Dementia Caregive Module and Pamphlet

Dementia care is an immediate and growing issue that affects everyone. People are living longer increasing the likelihood that they may be diagnosed with dementia. Friends and family are become caregivers but are often unprepared for the role. The purpose of this project was to develop a 15-minute dementia care module to assist caregivers with the home care of dementia patients. A pamphlet was created to reinforce the module information and to provide a quick reference for dementia support. The self-efficacy theory, along with the review of best practice guidelines and evidence from literature, informed the development of the module. The Simple Measure of Gobbledygook (SMOG) and the Flesch Reading Ease scales were used to ensure that the written materials were at an appropriate reading level for the targeted group. A single group evaluation was used to determine whether caregivers would be able to understand and use the information. A total of 5 lay dementia caregivers volunteered to evaluate the dementia module and related pamphlet. They volunteered to provide feedback using Appraisal of Guidelines for Research and Evaluation (AGREE) tool. Four out of the 5 caregivers strongly agreed or agreed that the module met the designated criteria. All participants stated that the information presented in the module/pamphlet was applicable to their circumstance as dementia caregivers, that the information would assist to provide better care for their loved one, and that they would recommend the dementia module to other caregivers. This project will have a positive impact on social change by providing dementia caregivers with strategies and information to deliver quality dementia care for their loved ones

IT-Unterstützung der Arktisexpedition MOSAiC (IT support of the Arctic Expedition MOSAiC)

Ab September 2019 beginnt die vom AWI geleitete größte Arktisexpedition aller Zeiten: Bei der MOSAiC-Expedition erforschen Wissenschaftler*innen aus 17 Nationen die Arktis mit dem Forschungsschiff Polarstern, um den Einfluss der Arktis auf das globale Klima besser zu verstehen. Antonia Immerz ist als Data Scientist in MOSAiC tätig und bildet dort die Schnittstelle zur Wissenschaft. Daniela Ransby ist Datenkuratorin für die geowissenschaftliche und umweltwissenschaftliche Datenbank PANGAEA, in der die während der MOSAiC-Expedition erfassten Daten gespeichert werden. In ihrem Vortrag berichten sie über IT-Hintergründe dieser Expedition und wie die erhobenen Daten möglichst zeitnah zu den Klimaforscher*innen gelangen und der Wissenschaft langfristig zur Verfügung stehen. (Slides provided in English

Data from the MOSAiC Arctic Ocean drift experiment

The Multidisciplinary drifting Observatory for the Study of Arctic Climate (MOSAiC) is a multinational interdisciplinary endeavor of a large earth system sciences community

MOSAiC und weiter: Digitalisierung und nachhaltige Nutzung von Forschungsdaten in der Polarforschung

Die MOSAiC-Expedition war die größte Polarexpedition, die je durchgeführt wurde. Mehr als ein Jahr driftete das Forschungsschiff Polarstern durch den Arktischen Ozean und erhob dabei unzählige Forschungsdaten. Die Umsetzung stellte große logistische und technische Herausforderungen. Gleichzeitig setzte das Projekt Meilensteine in der Digitalisierung der MOSAiC-Daten. Das vorhandene Datenrepositorim PANGEA wurde als Datenbasis für die Abspeicherung der erhobenen und gewonnenen Daten genutzt. Das Datenmanagement hatte ein frühestmögliches Teilen der Daten zum Ziel. Außerdem stand von Anfang an das Datenmanagement als ein Teil von open science und einer frühen Datenzitierbarkeit. Ab 2023 sollen alle MOSAiC-Daten im Repositorium frei verfügbar sein. MOSAiC ist der bisher größte Anwendungsfall für das Projekt Nationale Forschungsdateninfrastruktur (NFDI).The MOSAiC expedition was the largest polar expedition ever conducted. For more than a year, the research vessel Polarstern drifted through the Arctic Ocean collecting countless research data. The implementation posed major logistical and technical challenges. At the same time, the project set milestones in the digitization of MOSAiC data. The existing data repositoryim PANGEA was used as a database for storing the collected and acquired data. Data management aimed at sharing the data as early as possible. In addition, from the beginning, data management stood as a part of open science and early data citability. Starting in 2023, all MOSAiC data should be freely available in the repository. MOSAiC is the largest use case to date for the National Research Data Infrastructure (NFDI) project

MOSAiC und weiter: Digitalisierung und nachhaltige Nutzung von Forschungsdaten in der Polarforschung

