Sequoia (United States)

O presente artigo nasce de uma pesquisa na área de educação, cujos interesses coincidiram e ganharam maior relevância com a chegada do “fique em casa”, situação imposta pela pandemia da Covid-19. Nesse período, fomos confrontados por uma rotina repetitiva e sem perspectivas, que nos forçou a descobrir formas de suportar um viver nunca antes experimentado, e que ajudassem no enfrentamento das incertezas daquele momento. Vivendo essa realidade investimos no propósito de acompanhar um conhecer-se, um cuidar-se para, talvez, cuidar do outro. Perguntamos: como suportar uma vida em confinamento? Como tornar o “ficar em casa” fonte de afirmação da vida? Abrindo um campo problemático limitado a nossa casa, na articulação com fazeres domésticos, laborais e artísticos, novas questões apareceram: que efeitos é possível notar no transcorrer de uma vida trivial que busca se transformar ao tomar a arte como aliada? Que limites uma vida cotidiana em “artistagens” pode alcançar? Como a arte age e faz com que um corpo se reconheça em transformação? Diante dessas questões, a pesquisa objetivou: pensar uma vida inventiva em isolamento, em sua limitação espacial no interior de uma casa/pátio, e propor a criação do conceito de “vidarte”. Através do método de pesquisa cartográfico (que propõe uma produção de dados na duração dos acontecimentos), analisou-se a ação de um corpo-pesquisadora-cartógrafa enquanto acompanhou a percepção de seu corpo ao mapear os instantes em que ele foi forçado a pensar, e só pensou porque foi levado a fazê-lo. Cartografando os instantes marcados pela arte e aliados a momentos de leituras e escritas, percebeu-se que nesse território, assim agenciado, ao priorizar atitudes artísticas e estéticas que intervêm na realidade, estando em isolamento ou não, modos de vida são movimentados pelas forças dos signos criadores da arte, aliados a uma ética e a uma política. Deste modo vive-se na potência que propicia renovações pela afirmação da própria vida em todos os seus (des)encantos.

Entre 1939 y 1959, durante la autarquía franquista, en la ciudad de Burgos se implanta un singular conjunto de industrias textiles de fibras artificiales. A partir de la Sociedad Española de Seda Artificial (SESA), se conforma un enclave fabril que se posiciona como el tercer centro nacional en este subsector textil. Este núcleo productivo suma más de 80 empresas, cerca de 4.000 trabajadores y adquiere una cuota de mercado sostenida en torno al 12% de la producción española. Pero desde mediados de los años cincuenta, las fábricas burgalesas de seda artificial sucumbirán al progreso de los nuevos mercados y desaparecerán con rapidez. En esta investigación se analiza este efímero enclave de la industria textil española de la posguerra. Mediante el uso de distintas fuentes estadísticas y documentación de archivo, se reflexiona sobre las dificultades de la industrialización autárquica pero también se atestiguan sus ventajas de oportunidad, en el contexto de la estrecha vinculación de Burgos con el franquismo. Asimismo, se profundiza en la participación de inversores catalanes en las fábricas textiles burgalesas, verificando la hegemonía de esta región en el desarrollo del ciclo textil español. Y, finalmente, se comprueba el trascendente impacto que esta industria tuvo en la estructura espacial y socioeconómica de la ciudad. Pese a su pronta desaparición, las fábricas de fibras textiles artificiales constituyen el germen de la industrialización local y prefiguran la identidad que adquirirá definitivamente Burgos como ciudad industrial mediante su posterior designación como Polo de Promoción y Desarrollo.

All living things including plants need water to survive, and agriculture is the world's biggest user of water [4].Unfortunately, in a worst-case scenario, over-watering and drying up cause both water waste and the plant's death [5].Guided by this problem that is frequently occurring around the world, we designed an app to determine if the plant needs to be watered or not by capturing pictures of a certain plant and training an AI to compare whether the soil in the pot is dry or wet.In this program, we use Raspberry Pi to capture an image of the plant every 10 seconds, in which the Python code using TensorFlow inside the Raspberry Pi will determine the moisture level of the soil [6][7].The result will be posted to Firebase with a timestamp, and lastly, we have a mobile app that can display the result from Firebase to the user.We published our application to Apple's App Store and the Google Play Store, and public installation of the app means that it can have more widespread usage.An experiment was performed to determine whether the application's model can accurately determine soil moisture [8].The results indicate that the model is very accurate for the vast majority of soil samples under various lighting conditions.

