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Triggering Sustainable Biogas Energy Communities through Social Innovation- ISABEL ---- Social Innovation and Community energy best preactices, methods and tools across Europe ----Semi-structured interviews from communities
<p>Having identified through the literature review various success and failure factors for social innovation applied to community energy projects, ISABEL has further conducted 18 semi-structured interviews of a range of stakeholders. The interviewee sample was a convenience sample of participants in existing projects and thus, inevitably, they are able to speak more to successful than unsuccessful projects and they likely have had less exposure to obstacles to the success of their projects. T The interviews have focused on identifying answers to the questions: <em>What were the key success factors? What obstacles were overcome? How? Participants were also asked to specify the type of renewable energy and community energy model. </em></p>
Free Open Source Communities Sustainability: Does It Make a Difference in Software Quality?
<p><strong>Context:</strong> Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) communities' ability to stay viable and productive over time is pivotal for society as they maintain the building blocks that digital infrastructure, products, and services depend on. Sustainability may, however, be characterized from multiple aspects, and less is known how these aspects interplay and impact community outputs, and software quality specifically.</p> <p><strong>Objective: </strong>This study, therefore, aims to empirically explore how the different aspects of FOSS sustainability impact software quality.</p> <p><strong>Method: </strong>16 sustainability metrics across four categories were sampled and applied to a set of 217 OSS projects sourced from the Apache Software Foundation Incubator program. The impact of a decline in the sustainability metrics was analyzed against eight software quality metrics using Bayesian data analysis, which incorporates probability distributions to represent the regression coefficients and intercepts.</p> <p><strong>Results: </strong>Findings suggest that selected sustainability metrics do not significantly affect defect density or code coverage. However, a positive impact of community age was observed on specific code quality metrics, such as risk complexity, number of very large files, and code duplication percentage. Interestingly, findings show that even when communities are experiencing sustainability, certain code quality metrics are negatively impacted.</p> <p><strong>Conclusion:</strong> Findings imply that code quality practices are not consistently linked to sustainability, and defect management and prevention may be prioritized over the former. Results suggest that growth, resulting in a more complex and large codebase, combined with a probable lack of understanding of code quality standards, may explain the degradation in certain aspects of code quality.</p>
FIGURE 4. Leptochiton lignatilis n in A new Miocene deep-sea chiton and early evidence for Teredinidae-sustained wood-fall communities
FIGURE 4. Leptochiton lignatilis n. sp., from the Miocene (Langhian) of Moncasale di Casina (Reggio Emilia, N Italy). 1. Paratype MZPD MAL-2077, dorsal view of a fragment of an intermediate valve. 2. Close-up of the specimen as in Figure 4.1 showing granules.
FIGURE 3. Leptochiton lignatilis n in A new Miocene deep-sea chiton and early evidence for Teredinidae-sustained wood-fall communities
FIGURE 3. Leptochiton lignatilis n. sp., from the Miocene (Tortonian) of Torrente Cinghio (Parma, N Italy, type locality). 1-2. Paratype MZB 32033, intermediate valve in dorsal (1) and profile view (2). 3-4. Paratype NHMW 2014/0451/ 0001, fragment of a tail valve showing apophysis (ap in 3) and close-up (white rectangle in 3) showing variation in granule shape (4) from circular (white triangles) to elongate (black triangles). 5-8. Paratype MZPD MAL-2076, detail of a fragment of an intermediate valve showing granule arrangement (5, 7) and macro and microaesthetes (6, 8).
FIGURE 2. Leptochiton lignatilis n in A new Miocene deep-sea chiton and early evidence for Teredinidae-sustained wood-fall communities
FIGURE 2. Leptochiton lignatilis n. sp. from the Miocene (Tortonian) of Torrente Cinghio (Parma, N Italy, type locality). 1-4. Holotype, tail valve MGPT-PU 108787 in dorsal (1), ventral (2) and lateral (3) views, and close up (white rectangle in 1) showing sculpture (4). 5. Paratype NHMW 2014/0451/0002, tail valve with a more protruding mucro. 6-7. Paratype MGPT-PU 108788, head valve in dorsal view (6) and close up (white rectangle in 6) showing sculpture (7). 8-9. Paratype MZPD MAL-2074, intermediate valve in dorsal view (8) and close up (white rectangle in 8) showing granules with aesthetes (9).
