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1. Time for African youth in science

Author:
Mandingha Kosso Etoka-Beka; Ascel Samba-Louaka
Source:
Acta tropica 2022 v.226 pp. 106270
ISSN:
0001-706X
Subject:
youth,   etc   ; humans; Africa;     Show all 3 Subjects
Abstract:
... Africa is a continent with impressive human and natural resources. Astonishingly, its contribution to the current science is very limited. Here, after addressing impeding issues in research in Africa, we highlight some facts that will certainly encourage youth to engage in science and innovation. ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.actatropica.2021.106270

2. Use of Nutritional Supplements Based on L-Theanine and Vitamin B6 in Children with Tourette Syndrome, with Anxiety Disorders: A Pilot Study

Author:
Renata Rizzo; Adriana Prato; Miriam Scerbo; Federica Saia; Rita Barone; Paolo Curatolo
Source:
Nutrients 2022 v.14 no.4 pp. -
ISSN:
2072-6643
Subject:
youth,   etc   ; anxiety; pyridoxine;     Show all 3 Subjects
Abstract:
... Background: Tourette syndrome (TS) is a neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by tics and co-occurring disorders. It has been suggested that anxiety occurs in 2–45% patients affected by Tourette syndrome. Despite dietary and nutritional factors have been found to affect a range of neurological conditions, no more studies have investigated the relationship between nutritional supplements and ti ...
DOI:
10.3390/nu14040852

3. Motivating youth engagement in sustainable agriculture: institutional innovations in Andhra Pradesh community-managed natural farming

Author:
Deborah Dutta; C. Shambu Prasad
Source:
Development in practice 2022 v.32 no.7 pp. 1003-1010
ISSN:
1364-9213
Subject:
youth,   etc   ; sustainable agriculture; India;     Show all 3 Subjects
Abstract:
... This paper highlights ways to address the knowledge–practice gap in the agricultural domain by examining the initiatives of the Community-managed Natural Farming (CNF) Program of the Andhra Pradesh Government in India. The novel initiative to motivate and involve youth known as “Natural Farming Fellows” (NFF), amongst others, has facilitated farmers’ transition to sustainable agriculture practices ...
DOI:
10.1080/09614524.2022.2049215

4. Changing the perceptions and attitudes of rural Ghanaian youth towards cocoa farming

Author:
Michael Kodom; Shaibu Baanni Azumah; Nathaniel Amoh Boateng; Emile Mawutor Tsekpo; Kwadwo Boadi Mensah; Ethel Boateng
Source:
Development in practice 2022 v.32 no.7 pp. 958-967
ISSN:
1364-9213
Subject:
youth,   etc   ; qualitative analysis; Ghana;     Show all 3 Subjects
Abstract:
... Cocoa farmers in Ghana are aging, and this threatens the sustainability of the sector. Using a qualitative approach, this study assessed how the youth-centred training programme has changed existing negative perceptions on youth participation in cocoa farming. The results confirmed that youth disinterest in cocoa farming is partly influenced by the perception that cocoa farming is an activity for ...
DOI:
10.1080/09614524.2022.2086218

5. Qualities of the Restaurant Food Environment: A Direct Observation Pilot Study of Restaurants Located Near High Schools

Author:
Natalie S. Poulos; Keryn E. Pasch
Source:
Childhood obesity 2022 v.18 no.3 pp. 213-218
ISSN:
2153-2176
Subject:
youth,   etc   ; childhood obesity; restaurants;     Show all 3 Subjects
Abstract:
... Objective: This study aimed to identify and describe healthful and youth-oriented qualities of the restaurant food environment around high schools. Methods: Using direct observation data from 58 restaurants located within a half-mile (804.5 meters) of all high schools in a single district, two index measures of the restaurant food environment were created: healthfulness index and youth-oriented in ...
DOI:
10.1089/chi.2021.0151

6. Conservation conversation: an arts-based approach to examine impacts of a live video webcast on youth viewers’ conceptualizations of forest ecosystems

