8 tons/km²/year). Realized catches at landing sites was lower still, ranging from 1.43 to 1.52 (mean=1.48± 0.2 tons/km²/y). Differences were largely attributable to changes in taxonomic composition and an imbalance in the proportionality of production potential versus actual capture rates. Differences in the vulnerability of taxa to fishing and a lack of compensatory increased production among fishing resistant taxa could largely account for the lost potential production. Large proportional losses of catch were measured among snappers, unicorn fish, sweetlips, goatfish, and soldierfish, while smaller proportional gains in the catch were found among resident herbivorous rabbitfish, parrotfish, and groupers. Many of these declining taxa had vulnerable schooling life histories likely to require special habitat and reserve characteristics. Evaluations of sustainability from length measurements found 17 or 7% of total and 12% of caught species had a minimum sufficient sample sizes (>30 individuals, 413 catches, 2299 individuals, and 144 species) to evaluate length and spawning metrics of sustainability. Seven of these species met length-based and 3 meet spawning potential ratio thresholds for sustainability. Consequently, length-based evaluations were unable to evaluate the sustainability of the larger community. Recommendations include a management focus on the recovery of “ghost taxa”, species abundant in the oldest reserve but not contributing to fisheries yields.

Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202408.0621.v1

Suburban Public Open Space – Types of Gathering and Recreation Places Developed under Mature Urban Planning. A Case Study of Bunnik Commune, the Netherlands

Agnieszka Kępkowicz

Subject: Environmental And Earth Sciences, Other Keywords: Sustainable suburbs; public open space typology; suburban community; livable urban planning; natural, rural and build environment; urban-rural planning

Online: 9 August 2024 (02:49:05 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202404.1384.v1

Philosophical Inquiry of Keselarasan Local Wisdom to Advance The Foundations of Community Well-Being

Andreas Yumarma

Subject: Arts And Humanities, Philosophy Keywords: Community well-being; Keselarasan; Local wisdom; Principles of urmat; Principles of rukun; Principles of empan papan; Social psychological foundations

Online: 22 April 2024 (10:17:19 CEST)

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