Disentangling rural smartness in European policies: a critical overview of the Smart Village concept by Valentina E. Albanese, Teresa Graziano

“…In recent years, several policies have increasingly considered smart technologies as a potential solution to overcome territorial marginality in rural areas, where digitalization and smart innovation could help local communities address challenges such as depopulation and socio-economic deprivation. …”
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Overcoming Barriers to Youth Economic Inclusion in Rural Morocco: A Case Study of Daït Aoua by Mohamed Taha Lahrech, Bochra Makhlouki, Younes Bekkar, Imane Bounadi, Rachid Harbouze, Nassreddine Maatala, Julien Burte

“…Understanding these dynamics is essential for creating opportunities that empower rural youth, enabling them to contribute meaningfully to their communities’ growth.…”
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Collaboration entre chercheurs et praticiens dans le cadre du projet Saines habitudes de vie – éducation physique et à la santé by Cecília Borges, Enrique García Bengoechea, Shirley Gray, Paula Bush, Suzanne Guay, Alain Lefebvre, Katherine Baker et Sandy Farr, Thierry Mélinge, Margaret Amos, Anne Sophie-Aubin et Joli-Anne Mercier

“…Action-research presents itself as a way to implement devices of support aimed at establishing communities of practices (Savoie-Zajc, 2010). This article addresses some issues emerging from the collaboration between researchers and practitioners within the framework of a Healthy Lifstyles Promotion- Physical Education and Health project aimed at the consolidation of the role of physical educators as promoters of a healthy active lifestyles towards their students. …”
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Bioprospecting for Isoetes cangae Endophytes with Potential to Promote Plant Growth by Danielle Silveira Santos, Paula Veronesi Marinho Pontes, Analy Machado de Oliveira Leite, Aline Lemos Ferreira, Mariana de Souza, Thainá dos Santos Silva Araujo, Henrique Fragoso dos Santos, Guilherme Correa de Oliveira, José Augusto Bitencourt, Allysson Buraslan Cavalcanti, Rodrigo Lemes Martins, Francisco De Assis Esteves

“…Plant-associated microbial communities are recognized to be responsible for biological processes essential for the health, growth, and even adaptation of plants to environmental stresses. …”
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New Practices оf Engineering Education in Conditions of Distance Learning by T. A. Olkhovaya, E. V. Poyarkova

“…The presented data show an increase in students’ demand for flexible individual educational paths, for a variety of forms of learning and for the formation of new competencies in the field of digital skills, creativity, the ability to self-learn and manage attention, create communities, and reflectivity. The authors argue that the digital competence of engineering graduates must exceed the existing range of competencies in order to work ahead of the situation. …”
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Application of the destination multiculturality in tourism promotion on the example of Vojvodina by Ćuruvija Ivana, Ćuruvija Miloš, Pavlović Nataša

“…In some destinations many different ethnic communities live together which creates a specific culture of a region in the sense of its multiculturality, and this element could be very important in tourist destination promotion. …”
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Exploring the dynamics of energy security and energy poverty in the Andean basin by Darío Xavier Zhiña, María Isabel Fárez-Plasencia, Alex Avilés-Añazco, Otilia Vanessa Cordero-Ahiman, Jorge Leonardo Vanegas, Alexandra Guanuchi-Quito

“…The results reveal notable differences in ES and EP among communities. Checa, Sayausí, and Sidcay had higher ES indices, while Ricaurte and Sinincay faced challenges. …”
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APPLICATION OF THE ZOO/PLANKTON INDICATORS FOR ASSESSMENT OF THE NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS IMPACT UPON COOLING POOLS by Dmitriy V. Kulakov

“…In both researched reservoirs the warm water discharge resulted in the decrease of the total species number in the communities. The Neman River (the Baltic Nuclear Power Plant designed receiver for waste waters) in the period of the research was not affected by the nuclear plant impact. …”

Diálogo del saber campesino y la investigación científica: árboles nativos dendroenergéticos en la Reserva de la biosfera Sierra de Huautla, Morelos, México by Artemio Cruz León, Miguel Uribe Gómez, Alejandro Lara Bueno, César Augusto Yescas Albarrán, Ranferi Maldonado Torres

“…The farming communities of the Sierra de Huautla, keep tradition in using firewood, which is strong pressure on the native deciduous trees. …”
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Digital technologies in music education. Using Digital Audio Workstations (DAW) with Project-Based Learning (PBL) by María Elena Cuenca-Rodríguez, Ignacio Pascual-Moltó, Raquel Pastor-Prada

