Addressing climate change with behavioral science: a global intervention tournament in 63 countries

Effectively reducing climate change requires marked, global behavior change. However, it is unclear which strategies are most likely to motivate people to change their climate beliefs and behaviors. Here, we tested 11 expert-crowdsourced interventions on four climate mitigation outcomes: beliefs, policy support, information sharing intention, and an effortful tree-planting behavioral task. Across 59,440 participants from 63 countries, the interventions’ effectiveness was small, largely limited to nonclimate skeptics, and differed across outcomes: Beliefs were strengthened mostly by decreasing psychological distance (by 2.3%), policy support by writing a letter to a future-generation member (2.6%), information sharing by negative emotion induction (12.1%), and no intervention increased the more effortful behavior—several interventions even reduced tree planting. Last, the effects of each intervention differed depending on people’s initial climate beliefs. These findings suggest that the impact of behavioral climate interventions varies across audiences and target behaviors

Addressing climate change with behavioral science:A global intervention tournament in 63 countries

Effectively reducing climate change requires marked, global behavior change. However, it is unclear which strategies are most likely to motivate people to change their climate beliefs and behaviors. Here, we tested 11 expert-crowdsourced interventions on four climate mitigation outcomes: beliefs, policy support, information sharing intention, and an effortful tree-planting behavioral task. Across 59,440 participants from 63 countries, the interventions' effectiveness was small, largely limited to nonclimate skeptics, and differed across outcomes: Beliefs were strengthened mostly by decreasing psychological distance (by 2.3%), policy support by writing a letter to a future-generation member (2.6%), information sharing by negative emotion induction (12.1%), and no intervention increased the more effortful behavior-several interventions even reduced tree planting. Last, the effects of each intervention differed depending on people's initial climate beliefs. These findings suggest that the impact of behavioral climate interventions varies across audiences and target behaviors.</p

Addressing climate change with behavioral science:A global intervention tournament in 63 countries

Effectively reducing climate change requires marked, global behavior change. However, it is unclear which strategies are most likely to motivate people to change their climate beliefs and behaviors. Here, we tested 11 expert-crowdsourced interventions on four climate mitigation outcomes: beliefs, policy support, information sharing intention, and an effortful tree-planting behavioral task. Across 59,440 participants from 63 countries, the interventions' effectiveness was small, largely limited to nonclimate skeptics, and differed across outcomes: Beliefs were strengthened mostly by decreasing psychological distance (by 2.3%), policy support by writing a letter to a future-generation member (2.6%), information sharing by negative emotion induction (12.1%), and no intervention increased the more effortful behavior-several interventions even reduced tree planting. Last, the effects of each intervention differed depending on people's initial climate beliefs. These findings suggest that the impact of behavioral climate interventions varies across audiences and target behaviors.</p

Bioactivity Test of Mindi Extractives (Melia Azedarach Linn) Using Brine Shrimp Lethality Test

The aims of this research were to determine the yield of extracts from continuous extraction of heartwood, sapwood, inner bark, branch, and leave of Toona sinensis in n-hexane, ethyl acetate, and methanol solvents and their bioactivity using brine shrimp lethality test (BSLT) was evaluated. The results indicated that the yield of leave, inner bark, branch, heartwood, and sapwood extracts were 11.0, 6.7, 1.9, 1.6, and 1.6%, respectively. The highest yield of extracts was obtained from extraction in ethyl acetate (16.1%), followed by methanol (3.5%), and n-hexane (3.1%). The BSLT tests showed that the ethyl acetate extracts of all tree parts have higher bioactivities (LC50 1-52 μg ml-1) than the n-hexane extracts (LC50 40-181 μg ml-1), and the methanolic extracts (LC50 49-1375 μg ml-1). The ethyl acetate extract from inner bark has the highest bioactivity (LC50 μg ml-1). The qualitative analysis detect the ethyl acetate extract from inner bark containing saponins, alkaloids, phenolics, flavonoids, triterpenoids, steroids, and glycosides

Aktivitas Antioksidan dan Toksisitas Akut Zat Ekstraktif dari Residu Penyulingan Surian (Toona sinensis Roemor)

