Constructing Ubudehe? Farmers’ perceptions of drought impacts and resilience capacities in Bugesera, Rwanda by Lazare Nzeyimana, Åsa Danielsson, Veronica Brodén-Gyberg, Lotta Andersson

“…Originality/value – This study analyses farmers’ perceptions of resilience capacities to droughts through a spatiotemporal lens of past droughts, present capital and future challenges by linking scales, knowledge and human–environment nexus. …”
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Unburned habitat essential for amphibian breeding persistence following wildfire by Larissa L. Bailey, Richard Henderson, Wendy A. Estes-Zumpf, Charles C. Rhoades, Ellie Miller, Dominique Lujan, Erin Muths

“…Limited studies explore the impacts of wildfires on aquatic taxa and few focus on lentic habitats that are essential for amphibians, many of which are of conservation concern. We capitalized on existing pre-fire surveys for anuran species and resurveyed a random subset of wetlands across a gradient of soil burn severity to investigate the short-term effects of wildfire on a relict population of wood frogs in the southern Rocky Mountains. …”
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TRENDS IN HIGHER VOCATIONAL EDUCATION: PROFESSIONALIZATION OR DEPROFESSIONALIZATION? by Yu. R. Vishnevsky, D. Yu. Narkhov, Ya. V. Didkovskaya

“…In this regard, it is important to find out the potential of the student's environment in order to convert it without any loss into social and cultural capital of the state. First of all, this potential is made up by education, qualification and profession and students’ valuable relation to their occupation. …”
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Learnings from COVID-19 Forced Lockdown on Regional Air Quality and Mitigation Potential for South Asia by Abhishek Upadhyay, Parth Sarathi Mahapatra, Praveen Kumar Singh, Sishir Dahal, Suresh Pokhrel, Amit Bhujel, Indu Bikram Joshi, Shankar Prasad Paudel, Siva Praveen Puppala, Bhupesh Adhikary

“…Cities with high traffic loads reported a reduction of 12-39% in columnar NO2 during lockdown, in-situ PM2.5 measurements indicate a 23–56% percent reduction over the country capitals and columnar SO2 has an approximate reduction of 50% over industrial areas. …”
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Early measures for prevention and containment of COVID-19 in the Maldives: A descriptive analysis by Mariyam SUZANA, Sheena MOOSA, Fathmath Nazla RAFEEG, Sofoora K. USMAN

“…Introduction: The Maldives attracts more than one million travelers annually placing it at a high risk of imported epidemic-prone diseases; and it has one of the most congested capital cities in the world making it a conducive environment for infectious diseases. …”
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O uso de hashtags e a gestão algorítmica de dados no Instagram by Antonio Celestino Rosa, Marcos Dantas Loureiro

“…Pautamo-nos na pesquisa bibliográfica, na qual buscamos levantar a teoria já publicada sobre essa temática para entendermos o processo geral de acumulação de capital em qualquer plataforma sociodigital e o conceito e uso de hashtags. …”
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Determination of the kidney stone composition using infrared spectroscopy in Iran at a national referral center during 2019–2023 by Abbas Basiri, Azin Tahvildari, Mohammad Naji, Pardis Ziaeefar, Amir H. Kashi

“…Stone composition in Shiraz and Isfahan was roughly similar with a higher percentage of UA stones (53.4% and 53.6%, respectively) while the capital city of Iran (Tehran) had less frequent UA stones (39.9%) with a higher percentage of calcium oxalate stones. …”
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“Old” and “New” Trust in Higher Education by P. A. Ambarova, G. E. Zborovsky, N. V. Shabrova

“…They are important to design various academic practical experience oriented on the use of resource properties of trust with a view to developing the social and human capital of high school communities as well as to elaborate new social technologies for managing the processes of trust formation in the university.…”
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Bienestar subjetivo y resiliencia en población penitenciaria by Ana Areli Vicencio Navarrete, Arturo Enrique Orozco Vargas, Esteban Jaime Camacho Ruiz, Patricia Balcázar Nava

“…Ante ello, resulta importante identificar investigaciones que relacionan los factores que influyen en el funcionamiento psicológico positivo y que promueven un capital protector en este contexto. Objetivo: Analizar de forma sistemática la información disponible sobre bienestar subjetivo y resiliencia en población penitenciaria, con el fin de identificar factores clave que permitan el desarrollo de estrategias efectivas para promover su salud integral. …”
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Insights into the Regional Transport and Local Formation of Secondary Organic Aerosol in Delhi, India by Himadri Sekhar Bhowmik, Sachchida Nand Tripathi, Ravi Sahu, Ashutosh Kumar Shukla, Vipul Lalchandani, Shamitaksha Talukdar, Nidhi Tripathi, Lokesh Sahu

