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Current forest use in the light of new rurality

Trees, Forests and People, 2022
Current use of forests in the Javadi Hills, Tamil Nadu, a Southern state of India, is captured from three perspectives that have a direct bearing on forest use: livelihoods, housing and energy.
Ezhilan Arivudai Nambi, Prabhakaran Tenkasi Raghu   +1 more
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Rurality or distance to care and the risk of homelessness among Afghanistan and Iraq veterans [PDF]

, 2017
INTRODUCTION: To date, no studies have examined the relationship of rurality and distance to nearest VA facility to risk of homelessness. METHODS: We examined differences in the rate of homelessness within a year of a Veteran's first encounter with
Brignone, Emily, Byrne, Thomas H., Carter, Marjorie, Fargo, Jamison, Gundlapalli, Adi, Montgomery, Ann Elizabeth, Nelson, Richard E., Pettey, Warren, Rupper, Randall   +8 more
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Multilevel modeling of county-level excessive alcohol use, rurality, and COVID-19 case fatality rates in the US.

PLoS ONE, 2021
ObjectiveReports of disparities in COVID-19 mortality rates are emerging in the public health literature as the pandemic continues to unfold. Alcohol misuse varies across the US and is related to poorer health and comorbidities that likely affect the ...
George Pro, Paul A Gilbert, Julie A Baldwin, Clare C Brown, Sean Young, Nickolas Zaller   +5 more
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COMMUNITY TELEBACHILLERATOS. THE ASSESSMENT OF YOUNG STUDENTS

Ra Ximhai, 2019
The article shows the results of an investigation that has had for general objective to analyze the assessments of the young students of the telebachilleratos community, in particular of the received formation, as well as the impacts in their ...
Marcos Jacobo Estrada-Ruiz, Fernanda Berenice Razo-Ponce   +1 more
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US trends in mask wearing during the COVID-19 pandemic depend on rurality

Rural and Remote Health, 2021
Introduction: Face masks are widely recommended as a COVID-19 prevention strategy. State mask mandates have generally reduced the spread of the disease, but decisions to wear a mask depend on many factors.
George Pro, Krista Schumacher, Randolph Hubach, Nickolas Zaller, Zachary Giano, Ricky Camplain, Carolyn Camplain, Shane Haberstroh, Julie Baldwin, Denna Wheeler   +9 more
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Narrowed Gaps and Persistent Challenges: Examining Rural-Nonrural Disparities in Postsecondary Outcomes over Time [PDF]

, 2019
Empirical studies have concluded that rural students experience lower rates of college enrollment and degree completion compared to their nonrural peers, but this literature needs to be expanded and updated for a continually changing context.
Kimball, Ezekiel, Kommers, Suzan, Manly, Catherine A., Wells, Ryan   +3 more
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Everyday mobility and infrastructure in the configuration of non peri-urban rural space

Región y Sociedad, 2018
The purpose of this article is to determine how the non peri-urban rural space in the Mexico’s central region, which is a highly urbanized context, is organized.
Eduardo Cerón Aparicio
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Local resources, foreign influences, value creation, tradition and modernity. The case of a Local Agro-food System in Jämtland, Sweden

Culture & History Digital Journal, 2016
During the 1980’s collective action was initiated with the purpose of saving the remnants of traditional livestock farming in Jämtland. This led to the articulation of a local agro-food system (LAFS) that managed to commercialize important elements of ...
Paulina Rytkönen
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Le front pionnier agro-désertique égyptien, par-delà rural et ruralité ?

EchoGéo, 2020
Since the middle of the 20th century, desert margins have become the place where the future of the Egyptian agriculture is projected, both by the state and by international institutions.
Delphine Acloque
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