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Pathways for Value Chains to Strengthen Sustainable Development in Mountain Regions: A European Cross‐Case Analysis Based on Stakeholders' Perceptions

open access: yesSustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Mountain areas are hotspots of high natural and cultural value, but they face sustainability challenges. This research offers a quantitative cross‐case analysis of 21 case studies from mountain regions across 14 European countries, examining how local stakeholders perceive the contribution of mountain value chains to sustainable development ...
María Mar Delgado‐Serrano   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

SERS‐Based Nano‐ and Microsystems Toward Biomedical Applications

open access: yesSmall, EarlyView.
This review provides a current overview of nano‐ and microscale SERS‐based devices, encompassing all aspects from material design to practical applications. We highlight controlled SERS‐active architectures, including patterned substrates, nanorods, microspheres, micromotors, and microneedles, as well as combinations of these microfluidic systems.
Gohar Soufi   +14 more
wiley   +1 more source

The characteristics of sheltering behavior in the sea cucumber Apostichopus japonicus

open access: yesAquaculture Reports
Based on the sheltering behavior, shelters are widely applied to enhance the aquaculture efficiency of sea cucumbers. However, the characteristics of sheltering behavior are still poorly understood in sea cucumbers.
Xiang Li   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Hemipteran vectors of stylet‐borne plant viruses: Aphids lead the charge

open access: yesInsect Science, EarlyView.
Among all sap‐feeding hemipterans, aphids stand out by far as the most important vectors of noncirculative plant viruses. Compared to whiteflies and mealybugs, aphids’ highly specialized stylet anatomy and distinct feeding behaviors contribute, together with other features of their biology, to their remarkable efficiency in transmitting stylet‐borne ...
Yu Fu, Stefano Colella, Marilyne Uzest
wiley   +1 more source

TESTING FOR A CHANGE IN CONSUMER TASTES FOR FRESH FRUITS AND VEGETABLES: A STRUCTURAL LATENT VARIABLE APPROACH [PDF]

open access: yes
This study uses a structural latent variable approach to examine whether the increased supply of health information has been successful in improving consumer tastes and preferences towards fruits and vegetables and if it has been successful in doing so ...
Acharya, Ram N., Molina, Ignacio
core   +1 more source

An update of a systematic review and meta‐analyses exploring flavours in intervention studies of e‐cigarettes for smoking cessation

open access: yesAddiction, Volume 120, Issue 4, Page 770-778, April 2025.
Abstract Aims To determine patterns of e‐cigarette flavour use (sweet, tobacco, menthol/mint) in interventional studies of e‐cigarettes for stopping smoking, and to estimate associations between flavours and smoking/vaping outcomes. Methods Update of secondary data analyses, including meta‐analyses subgrouped by flavour provision and narrative ...
Nicola Lindson   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Case for Anti‐IgE Vaccination

open access: yesAllergy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Immunoglobulin E (IgE) plays a central role in allergic diseases by binding to the high‐affinity receptor FcεRI on mast cells and basophils, where allergen‐induced crosslinking triggers potent inflammatory responses. Various mechanisms by which IgE responses are generated and functionally regulated remain elusive despite many years of research.
Paul Engeroff   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Sustainability and the “urban peasant”: rethinking the cultural politics of food self-provisioning in the Czech Republic [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
From the introduction: The third article, written by environmentalists Petr Jehlička and Joe Smith, overturns accounts of food self-provisioning in post-socialist Central and Eastern Europe that are rooted in myths of the “urban peasant”. After reviewing
Jehlička, Petr, Smith, Joe
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