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Medical ethnobotany of herbal practitioners in the Turkestan Range, southwestern Kyrgyzstan

Acta Societatis Botanicorum Poloniae, 2016
This study recorded and analyzed traditional knowledge of medicinal plants in the Turkestan Range in southwestern Kyrgyzstan, where ethnobotanical knowledge has been largely under-documented to date. Data was collected through participant observation and
Lukas Pawera, Vladimir Verner, Celine Termote, Ishenbay Sodombekov, Alexander Kandakov, Nurudin Karabaev, Milan Skalicky, Zbynek Polesny   +7 more
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Mapping cultural ecosystem services in the hyper arid environment of south of Jordan

Frontiers in Environmental Science, 2022
Cultural ecosystem services (CESs) refer to the non-monetary benefits that nature provides humans. This study aimed to allocate and map the CESs in the hyper arid region at the southern part of Wadi Araba as a unique ecosystem in Jordan.
Abeer Albalawneh, Amani Al-Assaf, Amer Sweity, Wafa’a Abu Hammour, Khawla Kloub, Amgad Hjazin, Rabab Kabariti, Lana Abu Nowar, Maher J. Tadros, Safaa Aljaafreh, Mai Diab, Jafar Alwidyan, Ghadeer Albashbsheh, Nizar Haddad   +13 more
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The role of kinship in knowledge about medicinal plants: evidence for context-dependent model-based biases in cultural transmission?

Acta Botânica Brasílica, 2019
The similarity in traditional knowledge of medicinal plants was evaluated to draw inferences about the most important models for local knowledge transmission.
Camilla de Carvalho de Brito, Washington Soares Ferreira-Júnior, Ulysses Paulino Albuquerque, Marcelo Alves Ramos, Taline Cristina da Silva, Eraldo Medeiros Costa-Neto, Patrícia Muniz de Medeiros   +6 more
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The Voice of Human Ecology in the Novel The Bear (2020) by Andrew Krivak

Lingua Didaktika: Jurnal Bahasa dan Pembelajaran Bahasa, 2021
As a movement that has held an important position in the humanities for the past few decades, eco-criticism or environmental-oriented literature needs to promote a better understanding of nature more broadly. That is, ecocriticism must distinguish itself
Annisa Sabrina
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The holistic concepts of disaster management and social cohesion - statistics and method [PDF]

Buletin ştiinţific: Universitatea din Piteşti. Seria Ştiinţe Economice, 2011
The paper uses a multidisciplinary approach to underline the importance of some holistic concepts like social cohesion and human ecology, and also to assess environmental and economic specificity of these new ecological and social terms. The structure of
Gheorghe SĂVOIU
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What matters when prioritizing a medicinal plant? A study of local criteria for their differential use

Acta Botânica Brasílica, 2018
The ethnobotanical literature lacks joint analyses of the factors that may influence the differential use of medicinal plants. This study intends to fill that void by evaluating the local criteria for the differential use of medicinal plants in a rural ...
Carina Silva Santos, Fernanda Novais Barros, Marcelo de Paula, Juliana Rando, Viviany Teixeira do Nascimento, Patrícia Muniz de Medeiros   +5 more
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Regional Aspects of Humanitarian Ecology

Oriental Studies, 2018
The article provides a brief overview of publications on human ecology. The analysis of regional aspect of this direction on example of the Republic of Kalmykia is given. The basis factors in infl uencing in arid conditions are considered.
Ludmila Tashninova, A. Tashninova
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Children’s cloth face mask sizing and digital fit analysis: method development

Fashion and Textiles
There is a necessity to use digital data and tools when developing children’s products. The present study was designed to provide digital methods to guide product development and problem-solving when using 3D body scans and face mask simulations for 6 ...
Mona Maher, Jenny Leigh Du Puis, Katarina Goodge, Margaret Frey, Heeju Terry Park, Fatma Baytar   +5 more
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In search of human ecology: memories, insights, and wider points of view (a personal journey)

Forum Sociológico
This article is a narrative memoir of the author’s personal engagement with the intellectual and institutional history of human ecology. Written in essay style, it explores a blend of themes and approaches based on a lifetime of interdisciplinary inquiry.
Richard J. Borden
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Empowering Rural Communities on Rural Pact Implementation: A Human–Ecological Perspective on Social Innovation and Rural Young Entrepreneurship

Proceedings
This study aligns with the Rural Pact’s Long-Term Vision for European Rural Areas by encouraging multi-level collaboration and stakeholder engagement to address rural needs.
Maria João Parreira, Iva Pires
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