Fire has been a source of disturbance for thousand of years. Forest and wild land fires have been taking place historically, shaping landscape structure, pattern and ultimately the species composition of ecosystems. The ecological role of fire is to influence several factors such as plant community development, soil nutrient availability and biological diversity. Forest and wild land fire are considered vital natural processes initiating natural exercises of vegetation succession. However uncontrolled and misuse of fire can cause tremendous adverse impacts on the environment and the human society. Forest fire is a…
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PSYCHOSIS : HEALTH CARE EXIGENCY AND REQUIRE POLICYMAKING
Psychosis is a medical term used to describe hearing or seeing things that are not there, or holding delusional beliefs. Common examples include hearing voices or believing that people are trying to do you harm. It can be experienced as a one-off episode, but if left untreated can lead to long term illness and disability. Early Intervention in Psychosis(EIP) can significantly improves a young person’s prospects of recovering from psychosis. It also reduces the likelihood that they will relapse or be detained under the mental health, potentially saving the medical…
Read MoreHUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS : OVERVIEW OF PROBLEMS, COMPLEXITIES AND CHALLENGES
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Read MoreDEVELOPING COUNTRIES NEEDFULNESS ON CLIMATE CHANGE
“A developing country, also known as a less-developed countries (LDC), is a nation with a low living standard, undeveloped industrial base, and low Human Development Index (HDI) relative to other countries. But former United Nations (UN) Secretary General, Kofi Annan defined a developed country as follows: “A developed country is one that allows all its citizens to enjoy a free and healthy life in a safe environment.” However, the United Nations Statistics Division caution that” “there is no established convention for the designation of “developed” and “developing countries or areas…
Read MoreROLE OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND BIG DATA IN COVID-19 PANDEMIC OUTBREAK: PART I
The very first infected novel coronavirus case (COVID-19) was found in Hubei, China in December 2019. The COVID-19 pandemic has spread over many countries and areas in the world, and has significantly affected every aspect of our daily lives. Artificial Intelligence(AI) thriving technology for many intelligent applications in various fields. Some high-profile examples of AI are autonomous vehicles (e.g., self-driving car and drones) in automotive, medical diagnosis and telehealth in healthcare, cybersecurity systems (e.g., malware and botnet detection), AI banking in finance, image processing and natural language processing in computer…
Read MoreBIG DATA AND HUMAN RIGHTS
The data relating to our own actions and the data generated and reported on by “things”, are also increasingly shared and/or exploited in aggregate form, as so-called Big Data. In this new environment, we are generate extremely detailed personalized or quasi-personalized data trails even if we are only half aware of them. These data can be used to map social networks along with the spiders’ webs of contacts linked to further contacts. Combined with Big Data and profiles, they can show surprisingly revealing details of every man and woman’s life, beliefs, inclinations,…
Read MoreEPIDEMIC OF UNEMPLOYMENT AND ITS FACTS: PART II
Epidemic treatments are often based on proactive solutions, early interventions and direct approaches wherever possible. What the literature on the costs of unemployment and the social determinants of health suggests is that directly creating employment opportunities for the unemployed is in and of itself an important policy objective. One such direct approach to joblessness is a job guarantee, aka, employer of last resort, buffer stock employment, or public service employment. The advantage of this type of program is that it not only stresses job creation as an end in itself, but…
Read MoreUNITED NATIONS 75TH ANNIVERSARY: CRITICAL ANALYSIS
“The new millennium presents the most appropriate time to review the history of United Nations(UN) institution, its successes and failures, and expectations for its future.” Opinions may differ about the successes and failure of the United Nations as an instrument for world peace and security. But everyone will agree that it has played a crucial role in the economic and social advancement of the people. United Nation’s efforts in the early Cold War era concentrated on the relationships between nations and the issues of war and peace. The UN has…
Read MoreEPIDEMIC OF UNEMPLOYMENT AND IT’S FACTS : PART I
The words like an infectious disease, virus, or even an epidemic can describes unemployment. We need to focus on the transmission mechanism of unemployment, its macroeconomic behaviour, and socioeconomic impact. An impacting patterns are reveal while examining the data as it changes over the time. Firstly, even cycle of business at it’s peak level, increased unemployment levels in communities across the countries are seen countlessly. These communities continue to be forced in recession even though the countries at much doing good in economic activities. Secondly, the national unemployment number figures…
Read MoreDEVELOPMENT OF PANDEMIC HEALTH INSURANCE MARKET & NEEDS TO IMPROVE PANDEMIC RESPONSE
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Read MoreCOVID-19 LOCKDOWN DEADLINE IN AIR POLLUTION AND HEALTH OUTCOMES
The global response to the COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in unprecedented reductions in economic activity. But lockdown events have reduced air pollution levels by approximately 20% across most of the countries in the world. The reduced air pollution levels come with a substantial health co-benefit in terms of avoided premature deaths and paediatric asthma cases that accompanied the COVID-19 containment measures. In many developing nations economic growth has exacerbated air pollutant emissions with severe consequences for the environment and human health. Long term exposure to air pollution including fine particulate…
Read MoreCHINA : HISTORY OF BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS’ ATTACK AND BIOLOGICAL DEFENSE AND FACTS
During the years 1931-1945, Japan pursued a Biological Weapons(BW) program and conducted Biological Weapons(BW) field tests against Chinese military and civilian targets. According to some Japanese estimates, including from former members of the Japanese Imperial Army, the total number of Chinese killed by military use of Biological Weapons(BW) was about 21,000 people, most of these from cholera.(This figure does not include the more than 3,000 Chinese, Korean, and other prisoners of war who died in Japanese Biological Weapons(BW) experiments.) Chinese estimates are much greater. During Japan’s invasion of China, Biological Weapons(BW) was carried…
Read MoreGLOBAL COMPACT FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES AND LEARNING OUTCOMES FROM PANDEMIC
In order to combat with infectious diseases, it is essential a new strategy based on the creation of a four-Point International compact for Infectious Diseases. The first global compact for Infectious Diseases is required to establish, maintain and monitor international standards for surveillance and reporting of data and knowledge of infectious diseases using advanced information technology to ensure timeliness, interoperability and security, including but not limited to: –Epidemiological data, –Information about new and ongoing clinical trials –Data regarding new compounds and targets –Standardized material transfer agreements –Services and skills The…
Read MoreSTEPS OF INNOVATION FOR FUTURE FUEL: PART I
For innovation in future fuel strategies & policies, few countries had agreed to provide information on strategies and plans for their respective governmental and/or state directed clean energy research and development investment over five years. New investments are focused on transformational clean energy technology innovations that can be scaled to varying economic and energy market conditions that exist in the countries and in the broader world. We can have bureau of some countries innovation strategies and policies for future fuel. The Government of Japan formulated the Strategic Energy Plan in…
Read MoreCITIZENSHIP CONCERNS WITH NATIONAL IDS
National IDs are offered to those who are citizens of a given state. Even the more limited forms of biometric ID such as enhanced driver’s licenses contain or connect with citizenship data. National citizenship is undoubtedly prized by some, but what is meant by that phrase varies from place to place and is also undergoing historic transformations. Citizenship means of warding off the vagaries of arbitrary rule and of holding governments accountable appears to have such capacities attenuated. Indeed, new border ID practices seem to many to foster a sense…
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