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| Neudoerffer, R. Cynthia; University of Guelph; rneudoer@uoguelph.ca; Waltner-Toews, David; University of Guelph; dwaltner@uoguelph.ca; Kay, James J.; Deceased 05/30/ 2004. Faculty of Environmental Studies, University of Waterloo;; Joshi, D. D.; NZFHRC;; Tamang, Mukta S.; SAGUN;. |
| As part of developing an international network of community-based ecosystem approaches to health, a project was undertaken in a densely populated and socio-economically diverse area of Kathmandu, Nepal. Drawing on hundreds of pages of narrative reports based on surveys, interviews, secondary data, and focus groups by trained Nepalese facilitators, the authors created systemic depictions of relationships between multiple stakeholder groups, ecosystem health, and human health. These were then combined to examine interactions among stakeholders, activities, concerns, perceived needs, and resource states (ecosystem health indicators). These qualitative models have provided useful heuristics for both community members and research scholars to understand the... |
| Tipo: Peer-Reviewed Reports |
Palavras-chave: Complex systems theory; Ecosystem approaches; Human health; Kathmandu; Nepal; Social-ecological systems.. |
| Ano: 2005 |
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| Isbell, Forest; Department of Ecology, Evolution & Behavior, University of Minnesota Twin Cities, Saint Paul, Minnesota; forest.isbell@gmail.com; Loreau, Michel; Centre for Biodiversity Theory and Modelling, Experimental Ecology Station, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Moulis, France; michel.loreau@ecoex-moulis.cnrs.fr. |
| Humans influence and depend on natural systems worldwide, creating complex societal-ecological feedbacks that make it difficult to assess the long-term sustainability of contemporary human activities. We use ecological niche theory to consider the short-term (transient) and long-term (equilibrium) effects of improvements in health, agriculture, or efficiency on the abundances of humans, our plant and animal resources, and our natural enemies. We also consider special cases of our model where humans shift to a completely vegetarian diet, or completely eradicate natural enemies. We find that although combinations of health, agriculture, and efficiency improvements tend to support more people and plant resources, they also result in more natural enemies and... |
| Tipo: Peer-Reviewed Reports |
Palavras-chave: Agriculture; Human health; Niche theory. |
| Ano: 2014 |
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| Dwivedi,Sangam; Sahrawat,Kanwar; Puppala,Naveen; Ortiz,Rodomiro. |
| Microbiota in the gut play essential roles in human health. Prebiotics are non-digestible complex carbohydrates that are fermented in the colon, yielding energy and short chain fatty acids, and selectively promote the growth of Bifidobacteria and Lactobacillae in the gastro-intestinal tract. Fructans and inulin are the best-characterized plant prebiotics. Many vegetable, root and tuber crops as well as some fruit crops are the best-known sources of prebiotic carbohydrates, while the prebiotic-rich grain crops include barley, chickpea, lentil, lupin, and wheat. Some prebiotic-rich crop germplasm have been reported in barley, chickpea, lentil, wheat, yacon, and Jerusalem artichoke. A few major quantitative trait loci and gene-based markers associated with... |
| Tipo: Journal article |
Palavras-chave: Germplasm; Gut microbiota; Human health; Non-digestible fibers; Transgene. |
| Ano: 2014 |
URL: http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0717-34582014000500008 |
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| Le Roux, Frederique; Wegner, K. Mathias; Baker-austin, Craig; Vezzulli, Luigi; Osorio, Carlos R.; Amaro, Carmen; Ritchie, Jennifer M.; Defoirdt, Tom; Destoumieux-garzon, Delphine; Blokesch, Melanie; Mazel, Didier; Jacq, Annick; Cava, Felipe; Gram, Lone; Wendling, Carolin C.; Strauch, Eckhard; Kirschner, Alexander; Huehn, Stephan. |
| Global change has caused a worldwide increase in reports of Vibrio-associated diseases with ecosystem-wide impacts on humans and marine animals. In Europe, higher prevalence of human infections followed regional climatic trends with outbreaks occurring during episodes of unusually warm weather. Similar patterns were also observed in Vibrio-associated diseases affecting marine organisms such as fish, bivalves and corals. Basic knowledge is still lacking on the ecology and evolutionary biology of these bacteria as well as on their virulence mechanisms. Current limitations in experimental systems to study infection and the lack of diagnostic tools still prevent a better understanding of Vibrio emergence. A major challenge is to foster cooperation between... |
| Tipo: Text |
Palavras-chave: Global warming; Human health; Aquaculture; Interactions; Animal model; Bacterial disease; Genome plasticity; European network. |
