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On an Aggregation Theory for Indicators Expressing Behaviors of Complex Systems With an Application to Sustainability

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Certain attributes of large‐scale complex systems are often expressed through sets of indicators. For example, the sustainability of an entity, be it a nation, a city, an energy system, a corporation etc., can be effectively represented by indicators and corresponding data series.
Vassilis S. Kouikoglou, Yannis A. Phillis   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Bridging language barriers in global oncology: toward more inclusive scientific communication. [PDF]

ESMO Open
Toss A, Zattarin E, Moscetti L, Dominici M.   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Tropical Forests and Sustainability: The Role of Multilateral Financing in Latin America

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The challenge of slowing deforestation and degradation in the tropical regions of Latin America requires financing mechanisms (public and private) that can enable actions to preserve and sustainably manage forest integrity. This paper begins by examining the strategy implemented by the World Bank to protect forest cover in tropical countries ...
Ángela Andrea Caviedes Conde, Encarnación Moral Pajares, Leticia Gallego Valero   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Culturally adapted meta-debriefing: a mixed-methods study of reflective practice in Spanish-speaking simulation faculty development in Chile. [PDF]

Adv Simul (Lond)
Armijo-Rivera S, Vergara K, Vicencio-Clarke S, Foss B, Holtheuer MM.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

The Impact of Taxes and Social Spending on Inequality and Poverty in Latin America: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Peru, and Uruguay (Spanish)

, 2016
Nora Lustig
openalex   +1 more source

Was the Inca Economy Based on “Protomoney”? Or, Why Accounting Systems Should Not Be Conflated With Concepts of Exchange Value

Economic Anthropology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The khipu knotted string records in the ancient Andes were accounting systems, but they did not indicate any concepts of commensurability or exchange value. They were not incipient money; instead, monetized commerce appears to have predated the economic organization of the Inca society. The article begins by tracing the emergence of coinage in
Alf Hornborg
wiley   +1 more source

SURROGATE INVESTMENT STRATEGY: THE CASE OF SPAIN FOR LATIN AMERICA [PDF]

, 2007
Rajarshi Aroskar
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Culturally Relevant Pedagogy in Practice: A Case Study of a Teacher's Divergence From Large‐Scale Science Curriculum

Journal of Research in Science Teaching, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Culturally relevant pedagogy (CRP) is an approach to teaching that challenges the inequitable structures that create an education debt for minoritized students. Many studies of CRP in science education focus on teachers' philosophies and dispositions; fewer studies have focused on enacted teaching practice, such as the use of curricular ...
Emily Adah Miller, Emily V. Reigh, Clausell Mathis   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Traumatic injury associated with motorcycle incidents in Latin America: a systematic literature review. [PDF]

OTA Int
Monje CM, Oberlohr V, Arzuza L, MacKechnie MC, Cordero Herrera A, Molina Gándara J, Garizabalo Cantillo GJ, Tahir P, Miclau T.   +8 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Género Y Política: Análisis Del Discurso Mediático De Hispanoamérica Y España|Gender and Politics: Media Discourse Analysis of Latin America and Spain

, 2013
Laura Teruel Rodríguez
openalex   +1 more source