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Influence of Field Trips on Adolescent Environmental Stewardship: Examining the Role of the Dominant Social Paradigm

World
Promoting environmental stewardship among youths is crucial for inspiring collaborative, multi-generational actions to tackle long-term environmental challenges. This research study explores the impact of an environmental education (EE) field trip, which
Gita Bhushal, Meghann Smith, Pankaj Lal, Neeraj Vedwan   +3 more
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Determining U.S. Citizens\u27 Attitude Toward The Environment: An Econometric Analysis Of The New Environmental Paradigm (NEP) [PDF]

, 2015
This paper develops econometric models to address two objectives: (i) examining whether or not the demographic and socio-economic profiles play any role in explaining US citizens’ attitude toward environmental/ecological state of our planet, and (ii ...
Beauvoir, Ralph L
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3D Printing of Soft Robotic Systems: Advances in Fabrication Strategies and Future Trends

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
Collectively, this review systematically examines 3D‐printed soft robotics, encompassing material selections, function integration, and manufacturing methodologies. Meanwhile, fabrication strategies are analyzed in order of increasing complexity, highlighting persistent challenges with proposed solutions.
Changjiang Liu, Bin Cui, Xumin Huang, Xiaoyu (Rayne) Zheng, T. Thang Vo‐Doan, Ruirui Qiao   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Changes in environmental worldviews among Chinese urban residents during economic growth and accelerating polluting in the 2000s

Environmental and Sustainability Indicators, 2021
During the first decade of the 2000s, China experienced tremendous growth in the economy and environmental degradation. This study examines whether there has been a subsequent increase in pro-environmental worldviews among urban Chinese people over that ...
Chenyang Xiao, Erik Kojola, Yechao Fan
doaj   +1 more source

Resilience of New Zealand indigenous forest fragments to impacts of livestock and pest mammals [PDF]

, 2011
A number of factors have combined to diminish ecosystem integrity in New Zealand indigenous lowland forest fragments surrounded by intensively grazed pasture.
Barker, Gary M., Burns, Bruce, Didham, Raphael, Dodd, Mike, Innes, John G., King, Carolyn M., Smale, Mark, Watts, Corinne   +7 more
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Degradable Magnetic Composites from Recycled NdFeB Magnets for Soft Actuation and Sensing

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
This work presents a degradable soft magnetic composite made from recycled NdFeB particles embedded in a gelatin‐based organogel. The material is processed into magnetic sensors and soft robotic components, which can later be dissolved in a green solvent to recover NdFeB magnetic particles.
Muhammad Bilal Khan, Lin Guo, Kilian Schäfer, Eduardo Sergio Oliveros‐Mata, Xiaotao Wang, Florian Hofmann, Matthias Lutzi, Mark Suppelt, Proloy Taran Das, Jan Schmidtpeter, Imants Dirba, Stephan Rinderknecht, Mario Kupnik, Denys Makarov, Oliver Gutfleisch   +14 more
wiley   +1 more source

Microbial repair and ecological justice: A new paradigm for agriculture

npj Sustainable Agriculture
In this paper, we put forward a case for repair by showing how food security, rural economic resilience, ecological restoration, and environmental justice can be achieved through a repaired agricultural microbiome.
George Cusworth, B. Brett Finlay, Nhu H. Nguyen, Jamie Lorimer   +3 more
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Defining nature. Competing perspectives: between nativism and ecological novelty

Mètode Science Studies Journal: Annual Review, 2019
In the 1980s, three sub-disciplines of ecology emerged – restoration ecology, conservation biology, and invasion biology – and all three embraced the nativism paradigm.
Mark Davis
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Leaving the mainstream behind? Uncovering subjective understandings of economics instructors' roles [PDF]

, 2017
In the wake of the economic crisis, a number of student organizations and researchers highlighted the lack of pluralism and heterodox approaches in economics curricula.
Gruszka, Katarzyna, Scharbert, Annika Regine, Soder, Michael   +2 more
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Grip and Grasp: Lizard Claw Inspired Robotic Manipulators

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
Our study identifies the most effective lizard claw shape for use as an end effector in a bioinspired robotic manipulator. By examining key geometric features and combining them into comparative indices, the Crotaphytus collaris claw is found to be the best fit.
Hyeon Lee, Kate Douglas, Asyiah Bray, Andrea Rummel, Parvez Alam   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source