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Gender and Land Degradation Neutrality (LDN): Evaluating Nigeria's Legislative Framework for Achieving Gender‐Equitable LDN Outcomes

Land Degradation &Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Legislative frameworks that support gender equality are crucial for addressing structural inequalities, protecting women's rights, and achieving gender‐equitable land degradation neutrality (LDN) outcomes. This study examines the extent to which national‐level policies and legislation governing LDN and related sectors incorporate gender ...
Cynthia Nneka Olumba, Chukwudi Charles Olumba   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Coupled Thermal Response Analysis of Green Roofs Based on the Discrete Element Method

Buildings
As an effective energy-saving measure, green roofs significantly improve the thermal environment of buildings by covering the roof with vegetation and soil.
Chang Liu, Xiaoyong Zhang, Mingjie Jiang, Shengnan Zhu, Zhuan Wang, Jianxu Long   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Recent Developments in Sustainable Composites for Printed Circuit Boards (PCBs): A Review

Macromolecular Materials and Engineering, EarlyView.
This review presents the potential of using natural plant fibers and biodegradable polymers as sustainable printed circuit boards (PCBs). This review provides future directions in innovation and sustainable PCBs development. Bio‐composites PCBs are both environmentally friendly and sustainable due to the natural fibres they contain.
Erdem Selver, Ayca Dogrul Selver, Angela Daniela La Rosa, Abu Saifullah, Zhongyi Zhang, Stephen Driver, Jack Herring, Hom Nath Dhakal   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Framework for Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment of Road Salt Used in Winter Maintenance Operations [PDF]

, 2016
It is important to assess from a holistic perspective the sustainability of road salt widely used in winter road maintenance (WRM) operations. The importance becomes increasingly apparent in light of competing priorities faced by roadway agencies, the ...
Cui, Na, Shi, Xianming, Xie, Ning
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Generalized linear mixing model accounting for endmember variability

, 2017
Endmember variability is an important factor for accurately unveiling vital information relating the pure materials and their distribution in hyperspectral images.
Bermudez, José Carlos Moreira, Borsoi, Ricardo Augusto, Imbiriba, Tales   +2 more
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Asphalted parking lots are environmental filters for multiple propagule dispersal and pollination strategies

Nordic Journal of Botany, EarlyView.
Understanding community assembly for wild species in anthropogenic settings has become increasingly important as biodiversity and ecosystem services are threatened by development pressures. Urban hardscape habitats such as parking lots are widespread, extreme, terrestrial anthropogenic environments that influence plant community assembly by way of ...
Lauren J. Frazee, Myla F. J. Aronson, Jens Kattge, Lena Struwe   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Art dwells: Heidegger’s concept of dwelling and the spatial relations between architecture and contemporary art in two artworks at Instituto Inhotim (Brazil) | A arte habita: o conceito de habitar em Heidegger e as relações espaciais entre arquitetura e arte contemporânea em dois trabalhos no Instituto Inhotim (Brasil)

Oculum Ensaios, 2019
This article explores the spatial relations between art and architecture in two art galleries of Instituto Inhotim, extending the use of Martin Heidegger’s (1889-1976) concept of “dwelling” — presented in his essays “Building Dwelling Thinking” and ...
Liz Fagundes Oliveira Valente, Luciana Bosco e Silva   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Mechanical and vegetative performance of ecological concrete with nutrient aggregates

Case Studies in Construction Materials
Enhancing its performance and maximizing the utilization of solid waste are pressing matters that require attention to guarantee the sustainable development of ecological concrete. This study focuses on the development of a nutrient-rich aggregate ecological concrete that demonstrates favorable plant growth performance through the utilization of ...
Yu Yang, Jinsheng Lei, Qianfeng Wang, Shouxiang Xu, Yuanyuan Zhou   +4 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Pinguicula brendae (Lentibulariaceae) sp. nov., a carnivorous plant from a tropical montane cloud forest in Hidalgo, Mexico

Nordic Journal of Botany, EarlyView.
A new species of Lentibulariaceae, Pinguicula brendae Rodríguez‐Ramírez, H.Shimai & A.R. Andrés‐Hernández, is described based on its unique morphological characteristics. This species is restricted to limestone rock walls in the San Bartolo Tutotepec municipality, central‐eastern Hidalgo, Mexico, where it inhabits a single locality on vertical, north ...
Ernesto C. Rodríguez‐ Ramírez, Hiro Shimai, Agustina R. Andrés‐ Hernández   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Update on Ouratea cidiana Sastre (Ochnaceae), a microendemic species from the Amazon: enlightening the identity and conservation status

Nordic Journal of Botany, EarlyView.
Ouratea cidiana (Ochnaceae) is a microendemic shrub species from the Brazilian Amazonia, occurring along the banks of the Trombetas River and restricted to the Cachoeira Porteira region, in western Pará State. Since the original collection nearly forty years ago, no additional records have been made, which is concerning given the continuous decline in ...
Clebiana de Sá Nunes, Mayara Dias Caldas, Fúvio Rubens Oliveira‐da‐ Silva, Anna Luiza Ilkiu‐ Borges, André dos Santos Bragança Gil   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source