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Gaming and simulation to mitigate land use conflict between herders and foresters in northern Thailand highlands [PDF]
, 2010 In the remote highland forest-farmland ecosystem of Doi Tiew, a Hmong village in Tha Wang Pha District of Nan province, Northern Thailand a land use conflict is taking place between the local herders and two government agencies (Nanthaburi National Park ...
Dumrongrojwatthana, Pongchai +3 more
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An inference approach for assessing place-based vulnerability to heat mortality
Humanities & Social Sciences CommunicationsA global increase in the frequency, severity, and scale of extreme heat raises concerns about human vulnerability to climate change and associated mortality.
Junkang Xu +3 more
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Ecological Processes, 2016 Introduction This paper focused on the process of urbanization in Lahore and its correlation with the loss of urban vegetation and perceived environmental impacts based on local population’s perception through administration of a questionnaire survey ...
Safdar Ali Shirazi, Jamil H. Kazmi
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Investigating the relationship between stakeholder opinion about wildfire management and landscape context using GIS [PDF]
, 2006 Colorado residents living in the wildland urban interface (WUI) were asked about their perception of wildfire risk and their willingness-to-pay (WTP) for three fire management procedures: fuel reduction by thinning, fire suppression and prescribed fires.
Kaval, Pamela +2 more
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First Foods Most: After 18-Hour Fast, People Drawn to Starches First and Vegetables Last [PDF]
Archives of Internal Medicine, 2012 Background: Short-term food deprivation of 18-24 hours is fairly common. It can be medically imposed before blood draws or surgery, or it can be self-imposed in the case of serious dieting, religious fasts, and chaotic work schedules. While assumed that fasting biases brain reward systems towards high-calorie foods, animal studies have only examined ...
Brian, Wansink +2 more
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VertigO, 2006 The Aïr mountain range is nested inside the Saharan part of Niger. It is populated with approximately 80000 inhabitants depending mostly on local vegetation resources. We aimed to study the relationships between the recent changes in human activities and
Fabien Anthelme +3 more
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An Innovative Model of a Home-Like Environment for People in Vegetative and Minimally Conscious States [PDF]
The Neurohospitalist, 2015 Background and Purpose: Many forms of assisted living have been proposed for people who have a loss of autonomy in activities of daily living. Despite the increasing prevalence of vegetative and minimally conscious states, no dedicated residential accommodation has been implemented for patients with chronic disorders of consciousness (DOCs).
ZYLBERMAN R +4 more
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Land, 2015 Increasing temperatures and wildfire incidence and decreasing precipitation and river runoff in southern Africa are predicted to have a variety of impacts on the ecology, structure, and function of semi-arid savannas, which provide innumerable livelihood
Narcisa G. Pricope +4 more
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The link between perceived and actual wildfire danger: An economic and spatial analysis study in Colorado (USA) [PDF]
, 2007 Over the last 20 years, costs for wildfire initial attack in the U.S. have increased significantly. The increased cost relates to wildfire suppression practices as well as the growing number of wildland urban interface (WUI) homes.
Kaval, Pamela
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Ancient Amazonian populations left lasting impacts on forest structure [PDF]
, 2017 Amazonia contains a vast expanse of contiguous tropical forest and is influential in global carbon and hydrological cycles. Whether ancient Amazonia was highly disturbed or modestly impacted, and how ancient disturbances have shaped current forest ...
Braswell, Bobby H. +8 more
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