Bridging science and decision-making with a storyline-based approach by Laixiang Sun

“…Coastal communities face escalating risks from rising seas and stronger storms. …”
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Wildlife of Florida Factsheet: Burrowing Owl by Julie Burford, Raoul Keith Boughton

“…We hope these factsheets inspire people to investigate wildlife in their own backyard and communities and understand the amazing biodiversity of wildlife in the state of Florida.   …”
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La responsabilité sociale de l’enseignement supérieur au Brésil by Monica Mota Tassigny, Emmanuelle Annoot

“…Tassigny, Professor in the university of Fortaleza UNIFOR, Brazil, explains the various possible links between universities and their communities. She outlines the role of social responsibility of Brazilian universities and more especially that of the university of Fortaleza.…”
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Wildlife of Florida Factsheet: Burrowing Owl by Julie Burford, Raoul Keith Boughton

“…We hope these factsheets inspire people to investigate wildlife in their own backyard and communities and understand the amazing biodiversity of wildlife in the state of Florida.   …”
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Wildlife of Florida Factsheet: White-tailed Deer by Connor Crank, Bethany Rose Wight, Raoul K. Boughton

“…We hope these factsheets inspire people to investigate wildlife in their own backyard and communities and understand the amazing biodiversity of wildlife in the state of Florida. …”
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Biological Soil Crusts in Agroecosystems by Kira Sorochkina, Clayton J. Nevins, Patrick W. Inglett, Sarah L. Strauss

“… Biological soil crusts, or biocrusts, are communities of microorganisms that form on the surface of soils, often found in deserts around the world. …”
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Wildlife of Florida Factsheet: White-tailed Deer by Connor Crank, Bethany Rose Wight, Raoul K. Boughton

“…We hope these factsheets inspire people to investigate wildlife in their own backyard and communities and understand the amazing biodiversity of wildlife in the state of Florida. …”
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The (Draft) European Charter of the Commons – Between Opportunities and Challenges by Anna Simonati

“…The main proposal concerns the possible exploitation of new participatory models for the involvement of communities of users in the strategic decisions on the management of the commons. …”
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Liberation via Reliving the Suffering: A Study of August Wilson’s Monologues by Sumita, Mayur Chhikara

“…The articulation of counter-discourse has long served as a central mechanism for expressing resistance, resilience, and the reclamation of histories centered on marginalized communities. Human history attests to the fact that speech has consistently functioned as a foundational step toward liberation. …”
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The Situation of Social Cooperatives in Small Villages in Hungary by Katalin Lipták

“…With this new knowledge, local communities can achieve results through strategically designed programs and projects that social cooperatives can join and help achieve. …”
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Living with Gorillas? Lessons from Batwa-Gorillas’ Convivial Relations at Bwindi Forest, Uganda by Christine, Ampumuza

“…In recent years, convivial conservation has been proposed as a better alternative to fortress conservation by working with marginalised communities. This is a welcome development because most of the injustices and failures of fortress conservation arose from neglecting local communities’ view of being with nature, and knowledges of nature (plural of knowledge highlights that there are multiple ways and types of acquiring and transmitting knowledge through generations). …”
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Pour une histoire de la cartographie des territoires teko et wayãpi (Commune de Camopi, Guyane française) by Pierre Grenand, Françoise Grenand, Pierre Joubert, Damien Davy

“…This work is a sensibly modified version of the text published by the Guianese Amazonian Park for Wayãpi and Teko communities of the Oyapock and Camopi regions and for this region’s schools (Grenand et al. 2015). …”
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Wildlife of Florida Factsheet: Virginia Opossum by Simon Fitzwilliam, Raoul K. Boughton

“…We hope these factsheets inspire people to investigate wildlife in their own backyard and communities and understand the amazing biodiversity of wildlife in the state of Florida. …”
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Low Prevalence of Helicobacter Pylori Infection in Canadian Children: A Cross-Sectional Analysis by Idit Segal, Anthony Otley, Robert Issenman, David Armstrong, Victor Espinosa, Ruth Cawdron, Muhammad G Morshed, Kevan Jacobson

“…To date, few studies have assessed the prevalence of H pylori in Canadian children, with studies limited to Aboriginal communities and single tertiary care centres from Ontario and Quebec.…”
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Wildlife of Florida Factsheet: Virginia Opossum by Simon Fitzwilliam, Raoul K. Boughton

“…We hope these factsheets inspire people to investigate wildlife in their own backyard and communities and understand the amazing biodiversity of wildlife in the state of Florida. …”
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Control de Brazilian Pepper-tree by Ken Gioeli, Ken Langeland

“…It describes this shrub or small tree which is one of the most aggressive non-native invaders of mangrove communities and affecting nearly all terrestrial ecosystems in central and southern Florida — its history, habitat, identification, and control.  …”
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Optimal design of off-grid hybrid system using a new zebra optimization and stochastic load profile by Ahunim Abebe Ashetehe, Fekadu Shewarega, Belachew Bantyirga, Getachew Biru, Samuel Lakeo

“…The study’s findings showed that the photovoltaic-battery (PV-BAT) system, with an optimal size of 3483.161 kW of PV, 3668 units of storage batteries (11,444.160 kWh), and 2082 kW of converter at 0.044030% LPSP, is the best configuration for electrifying the rural communities of the study site with the minimum annual total cost of 621,736.056 USD and 0.227063 $/kWh COE. …”
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ARTEMISIA SIEVERSIANA WILLD. IN TRANSBAIKALIA: FEATURES OF CENOFLORA AND INTRASPECIFIC VARIABILITY by A. B. Sakhyaeva, B. B. Namzalov

“…The analysis shows the special features of the vegetation of plant communities with A. sieversiana. Species of the  meadow-steppe geographic group with a wide range of distribution  are typical for them. …”
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Exploring the purpose and stages of patient and public involvement and engagement (PPIE) in audiology research: a case study approach by Helen Pryce, Nisha Dhanda, Jean Straus

“…Flexible engagement methods were developed to include marginalised communities with lower levels of research engagement. …”
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A State-of-the-Art Review on Storm Events, Overtopping and Morphological Changes in Front of Coastal Structures by Frederico Romão, Márcia Lima, Carlos Coelho

“…Overtopping phenomena and consequent floods cause significant damage to coastal communities. Morphological changes in front of structures during storms can influence their functionality, affecting their stability and leading to failures, impacting the population that are depending on those coastal interventions for their protection. …”
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