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Repurposing learning objects: a sustainable alternative? [PDF]

Research in Learning Technology, 2005
Recent experience shows that reusable learning objects, like the computer assisted learning programmes of the early 1990s, have so far failed to achieve expected levels of integration into educational practice. This is despite technical interoperability,
Cathy Gunn, Sheila Woodgate, Winnie O'Grady   +2 more
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Alternative pathways to sustainable seafood [PDF]

Conservation Letters, 2020
Seafood certifications are a prominent tool being used to encourage sustainability in marine fisheries worldwide. However, questions about their efficacy remain the subject of ongoing debate.
Joshua S. Stoll, Megan Bailey, Malin Jonell   +2 more
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Quantitative analysis of pharmaceutical products by spectrophotometry in the infrared region: a practical review

Drug Analytical Research, 2023
Quality control in the chemical-pharmaceutical industry to identify and quantify the active ingredient has fundamental importance to guarantee the quality of the final product.
Ana Kogawa, Hérida Regina Nunes Salgado
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Alternating quarantine for sustainable epidemic mitigation [PDF]

Nature Communications, 2021
AbstractAbsent pharmaceutical interventions, social distancing, lock-downs and mobility restrictions remain our prime response in the face of epidemic outbreaks. To ease their potentially devastating socioeconomic consequences, we propose here an alternating quarantine strategy: at every instance, half of the population remains under lockdown while the
Meidan, Dror, Schulmann, Nava, Cohen, Reuven, Haber, Simcha, Yaniv, Eyal, Sarid, Ronit, Barzel, Baruch   +6 more
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A New and Ecological Method to Quantify Vancomycin in Pharmaceutical Product by Infrared Spectrometry

Acta Chimica Slovenica, 2021
Vancomycin, an antimicrobial, does not present quantitative method by infrared spectrometry in the literature for the evaluation of a pharmaceutical product.
Patrícia Aleixa do Nascimento, Ana Carolina Kogawa, Hérida Regina Nunes Salgado   +2 more
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Impact of Climate Change on the Primary Agricultural Sector of Greece: Adaptation Policies and Measures

Earth, 2023
The wide acceptance that Climate Change (CC) is a reality, often taking extreme forms, has led to the development of strategies to mitigate climate change and the need to adapt to the new climate conditions.
Christos D. Tsadilas
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Integrating Mobile Thermal Energy Storage (M-TES) in the City of Surrey’s District Energy Network: A Techno-Economic Analysis

Applied Sciences, 2021
The City of Surrey in British Columbia, Canada has recently launched a district energy network (DEN) to supply residential and commercial buildings in the Surrey Centre area with hot water for space and domestic hot water heating.
Maha Shehadeh, Emily Kwok, Jason Owen, Majid Bahrami   +3 more
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IS SMALL-SCALE MINING A SUSTAINABLE LIVELIHOOD ALTERNATIVE ? [PDF]

Natural Resources and Sustainable Development, 2022
Mining poses myriad environmental and social problems although economically it has some advantages. However, despite the ill effects of mining to human beings, mining is still popular among the poor and so with the rich.
Novlloyd E. Celeste
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Alternatives for Sustained Disaster Risk Reduction [PDF]

Human Geography, 2010
The daily media is filled with images of catastrophic events which seem increasingly frequent and violent. In parallel there are a large range of scientific studies, debates in the policy arena, and a growing number of international institutions focused on disaster reduction.
Gaillard, Jean-Christophe, Ben, Wisner, Djillali, Benouar, Terry, Cannon, Creton, Laurence, Dekens, Julie, Maureen, Fordham, Gilbert, Claude, Kenneth, Hewitt, Ilan, Kelman, Allan, Lavell, Morin, Julie, Abdoulaye, N'Diaye, Phil, O'Keefe, Anthony, Oliver-Smith, Cecile, Quesada, Revet, Sandrine, Karen, Sudmeier-Rieux, Pauline, Texier, Vallette, Cloé   +19 more
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Sustainability appraisal: Jack of all trades, master of none? [PDF]

, 2009
Sustainable development is a commonly quoted goal for decision making and supports a large number of other discourses. Sustainability appraisal has a stated goal of supporting decision making for sustainable development.
Alan J. Bond, Angus Morrison-Saunders, Ayre G., Bartlett R. V., Bekker M. P M, Bell S., Benson D., Bond A. J., Buckingham S., Cabeza Gutés M., Cherp A., Clark J., Clarke A. H., Dalal-Clayton B., Donnelly A., Donnelly A., Foxon T. J., Galobardes B., Gasparatos A., George C., Grey W., Hajer M. A., Jacob M., Kuhn T., Lawrence D. P., Leknes E., Luke T. W., Martin E. J., Mebratu D., Morrison-Saunders A., Morrison-Saunders A., Nykvist B., O'Riordan T., Owens S., Oxley T., Pope J., Pope J., Raina R. S., Ramos T. B., Redclift M. R., Russel D., Sankey H., Sheate W., Steinemann A., Svarstad H., Theobald W. F., Thérivel R., Thérivel R., Williams C. C., Wood C.   +49 more
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