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interviews, etc ; blockchain; electricity; energy; industry; Europe; Show all 6 Subjects
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... Blockchain is no longer just a hype technology, and effective blockchain applications exist in many industries. Yet, few blockchain projects have been successful in Europe’s energy systems. To identify the reasons for this slow progress, we reviewed the recent energy literature regarding the use of blockchain, analyzed industry reports, and interviewed experts who have conducted blockchain project ...
interviews, etc ; ecological restoration; fires; traditions; yarns; Show all 5 Subjects
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... Aboriginal conversations usually take place around a fire, so that we can sit and immerse ourselves not only through talk but connect with Country. The act of yarning serves as a medium to establish and build respectful relationships, exchange stories and traditions and to preserve and pass on cultural knowledge. This interview with Ethnobotanist Gerry Turpin (Fig. 1) began like all other initial ...
interviews, etc ; case studies; dairies; farmers; fields; universities; Show all 6 Subjects
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... This article presents a case study on how dairy producers and a university are connected to generate territorial development in a municipality. The field of study along with in-depth semi-structured interviews showed that university knowledge reaches dairy farmers through weak ties and imitating production processes. This relationship makes it possible to show that the knowledge produced in academ ...
interviews, etc ; adolescents; data analysis; games; journals; sports; Show all 6 Subjects
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... This research presents findings from a qualitative exploration of the reactions of adolescents (12–14 years old) to navigating an exergame with an avatar created from multiple scans of the player (referred to as a self-representational avatar). Post-gameplay interviews were conducted with adolescents following participation in a 20-min laboratory session (21.2+/-0.8 min) where the self-representat ...
interviews, etc ; consumer behavior; durability; food packaging; recycling; sorting; Show all 6 Subjects
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... This research aims to understand why consumers miss-sort plastic food packaging and to what extent the design affordance of packaging can influence consumer sorting behavior. A photo-based observation study and semi-structured interviews were used to gain a deeper understanding of the miss-sorting behavior and how it could be affected by design affordance. This explorative study suggested that the ...
interviews, etc ; freshwater; wastewater; wastewater irrigation; Palestine; West Bank; Show all 6 Subjects
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... Limited water resources are among the main obstacles to development in Palestine. This research investigates farmers’ perceptions and willingness to use treated wastewater (TWW) for irrigation. Despite the availability of large quantities of TWW, just 11% of the interviewed farmers use it in irrigation. Just 24% of them confirmed that they had participated in awareness workshops related to TWW, bu ...
interviews, etc ; farmers; issues and policy; risk; social impact; technology; Show all 6 Subjects
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... Technological advancement is seen as one way of sustainably intensifying agriculture. Scholars argue that innovation needs to be responsible, but it is difficult to anticipate the consequences of the ‘fourth agricultural revolution’ without a clear sense of which technologies are included and excluded. The major aims of this article were to investigate which technologies are being associated with ...
interviews, etc ; ecological restoration; men; preserves; traditions; yarns; New South Wales; Show all 7 Subjects
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... This interview began like other initial yarning conversations on who we are and where we belong. Yarning serves as a medium to establish and build respectful relationships, exchange stories and traditions, and preserve and pass on cultural knowledge. The following discussion is with Oliver Costello, a Bundjalung man, from the Northern Rivers region of New South Wales. Oliver was instrumental in cr ...
interviews, etc ; case studies; cities; coasts; funding; infrastructure; lakes; planning; China; Show all 9 Subjects
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... The miraculous growth of China, particularly in its large cities, has received much attention in recent decades. Most literature, however, concentrates on large and developed coastal regions or globalizing cities such as Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, and Shenzhen; far less is known about central or western cities, where the unprecedented growth and new construction are also taking place. Moreover, ...
interviews, etc ; Americans; committees; energy; journals; pumps; technology; water; water utilities; wills; Show all 10 Subjects
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... In an interview, members of AWWA's Energy Management Committee share how water utilities can prepare for the future. Adding to its considerable guidance on the topic, AWWA is preparing a new Manual of Practice, M83, Energy Management of Pumping and Treatment Processes. Embracing flexible electric loads and digital technologies, while continuing to address pumping inefficiencies, will help water ut ...
