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The Perspectives of University Students Working With Rural Schools: Developing a Virtual Science Role Models and Mentors Framework

open access: yesScience Education, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to examine the perceptions of university science majors who served in the Science Role Models and Mentors (SRM2) program through virtual participation in science classroom visits with high‐needs, third‐grade rural students across Texas, United States.
Beverly J. Irby   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Social, Technological, Economic, and Policy Factors in the Circular Economy Transition in Brazil

open access: yesSustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT A well‐functioning circular economy (CE) integrates resilience across economic, environmental, and social dimensions. This study identifies key drivers and barriers to Brazil's CE transition through 20 semi‐structured interviews with stakeholders. Major sociocultural barriers include inadequate education and limited CE awareness, while growing
Alejandro Gallego‐Schmid   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Evaluating the Role of Social Capital for the Design of Sustainable River Governance Strategies: The Case of Tagus River

open access: yesSustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines the role of social capital in designing and implementing more effective governance strategies to improve the state of the Tagus River's significantly deteriorated middle reach (Spain). We employed social network analysis (SNA) to evaluate the bonding, bridging and linking social capital and the quality of stakeholder ...
Leticia Blázquez   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Decentralization: Panacea or Pandora’s Box? Fiscal Perversity in Mexico. [PDF]

open access: yes
Advocacy for decentralization has grown in Mexico at a rapid pace during the last decade. The gains of decentralization, however, are rather unclear and many times the assumptions and the outcomes of the process depart from the standard theory of fiscal ...
Roberto Guerrero Compeán
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Quality Improvement and the UNSDGs: Mapping Industry Contributions at the Goal, Target and Indicator Levels

open access: yesSustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The study examines the extent to which industry‐led quality improvement projects contribute to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UNSDGs). The objective is to map these contributions to the UNSDGs, targets and indicators to provide a detailed understanding of sustainability alignment through quality management (QM) projects.
Shreeranga Bhat   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Importance of Social and Government Learning in Ex Ante Policy Evaluation

open access: yes, 2019
We provide two methodological insights on \emph{ex ante} policy evaluation for macro models of economic development. First, we show that the problems of parameter instability and lack of behavioral constancy can be overcome by considering learning ...
Castaeda, Gonzalo, Guerrero, Omar A.
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Transparency, Sustainable Governance and Digital Accessibility in Municipalities: A Machine Learning Approach

open access: yesSustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) requires transparent and accountable local governments, yet little is known about the structural drivers of municipal transparency. This study introduces a machine learning approach to predict municipal transparency using the Bidimensional Transparency Index (BTI), which measures both the ...
Ana M. Plata‐Díaz   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Prevalence of Eight Viruses in Captive Amur Tigers (Panthera tigris altaica) From Harbin, China 中国哈尔滨市圈养东北虎8种病毒的流行

open access: yesWildlife Letters, EarlyView.
The Amur tiger, an endangered flagship species mainly found in the Russia Far East and Northeastern China, holds immense biological importance, and has been listed under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES).
Wei Xie   +15 more
wiley   +1 more source

Staphylococcus aureus resistentes a meticilina (SARM) y productores de enterotoxina A aislados de portadores nasales asintomáticos entre estudiantes universitarios de México

open access: yesKasmera, 2019
: The aim at this study was determine the frequency of S. aureus, including methicillin-resistant and enterotoxin A production in nostrils of university students in Mexico. This was a cross-sectional study conducted in 471 university students from a city
Adame-Gómez Roberto   +5 more
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