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Digitalising biodiversity: Exploring perceptions on risks and opportunities

open access: yesPLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Digitalisation is transforming biodiversity conservation, offering new opportunities for research, governance and public engagement. Herbarium digitisation, for example, enables large‐scale access to plant data, supporting conservation, restoration and sustainable use.
Björn‐Ola Linnér   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Maternal food literacy and health behaviors in relation to children’s DMFT scores: a cross-sectional study from Türkiye

open access: yesBMC Oral Health
Background Oral health in childhood is influenced by parental literacy, dietary practices, and hygiene behaviors. Maternal food literacy may play a critical role in shaping children’s oral health, yet this relationship remains underexplored in low- and ...
Yavuzalp Solak   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Expanding Possibilities for the Use of Writing Genres in Early Elementary Science: Investigating First‐Graders’ Multimodal Sequential Explanations

open access: yesScience Education, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study investigates the outcomes of the implementation of a first grade unit incorporating multiple modes of representation and genre‐based pedagogy to support writing instruction in the genre of sequential explanations. At the end of a 6‐day unit investigating the structure and functions of carnivorous plants, 47 first graders completed a
Rachel E. Wilson, Leslie U. Bradbury
wiley   +1 more source

From Theatre to Transformation: Learning, Action, and Diffusion for SDG2 in Cambodia

open access: yesSustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The arts are envisioned as able to help address the longstanding ‘implementation gap’ between research and realisation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). For SDG2 (Zero Hunger), Forum Theatre offers a participatory alternative to top‐down interventions, yet its impacts have not been evaluated using rigorous, mixed‐methods that are ...
Brian R. Cook   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Generating readable texts for readers with low basic skills [PDF]

open access: yes, 2005
Most NLG systems generate texts for readers with good reading ability, but SkillSum adapts its output for readers with poor literacy. Evaluation with lowskilled readers confirms that SkillSum's knowledge-based microplanning choices enhance readability ...
Reiter, Ehud, Williams, Sandra
core   +1 more source

Perspectives on Climate Change in Education for Sustainability: Linking Concepts and Skills for a Practical Ecological Transition

open access: yesSustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT ‘Hard’ natural sciences have extensively been used to provide evidence that climate change is happening and climate action is needed. If the contribution of our economic activities to disturbing our climate systems is now largely accepted, the way in which we design and operationalise ‘climate action’—how we transition to more sustainable ...
Sandrine Simon
wiley   +1 more source

Oral Health Literacy

open access: yesJournal of the California Dental Association, 2012
openaire   +3 more sources

Beggars as Rational Choosers

open access: yesSouthern Economic Journal, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT American municipalities increasingly regulate panhandling. That regulation is controversial. The determinants of panhandling activeness are unknown, and it is doubted whether panhandling activity responds rationally to incentives. To shed light on these issues, we collect data on hundreds of panhandlers and the passersby they solicit at ...
Peter T. Leeson   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Poverty Elimination Strategies that Work: A Human Rights Toolkit for Addressing Poverty in Your Community [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
This report highlights numerous local solutions that are currently being implemented in communities around the state and the country. This report is meant to be a resource to assist neighborhood groups, faith communities, service providers, policymakers,
Kimberly Drew, Nadeen Israel, Tim Klein
core  

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