FIGURE 1 in A new Miocene deep-sea chiton and early evidence for Teredinidae-sustained wood-fall communities
FIGURE 1. Location of the study area and of the Torrente Cinghio and Moncasale sites (asterisks) in the structural map (1) of northern Italy (modified from Scrocca et al., 2003) and in their respective geological setting (2-3) as modified from Papani (2002) and Di Dio and Zanzucchi (2005).
Sustained mangrove reproduction despite major turnover in pollinator community composition at expanding range edge
<p><strong>Background and Aims</strong></p> <p>How well plants reproduce near their geographic range edge can determine whether distributions will shift in response to changing climate. Reproduction at the range edge can be limiting if pollinator scarcity leads to pollen limitation, or if abiotic stressors affect allocation to reproduction. For many animal-pollinated plants with expanding ranges, the mechanisms by which they have overcome these barriers are poorly understood.</p> <p><strong>Methods </strong></p> <p>In this study, we examined plant-pollinator interactions hypothesized to impact reproduction of the black mangrove, <em>Avicennia germinans</em>, which is expanding northward in coastal Florida, USA. We monitored insects visiting <em>A. germinans</em> populations varying in proximity to the geographic range edge, measured the pollen loads of the most common insect taxa and pollen receipt by <em>A. germinans</em> stigmas, and quantified flower and propagule production. <strong> </strong></p> <p><strong>Key Results</strong></p> <p>We found that despite an 84% decline in median floral visits by insects at northernmost vs. southernmost sites, range-edge pollen receipt remained high. Notably, local floral visitor assemblages exhibited substantial turnover along the study's latitudinal gradient, with large-bodied bees and hover flies increasingly common at northern sites. We also observed elevated flower production in northern populations and higher per capita reproductive output at the range edge. Furthermore, mean propagule mass in northern populations was 18% larger than propagules from the southernmost populations. <strong> </strong></p> <p><strong>Conclusions</strong></p> <p>These findings reveal no erosion of fecundity in <em>A. germinans</em> populations at range limits, allowing rapid expansion of mangrove cover in the region. These results also illustrate that substantial turnover in the assemblage of flower-visiting insects can occur at an expanding range edge without altering pollen receipt.</p>
Comparing travel behavior and opportunities to increase transportation sustainability in small cities, towns, and rural communities
<p>The vast majority of travel behavior and sustainable transportation research has focused on urban areas. A rural perspective is lacking. In this study, we aim to dive deeper into understanding how people travel and their perceptions and opinions about various components of travel in a majority rural state. By speaking directly with Vermonters through in-person interviews, we obtain uniquely personal points of view and analyze them for commonalities and differences between urban, suburban, and rural Vermonters. We ask questions on day-to-day challenges of traveling, suggestions for reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, responses to fuel prices, and opinions on electric vehicles. Some of our key findings include that rural areas struggle most with traveling long distances to reach services, urban areas are more concerned with traffic, and opinions on electric vehicle (EV) ownership are consistent across the state, with people being likely to consider owning an EV if costs were to decrease. Our interviews identify additional questions that should be evaluated further to help states develop practical and effective policies aimed at reducing GHG emissions in rural areas. We also recommend further in-depth survey research to provide a more complete picture of the potential to shift travel behavior, particularly in rural areas. This research adds to the body of knowledge in a historically understudied population, enabling the research community to better understand and work more closely with small and rural communities to address climate change and achieve deeper GHG emission reductions.</p>
Data from: Fungal energy channeling sustains soil animal communities across forest types and regions
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Comparing travel behavior and opportunities to increase transportation sustainability in small cities, towns, and rural communities
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Sustained mangrove reproduction despite major turnover in pollinator community composition at expanding range edge
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Data for: Sustainable connectivity in a community repository
