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The International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2012 <p>It is ironic that the management of education has become more closed while learning has become more open, particularly over the past 10-20 years. The curriculum has become more instrumental, predictive, standardized, and micro-managed in the belief that this supports employability as well as the management of educational processes, resources ...
Williams, Roy +2 more
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Frontiers in Marine Science, 2021 Sea urchins possess specialized adhesive organs, tube feet. Although initially believed to function as suckers, it is currently accepted that they rely on adhesive and de-adhesive secretions to attach and detach repeatedly from the substrate.
Lisa Gaspar +14 more
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Biodiversity Loss and the Ecological Footprint of Trade
Diversity, 2015 Human pressure on ecosystems is among the major drivers of biodiversity loss. As biodiversity plays a key role in supporting the human enterprise, its decline puts the well-being of human societies at risk.
Elias Lazarus +5 more
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Remote Sensing, 2022 Surface urban heat islands are widely focused on due to their close relationship with a series of environmental issues. Obtaining a precise footprint is an important prerequisite for heat island research. However, the land surface temperature curves used
Ke Yang +5 more
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Making the Sustainable Development Goals Consistent with Sustainability
Frontiers in Energy Research, 2017 The UN’s Sustainable development Goals (SDGs) are the most significant global effort so far to advance global sustainable development. Bertelsmann Stiftung and the sustainable development solutions network released an SDG index to assess countries ...
Mathis Wackernagel +2 more
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Correlational anatomy of biceps brachii muscle with its footprint and aponeurosis parameters
National Journal of Clinical Anatomy, 2021 Background and Aims: The anatomy of the distal biceps tendon (DBT) and its insertional anatomy to radial tuberosity is important to understand the pathophysiology of tendon rupture and in surgical repair of the ruptured tendon. The present study aimed to
Suresh Narayanan
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Assessing the Ecological Footprint of Ecotourism Packages: A Methodological Proposition
Resources, 2018 Tourism represents a key economic sector worldwide, constituting great leverage for local economic development but also putting noticeable environmental pressures on local natural resources.
Maria Serena Mancini +4 more
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The blue water footprint of electricity from hydropower [PDF]
, 2012 Hydropower accounts for about 16% of the world's electricity supply. It has been debated whether hydroelectric generation is merely an in-stream water user or whether it also consumes water.
Hoekstra, A.Y., Mekonnen, M.M.
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The water footprint of olives and olive oil in Spain [PDF]
, 2009 This paper evaluates the water footprint of Spanish olives and olive oil over the period 1997-2008. In particular, it analyses the three colour components of the water footprint: green (rainwater stored in the soil), blue (surface and groundwater) and ...
Aldaya, Maite M. +4 more
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Resources, 2014 During the period of 1961–2008, demand for renewable resources and ecological services (as measured through the Ecological Footprint methodology) in the Mediterranean region grew by 52% (from 2.06 to 3.12 global hectares per capita), while availability ...
Alessandro Galli, Martin Halle
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