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Mixed‐methods systematic review exploring the associations underpinning active outdoor play with connection to nature and environmental stewardship

open access: yesPeople and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Active outdoor play has been positioned in the literature as an opportunity to address concerns over climate (in)action and the rising trend of disconnection from the outdoors and nature. The objective of this systematic review was to examine associations between active outdoor play and people's connection to nature and/or environmental ...
Louise de Lannoy   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

SCOTTISH MEDICAL ETHNOGRAPHY: COLONIAL TRAVEL, STADIAL THEORY AND THE NATURAL HISTORY OF RACE, c.1770–1805

open access: yesModern Intellectual History, 2019
This paper will present a comparative analysis of the ethnographic writings of three colonial travellers trained in medicine at the University of Edinburgh: William Anderson (1750–78), Archibald Menzies (1754–1842) and Robert Brown (1773–1858).
Bruce Buchan
semanticscholar   +1 more source

How digitisation of herbaria reveals the botanical legacy of the First World War

open access: yesPLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Digitisation of herbarium collections is bringing greater understanding to bear on the complexity of narratives relating to the First World War and its aftermath – scientific and societal. Plant collecting during the First World War was more widespread than previously understood, contributed to the psychological well‐being of those involved and ...
Christopher Kreuzer, James A. Wearn
wiley   +1 more source

Fontes para uma história do Hospital de Manguinhos [PDF]

open access: yesHistória, Ciências, Saúde: Manguinhos, 2019
Resumo O estudo apresenta fontes para uma história do Hospital de Manguinhos, atual Instituto Nacional de Infectologia, reunidas, em sua maior parte no Departamento de Arquivo e Documentação da Casa de Oswaldo Cruz, mas também no acervo constituído na ...
Maria Regina Cotrim Guimarães
doaj   +1 more source

Tabloid brand medicine chests: selling health and hygiene for the British tropical colonies [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
During the late Victorian and early Edwardian period a surge of commodities went on display and were advertised throughout the empire. One such commodity was the Burroughs Wellcome & Co. (BWC) Tabloid brand medicine chest.
Johnson, R.
core   +2 more sources

Connecting tradition and technology: The digitization of the ethnobotanical collection at the Rio de Janeiro Botanical Garden

open access: yesPLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
The digitization of RBetno (JBRJ) represents a step forward for biodiversity conservation in Brazil. Aligned with the Kunming‐Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (Target 2, 2020–2030), this project documents the use of plants, including traditional knowledge and vernacular names, with a focus on the Atlantic Forest and Amazon.
Viviane S. Fonseca‐Kruel   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Are Expedition Medical Kits Too Dangerous to Carry? [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Travel Medicine, 2012
If you were to accompany a month‐long expedition into a remote area as a trip physician, you would want to have with you an assortment of medications that would be useful in case of illness or trauma among the expedition members. 1 Your position as a licensed physician would justify the use of prescription medications.
David R, Shlim, Carolyn S, Langer
openaire   +2 more sources

Digitisation of herbarium specimens to the benefit of research: An African perspective focusing on South Africa and Western Indian Ocean Island states

open access: yesPLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Botanical exploration, discovery and conservation rely heavily on access to herbarium collections. Recently, digital access to label information, including georeferenced locality data, and images of herbarium specimens available online have greatly increased usage of herbarium specimen data.
Ronell R. Klopper   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Biographical Sketch of Spencer Fullerton Baird [PDF]

open access: yes, 1996
Spencer Fullerton Baird was born in Reading, Pennsylvania, February 3, 1823. In 1834 he was sent to a Quaker boarding-school kept by Dr. McGraw, at Port Deposit, Maryland, and the year following to the Reading Grammar School. In 1836 he entered Dickinson
Goode, George Brown
core  

The globalization of leptospirosis: worldwide incidence trends.

open access: yesInternational Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2008
OBJECTIVES Leptospirosis continues to be a significant zoonosis of the developing world. Globalization, in the context of international travel, particularly for recreational activities and military expeditions, has led to increased exposure of ...
G. Pappas   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

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