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Risk governance in Nepal: Reflecting on experiences with Risk and Resilience Committees [PDF]

, 2008
This paper reports on fieldwork in Nepal, which produces a comparison between two communities of their perception and experience of risk. In particular, it explores contrasting ideas of risk governance based upon a community survey as well as in depth ...
Jones, Samantha
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Advancing Energy Materials by In Situ Atomic Scale Methods

Advanced Energy Materials, Volume 15, Issue 11, March 18, 2025.
Progress in in situ atomic scale methods leads to an improved understanding of new and advanced energy materials, where a local understanding of complex, inhomogeneous systems or interfaces down to the atomic scale and quantum level is required. Topics from photovoltaics, dissipation losses, phase transitions, and chemical energy conversion are ...
Christian Jooss, Michael Seibt, Martin Wenderoth, Oliver Bünermann, Ole Bunjes, Till Domröse, Christian Eckel, Francesca Falorsi, Christoph Flathmann, Monica Kolek Martinez de Azagra, Matthias Krüger, Jonas Lindner, Tobias Meyer, Claus Ropers, Ulrich Ross, Kai Rossnagel, Sreeju Sreekantan Nair Lalithambika, Simone Techert, Georg A. Traeger, Cynthia Volkert, R. Thomas Weitz, Alec M. Wodtke   +21 more
wiley   +1 more source

Operando X‐Ray Diffraction and Total Scattering Characterization of Battery Materials: Not Just a Pretty Picture

Advanced Energy Materials, EarlyView.
This review focuses on operando studies of battery materials by X‐ray diffraction (XRD) and total X‐ray scattering (TXS). This work highlights potential pitfalls and identify best‐practices for operando studies and reviews some unusual experiments to illustrate how these methods can be applied beyond the evaluation of the early‐stage cycling mechanisms
Amalie Skurtveit, Eira Tiberg North, Izar Capel Berdiell, Wouter Van Beek, David S. Wragg, Alexey Y. Koposov   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Prevalence and Risk Mapping of Intestinal Parasites in the “Hungry Valleys” Region of Slovakia

Pathogens
Helminthiases remain a significant global health concern, affecting both the Global South and increasingly the Global North. In Slovakia, intestinal parasitic infections impact marginalised populations, particularly the population of Roma inhabitants ...
Lukáš Ihnacik, Júlia Šmigová, Carmen Anthonj, Ingrid Papajová   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Beyond the Ban—Shedding Light on Smallholders' Price Vulnerability in Indonesia's Palm Oil Industry

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The Indonesian government imposed a palm oil export ban in April 2022 to address rising cooking oil prices. This study explores oil palm smallholders' vulnerability to the policy using descriptive statistics, Lasso, and post‐Lasso OLS regressions.
Charlotte‐Elena Reich, Tim Ölkers, Vanessa Bonke, Oliver Musshoff   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Stakeholder perceptions of an after-school programme at a no-fee school on the Cape Flats

South African Journal of Childhood Education
Background: Schools in impoverished communities on the Cape Flats experience challenges related to high levels of poverty, crime and gang violence that can adversely affect learners’ psycho-social and academic development.
Lakin Arendse, Eleanor Ross
doaj   +1 more source

Learner-centered social support: enhancing online distance education for underserved rural high school students in the United States [PDF]

, 2008
Over the past decade, federal programs in the United States have largely addressed the well-documented problem of differences in basic access to technology between rural schools and their suburban and urban counterparts.
de la Varre, Claire, Hannum, Wallace, Irvin, Matthew J., Keane, Julie   +3 more
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Markets Mitigate Land‐Use Competition From Energy Crops and Increase Farm Revenues

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Meeting the US Sustainable Aviation Fuel Grand Challenge target of 35 billion gal annually by 2050 will require an estimated 380 million–700 million dry tons of agricultural biomass feedstock. This study evaluates the implications of large‐scale biomass production for land use, crop production, and market outcomes under mature market ...
Daniel G. De La Torre Ugarte, Matthew H. Langholtz, Chad M. Hellwinckel   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Role of Islamic Finance in Promoting Economic Justice and Financial Inclusion among Marginalised Communities

Suhuf
The unique framework provided by Islamic banking and finance, which is based on social welfare, equity, and moral principles that forbid exploitative practices like interest (riba), makes it particularly pertinent to underprivileged groups that ...
Adamu Abubakar Muhammad, Aliyu Ibrahim, Abubakar Aliyu Yakub, Huma Khan, Namungo Hamzah   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Kenyan Farmers' Policy Priorities During Economic Crisis and Stability: Insights From a Best‐Worst Scaling Experiment

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Amid rising food and fertilizer prices, understanding farmers' policy preferences is critical for effective crisis response. We use best‐worst scaling experiment to assess Kenyan mobile‐owning crop farmers' preferences for government support under high and normal price scenarios.
Mywish K. Maredia, John Olwande, Jacob Ricker‐Gilbert, David L. Mather, Nicole M. Mason   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source