<p>Identifiers of many kinds are the key to creating unambiguous and persistent connections between research objects and other items in the global research infrastructure (GRI). Many repositories are implementing mechanisms to collect and integrate these identifiers into their submission and record curation processes. This bodes well for a well-connected future, but many existing resources submitted in the past are missing these identifiers, thus missing the connections required for inclusion in the connected infrastructure. Re-curation of these metadata is required to make these connections.</p> <p>The Dryad Data Repository has existed since 2008 and has successfully re-curated the repository metadata several times, adding identifiers for research organizations, funders, and researchers. Understanding and quantifying these successes depends on measuring repository and identifier connectivity. Metrics are described and applied to the entire repository here.</p> <p>Identifiers for papers (DOIs) connected to datasets in Dryad have long been a critical part of the Dryad metadata creation and curation processes. Since 2019, the % of datasets with connected papers has decreased from 100% to less than 40%. This decrease has significant ramifications for the re-curation efforts described above as connected papers are an important source of metadata. In addition, missing connections to papers make understanding and re-using datasets more difficult.</p> <p>Connections between datasets and papers are many times difficult to make because of time lags between submission and publication, lack of clear mechanisms for citing datasets and other research objects from papers, changing focus of researchers, and other obstacles. The Dryad community of members, i.e. users, research institutions, publishers, and funders have vested interests in identifying these connections and critical roles in the curation and re-curation efforts. Their engagement will be critical in building on the successes Dryad has already achieved and ensuring sustainable connectivity in the future.</p>
Different types of semi-natural habitat are required to sustain diverse wild bee communities across agricultural landscapes
<p><span>1. Semi-natural habitats provide important resources for wild bees in agricultural landscapes. Landscapes under management are dynamic and floral resources fluctuate in space and time. Thus, promoting different semi-natural habitat types within landscapes could be key to support diverse bee meta-communities throughout the season.</span></p> <p><span>2. Here, we integrate analyses of </span><span>a</span><span>-diversity (species richness) and </span><span>b</span><span>-diversity and species-habitat networks to examine the relative contribution of all major semi-natural habitats to wild bee meta-communities in agricultural landscapes. We sampled extensively and conventionally managed meadows, flower strips, hedgerows and forest edges in spring, early and late summer in 25 landscapes in Switzerland. </span></p> <p><span>3. Habitat types varied in their importance for wild bees throughout the season: While extensively managed meadows supported more rare species, habitat specialists and bee species overall than the other habitat types, flower strips were most important later in the season. Each of the five investigated habitat types harboured relatively unique sets of species with different habitats generally acting as distinct modules in the overall bee-habitat network. </span></p> <p><span>4. Not only flower richness in a habitat per se, but also flower-habitat network properties (habitat strength and functional complementarity) were good predictors of wild bee richness. In addition to local floral richness, landscape composition and configuration interactively influenced </span><span>b</span><span>-diversity patterns across habitats.</span></p> <p><span>5. Synthesis and applications</span><span>. Our study highlights the value of pollinator-habitat network analysis to inform pollinator conservation management at the landscape scale, especially when combined with information on floral resources and flower-habitat networks. Maintaining different types of semi-natural habitats offers diverse and complementary resources throughout the season, which are crucial to sustain diverse wild bee meta-communities in agricultural landscapes. Particularly meadow extensification schemes can play a key role in safeguarding rare and specialist species in these landscapes. While locally a high flower richness promoted bee abundance and richness in general, our results indicate that increasing connectivity between habitat patches in landscapes dominated by arable crops appears to improve species exchange between local bee communities of different habitats, thereby possibly increasing their resilience to disturbances.</span></p>
Temporal stability of polymorphic Arctic charr parasite communities reflect sustained divergent trophic niches