“…Abstract The organic carbon (OC) and elemental carbon (EC) content were measured from PM2.5 quartz filter substrates collected over 24 hours in Faridabad, a heavily polluted city in Delhi national capital region (NCR), during January–February 2018. …”
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Competitive Multipolarity in the Middle East and the Transformation of Turkey’s Regional Policies in the 2000s and 2010s by P. V. Shlykov

“…The sound successes of Turkish business together with the large-scale internationalization of the Turkish capital have become the main drivers for Turkey’s expansion in the Middle East and North Africa. …”
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Analysis of vulnerability, its drivers, and strategies applied towards reducing the pastoral and agro-pastoral livelihood vulnerability to climatic shocks by Daniel Assefa Tofu, Tegegn Dilbato, Chalchisa Fana, Niguse Bekele Dirbaba, Gutu Tesso

“…Managing livestock, taking advantage of social capital, storing hay and crop residue, and destocking animals during the period of severe drought were the main strategies used to reduce the vulnerability and enhance the adaptive capacity. …”
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Antiepileptic activity and potential mechanism of full-spectrum hemp extract by Zengliang Jin, Zhuo Huang

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Optimal Information Hiding: Advanced Bitstream-Based Watermarking for Secure and Efficient Integration of Image Data in Digital Videos by null Ramyashree, Venugopala P. S., Raghavendra S., null Sarojadevi

“…This technique stands apart from less sophisticated watermarking methods by capitalizing on spatial and temporal domain concepts in video processing. …”
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Research on the Spatial Network Connection Characteristics and Influencing Factors of Chengdu–Chongqing Urban Agglomeration from the Perspective of Flow Space by Yangguang Hao, Zhongwei Shen, Jiexi Ma, Jiawei Li, Mengqian Yang

“…In terms of the influencing factors of the urban connectivity pattern within the CCUA, the differences in permanent population size and urbanization rates have a significant negative impact on the information flow network, technology flow network, and capital flow network. The differences in the secondary industrial structure and public budget expenditures have a significant positive impact on the intensity of inter-city element flows, and the differences in per capita consumption expenditures have a significant negative impact, collectively influencing the formation of the spatial connectivity pattern of the CCUA. …”
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“Un gran lugar para vivir”: Branding Buenos Aires como una ciudad global atractiva by Sören Scholvin

“…El autor demuestra que la capital de Argentina se ve como “un gran lugar para vivir”. …”
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La avenida torrencial de Mocoa, Putumayo ¿ejemplo de una retrospectiva sin punto final en la gestión del riesgo de desastres detonados por eventos naturales? by Jorge Eduardo Vásquez Santamaría, Martha Isabel Gómez Vélez, Hernán Darío Martínez Hincapié

“….° de abril de 2017 que afectó el municipio de Mocoa, capital del departamento de Putumayo, en la región amazónica del sur de Colombia, reposiciona el tema de la gestión del riesgo de desastres y los procesos de reasentamiento poblacional en la agenda nacional, y con ello la protección de derechos humanos de las poblaciones vulnerables a estos eventos. …”
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Correlation Between Prognostic Nutritional Index and Heart Failure in Adults with Diabetes in the United States: Study Results from NHANES (1999–2016) by Qiyuan Bai, Hao Chen, Zhen Gao, Xuhua Li, Jiapeng Li, Shidong Liu, Bing Song, Cuntao Yu

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Optimal Non-Pharmacological Interventions for Reducing Problematic Internet Use in Youth: A Systematic Review and Bayesian Network Meta-Analysis by Jing-Jing Tian, Xiao-Ya He, Zhen Guo

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Soberania de dados ambientais na Periferia frente ao ecocapitalismo de vigilância by Ana Elisi Carbone Anversa, Rosane Leal da Silva, Leonardo Fontana Trevisan

“…Conclui-se que o principal desafio para a soberania de dados ambientais está centrado no modo de produção capitalista e na relação imposta entre ser humano, capital e natureza. Tal desafio é intensificado no cenário de ecocapitalismo de vigilância, que se pauta no pós-materialismo do Centro, no materialismo da Periferia, bem como no imperialismo verde, no neoliberalismo ambiental e na datificação e algoritimização da natureza. …”
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