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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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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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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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Impact of Experimental Hookworm Infection on the Human Gut Microbiota [PDF]

, 2014
The interactions between gastrointestinal parasitic helminths and commensal bacteria are likely to play a pivotal role in the establishment of host-parasite cross-talk, ultimately shaping the development of the intestinal immune system.
Alex Loukas, Broadhurst, Caporaso, Cinzia Cantacessi, Cooper, Croese, Croese, Daveson, Gaze, Javier Sotillo, John Croese, Kumar, Leisa McCann, Li, Lutz Krause, Makedonka Mitreva, Martha Zakrzewski, Matthew J. Nolan, Muyzer, Paul Giacomin, Round, Sepehri, Summers, Walk, Yazdanbakhsh   +24 more
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Adverse outcome pathways – development and potential regulatory application

Vigilância Sanitária em Debate: Sociedade, Ciência & Tecnologia, 2021
Introduction: Over the last two decades, chemical safety assessment and regulatory toxicology have progressed from empirical science based on direct observation of apical adverse outcomes in whole organisms to a predictive practice that infers outcomes ...
Thania Rios Rossi Lima, Nathália Pereira de Souza, Lílian Cristina Pereira, João Lauro Viana de Camargo   +3 more
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Integrated Approach to Facilitate Stakeholder Participation in the Control of Endemic Diseases of Livestock: The Case of Peste Des Petits Ruminants in Mali

Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 2019
In Mali, small ruminants (SRs) are an important means for enhanced livelihood through income generation, especially for women and youth. Unfortunately, opportunities for livestock farmers to tap into these resources for economic growth are hindered by ...
Michel Mainack Dione, Ibrahima Traoré, Hamidou Kassambara, Ahmadou Nouh Sow, Cheick Oumar Touré, Cheick Abou Kounta Sidibé, Amadou Séry, Awa Sadio Yena, Barbara Wieland, Martin Dakouo, Oumar Diall, Mamadou Niang, Cheick Oumar Fomba, Modibo Traoré, Abdou Fall   +14 more
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The relationship between international humanitarian law and human rights law from the perspective of a human rights treaty body [PDF]

, 2009
The debate about the simultaneous applicability of international humanitarian law and human rights law also affects human rights treaty bodies. The article first considers the difficulty for a human rights body in determining whether international ...
Bellinger, Draper, Françoise J. Hampson, Frowein, Meyrowitz, Schindler, Suter   +6 more
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Performing injustice: human rights and verbatim theatre [PDF]

, 2008
Discusses the theatrical treatment of human rights, by reference to three British productions: Guantanamo: "Honor Bound to Defend Freedom" (2004), My Name is Rachel Corrie (2005) and Called to Account (2007), noting the use of verbatim testimony in such ...
Derbyshire, Harry, Hodson, Loveday
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Failure and impact behavior of facade panels made of glass fiber reinforced cement(GRC) [PDF]

, 2011
GRC is a cementitious composite material made up of a cement mortar matrix and chopped glass fibers. Due to its outstanding mechanical properties, GRC has been widely used to produce cladding panels and some civil engineering elements.
A. Enfedaque, Correia, D. Cendón, Enfedaque, F. Gálvez, Ferreira, Glinicki, Kim, Litherland, Majumdar, Marikunte, Mindess, Ong, Purnell, Ramakrishna, Shah, V. Sánchez-Gálvez, Weerheijm, Zhang   +18 more
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