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Sustainability, emergence and the graduate attribute of global citizenship [PDF]

, 2013
Universities have an another valuable role in enabling sustainability besides their research capacity. We are interested in their role as risk taking institutions, because we see risk as a pre-condition for sustainability.
Bender, Helena, Judith, Kate
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Does education policy affect teachers' learning needs? An international comparison of trends in teachers' continuing professional learning needs in secondary schools in Australia, England, Japan and the Netherlands

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Education policy changes are believed to influence teachers' continuing professional learning (CPL) needs, but there is limited empirical evidence to support these claims. This lack of deep understanding has significant practical implications. This study used a new circular conceptual framework to analyse teachers' CPL needs. Leveraging public
Rikkert M. van der Lans, Remmert Daas, Joost Jansen in de Wal, Elaine Wilson, Noriyuki Inoue, Tracy L. Durksen, Frank Cornelissen   +6 more
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Scaling up antiretroviral treatment in resource-poor settings. [PDF]

, 2006
Harries, Anthony D, Libamba, Edwin, Schouten, Erik J   +2 more
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Young people's occupational aspirations beyond the aspiration discourse: A sociocultural perspective

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Young people's aspirations have been the focus of many educational, sociological and psychological studies. This paper argues, firstly, that the concept of aspirations holds greater generative potential than suggested by the policy‐oriented ‘aspiration discourse’.
Jelena Popov
wiley   +1 more source

Geospatial tools and data for health service delivery: opportunities and challenges across the disaster management cycle

Geospatial Health
As extreme weather events increase in frequency and intensity, the health system faces significant challenges, not only from shifting patterns of climate-sensitive diseases but also from disruptions to healthcare infrastructure, supply chains and the ...
Fleur Hierink, Nima Yaghmaei, Mirjam I. Bakker, Nicolas Ray, Marc van den Homberg   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

“Big” Food, Tobacco, and Alcohol: Reducing Industry Influence on Noncommunicable Disease Prevention Laws and Policies [PDF]

, 2019
The food, tobacco and alcohol industries have penetrated markets in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), with a significant impact on these countries’ burden of noncommunicable diseases (NCDs).
Gostin, Lawrence O., Reeve, Belinda
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Further preclinical characterization of molnupiravir against SARS-CoV-2: Antiviral activity determinants and viral genome alteration patterns

Heliyon
The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic has highlighted the need for broad-spectrum antiviral drugs to respond promptly to viral emergence. We conducted a preclinical study of molnupiravir (MOV) against SARS-CoV-2 to fully characterise its antiviral properties and mode ...
Paul-Rémi Petit, Franck Touret, Jean-Sélim Driouich, Maxime Cochin, Léa Luciani, Ornéllie Bernadin, Caroline Laprie, Géraldine Piorkowski, Laurent Fraisse, Peter Sjö, Charles E. Mowbray, Fanny Escudié, Ivan Scandale, Eric Chatelain, Xavier de Lamballerie, Caroline Solas, Antoine Nougairède   +16 more
doaj   +1 more source

Collective Impact Case Study: Shape Up Somerville [PDF]

, 2013
Shape up Somerville (SUS) is a city-wide collective impact campaign to reduce obesity by engaging schools, city government, civic organizations, community groups, businesses, and other people who live in, work in, and visit the city of Somerville, Mass ...

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A review of the historic and present ecological role of aquatic and shoreline wood, from forest to deep sea

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The ecology of forests, their losses, and terrestrial wood decomposition dynamics have been intensively studied and reviewed. In the aquatic realm, reviews have concentrated on large wood (LW) in rivers and the transition from freshwater to marine environments in the Pacific Northwest of North America. However, a comprehensive global synthesis
Jon Dickson, Ellen Wohl, Laura L. Govers, Oscar Franken, Tjeerd J. Bouma, Han Olff, Britas Klemens Eriksson, Maryann S. Watson, Luísa M.S. Borges, Tjisse van der Heide   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

The spread of non‐native species

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The global redistribution of species through human agency is one of the defining ecological signatures of the Anthropocene, with biological invasions reshaping biodiversity patterns, ecosystem processes and services, and species interactions globally.
Phillip J. Haubrock, Ali Serhan Tarkan, Irene Martín‐Forés, Stelios Katsanevakis, Ronaldo Sousa, Ismael Soto, Andy J. Green, Antonín Kouba, Teun Everts, Victoria Dominguez Almela, Nadège Belouard, Cang Hui, Jamie Bojko, Victor Deklerck, Margaux Boeraeve, Franz Essl, J. Robert Britton   +16 more
wiley   +1 more source