Author:
Jacqueline V. Aenlle; Jamie Loizzo; James C. Bunch; Whitney Stone; Maegan Meredith; Katie Ray
Source:
Applied environmental education and communication 2022 v.21 no.3 pp. 221-237
ISSN:
1533-0389
Subject:
youth,   etc   ; environmental education; forests;     Show all 3 Subjects
Abstract:
... Live video web-streaming via an electronic field trip (EFT) format can connect youth with scientists working in a variety of settings. Previous research indicated interactions with scientists can change children’s perceptions of science, technology, engineering, and mathematic (STEM) careers. We conducted an arts-based study to examine an EFT’s impact on elementary students’ pre-/post- drawings of ...
DOI:
10.1080/1533015X.2022.2034554

7. Early-life reflections of Grimod de La Reyniere, founder of French gastronomic writing: Excerpts of Reflexions Philosophique sur le Plaisir (1783) and Lorgnette Philosophique(1785)

Author:
Leon G. Fine
Source:
International journal of gastronomy and food science 2022 v.29 pp. 100580
ISSN:
1878-450X
Subject:
youth,   etc   ; family relations; females; gastronomy;     Show all 4 Subjects
Abstract:
... The first food writer generally acknowledged as such, was Grimod de La Reyniere, a Parisian born into an unhappy family environment. His earliest aspirations were to be recognized by the public and to achieve this through outlandish acts and publications which outlined his youthful biases. His earliest writings were articles in journal dedicated to the theater. His first two publications, written ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.ijgfs.2022.100580

8. ADSWIM and WATERCARE Projects Meet Kids and Youth: The Challenge of Bringing the World of Research to School to Merge Research, Education and Communication

Author:
Elisa Baldrighi; Patricija Muzlovic; Anna Annibaldi; Antonella Penna; Elena Manini; Elia Rosetti; Enrico Esposito Renzoni; Federica Grilli; Gloria Giacomini; Ivana Kristovic; Ivo Duracic; Maja Krzelj; Marin Ordulj; Martin Bućan; Pierluigi Penna; Vedrana Spada; Josipa Bilic; Mauro Marini; Sabina Susmel
Source:
Water 2022 v.14 no.12 pp. -
ISSN:
2073-4441
Subject:
youth,   etc   ; literacy; water; Croatia; Italy;     Show all 5 Subjects
Abstract:
... The transfer of communication and knowledge from science and research to the general public is a paramount step to raise people’s awareness about environmental issues and their negative and positive impacts on each of us. Many projects and initiatives seek to raise awareness among citizens, with particular attention to young people, about the importance of maintaining clean and healthy oceans. Wit ...
DOI:
10.3390/w14121843

9. Content analysis of the impact of COVID-19 on weight and shape control behaviors and social media content of U.S. adolescents and young adults

Author:
Jane C. Schmid; Kelsey L. Rose; Nicole L. Hadler; Xochitl Amaro; Abby Frank; Erin Wilkie; Tammy Chang; Kendrin R. Sonneville
Source:
Eating behaviors 2022 v.45 pp. 101635
ISSN:
1471-0153
Subject:
youth,   etc   ; COVID-19 infection; exercise; pandemic;     Show all 4 Subjects
Abstract:
... The current study examines impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on weight/shape control behaviors among adolescents and young adults in the U.S., and perceived changes to related social media content. A sample of youth (14–24 years) from MyVoice, a national text-message-based cohort, provided open-ended responses to questions on changes in eating and exercise habits due to concern about weight/shape, ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.eatbeh.2022.101635

10. The effect of action-based entrepreneurship education on intention to become an entrepreneur

Author:
Omar Boubker; Khaled Naoui; Abdelaziz Ouajdouni; Maryem Arroud
Source:
MethodsX 2022 v.9 pp. 101657
ISSN:
2215-0161
Subject:
youth,   etc   ; entrepreneurship; factor analysis; questionnaires; Morocco;     Show all 5 Subjects
Abstract:
... The kingdom of Morocco has launched over the last decade major reform projects in order to strengthen youth entrepreneurship. Therefore, it is important to identify factors contributing to enhanced youth entrepreneurship activity. Hence, this method article examines the determinants of public university students’ entrepreneurial intention, by focusing on the importance of action-based entrepreneur ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.mex.2022.101657

