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Ecological Economics and Human Ecology [PDF]
, 2008 While economic theory has been enormously influential since the eighteenth century, the cultural, political and ethical dominance it has gained in the last few decades is unprecedented. Not only has economic theory taken the place of political philosophy and ethical discourse and imposed its own concepts and image of society on other social sciences ...
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The importance of human ecology to the understanding of women´s homelessness
Forum SociológicoThis article draws on part of my research on women´s homelessness, which was conducted for my PhD in human ecology, to explain the importance of a human ecological lens for a broader understanding of this phenomenon.
Sónia Nobre
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Ecology and Society, 2010 As resilience is observed under circumstances of systemic stress, the various ecological zones of the Pamir Mountains of Afghanistan and the cultural diversity contained within this milieu provide an appropriate setting from which to ask "How can a ...
Karim-Aly S. Kassam
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By dawn or dusk—how circadian timing rewrites bacterial infection outcomes
FEBS Letters, EarlyView.The circadian clock shapes immune function, yet its influence on infection outcomes is only beginning to be understood. This review highlights how circadian timing alters host responses to the bacterial pathogens Salmonella enterica, Listeria monocytogenes, and Streptococcus pneumoniae revealing that the effectiveness of immune defense depends not only
Devons Mo +2 more
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Time after time – circadian clocks through the lens of oscillator theory
FEBS Letters, EarlyView.Oscillator theory bridges physics and circadian biology. Damped oscillators require external drivers, while limit cycles emerge from delayed feedback and nonlinearities. Coupling enables tissue‐level coherence, and entrainment aligns internal clocks with environmental cues.
Marta del Olmo +2 more
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Antioxidants, 2017 This overview was directed towards understanding the relationship of brain functions with dietary choices mainly by older humans. This included food color, flavor, and aroma, as they relate to dietary sufficiency or the association of antioxidants with ...
Douglas W. Wilson +7 more
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American Journal of Public Health and the Nations Health, 1960 I DOUBT THAT ten years from now sessions like this will be held on the subject of "pregnancy wastage." The challenge is less that of salvaging waste than of developing a prenatal public health. There are at least three reasonable objectives of this public health of pregnancy: to reach demographic equilibrium before it is forced on future generations by
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FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.This review provides an overview of bio‐based polymer sources, their unique functional properties and their environmental impact, and addresses their role as sustainable alternatives. It discusses end‐of‐life options, including composting and anaerobic digestion for renewable energy.
Sabina Kolbl Repinc +8 more
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Frontiers in Physiology, 2020 Cold climates represent one of the major environmental challenges that anatomically modern humans faced during their dispersal out of Africa. The related adaptive traits have been achieved by modulation of thermogenesis and thermoregulation processes ...
Alena Kalyakulina +11 more
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CHILD VALUE, NUMBER OF CHILDREN AND USE OF CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES FOR FERTILE AGE COUPLES [PDF]
Russian Journal of Agricultural and Socio-Economic Sciences, 2019 Indonesia has increasing in population, in 2018 population is more than 261.9 million (BPS, 2018). The total fertility rate (TFR) in Indonesia has still not reached the target of 2.3 children each woman giving birth.
Putri P.K.D. +3 more
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