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Analysis of perceptions and knowledge in managing coastal resources: A case study in Fiji

Frontiers in Marine Science, 2016
Sustainable management of coastal resources depends on human knowledge and perceptions of natural resources and coastal environments. However, empirical evidence has been limited in order to understand linkages between knowledge, perceptions and ...
Jokim Veu Kitolelei, Tetsu Sato
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Exploring the Characteristics and Drivers of Expansion in the Shandong Peninsula Urban Agglomeration Based on Nighttime Light Data

IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing, 2023
This study takes 16 cities in the Shandong Peninsula urban agglomeration as the research object. Based on the nighttime lighting data from 2000 to 2020, the enhanced vegetation-adjusted nighttime light index is constructed on a five-year time scale using
Yishan Song, Xueming Li, Guiqiao Tao, Jianjun Liu   +3 more
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New pathways for governing food system transformations: a pluralistic practice-based futures approach using visioning, back-casting, and serious gaming

Ecology and Society, 2019
The global environmental change that characterizes the Anthropocene poses a threat to food systems. Cities increasingly serve as the spaces where civil society, private actors, and local governments come together to strategize toward more sustainable ...
Astrid C. Mangnus, Joost M. Vervoort, Steven R. McGreevy, Kazuhiko Ota, Christoph D. D. Rupprecht, Momoe Oga, Mai Kobayashi   +6 more
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An Integrated Application of Motion Sensing and Eye Movement Tracking Techniques in Perceiving User Behaviors in a Large Display Interaction

Machines, 2023
In public use of a large display, it is a usual phenomenon that multiple users individually participate in respective tasks on a common device. Previous studies have categorized such activity as independent interaction that involves little group ...
Xiaolong Lou, Lili Fu, Xuanbai Song, Mengzhen Ma, Preben Hansen, Yaqin Zhao, Yujie Duan   +6 more
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Global Climate Emergency: after COP24, climate science, urgency, and the threat to humanity

Globalizations, 2020
This Special Editorial on the Climate Emergency makes the case that although we are living in the time of Global Climate Emergency we are not yet acting as if we are in an imminent crisis.
B. Gills, J. Morgan
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Nourishing social solidarity in exchanging gifts: a study on social exchange in Shanghai communities during COVID-19 lockdown

Humanities & Social Sciences Communications, 2023
During the COVID-19 lockdown in Shanghai, we found many social exchanges within communities. In this study, we focus on exploring the driving forces behind social exchanges and their impacts on the social solidarity of local communities.
Youjia Zhou, Chen Dong
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Desiring and critiquing humanity/ability/personhood : disrupting the ability/disability binary [PDF]

, 2021
The authors take up the challenge of Goodley and Runswick-Cole’s call to dismantle the ability/disability binary such that those now called ‘disabled’ can unproblematically join the ranks of those who will be counted as human.
Daelman, Silke, Davies, Bronwyn, De Schauwer, Elisabeth, Sergeant, Sofie, Van de Putte, Inge, Vandenbussche, Hanne   +5 more
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Can Building “Artificially Intelligent Cities” Safeguard Humanity from Natural Disasters, Pandemics, and Other Catastrophes? An Urban Scholar’s Perspective

Italian National Conference on Sensors, 2020
In recent years, artificial intelligence (AI) has started to manifest itself at an unprecedented pace. With highly sophisticated capabilities, AI has the potential to dramatically change our cities and societies. Despite its growing importance, the urban
Tan Yigitcanlar, Luke Butler, Emily Windle, K. Desouza, Rashid Mehmood, J. Corchado   +5 more
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Profiteering from vaccine inequity: a crime against humanity?

British medical journal, 2021
Companies and rich nations are creating a deadly covid-19 vaccine “protection racket”
F. Hassan, G. Yamey, K. Abbasi
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The efficacy of a low-dose combination of febuxostat and benzbromarone versus each drug used alone for the treatment of gout

Frontiers in Medicine
ObjectiveThe study focuses on comparing the efficacy of a low-dose combination of febuxostat and benzbromarone versus each drug used alone for the treatment of gout.MethodsA prospective, randomized, open-labeled trial of men with gout and renal uric acid
Caiyu Zheng, Caiyu Zheng, Qingwen Tong, Qingwen Tong, Zhijun Zhang, Chunmei Lin, Zhiyi Wang, Dongshu Kang, Yanmei Lin, Jianqing Tian   +9 more
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