11. Biological Maturation Predicts Dynamic Balance and Lower Limb Power in Young Football Players

Author:
Bartosz Wilczyński; Łukasz Radzimiński; Agnieszka Sobierajska-Rek; Karol de Tillier; Jakub Bracha; Katarzyna Zorena
Source:
Biology 2022 v.11 no.8 pp. -
ISSN:
2079-7737
Subject:
youth,   etc   ; anthropometric measurements; athletic performance; males;     Show all 4 Subjects
Abstract:
... Biological maturation has an increasingly important role in youth sports. The aim of the study was to evaluate the relationship between dynamic balance and lower limb power and biological maturation in young football players. Seventy-two healthy, young male elite football players (age: 10 ± 2) participated in the study. Dynamic balance was assessed using a modified Star Excursion Balance Test (mSE ...
DOI:
10.3390/biology11081167

12. Spiritual Intelligence Analysis of Youth: A Cultural Perspective

Author:
Manisha Dhami; Seema Sharma; Tejpreet Kaur Kang
Source:
Journal of Community Mobilization and Sustainable Development 2022 v.17 no.1 pp. 211-214
ISSN:
2231-6736
Subject:
youth,   etc   ; academic achievement; sustainable development; India;     Show all 4 Subjects
Abstract:
... Spiritual intelligence is a capacity in humans to ask questions about the purpose of life and integrated relationship between mind, spirit and the outer world. To assess and compare the spiritual intelligence of youth from two different states of India, a study was conducted on 360 youth aged between 20-22 years. Dhar and Dhar (2010) Spiritual intelligence scale was used to assess the spiritual in ...

13. Obituary of Professor Ing. Václav Kůdela, DrSc. (1936–2022)

Author:
Aleš Lebeda
Source:
Plant Protection Science v.58 no.3 pp. 269-271
ISSN:
1212-2580
Subject:
youth,   etc   ; adults; phytotherapy; plant pathology; plant protection;     Show all 5 Subjects
Abstract:
... On February 23, 2022, the great Czech plant pathologist, and my personal friend and esteemed colleague, prof. Václav Kůdela passed away. For over 15 years (1990–2006), he served as the Editor-in-Chief for our journal, Plant Protection Science. His whole adult life was connected with agriculture, plant pathology, plant protection and the science of phytotherapy. However, he was also man who accepte ...
DOI:
10.17221/29/2022-pps

14. “Going Green” Rhetoric or Reality: An Assessment of the Prospects and Challenges of Ghana’s Youth in Afforestation Programme

Author:
Sarpong Kumankuma Kwadwo Nketia; Stephen Appiah Takyi; Owusu Amponsah; Ata Senior Yeboah; Henry Mensah; Divine Kwaku Ahadzie
Source:
Society & natural resources 2022 v.35 no.1 pp. 20-37
ISSN:
1521-0723
Subject:
youth,   etc   ; afforestation; deforestation; politics; socioeconomics; stakeholders; Ghana;     Show all 7 Subjects
Abstract:
... Deforestation is a major environmental problem confronting countries in the Global South. In response to the high rate of deforestation, policymakers have over the years implemented a myriad of afforestation programmes. This study sought to assess the prospects and challenges of Ghana’s Youth in Afforestation Programme. The data used for this study was collected from 60 recruits of the afforestati ...
DOI:
10.1080/08941920.2021.2019359

15. Mediating role of self-compassion in the association between moral injury and depression among Korean youths

Author:
Eunyoung Jang
Source:
Heliyon 2022 v.8 no.5 pp. e09429
ISSN:
2405-8440
Subject:
youth,   etc   ; Koreans; epidemiological studies; morality; prediction; South Korea;     Show all 6 Subjects
Abstract:
... Beyond the trauma research, it was assumed that ordinary younger people can experience moral injury, leading to depression. Based on this assumption, this study investigated the mediating pathways by which moral injury, caused by oneself, others, and by betrayal of others, impacts depression through self-compassion. Overall, 1,567 South Korean youths responded to an online survey that employed thr ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.heliyon.2022.e09429

