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The psychological impact of the crisis: a qualitative study
2013
Alien Insect Impact on Cultural Heritage and Landscape: an Underestimated Problem
2017
The impact of alien invasive insects on cultural heritage and landscapes is very often neglected; even though, more than 50% of species that threaten cultural heritage in Europe are of exotic origin. In addition they are more aggressive. Several examples and a description, are given of the most dangerous alien insects present in heritage sites that constitute a risk for the conservation of cultural property: museum collections, libraries, archives and historic buildings. Globalisation has increased this phenomenon but traces of the accidental introduction of insect pests have occurred since Roman times. The paper discusses the need to implement an estimation of the costs that arise from the…
Entrepreneurship – Some General Knowledge
2013
The aim of this article is to provide some general information about entrepreneurship and some insights on the early theories about it. A brief overview of the main entrepreneurship measurement programme will provide some facts about the evolution of the entrepreneurial activity in Romania in the last few years.
Measuring the Economic, Environmental, and Social Sustainability of Short Food Supply Chains
2019
The production and distribution of food are among the hot topics debated in the context of sustainable development. Short food supply chains (SFSCs) are now widely believed to be more sustainable in comparison to mass food delivery systems. To date, very little quantitative evidence exists on the impacts of various types of food supply chains. Using a cross-sectional quantitative approach, this study assesses the sustainability of distribution channels in short and long food supply chains based on 208 food producers across seven countries: France, Hungary, Italy, Norway, Poland, the United Kingdom, and Vietnam. Ten distribution channel types are used in this study. To provide a comprehensiv…
Kā jaunās tehnoloģijas ietekmē ekonomikas izaugsmi?
2021
Tēma Kā jaunās tehnoloģijas ietekmē ekonomikas attīstību? novērtē jauno tehnoloģiju ietekmi uz šo jauno revolūciju, ar kuru mēs saskaramies jau dažus gadus. Bakalaura darba mērķis ir izpētīt un analizēt faktorus, kas ietekmē ekonomisko attīstību. Darbā iekļautie statistikas dati ir analizēti, izmantojot dažādas metodes. Pēdējā gadsimta ceturkšņa ekonomisko izaugsmi noteikti ir pavadījušas vēl nebijušas ekonomiskās pārmaiņas. Dramatiskā pasaules ekonomikas atvēršanās apvienojumā ar straujo tehnoloģiju attīstību ir uzlabojusi miljardiem cilvēku labklājību un dzīves līmeni visā pasaulē, īpaši starp nabadzīgākajiem cilvēkiem, bet šo procesu noteikti ir papildinājušas ekonomikas un darba tirgus …
Dynamic Sustainability Assessment Tool: Case Study of Green Biorefineries in Danish Agriculture
2020
In this work, a novel, dynamic sustainability assessment tool is presented and validated in a case study. This tool combines two methods&mdash
Las interacciones CTSA como oportunidad para la implementación de una propuesta de Aprendizaje-Servicio sobre consumo responsable en Educación Secund…
2022
Desde hace décadas, son numerosas las investigaciones, por parte de especialistas y organismos internacionales, que señalan la necesidad de proporcionar al alumnado una visión global de la actual situación de emergencia planetaria con la finalidad de implicar a las nuevas generaciones en la construcción de sociedades más justas y sostenibles. Este Trabajo de Fin de Máster pretende dar respuesta a estos llamamientos abordando, en particular, las posibilidades que ofrece el currículo de las asignaturas del ámbito científico-tecnológico de Educación Secundaria Obligatoria y Bachillerato para trabajar el impacto socioambiental asociado a la tecnología a partir de las interacciones CTSA, así com…
Ranking of small scale proposals for water system repair using the Rapid Impact Assessment Matrix (RIAM)
2014
Abstract Environmental impacts of small scale projects are often assessed poorly, or not assessed at all. This paper examines the usability of the Rapid Impact Assessment Matrix (RIAM) as a tool to prioritize project proposals for small scale water restoration projects in relation to proposals' potential to improve the environment. The RIAM scoring system was used to assess and rank the proposals based on their environmental impacts, the costs of the projects to repair the harmful impacts, and the size of human population living around the sites. A four-member assessment group (The expert panel) gave the RIAM-scores to the proposals. The assumed impacts of the studied projects at the Easter…
Coauthorship networks and institutional collaboration patterns in reproductive biology.
2007
Objective Reproductive biology is a highly productive area. By analyzing papers published in the major journals in the period 2003–2005, the collaborative patterns were characterized. Design Original research papers published in 2004 in the journals included in the first quartile of the category "Reproductive Biology" of the Journal Citation Reports (2005) were selected. A bibliometric analysis was carried out with the information obtained, thus building up the networks of coauthorship and institutional collaboration. Result(s) A total of 4,702 papers were analyzed, 96.75% signed in collaboration by two or more authors, the authors per paper index being 5.24; 73.73% of the papers were colla…
Ecological study of the wood mouse helminth community in a burned Mediterranean ecosystem in regeneration five years after a wildfire
2007
AbstractParasites are used as biological tags in environmental impact studies. However, terrestrial systems in general and small mammals in particular are rarely considered in these ecological studies. Based on the effects of a wildfire which occurred in the Spanish Serra Calderona Natural Park — a typical Mediterranean ecosystem — the regeneration process of the wood mouse population and its helminth community is analysed. A total of 217 individuals of Apodemus sylvaticus were studied in a five year period, from the second to the fifth post-fire year: 152 mice originating from the burned area and 65 from the control — non-burned — area. The helminth community for both burned and non-burned…