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Increasing food insecurity vulnerability in urban slums contrasts with regional improvements across the São Paulo Metropolitan Region, Brazil

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Food insecurity remains a persistent challenge in rapidly urbanizing regions, particularly in slum areas of the Global South. While traditionally associated with poverty, socioeconomic factors alone cannot fully explain the uneven distribution of food ...
Joice Genaro Gomes, Silvia Helena Galvão de Miranda, Julio Cesar Pedrassoli   +2 more
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Animal empathy reconsidered: a multidimensional profile account

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Empathy is the glue that holds societies together and yet several fundamental questions about empathy persist. What is empathy (the definitional question)? Is it uniquely human and, if not, which nonhuman animals possess empathy (the distribution question)? Which type or quality of empathy is realized in different species (the quality question)
Albert Newen, Maja Griem, Ludwig Huber, Thomas Bugnyar, Aaron Blaisdell, Simone Pika   +5 more
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Cost-effectiveness of severe acute malnutrition treatment delivered by community health workers in the district of Mayahi, Niger

Human Resources for Health
Background A non-randomized controlled trial, conducted from June 2018 to March 2019 in two rural communes in the health district of Mayahi in Niger, showed that including community health workers (CHWs) in the treatment of severe acute malnutrition (SAM)
Elisa M. Molanes-López, José M. Ferrer, Abdias Ogobara Dougnon, Abdoul Aziz Gado, Atté Sanoussi, Nassirou Ousmane, Ramatoulaye Hamidou Lazoumar, Pilar Charle-Cuéllar   +7 more
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Food‐solicitation displays in nestling birds: still begging for answers

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Nestling begging is a key model for understanding animal communication and parent–offspring conflict. Dynamic begging displays are often interpreted as costly, honest signals of need, with honesty maintained by viability costs, as proposed in Godfray's influential signalling model.
Daniel Parejo‐Pulido, Tomás Redondo
wiley   +1 more source

The influence of circadian variables on ecotoxicology metabolomics

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Ecotoxicologists are using metabolomics increasingly to gain insight into toxicological mechanisms and sublethal effects of chemical exposures. Metabolomics offers a sensitive multi‐parameter approach that can detect biochemical responses not obvious using apical and behavioural endpoints.
Ryan I. Lester, David J. Beale, Anthony R. Carroll, Steven D. Melvin   +3 more
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Reducing relapses after acute malnutrition treatment: evidence from a simplified approach in emergency settings of Mali

Frontiers in Public Health
BackgroundAcute malnutrition remains a critical public health issue, particularly in emergency settings. While simplified treatment protocols show promise in improving access and cost-effectiveness, evidence on their impact on relapse rates remains ...
Pilar Charle-Cuéllar, Luis Javier Sánchez-Martínez, Sara Tulipani, Mamadou Saidou Diallo, Abdel Nasser Maïga, Amadou Tila Kebe, Fatimata Karabenta, Mahamadou N’tji Samake, Mohamed Ibrahim Mahmoud, André Briend, André Briend, Antonio Vargas, Noemí López-Ejeda   +12 more
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Shaping Energy Transitions: Sectoral Demand, Climate Risk Exposure, and Renewable Pathways in Sub‐Saharan Africa

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Energy is a fundamental driver of economic growth, shaping productivity, industrialization, and long‐term economic resilience. In sub‐Saharan Africa (SSA), where energy access remains uneven and infrastructure is underdeveloped, understanding sector‐specific energy demand is essential for designing sustainable energy strategies.
Michael Appiah, Emmanuel Baffour Gyau, Genanew Bekele Worku, Simplice A. Asongu   +3 more
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The role of language technology and artificial intelligence in food security policymaking

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Natural Language Processing (NLP) offers significant opportunities to support the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), including Zero Hunger. While many NLP applications have been documented for SDGs such as healthcare and education, its application to ...
Marieke Meeske, Frans Cruijssen, Chris van der Lee, Emiel Krahmer   +3 more
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Effectiveness of decentralizing outpatient acute malnutrition treatment with community health workers and a simplified combined protocol: a cluster randomized controlled trial in emergency settings of Mali

Frontiers in Public Health
BackgroundOutpatient treatment of acute malnutrition is usually centralized in health centers and separated into different programs according to case severity.
Noemí López-Ejeda, Pilar Charle-Cuéllar, Salimata Samake, Abdias Ogobara Dougnon, Luis Javier Sánchez-Martínez, Mahamadou N’tji Samake, Aliou Bagayoko, Magloire Bunkembo, Fanta Touré, Antonio Vargas, Saul Guerrero   +10 more
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2017 Global Hunger Index Data

, 2017
The Global Hunger Index (GHI) is a tool designed to comprehensively measure and track hunger globally, regionally, and by country. Each year, the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) calculates GHI scores in order to assess progress, or ...
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI); Welthungerhilfe (WHH); Concern Worldwide
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