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Alternatives for sustained disaster risk reduction [PDF]

, 2010
The daily media is filled with images of catastrophic events which seem increasingly frequent and violent In parallel there are a large range of scientific studies debates in the policy arena, and a growing number of international institutions focused on
Benouar, Djillali, Cannon, Terry, Creton, Lawrence, Dekens, Julie, Fordham, Maureen, Gaillard, Jean-Christophe, Gilbert, Claude, Hewitt, Kenneth, Kelman, Ilan, Lavell, Allan, Morin, Julie, N’Diaye, Abdoulaye, O'Keefe, Phil, Oliver-Smith, Anthony, Quesada, Cecile, Revet, Sandrine, Sudmeier-Rieux, Karen, Texier, Pauline, Vallette, Cloé, Wisner, Ben   +19 more
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Meskerem Lifeline Charities: A Nonprofit Organization Audit in Ethiopia*

Accounting Perspectives, Volume 24, Issue 4, Page 891-900, December 2025.
Abstract This CPA‐style case focuses on Eddie Kimpembe. Eddie is a trained CPA auditor and former nonprofit organization (NPO) manager working at a Kenyan public accounting firm. The firm has received an invitation to undertake the audit of a significant aid NPO operating in Ethiopia.
Ryan Stack, Bertrand Malsch, Luther Otieno   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Buffer or Conduit? Global Agri‐food Value Chains and Food Price Transmission

Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics/Revue canadienne d'agroeconomie, Volume 73, Issue 4, Page 422-442, December 2025.
Abstract In an era of volatile global markets, stabilizing domestic food prices has become increasingly critical. This paper examines how participation in global agri‐food value chains (GVCs) influences food price transmission through a robust two‐step regression framework.
Mohammed Beroud, Titus O. Awokuse
wiley   +1 more source

La loi des hors-la-loi

Swiss Journal of Sociocultural Anthropology
Cet article présente le numéro spécial en passant en revue les traditions francophones et anglo-saxonnes d’anthropologie juridique, avant de situer le droit des hors-la-loi au sein de ces traditions et de souligner sa contribution potentielle au ...
Martin Lamotte, Dennis Rodgers
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Unequal Voices: The Educational Gap of Voting Choices in the Swiss Direct Democracy

Swiss Political Science Review, Volume 31, Issue 4, Page 833-844, December 2025.
Abstract This contribution examines the educational gap in voting behavior in Swiss direct democracy, moving beyond the well‐documented turnout differences to assess how education shapes citizens' choices. Drawing on survey data covering 300 votes between 1985 and 2020, we analyze the extent to which low‐ and highly‐educated voters diverge in their ...
Pascal Sciarini, Maxime Walder
wiley   +1 more source

Unlocking Tropical Forest Complexity: How Tree Assemblages in Secondary Forests Boost Biodiversity Conservation

Ecology and Evolution, Volume 15, Issue 11, November 2025.
Secondary forests are crucial for achieving COP15/16 conservation goals. An operational national approach was developed to identify and characterise forest ecosystems based on the dominant tree species in the canopy, serving as indicators for ecosystem extent and condition.
Maïri Souza Oliveira, Maxime Lenormand, Sandra Luque, Nelson A. Zamora, Samuel Alleaume, Adriana C. Aguilar Porras, Marvin U. Castillo, Eduardo Chacón‐Madrigal, Diego Delgado, Luis Gustavo Hernández Sánchez, Marie‐Ange Ngo Bieng, Ruperto Quesada‐Monge, Gilberth S. Solano, Pedro M. Zúñiga   +13 more
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L’expérience au corps, du Nouveau Roman à la Réalité Virtuelle

Interfaces Numériques, 2019
La possibilité d’incarner un personnage serait-elle l’apanage de la réalité virtuelle ou l’héritage d’expérimentations pré-électroniques ? La réponse tient peut-être à Michel Butor, théoricien et romancier, qui a enfermé en 1957 en un roman de multiples ...
Sébastien Allain
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Short Note on the Unemployment Rate of the French Overseas Regions [PDF]

This article analyzes the hysteresis hypothesis in the unemployment rates of the four French overseas regions (Guadeloupe, Martinique, Guyana, Reunion) [FORs] over the period 1993-2008.
Hoarau, J-F., Lopez, C., Paul, M.
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Effectively Maintained Inequality in Canada Revisited

Canadian Review of Sociology/Revue canadienne de sociologie, Volume 62, Issue 4, Page 281-298, November 2025.
ABSTRACT The mass expansion of higher education (HE) systems during the 20th century pushed social scientists to theorize how high participation systems continued to reproduce inequalities across socio‐economic lines. One popular theory in sociology, dubbed effectively maintained inequality (EMI), suggests that families from the upper economic strata ...
Roger Pizarro Milian, David Zarifa
wiley   +1 more source

Obésité chez l’enfant : définition, prévalence et facteurs d’environnement

Oléagineux, Corps gras, Lipides, 2003
Depuis quelques dizaines d’années l’obésité augmente rapidement dans de nombreux pays. Cette évolution concerne particulièrement l’obésité infantile. Selon la définition française, le pourcentage d’enfants ayant un excès pondéral est passé de 5,1 à 12,5 %
Rolland-Cachera Marie‐Françoise, Deheeger Michèle, Bellisle France   +2 more
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