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A social-ecological systems approach for environmental management [PDF]

Journal of Environmental Management, 2016
Urgent environmental issues are testing the limits of current management approaches and pushing demand for innovative approaches that integrate across traditional disciplinary boundaries. Practitioners, scholars, and policy-makers alike call for increased integration of natural and social sciences to develop new approaches that address the range of ...
Virapongse, Arika, Brooks, Samantha, Metcalf, Elizabeth Covelli, Zedalis, Morgan, Gosz, Jim, Kliskey, Andrew, Alessa, Lilian   +6 more
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Photo‐Degradable Polyester Networks and Multi‐Photon Printed Objects Based on Cyclic Ketene Acetals

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
The current work introduces a photoreversible polyester network derived from radical ring‐opening polymerization of cyclic ketene acetals. It combines photoreversible cross‐linking with initiator‐free multi‐photon printing. Reversible network formation, tunable mechanical properties, and selective degradation highlight its potential as a versatile ...
Till Meissner, Julian Fanelli, Vinh Xuan Truong, Rob Jones, Jens Gaitzsch, Christopher Barner‐Kowollik   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Social-ecological traps link food systems to nutritional outcomes

, 2021
Recognized as an emerging global crisis in the mid-1990s, the “nutrition transition” is marked by a shift to Western diets, dominated by highly processed, sugar-sweetened, and high caloric foods.
Jacob G Eurich (20271618), Christopher D Golden (16240925), Katherine L Seto (20256741), Neil L Andrew (20256168), Michael K Sharp (14506544), Douglas J McCauley (20271636), Jessica A Gephart (20271621)   +6 more
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Biodegradable 3D‐Printable and Coatable Antifouling Composites for Marine Applications

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Marine biofouling damages submerged surfaces and raises greenhouse gas emissions. Biodegradable antifouling biocomposites were developed by hot‐mixing beeswax, Tween 80, and calcium stearate or stearic acid. Adjusting the component ratio enables processing via hot‐pressing, 3D‐printing, or dip‐coating.
Gabriele Corigliano, Lorenzo Ravelli, Martina Nardi, Ruowen Tu, Elena Bellini, Valerio Isa, Carlo Filippeschi, Roberta Finazzi, Luca Ceseracciu, Niloofar Paknezhad, Vincenzo Scribano, Paolo Galli, Silvia Lavorano, Simone Montano, Barbara Mazzolai, Marco Contardi, Pietro Cataldi, Athanassia Athanassiou   +17 more
wiley   +1 more source

Social-ecological analysis of climate induced changes in biodiversity – outline of a research concept [PDF]

, 2011
The interactions of changes in climate and biodiversity with societal actions, structures and processes are a priority topic within the international scientific debate – and thus, a relevant subject matter for BiKF’s work.
Schramm, Engelbert, Jahn, Thomas, Hummel, Diana   +2 more
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Leaftronics: Bio‐Fractal Scaffolds From Leaf Venation for Low‐Waste Electronics

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
“Leaftronics” transforms naturally evolved leaf venation into quasi‐fractal scaffolds for sustainable electronics. Polymer‐infiltrated leaf skeletons can be used to fabricate ultra‐smooth, reflow‐ and thin‐film‐compatible decomposable substrates, while making the same lignocellulose networks conducting results in flexible transparent electrodes.
Rakesh Rajendran Nair, Hrisheekesh Thachoth Chandran, Karl Leo, Hans Kleemann   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Organic Materials of Tomorrow: Horizons of Artificial Intelligence

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
This review examines machine learning techniques accelerating the discovery of organic semiconductors by linking molecular structure to properties. Key methods include graph neural networks, generative models, and active learning. Applications to organic photovoltaics demonstrate practical impact.
Harold Mena, J. Terence Blaskovits, Kun‐Han Lin, Denis Andrienko   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Engaging with Human Identity in Social-Ecological Systems: A Dialectical Approach [PDF]

, 2017
Vexing problems of global environmental change call for better conceptual and analytical approaches for understanding human behaviors, factors influencing these behaviors, and the causal pathways through which these shape social and environmental ...
Micah Ingalls, Stedman, Richard, Richard Stedman, Ingalls, Micah   +3 more
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Understanding preferences for nature's contributions to people between and within social actors sheds insights for inclusive conservation

People and Nature
Despite calls for wider inclusion of diverse actors in conservation management, researchers tend to lump actors together into one group, potentially overlooking heterogeneity within the groups themselves—in turn, hampering inclusiveness.
Milena Gross, Tuyeni Heita Mwampamba, John Sanya, Jasmine Pearson, Jennifer Sesabo, Berta Martín‐López   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Social Ecological Systems in Flux

Annual Review of Sociology
A world in flux confronts the present generation, raising fears of systems gone awry. Whether it is the prospect of runaway climate change or the dangers of unbridled artificial intelligence, these dilemmas suggest that scientific and technological remedies have not been matched by progress in harnessing social and political capacities for collective ...
Lejano, Raul, Stokols, Daniel
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