| Ano: 2015 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00278/38952/37494.pdf |
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| Friedman, Whitney R.; Halpern, Benjamin S.; Mcleod, Elizabeth; Beck, Michael W.; Duarte, Carlos M.; Kappel, Carrie, V; Levine, Arielle; Sluka, Robert D.; Adler, Steven; O'Hara, Casey C.; Sterling, Eleanor J.; Tapia-lewin, Sebastian; Losada, Inigo J.; Mcclanahan, Tim R.; Pendleton, Linwood; Spring, Margaret; Toomey, James P.; Weiss, Kenneth R.; Possingham, Hugh P.; Montambault, Jensen R.. |
| The health of coastal human communities and marine ecosystems are at risk from a host of anthropogenic stressors, in particular, climate change. Because ecological health and human well-being are inextricably connected, effective and positive responses to current risks require multidisciplinary solutions. Yet, the complexity of coupled social-ecological systems has left many potential solutions unidentified or insufficiently explored. The urgent need to achieve positive social and ecological outcomes across local and global scales necessitates rapid and targeted multidisciplinary research to identify solutions that have the greatest chance of promoting benefits for both people and nature. To address these challenges, we conducted a forecasting exercise... |
| Tipo: Text |
Palavras-chave: Marine sustainability; Human health; Social equity; Climate change; Priority research; Sustainable development goals. |
| Ano: 2020 |
URL: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00607/71926/70618.pdf |
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| Soares,Raquel Rainier Alves; Vasconcelos,Christiane Mileib; Oliveira,Mariane Verônica de; Minim,Valéria Paula Rodrigues; Queiroz,Valéria Aparecida Vieira; Barros,Frederico. |
| Abstract: The objective of this work was to develop gluten-free cookies and savory fried pies using tannin-rich sorghum (Sorghum bicolor) flour, to evaluate their in vitro starch digestibility, and to verify how knowledge of sorghum benefits may contribute to the sensory acceptability of both products. The contents of rapidly digestible starch, slowly digestible starch, and resistant starch were determined. Sensory acceptance was evaluated in two sessions: one without information on sorghum benefits to human health; and another where this information was presented. The resistant starch and slowly digestible starch contents of the cookies (5.07 and 16.22%, respectively) were about twice those of the savory fried pies (2.54 and 8.89%, respectively), whereas... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Sorghum bicolor; Cookies; Human health; Savory fried pies. |
| Ano: 2019 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-204X2019000103903 |
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| Wilson, Clevo; Tisdell, Clement A.. |
| Use of chemical inputs such as pesticides have increased agricultural production and productivity. However, negative externalities, too, have increased. The externalities include damage to the environment, agricultural land, fisheries, fauna and flora. Another major externality has been the unintentional destruction of beneficial predators of insects which has led to a virulence of many species of agricultural pests. Mortality and morbidity among agricultural workers, especially in developing countries from exposure to pesticides, are also common. The costs from these externalities are large and affect farmers’ returns. However, despite these high costs, farmers continue to use pesticides and in increasing quantities. In this paper, we examine this... |
| Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper |
Palavras-chave: Pesticides; Agriculture; Environment; Human health; Sustainability; Hysteresis; Environmental Economics and Policy; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety. |
| Ano: 2000 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/48363 |
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| Molnar, Sandor; Debrecin, N.; Kovacevic, T.; Molnar, Melinda. |
| The external costs of electricity generation can be characterised by the resulting social and environmental impacts. The most significant impacts are the air pollutions impact on health, built in environment, crops, forests, agricultural areas and on global warming. The primary impact considered is the air pollution’s effect on human health. The monetised value of the health impact, the external costs are calculated for two regional coal power plants, the effects are examined on the EU level with the ExternE methodology. |
| Tipo: Journal Article |
Palavras-chave: External costs; Human health; Monetized environmental impacts; Energy production; Coal power plants; Air pollution; Environmental Economics and Policy; Health Economics and Policy; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods. |
| Ano: 2008 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/47553 |
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| Ncube, Ngqabutho; Bessler, Patricia; Jolly, Pauline E.; Tint, Kyaw; Fogo, Christopher; Binns, Alvin; Jolly, Curtis M.. |
