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The Neurobiology of Collective Action

Frontiers in Neuroscience, 2013
This essay introduces a neurologically-informed mathematical model of collective action that reveals the role for empathy and distress in motivating costly helping behaviors.
Paul Joseph Zak, Paul Joseph Zak, Jorge A Barraza   +2 more
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Solving Environmental Problems Together? The Roles of Value Orientations and Trust in the State in Environmental Policy Support among Swedish Undergraduate Students

Education Sciences, 2018
This paper explores whether value orientation (VO) and trust in the state (TIS) are linked to support for environmental intervention and steering among Swedish students in economics, law, and political science.
Niklas Harring, Tomas Torbjörnsson, Cecilia Lundholm   +2 more
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Analyzing collective action

Agricultural Economics, 2010
AbstractCollective‐action problems pervade all societies as well as ecological systems used by humans. Substantial evidence has accrued during the last several decades that human actors are able to solve some (but definitely not all) collective‐action problems on their own without external rules and enforcement imposed from the outside. In this article,
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Exercise Interventions in Children, Adolescents and Young Adults With Paediatric Bone Tumours—A Systematic Review

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Bone tumours present significant challenges for affected patients, as multimodal therapy often leads to prolonged physical limitations. This is particularly critical during childhood and adolescence, as it can negatively impact physiological development and psychosocial resilience.
Jennifer Queisser, Claire Laurie, Teresa Schmidt, Irene von Luettichau, Peter Bekkering, Sabine Kesting   +5 more
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Towards a new theory of practice for community health psychology [PDF]

, 2013
The article sets out the value of theorizing collective action from a social science perspective that engages with the messy actuality of practice. It argues that community health psychology relies on an abstract version of Paulo Freire’s earlier writing,
Brown S, De Certeau M, De Certeau M, Deleuze G, Fine M, Freire P, Freire P, Giddens A, Herr KG, Highmore B, Laclau E, Latour B, Latour B, Mosse D, Pratt ML, Schatzki TR, Thrift N   +16 more
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DELP Treatment on Vision and Retinal Microcirculation in Patients With Acute Ischemic Stroke: Report of Five Cases and Literature Review

Therapeutic Apheresis and Dialysis, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background The delipid extracorporeal lipoprotein filter from plasma (DELP) treatment can effectively reduce blood lipid, increase blood flow, and improve neurological deficits in patients with acute ischemic stroke (AIS). However, its effect on vision and retinal microcirculation in stroke patients has never been reported.
Ning Li, Ronghua Hong, Hua You, Feiping Xu, Qingjun Zhang, Yiwen Lin, Yuting Su, Danmei Lan, Lingjing Jin, Junhui She   +9 more
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Underrepresented developing States, marginalized communities, big business and procedural injustice – how equal were the UN INC-5.2 Global Plastic Treaty negotiations?

Cambridge Prisms: Plastics
Negotiations by more than 180 States during the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC) session 5.2 to develop a legally binding instrument with the purpose to end plastic pollution have, once again, concluded without a treaty.
Tim Kiessling, Sabine Rech, Klaus Reus, Tony R. Walker   +3 more
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Spatiotemporal and quantitative analyses of phosphoinositides – fluorescent probe—and mass spectrometry‐based approaches

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Fluorescent probes allow dynamic visualization of phosphoinositides in living cells (left), whereas mass spectrometry provides high‐sensitivity, isomer‐resolved quantitation (right). Their synergistic use captures complementary aspects of lipid signaling. This review illustrates how these approaches reveal the spatiotemporal regulation and quantitative
Hiroaki Kajiho, Shin Morioka, Junko Sasaki, Takehiko Sasaki   +3 more
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Geospatial mapping of microbial contaminants and public health risks in Lahore’s municipal water

Scientific Reports
Ensuring access to safe drinking water remains a significant public health challenge in developing countries. This study systematically investigates coliform contamination in Lahore’s municipal water supply, examining its public health implications ...
Rida Rashid, Farhad Ali Shah, Rimsha Munir, Asim Iqbal, Wajiha Javed, Rida Batool, Ameem Lutfi, Nousheen Zaidi   +7 more
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Toward care-full plural agroecologies: Lessons from the U.S. Agroecology Summit 2023

Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development
First paragraphs: In May 2023, approximately 100 people gathered in Kansas City, Missouri, for a national conven­ing on scaling agroecology in what is now known as the United States.
Catherine Horner, Karen Crespo Triveño, Ana Fochesatto, Antonio Roman-Alcalá, Ivette Perfecto   +4 more
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