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Green Is the New Gold: Redefining Opulent Lifestyle Through Organic Food Purchases

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Prior studies based on the Theory of Planned Behavior mostly examined the effects of health and environmental concerns on organic food consumption; however, few addressed the paradoxical relationships in the context of opulent or symbolic decorum.
Neha Sharma   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Inequalities in purchase of mosquito nets and willingness to pay for insecticide-treated nets in Nigeria: Challenges for malaria control interventions [PDF]

open access: yes, 2004
Objective: To explore the equity implications of insecticide-treated nets (ITN) distribution programmes that are based on user charges. Methods: A questionnaire was used to collect information on previous purchase of untreated nets and hypothetical ...
Hanson, K   +11 more
core   +1 more source

Une intoxication peut en cacher une autre plus grave. Exemple d'une intoxication fatale à l'éthylène glycol masquée par une intoxication à un insecticide pyréthrinoïde

open access: yesThe Pan African Medical Journal, 2013
Les pyréthrinoïdes sont des insecticides largement utilisés du fait de leur efficacité et de leur relative sécurité chez l'homme. Les intoxications mortelles liées à ces agents restent exceptionnelles.
Younés Aissaoui   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Sustainability Assessment of Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises: A Systematic Review and Hybrid Architecture for Credible, Salient, and Legitimate Knowledge Governance

open access: yesCorporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Sustainability assessment advances corporate social responsibility toward inclusive development. Widely recognized approaches prove inadequate for micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs), resulting in fragmented proliferation that hinders cumulative knowledge.
Luísa Couto Gonçalves de Souza   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Think Yellow and Keep Green—Role of Sulfanes from Garlic in Agriculture

open access: yesAntioxidants, 2016
Reactive sulfur species from garlic have long been renowned for their health benefits and antimicrobial properties. In agriculture the subject matter is now gathering momentum in the search for new bio-pesticides to addressing emerging environmental ...
Awais Anwar   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

A cytochrome P450 allele confers pyrethroid resistance on a major African malaria vector, reducing insecticide-treated bednet efficacy

open access: yesScience Translational Medicine, 2019
A cytochrome P450 DNA marker in a major mosquito vector of malaria indicates that pyrethroid resistance reduces bednet efficacy. Tracking insecticide resistance Malaria prevention relies extensively on mosquito control using insecticide-treated bednets ...
Gareth D. Weedall   +11 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Perceived importance and didactic difficulty of chemistry education: Insights from Czech teachers

open access: yesThe Curriculum Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract This empirical study examines how chemistry teachers in lower and upper secondary schools in the Czech Republic evaluate the content of the chemistry curriculum, focussing on its perceived importance and didactic difficulty. Based on a quantitative survey (N = 146), the study provides insight into the pedagogical content knowledge of ...
Jitka Lorenzová   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

\ud Detection and Monitoring of Insecticide Resistance in Malaria Vectors in Tanzania Mainland\ud [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
\ud Vector control is a major component of the global strategy for malaria control which aims to prevent parasite transmission mainly through interventions targeting adult Anopheline vectors.
Kitau , J   +13 more
core  

Strategies for delivering insecticide-treated nets at scale for malaria control: a systematic review. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
OBJECTIVE: To synthesize findings from recent studies of strategies to deliver insecticide-treated nets (ITNs) at scale in malaria-endemic areas. METHODS: Databases were searched for studies published between January 2000 and December 2010 in which ...
Paintain, Lucy Smith   +9 more
core   +1 more source

Conclusion on the peer review of the pesticide risk assessment of the active substance fenpyroximate

open access: yesEFSA Journal, 2013
The conclusions of the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) following the peer review of the initial risk assessments carried out by the competent authority of the rapporteur Member State Germany, for the pesticide active substance fenpyroximate are ...
European Food Safety Authority
doaj   +1 more source

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