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The Wayqecha Amazon Cloud Curtain Ecosystem Experiment: A new experimental method to manipulate fog water inputs in terrestrial systems

Methods in Ecology and Evolution
Fog makes a significant contribution to the hydrology of a wide range of important terrestrial ecosystems. The amount and frequency of fog immersion are affected by rapid ongoing anthropogenic changes but the impacts of these changes remain relatively ...
Daniel B. Metcalfe, Darcy F. Galiano Cabrera, Luis Miguel Alvarez Mayorga, Roxana Sacatuma Cruz, Daniela Corrales Alvarez, Blanca Rosa Espinoza Otazu, Walter Huaraca Huasco, Jimmy R. Chambi, Maria E. Ezquerra, Beisit L. Puma Vilca, Mark Mulligan, Matthew A. Vadeboncoeur, Heidi Asbjornsen, Paulo R. L. Bittencourt, Aline B. Horwath, David C. Bartholomew   +15 more
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Civic engagement among adolescents: Spanish adaptation and validation of the civic engagement scale. [PDF]

Am J Community Psychol
Abstract The aim of this research was to adapt and validate the Civic Engagement Scale (CES) developed by Doolittle & Faul for the Spanish adolescent population while providing empirical support for its psychometric properties. After administering the instruments to 965 adolescents from high schools, confirmatory factor analyses were conducted to ...
Ayllón-Salas P, Arco-Tirado JL, Fernández-Martín FD.   +2 more
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Surviving in an age of transparency: Emancipatory transparency‐making in food governance in Italy

American Anthropologist, Volume 125, Issue 3, Page 546-558, September 2023., 2023
Abstract The concept of transparency is now an unescapable reference in public, professional, and private life. As transparency‐making has recently transmuted from a progressive instrument to counter corruption into a new universal ideological formation, it is time to problematize the concept of transparency and its uses.
Alexander Koensler
wiley   +1 more source

Prioritizing species conservation programs based on IUCN Green Status and estimates of cost‐sharing potential

Conservation Biology, Volume 37, Issue 3, June 2023., 2023
Abstract Over 1 million species around the world are at risk of extinction, and conservation organizations have to decide where to invest their limited resources. Cost‐effectiveness can be increased by leveraging funding opportunities and increasing collaborative partnerships to achieve shared conservation goals. We devised a structured decision‐making
Natasha A. Lloyd, Laura M. Keating, Alyssa J. Friesen, Dylan M. Cole, Jana M. McPherson, H. Resit Akçakaya, Axel Moehrenschlager   +6 more
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An evaluation of the role of US consumer's institutional trust for food eco‐label preferences

World Food Policy, Volume 9, Issue 1, Page 50-71, May 2023., 2023
Abstract Demand for sustainable food products has continued to grow in the past decade. Consumers have not only expressed more interest in environmentally friendly products, but producers have been willing to expand and market sustainable products. As a signal, eco‐labels are intended to communicate about specific environmental product properties from ...
Samantha L. Mosier
wiley   +1 more source

Foster carers' perceptions of the long‐term effectiveness of the Fostering Changes programme

Journal of Family Therapy, Volume 45, Issue 2, Page 138-153, May 2023., 2023
Abstract The present article reports foster carer perceptions of the long‐term effectiveness of a carer‐focussed training intervention – the Fostering Changes (FC) programme. Five foster carers who completed FC at a not‐for‐profit child and family agency in New Zealand were interviewed 13–15 months post‐training about their experiences and perceptions ...
Loren Whitehead, Shanee Barraclough, Michael Tarren‐Sweeney   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Integration of qualitative and quantitative methods for land‐use‐change modeling in a deforestation frontier

Conservation Biology, Volume 36, Issue 6, December 2022., 2022
Abstract Development and implementation of effective protected area management to reduce deforestation depend in part on identifying factors contributing to forest loss and areas at risk of conversion, but standard land‐use‐change modeling may not fully capture contextual factors that are not easily quantified.
Katherine Siegel, Aldo Farah Perez, Eva Kinnebrew, Megan Mills‐Novoa, José Ochoa, Elizabeth Shoffner   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Economías inflamables en tiempos de COVID‐19: La reventa de gasolina en la frontera de Venezuela–Brasil

The Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Anthropology, Volume 27, Issue 1-2, Page 37-56, June 2022., 2022
Resumen La reventa de gasolina brasilera en la frontera Venezuela–Brasil es un acontecimiento emergente que facilita el entendimiento sociopolítico nuevo de las estrategias de sobrevivencia locales más allá de la resiliencia social e informalidad en tiempos de crisis.
Morelia Morillo Ramos, Eva van Roekel
wiley   +1 more source

Los conflictos de interés en la administración patrimonial y financiera de universidades y demás instituciones de educación superior en Chile

Revista de Derecho Público, 2021
El presente trabajo aborda los conflictos de interés en las universidades privadas en Chile, en tanto instituciones sin fines de lucro y de educación superior.
María de los Ángeles Fernández Grossetête, Javiera Morales Alvarado   +1 more
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POLÍTICAS PÚBLICAS, EXPANSÃO DO ENSINO SUPERIOR PRIVADO LUCRATIVO E FINANCEIRIZAÇÃO DO CAPITAL NO BRASIL: o caso da Kroton Educacional S.A.

Cadernos de Pesquisa, 2018
Este texto tem como objetivo central expor o estudo desenvolvido sobre a Kroton Educacional S.A., de 2007 a 2012, tendo em conta a notável expansão do ensino superior no setor privado com finalidades lucrativas, nas quase duas últimas décadas, imersa num
Fábio Luciano Oliveira Costa
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