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Translation, Cross-Cultural Adaptation and Content Validity Assessment of the Spanish Diabetes Management Knowledge Assessment Tool-14 for Nursing Home Nurses. [PDF]

Nurs Open
ABSTRACT Aim The aim of this study is to describe the initial phase of the psychometric validation process, specifically focusing on the translation, cross‐cultural adaptation and content validation of the Diabetes Management Knowledge Assessment Tool‐17 (DMKAT‐17) for Spanish nursing home settings.
Domínguez-Navarro A, Picardo-García JM.   +1 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Overview of factors influencing consumer engagement with plastic recycling

WIREs Energy and Environment, Volume 12, Issue 6, November/December 2023., 2023
Factors influencing consumer behavior in plastic waste recycling. Abstract Many semi‐durable and durable consumer goods are composed of plastic. Yet, plastic pollution is one of the most pressing environmental issues as it harms oceans and marine biodiversity. This state of affairs is worsened because plastic recycling rates remain low.
Myriam Ertz, Walid Addar, Chourouk Ouerghemmi, Mahdi Takaffoli   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Working the Waste Commodity Frontier: Metabolic Value and Informal Waste Work

Antipode, Volume 55, Issue 2, Page 458-479, March 2023., 2023
Abstract Ambitions for a European “circular economy” imply waste is becoming an important “commodity frontier”. Increased recycling in Europe has been accompanied by a proliferation of informal waste work. “Southern” geographies of informal recyclers provide resources for interpreting this phenomenon but studies of a commodity frontier in urban waste ...
Benjamin Irvine
wiley   +1 more source

How green are our laws? Presenting a normative coherence for sustainable development methodology

Environmental Policy and Governance, Volume 33, Issue 1, Page 90-109, February 2023., 2023
Abstract Policy coherence for sustainable development (PCSD) has become a pillar of supranational sustainable development agendas, promoting “whole of government approaches.” The concept of normative coherence for sustainable development (NCSD) has emerged as a new stage of policy coherence for sustainable development analysis.
Harlan Koff, Antony Challenger, Julia Ros Cuellar, Rafael Aguilar Orea, Maria del Socorro Lara López   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

How do civil society organizations communicate in an authoritarian setting? A narrative analysis of the Russian waste management debate

Review of Policy Research, Volume 39, Issue 6, Page 730-751, November 2022., 2022
Abstract Civil society organizations (CSOs) aim to influence public policy. One way of influencing policy is through communication. In authoritarian contexts, CSOs face restrictions that make criticism of governmental actors less likely. However, to achieve change, CSOs need to highlight public problems that are often created by the inaction of ...
Caroline Schlaufer, Marina Pilkina, Tatiana Chalaya, Tatiana Khaynatskaya, Tatiana Voronova, Aleksandra Pozhivotko   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Healthy mistrust or complacent confidence? Civic vigilance in the reporting by leading newspapers on nuclear waste disposal in Finland and France

Risk, Hazards &Crisis in Public Policy, Volume 12, Issue 2, Page 130-157, June 2021., 2021
Abstract Trust and confidence have been identified as crucial for efforts at solving the conundrum of high‐level radioactive waste management (RWM). However, mistrust has its virtues, especially in the form of “civic vigilance”—healthy suspicion towards the powers that be.
Markku Lehtonen, Matti Kojo, Mika Kari, Tapio Litmanen   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Valorización energética de residuos orgánicos: el vínculo entre la política energética y la gestión integral de residuos sólidos

South Sustainability, 2023
La gestión inadecuada de los residuos sólidos es un problema que disminuye la calidad de vida y contribuye al aumento de emisiones de gases de efecto invernadero (GEI); su correcta gestión podría contribuir a la generación de energía con fuentes limpias,
Alejandra Valdivia-Espinoza, Ximena Guardia-Muguruza   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Análisis de la situación del estado de la gestión integral de residuos sólidos en el cantón de Alvarado, Costa Rica

Tecnología en Marcha, 2014
Este artículo documenta la situación de la gestión integral de los residuos sólidos en la Municipalidad de Alvarado, mediante el análisis de los avances, características, fortalezas y debilidades que ha experimentado en los últimos 10 años.
Silvia M. Soto-Córdoba, Mary Luz Barrios-Hernández, Gabriela Gómez-Chacón, Ana Lorena Arias-Zúñiga   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

First evaluation of geopolymer encapsulation of simulated alkaline aluminum-rich liquid waste from Mo-99 production

Frontiers in Nuclear Engineering
This study investigates the synthesis and characterization of metakaolin-based geopolymers for the immobilization of simulated aluminum-containing radioactive liquid waste.
Whitney Talavera Ramos, Adrián Tellería Narváez, Lucas Dos Santos, Daniel Arcone, Ayelén Manzini   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Governing the circular–digital transition: Comparative legal‐institutional analysis of smart waste strategies in Spain and Portugal

Review of European, Comparative &International Environmental Law, Volume 35, Issue 2, Page 388-400, July 2026.
Abstract This article analyses how regulatory and governance frameworks influence the implementation of smart waste strategies in the context of the EU's circular and digital transitions. Focusing on Spain and Portugal—two EU Member States subject to shared supranational obligations but marked by divergent legal traditions and administrative structures—
Itziar Sobrino‐García
wiley   +1 more source