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Family Dispute Resolution in Australia: The Under‐Servicing of Indigenous, Migrant and Refugee Families Experiencing Family Violence

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Improving access to legal services for Indigenous, migrant and refugee women is critical to addressing family violence. In this context, Family Dispute Resolution (FDR) has long been discussed as a solution for separating families. This paper presents key findings of a research evaluation of an Australian Government $8.37 million pilot project
Siobhan McDonnell, Alyson Wright
wiley   +1 more source

High resolution bathymetric survey on the NW slope of Walvis Ridge, offshore Namibia [PDF]

, 2011
Expedition 17/1 of the German research vessel R/V MARIA S. MERIAN, carried out geophysical surveys and experiments between November and December 2010 in the area around Walvis Ridge, Southeast Atlantic Ocean.
Behrmann, Jan H., Prokoph, Andreas, Shulgin, Alexey   +2 more
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Integrated Evaluation of Contaminant Profiles, Detection Techniques, and Management Strategies for Tannery Sludge

Asia-Pacific Journal of Chemical Engineering, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This review article critically examines the environmental and health hazards of tannery sludge (TS), a complex by‐product of the leather tanning industry. TS is characterized by a diverse array of contaminants, including heavy metals like chromium, organic pollutants such as polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), volatile organic compounds ...
Yashar Aryanfar, Ali Keçebaş, Soheil Hassanzadeh, Arash Nourbakhsh Sadabad, Farhan Lafta Rashid, Shabbir Ahmad, Ahmed Hendy, Hafiz M. Irfan, Shaban Mousavi Ghasemlou, Julio Blanco Fernandez, Jorge Luis Garcia Alcaraz   +10 more
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Unraveling Multiscale Spatiotemporal Linkages of Groundwater Storage and Land Deformation in the North China Plain After the South-to-North Water Diversion Project

Remote Sensing
Leveraging multi-source remote sensing datasets and dynamic groundwater monitoring well observations, this study explores the multiscale spatiotemporal linkages of groundwater storage changes and land deformation in North China Plain (NCP) after the ...
Xincheng Wang, Beibei Chen, Ziyao Ma, Huili Gong, Rui Ma, Chaofan Zhou, Dexin Meng, Shubo Zhang, Chong Zhang, Kunchao Lei, Haigang Wang, Jincai Zhang   +11 more
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Assessment of mining activities with respect to the environmental protection [PDF]

, 2017
This paper deals with the impact of mining on the environment. Coal mining is still among the most widespread and most intense mining activity, which disturbs the landscape around us bringing regional environmental, economic and aesthetic problems ...
Dirner, Vojtech, Kučerová, Radmila, Pavelek, Zdeněk, Škuta, Radim   +3 more
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Origin, evolution and biogeographic dynamics of the European rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus) in Southwestern Europe

The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.
Abstract The Pleistocene is a key period for understanding the evolutionary history and palaeobiogeography of the European rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus). The species was first documented in southeastern Iberia at the beginning of the Middle Pleistocene and appears to have rapidly spread throughout Southwestern Europe, where it was found in numerous ...
Maxime Pelletier
wiley   +1 more source

An enhanced classification of artificial ground [PDF]

, 2010
This report describes a detailed scheme for the mapping and recording of artificial ground. It presents codes and descriptions that underpin the entries in the British Geological Survey stratigraphical ...
Cooper, A.H., Ford, J., Humpage, A.J., Kessler, H., Price, S.J.   +4 more
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Under the Shade of a Coolabah Tree: A Second Cache of Tulas From the Boulia District, Western Queensland

Archaeology in Oceania, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper reports on the excavation of a cache of stone artefacts, buried on the bank of a waterhole or ‘billabong’ in central western Queensland. This is an extremely rare find, and yet it is the second such site to be reported within less than a 10 km radius.
Yinika L. Perston, Lynley A. Wallis, Heather Burke, Lorna Bogdanek, Trevina Rogers, Justine Kemp   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Investigating overlapping deformation patterns of the Beijing Plain by independent component analysis of InSAR observations

International Journal of Applied Earth Observations and Geoinformation
Due to policies such as groundwater extraction restrictions, water diversion, and water replenishment, groundwater levels in the Beijing Plain have generally risen.
Shangjing Lai, Jinxin Lin, Jie Dong, Jianzhong Wu, Xinlei Huang, Mingsheng Liao   +5 more
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Flooding and subsidence in the Thames Gateway : impact on insurance loss potential [PDF]

, 2010
In the UK, household buildings insurance generally covers loss and damage to the insured property from a range of natural and human perils, including windstorm, flood, subsidence, theft, accidental fire and winter freeze. Consequently, insurers require
Barker, Karen, Eldridge, Jillian, Horn, Diane, Royse, Katherine   +3 more
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