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Systemic effects of the COVID pandemic on rural black American men's interpersonal relationships: A phenomenological examination.

PLoS ONE
The COVID-19 pandemic was a socionatural disaster that unprecedentedly disrupted the daily lives of individuals, families, and communities. Prior research indicates that Black American men living in rural contexts, particularly in Southern parts of the ...
Michael G Curtis, Elizabeth Wieling, Chalandra Bryant, Rosalyn Denise Campbell, Steven M Kogan   +4 more
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The Impact of Resource Endowment and Digital Transformation on the Efficiency of Energy Transition

Energy Science &Engineering, EarlyView.
Resource endowment has a significant positive direct effect and a stronger spatial spillover effect on ETE, while digital transformation can improve local efficiency but has some negative spillover effects on neighboring regions. ABSTRACT In contemporary society, improving energy transition efficiency (ETE) has become a necessary measure to ensure the ...
Junding Yang, Yanfeng Guan, Rong Wang, Tong Zhao, Guilan Huang, Ming Ding   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Alaska Energy Statistics 1960-2011 Final Report [PDF]

, 2013
This twenty-sixth edition of the Alaska Energy Statistics reconciles energy data from public sources and makes that data more easily available to the public and stakeholders.
Fay, Ginny, Meléndez, Alejandra Villalobos, West, Corinna   +2 more
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African-American Mental Health Community: Information Needs, Barriers, and Gaps [PDF]

, 2020
This paper articulates the importance of African Americans regarding mental health: how they obtain information, lack of available resources, internal and external pressures of receiving help, and the gathering of their information from non-traditional ...
Jackson, Stephanie
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Symposium Review: Wild Animal Welfare is in Our Backyards

The Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America, EarlyView.
Bonnie Fairbanks Flint, David R. Daversa, M. Camille Hopkins, Jessica X. Wright‐Lichter   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Modeling and Experimental Study of a Dual‐Receiver Parabolic Solar Concentrator for Direct Electricity Generation and Thermal Storage for Isolated Sites

Energy Science &Engineering, EarlyView.
Approximately 64% of the population in sub‐Saharan Africa lacks access to electricity, despite the region's high solar potential, making concentrated solar power a promising solution for decentralized and sustainable energy supply. This study presents the design, construction, and testing of a parabolic solar concentrator with two focal‐point receivers
Sani Dan Nomao Harouna, Nabil Alkassoum, Noma Talibi Soumaila, Ali Aboubacar, Hamza Abarchi Halarou, Boubou Bagre, Makinta Boukar   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Rural livelihood, accumulation and class formation in post-development-induced displacements in Zimbabwe

Cogent Social Sciences
Land transactions and deals often lead to displacements and removal of people from their traditional and ancestral lands, disrupting rural livelihoods and causing significant socio-economic consequences for affected communities.
Fadzai Chipato
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Documenting Poverty, Economic Distress and Challenge in North Carolina [PDF]

, 2010
Analyzes trends in economic distress, progress, and opportunity and recommends place-based, multifaceted economic strategies with a focus on chronically poor rural counties; distressed parts of urban centers; and communities hit hard by the ...

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Cheia de axé (full of axé): Spirituality, resistance, and repair in Pernambuco's Afro‐Brazilian traditional communities

Feminist Anthropology, EarlyView.
Abstract This article explores how Afro‐Brazilian communities in Pernambuco respond to state‐led industrial development through culturally rooted practices of resistance and repair. Drawing on archival and ethnographic research in the coastal municipalities of Cabo de Santo Agostinho and Ipojuca, this study traces the effects of Brazil's large‐scale ...
Shelly Annette Biesel
wiley   +1 more source

Carbon dioxide pipelines are disproportionally located in marginalized communities in the United States

Communications Earth & Environment
Carbon capture and storage and carbon dioxide removal technologies are pivotal for net-zero climate goals, requiring extensive carbon dioxide pipeline expansion across the U.S.
Julia A. Davis, Nafiseh Salehi, Liqing Li, Majid Shafiee-Jood   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source