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Determinants of household waste disposal practices and implications for practical community interventions: lessons from Lilongwe

Environmental Research: Infrastructure and Sustainability, 2023
Open waste disposal has a negative effect on local ecology, economy, and public health. Understanding factors influencing waste disposal decisions is necessary for developing solutions to curb open waste disposal.
Patrick Ken Kalonde, Alick Chisale Austin, Treaser Mandevu, Prince Justice Banda, Andsen Banda, Michelle C Stanton, Mengshi Zhou   +6 more
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Structural Racism and Youth Development [PDF]

, 2009
Youth of color have experienced poor outcomes relative to their white counterparts historically, and these disparities persist today. Researchers have offered a number of explanations for these disparities, some of the more popular of which have focused ...
Anne Kubisch, Gretchen Susi, Karen Fulbright-Anderson, Keith Lawerence, Stacey Sutton   +4 more
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Berberine–cinnamic acid co‐crystal effect in ameliorating hyperlipidemia might be regulated through the PI3K/AKT/mTOR/SREBP‐1 signaling pathway

FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.
Berberine–cinnamic acid co‐crystal (BBR‐CA) inhibits the phosphorylation of the phosphatidylinositol 3‐kinase (PI3K)/AKT/mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) pathway, suppressing the transfer of pre‐sterol regulatory element‐binding proteins‐1 (SREBP‐1) from the endoplasmic reticulum to the nucleus. This results in a decrease in the expression level of
Wenheng Gao, Yunlong Li, Lihua Chen, Wenshuo Yang, Yong He, Ye Yang, Dengke Yin, Song Tan   +7 more
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Member record books are useful tools for evaluating 4-H club programs

California Agriculture, 2009
We used data from 4-H record books to evaluate the 4-H programs in Shasta and Trinity counties. These books are completed annually by youth participants throughout California to describe and quantify their experiences in the program and
Larry Forero, Katherine Heck, Pat Weliver, Ramona Carlos, Thi Nguyen, Audra Lane   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Worldwide Workshop on Youth Involvement as a Strategy for Social, Economic and Democratic Development [PDF]

, 2000
Summarizes January 2000 discussions on building capacity in the field of youth service. Explores connections with social capital, economic productivity, adolescent development, marginalized youth, civic engagement, and policy.
Clemente Ruiz Duran, Dina Krauskopf, Robert D. Putnam, Sheila Sisulu, Vicente Espinoza   +4 more
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Identifying the practice components of youth councils: contributions of theory [PDF]

, 2018
Social workers are involved in numerous efforts to engage youth in programs, communities, and civic life. One potential strategy has focused on engagement and empowerment of youth through the form of youth councils.
Augsberger, A., Collins, M., Gecker, W.
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Long‐Term Evaluation of Givinostat in Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, and Natural History Comparisons

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objectives This ongoing, open‐label extension study is evaluating the long‐term safety, tolerability, and efficacy of givinostat, a Class I and II histone deacetylase inhibitor, in patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD). Methods The recruited patients completed one of two prior clinical studies (one Phase 2 and one Phase 3 [EPIDYS ...
Craig M. McDonald, Michela Guglieri, Dragana Vučinić, Gyula Acsadi, John F. Brandsema, Claudio Bruno, Erika L. Finanger, Amy Harper, Mercedes Lopez Lobato, Riccardo Masson, Nuria Muelas, Francina Munell, Yoram Nevo, Yann Péréon, Han Phan, Valeria A. Sansone, Mariacristina Scoto, Tracey Willis, Richard S. Finkel, Krista Vandenborne, Sara Cazzaniga, Silvia Montrasio, Federica Alessi, Paolo Bettica, Eugenio Mercuri, for the Givinostat Study 51 Investigators, the Cooperative International Neuromuscular Research Group (CINRG) Duchenne Natural History Study (DNHS) Investigators, the ImagingDMD Investigators, Enrico Bertini, Giacomo Pietro Comi, Eugenio Maria Mercuri, Giuseppe Vita, Sonia Messina, Claudio Bruno, Riccardo Masson, Valeria Sansone, Nathalie Goemans, Liesbeth De Waele, Laurent Servais, Teresa Gidaro, Odile Boespflug‐Tanguy, Yann Péréon, Jessika Johannsen, Astrid Blaschek, Ulrike Schara‐Schmidt, Erik Niks, Imelda de Groot, Saskia Houwen‐van Opstal, Andres Nascimento, Juan Jesus Vilchez, Nuria Muelas, Francina Munell, Marcos Madruga Garrido, Mercedes Lopez Lobato, Michaela Guglieri, Tracey Willis, Stefan Spinty, Daniel Hawcutt, Mariacristina Scoto, Jean K. Mah, Laura McAdam, Kathryn Selby, Katherine Mathews, Craig McDonald, Craig Zaidman, Barry Byrne, John Brandsema, Gyula Acsadi, Chamindra Laverty, Amy Harper, Erika Finanger, Han Phan, Yoram Nevo, Vedrana Milic Rasic, Dragana Vucinic   +74 more
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Teachers’ demographics, mindfulness skills, and anxiety predict COVID-19 vaccination status

BMC Public Health
Background Given that maintaining the health of teachers and students is of the utmost importance, this study explored potential predictors of U.S. teachers’ decision to receive the COVID-19 vaccine, an evidence-based public health measure.
Summer S. Braun, Avery K. Westbrooks, Zachary T. Schornick, Matthew S. Snyder, Theodore S. Tomeny   +4 more
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Youth Development as a Product of Social Development: A Sociological Study of Youth and Development in Iran [PDF]

Journal of Social Sciences, 2009
The paper explores the roots, causes and effects of youth development. Almost half of the world's population is under the age of twenty-five, and nearly 90% of these young people live in the Third World countries. The example of Iran has been chosen to reflect a picture of Youths in a small part of the developing world.
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The Art & Science of Creating Effective Youth Programs [PDF]

, 2017
"The Art & Science of Creating Effective Youth Programs" utilizes findings from a national collective impact study conducted by Algorhythm through their Youth Development Impact Learning System (YDiLS), which surveyed 27 organizations, 80 programs and ...
Kim Sabo-Flores, Peter York
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