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Childhood obesity in the rural world [PDF]

open access: yesRural and Remote Health, 2012
The problem of childhood obesity is relatively recent. However, it is not highly prevalent in all areas of the world, and may appear to be limited to the context of developed countries. A focus on the opposite problem, undernutrition, shows this to be prevalent in developing countries.
S, Wiwanitkit, V, Wiwanitkit
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The Ruralization of the World [PDF]

open access: yesPublic Culture, 2013
We live, we are told, in a world that is urbanizing and that is urbanizing at a rapid pace. But the diagnosis of urbalization has lost all meaning. To fully make sense of current sociospatial transformations, we need to also analyze them from the perspective of that which is supposedly acted upon or being transformed.
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Multitasking in the rural world: technological change and sustainability [PDF]

open access: yesInternational Journal of Agricultural Resources, Governance and Ecology, 2009
Charged by history and struggling for a spatial identity, the rural world may use specific sets of values to apply tacit knowledge and cope with an industrial model in transition. This paper prompts the opportunities for rurality in the metamorphosis of modernity challenges. Addressing issues like diversification, local competition or networking, rural
Noronha, Teresa de, Nijkamp, Peter
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Présence/absence du monde rural dans la presse libérale et républicaine andalouse (1880-1892)

open access: yesCahiers de Civilisation Espagnole Contemporaine, 2015
From Jacques Maurice’s stated observation concerning the rural world ignorance by the andalousian press at the time of the Bourbon’s restoration, we shall examine two daily newspaper’s content, discourses and ability of political intervention (1880-1892).
Danièle Bussy Genevois 
doaj   +1 more source

La otra cara de la primera industrialización vasca: el caso del Alto Nervión (1860-1897)

open access: yesSancho el Sabio, 2018
La primera industrialización de la Ría de Bilbao constituyó un proceso transformador de gran envergadura que afectó, de una manera u otra, a los territorios más próximos, como la provincia de Álava.
Aketza Merino Zulueta
doaj   +1 more source

Root cause of groundwater colouration in coastal districts of Bangladesh: findings from a preliminary study

open access: yesEnvironmental Pollutants & Bioavailability, 2021
The study characterises the straw-colour in groundwater of coastal areas of Bangladesh. The study design was exploratory to have a better understanding of straw colouration.
Ahammadul Kabir   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Impact of Hurricane Strikes on Short-Term Local Economic Activity: Evidence from Nightlight Images in the Dominican Republic

open access: yesInternational Journal of Disaster Risk Science, 2019
The Dominican Republic is highly exposed to adverse natural events that put the country at risk of losing hard-won economic, social, and environmental gains due to the impacts of disasters.
Oscar A. Ishizawa   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Increasing the availability of health workers in rural sub-Saharan Africa: a scoping review of rural pipeline programmes

open access: yesHuman Resources for Health, 2023
Introduction Rural pipeline approach has recently gain prominent recognition in improving the availability of health workers in hard-to-reach areas such as rural and poor regions.
Delphin Kolié   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Molecular Bases of Heat Stress Responses in Vegetable Crops With Focusing on Heat Shock Factors and Heat Shock Proteins

open access: yesFrontiers in Plant Science, 2022
The effects of the climate change including an increase in the average global temperatures, and abnormal weather events such as frequent and severe heatwaves are emerging as a worldwide ecological concern due to their impacts on plant vegetation and crop
Yeeun Kang   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Farmland accumulation and rural household income: evidence from the Red River Delta region of Vietnam

open access: yesAgricultural Economics (AGRICECON), 2023
We identify the factors affecting the participation in land accumulation of rural households by using a multinomial logit model and assess the income effects of participation in land accumulation by using the propensity score matching (PSM) method.
Thi Long Vy Le   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

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