Alberto, Jarshi Rame M.

STEM 12 -Del Rosario

Title 1:

Industry 4.0 technologies and their applications in fighting the COVID-19 pandemic

Objectives: the purpose of this study was to know if 4.0 technologies are helping to cure in times of
pandemic

Process:

A detailed review of the literature is done on the technologies of industry 4.0 and their applications in
the COVID -19 pandemic, using appropriate search words on PubMed, SCOPUS, Google Scholar, and
Research Gate databases.

Result:

They found several useful technologies of Industry 4.0 which help for proper control and management
of the COVID-19 pandemic and these have been discussed in this paper. The available technologies of
Industry 4.0 could also help the detection and diagnosis of COVID-19 and other related problems and
symptoms.

Conclusion:

Industry 4.0 can fulfill the requirements of customized face masks, and gloves, and collect information
for healthcare systems for proper control and treatment of COVID-19 patients. We have discussed ten
major technologies of Industry 4.0 which help to solve the problems of this virus. It is useful to provide
day-to-day updates of an infected patient, area-wise, age-wise, and state-wise with proper surveillance
systems. We also believe that the proper implementation of these technologies would help to enhance
education and communication regarding public health. These Industry 4.0 technologies could provide a
lot of innovative ideas and solutions for fighting local and global medical emergencies.

Title 2:

Effects of climate change on leaf litter decomposition across post-fire plant regenerative
groups

Objectives:

Their main objective was to explore the differences in litter decomposition between species of
Mediterranean basin shrublands with different post-fire regeneration under an experimental climatic
manipulation of temperature and rainfall. Beyond this, our objective was to establish a link between
ecosystem functioning and community composition defined by species attributes related to post-
disturbance regeneration, according to their sensitivity to current trends of climate change (i.e. decrease
in water availability, increase of temperatures and increase in fire occurrence). More specifically, we
tested two main hypotheses.

Process:

To analyze differences in mass loss we considered two variables: decomposition rate (k), and % of
remaining mass. Decomposition rate, considered as the annual decomposition constant k, was
calculated according to Olson (1963):

Result:

Leaf litter decomposition followed an exponential decay pattern for all species, except for G. alypum and
Rhamnus alaternus (see control treatment R2 values in Table C.1), so these two species were not
considered in the statistical analyses of k-values. k-Values and % of remaining mass for all species and
treatments are summarized in Table C.1.

Conclusion:

Concluding, our results experimentally highlight the potential effects of climate change on a key
ecosystem process such as litter decomposition, and these effects interact with species attributes that
respond to a complex network of environmental factors, particularly disturbance regimes, such as
wildfires. Thus, ecosystems dominated by resprouters in the Mediterranean basin tend toward slower
decomposition over longer periods of time in comparison with communities dominated by non-
resprouters. Moreover, the leaf litter of the former communities will show a higher proportion of N in
relation to P. These changes in the flux matter and nutrients, combined with a potential shift in
community composition, would complement other changes resulting from the predicted increase in
drought periods induced by climate change, as observed in experimental climatic manipulation.
Title 3:

Effective Lifestyle Habits and Coping Strategies for Stress Tolerance among College Students

Objectives:

The purpose of this study was to determine the effectiveness of lifestyle habits and coping strategies on
stress tolerance among college students, specific to race and gender

Process:

This study instead made use of the fact that there are differences in stress tolerance, and the “healthy”
group really exhibited better stress tolerance than the “diseased” group. Since it is always desirable to
increase stress tolerance, it is not necessary to deal with strictly “sick” people. Participants with STRs
between 0.4 and 0.6 were excluded (82 surveys). Even without these surveys, the sample size for the
latter part of the study was 377, well above the minimum originally targeted.

Result:

All of the subjects in this study (N = 459) were college students enrolled in Healthful Living, a university-
wide required course. Freshmen were intentionally overrepresented (75.9%, N = 347). Gender and race
distribution reflected the university population.36 Males comprised 47.7% (N = 216), while females were
52.3% (N = 237). Racial distribution of the participants were: white 73.1% (N = 332), black 21.1% (N = 96)
and Other 5.7% (N = 26).

Conclusion:

this study revealed that younger college students who participated in experts warn that young college
students are at risk and suffer due to stress. The symptomology reported by the students in this study
concurred and portrayed a tired, overworked group of individuals. Given the burden of stressors and
physical/psychological distress, what did college students do to protect themselves? Many of the
protective factors significantly associated with high-stress tolerance within this study can be put into
categories. Feeling well supported, enough social interaction, and regular contact with family all are
connected with a strong social network. Getting 8+ hours of sleep a night, having a balanced diet, getting
regular exercise, and being involved in an extra-curricular sport all are related to physical health. This
finding supports a link between physical health and stress response. Those who took better care of their
body were significantly more likely to be in the high stress tolerance group.