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The Water–Energy–Food Nexus as a Tool to Transform Rural Livelihoods and Well-Being in Southern Africa

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2019
About 60% of southern Africa’s population lives in rural areas with limited access to basic services and amenities such as clean and safe water, affordable and clean energy, and balanced and nutritious diets.
T. Mabhaudhi, L. Nhamo, S. Mpandeli, C. Nhemachena, A. Senzanje, Nafisa Sobratee, P. Chivenge, R. Slotow, D. Naidoo, S. Liphadzi, A. Modi   +10 more
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Exploring Preferences for a Digital Single‐Session Intervention for Adolescent Siblings of Youth With Cancer

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction Adolescent siblings of children with cancer are at elevated risk for psychosocial problems. Unfortunately, various barriers such as limited family time and resources, conflicting schedules, and psychosocial staffing constraints at cancer centers hinder sibling access to support.
Christina M. Amaro, Sarah Silver, Prishi Patel, Meredith K. Reffner Collins, Kimberly S. Canter, Stephanie Fooks‐Parker, Michael Amylon, Shawna V. Hudson, Jessica L. Schleider, Melissa A. Alderfer, Katie A. Devine   +10 more
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Wet season and monsoon rain events are associated with increased abundance of potentially pathogenic Vibrio spp. in a tropical estuary

The Microbe
The Vibrionaceae are found in most estuaries world-wide. Warming oceans have enabled the opportunistic pathogens, Vibrio parahaemolyticus and V. vulnificus, to occupy an increasing range of environments for longer periods of the year in temperate climate
David Simma, Anna Padovan, Mirjam Kaestli, Karen Gibb   +3 more
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Farming Approaches for Greater Biodiversity, Livelihoods, and Food Security.

Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 2017
Scientists and policy-makers globally are calling for alternative approaches to conventional intensification of agriculture that enhance ecosystem services provided by biodiversity.
L. Garibaldi, B. Gemmill-Herren, Raffaele D’Annolfo, Benjamin E. Graeub, S. Cunningham, T. Breeze   +5 more
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Faunal Responses to Habitat Disturbance: Do the Principles Explaining Responses of Ant Communities Also Apply to Terrestrial Reptiles?

Ecology and Evolution
Disturbance is fundamental to the state and dynamics of biological communities, and understanding biotic responses to disturbance is critical to effective biodiversity conservation. However, a predictive understanding of how faunal communities respond to
Angga Rachmansah, Keith Christian, Brett P. Murphy, Christine Schlesinger, Alan N. Andersen   +4 more
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Implementing Health‐Related Quality of Life Assessment in Pediatric Oncology: A Feasibility Study

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background There is growing interest in embedding health‐related quality of life (HRQoL) assessment and patient‐reported outcome measures (PROMs) within clinical cancer care. This study evaluated the feasibility, acceptability, and usability of implementing an electronic PROM (ePROM) platform to measure HRQoL in children with cancer ...
Mikaela Doig, Sophie Jessop, Jordan R. Hansford, Hien Le, Matthew O'Connor, Peter Gorayski, Andrew Cunningham, Amanda Hutchinson, Victoria Bedford, Eva Bezak, Nayana Parange, Kelly Skelton, Timothy Price, Michala Short   +13 more
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Prevalence of zinc deficiency among primary school children in a poor peri-urban informal settlement in South Africa

Health SA Gesondheid: Journal of Interdisciplinary Health Sciences, 2010
This cross-sectional study assessed the risk of zinc deficiency in randomly selected children, aged between 7 and 11 years, living in a poor, peri-urban informal settlement in South Africa.
Folake O. Samuel, Abdulkadir A. Egal, Wilna H. Oldewage-Theron, Carin E. Napier, Christine S. Venter   +4 more
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Response of reptiles to weed-control and native plant restoration in an arid, grass-invaded landscape

Global Ecology and Conservation, 2020
Introduced grasses are a major threat to dryland ecosystems world-wide because of their ability to transform plant communities and change fire regimes. These structural and functional shifts are often assumed to impact wildlife but this has rarely been ...
Christine A. Schlesinger, Mirjam Kaestli, Keith A. Christian, Shane Muldoon   +3 more
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Upacicalcet: A Novel Intravenous Calcimimetic Agent for Patients Undergoing Hemodialysis With Secondary Hyperparathyroidism

Therapeutic Apheresis and Dialysis, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Secondary hyperparathyroidism (SHPT) is a common complication in patients receiving maintenance dialysis, driven by calcium and phosphate metabolism disturbances. Calcimimetics are central to the management of SHPT by enhancing calcium‐sensing receptor sensitivity and reducing parathyroid hormone secretion.
Fumihiko Koiwa, Daisuke Honda, Seigo Akari, Tadao Akizawa   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Home-prepared soymilk: Potential to alleviate protein-energy malnutrition in low-income rural communities in South Africa?

Health SA Gesondheid: Journal of Interdisciplinary Health Sciences, 2013
Research findings reported pronounced protein and some energy shortfalls for school-aged children and female caregivers in rural communities in Qwa-Qwa, South Africa. The household gardening project was expanded to include soy cultivation.
Sara S. Duvenage, Wilna H. Oldewage-Theron, Abdulkadir A. Egal, Gabriel N. Medoua   +3 more
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