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Growth, Development and Sustainability [PDF]

Revista Română de Statistică, 2013
Describing the relationship of interdependence through the materials balance, will be argued how the economy is a subset of the environment and the environment the natural limit to any economic initiative, or the limits imposed by the laws of thermodynamics.
Irina-Virginia DRAGULANESCU, Natalia DRAGULANESCU   +1 more
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The Relationship Between Physical Activity and Left Ventricular Remodeling in Childhood Cancer Survivors Treated With Anthracyclines: A Cross‐Sectional Study

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction Anthracycline‐related cardiac remodeling precedes heart failure in childhood cancer survivors. The objectives of this study were to determine the relationships between patient‐specific factors, moderate‐to‐vigorous physical activity (MVPA), and cardiac remodeling.
Hari K. Narayan, Sitong Chen, F. Lennie Wong, Nathan Young, Anna Qi, Christopher Davis, Sanjeet Hegde, Nicholas Gloude, Kasey J. Leger, Kelly D. Getz, Francisco Contijoch, Kirsten Ness, Bonnie Ky, Dennis Kuo, Sheri J. Hartman, Saro H. Armenian   +15 more
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Analyzing a novel organic substrate and fertilizer formulation for sustainable crop production

Discover Agriculture
This study investigated the nutrient properties of four organic materials and a mixture of these four materials to ascertain their potential for the production of organic fertilizer and substrate. The organic materials are coconut husks (CH), corn leaves
Fatima Eshun, Samuel Joe Acquah, Shine Francis Gbedemah, Richard Amfu-Otu, Michael Tuffour, Anthony Amoah   +5 more
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Childhood Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia Survival in Western Kenya: Reduction in Early Deaths and Treatment Abandonment

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background An earlier study on children diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) at Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital (MTRH) in Kenya reported a low event‐free survival (EFS), excess treatment abandonment, and high induction mortality.
Gilbert Olbara, George Bogonko, Festus Njuguna, Sandra Langat, Martha Kipngetich, Dennis Njenga, Gertjan Johannes Kaspers, Terry Allen Vik   +7 more
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Teaching the “heads, hearts, and hands” of futures literacy in sustainability education using radical seeds of change

Ecology and Society
There is a need for sustainability education to offer students a concrete means to imagine and enact more sustainable futures. Students need to develop futures literacy that is both prefigurative, imaginative, and creative as well as critical and able to
Joost M. Vervoort, Laura M Pereira, Carien Moossdorff, Annisa Triyanti, Amy Newsom, Khaled M. A. Osman, Ádám Z. Tóth, Carole-Anne Sénit, Héla Azib, Valentina Donato, Karolien Vanstraelen, Anna A. Zatryb, Sofia Haardt, Cléo Dorel-Watson, Daria Sosnowska, Smruthi Arockiasamy, Niki S. Mirjafari, Renske G.M. Jungerling, Kanna Okamura, Lena M. Radt, Jenna L Clemens, Lourens K. Kwestro, Ella A. Kleijn, Donna V. Kooij, Lucas Rutting, Marieke Veeger, Marta Pérez de Madrid, Dhanush Dinesh, Minang Acharya, Attila Varga, Jonas Torrens, Charlotte A.C. Ballard, Margien C. Bootsma, Gemma B. O'Sullivan, Karin T. Rebel   +34 more
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ASSIST: Refinement of a Benefits Navigator Intervention Among Low‐Income Pediatric Oncology Families

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background/Objectives Children with cancer living in poverty experience worse survival and quality of life. Interventions connecting low‐income families to benefits (e.g., Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program [SNAP] improve health outcomes; yet nearly 50% of SNAP‐eligible pediatric oncology families are unenrolled.
Puja J. Umaretiya, Selena Murcia Mendez, Jennifer Kellett, Sarah Wright, Marisel Ponton, Robin T. Higashi, Rahela Aziz‐Bose, Colleen A. Kelly, Ayesha Zia, Joanne Wolfe, Sandi L. Pruitt, Kira Bona   +11 more
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Profile distribution and ecological risk assessment of organochlorine pesticides (OCPs) in environmental matrices of Uchalli and Khabeki Lakes

Scientific Reports
Organochlorine pesticides (OCPs) are very hazardous and persistent compounds, endangering human health and the environment. This study reports the data analysis on profile distribution, residual level, ecological risk assessment, and soil-air exchange of
Uswa Aamir, Faiza Sharif, Sidra Waheed, Rabia Aslam, Muhammad Shahzad, Laila Shahzad, Rizwan Rasheed, Gul Zareen Ghafoor, Muhammad Umar Hayyat, Fatima Naqvi   +9 more
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Nanomaterials and nanotechnology for the delivery of agrochemicals: strategies towards sustainable agriculture

Journal of Nanobiotechnology, 2022
Nanomaterials (NMs) have received considerable attention in the field of agrochemicals due to their special properties, such as small particle size, surface structure, solubility and chemical composition.
Changcheng An, Changjiao Sun, Ningjun Li, Bingna Huang, Jiajun Jiang, Yue Shen, Chong Wang, Xiang Zhao, Bo Cui, Chunxin Wang, Xingye Li, Shenshan Zhan, Fei Gao, Zhanghua Zeng, Haixin Cui, Yan Wang   +15 more
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Post-(sustainable) development?

International Journal of Global Environmental Issues, 2008
AbstractThe past 15 years have witnessed the rise of post‐development theory as a means of understanding the development discourse since the 1940s. Post‐development argues that intentional development (as distinct from immanent development – what people are doing anyway) is a construct of Western hegemony.
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Tracking Health Related Quality of Life From Diagnosis to Follow‐Up Among Australian Children With Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL) is one of the most treatable forms of paediatric cancer; however, there is a substantial burden of treatment‐related toxicities (TRTs). In addition, the long‐term changes in children's health‐related quality of life (HRQoL) due to toxic treatments are not well understood.
Clare Ghows, Clarissa E. Schilstra, Karen McCleary, Nancy E. Briggs, Rishi S. Kotecha, Richard De Abreu Lourenco, Shanti Ramachandran, Ruelleyn Cockcroft, Rachel Conyers, Siobhan Cross, Luciano Dalla‐Pozza, Peter Downie, Tamas Revesz, Michael Osborn, Frank Alvaro, Claire E. Wakefield, Glenn M. Marshall, Toby Trahair, Marion K. Mateos, Joanna E. Fardell   +19 more
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