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The adoption and impacts of improved parboiling technology for rice value chain upgrading on the livelihood of women rice parboilers in Benin

open access: yesFrontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 2023
Food insecurity and child malnutrition remain persistent problems in sub-Saharan Africa. Rice is a staple food for more than half of the world’s population.
Aminou Arouna   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Research progress in per- and polyfluoroalkylsubstances (PFASs) exposure and bone health

open access: yesShanghai yufang yixue, 2023
Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) are a new type of persistent organic pollutants with global attention. They have shown multiple toxic effects due to their persistent accumulation in human body through exposure to environmental media such as ...
XUE Liming   +5 more
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Regulatory Impact Assessment [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
Regulatory impact assessment (RIA) has spread throughout the globe. It is a systematic and mandatory appraisal of how proposed primary and/or secondary legislation will affect certain categories of stakeholders, economic sectors, and the environment. This article reviews the theoretical underpinnings of this ‘recent interest’ comparing the two sides of
Radaelli, Claudio M.   +1 more
openaire   +1 more source

Effective demand for climate-smart adaptation: A case of solar technologies for cocoa irrigation in Ghana

open access: yesSustainable Environment, 2023
Given the generally low adoption of early climate change response technologies among tree crop producers in sub-Saharan Africa, stakeholders interested in the commercialization or scaling of such technologies will require empirical evidence of their ...
Kekeli Kofi Gbodji   +2 more
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IMPACT World+: a globally regionalized life cycle impact assessment method

open access: yesThe International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment, 2019
PurposeThis paper addresses the need for a globally regionalized method for life cycle impact assessment (LCIA), integrating multiple state-of-the-art developments as well as damages on water and carbon areas of concern within a consistent LCIA framework.
Cécile Bulle   +19 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Fluorescence In Situ Hybridisation Study of Micronuclei in C3A Cells Following Exposure to ELF-Magnetic Fields

open access: yesCaryologia, 2019
Human C3A cells were exposed to extremely low frequency (50 Hz) magnetic fields (ELF-MF’s) up to 500 µT. They were subjected to the micronucleus assay using a Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization (FISH) technique with an in-house pan-centromere probe.
Luc Verschaeve   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Status of Solar Power Plant Sites Including First Grade Zones on Ecological and Natural Maps in South Korea [PDF]

open access: yesGeo Data
This study collected and analyzed data registered in the Environmental Impact Assessment Information Support System for 1,321 solar power projects, whose environmental impact assessments and small-scale environmental impact assessments were completed in ...
Nanghee Kim   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Health impact assessment [PDF]

open access: yesBMJ, 1996
The Health of the Nation, England's strategy for a healthy population, acknowledges explicitly that many government policies have an impact on health and that their consequences for health need to be assessed and, when appropriate, taken into account.1 England is not alone: the idea of health impact assessment is almost universally popular, though its ...
openaire   +2 more sources

Numerical Simulation on the Diffusion of Alien Phytoplankton in Bohai Bay

open access: yesFrontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2021
In order to investigate the motion feature of alien phytoplankton in the Bohai Bay area, this manuscript builds a two-dimensional tide hydrodynamic model coupled with a particle tracking model to simulate the alien phytoplankton movement trajectory and ...
Beibei Zhang   +13 more
doaj   +1 more source

Water Quality Assessment of Groundwater Resources in Nagpur Region (India) Based on WQI

open access: yesE-Journal of Chemistry, 2009
Water quality index (WQI) has been calculated for different groundwater sources i.e. dug wells, bore wells and tube wells at Khaperkheda region, Maharashtra (India). Twenty two different sites were selected in post monsoon, winter and summer season.
P. N. Rajankar   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

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