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Why Do the Children Flee? Public Security and Policing Practices in Central America [PDF]

, 2015
In this brief, author Mary Fran Malone discusses the security crisis in Central America and successful policing strategies for confronting this crisis.
Malone, Mary Fran T.
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Past, present and future of local crop evolution

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Promoting agrobiodiversity is a promising strategy for mitigating the negative effects of climate change on global food security. We highlight the central role evolutionary processes play in harnessing the potential of local crops by integrating genomics, archaeology, ethnobotany and traditional ecological knowledge (TEK).
Nataly Allasi Canales, Philippa Ryan, Amy Jackson, Hong Phuong Le, James Borrell, Aaron Davis, Rafal M. Gutaker   +6 more
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Ideas alternativas en docentes y estudiantes de Ciencias Físico-Naturales

Wani
El presente artículo aborda ciertas ideas alternativas de los docentes de Ciencias Físico-Naturales, así como la relación entre estas y las que poseen estudiantes. El principal objetivo fue identificar y analizar la presencia de ideas alternativas sobre
Andrea del Carmen Arteaga Juárez, Harold José García González, Jerald Brayan Meza Meza, Lener Josué Martínez Alvarado   +3 more
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Pediatric Hand Surgery Training in Nicaragua: A Sustainable Model of Surgical Education in a Resource-Poor Environment. [PDF]

, 2017
Recent reports have demonstrated that nearly two-thirds of the world's population do not have access to adequate surgical care, a burden that is borne disproportionately by residents of resource-poor countries.
James, Michelle A, Manske, Mary Claire B, Rios Roque, Jairo J, Zelaya, Gabriel Ramos   +3 more
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Human Rights Economic Dividends: Estimating the Economic Effects of Preventing Discrimination

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Economies embracing principles like nondiscrimination are presumed to reap significant rewards, while violations incur heavy costs. We call these benefits human rights economic dividends—the economic gains that arise when policymaking is guided by human rights principles.
Jose Cuesta
wiley   +1 more source

Impact evaluation of a conditional cash transfer program: the Nicaraguan Red de Protección Social [PDF]

"In 2000, the Nicaraguan government implemented a conditional cash transfer program designed to improve the nutritional, health, and educational status of poor households, and thereby to reduce short- and long-term poverty.
Flores, Rafael, Maluccio, John A.
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On an Aggregation Theory for Indicators Expressing Behaviors of Complex Systems With an Application to Sustainability

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Certain attributes of large‐scale complex systems are often expressed through sets of indicators. For example, the sustainability of an entity, be it a nation, a city, an energy system, a corporation etc., can be effectively represented by indicators and corresponding data series.
Vassilis S. Kouikoglou, Yannis A. Phillis   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Plan escolar de mitigación ante riesgos por árboles de gran tamaño

Wani
El presente artículo, de tipo informe, surge tras la realización de un diagnóstico escolar del Componente Integrador V de la carrera de Ciencias Naturales de la UNAN-Managua/CUR-Matagalpa como trabajo final de curso, para identificar vulnerabilidades en
Nayely Odily Bravo Cano, Isabel de Jesús Zelaya Palacios, José Manuel Vargas Aguilar, Moisés Antonio García Rodríguez, Rigoberto Francisco Jarquín Matamoro   +4 more
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Class action law suit filed by international workers against Wal-Mart, Dismissed [PDF]

, 2009
Workers in China, Bangladesh, Indonesia, Swaziland, and Nicaragua filed a suit against Wal-Mart for its failure to monitor factories. The court concluded that Wal-Mart had no legal duty under its ‘Standards for Suppliers’ or common law negligence ...
US District Court, Central District of California
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Education in a Changing Climate: A Systematic Review for Low and Middle‐Income Countries (LMICs)

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Climate change is a major global challenge that affects many aspects of human life and hinders progress on the United Nations (UN) Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). One area that has not received enough attention is its impact on children's education in low‐ and middle‐income countries (LMICs), which are especially vulnerable to ...
Afshan Ameer, Rami Ghannam
wiley   +1 more source