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Rapid Reconnaissance: Seeking Immediate Results

New Directions for Evaluation, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article aims to reorient evaluators to a methodology that has perhaps been overlooked in recent years but whose methods are likely to be used, at least in part. Rapid reconnaissance emerged in sociological and rural research in the 1960s as a fast data‐gathering and process evaluation tool that relies on multidisciplinary teams and ...
Sarah Murray, Lyn Alderman
wiley   +1 more source

Classification of mountain-based rail transit stations and analysis of passenger flow influencing mechanisms. [PDF]

PLoS One
Zou Q, Xia Y, Ran X, Guo X, Feng J.
europepmc   +1 more source

‘Bikes are Such a Nuisance’ - Visually Impaired People Negotiating Public Space in Groningen [PDF]

, 2009
Elzinga, Maaike, van Hoven, Bettina
core   +1 more source

Exploratory Simulations on the Effectiveness of Sand Protection Strategies Against Firebrand Accumulation in Wildfires

Fire and Materials, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Firebrands are the leading cause of infrastructure damage during wildfires. However, dedicated protections specifically designed to mitigate firebrand accumulation, remain limited. In contrast, infrastructure protection strategies against sand accumulation have been developed, implemented and studied in detail. Because both sand and firebrands
Simona Dossi, Wojciech Węgrzyński, Guillermo Rein   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Beyond Sound Sleep: The Wake-up Call on Benzodiazepine Overdose. [PDF]

Indian J Crit Care Med
D'Silva CS, Krishna B.
europepmc   +1 more source

Sound Art Geographies: Listening at the Limits of Audibility

Geography Compass
ABSTRACTThis paper explores the generative yet underexamined relation between human geography and sound art. Sound art has long been concerned with issues of spatiality, place and environment and yet interest in sound art from human geographers has been somewhat sparse, particularly when compared to the wealth of literature on visual art in the ...
openaire   +1 more source

Protecting threatened species and music traditions

Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, EarlyView.
Musical instruments are indispensable to music traditions worldwide and often made from natural materials derived from species that are increasingly endangered. International trade threatens the survival of some of these species, as addressed by their inclusion in the UN Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora ...
Silke Lichtenberg, Udo Nehren, Dieter Anhuf, Iris Brémaud, Tiago de Oliveira Pinto, Viviane S Fonseca‐Kruel, Volker Haag, Elisabeth Huber‐Sannwald, Stefan Jänicke, Gerald Koch, Jakob Kusnick, Haroldo C Lima, Eduardo Luiz Longui, Daniel Piotto, Juan Antonio Reyes‐Agüero, Patrícia Rosa   +15 more
wiley   +1 more source

A dataset on bathymetry and hydrology of an emerging periglacial lagoon in Svalbard, Arctic. [PDF]

Data Brief
Šiaulys A, Šaškov A, Kilmonaitė G, Lukashanets D, Politi T, Samuilovienė A, Zaiko A, Olenin S.   +7 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Reimagining higher education: The impact of learner outcome metrics in Ireland and beyond

Future in Educational Research, EarlyView.
Abstract A college is an institution that exists to provide instruction. Subtly but profoundly, we are shifting to a new paradigm: a college is an institution that exists to produce learning (Barr & Tagg, 1995, p. 13). This paper traces the evolution of learner outcomes, from their progeny as a diagnostic tool in accurately measuring learning gains and
Gerry Dunne
wiley   +1 more source

Research on coupling risk assessment method of industrialized urban area based on information diffusion and extension grey clustering model. [PDF]

PLoS One
Lv C, Wang X, Xue S, Wang S.
europepmc   +1 more source