Earthquakes in central Italy in 2016: comparison between Norcia and Amatrice

Trabalho apresentado em 16th European Conference on Earthquake Engineering (16ECEE), 18-21 june 2018, Thessaloniki, GreeceIn this paper lessons are extracted from the comparison between the very different consequences that a set of earthquakes had on the neighbouring towns of Amatrice and Norcia during the 2016 central Italy earthquake sequence. The paper initially describes the prevention programs implemented in Amatrice and Norcia starting from the reconstruction after the 1860 Norcia earthquake. The earthquake intensities in Amatrice and Norcia during the 2016 Central Italy events were considering accelerometric recordings of the Italian Strong Motion Network. In the same municipalities, the damage has been assessed through site visits and analysis of the results of the post-earthquake safety assessment performed after the events. It was found that the differences in damage were essentially due to the strengthening of most houses in Norcia done during the previous decades. This is also likely to lead to a much faster recover of the economy and livelihood in Norcia, as Amatrice needs to be entirely rebuilt.N/

Using non-structural mitigation measures to maintain business continuity : A multi-stakeholder engagement strategy

Funding Information: Acknowledgments. This work was carried out in the framework of the KnowRISK project (Know your city, Reduce seISmic risK through non-structural elements), co-financed by the European Commission’s Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection (Grant agreement ECHO/SUB/2015/718655/PREV28), with partial support from Instituto Superior Técnico (IST) and Laboratório Nacional de Engenharia Civil (LNEC) from Portugal; Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (Italy) and the Earthquake Engineering Research Centre (EERC) from University of Iceland. The KnowRISK project gratefully acknowledges the assistance of the following public and private entities for their outstanding contribution of time and expertise, namely CP Comboios de Portugal, CTT Correios de Portugal, EDP - Energias de Portugal, EPAL - Grupo Águas de Portugal, IKEA Portugal, Infraestruturas de Portugal, Jerónimo Martins, Metropolitano de Lisboa, NOS communications and entertainment group, PT-Altice, Siemens, SONAE MC and the collaboration of the Laboratorio di Storia e Comunicazione della Scienza (DOS) of the Ferrara University. The earthquake field missions which took place during the course of KnowRISK, were also helpful and essential to the authors for the study of the causes of non-structural damage. Funding Information: This work was carried out in the framework of the KnowRISK project (Know your city, Reduce seISmic risK through non-structural elements), co-financed by the European Commission?s Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection (Grant agreement ECHO/SUB/2015/718655/PREV28), with partial support from Instituto Superior T?cnico (IST) and Laborat?rio Nacional de Engenharia Civil (LNEC) from Portugal; Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (Italy) and the Earthquake Engineering Research Centre (EERC) from University of Iceland. The KnowRISK project gratefully acknowledges the assistance of the following public and private entities for their outstanding contribution of time and expertise, namely CP Comboios de Portugal, CTT Correios de Portugal, EDP-Energias de Portugal, EPAL-Grupo ?guas de Portugal, IKEA Portugal, Infraestruturas de Portugal, Jer?nimo Martins, Metropolitano de Lisboa, NOS communications and entertainment group, PT-Altice, Siemens, SONAE MC and the collaboration of the Laboratorio di Storia e Comunicazione della Scienza (DOS) of the Ferrara University. The earthquake field missions which took place during the course of KnowRISK, were also helpful and essential to the authors for the study of the causes of non-structural damage. Publisher Copyright: © 2021 the Author(s). All rights reserved.Encouraging property owners and individuals to adopt mitigation measures to improve the resilience of their buildings and equipments to seismic hazard has been a major challenge in many earthquake-prone countries. Few business leaders are aware of the fragility of their supply chains or other critical systems due to earthquake hazard. Bridging the gap between research production and research use is another crucial challenge for the earthquake risk research process. The KnowRISK project outcome is aimed at encouraging the proactive engagement of multi-stakeholders (community at large, schools, business community and local govern-ment groups) undertaking non-structural mitigation measures that will minimize earthquake losses to individuals and communities. Engaging stakeholders, taking into account their needs and inputs to maintain critical and urgent business activities, can contribute to the research findings and ensure that our data collection is thorough and complete. Engagement with stakeholders, during the whole process can lead to improved outcomes and for the development of viable solutions, for business and society, because of stakeholder’s role and influence within the organizations.Peer reviewe

