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The Hidden Costs of Coffee Production in the Eastern African Value Chains
Sustainable Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT There is increasing recognition that significant hidden costs associated with agrifood systems are not reflected in market prices. Coffee is among the three most traded agricultural commodities in the world and supports the livelihoods of more than 30 million smallholder households.
Annet Adong +3 more
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Deutsche Zeitschrift für Sportmedizin, 2020 The interest in trekking and mountaineering is increasing, and growing numbers of individuals are travelling to high altitude. Following ascent to high altitude, individuals are at risk of developing one of the three forms of acute high-altitude illness:
Berger MM +5 more
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Comparison of Spontaneous versus Paced Breathing on Heart Rate Variability at High Altitude [PDF]
Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2018 Introduction: There is conflicting data at sea-level to suggest that Paced Breathing (PB) versus Spontaneous Breathing (SB) during short-term Heart Rate Variability (HRV) measurement improves data reliability.
Christopher John Boos +4 more
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Sustainable Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Climate change is reshaping everyday life in Ghana through coastal erosion, flooding, erratic rainfall, water scarcity, extreme heat, and agricultural insecurity. This study examines how these changes produce stress, trauma, and gendered resilience among women in Salakope and Choggu Yapalsi, two climate‐vulnerable communities in coastal and ...
Jacob Kwakye
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Iranian hospitality: a hidden treasure [PDF]
, 2007 After making many field trips to the Islamic Republic of Iran Kevin O'Gorman reflects on the origins of Islamic and Iranian hospitality before highlighting some of the operational complexities of running the one of the highest hotels in the ...
O'Gorman, Kevin D.
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Nature‐Positive Materials Engineering: Carbon Electrodes from Satoyama Biomass
The Chemical Record, EarlyView.Nature‐positive materials engineering can link satoyama forest stewardship with the design of carbon electrodes for batteries, supercapacitors, and electrocatalysis. By turning underused firewood and charcoal resources into functional carbons, this approach reduces mining footprints while supporting biodiversity, landscape resilience, and regional ...
Yuta Nakayasu
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Program study of mountaineering as outdoor education - The example of safety management that uses physiological index - [PDF]
, 2010 The purpose of this study was to practice the effects of outdoor education in college students who participated in a 4-days nature recreational trekking course.
Miura Toshihiro +5 more
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Incidence of acute mountain sickness in UK Military Personnel on Mount Kenya. [PDF]
, 2015 BACKGROUND: Acute mountain sickness (AMS) is a common problem of trekkers to high altitude. The UK military train at high altitude through adventurous training (AT) or as exercising troops.
Hazlerigg, A, Mellor, AJ, Woods, DR
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World Journal of Surgery, EarlyView.The optimal interventional approach for necrotizing pancreatitis remains debated. We performed a systematic review with network meta‐analysis and proportional meta‐analysis to compare endoscopic trans‐gastric necrosectomy (EN), minimally invasive surgical necrosectomy (MIN), and open necrosectomy (ON).
Ahmed Abdelsamad +10 more
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Altitude Stress During Participation of Medical Congress [PDF]
Neurointervention, 2016 Medical congresses often held in highlands. We reviewed several medical issues associated with altitude stress especially while physicians have participated medical congress held in high altitude. Altitude stress, also known as an acute mountain sickness
Soon Bae Kim +4 more
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