Jeffrey A. Harvey, Kévin Tougeron, Rieta Gols, Robin Heinen et al.
Abstract Climate warming is considered to be among the most serious of anthropogenic stresses to the environment, because it not only has direct effects on biodiversity, but it also exacerbates the harmful effects of other human‐mediated threats. The associated consequences are potentially severe, p...
V. A. Dyck, B. Thomas
The brown planthopper Nilaparvata lugens (Stal) recently increased in abundance and caused severe yield losses in several tropical countries of Asia. It is rather widely distributed but is found mainly in South, Southeast, and East Asia. It damages the rice plant by directly feeding on it and by tra...
Kelli L. Cain, Jo Salmon, Terry L. Conway, Ester Cerin et al.
INTRODUCTION: Only international studies can provide the full variability of built environments and accurately estimate effect sizes of relations between contrasting environments and health-related outcomes. The aims of the International Physical Activity and Environment Study of Adolescents (IPEN A...
Ester Cerin, Terry L. Conway, Anthony Barnett, Melody Smith et al.
BACKGROUND: The IPEN International Physical Activity and Environment Network Adolescent project was conducted using common study protocols to document the strength, shape, and generalizability of associations of perceived neighborhood environment attributes with adolescents' physical activity and ov...
P. James B. Dyck, James W. Albers, James Wolfe, Charles F. Bolton et al.
INTRODUCTION: The aim of this study was to test the proficiency (accuracy among evaluators) of measured attributes of nerve conduction (NC). METHODS: Expert clinical neurophysiologists, without instruction or consensus development, from 4 different medical centers, independently assessed 8 attribute...
Delfien Van Dyck, Anthony Barnett, Ester Cerin, Terry L. Conway et al.
BACKGROUND: This study examined the strength, shape and direction of associations of accelerometer-assessed overall, school- and non-school-based moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) and sedentary time (ST) with BMI among adolescents across the world. Second, we examined whether these assoc...
Thomas Zambelis, George Papadakis, Panagiotis Kokotis, Vassiliki Villiotou et al.
AIM: Determination of the 25(OH) vitamin D levels in Greek-born and in Bangladeshi immigrant patients in Greece with diabetes with and without polyneuropathy. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The method for the detection and staging of polyneuropathy proposed by Dyck, 1988 was used. RESULTS: A total of 111 Ba...
Ranjit Mohan Anjana, Harish Ranjani, Ester Cerin, Muhammad Akram et al.
BACKGROUND: Understanding environmental correlates of sedentary behaviour (SB) among young people is important as such data can identify approaches to limit sedentary time. This paper estimates associations of parent-reported neighbourhood and adolescent-reported home environments with SB among adol...
Mariam Ulfah, Mufidah Murdifin, Sukamto S. Mamada, Rudi Arfiansyah et al.
A comprehensive investigation regarding insecticides' mechanism of action on agriculture- and medically-important insects is an important issue to consider. This study aimed to investigate the insecticidal activity of essential oil of Syzygium aromaticum flower (EOSF) using Drosophila melanogaster a...
Abdullah‐Al Mamun, Ryan K. Brook, Thomas Dyck
<p align="LEFT">This study presents a post-facto evaluation of the local capacity development processes used under co-management of fisheries and other resources of southern Bangladesh. It answers the question of how supportive were the capacity development tools used in implementing co-management. ...
Anna Timperio, Scott Duncan, Muhammad Akram, Javier Molina‐García et al.
BACKGROUND: Studies of correlates of active transport to and from school (ATS) focus mainly on children, have a limited conceptualisation of ATS trips, lack heterogeneity in built environments, and rarely consider effect modifiers. This study aimed to estimate associations of parent-perceived neighb...
Joseph A. Micale, Vasuki Shastry
The importance of corporate social responsibility (CSR) has grown demonstrably over the past several decades for corporations (Ferrell et al., 2016; Eccles et al., 2014), investors (Bansal et al., 2022; Kruger, 2015) and other stakeholders (SEC, 2022; Dmytriyev et al., 2021; Edmans, 2011; Russo and ...
Souleymane Hassane-Harouna, Moussa Condé, Kindy Sadio Bah, Sofie Marijke Braet et al.
BACKGROUND: Pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) diagnosis primarily relies on sputum examination, which can be challenging for patients unable to produce sputum. Minimally invasive oral sampling methods, such as tongue swabs (TS), have been proposed as alternatives. We assessed the effectiveness of TS for ...
Carmen Abate, Ernest Adeghate, Chowdhury Alfi Afroze, Md Nasir Ahmed et al.
Vitumbiko Andrew Ngwira
Corporate governance plays a crucial role in the success of non-governmental organizations (NGOs). The focus of this narrative review was to explore the challenges faced by small NGOs and examine the opportunities available to them. A literature review was conducted on the topic of corporate governa...