Effects of Antibiotics on Impacted Aquatic Environment Microorganisms

Due to their mass production and intense consumption in human medicine, veterinary, and aquaculture, antibiotics have been widely detected in different ecosystems, leading to a growing worldwide concern. These and their byproducts are being continuously discarded in natural ecosystems via excretion of human and animal urine and feces, also domestic and hospital effluents. Residues of these drugs can persist in natural environments through bioaccumulation due to their difficult biodegradation. Also, they have a gradual deposition in sediments, aquatic surfaces, and groundwater. Studies have shown the presence of these drugs in aquatic environments, which can trigger severe changes in the composition and structure of the bacterial community, such as the ability to develop and propagate genes resistant to these pollutants. In this context, this review aims to address the effects of the antibiotics on microorganisms present in impacted aquatic environments

Educomunicação e suas áreas de intervenção: Novos paradigmas para o diálogo intercultural

oai:omp.abpeducom.org.br:publicationFormat/1O material aqui divulgado representa, em essência, a contribuição do VII Encontro Brasileiro de Educomunicação ao V Global MIL Week, da UNESCO, ocorrido na ECA/USP, entre 3 e 5 de novembro de 2016. Estamos diante de um conjunto de 104 papers executivos, com uma média de entre 7 e 10 páginas, cada um. Com este rico e abundante material, chegamos ao sétimo e-book publicado pela ABPEducom, em seus seis primeiros anos de existência. A especificidade desta obra é a de trazer as “Áreas de Intervenção” do campo da Educomunicação, colocando-as a serviço de uma meta essencial ao agir educomunicativo: o diálogo intercultural, trabalhado na linha do tema geral do evento internacional: Media and Information Literacy: New Paradigms for Intercultural Dialogue

Volunteered Geographic Information Generates New Spatial Understandings of Covid-19 in Fortaleza

Abstract Volunteered Geographic Information (VGI) on the Covid-19 outbreak in Fortaleza, Brazil, was obtained through an internet-based survey with non-probabilistic snowball procedures from 12,000 respondents during 8-10 April 2020. Analaysis of the VGI identified 181 confirmed Covid-19 cases in the city distributed among more than half the neighborhoods, mainly in those with high socio-economic status. VGI also indicated 795 suspected Covid-19 cases distributed in nearly all neighborhoods. 97.5% of research participants considered that social isolation imoportant to combating the spread of Covid-19. 68% of respondents indicated that everyone in the residence was in full compliance with social distancing. The main reasons for less than full compliance were paid work, purchasing food and medicine, paying bills, and disbelief that social isolation is important to contain Covid-19. The results aim to contribute to geospatial understandings of Brazil’s Covid-19, which began 26 February 2020 in São Paulo and had 25,684 confirmed cases and 1,552 deaths by 14 April. Resumo A Informação Geográfica Voluntária (Volunteered Geographic Information - VGI) no surto de Covid-19 em Fortaleza, Brasil, foi obtida por meio de uma pesquisa na Internet com procedimentos não probabilísticos de bola de neve, contando com a participação de 12.000 entrevistados, entre 8 e 10 de abril de 2020, e que abrangeu espacialmente 99,17% dos bairros. A análise da VGI identificou 181 casos confirmados de Covid- 19 na cidade, distribuídos em mais da metade dos bairros, com forte concentração naqueles com alto nível socioeconômico. A VGI também indicou 795 casos suspeitos de Covid-19 distribuídos em quase todos os bairros da cidade (111 de um total de 121). 97,5% dos participantes da pesquisa consideraram o isolamento social importante para combater a disseminação da Covid-19. 68% dos entrevistados indicaram que todos na residência estavam cumprindo, em total conformidade, o distanciamento social. Todavia, as principais razões que as pessoas apontaram para não cumprirem o isolamento estão relacionadas com o exercício de trabalho remunerado, compra de alimentos e medicamentos, pagamento de contas e descrença de que o isolamento social é importante para conter a Covid-19. Os resultados visam contribuir para o entendimento geoespacial da Covid-19 no Brasil, que começou em 26 de fevereiro de 2020 em São Paulo e, até 14 de abril, já tinha 25.684 casos confirmados e 1.552 mortes