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How uneven access shapes the socio‐economic and environmental potential of game meat value chains: The case of legal game meat in Zambia

open access: yesPeople and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Game meat contributes to human nutrition, food security and sociocultural practices around the world. Game meat also comes with risks, including overharvesting and zoonotic and food‐borne disease. These may be pronounced where game meat travels along complex value chains from rural to urban areas.
Brock Bersaglio   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Shining light on the aurora's contributions to people: A qualitative study of the aurora borealis in Greenland

open access: yesPeople and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract The aurora borealis (northern lights) is an abiotic natural phenomenon that contributes to human well‐being. There is currently a significant research gap in primary qualitative valuation of the aurora's links to people. This exploratory qualitative study applies the Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES ...
James David Broome   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

High‐Dimensional Cumulative Sum Control Charts for Industrial Measurement Systems

open access: yesQuality and Reliability Engineering International, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT High dimensional sensing in modern factories and energy assets produces thousands of correlated signals. Detecting small process shifts is challenging because many classical multivariate charts lose power or become unstable. We present two cumulative sum procedures for two sample monitoring that remain effective when the number of variables is
Osama Alhadi   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Statistical Monitoring of Multivariate Count Data From Real‐Time Particle Counters

open access: yesQuality and Reliability Engineering International, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In the pharmaceutical industry, production environments are monitored for bacterial contamination. Particle counters are increasingly investigated for real‐time monitoring of viable microorganisms using count data for different particle size intervals.
Mona Emampour   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Case Study to Monitor Parallel‐Connected Ni–Cd Batteries on EMU Trains Through Compositional Data Control Charts

open access: yesQuality and Reliability Engineering International, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Electric multiple unit (EMU) trains, widely used in modern railway transportation, use Nickel–Cadmium (Ni–Cd) batteries to power auxiliary systems on board, including lighting, ventilation, control electronics, and emergency systems. These batteries are often connected in parallel to ensure a wider power supply range for electrical loads that ...
Christian Capezza   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Revealing Hidden Impact: Social and Solidarity Economy Enterprise Networks and Sustainable Development in Developing Countries

open access: yesSustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The Social and Solidarity Economy (SSE) offers strong potential for sustainable development in low‐income regions, yet its enterprises often operate with scarce resources, weak monitoring systems, and limited visibility. These constraints hinder both their capacity to demonstrate contributions to sustainable development (SD) and their own ...
Maria‐del‐Mar Magallón   +1 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

From Intention to Practice in Hotel Food Sustainability: A Behavioural Analysis in Central Portugal

open access: yesSustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines the commitment of hotel Food and Beverage (F&B) departments in Central Portugal to sustainable food practices from a behavioural perspective. We develop and test the Commitment Analysis of Sustainable Hotel Food Practices model, which integrates cognitive (knowledge), affective and attitudinal determinants and links them to
João Tomaz   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Isolation, Insularity and Resilience: A Review of the Geophysical, Socioeconomic, and Environmental Vulnerabilities of Gran Canaria and Lesvos Islands for Policy Interventions to Global Change

open access: yesSustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The dynamic nature of small islands being geographically isolated and their perceived connectedness with global networks complicates research attempts to draw general conclusions on whether insularity leads to marginalization or strengthens their resilience for sustainable development.
Toheeb Lekan Jolaosho   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

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