From resilience to viability: a case study of indigenous communities of the North Rupununi, Guyana by Andrea Berardi, Céline Tschirhart, Jayalaxshmi Mistry, Elisa Bignante, Lakeram Haynes, Grace Albert, Ryan Benjamin, Rebecca Xavier, Deirdre Jafferally

“…We apply and evaluate the System Viability framework through participatory visual methods within three indigenous communities in the North Rupununi, Guyana. This paper highlights how the framework allows the measurement of community survival strategies in a consistent and theoretically corroborated way, with implications for national and international policy-makers aiming to promote resilience and sustainability.…”
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Indigenous Gold Mining in the Kenkuim Shuar Community: A Decolonial and Postcapitalist Approach to Sustainability by Rickard Lalander, María Beatriz Eguiguren-Riofrío, Ana Karina Vera, Gabriela Espinosa, Maleny Reyes, Magnus Lembke

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Micronutrient levels of global tropical reef fish communities differ from fisheries capture by Conor Waldock, Eva Maire, Camille Albouy, Vania Andreoli, Maria Beger, Thomas Claverie, Katie L. Cramer, David A. Feary, Sebastian C. A. Ferse, Andrew Hoey, Nicolas Loiseau, M. Aaron MacNeil, Matthew McLean, Camille Mellin, Simon Ahouansou Montcho, Maria Lourdes Palomares, Santiago de laPuente, Mark Tupper, Shaun Wilson, Laure Velez, Jessica Zamborain‐Mason, Dirk Zeller, David Mouillot, Loïc Pellissier

“…Our results remained unchanged after accounting for the under‐sampling of fish communities and under‐reporting of small‐scale fisheries catches—two major sources of uncertainty. …”
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Nanocarriers boost non-systemic fluazinam transportation in plants and microbial community enrichment in soil by Wenhui Xiao, Jiang Du, Yuxin Zheng, Shanshan Chen, Zhanyun Liu, Fengping Chen, Feng Liu, Beixing Li, Xili Liu, Can Zhang

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Why India is struggling to feed their young children? A qualitative analysis for tribal communities by Sanjay Sharma, Monica Lakhanpaul, Logan Manikam, Priti Parikh, Lorna Benton, Shereen Allaham, Rajesh Khanna, Susrita Roy, Marie Lall, Virendra Kumar Vijay, Neha Santwani, Hanimi Reddy, Hemant Chaturvedi, Satya Prakash Pattanaik, Tol Singh, Pramod Pandya, Priyanka Dang

“…The ultimate goal of the Participatory Approach for Nutrition in Children: Strengthening Health Education Engineering and Environment Linkages project is to identify challenges and opportunities for improvement to subsequently develop socioculturally appropriate, tailored, innovative interventions for the successful implementation of appropriate infant and young child feeding (IYCF) practices locally.Design Qualitative research method, involving five phases: (1) identification of local feeding practices; (2) identification of the local needs and opportunities for children aged 6–24 months; and (3–5) analysis of the gathered qualitative data, intervention design, review and distribution.Setting Nine villages in two community development blocks, that is, Ghatol and Kushalgarh, located in the Banswara district in Rajasthan, India.Participants 68 participants completed semistructured interviews or focus group discussions including: mothers, grandmothers, auxiliary nurse midwife, Anganwadi worker, ASHA Sahyogini, school teachers and local elected representative.Phenomenon of interest IYCF practices and the factors associated with it.Analysis Thematic analysis.Results Our results could be broadly categorised into two domains: (1) the current practices of IYCF and (2) the key drivers and challenges of IYCF. …”
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Relationship between functional independence and community integration of people with spinal cord injury in Bangladesh by Shazal Kumar Das, Md Bakhtiar, Saiba Muhammad Sabrin, Michael Curtin, Ehsanur Rahman, Zahid Bin Sultan Nahid, Zakia Rahman, Md. Furatul Haque, Md. Fazlul Karim Patwary, Md. Jahangir Alam, Md. Emran Hossain, Md. Atiar Rahman, Shafiqul Islam, Md. Ashfaquzzaman, Md. Anowar Khasru Parvez

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Diversity of Woodland Communities and Plant Species along an Altitudinal Gradient in the Guancen Mountains, China by Dongping Meng, Jin-Tun Zhang, Min Li

