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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 ; 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 ; 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 ; 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 ; 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 ; 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 ...
interviews, etc ; agricultural economics; experts; forestry; surveys; Show all 5 Subjects
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... The co-creation and sharing of knowledge among different types of actors with complementary expertise is known as the Multi-Actor Approach (MAA). This paper presents how Horizon2020 Thematic-Networks (TNs) deal with the MAA and put forward best practices during the different project phases, based on the results of a desktop study, interviews, surveys and expert workshops. The study shows that not ...
interviews, etc ; ecological economics; economists; fields; journals; Show all 5 Subjects
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... Ecological economics has existed as a field for over 30 years. The field has since its inception strived to transcend traditional disciplinary boundaries and incorporates many substantially different perspectives. Despite continuous discussion about the fundamentals and direction of the field, ecological economists maintain a perception that ecological economics is at its core one field, although ...
interviews, etc ; bushmeat; ecology; law enforcement; prediction; Show all 5 Subjects
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... Rangers collect law enforcement monitoring (LEM) data during their patrols in protected areas. These data are increasingly used to interpret patrolling effectiveness and to predict poaching activity. However, LEM data can contain biases that may weaken the conclusions derived from such analyses. Research data, collected from 82 km of desnaring transects and interviews with 31 rangers, were compare ...
interviews, etc ; Sebastes ruberrimus; data collection; expert opinion; fisheries law; life history; research; rockfish; Alaska; Gulf of Alaska; Pacific Ocean; Show all 11 Subjects
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... Rockfishes (Sebastes spp.) and the fisheries they support along the northeastern Pacific Ocean have undergone dynamic changes over the last century. The unique life history traits of rockfishes pose a host of challenges that make them difficult to monitor and susceptible to overfishing. Previous research has demonstrated that fishers’ knowledge and scientific data can help to create a more complet ...
interviews, etc ; age; children; cities; environmental management; family planning; grandparents; green infrastructure; journals; open space; parenting; planning; urban areas; wills; Show all 14 Subjects
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... Who uses open spaces, when, and why, are critical questions for planning and managing green and blue spaces in urban areas. We argue that use needs to be studied across a range of ages and spaces. We studied the open space use and preferences of 15 three-generation families, interviewing children, parents and grandparents. Members of each family lived close to each other so had access to the same ...
interviews, etc ; activists; attitudes and opinions; violence; Rwanda; Show all 5 Subjects
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... A critical component of community-level efforts to reduce intimate partner violence (IPV) is the meaningful engagement of opinion leaders. This paper assesses the successes, challenges, and processes of change that Indashyikirwa – an IPV prevention programme in Rwanda – encountered while engaging opinion leaders to combat IPV. The paper draws on three rounds of qualitative interviews with 13 opini ...
... This article explores the management conditions that seem responsible for the survival of the last large Australian dairy products manufacturing cooperative. A theoretical framework is presented as a mechanism to understand cooperative sustainability in a competitive sense considering the relationship of two organizational paradigms. The qualitative methods applied in this paper focus on the perce ...
interviews, etc ; children; health services; neonates; vaccination; vaccines; Brazil; Show all 7 Subjects
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... Maternal immunization is key to protecting maternal and newborn health. We interviewed pregnant women in Brazil to identify barriers to and enablers of maternal immunization in the country. In-depth interviews and focus groups were conducted in Brazil with 60 pregnant women from São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro at different stages of their pregnancies. Participants were encouraged to discuss views on ...
interviews, etc ; Food and Agriculture Organization; afforestation; decentralization; deforestation; forest restoration; forests; hunger; indigenous knowledge; landscape restoration; poverty; socioeconomic development; North Korea; Show all 13 Subjects
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... The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) is currently in a state of severe deforestation and forest degradation, such that it was selected a beneficiary for Forest and Landscape Restoration (FLR) programs run by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). This study investigates the status and gaps in the implementation of FLR actions and analyzes the key challenges ...
interviews, etc ; Achyranthes aspera; ethnobotany; health services; indigenous knowledge; juices; India; Show all 7 Subjects
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... The present study deals with documentation of medicinal importance of plants and traditional knowledge set harboring among the ethnic communities to utilize various plant parts for various health care practices. Twelve villages were surveyed primarily targeting the Rajbangshi communities of Raiganj Block, Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal, India. The ethnomedicinal information was gathered thro ...