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Microbial Communities in Permafrost Soils of Larsemann Hills, Eastern Antarctica: Environmental Controls and Effect of Human Impact [PDF]

Microorganisms, 2020
Although ice-free areas cover only about 0.1% of Antarctica and are characterized by harsh environmental conditions, these regions provide quite diverse conditions for the soil-forming process, having various physical and geochemical properties, and also
Ivan Alekseev, Aleksei Zverev, Evgeny Abakumov   +2 more
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Linked Administrative Data’s Role in Victoria’s First Social Impact Investment – Journey to Social Inclusion – Working to End Chronic Homelessness

International Journal of Population Data Science, 2020
The Journey to Social Inclusion (J2SI) Social Impact Investment (SII) is Victoria’s first social impact investment. It has two outcome payments, for stable housing and reduction in hospital bed days.
Sharon Williams, Mark Sidthorp, Paul Flatau, Kaylene Zaretsky, Zoe Callis, Suzanne Findlay   +5 more
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Assessing the Social Validity of the SAFMEDS Strategy From the Perspective of Teachers and Children

Frontiers in Education, 2021
The Say-All-Fast-Minute-Every-Day-Shuffled (SAFMEDS) strategy promotes fluency across several skills and contexts. However, few studies have reported the social validity key stakeholders associate with using the strategy in schools.
Kaydee Owen, Kaydee Owen, Richard C. Watkins, Richard C. Watkins, Michael Beverley, Michael Beverley, J. Carl Hughes, J. Carl Hughes   +7 more
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Income-related health inequalities associated with the coronavirus pandemic in South Africa: A decomposition analysis

International Journal for Equity in Health, 2021
Background The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has resulted in an enormous dislocation of society especially in South Africa. The South African government has imposed a number of measures aimed at controlling the pandemic, chief being a nationwide ...
Chijioke O. Nwosu, Adeola Oyenubi
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Hope, agency, and adolescents' sexual and reproductive health: A mini review

Frontiers in Reproductive Health, 2023
Availability of and access to services that promote sexual and reproductive health (SRH) amongst adolescent girls have become a global priority. Yet, while researchers have explored factors that influence the uptake of SRH services in low-and-middle ...
Candice Groenewald, Candice Groenewald, Nazeema Isaacs, Phiwokazi Qoza   +3 more
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Aerial and surface rivers: downwind impacts on water availability from land use changes in Amazonia [PDF]

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 2018
The abundant evapotranspiration provided by the Amazon forests is an important component of the hydrological cycle, both regionally and globally. Since the last century, deforestation and expanding agricultural activities have been changing the ecosystem
W. Weng, W. Weng, W. Weng, M. K. B. Luedeke, D. C. Zemp, D. C. Zemp, T. Lakes, T. Lakes, J. P. Kropp, J. P. Kropp   +9 more
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The Impact of Climate Change at Local Level – a Necessary Exercise in Substantiating the Urbanistic Documentations in Three Communes from Dobrogea Region in Romania [PDF]

Annals of Dunarea de Jos University. Fascicle I : Economics and Applied Informatics, 2022
The article presents a new theme in the documentations of urbanism and spatial planning, respectively in the general urban plan (PUG), which all administrative units will have to take into account in the periods to come.
Violeta PUSCASU
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Loss of Migratory Traditions Makes the Endangered Patagonian Huemul Deer a Year-Round Refugee in Its Summer Habitat

Conservation, 2022
The huemul (Hippocamelus bisulcus) is endangered, with 1500 deer split into >100 subpopulations along 2000 km of the Andes. Currently occupied areas are claimed-erroneously-to be critical prime habitats.
Werner T. Flueck, Jo Anne M. Smith-Flueck, Miguel E. Escobar, Melina Zuliani, Beat Fuchs, Valerius Geist, James R. Heffelfinger, Patricia Black-Decima, Zygmunt Gizejewski, Fernando Vidal, Javier Barrio, Silvina M. Molinuevo, Adrian J. Monjeau, Stefan Hoby, Jaime E. Jiménez   +14 more
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Long Term Observation of Fractional Vegetation Cover in Qingyang of Gansu Province and Its Response to Climate Change

Atmosphere, 2022
Vegetation is seen as a sensitive indicator of global change because of its crucial role in connecting the atmosphere, soil, and water. Fractional vegetation cover (FVC), in turn, is an important indicator of vegetation status.
Jing Li, Jianyun Zhang, Xiaojun Wang, Guoqing Wang   +3 more
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Inequalities and factors associated with adherence to diabetes self-care practices amongst patients at two public hospitals in Gauteng, South Africa

BMC Endocrine Disorders, 2020
Background Self- management is vital to the control of diabetes. This study aims to assess the diabetes self-care behaviours of patients attending two tertiary hospitals in Gauteng, South Africa.
Chipo Mutyambizi, Milena Pavlova, Charles Hongoro, Wim Groot   +3 more
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