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Developing a contextually relevant ECD milestone guide for South African practitioners

South African Journal of Childhood Education
Background: Two hundred and fifty million children under five in low- and middle-income countries are at risk of not achieving their developmental potential.
Keren Charge, Linette du Toit, Danielle du Plessis, Tabea Köstlin, Julia Wagner, Renata Eccles, Jeannie van der Linde, Maria du Toit   +7 more
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Using practical wisdom to facilitate ethical decision-making: a major empirical study of phronesis in the decision narratives of doctors

BMC Medical Ethics, 2021
Background Medical ethics has recently seen a drive away from multiple prescriptive approaches, where physicians are inundated with guidelines and principles, towards alternative, less deontological perspectives.
Mervyn Conroy, Aisha Y. Malik, Catherine Hale, Catherine Weir, Alan Brockie, Chris Turner   +5 more
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New Hope for the Oceans: Engaging Faith-Based Communities in Marine Conservation [PDF]

, 2017
Science alone cannot protect the oceans and their biological diversity. Whereas, scientists can identify problems and empirical steps toward their resolution, support for research, problem solving, and implementation of solutions must come from societal ...
Schaefer, Jame
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Fabric‐Based Wearable Robotic Exoskeleton Gloves: Advancements and Challenges

Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.
This review highlights interdisciplinary technological advances in fabric‐based robotic gloves, focusing on progress in design, fabrication, actuation, sensing, control, and power and energy requirements. It also addresses performance testing and validation, including biomechanical, strength, functional, user experience, and durability assessments, to ...
Ayse Feyza Yilmaz, Gökhan Ince, Ozgur Atalay   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

An international perspective on the use of community engagement by conservation practitioners to support the management of inhabited islands

Conservation Science and Practice
Successful island conservation is critical to achieving global biodiversity targets, but significant gaps remain in our understanding of how to effectively engage island communities in conservation efforts. Social and political factors often play a major
Alexandra H. Nance, Rohan H. Clarke, Carly N. Cook   +2 more
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A Risk-Based Approach to Shelter Resilience following Flood and Typhoon Damage in Rural Philippines

Geosciences, 2018
The Philippines is exposed to numerous typhoons every year, each of which poses a potential threat to livelihoods, shelter, and in some cases life. Flooding caused by such events leads to extensive damage to land and buildings, and the impact on rural ...
Victoria Stephenson, Andrew Finlayson, Luisa Miranda Morel   +2 more
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Equitable Implementation of Green Infrastructure: An Analysis of the City of Vancouver

Canadian Planning and Policy, 2023
As climate change continues to pose a threat to human health, cities have turned to nature-based solutions, such as green infrastructure (GI), to lessen the impacts of climate change felt by communities.
Nicole Jang, Andreanne Doyon
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An overview of the nature of the preparation of practice educators in five health care disciplines [PDF]

, 2005
Practice education is a core element of all educational programmes that prepare health care professionals for academic award and registration to practice.
Mallik, Maggie, Moran, Paula, Mulholland, Joan, Scammell, Janet, Turnock, Chris   +4 more
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Geographical co-location, social networks and inter-firm marketing co-operation : the case of the salmon industry [PDF]

, 2010
This study looks at the factors that influence the development of marketing co-operation among cluster-based firms. It examines data from SMEs operating within the salmon farming industry in two different regions: Scotland and Chile.
Carter, S.L., Felzensztein, C., Gimmon, E.   +2 more
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Adult Sex Ratio as a Demographic Feedback Linking Mating Systems, Parental Care, and Evolution

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Breeding systems are some of the most diverse social behavior, and our team is investigation the evolutionary causes of this diversity. This review summarises our research carried out at the University of Bath. We argue that demographic components of wild populations, especially the adult sex ratio, plays a key role driving breeding system variation ...
Tamás Székely, Oscar G. Miranda
wiley   +1 more source