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Human fasciolosis is an important parasitic disease with some degree of incidence as an important zoonotic disease in Peru and other Latin American countries. Based on this problem, the purpose of the present investigation is to determine the effectiveness of educational sessions as a preventive measure on fasciolosis/cysticercosis/hydatidosis in families from the town of Yamos, district of Huacrachuco, Peru, during the year 2021. Results were collected of the 122 interviewee's knowledge on these diseases, both before and after they passed the educational sessions. The results were processed with the support of the t-Student test for paired samples for determining if there was a significant improvement in the level of knowledge. Additionally, we compared the level of knowledge with other factors, like genre and educational level. The main results obtained were the level of knowledge of the families after the educational sessions as a preventive measure, where 65 (53.28%) had a medium level and 57 (46.72%) had a high level of knowledge. No family with a low level of knowledge was found. From which it is possible to conclude the effectiveness of educational sessions as a preventive measure in the level of knowledge about fasciolosis/cysticercosis/hydatidosis in families. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The purpose of the research is to evaluate and determine the magnitude of the socio-economic impact of artisan charcoal production on the quality of life of the population involved in the Manantay district of the Coronel Portillo province, Ucayali Region. The charcoal production has been a source of income since the wood boom, and this activity is practiced by small entrepreneurs, who were marginalized by pollution in urban areas of the Manantay District, hence, they choose to produce artisanal charcoal which is subject of the present study, for which it was carried out to estimate the trend of the productivity of artisanal charcoal in the district of Manantay, also, to determine the level of quality of life of the population involved in the production of artisanal charcoal and to determine the socio-economic impact of the artisanal production of charcoal in the district. We use a random sample consisting in 45 producers of charcoal, which responded a query based on a Likert scale. The results were represented in contingency tables and were processed with the support of the coefficient of Chi Square of Pearson. From the results obtained it is concluded that there is a socio-economic impact of the production of artisanal charcoal on the quality of life of the population involved in the Manantay district. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper is dedicated to study the forest and the impact of its use in the native community of Chamiriari in the province of Satipo, Peru. The adequate forestry use of the forests in the area would allow the efficiency in the timber industry and therefore mean an economic improvement, in addition to reducing ecological damages and preserving the cultural wealth of the native Chamiriari people who inhabit the area. That is why the statistical study of how timber resources are exploited in this area of Peru was necessary. For this, plots that serve as a sample were randomly selected to study the trees distribution in Satipo. One drawback found is that due to the number of plots studied and the extension of them it is difficult to count exactly how many trees exist, even on how much land is not planted, that is why the technicians who carried out the data collection were asked to express the data in the form of intervals, where imprecision is included, but the accuracy is preserved. This way of representing the data needs to be processed with the use of Neutrosophic Statistics, which is the extension of the theory of classical statistics to cases where data or parameters are available in interval forms. The results obtained will make it possible to increase the efficiency of timber industry with a minimum of ecological damage and respecting the way of life of the Chamiriari community. It is the first time to the authors’ knowledge that a study of this kind has been carried out in the province of Satipo. We concluded that the studied plots which are “non-intervened” or with few of cut out trees, have more variety in tree quality and economical interest in comparison with the “intervened” plots. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]