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Nutritional properties, traditional uses and potential new applications for the sotol plant (Asparagaceae, Convallarioideae): A review

open access: yesPLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Sotol (Dasylirion spp.) is a resilient desert plant that sustains ecosystems, cultures and livelihoods in Chihuahua Desert. Our review highlights its nutritional properties, traditional uses and potential new applications in food, pharmaceuticals, renewable energy and water remediation. By synthesizing evidence across disciplines, we show how sotol can
Dámaris Leopoldina Ojeda Barrios   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Mapping intangibilities in creative tourism territories through tangible objects: a methodological approach for developing creative tourism offers [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
What can people express about their places through the objects that they valorise and link to their territory? Can objects create narratives about a place's identity and collect significant cultural information that locate people in their places?
Cabeça, Sónia Moreira   +3 more
core   +1 more source

Extended Strahler Ordering to Distinguish Mapped River Channels From Overland Flow Pathways and Consistently Compare Digital Networks

open access: yesRiver Research and Applications, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Digital networks are virtual representations of freshwater systems that provide important inputs to, and mapping of, river classifications, simulation models, and quantitative data analyses for policy, planning, and management. Strahler order has often been used to characterize network configuration and as a proxy indicator of river channel ...
Doug Booker   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

GEOGRAFIA E REPRESENTAÇÕES GRÁFICAS: UMA BREVE ABORDAGEM CRÍTICA E OS NOVOS DESAFIOS TÉCNICO-METODOLÓGICOS PERPASSANDO PELA CLIMATOLOGIA [PDF]

open access: yesRevista Brasileira de Cartografia, 2003
The present paper makes a review approach of relation between graphics representations and geographic researches, relates the history of the mistakes' origin in the consideration of the Cartography, of the mathematical proceeding and of the technical ...
Isorlanda Caracristi
doaj  

Comparative analysis of a characterization of the built-up area and settlement network on Polish topographic maps from the 19th, 20th and 21st centuries

open access: yesPolish Cartographical Review, 2018
Built-up area is a particularly important element of the content of topographic maps. Its presentation changes significantly when map scales are reduced, due to both conceptual and graphic generalization.
Ostrowski Wiesław   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Searchin’ His Eyes, Lookin’ for Traces: Piri Reis’ World Map of 1513 & its Islamic Iconographic Connections (A Reading Through Bagdat 334 and Proust)

open access: yes, 2012
The remnant of the 1513 world map of the Ottoman corsair (and later admiral) Muhiddin Piri, a.k.a. Piri Reis, with its focus on the Atlantic and the New World can be ranked as one of the most famous and controversial maps in the annals of the history of ...
Pinto, Karen C.
core  

Sustainability: The Forgotten Arena of eSports Research—A Systematic Literature Review From an ESG Perspective

open access: yesSustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Despite the growth of eSports, the sector faces critical challenges related to its sustainability. This research analyzes these issues from an environmental, social, and governance (ESG) perspective. This paper consists of a systematic literature review on eSports and its implications for sustainability.
M. Ertz   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Henri Duveyrier et Cheikh ‘Othmân, cartographes du Sahara

open access: yesL’Année du Maghreb, 2011
The book published by Henri Duveyrier in 1864 under the title Tuaregs of the North included a 1/3000000 scale map which was considered for decades as the reference map of the Sahara.
Dominique Casajus
doaj   +1 more source

The nautical atlases of Alī al-sharafī [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
The two extant atlases of the 16th-century Tunisian chartmaker and scholar Alī al-Sharafī are indispensable documents for understanding the history and development of Maghrebi nautical cartography.
Herrera-Casais, Mónica
core  

The Nexus Between Circular Economy and Sustainable Supply Chain Management: PRISMA Methodology

open access: yesSustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The intersection of sustainable supply chain management (SSCM) and circular economy (CE) has attracted increasing academic and practical attention, emphasizing the need for integrated sustainability approaches. This study employs the PRISMA protocol and conceptualizes the CE–SSCM relationship as a dynamic system in which internal capabilities,
Feriel Barkaoui, Khaled Ben abdallah
wiley   +1 more source

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