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Sustainable Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Projects are typically viewed as mechanisms for delivering products and services; however, this study examines projects from the distinct perspective of grand challenges (GCs). The selected case is the Ravi Riverfront Urban Development Project in Lahore, Pakistan—a grand challenge project (GCP).
Rehab Iftikhar, Syed Nayyer Abbas Kazmi
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Tracking Post‐Consumer Packaging Plastics With Global Positioning Systems: Pilot Study in Malaysia
Sustainable Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Landfilling and the mismanagement of packaging plastic waste pose significant challenges in developing countries, especially in Southeast Asia. There is an empirical gap in plastic waste management data, which is largely handled by informal players despite established municipal solid waste collection systems.
Shafeeq Ahmed Syed Ali +4 more
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The Sustainability of Robusta Coffee Under Global Change—A Review
Sustainable Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This contribution reviews the scientific evidence concerning climate resiliency claims as well as sustainability issues for robusta coffee (Coffea canephora), focusing on: climate change analyses, climate parameters, soil water, and farming inputs, especially irrigation and synthetic fertilizer use.
Aaron P. Davis +2 more
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工程科学与技术, 2019 River and lake shorelines and inland river bottomland are not only the important transition zone between terrestrial and aquatic systems in nature, but also the key area to maintain the ecological health of river and lake systems, as well as the ...
Guangming TAN, Shiming YAO, Ligang LI
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Sustainable Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT There have been emerging media reports on the impact of cyanide and mercury use in artisanal and small‐scale gold mining (ASGM) operations on community health, especially among pregnant and non‐pregnant women, ASGM miners, and children in rural Africa.
Francis Arthur‐Holmes +2 more
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Collateralization of the Body in the Central Sahara: On Forms and Effects
Economic Anthropology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This article tracks a transporter along the route linking Tripoli to the Saharan town of Ghadames in post‐2011 Libya, asking what secures an obligation when the institutions that normally underwrite it (offices, courts, recognized names) have receded. I distinguish the debt, the sum owed, from the security pledged to answer for it: what may be
Moad Musbahi
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Smart Molecules, EarlyView.Photoactivated iridium(III) complexes trigger mitochondrial DNA leakage and Ca²⁺ efflux, simultaneously driving pyroptosis and necroptosis to synergistically enhance immunogenic cell death. This multi‐network cascade promotes dendritic cell maturation and CD8⁺ T cell activation, achieving potent photoimmunotherapy of renal cell carcinoma.
Xin Qin +16 more
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工程科学与技术, 2017 :Naturally,different bank slope and bank soil compositions can have a combined effect on bank stability and failure.A series of experiments were carried out in a bend flume to study the influence of different bank conditions on bank stability and the ...
HU Chengwei +3 more
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Southern Economic Journal, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Heirs' property, land passed down informally without a clear title, poses significant economic challenges due to the tragedy of the anti‐commons. This study examines the impact of the Uniform Partition of Heirs' Property Act (UPHPA) on land use patterns in U.S. counties with high concentrations of heirs' property.
Peter Calcagno +2 more
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