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Evaluating for Learning: Latin American Strategies and Experiences From the Evalparticipativa Community

New Directions for Evaluation, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article documents EvalParticipativa's 6‐year effort to democratize evaluation across Latin America through participatory approaches rooted in the region's traditions of Popular Education, Participatory Action Research, and Sistematización de Experiencias.
Pablo Rodríguez Bilella, Esteban Tapella   +1 more
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Sustainability Impacts of Bamboo Poles in Ecuador: A Social and Environmental Life Cycle Assessment

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Ecuador is considered one of the South American countries with abundant bamboo resources due to its diversity and abundance. This species, considered a non-timber resource, contributes to multiple SDGs because of its environmental potential and provision
Maria Lourdes Ordonez Olivo, Zoltán Lakner, Pablo Jacome Estrella, Pablo Roberto Izquierdo, Fabian Moreno Ortiz, Carlos Falconi Velasco   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Marine Macroalgae as a Safe Healthy Food While Meeting Food Security Challenges Arising From Climate Changes

Food Safety and Health, EarlyView.
Planned harvesting and processing of marine macroalgae could meet future global food needs and mitigate fuel‐originated carbon dioxide responsible for climate change. Microalgal foods are nutritious and safe. The utilization of macroalgae would avoid environmental problems arising from the release of overgrowing macroalgae caused by heatwaves, which ...
Upali Samarajeewa
wiley   +1 more source

Revisiting the Nexus Between Trade Liberalisation and Income Inequality: The Case of Sub‐Saharan African Countries

International Journal of Finance &Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper examines the impact of trade liberalisation on income inequality across 24 Sub‐Saharan African (SSA) countries from 2000 to 2020. Using IV‐Tobit and 2SLS models, we consistently find that greater trade openness significantly exacerbates inequality in the region. Critically, we document an inverted U‐shaped relationship between trade
Guivis Zeufack Nkemgha, Le Roi Nso Fils, Ulrich Kevin Kamwa   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The role of strong-tie social networks in mediating food security of fish resources by a traditional riverine community in the Brazilian Amazon

Ecology and Society, 2015
Social networks are a significant way through which rural communities that manage resources under common property regimes obtain food resources. Previous research on food security and social network analysis has mostly focused on egocentric network data ...
Frédéric Mertens, Myriam Fillion, Johanne Saint-Charles, Pierre Mongeau, Renata Távora, Carlos José Sousa Passos, Donna Mergler   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Exchange Rates and Sovereign Risk: A Nonlinear Approach Based on Local Gaussian Correlations

International Journal of Finance &Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We empirically assess the interlinkages between sovereign risk, measured in terms of CDS spreads, and exchange rates for a sample of emerging markets. Our period of analysis includes episodes of severe stress, such as the Global Financial Crisis, the COVID‐19 pandemic, and the Ukrainian War.
Reinhold Heinlein, Gabriella D. Legrenzi, Scott M. R. Mahadeo   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Comparing functionality, anxiety and depression during pregnancy and postpartum in women with hypertensive disorders: Findings from the WOICE assessment

International Journal of Gynecology &Obstetrics, EarlyView.
Abstract Objective To describe the use of the WOICE tool for assessing non‐severe maternal morbidities among pregnant and postpartum women with hypertensive disorders. Methods Secondary analysis of a previously published cross‐sectional study performed in Brazil, with the inclusion of women with hypertensive disorders (pre‐eclampsia, chronic ...
Stephanie Pabón Lozano, José Paulo Siqueira Guida, Charles Mpoca Charles, Helen Johana Ortiz Rojas, Carolina Gómez Muñoz, Jose Guilherme Cecatti, Maria Laura Costa   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Trends and indications for cesarean section in the ORIGINS birth cohort

International Journal of Gynecology &Obstetrics, EarlyView.
Abstract Objective Cesarean section (CS) rates have increased substantially in Australia, with particularly high use observed in private maternity care and for pre‐labor CS. The aim of the present study was to describe the CS rates and the clinical indications for pre‐labor CS in the ORIGINS birth cohort.
Kristjana Einarsdottir, Lisa Gibson, Sarah Whalan, Jacqueline Davis, Laurence Amy Payette, Ravisha Srinivasjois, Desiree T. Silva   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Science for Place-based Socioecological Management: Lessons from the Maya Forest (Chiapas and Petén)

Ecology and Society, 2006
The role humans should play in conservation is a pervasive issue of debate in environmental thinking. Two long-established poles of this debate can be identified on a preservation-sustainable use continuum. At one extreme are use bans and natural science-
David Manuel-Navarrete, Scott Slocombe, Bruce Mitchell   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Ovarian Cancer: Epidemiology, Disease Mechanisms, New Diagnosis and Treatment Strategies, and Research Directions

iNew Medicine, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Ovarian cancer (OC) continues to be the deadliest gynecological malignancy and a significant cause of cancer‐related mortality among women worldwide. Standard treatment strategies typically entail platinum‐based chemotherapy in conjunction with cytoreductive surgery.
Zunera Khalid, Weirong Fan, Farah Nazir, Yixiang Xing, Tengchuan Jin   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source