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Global food security in the context of COVID-19: A scenario-based exploratory analysis

open access: yesProgress in Disaster Science, 2020
This study highlights the major players in the global food balance, potential implications of COVID-19 on global food supply, and SDG-2 (zero hunger). It found that developing countries, fifteen from Africa followed by ten from Latin America, six from ...
Parmeshwar Udmale   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Midline Household Survey Results: Rupandehi, Nepal [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
This report summarizes the main findings from the household midline survey conducted in seven villages of the district of Rupandehi, one of CCAFS site, in Nepal in July 2019.
Bhusal, Aastha   +5 more
core  

Intergenerational Family Relationships and Old‐Age Volunteering: The Perspectives of Older Chinese Immigrants in Greater Sydney, Australia

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Embedded in the framework of intergenerational solidarity, this paper explores the interactions between older immigrants' participation in volunteering activities and intergenerational family relationships in the Chinese community in Sydney, Australia. The study investigates the effects of volunteering on the lives of older Chinese immigrants.
Bingqin Li   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Control system for hunger and its implications in animals and man [PDF]

open access: yes, 1976
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Booth, D A, Platt, S V, Toates, F M
core  

Rotational period of WD1953-011 - a magnetic white dwarf with a star spot [PDF]

open access: yes, 2004
WD1953-011 is an isolated, cool (7920 +/- 200K, Bergeron, Legget & Ruiz, 2001) magnetic white dwarf (MWD) with a low average field strength (~70kG, Maxted et al. 2000) and a higher than average mass (~0.74 M_sun, Bergeron et al. 2001).
Barstow   +21 more
core   +3 more sources

On the Prospects for African Philosophy in Australia

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper grapples with the situation of people of African descent in Australia by working through the constitution of the body of academic philosophy in the country. It contends with the parochialism of the Australian philosophical community and the prospects for the cultivation of greater pluralism. Taking African philosophy as one possible
Bryan Mukandi
wiley   +1 more source

Workshop report : Earth and Environmental Science for Sustainable Development (Nairobi, March 2017) [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
This report describes the outcomes of a two-day interactive workshop in Nairobi (Kenya), conducted in March 2017. We gathered 32 delegates from 22 organisations in Kenya to determine sustainable development priorities and consider the role of Earth and ...
Gill, J.C., Mankelow, J., Mills, K.
core  

Human‐Centered Holographic Assistant using Computer Vision to Interact with Battery Manufacturing Machinery in a Predictive Manner

open access: yesBatteries &Supercaps, EarlyView.
Human‐centered solution composed of a HoloLens app (client) and a Server app to predict resulting electrode properties in real time as the user manipulates the machinery (calendering in this case). This work focuses on a novel human‐centered digital assistant combining Mixed Reality (MR), Computer Vision, and Machine Learning regression to guide ...
Diego E. Galvez‐Aranda   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Multicomponent radiatively driven stellar winds IV. On the helium decoupling in the wind of sigma Ori E

open access: yes, 2006
We study the possibility of the helium decoupling in the stellar wind of sigma Ori E. To obtain reliable wind parameters for this star we first calculate an NLTE wind model and derive wind mass-loss rate and terminal velocity.
Groote, Detlef   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Supporting or stifling? Experiences of beginning teachers working within the Early Career Framework

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract This study discusses the experiences of a group of new teachers in England since the introduction of the Early Career Framework (ECF), against the backdrop of the global teacher recruitment and retention crisis. The experiences of new teachers within the ECF are under‐researched.
Lorna Smith   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

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