| A number of studies have detected high levels of pesticide residues in surface water and aquatic life in Jamaica and acute pesticide poisoning is believed to be widespread there. Despite efforts by the Jamaican government to create awareness of the dangers of pesticides and adopt safe a pesticide disposal method, many farmers still display poor pesticide handling and disposal practices. The objectives of this study were to 1) describe pesticide use by farmers in northwestern Jamaica including inappropriate methods in pesticides handling and disposal, and 2) determine whether farmers’ perception of the mode of bodily entry of pesticides affects their method of disposal. Farmers in Westmoreland, St. James and Hanover were surveyed using an... |
| Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation |
Palavras-chave: Pesticide poisoning; Jamaica; Human health; Farmers; CAES; Agricultural and Food Policy; Environmental Economics and Policy; Health Economics and Policy. |
| Ano: 2007 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/36968 |
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| Blackman, Allen; Batz, Michael B.; Evans, David A.. |
| Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua, is home to the U.S.-Mexico border's largest maquiladora labor force, and also its worst air pollution. We marshal two types of evidence to examine the link between maquiladoras and air pollution in Ciudad Juarez, and in its sister city, El Paso, Texas. First, we use a publicly available sector-level emissions inventory for Ciudad Juarez to determine the importance of all industrial facilities (including maquiladoras) as a source of air pollution. Second, we use original plant-level data from two sample maquiladoras to better understand the impacts of maquiladora air pollution on human health. We use a series of computational models to estimate health damages attributable to air pollution from these plants, we compare these damages... |
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Palavras-chave: Maquiladora; Air pollution; Human health; Environmental justice; U.S.-Mexico border; Ciudad Juarez; El Paso; Environmental Economics and Policy; Q01; Q25; O13. |
| Ano: 2004 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/10807 |
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| Pereira,Bruno Fernando Faria; Rozane,Danilo Eduardo; Araújo,Suzana Romeiro; Barth,Gabriel; Queiroz,Rafaela Josemara Barbosa; Nogueira,Thiago Assis Rodrigues; Moraes,Milton Ferreira; Cabral,Cleusa Pereira; Boaretto,Antonio Enedi; Malavolta,Eurípedes. |
| Among the toxic elements, Cd has received considerable attention in view of its association with a number of human health problems. The objectives of this study were to evaluate the Cd availability and accumulation in soil, transfer rate and toxicity in lettuce and rice plants grown in a Cd-contaminated Typic Hapludox. Two simultaneous greenhouse experiments with lettuce and rice test plants were conducted in a randomized complete block design with four replications. The treatments consisted of four Cd rates (CdCl2), 0.0; 1.3; 3.0 and 6.0 mg kg-1, based on the guidelines recommended by the Environmental Agency of the State of São Paulo, Brazil (Cetesb). Higher Cd rates increased extractable Cd (using Mehlich-3, Mehlich-1 and DTPA chemical extractants) and... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Lactuca sativa L.; Oryza sativa L.; Soil pollution; Chemical extractants; Heavy metals; Human health. |
| Ano: 2011 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-06832011000200033 |
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| Fugita,Carlos Alberto; Prado,Ivanor Nunes do; Jobim,Clóves Cabreira; Zawadzki,Fernando; Valero,Maribel Velandia; Pires,Maria Carla de Oliveira; Prado,Rodolpho Martin do; Françozo,Mônica Chaves. |
| Two height cuttings of corn silage with or without enzyme inoculants were evaluated for 68 days on performance, carcass characteristics, meat quality and chemical composition of the Longissimus muscle in crossbred bulls (F1 - ½ Nellore vs. ½ Angus) finished in feedlot. Thirty-two 20-month-old bulls, with initial average weight of 374±25 kg, were kept in individual pens (10 m²). Diets consisted of 50% roughage and 50% concentrate, with an expected 1.80 kg/day weight gain. The experimental design with four diets and eight replications was completely randomized. Different cutting heights, low (25 cm) and high (45 cm), with or without enzyme inoculants, were studied. Live weight, average daily gain, feed intake, feed efficiency, carcass characteristics,... |
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Palavras-chave: Feed efficiency; Feed intake; Finishing system; Forage conservation; Human health; Meat quality. |
| Ano: 2012 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-35982012000100023 |
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