Die MOSAiC-Expedition war die größte Polarexpedition, die je durchgeführt wurde. Mehr als ein Jahr driftete das Forschungsschiff Polarstern durch den Arktischen Ozean und erhob dabei unzählige Forschungsdaten. Die Umsetzung stellte große logistische und technische Herausforderungen. Gleichzeitig setzte das Projekt Meilensteine in der Digitalisierung der MOSAiC-Daten. Das vorhandene Datenrepositorim PANGEA wurde als Datenbasis für die Abspeicherung der erhobenen und gewonnenen Daten genutzt. Das Datenmanagement hatte ein frühestmögliches Teilen der Daten zum Ziel. Außerdem stand von Anfang an das Datenmanagement als ein Teil von open science und einer frühen Datenzitierbarkeit. Ab 2023 sollen alle MOSAiC-Daten im Repositorium frei verfügbar sein. MOSAiC ist der bisher größte Anwendungsfall für das Projekt Nationale Forschungsdateninfrastruktur (NFDI)

Variability in the organic carbon stocks, sources, and accumulation rates of Indonesian mangrove ecosystems

Mangrove ecosystems are an important natural carbon sink that accumulate and store large amounts of organic carbon (Corg), in particular in the sediment. However, the magnitude of carbon stocks and the rate of carbon accumulation (CAR) vary geographically due to a large variation of local factors. In order to better understand the blue carbon sink of mangrove ecosystems, we measured organic carbon stocks, sources and accumulation rates in three Indonesian mangrove ecosystems with different environmental settings and conditions; (i) a degraded estuarine mangrove forest in the Segara Anakan Lagoon (SAL), Central Java, (ii) an undegraded estuarine mangrove forest in Berau region, East Kalimantan, and (iii) a pristine marine mangrove forest on Kongsi Island, Thousand Islands, Jakarta. In general, Corg stocks were higher in estuarine than in marine mangroves, although a large variation was observed among the estuarine mangroves. The mean total Corg stock in Berau (615 ± 181 Mg C ha−1) is twice as high as that in SAL (298 ± 181 Mg C ha−1). However, the Segara Anakan Lagoon displayed large within-system variation with a much higher Corg stock in the eastern (483 ± 124 Mg C ha−1) than in the central lagoon (167 ± 36 Mg C ha−1). The predominant accumulation of autochthonous mangrove organic matter likely contributed to the higher Corg stocks in Berau and the eastern SAL. Interestingly, the CAR distribution pattern in SAL is opposite to that of its Corg stocks. The central SAL that receives high sediment inputs from the hinterland has a much higher CAR than the eastern SAL (658 ± 311 g C m−2 yr−1 and 194 ± 46 g C m−2 yr−1, respectively), while Berau has one of the highest CAR (1722 ± 183 g C m−2 yr−1) ever measured. It appears that these large differences are driven by the environmental setting and conditions, mainly sediment dynamics and hydrodynamics, landform, and vegetation conditions. It is inferred that quantifying carbon accumulation in sediments is a useful tool in estimating the present-day carbon storage of mangrove ecosystems. This is a precondition for taking measures under REDD+ (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation and the role of conservation, sustainable management of forests and enhancement of forest carbon stocks in developing countries) schemes

Marine oligotrophication due to fine sediments and nutrient starvation caused by anthropogenic sediment and water retention in large rivers: the Nile damming case

In the last two centuries, human activities have radically reduced the transport of suspended sediment and water to marine systems, mainly in the northern hemisphere, while complete sediment retention has been reported for the Nile River after the construction of the Aswan High Dam (AHD). Here, we focused on changes in the inner-shelf sediments most exposed to the pre-AHD flood plume in the distal part of its littoral cell as a predictor of the ecological response to large river fragmentation. Substantial reductions in fine (15-40%) and increases in coarse (~8 fold) sediment accumulation rates, increases in CaCO3 (~50%), decreases in autochthonous and total organic carbon (OC), and changes in the benthic foraminiferal assemblage toward more OC-sensitive species suggest an enhanced oligotrophication trend. The reduced nutrient fluxes and OC accumulation, and the coarsening of the shelf sediments inhibit the retention of “blue” carbon. Combined with fast climate warming and salinization, river fragmentation may have essential implications for the Eastern Mediterranean ecosystem via benthic oligotrophication processes