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Seat Assignments With Physical Distancing in Single-Destination Public Transit Settings
IEEE Access, 2021 While the importance of physical (social) distancing in reducing the spread of COVID-19 has been well-documented, implementing similar controls in public transit remains an open question.
Jane F. Moore +4 more
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Some differences but all at risk: Improving farm safety for young people—An Australian experience
Frontiers in Public Health, 2022 A significant portion of on-farm deaths and injuries in Australia occur among young people working on the farm. Since most Australian farms are still family owned and operated, young people are an integral part of everyday operations and the farm is a ...
Susan Brumby +10 more
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The ripple effect: a digital intervention to reduce suicide stigma among farming men
BMC Public Health, 2020 Background Compared with the general population, Australian farmers—particularly men—have been identified as at greater risk of suicide. A complex range of factors are thought to contribute to this risk, including the experience of Stigma.
Alison J. Kennedy +3 more
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Frontiers in Public Health, 2022 Children on farms are at increased risk of injury. In Australia, children under 15 years consistently represent ~15% of all farm-related fatalities. This study aimed to develop parent and child surveys to gain a greater understanding of children's (5–14 ...
Jessie Adams +7 more
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Geography, Environment, Sustainability, 2022 The Arab peninsula suffers from intense wadi erosion, which is been expressed by a dense net of wadis that are correlated by overland flows to their surrounded landforms (e.g. loess slopes and rocky grounds).
Amir Mor-Mussery, Salem El-Freijat
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Online assessment of suicide stigma, literacy and effect in Australia’s rural farming community
BMC Public Health, 2018 Background In Australia, farming populations have been identified as having higher rates of suicide, in comparison to metropolitan, rural and regional communities. The reasons for this are unclear although stigma is considered a risk factor.
Alison J. Kennedy +3 more
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Migration and Gender Dynamics of Irrigation Governance in Nepal
International Journal of the Commons, 2022 Nepal has a long history of irrigation, including government and farmer-managed irrigation systems that are labor- and skill-intensive. Widespread male migration has important effects on Nepalese society.
Ruth Meinzen-Dick +2 more
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TH Wildau Engineering and Natural Sciences Proceedings, 2021 The instability of Cameroon's electricity network leads to recurrent power outages, which constitute a significant obstacle to socio-economic activity in the region [3]. This is also the case for the agricultural activities carried out by the GIC PROSER
Bertold Damesse +4 more
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Organophosphate exposure and the chronic effects on farmers: a narrative review
Rural and Remote Health, 2020 Introduction: Organophosphates are a class of insecticides used globally by the agricultural industry for insect control. Acute consequences of organophosphate exposures are well known, while there has been limited research on their long-term effects ...
Jessica Perry +3 more
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New farmers and food policies in Canada
Canadian Food Studies, 2018 As the demographics of farmers are shifting, the ways agricultural and food policies affect and influence the decision-making and behaviours of new farmers is also changing.
Julia Laforge +3 more
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