Rapidly Connecting You to the World: Improving NASAs Worldview to Enhance Discovery and Access to Near Real-Time Imagery [PDF]
The world around us is constantly in motion. Storms swirl, fires rage, volcanoes erupt and icebergs calve. NASAs fleet of Earth Observing System (EOS) satellites are there to capture this.
Baynes, Kathleen +8 more
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Anthropology Embedded in Worldview Studies: Modernity’s Failure and the Response of Christian Philosophy of Life in a Postmodern Age of Expressivism [PDF]
, 2019 This thesis examines two divergent streams of thought in Christian philosophy of life represented by the works of Francis Schaeffer and James K. A. Smith in an effort to help Christians live in a postmodern culture. Schaeffer and Smith ultimately address
Sexten, Nathan
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The “Magic” of Conflict: How Participatory Governance Can Enable Transformative Climate Adaptation
Environmental Policy and Governance, EarlyView.ABSTRACT In many cases, addressing climate risks requires transformative climate adaptation (TCA) that goes beyond small adjustments to existing systems. While scholars increasingly argue that participatory governance is key and should embrace conflict rather than push for consensus to enable TCA, this assumption remains underexplored.
Dore Engbersen +2 more
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Cross-Domain Influences on Creative Processes and Products
, 2018 According to the honing theory of creativity, the iterative process culminating in a creative work is made possible by the self-organizing nature of a conceptual network, or worldview, and its innate holistic tendency to minimize inconsistency.
Gabora, L., Scotney, V., Weissmeyer, S.
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Understanding systems thinking:an agenda for applied research in industry [PDF]
, 2012 Why systems thinking is valuable is relatively easy to explain. However, in the authors’ work as university educators, teaching a student processes of enquiry that are themselves systemic is a difficult undertaking. The capacity to view
Buckle Henning, Pamela +2 more
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Sidelining Mitigation: Climate Delay Discourses Among Municipal Legislators in Southeastern Brazil
Environmental Policy and Governance, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study investigates how municipal legislators frame climate mitigation and how these framings shift responsibility, narrow the perceived scope of municipal authority, and reduce the urgency or feasibility of local action. We analyzed 31 interviews with city councilors serving on Permanent Environmental Committees across municipalities in ...
Tainá Yumi Patriani
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Paper Friends: Honoring God in What You Read [PDF]
, 2016 Choosing literature to read and developing a relationship with it is similar to meeting people and choosing who will be our friends.
Pors, Valerie
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The EU's Strategy for Sustainability: A Landmark Turn With the European Green Deal?
European Policy Analysis, EarlyView.ABSTRACT While the European Green Deal (EGD) has been widely recognized as a milestone in the EU's sustainability strategy, scholars disagree on the nature of the policy change it represents. Critics highlight its limited social and environmental ambitions, despite its portrayal as a “man on the moon” moment.
Ekaterina Domorenok, Franco Gatti
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Logical and Theoretical Foundations of African Environmental Ethics [PDF]
, 2016 [English] The paper observed that the various ethics that constitute the system of African environmental ethics are not based on or linked to any known African ontology and formal logic.
Ibanga, Diana-Abasi
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Epilepsy in emerging adulthood: Clinical, psychosocial, and surgical challenges
Epilepsia, EarlyView.Abstract Objective Emerging adulthood (EAs; ages 19–29 years) is a unique developmental stage marked by major psychological, social, and occupational transitions. We sought to characterize the clinical, psychosocial, and surgical features of epilepsy in emerging adulthood, considering both current age and age at epilepsy onset.
Graham A. McLeod +26 more
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