“…Fifty-three quadrats of 10 m×20 m of woodland communities were randomly established along an altitudinal gradient. …”
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Appraisal of the risk index as instrument to the stratification of the patient with acquired pneumonia in the community in the emergency department. by Dianelis Sierra Martínez, Orestes Fresneda Quintana, Luis Alberto Corona Martínez, María Caridad Fragoso Marchante, Iris González Morales, Caridad Hernández Abreus

“…The community acquired pneumonia is one of the most important health problems attended in our institution. …”
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Factors associated with Catastrophic Healthcare Expenditure in communities of Lagos Nigeria: A Megacity experience. by Kikelomo Ololade Wright, Adeyinka Adeniran, Adedayo Aderibigbe, Olufunsho Akinyemi, Temiloluwa Fagbemi, Omoyeni Ayodeji, Biola Adepase, Emmanuella Zamba, Hussein Abdurrazzaq, Faith Oniyire, Olusegun Ogboye, Akin Abayomi

“…<h4>Methods</h4>A descriptive community-based cross-sectional survey was conducted on 2492 households in Lagos from December 2022 to March 2023 in 4 Local Government Areas (LGAs) using a multistage sampling technique. …”
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Impact of kampung siaga bencana on increasing disaster preparedness in the community of West Bandung regency by Pratiwi Rahayuni Tyas, Rohmat Dede, Ruhimat Mamat

“…The focus of this research is to look at the impact of Kampung Siaga Bencana on improving community disaster preparedness in Cipada Village and Cililin Village, both in West Bandung Regency. …”
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Urbanisation, migration, depopulation and virtual ritual community - the village kurban as a shared meal by Hristov Petko, Manova Tsvetana

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Riparian forest communities along watercourses in the Sutjeska National Park (SE Bosnia and Herzegovina) by Đorđije Milanović, Vladimir Stupar

“… The paper deals with the floristic and ecological diversity of the riparian forest and scrub communities of the Sutjeska National Park in SE Bosnia and Herzegovina. …”
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Cave People? Cave Tourists? Explorers? Going Underground in the Eyes of Representatives of the Cavers’ Community by Chylińska Dagmara

“…Taking into account the limitations of inference due to the size of the sample, the prospective directions of research on the community of tourists and explorers eluding previous studies of cave tourism were established.…”
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Assessing the physical activity training needs and preferences of community health workers in South Africa by Mark Stoutenberg, Blanca S. Noriega Esquives, Ruth G. St Fleur, Susanna S. Koen, Estelle D. Watson, Francia G. Portacio, Georgia Torres

Subjects: “…Community health workers…”
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Ghanaian Settlers in Orimedu: Oju Ota, Gender, and Christianity in a Coastal Fishing Community by Adebayo Adewusi

“… Orimedu was a relatively small coastal community in Ibeju-Lekki area of Lagos State before the area was connected to other parts of state through access roads and electricity in the late 1980s. …”
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When "new" crops are not really new: California Indigenous communities and research and commercialization of elderberry by Sonja Brodt, Sabine Talaugon, Gwenael Engelskirchen

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Battling pollution and health hazards: a street champion’s fight for a safer community by Debapriya Bhattacharyya

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Solar PV Minigrid Technology: Peak Shaving Analysis in the East African Community Countries by Jeanne Paula Ihirwe, Zibiao Li, Keyuan Sun, Samuel Bimenyimana, Chen Wang, Godwin Norense Osarumwense Asemota, Aphrodis Nduwamungu, Cicilia Kemunto Mesa

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Promoting COVID-19 Vaccine Acceptance through Community Engagement: An Ethnographic Study in Ghana by Matilda Aberese-Ako, Wisdom Ebelin, Phidelia Theresa Doegah, Mawulom Kuatewo, Lebene Kpodo, Atsu Godsway Kpordorlor, Robert Kaba Alhassan, Atubiga Alobit Baba, Senanu Djokoto, Evelyn K. Ansah

“…Government institutions focused on informing communities of vaccines and vaccination with little input from the communities. …”
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Preferences of Integrated Care and the Influencing Factors Among Chinese Community-Dwelling Older Adults by Liu S, Zhao J, Liu N, Qin T, Wang F

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