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Using camera traps to enhance community-based management of subsistence hunting in the Amazon. [PDF]

Conserv Biol
Abstract Community‐based management and monitoring of biodiversity has emerged as a cost‐effective strategy for providing credible data, informing decision‐making, and empowering local communities in resource governance and management. However, the establishment of community‐based management of subsistence hunting in the Brazilian Amazon has been ...
Sampaio R, Morato RG, Nunes AV, Chiarello AG.   +3 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Psychological empowerment for the future of work: Evidence from Portugal

Global Business and Organizational Excellence, Volume 42, Issue 5, Page 65-78, July/August 2023., 2023
Abstract In the competitive global marketplace, it is becoming important for organizations to empower employees for productivity reasons. One of the organizational empowerment models with greater support and consistency in the various studies in which it has been used is Spreitzer's Model of Psychological Empowerment in the Workplace, published in 1995.
Margarida Oliveira, José Ricardo Andrade, Vanessa Ratten, Eulália Santos   +3 more
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EVASION: Prison Escapes and the Predicament of Incarceration in Rio de Janeiro

Cultural Anthropology, Volume 38, Issue 1, Page 36-59, February 2023., 2023
ABSTRACT This article examines Brazil's project of incarceration through the figure of evasion (evasão)—the act of escaping prison custody, often temporarily. Evasion traces a path across the borders of captivity and freedom, as people routinely flee confinement, only to return of their own accord.
DAVID C. THOMPSON
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Addressing social and institutional vulnerabilities in the context of flood risk mitigation

Journal of Flood Risk Management, Volume 15, Issue 4, December 2022., 2022
Abstract There are different perspectives of what constitutes disaster risk. Among the “hazards”‐tradition research, more focus is given to modelling hazards, and less effort is made to understand the vulnerabilities. Considering vulnerabilities as the inherent characteristics of the place that create the potential to harm, this paper highlights the ...
Priscila B. R. Alves, Slobodan Djordjević, Akbar A. Javadi   +2 more
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Building Mistrust: ‘Minha Casa Minha Vida’ and its Political Effects in Rio de Janeiro

Bulletin of Latin American Research, Volume 41, Issue 5, Page 724-738, November 2022., 2022
Considering the recent decrease in Rio de Janeiro working‐class voters' support for the Partido dos Trabalhadores (PT, Workers' Party), this article investigates a largely unexplored factor behind this shift: the influence of the federal housing programme Minha Casa Minha Vida (MCMV, My House, My Life), designed by the PT.
Silvia Stefani
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Does the morphology of cutaneous melanoma help to explain the international differences in survival? Results from 1 578 482 adults diagnosed during 2000–2014 in 59 countries (CONCORD‐3)*

British Journal of Dermatology, Volume 187, Issue 3, Page 364-380, September 2022., 2022
Abstract Background CONCORD‐3 highlighted wide disparities in population‐based 5‐year net survival for cutaneous melanoma during 2000–2014. Clinical evidence suggests marked international differences in the proportion of lethal acral and nodular subtypes of cutaneous melanoma.
Veronica Di Carlo, Charles A. Stiller, Nora Eisemann, Andrea Bordoni, Melissa Matz, Maria P. Curado, Laetitia Daubisse‐Marliac, Mikhail Valkov, Jean‐Luc Bulliard, David Morrison, Chris Johnson, Fabio Girardi, Rafael Marcos‐Gragera, Mario Šekerija, Siri Larønningen, Eunice Sirri, Michel P. Coleman, Claudia Allemani, the CONCORD Working Group   +18 more
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Prevalence, awareness, treatment, and control of hypertension in Bissau, Western Africa

The Journal of Clinical Hypertension, Volume 24, Issue 3, Page 358-361, March 2022., 2022
Abstract Hypertension is the leading preventable risk factor for cardiovascular diseases. In Guinea–Bissau there are no previous population‐based hypertension surveys. Therefore, the authors aimed to estimate the prevalence, awareness, treatment, and control of high blood pressure among adults living in Bissau. A sample (n = 973) of dwellers in Bissau,
Ruben Turé, Albertino Damasceno, Mouhammed Djicó, Nuno Lunet   +3 more
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INSURGENT PLANNING IN PANDEMIC TIMES: The Case of Rio de Janeiro

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, Volume 46, Issue 1, Page 115-125, January 2022., 2022
Abstract Given the growing importance of populism in cities both empirically and in scholarly discourse, planning is increasingly grappling with this ‘unsettling era’, focusing on how to respond to these times. This opening provides an opportunity to re‐engage with the idea of insurgent planning—practices that are counter‐hegemonic, transgressive, and ...
Abigail Friendly
wiley   +1 more source

Understanding Sustainable Energy in the Context of Smart Cities: A PRISMA Review

Energies, 2022
In the context of smart cities, sustainability is an essential dimension. One of the ways to achieve sustainability and reduce the emission of greenhouse gases in smart cities is through the promotion of sustainable energy.
Tatiana Tucunduva Philippi Cortese, Jairo Filho Sousa de Almeida, Giseli Quirino Batista, José Eduardo Storopoli, Aaron Liu, Tan Yigitcanlar   +5 more
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Disintegrating labour relations and depoliticised adaptation to climate change in rural São Tomé and Príncipe

Area, Volume 53, Issue 3, Page 422-430, September 2021., 2021
That climate change is a major disruptor of rural livelihoods in the low‐ and middle‐income countries, including sub‐Saharan Africa, has been a key narrative for the continent's development for at least a decade. And while the severity of climate impacts on African development should not be underestimated, in this paper I argue that the vulnerability ...
Michael Mikulewicz
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