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Sustainable Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT A key objective of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is to leave no one behind and support least developed and other fragile countries first. The same is an objective of the Development Assistance Committee (DAC) group of bilateral donors.
Savo Heleta, Logan Cochrane
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Disaster in Civil Engineering and ArchitectureThe proliferation of railway systems in urban areas has heightened concerns regarding ground-borne vibrations and their impact on adjacent structures. This study presents a comprehensive numerical framework for predicting building vibrations induced by ...
Changhyon Choe +4 more
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Sustainable Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The purpose of this study is to examine the effect of constitutional power concentration on adaptation to climate change in 113 countries observed between 1995 and 2023 using the quantile regression method. The results reveal that the concentration of constitutional power hinders countries' adaptation to climate change through inequalities ...
Simplice A. Asongu, Cherif Abdramane
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Prisoners' Perceptions and Their Agency on Sustainability Transformation in Finland
Sustainable Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Sustainability transformation is essential for our time, requiring the involvement of all citizens. Several prisons worldwide have developed various sustainable development (SD) programs for prisoners. However, it remains unclear how prisoners perceive SD, which can be a significant obstacle to their agency. This study explores the perceptions
Sirpa M. Manninen, Teija Makkonen
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AIP Advances, 2018 We theoretically study the size effect of water molecule clusters not only on electrostatic interaction between two charged surfaces in an aqueous electrolyte but also on electroosmotic transport in a nanofluidic channel.
Jun-Sik Sin +3 more
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Effects of Parenting Stress in North Korean Refugee Fathers on Their Parenting Behavior [PDF]
Child Health Nursing Research, 2016 Purpose: The purpose of this study was to identify effects of parenting stress in North Korean refugee fathers on their parenting behavior. Methods: A descriptive study design was used.
In-Sook Lee, Jung-Hee Jeon
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Sustainable Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Despite the growth of eSports, the sector faces critical challenges related to its sustainability. This research analyzes these issues from an environmental, social, and governance (ESG) perspective. This paper consists of a systematic literature review on eSports and its implications for sustainability.
M. Ertz +5 more
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Sustainable Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The Social and Solidarity Economy (SSE) offers strong potential for sustainable development in low‐income regions, yet its enterprises often operate with scarce resources, weak monitoring systems, and limited visibility. These constraints hinder both their capacity to demonstrate contributions to sustainable development (SD) and their own ...
Maria‐del‐Mar Magallón +1 more
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AIP Advances, 2021 The purpose of this paper is to analyze the nonlinear vibration of composite beams and the stability of the solution by using the reduced-order model and the incremental harmonic balance (IHB) method.
Kumchol Kim +4 more
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Overflowing Cities: The State of the World's Toilets 2016 [PDF]
, 2016 Human beings are now largely an urban species: for the first time in history, more than half of the world's population (54%, or 3.9 billion people) lives in towns, cities and megacities.
Tom Burgess
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