16. Understanding Collective Identity in Virtual Spaces: A Study of the Youth Climate Movement

Author:
Sohana Nasrin; Dana R. Fisher
Source:
American behavioral scientist 2022 v.66 no.9 pp. 1286-1308
ISSN:
1552-3381
Subject:
youth,   etc   ; climate; data collection; scientists; social networks; spring;     Show all 6 Subjects
Abstract:
... How does collective identity form in virtual spaces and what role do hashtags play? This paper takes advantage of a unique dataset that includes surveys from activists who organized the nationally coordinated climate strikes in the US that began in spring 2019 to answer these questions. Building on the research about collective identity formation online and the role that hashtags play, we employ s ...
DOI:
10.1177/00027642211056257

17. Pooled dataset on entrepreneurial characteristics of undergraduates in selected universities in Nigeria

Author:
Adedayo Olofinyehun; Abiodun Egbetokun; Caleb Adelowo
Source:
Data in Brief 2022 v.40 pp. 107718
ISSN:
2352-3409
Subject:
youth,   etc   ; data collection; entrepreneurship; issues and policy; surveys; Nigeria;     Show all 6 Subjects
Abstract:
... This pooled dataset presents data collected through four (4) sequential cross-sectional surveys of undergraduates in six (6) selected Nigerian universities. The data were collected from a total of 12,615 undergraduates studying courses in the social sciences, sciences and engineering disciplines. The surveys assessed entrepreneurship interest, background and experience of the respondents. The data ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.dib.2021.107718

18. A direct observation tool to measure interactions between shade, nature, and children’s physical activity: SOPLAY-SN

Author:
Allison Poulos; Kylie Wilson; Kevin Lanza; Jennifer Vanos
Source:
international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity 2022 v.19 no.1 pp. 127
ISSN:
1479-5868
Subject:
youth,   etc   ; elementary schools; grasses; nutrition; physical activity; sedentary lifestyle; Arizona;     Show all 7 Subjects
Abstract:
... BACKGROUND: Most physical activity (PA) during school occurs at recess; however, recess PA may be influenced by children’s thermal comfort and interaction with nature, neither of which have concurrently been measured reliably in previous studies. This study tests the reliability of SOPLAY-SN, an adaption of the validated System for Observing Play and Leisure Activity in Youth (SOPLAY) to measure S ...
DOI:
10.1186/s12966-022-01355-4

19. Incorporating Yoga into a Pediatric Weight Management Program: A Pilot Study

Author:
Bethany Forseth; Sarah Hampl; Meredith Dreyer Gillette; Rebecca M. Foright; Mary Gibson; Julie Vandal; Mallory Moon; Amy R. Beck
Source:
Childhood obesity 2022 v.18 no.1 pp. 67-71
ISSN:
2153-2176
Subject:
youth,   etc   ; breakfast; caregivers; childhood obesity; surveys; weight control programs; yoga;     Show all 7 Subjects
Abstract:
... Purpose: To assess the feasibility and acceptability of yoga incorporated into a pediatric weight management program (promoting health in teens; PHIT Yoga) to racially diverse caregivers and youth and to compare this program with a cohort that received a program that did not include yoga (PHIT Kids). Methods: Thirty children with obesity were enrolled in a 12-week pediatric weight management inter ...
DOI:
10.1089/chi.2021.0114

20. Landing Error Scoring System: Data from Youth Volleyball Players

Author:
Weerawat Limroongreungrat; Christopher Mawhinney; Suthasinee Kongthongsung; Chatchadaporn Pitaksathienkul
Source:
Data in Brief 2022 v.41 pp. 107916
ISSN:
2352-3409
Subject:
youth,   etc   ; anterior cruciate ligament; biomechanics; gender; risk; risk assessment; scientists;     Show all 7 Subjects
Abstract:
... The Landing Error Scoring system (LESS) is a reliable screening tool for Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) injury. The test is focused on biomechanical errors of landing motion and is used to evaluate the risk of knee injuries in several sports, such as football and basketball, which involve repeated jumping demands. Presently, available LESS data from youth volleyball players is limited, thus scre ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.dib.2022.107916