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Wildfires' Cost for Societal Welfare: Economic Evaluation of Forestry Ecosystem Services Losses in Southern Italy

Land Degradation &Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Forest ecosystem services (ESs) are garnering increasing public attention as awareness grows regarding society's fundamental dependence on them for well‐being. Forest fires, one of the major disturbances of ESs, are becoming more frequent and destructive, exacerbated in part by climate change.
Emanuele Spada, Giacomo Falcone, Salvatore Praticò, Maria Carmela Benedetto, Giovanni Gulisano, Nathalie Iofrida, Anna Irene De Luca   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Prevalence and molecular epidemiology of rotavirus gastroenteritis among children in Nairobi's urban informal settlements following introduction of the Rotavac® vaccine. [PDF]

Trop Med Health
Mbithi W, Wandera EA, Nyamache AK, Hungerford D, Njuguna A, Mugo M, Ogutha AJ, Kioko C, Ideke D, Sang C, Nyangao J, Otieno P, Were F, Jere KC, Cunliffe NA, Kariuki S, Mbae C.   +16 more
europepmc   +1 more source

A Question of Trust: Dynamics of the Perceived Uncertainty–Trust Dilemma With Artificial Intelligence in Strategy Process Initiation

Managerial and Decision Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Strategists who must identify issues in uncertain environments while being cognitively constrained can increasingly rely on artificial intelligence to manage uncertainty. The potential for AI to be incorporated into strategy processes has led to a debate about the evolving collaborative relationship between strategists and AI.
Thomas Hutzschenreuter, Ingo Kleindienst, Franziskus Perkhofer   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Measuring the impacts of exposure to daycare quality on child development and nutrition measures through a large-scale randomised trial in Kenyan informal settlements: protocol. [PDF]

BMJ Open
Beam E, Fitzpatrick A, Reimão ME.
europepmc   +1 more source

Toward a Framework for Understanding Localization in Its Institutional Context: A Systems Perspective for Incorporating Local Values

Public Administration and Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper explores how we might integrate local traditional values into a systems approach for analyzing and maximizing localization in the context of foreign aid. The paper situates localization and its operationalization in the older and broader literature on the political economy of foreign aid.
Jennifer M. Brinkerhoff
wiley   +1 more source

A pilot study of alcohol and substance use, mental health symptoms and social vulnerabilities among youth in Nairobi's informal settlements. [PDF]

Glob Ment Health (Camb)
Musyoka CM, Byansi W, Mutavi T, Mbwayo A, Kyalo DN, Mulwa A, Moon S, Mathai M.   +7 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Localization Through Coordination? Implementing the Humanitarian‐Development‐Peace Nexus in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Public Administration and Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT As a global concept and initiative, the Humanitarian‐Development‐Peace Nexus (HDPN) aims to improve integration across the traditionally siloed humanitarian, development, and security sectors, while foregrounding the involvement of local actors.
Marie‐Eve Desrosiers, Haley J. Swedlund   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Effect of intimate partner violence on depression severity among women in informal settlements of Uganda. [PDF]

BMC Psychol
Anguzu R, Kabagenyi A, Kasasa S, Abbo C, Shour AR, Dickson-Gomez J, Cassidy LD, Mutyoba JN.   +7 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Why Active Representation Varies: Cultural Stereotypes and Differential Treatment by Street‐Level Bureaucrats

Public Administration and Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT How do cultural stereotypes influence the likelihood that minority street‐level bureaucrats (SLBs) will actively represent marginalized subgroups within their ethnocultural community? While existing scholarship on representative bureaucracy has focused on the conditions under which minority SLBs engage in active representation, this study ...
Sohad Amaria, Einat Lavee, Nissim Cohen
wiley   +1 more source

Causal drivers of mosquito abundance in urban informal settlements. [PDF]

Environ Res Lett
Ramsay EE, Faber PA, Fleming GM, Duffy GA, Agussalim AZ, Agussalim AZ, Barker SF, Saifuddaolah M, Taruc RR, Tela A, Vamosi R, Vilsoni SR, Chown SL.   +12 more
europepmc   +1 more source