interviews, etc ; coping strategies; counters; journals; qualitative analysis; rural areas; rural population; Show all 7 Subjects
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... This study is concerned with the return migration of highly educated young people to rural places. It seeks to understand the drivers and concerns behind their migration patterns and how they deal with own and others’ conflicting perceptions of rurality. Place attachment and place ambivalence in the context of life course changes are the main theoretical perspectives that help us to understand ret ...
interviews, etc ; Canadians; Whites; data analysis; dietetics; dietitians; eating disorders; gender; ingestion; whiting; Show all 10 Subjects
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... AIM: Eating concerns, disordered eating and eating disorders have been noted to negatively impact the health and wellbeing of sexual and gender diverse individuals. The aim of this study was to explore the experiences of gender diverse Canadians accessing treatment for eating disorders or disordered eating concerns to gain a deeper understanding of how dietitians and other health providers can pro ...
interviews, etc ; journals; paper; research and development; research programs; research projects; spatial data; Show all 7 Subjects
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... The academic community frequently engages with OpenStreetMap (OSM) as a data source and research subject, acknowledging its complex and contextual nature. However, existing literature rarely considers the position of academic research in relation to the OSM community. In this paper we explore the extent and nature of engagement between the academic research community and the larger communities in ...
interviews, etc ; Europeans; climate; funding; managers; qualitative analysis; researchers; society; supply balance; working conditions; Show all 10 Subjects
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... Climate services are becoming instrumental for providing actionable climate information to society. To understand the needs of society, climate service providers increasingly engage in processes of co-creation with practitioners. Yet, while these science-practice interactions are highly promising to match the demand and supply side of climate services, they come with challenges of their own. Poten ...
interviews, etc ; attitudes and opinions; college students; design; higher education; peers; qualitative analysis; teams; Show all 8 Subjects
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... The centrality of teamwork in ensuring the effective functioning of institutions across all sectors is undeniable. However, embedding teamwork into higher education has been hampered due to a range of deeply entrenched practices associated broadly with the foregrounding of knowledge, beliefs about the place of skill training and routines of assessment. As a result, despite an urgent need to addres ...
interviews, etc ; cities; college students; counseling; decision making; industry; planning; thematic maps; universities; Pakistan; Show all 10 Subjects
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... Career guidance and counseling (CGC) is needed by many university students in Pakistan. Career service providers (CSPs) can offer appropriate services if they have a sound understanding of CGC needs of students. This study explores perspectives of CSPs working in Pakistani universities about career needs of their students, services offered to their students and the challenges encountered in this p ...
interviews, etc ; Europeans; fields; governance; journals; molecular biology; schools; systems biology; universities; vices; Crete; Greece; Show all 12 Subjects
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... In this special interview series, we profile members of The FEBS Journal editorial board to highlight their research focus, perspectives on the journal and future directions in their field. Nektarios Tavernarakis is Chairman of the Board of Directors at the Foundation for Research and Technology‐Hellas (FORTH), and Professor of Molecular Systems Biology at the University of Crete Medical School, G ...
interviews, etc ; correspondence analysis; descriptive statistics; food availability; food retailing; infrastructure; questionnaires; traditional foods; Mexico; Show all 9 Subjects
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... Developing countries such as Mexico have diverse food retail channels classified into three main groups: Supermarkets in their diverse variants (hypermarkets, medium and small supermarkets, and gourmet supermarkets); traditional food supply channels classified in Traditional markets, Tianguis, and grocery stores and Alternative markets. Despite the wide array of options, there is a lack of informa ...
interviews, etc ; European Union; environmental management; glyphosate; human health; issues and policy; weed control; Austria; Show all 8 Subjects
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... Glyphosate is controversially discussed because of its alleged harmful effects on human health and the environment. Although it is approved until December 2022 in the European Union, the Austrian government discusses a national ban. Research on farmers’ intentions to deal with upcoming pesticide policy changes is limited and planned responses to a national glyphosate ban may inform accompanying me ...
interviews, etc ; amputation; caregivers; children; cough; focus groups; health services; morbidity; mortality; pneumonia; traditional medicine; Tanzania; Show all 12 Subjects
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... BACKGROUND: Amputation of the uvula by lay providers, so-called “traditional uvulectomy”, is common in parts of Sub-Saharan Africa. In Tanzania, the procedure is a treatment of persistent cough, and in some areas of the country, one in three children have been cut. Previous research from Sub-Saharan Africa suggest that uvulectomy by lay providers can increase morbidity and mortality in children, b ...