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Regional Differences in U.S. Consumer Preferences for Native Woody Shrubs With Varying Aesthetic Characteristics

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Native plants offer a variety of aesthetic (e.g., fall colour, fruit, flowers) and functional benefits (e.g., pollinator friendly, wildlife friendly, water management). How these benefits influence consumer choice and perceived value of native versus introduced plants is not well understood.
Alicia Rihn   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Indigenous languages shaping multi-lingual interfaces [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
This paper reports on an investigation into the indigenous language usage of two bilingual/multilingual digital libraries. Results show that the indigenous language was significantly used by clients and indicate why clients chose to use the indigenous ...
Keegan, Te Taka Adrian Gregory
core   +1 more source

Genetic characterization of clinical and environmental Vibrio parahaemolyticus from the Northeast USA reveals emerging resident and non-indigenous pathogen lineages [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Gastric infections caused by the environmentally transmitted pathogen, Vibrio parahaemolyticus, have increased over the last two decades, including in many parts of the United States (US).
Cooper, Vaughn S.   +5 more
core   +2 more sources

The Power of Unity: Collective Action and Smallholder Agricultural Performance in West Africa

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We analyze the impact of collective action through farmer‐based organizations (FBOs) on smallholders' farm performance and income inequality in Ghana, Benin, The Gambia, and Mali. We find that FBO membership increases cereal yield in Ghana and The Gambia, legume yield in Mali, ruminant numbers in Benin and The Gambia, and total farm income in ...
Emmanuel Donkor   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

CAUIM: Amazonian Cassava‐Based Programmable Biocolloid

open access: yesAdvanced Intelligent Systems, EarlyView.
Bridging indigenous heritage and computation, this work introduces the usage of cauim, a traditional Amazonian cassava fermented beverage, as a programmable memristive‐like substrate and resistance switching. The material exhibits frequency‐dependent dynamics enabling reconfigurable Boolean logic operations.
Raphael Fortulan   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Correlates of physical activity among Australian Indigenous and non‐Indigenous adolescents

open access: yesAustralian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 2017
Objective: Physical inactivity is an important modifiable cause of the excess burden of disease among Indigenous Australians. We describe physical activity patterns and influencing factors, comparing Indigenous and non‐Indigenous adolescents.
Rona Macniven   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Indigenous wellbeing in Australia: evidence from HILDA [PDF]

open access: yes
This study explores the subjective wellbeing of Indigenous Australians. Abstract Report focusses on mean levels of self-reported life satisfaction, inequality in life satisfaction within the Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australian populations, and the
Christopher L. Ambrey   +2 more
core  

Contrasting effects of experimental warming in the initiation year and the flowering year on flower phenology of boreal understory species

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Botany, EarlyView.
Abstract Premise High‐latitude plants initiate flower primordia at least 1 year before flowering. While impacts of rising temperatures on phenology in the flowering year are well studied, the effects of warmer temperatures in the initiation year (IY; the year before flowering) are virtually unknown.
Christa P. H. Mulder   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

There is Nothing that Identifies me to that Place’: Indigenous Women’s Perceptions of Health Spaces and Places [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
Indigenous women are more likely to suffer from poor health than non-Indigenous women, usually with one long term condition or several chronic diseases at once.  High psychological distress, asthma, eye problems, diabetes and heart disease are ...
Fredericks, Bronwyn
core   +4 more sources

A community‐partnered process for construct & measure development: The 3Rs: Reading, Racial equity, & Relationships

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper describes a 3‐year community–partnered research initiative focused on advancing early reading, racial equity, and relationships—collectively known as the 3Rs Initiative. The project brought together researchers and community members committed to ensuring that all adults in the county embody a shared “3Rs mindset” to better support ...
Shannon B. Wanless   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

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