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Frayed Rope and Resilient Threads: Fijian Healthcare and the COVID‐19 Pandemic

Asia Pacific Viewpoint, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In April 2021, Fiji faced international scrutiny due to ‘horrific’ hospital conditions, including staff and patients lacking food, non‐operational operating theatres, and critical shortages of beds, medicine, and equipment. After successfully avoiding a major outbreak in 2020, a sudden surge in COVID‐19 cases in 2021 overwhelmed the public ...
Sharon McLennan, Johanna Thomas‐Maude, Apisalome Movono, Akisi Ravono   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Understanding perceived value in tourism: Insights from destinations facing crises. [PDF]

PLoS One
Yacoub L, ElHajjar S, Zgheib Y, Al Maalouf NJ.   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Dispersal, source and glass chemistry of a third tephra unit within Iceland's Settlement Layer

Boreas, EarlyView.
Tephra layers may be studied to understand the dynamics and sequence of past explosive volcanism. In Iceland, the distinctive Settlement Layer (AD ~877) underlies almost all archaeological evidence for the Norse Settlement and is preserved in soils across Iceland and as cryptotephra overseas.
Conner A. G. Morison, GuÐrún Larsen, Anthony J. Newton, Andrew J. Dugmore   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Interplay of pilgrimage, cultural tourism, and psychological well-being: An institutional experience of running sub-center hospital in Mahakumbh 2025 Prayagraj. [PDF]

J Family Med Prim Care
Sinha S, Kumar P, Singh S, Singh A, Das RS.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Scientists’ warning on the global destruction of rock outcrop ecosystems

Conservation Biology, EarlyView.
Abstract Rock outcrops are geological formations that harbor a highly specialized biota adapted to harsh environmental conditions that differ from their surrounding landscapes. They are globally distributed, especially in old, highly weathered landscapes, and can function as habitat islands containing high levels of endemism and distinct evolutionary ...
Luiza F. A. de Paula, Lucas N. Perillo, Gianluigi Ottaviani, Flávio F. Carmo, Mandar N. Datar, Katherine C. Enebeli‐Ekwutoziam, Bruno Fogliani, Stephen D. Hopper, Aboli Kulkarni, Hans Lambers, Rafael F. Magalhães, Frederico S. Neves, Jean‐François Ponge, Stefan Porembski, Bruno H. P. Rosado, Fernando M. G. Santos, Elycée Tindano, Bram Vanschoenwinkel, Aparna Watve, Fernando A. O. Silveira   +19 more
wiley   +1 more source

The relationship between health promotion and renewable energy sources in the attitudes of Polish medical students. [PDF]

Sci Rep
Perenc L, Podgórska-Bednarz J.
europepmc   +1 more source

The obsolescence of protected area categories in a polycrisis world

Conservation Biology, EarlyView.
Abstract Current global conservation models face significant limitations in addressing the global polycrisis, and the constraints of the International Union for Conservation of Nature protected area (PA) classification system are part of the issue. The principles of the new conservation paradigm—governance, equity, and interculturality—are not viable ...
Pamela Esther Degele
wiley   +1 more source

Cosmetic Surgery in the Gulf Cooperation Council: Societal Shifts, Psychological Implications, and Policy Challenges: A Narrative Review. [PDF]

Iran J Med Sci
Patni MA, Salama RA, Vakhariya SM, Ahmad R, Akhter A, Fathima G, Falak Z, Devendra K, Fatima SN, Altinoz E, Hassan D.   +10 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Tourist satisfaction as a mediator between event quality and economic outcomes: evidence from a Silk Road heritage destination. [PDF]

Front Sports Act Living
Omonova N, Juraev A, Makhmudova N, Isokova G, Hamroyeva S, Shodieva M, Davronov IO, Kadirova S, Farmanov E.   +8 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Bovines, buffers and barriers: A social scientific perspective on rewilding in the Kavango‐Zambezi Transfrontier Conservation Area

Conservation Science and Practice, EarlyView.
Rewilding is often summarized with the three C's of Carnivores, Cores and Corridors. In this essay we propose a complementary perspective that focuses on the three B's of Bovines, Buffers and Barriers. This complementary perspective draws attention to rewilding as a social (rather than only ecological) challenge and is illustrated with insights from ...
Wisse Van Engelen, Paula Alexiou, Manuel Bollmann, Julia Brekl, Emilie Köhler, Léa Lacan, Hauke‐Peter Vehrs, Michael Bollig   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source