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An Interdisciplinary Approach for the Assessment and Implementation of Resilient and Flexible Water Supply Infrastructure under Changing or Instable Conditions [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
In case of demographic changes or emergencies pipeline bound infrastructure like gas or water is specifically challenged. Then, the advantages of decentralized infrastructure should be considered: Minimization of asset bound funds; flexibility ...
Günthert, F.W., Walter, W.K.
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A Comprehensive Review on the Significance, Sources, and Applications of Virtual Water on Global Platform

open access: yesFood Safety and Health, EarlyView.
A conceptual framework of virtual water showing its sources, major applications, components of the virtual water footprint, and emerging future directions. The diagram emphasizes the growing role of virtual water in global sustainability and resource planning.
Priti Bhowmik   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Analysing the Drivers of Cropland Footprint in Leading Agricultural Nations: Evidence From MMQR Approach

open access: yesGeological Journal, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Climate change represents the biggest current challenge for us and for future generations. Its impact on agriculture is undeniable, considering the food security goal. Thus, the cropland footprint has been distinguished as a comprehensive index for assessing the impact of environmental changes in agricultural areas determined by the increased ...
Ibrahim Cutcu, Magdalena Radulescu
wiley   +1 more source

Brazilian Land Tenure and Conflicts: The Landless Peasants' Movement [PDF]

open access: yes
This paper analyzes conflicts and violence in Brazil involving landless peasants occupying privately-owned land, for the period 2000-2008. It is the first study to be undertaken at a national level, with a contemporary data span, using a count data model
Ari Francisco de Araujo Jr.   +2 more
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Family farming in the agricultural census of 2006: the legal mark and the options for their identification. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
(Agricultura familiar no censo agropecuário 2006: o marco legal e as opções para sua identificação). Visando delimitar a agricultura familiar no Censo Agropecuário 2006, o Ministério do Desenvolvimento Agrário (MDA) e o Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia ...
Grossi, Mauro Eduardo Del   +1 more
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Factors Affecting the Appropriate Angiography Prescription in Iranian Hospitals

open access: yesHealth Care Science, EarlyView.
Graphical Abstract Factors influencing appropriate angiography prescriptions. ABSTRACT Background Inappropriate angiography prescriptions impose substantial financial and clinical burdens on healthcare systems. This study aimed to develop a comprehensive model for appropriate angiography prescription by examining supply‐and demand‐side factors in ...
Atieh Sadat Bigdeli   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Global "No" to a Nuclear-Armed Iran [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
Presents survey findings from twenty-one countries about views on Iran's nuclear weapons program, economic sanctions, military action, and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, as well as trends in favorability ...

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Ischemic Stroke Burden in China and Other G20 Nations (1990–2021): A Comparative Analysis From the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021 and Trend Projections Through 2031

open access: yesHealth Care Science, EarlyView.
This study analyzes ischemic stroke (IS) burden in China and other G20 countries (1990–2021) using Global Burden of Disease 2021 data. China exhibited rising age‐standardized incidence rates (ASIR: +12.6%) and delayed mortality decline, contrasting with G20 reductions (ASIR: −9.3%; sustained ASMR fall).
Bin Luo   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Potential of Ca-Complexed in Amino Acid in Attenuating Salt Stress in Sour Passion Fruit Seedlings

open access: yesPlants
Salt stress results in physiological changes that inhibit plant growth and development. Ca-complex sources are used as a potential salt stress attenuator.
Antônio Gustavo de Luna Souto   +14 more
doaj   +1 more source

Social Environmental Eeterminants and Health: Rural Brazil versus Brazil Urban.

open access: yesTempus Actas de Saúde Coletiva, 2015
The rural population lives in socioeconomic inequality conditions motivated by several problems, including an insufficient sewage systems and water supply, these, sometimes, most responsibles by the appearance of waterborne diseases that contribute to the rise of child mortality and other problems.
Rackynelly Alves SARMENTO   +4 more
openaire   +1 more source

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