The objective of this research was to determine the yield, antioxidant activity, acute toxicity, and phytochemical compound of extractives from left over distilling liquid and distillation residues of various part of surian (Toona sinensis). The extracts from the left over distilling liquid of leaves, heartwood, and sapwood were assigned as LL, HL, and SL, respectively, whereas LB, HB, and SB were respectively the extracts from leaves, heartwood, and sapwood of boiled solid residue. The yield of LL, LB, SL, HL, SB, and HB were 28.78, 10.18, 2.11, 1.74, 0.92, and 0.81% respectively. Based on antioxidant activity test, the LB, LL, and HL extracts were classified as very active with EC50 of 5.45, 5.70, and 5.91 mg ml-1 respectively. The SL was classified as active (EC50 32.36 mg ml-1), the SB and HB extracts were classified as inactive (EC50 > 100 mg ml-1). Based on acute toxicity test, LB is the best natural antioxidant because it was non toxic material (LD50 47752 mg kg-1 BW), while the LL and HL extracts were clasified as low toxicity with LD50 4518.56 and 1999.86 mg kg-1 BW (body weight). The LB extract contained phenol hydroquinone, flavonoids, and tannins (total phenolic content: 94 mg g-1 GAE)

Aktivitas Antioksidan Dan Tabir Surya Ekstrak Daun Gyrinops Versteegii (Antioxidant Activity and Sunscreen of Gyrinops Versteegii Leaf Extract)

The aim of this study was to determine the yield and phytochemicals, antioxidant activity, and sunscreen of the Gyrinops versteegii leaf extracts. The leaf simplicia was extracted using soxhletation method with multilevel polarities of solvent (n-hexane, ethyl acetate, and metanol). The analysis of phytochemical extracts has been carried out the qualitatively and quantitatively. The antioxidant activity testing was performed in vitro through the effective concentration (EC50) extract in capturing DPPH radicals. Sunscreen activity has been done through testing sun protection factor (SPF). The result showed that the yield of n-hexane extract, ethyl acetate, and methanol extracts were 7.83, 5.46, and 6.77% respectively. The phytochemical analysis showed that the ethyl acetate and methanol extracts were strongly detected containing antioxidant compounds such as p-hydroquinone, flavonoid, and tannins with the total phenol of the ethyl acetate and methanol extracts were 3.40 and 4.27% respectively. The n-hexane extract detected contains weakly the antioxidant compounds with the total phenol was 0.45%. The methanol extract is the highest antioxidant activity (EC50 14.46 μg ml-1) and has ultra sunscreen activity (SPF>15)

Sifat Antirayap Resin Damar Mata Kucing Dari Shorea Javanica K. Et V. Antitermic Properties of Resin From Shorea Javanica K. Et V

This study was undertaken primarily to isolate and identify substances from resin of Shorea javanica K. et. V. that might be responsible to inhibit the termite activity of Coptotermes curvignathus Holmgren. Approximately 500 gram of dried-resin was extracted with acetone solvent. The acetone extract was then fractionated into n-hexane, diethyl ether, ethyl acetate, and insoluble fraction (residue). The no-choice bioassay test was carried-out by treating paper discs with extracts at the concentration of 2.0%, 4.0%, 6.0%, 8.0%, 10.0%, 12.0% (W/W), and 0.0 % as control. The bioassay test showed that n-hexane and diethyl ether soluble fraction exhibited highest antitermic properties at Lethal Concentration (LC)50 value of 1.62% and continuation fraction showed N3 of n-hexane fraction an EE1 of diethyl ether fraction exhibited highest toxicity at LC50 value of 1.23 % and 1.65%. Further investigation of the n-hexane soluble fraction by using CC, GC-MS, FTIR, UV-Vis, and NMR led to the isolation and identification of the main compound, namely friedelin, while the diethyl ether soluble fraction contains vulgarol B; 3,4-Secodamar-4(28)-en-3-oic acid; (7R,10S)-2,6,10-Trimethyl-7, 10–epoxy-2,11-dodecadien; and junipene (decahydro-4,8,8-trimethyl-1,4-methanoazulene