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A balance exists between vegetation recovery and human development over the past 30 years in the Guizhou Plateau, China

Ecological Indicators, 2021
The question of whether a balance exists between vegetation recovery and long-term human development remains unclear worldwide, especially in the midst of climate change. To answer this question, two groups of spatially isolated islands in Hongfeng Lake,
Hezhen Lou, Noah Scovronick, Shengtian Yang, Xiaoyu Ren, Liuhua Shi, Yongshuo Fu, Mingyong Cai, Ya Luo   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Sustaining organisational change: Teacher education in the Solomon Islands.

, 2011
"Sustainability is the capacity of education reform initiatives to continue" (Webster, Silova, Moyer, & McAllister, 2011, para. 12). In this article we reflect upon the process of organisational strengthening that was a key component of the Partnership ...
Simi, Janine, Maezama, Susanne, Strachan, Jane   +2 more
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TB or not TB? That is the question regarding TB treatment in a remote provincial hospital in Solomon Islands [PDF]

, 2019
Introduction: Tuberculosis (TB) remains a significant public health challenge in Solomon Islands. Limited healthcare resources, geography, and sociocultural beliefs, coupled with lack of laboratory diagnostic tools, leads to diagnostic and treatment ...
Subhaharan, Deloshan, Fink, Ames, Doolan, Brigid, Fink, James, Jones, Peter, Rara, Grace, Denniss, Amelia, Karnik, Tanvi   +7 more
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Good work? Scottish cultural workers’ narratives about working and living on islands [PDF]

Island Studies Journal, 2016
This paper sets out to ask how cultural workers on Scottish islands come to narrate their work and everyday life experiences. We ask this question in the context of two dominant doctrines that can influence whether or not these experiences are “good or ...
Lynda Harling Stalker, Kathryn A. Burnett   +1 more
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The Norse landnám on the North Atlantic islands: an environmental impact assessment.

, 2005
The Norse colonisation or landnám of the North Atlantic islands of the Faroes, Iceland, and Greenland from the ninth century AD onwards provides opportunities to examine human environmental impacts on ‘pristine’ landscapes on an environmental gradient ...
Simpson, IA, Lawson, Ian, McGovern, Thomas H., Sveinbjarnardóttir, Gudrún, McGovern, T. H., Lawson, IT, Skidmore, P., Simpson, I. A., Skidmore, Peter, Panagiotakopulu, E, Panagiotakopulu, Eva, Edwards, Kevin J., Buckland, Paul C., Sveinbjarnardottir, G, Church, Mike J., Edwards, KJ, Buckland, P. C., McGovern, TH, Church, M. J., Lawson, I., Sveinbjarnardóttir, G., Church, MJ, Simpson, Ian A., Dugmore, Andrew J., Dugmore, AJ, Skidmore, P, Panagiotakopulu, E.; id_orcid, Buckland, PC, Church, M, Dugmore, A. J., Edwards, K. J.   +30 more
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Epigenetic blind spots – the role of DNA methylation dynamics in stem cell‐based models of embryogenesis

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Embryo‐like structures (stembryos) are an innovative tool, but they are hindered by experimental variability and limited developmental potential. DNA methylation is crucial for mammalian development, but its status in stembryo models is poorly characterized.
Sara Canil, Anna Corrà, Annalisa Scapolatiello, Chengxiang Qiu, Gianluca Amadei   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Relationality and island studies in the Anthropocene

Island Studies Journal, 2018
The island has become arguably one of the most emblematic figures of the Anthropocene. It is regularly invoked as exemplary of the changing stakes of our planet. This generates a crucially important role for island studies scholars; to explore, question,
Jonathan Pugh
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Deciphering transcriptional plasticity in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma reveals alterations in sensory neuron innervation

Molecular Oncology, EarlyView.
Pancreatic sensory neurons innervating healthy and PDAC tissue were retrogradely labeled and profiled by single‐cell RNA sequencing. Tumor‐associated innervation showed a dominant neurofilament‐positive subtype, altered mitochondrial gene signatures, and reduced non‐peptidergic neurons.
Elena Genova, Michele Montrone, Uday Rangaswamy, Francesco Diversi, Irene Schiavo, Denise Ferrarini, Roberta Di Florio, Irene Longo, Michele Coscia, Nicola Zamboni, Giorgia Demontis, Lisa Veghini, Vincenzo Corbo, Remo Sanges, Paul Heppenstall   +14 more
wiley   +1 more source

Revisiting island decolonization: The pursuit of self-government in Pacific island polities under US hegemony

Island Studies Journal, 2018
The final years of the Cold War and the following decade led to a short historical intermission in the United States’ strategic interest in the Pacific. During that period the Trust Territory of the Pacific was dissolved and three former districts gained
Moritz Pöllath
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Using Renewable Energy as a Tool to Achieve Tourism Sustainability in Mediterranean Islands

Études Caribéennes, 2008
This paper addresses the challenge of transforming Mediterranean islands into sustainable tourism areas, through the direct (or indirect) use of renewable energy projects and technologies.
Evanthie Michalena
doaj   +1 more source