Inventory of Deep-Seated Gravitational Slope Deformations (DSGSDs) and main geomorphological features of Molise region (Italy)

Abstract Fire regimes in North American forests are diverse and modern fire records are often too short to capture important patterns, trends, feedbacks, and drivers of variability. Tree‐ring fire scars provide valuable perspectives on fire regimes, including centuries‐long records of fire year, season, frequency, severity, and size. Here, we introduce the newly compiled North American tree‐ring fire‐scar network (NAFSN), which contains 2562 sites, >37,000 fire‐scarred trees, and covers large parts of North America. We investigate the NAFSN in terms of geography, sample depth, vegetation, topography, climate, and human land use. Fire scars are found in most ecoregions, from boreal forests in northern Alaska and Canada to subtropical forests in southern Florida and Mexico. The network includes 91 tree species, but is dominated by gymnosperms in the genusPinus. Fire scars are found from sea level to >4000‐m elevation and across a range of topographic settings that vary by ecoregion. Multiple regions are densely sampled (e.g., >1000 fire‐scarred trees), enabling new spatial analyses such as reconstructions of area burned. To demonstrate the potential of the network, we compared the climate space of the NAFSN to those of modern fires and forests; the NAFSN spans a climate space largely representative of the forested areas in North America, with notable gaps in warmer tropical climates. Modern fires are burning in similar climate spaces as historical fires, but disproportionately in warmer regions compared to the historical record, possibly related to under‐sampling of warm subtropical forests or supporting observations of changing fire regimes. The historical influence of Indigenous and non‐Indigenous human land use on fire regimes varies in space and time. A 20th century fire deficit associated with human activities is evident in many regions, yet fire regimes characterized by frequent surface fires are still active in some areas (e.g., Mexico and the southeastern United States). These analyses provide a foundation and framework for future studies using the hundreds of thousands of annually‐ to sub‐annually‐resolved tree‐ring records of fire spanning centuries, which will further advance our understanding of the interactions among fire, climate, topography, vegetation, and humans across North America.

PURPOSE:The purpose of this study was to validate time frames for postoperative care following stoma surgery and to determine participants' current practice with convex pouching systems during the postoperative period.DESIGN:A Cross-sectional survey.SUBJECTS AND SETTING:The sample comprised 332 ostomy care specialists practicing in the United States. Most (n = 220; 66%) had more than 10 years' experience caring for patients with ostomies, 82% (n = 272) were certified WOC or ostomy care nurses (CWOCN and COCN), and 7% (n = 23) were board-certified colorectal surgeons.METHODS:A 23-item online questionnaire was created for purposes of the study. Items in the questionnaire queried professional background and experience caring for patients with an ostomy. A single item was used to identify postoperative care periods following ostomy surgery. Additional items queried current practice patterns related to use of convex pouching systems and the timing of their use. Data were collected from January 18 to February 8, 2021.RESULTS:Most respondents (n = 270; 90%) agreed with the following postoperative periods after ostomy surgery: immediate postoperative period (days 0-8); postoperative period (days 9-30); and transition phase (days 31-180). Most respondents (n = 274; 95%) indicated they would use a convex pouching system when clinically appropriate during the first 30 days following ostomy surgery and 79% (n = 228) indicated using a convex pouching system regardless of when the surgery was performed. Less than 1% (n = 2) indicated never using convexity within the first 30 days following stoma surgery, and only 3% (n = 8) indicated avoidance of convexity pouching systems in the immediate postoperative period.CONCLUSIONS:Findings indicate that use of convexity during the postoperative period is prevalent to provide a secure seal and predictable wear time.

A parameter free version of classical models for contingency tables is developed along the lines of de Finetti’s notions of partial exchangeability.

History contains a dynamic record of the interactions of people, events, and landscapes, yet instruction often relies on limited interpretations and inaccurate traditions based on standardized practices. Historical inquiry, in contrast, fosters interaction directly with historical evidence guided by curiosity and solution seeking. Inquiries developed through historical identity, sustainability, and historical preservation unveil the interaction of the past and the present. When adapted for remote practices, historical identity centers learning through the challenges of historical preservation in consideration of sustainability. Interaction with haptic three-dimensionally printed historical artifacts and virtual reality drives online learning experiences. This problem-based strategy builds interest, connection, and curiosity in history with students, which is a concern especially with asynchronous education.