scholarly journals Virtual Fencing Technology Excludes Beef Cattle from an Environmentally Sensitive Area

Animals ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (6) ◽  
pp. 1069
Author(s):  
Dana L. M. Campbell ◽  
Jackie Ouzman ◽  
Damian Mowat ◽  
Jim M. Lea ◽  
Caroline Lee ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
South Australia ◽  
Audio Signals ◽  
Virtual Technology ◽  
Audio Cues ◽  
Commercial Trial ◽  
Environmentally Sensitive Areas ◽  
Technical Issues ◽  
Environmentally Sensitive ◽  
Fence Line

The eShepherd® virtual fencing system being commercialized for cattle has the potential to exclude cattle from environmentally sensitive areas. Animals are given audio cues to indicate a fence line via a neckband device. An electrical pulse is administered if the animal continues moving forward following an audio cue. A commercial trial was conducted in South Australia to assess whether virtual fencing technology could exclude 20 cattle from an area of regenerating saplings; across 44 days; using a contoured fence line. The results showed that the cattle were able to rapidly learn the virtual fencing cues; responding appropriately to the audio cue for 74.5% of 4378 audio signals; and were excluded from the regenerating area for 99.8% of the trial period with the more complex fence line (contoured; not straight) in place. IceQube R’s® measuring lying time and bouts showed no consistent increasing or decreasing pattern of change. At the trial conclusion; the feed available in the protected zone was double the quantity and quality of the grazed zone. Technical issues occurred with some of the pre-commercial prototype devices; but those versions are now obsolete. This study observed a single group of cattle in one paddock; further testing of the virtual technology is warranted.

scholarly journals Spatio-Temporal Analysis of Hydropower Projects with Terrestrial Environmentally Sensitive Areas of Nepal

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hemant R Ghimire
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Impacts ◽  
Temporal Analysis ◽  
Terrestrial Environment ◽  
Sensitive Areas ◽  
Environmentally Sensitive Areas ◽  
Environmentally Sensitive ◽  
Spatio Temporal ◽  
Temporal Interaction ◽  
The Hill

Abstract The hydropower project’s construction is increasing that can affect the terrestrial environment. Hydropower projects located in environmentally sensitive areas have higher environmental impacts, so I analyzed the spatio-temporal interaction between hydropower projects’ locations and terrestrial environmentally sensitive areas of Nepal to visualize the probable environmental impacts. I found that most of the existing projects lie on the hill, however, future projects are moving northward. Among the 12 eco-regions of Nepal, hydropower projects are located in 10 eco-regions. Hydropower projects were found to interact with more than half of biodiverse areas of the country (28 out of 45), and more than five thousand megawatts of hydropower projects are located completely inside these biodiverse areas. The study suggests that the interaction between hydropower projects and environmentally sensitive areas might increase in the future. Hydropower projects should avoid environmentally sensitive areas such as biodiverse areas and protected areas as far as possible to minimize the impacts. Rapid hydropower development is a necessity in countries like Nepal, so further studies on the impacts of hydropower projects on environmentally sensitive areas as well as improvement of the quality of the environmental assessment of the projects are necessary for environment-friendly development.

scholarly journals Physician requirements for adoption of telehealth following the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Hodgkins ◽  
Meg Barron ◽  
Shireesha Jevaji ◽  
Stacy Lloyd
Keyword(s):  
Care Delivery ◽  
Virtual Technology ◽  
Privacy Concerns ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
House Calls ◽  
Care Delivery Model ◽  
Virtual Visits ◽  
Similar Survey ◽  
Remote Care

AbstractIt took the advent of SARS-CoV-2, a “black swan event”, to widely introduce telehealth, remote care, and virtual house calls. Prior to the epidemic (2019), the American Medical Association (AMA) conducted a routine study to compare physicians’ adoption of emerging technologies to a similar survey in 2016. Most notable was a doubling in the adoption of telehealth/virtual technology to 28% and increases in the use of remote monitoring and management for improved care (13–22%). These results may now seem insignificant when compared to the unprecedented surge in telehealth visits because of SARS-CoV-2. Even as this surge levels off and begins to decline, many observers believe we will continue to see a persistent increase in the use of virtual visits compared to face-to-face care. The requirements for adoption communicated by physicians in both the 2016 and 2019 surveys are now more relevant than ever: Is remote care as effective as in-person care and how best to determine when to use these modalities? How do I safeguard my patients and my practice from liability and privacy concerns? How do I optimize using these technologies in my practice and, especially integration with my EHR and workflows to improve efficiency? And how will a mix of virtual and in-person visits affect practice revenue and sustainability? Consumers have also expressed concerns about payment for virtual visits as well as privacy and quality of care. If telehealth and remote care are here to stay, continuing to track their impact during the current public health emergency is critically important to address so that policymakers and insurers will take necessary steps to ensure that the “new normal” will reflect a health care delivery model that can provide comparable or improved results today and into the future.

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