<p>Polymorphic Arctic charr Salvelinus alpinus populations frequently display distinct differences in habitat use, diet and parasite communities. Changes to the relative species densities and composition of the wider fish community have the potential to alter the habitat-niche of sympatric Arctic charr populations. This study evaluated the temporal stability of the parasite community, diet and stable isotopes (δ13C, δ15N) of three sympatric Arctic charr morphs (piscivore, benthivore and planktivore) from Loch Rannoch, Scotland, in relation to changes to the fish community. All Arctic charr morphs displayed distinct differences parasite communities, diet and stable isotope signatures over time, despite the establishment of four new trophically transmitted parasite taxa, and increased fish and zooplankton consumption by the piscivorous and planktivore morphs respectively. Native parasite prevalence also increased in all Arctic charr morphs. Overall, Loch Rannoch polymorphic Arctic charr morph populations have maintained their distinct trophic niches and parasite communities through time despite changes in the fish community. This result indicates that restocking of a native fish species has the potential to induce shifts in the parasite community and diet of Arctic charr morphs.</p>
Measuring social dimensions of sustainability at the community level: An illustrative but cautionary tale
<p>Many communities are working to enhance the sustainability of their physical, economic, and social systems. While economic and physical systems are routinely measured (e.g., money, energy, greenhouse gas emissions), important psychological and behavioral elements of social systems (norms, attitudes, individual behavior) are seldom tracked. This research evaluated a potentially scalable approach to measuring the impact of local sustainability initiatives on these variables in a community engaged in a holistic effort to promote sustainability. Survey data were collected at two timepoints measuring pro-environmental thought and behavior in two small towns in Ohio: Oberlin, a community engaged in holistic efforts to enhance environmentally sustainable behavior; and Berea, a similar community used as a control. Despite verifiable changes in Oberlin due to sustainability programs and awareness of these programs, our survey results did not provide strong evidence that program efforts resulted in the desired changes in attitudes, norms and behaviors. Pro-environmental attitudes about recycling and installing LED bulbs were two exceptions. Conclusions: Assessing the psychological and behavioral dimensions of sustainability poses particular challenges. In our study, we encountered ceiling effects and inadequate statistical power. Possibly norms and attitudes are not easily influenced even by a holistic community-wide effort.</p>
Free Open Source Communities Sustainability: Does It Make a Difference in Software Quality?
<p> Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) communities' sustainability is important to maintain and promote access to technology and innovation. While considerable effort has been invested on the topic of FOSS sustainability, limited attention has been given to its impact on community outcomes, e.g., software quality. We conducted an empirical study to examine the influence of FOSS sustainability on software quality. We used projects' data sourced from the Apache Software Foundation Incubator. A total of 236 projects were originally selected. Our final list included a total of 217 projects after applying our exclusion criteria. We used Bayesian data analysis, which incorporates probability distributions to represent the regression coefficients and intercepts. Our findings suggest that our selected sustainability metrics do not significantly affect defect density or code coverage. However, we observed a positive impact of community age on specific code quality metrics, such as risk complexity, number of very large files, and code duplication percentage. Interestingly, our findings show that even when communities are experiencing sustainability, certain code quality metrics are negatively impacted. This implies that code quality practices are not consistently linked to sustainability, and defect management and prevention may be prioritized over the former.</p>
Sustainable East Africa Research in Community Health
ClinicalTrials.gov study NCT01864603. IPD Sharing: NO. Countries: 2. Publications: 80.
Citizen Science to Promote Sustained Physical Activity in Low-Income Communities
ClinicalTrials.gov study NCT03041415. IPD Sharing: YES. Countries: 1. Publications: 2.
Implementing and Sustaining a Sleep Treatment to Improve Community Mental Health Part 2: Train-the-Trainer
ClinicalTrials.gov study NCT05805657. IPD Sharing: Not stated. Countries: 1. Publications: 5.
Implementing and Sustaining a Sleep Treatment to Improve Community Mental Part 1: Implementation Health Outcomes
ClinicalTrials.gov study NCT04154631. IPD Sharing: Not stated. Countries: 1. Publications: 5.
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