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Automating the analysis of public saliency and attitudes toward biodiversity from digital media

Conservation Biology, EarlyView.
Abstract Measuring public attitudes toward wildlife provides crucial insights into human relationships with nature and helps monitor progress toward Global Biodiversity Framework targets. Yet, conducting such assessments at a global scale presents challenges.
Noah Giebink, Amrita Gupta, Diogo Veríssimo, Charlotte H. Chang, Tony Chang, Angela Brennan, Brett G. Dickson, Alex Bowmer, Jonathan Baillie   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Self-Calibrated Non-Parametric Time Series Analysis Approach for Assessing Insect Defoliation of Broad-Leaved Deciduous Nothofagus pumilio Forests

Remote Sensing, 2019
Folivorous insects cause some of the most ecologically and economically important disturbances in forests worldwide. For this reason, several approaches have been developed to exploit the temporal richness of available satellite time series data to ...
Roberto O. Chávez, Ronald Rocco, Álvaro G. Gutiérrez, Marcelo Dörner, Sergio A. Estay   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Percepción de la calidad asistencial de los pacientes atendidos en la urgencia extrahospitalaria en la Sierra de Cádiz durante 2022. Estudio retrospectivo

Revista de Educaci�n e Investigaci�n en Emergencias
Introducción: Todas las empresas sanitarias (públicas o privadas) buscan ofrecer a sus usuarios la mayor calidad posible y a su vez estos usuarios cada vez demandan mayores estándares de calidad. Existe un creciente reconocimiento de la calidad de los servicios de salud, centrado en las personas, en la eficacia y en la seguridad. Por ello, una atención
Ma. de los Santos Oñate-Tenorio, Antonio Oñate-Tenorio   +1 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Linguistic and Cultural Immersion of American Students in Spanish Universities: Implications for Higher Education and Study Abroad Programs

International Journal of Applied Linguistics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Direct enrollment (DE) study abroad programs offer linguistic and cultural immersion by allowing students to enroll in coursework at partner universities worldwide. However, there is limited research on students’ perspectives of such programs and the necessary measures for success.
Jillian M. Pandor, Tripp Strawbridge, Javier Muñoz‐Basols   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Equitable access to cochlear implants: a perspective on social justice and international obligations

Frontiers in Public Health
Hearing loss is one of the most prevalent sensory conditions worldwide, affecting over 1.5 billion people and is one of the main causes of disability.
Pilar Suazo-Díaz, Cristian Aedo-Sanchez, Gonzalo Cuéllar-Muñoz, Gonzalo Cuéllar-Muñoz, Enzo Aguilar-Vidal   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Long‐Term Time Horizons and Support for Public Investment

Policy Studies Journal, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Generating public support for long‐term public investment may require understanding what citizens perceive as the “long term” in politics and how these perceptions shape their preferences. Across two studies, we find that UK citizens generally understand “long term” as 5–10 years.
Matthew Barnfield, Karl Pike, Philip Cowley   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Control of a DC-DC Buck Converter through Contraction Techniques

Energies, 2018
Reliable and robust control of power converters is a key issue in the performance of numerous technological devices. In this paper we show a design technique for the control of a DC-DC buck converter with a switching technique that guarantees both good ...
David Angulo-Garcia, Fabiola Angulo, Gustavo Osorio, Gerard Olivar   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Assessing the Effect of Deservingness Cues on Tolerance for Administrative Burdens

Policy Studies Journal, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Beneficiaries of public programs must overcome several administrative challenges. Given what we know about the politics of the welfare state, it seems likely that the public's willingness to support reductions in burdens may be associated with the characteristics of potential policy targets including their life circumstances and their race ...
Simon F. Haeder
wiley   +1 more source

Who Deserves Scarce Health and Education Resources? How Policy Context Shapes Target Group Deservingness

Policy Studies Journal, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The social construction of target populations (SCTP) framework emphasizes the ways in which target populations' levels of political power and deservingness shape the allocation of policy benefits, but less attention has been devoted to the conditions under which the same target population may be considered deserving in one policy context but ...
Elizabeth Bell, Monica C. Schneider, Dara Z. Strolovitch, Ari Ne'eman   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Inclusion Trade‐Off: Comparing the Design and Functionality of Collaborative Governance Forums

Policy Studies Journal, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Environmental challenges require collaboration across jurisdictions, often through forums or intermediary spaces for repeated interaction. A persistent forum design question concerns inclusion criteria, or which actors should be included.
Adam Wiechman, Elizabeth Koebele, Margaret Garcia, John M. Anderies   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source