“…The objective is to show how BandLab and Walk Band can contribute to the development of musical, artistic and digital proficiency in students as well as create collaborative learning communities. A literature review on previous uses of multitrack sequencers is also done, and some examples of didactic proposals on music creation and musical arrangements are offered on how to integrate these applications in the music curriculum in secondary education and in interdisciplinary projects in higher education. …”
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Accelerating Sustainable Tourism through the Hexa Helix Model in Pati Regency by Said Nur Octavianto, Jarot Tri Bowo Santoso, Moch Faizal Rachmadi, Fauzul Adzim, Eka Susanti

“…Developing a sustainable tourism strategy requires collaboration across academia, businesses, communities, government, media, and NGOs. However, one major challenge in Indonesia’s tourism sector is the lack of synergistic, comprehensive, and integrated stakeholder collaboration. …”
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Diatoms (Bacillariophyta) of the world’s highest aquatic environments from the Western Himalayas, India by Pardhi Samadhan, Kokila Thiruvalan, Thacker Mital, Alakananda B., Karthick Balasubramanian

“…The present study is a preliminary taxonomic survey of diatom assemblages from one of the highest mountain ranges in the Western Himalayas – Ladakh. 37 samples were collected from 19 different sampling sites at altitudes ranging from 3100–4552 amsl. The diatom communities were representative of habitats such as lakes, streams, and hot springs from high altitudes. …”
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Un-Habitat Perspectives On Urban Sustainability: The Case Of Saidawa Neighborhood In Erbil City by Sanar Sardar Sami

“…The increasing significance of neighborhoods in many urban planning situations focus on the social aspect of creating sustainable communities and societies, underlines the necessity of developing socially sustainable neighborhoods. …”
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Effects of Natural Disasters on Children and Adolescents by Derya Karabulut, Tolga Bekler

“…We are witnessing different natural disasters every year in the world and in our country, and the effects of these disasters on communities. Children and adolescent people are the most sensitive and vulnerable individuals when exposed to disasters. …”
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Ecosystem Services Valuation for Estuarine and Coastal Restoration in Florida by Susanna Blair, Carrie Adams, Tom Ankersen, Maia McGuire, David Kaplan

“…This 10-page literature review surveys the available ecosystem-service valuation literature for five of Florida’s coastal natural communities—oyster reefs, beach dunes, mangrove forests, seagrass beds, and salt marshes—to facilitate the quantification of ecosystem services to provide a better measure of the full impact of restoration efforts. …”
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Use of the metaverse to advance wind power generation projects by Harada Norio, Takei Chikako, Kimurai Ichiro

“…Due to the limited land area available for wind power deployment, it is imperative to enter into consensus with stakeholders and local communities when such endeavors are planned. However, the prediction and management of environmental changes associated with this type of project represent substantial technical challenges. …”
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PRELIMINARY FINDINGS AND AWARENESS FROM THE C6-1 ARCHAEOLOGICAL EXPLORATION IN KRONGNO, DAKNONG PROVINCE by Lê Xuân Hưng, La Thế Phúc, Phạm Thị Phương Thảo, Vũ Tiến Đức, Nguyễn Trung Minh

“…These findings positively contribute to the study of the cultural history of prehistoric communities in Daknong province, in particular, and the Central Highlands in general. …”
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Systematic study on the evaluation method of surface antibacterial activity based on the fluorescent observation of bacterial growth by Noriko Nakamura, Tatsuki Yamagishi, Wataru Nagata, Yuki Akahane, Hyemin Seo, Ayaka Otsuka, Daiki Hishikawa, Risa Yoshimoto, Nobuhiro Miyamae, Seiichi Ohta

“…Abstract Antibacterial and antiviral coating materials have attracted increasing attention for the prevention of infections caused by frequently touched surfaces in communities and hospitals. The standard assessment procedure for antibacterial surfaces involves bacterial culture on a film-covered substrate followed by transfer onto agar for colony counting (ISO22196:2011). …”
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Des zones humides pas si sauvages que cela : apport des données historiques et paléo-environnementales à la réflexion sur la gestion des paysages de la chaîne des Puys (France)... by Christèle Ballut, Yves Michelin

“…Actually, for many of them, their landscape reflects the geomorphological history as well as the history of the local communities. This double aspect, both natural and cultural, makes these sites as a good model for conceiving a management plan that conciliate the Outstanding Universal Value (OUV) based on aesthetical and geological criteria with the local ecological and cultural value that come from a succession of transformations or abandonments during the time. …”
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Strategies to Overcome Antileishmanial Drugs Unresponsiveness by Shyam Sundar, Anup Singh, Om Prakash Singh

“…Strong support from governmental agencies and local communities in the form of education and orientation programmes for feasibility of implementing these strategies and affordability within the context of their health systems is needed in controlling and preventing leishmaniasis.…”
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