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Determining frailty index thresholds for older people across multiple countries in sub-Saharan Africa

open access: yesCommunications Medicine
Background Despite the increasing attention on frailty as a global public health concern, frailty screening among older people in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) continues to rely on instruments and thresholds from high-income countries.
Gideon Dzando   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Is happiness different from flourishing? Cross-country evidence from the ESS [PDF]

open access: yes
This paper appeals to novel survey information on over 30 000 individuals in 21 European countries to address an important and controversial question with respect to well-being: Do cognitive, hedonic and eudaimonic measures of well-being reflect very ...
Andrew E. Clark, Claudia Senik
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East Midlands food & drink sector strategy [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
The food & drink sector is one of four priority sectors identified in the regional economic strategy, A Flourishing Region. This document sets out a strategy for maximising the contribution of the food & drink sector to the economic development of the ...
East Midlands Development Agency
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Citizen Engagement for Social and Technological Innovation in Sustainable Energy Systems

open access: yesAdvanced Energy and Sustainability Research, EarlyView.
This study underscores the potential of citizen participation in the energy transition by providing insights to foster citizen‐driven innovation. An analysis of energy communities, one of the most dynamic innovations in the energy sector, reveals that these models can be citizen‐led initiatives regarding their operational and organizational structure ...
Ana Belén Cristóbal   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Capitalism and human flourishing? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
What interpretation of human flourishing, what ideas of value does capitalism in practice embody and promote? To address this question the paper clarifies first that "capitalism" must be understood as more than merely a system of private property and ...
Gasper, D.R. (Des)
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Mechanical Glass‐Backsheet Photovoltaic Modules Delamination: Toward Materials Recycling

open access: yesAdvanced Energy and Sustainability Research, EarlyView.
A new technology based on sanding has been developed to collect most of the materials contained in a photovoltaic (PV) module in the form of powders. A pilot line is now operational. This technology is specifically suited for Glass//Backsheet PV panels, which represent today the vast majority of the end of life PV panels.
Fabrice Coustier   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Childhood predictors of belief in life after death across 22 countries

open access: yesScientific Reports
Belief in life after death is one of the oldest and most widespread spiritual convictions, and it has been shown to offer various psychological benefits.
Zhuo Job Chen   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

The border city of Goma: zone of contestation or laboratory of change? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
In order to assess the remarkable paradox of Goma’s dynamic development and transformation from a peripheral town into an important regional economic hub in a generalized context of state collapse and armed conflict, this article tackles the city as a ...
Büscher, Karen, Vlassenroot, Koen
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Rethinking Power Solutions for Healthcare Wearables: From Point‐of‐Care and Episodic use to Continuous Monitoring and Therapeutic Platforms

open access: yesAdvanced Energy and Sustainability Research, EarlyView.
This Perspective examines practical power solutions for wearable healthcare systems, highlighting the limits of standard batteries. It categorizes wearables into four domains—point‐of‐care diagnostics, episodic monitoring, continuous long‐term monitoring, and therapeutic platforms—and analyzes their power needs.
Seokheun Choi
wiley   +1 more source

Childhood predictors of perceptions of social trust across 22 countries in the global flourishing study

open access: yesScientific Reports
Despite several decades of research on social trust, empirical evidence on the impact of childhood experiences on generalized trust in later life has long been lacking.
Young-Il Kim   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

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