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Crafting a Campus Sustainability Action Plan: A Grassroots Approach

, 2016
In recent decades, colleges and universities have taken a leadership role in developing institution-based Sustainability Action Plans (SAPs).
Kenney, Jolina A.
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Cumulative Social Disadvantage and Disease Activity in Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis: A Childhood Arthritis and Rheumatology Research Alliance Registry Study

Arthritis Care &Research, Accepted Article.
Background Social determinants of health (SDOH) contribute to JIA disparities, but most studies have assessed SDOH independently rather than cumulatively across individual, family, and neighborhood levels. Using a socioecological framework, we investigated the relationship between cumulative social disadvantage, neighborhood disadvantage, and JIA ...
William Daniel Soulsby, John Boscardin, Andrea Knight, Daniel B. Horton, Karine Toupin‐April, Emily von Scheven, The CARRA Registry Investigators and for the CARRA Health Equity Work Group   +6 more
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Map analysis of soil erodibility rates and gully erosion sites in Anambra State, South Eastern Nigeria

Open Geosciences
Nigeria faces severe food security challenges caused by insecurity, flooding, and soil erosion. In the north, insecurity has prevented many farmers from accessing their farms, while in the south, especially in Anambra State, gully erosion is causing a ...
Ayadiuno Romanus Udegbunam, Ndulue Dominic Chukwuka, Ezeh Christopher Uche   +2 more
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University accounting and business curricula on sustainability: Perceptions of undergraduate students [PDF]

, 2012
The challenge to embed sustainability in the formal curriculum has been troublesome for accounting academics. This study investigates sustainability in the accounting curriculum at a regional university in New Zealand.
Kelly, Martin, Sharma, Umesh Prasad
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Effects of causal beliefs about gout on public views about gout management: A randomized experimental study

Arthritis Care &Research, Accepted Article.
Objective Despite well‐described biological causes, the public views unhealthy lifestyle choices as the primary cause of gout. This study investigated how causal beliefs about gout influence the public's views about its management. Methods In a randomized study, 201 members of the public viewed one of two 2‐minute videos about gout.
Rachel Murdoch, Borislav Mihov, Anne Horne, Keith J. Petrie, Gregory D. Gamble, Lachlan Fleck, Nicola Dalbeth   +6 more
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Criteria for Assessing Sustainable Development: Theoretical Issues and Empirical Evidence for the Case of Greece [PDF]

We formulate two kinds of sustainability criteria by using feedback and arbitrary rules for selecting policy variables in non optimizing economies.
Anastasios Xepapadeas, Dimitra Vouvaki
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A Robust Adaptive One‐Sample‐Ahead Preview Super‐Twisting Sliding Mode Controller

International Journal of Adaptive Control and Signal Processing, EarlyView.
Block Diagram of the Robust Adaptive One‐Sample‐Ahead Preview Super‐Twisting Sliding Mode Controller. ABSTRACT This article introduces a discrete‐time robust adaptive one‐sample‐ahead preview super‐twisting sliding mode controller. A stability analysis of the controller by Lyapunov criteria is developed to demonstrate its robustness in handling both ...
Guilherme Vieira Hollweg, Paulo Jefferson Dias de Oliveira Evald, Shivam Chaturvedi, Hilton Abilio Gründling, Rodrigo Varella Tambara, Wencong Su   +5 more
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ANXIOUS MINDS OR BROKEN HEARTS: SEX SPECIFIC CONSEQUENCES OF VICARIOUS SOCIAL STRESS IN RATS

IBRO Neuroscience Reports, 2023
Margherita Barbetti, Rocchina Vilella, Monia Savi, Andrea Sgoifo, Luca Carnevali   +4 more
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Shifting perceptions of green and blue spaces during the COVID‐19 pandemic in gentrifying neighbourhoods: Experiences of inclusion and exclusion by women and non‐binary residents

People and Nature
The COVID‐19 outbreak triggered a combined health, social and economic crisis, imposing multiple restrictions that altered the use and perception of public green and blue spaces (PGBS).
Amalia Calderón‐Argelich, Isabelle Anguelovski, Valeria‐Carolin Cuenca, Helen V. S. Cole, Margarita Triguero‐Mas, Blanca Valdivia, Francesc Baró   +6 more
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Enhancing Corrosion Resistance and Mechanical Strength of 3D‐Printed Iron Polylactic Acid for Marine Applications via Laser Surface Texturing

Advanced Engineering Materials, EarlyView.
Laser surface texturing significantly improves the corrosion resistance and mechanical strength of 3D‐printed iron polylactic acid (Ir‐PLA) for marine applications. Optimal laser parameters reduce corrosion by 80% and enhance tensile strength by 25% and ductility by 15%.
Mohammad Rezayat, Mojtaba Karamimoghadam, Mohammadreza Lalegani Dezaki, Ali Zolfagharian, Giuseppe Casalino, Antonio Mateo, Mahdi Bodaghi   +6 more
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