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Agronomy
Yeneayehu Fenetahun, Yuan You, Xinwen Xu, Vincent Nzabarinda, Yongdong Wang
Summary: Political instability has a significant impact on the economic, environmental, and socio-cultural aspects of rangeland management, affecting local communities and pastoralists' participation in sustainable practices. The study aimed to provide empirical and theoretical knowledge on how PI affects the implementation of sustainable rangeland management through in-depth interviews and group discussions with key stakeholders.
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Economics
Manoel Bittencourt, Rangan Gupta, Philton Makena, Lardo Stander
Summary: This study develops an economic growth model characterized by socio-political instability. The results show that different growth dynamics emerge when socio-political instability is a function of inflation. Empirical evidence also supports a positive relationship between inflation and socio-political instability.
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Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences
Fatih Adiguzel, Elif Bozdogan Sert, Yucel Dinc, Mehmet Cetin, Senay Gungor, Pakize Yuka, Ozlem Sertkaya Dogan, Efdal Kaya, Kayhan Karakaya, Ercan Vural
Summary: The study utilized meteorological data to determine the tourism climate index in Izmir Province, evaluating the impact of climate on tourism. A map based on tourism comfort levels was created using GIS technology, categorizing climate into seven classifications. The findings are significant for the development of tourism strategy in Izmir Province and will contribute greatly to the overall tourism strategy of the country.
THEORETICAL AND APPLIED CLIMATOLOGY
(2022)
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Mathematics
Wen-Kuo Chen, Venkateswarlu Nalluri, Man-Li Lin, Ching-Torng Lin
Summary: This study identified nine key barriers for socio-political sustainability in financial service firms through the fuzzy Delphi method, literature review, and interviews. Among these barriers, antisocial considerations, unstable political climate, and lack of political coherence were found to be the decisive factors affecting socio-political sustainability.
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Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Charles Mve Mvondo, Alessandro Giamberti, Marcelin Ngowe, Helen Anshoma Mbuoh, Italo Milocco, Hermann Nestor Kengni, Silvia Cirri, Alessandro Frigiola
Summary: Cardiovascular diseases pose a significant burden in sub-Saharan Africa, but there is a lack of specialized institutions in the region. Cameroon's Shisong cardiac center is the only cardio-surgical institution in the country, but it has been affected by a socio-political crisis, impacting clinical activities, staff perspectives, and long-term sustainability.
FRONTIERS IN CARDIOVASCULAR MEDICINE
(2022)
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Hospitality, Leisure, Sport & Tourism
Jose L. Groizard, Mohanad Ismael, Maria Santana-Gallego
Summary: This study uses the Arab Spring in 2011 as a natural experiment to examine the impact of political turmoil on international travel. It finds that foreign tourists' demand to travel to countries experiencing the Arab Spring significantly decreased and persisted for at least two years. Additionally, the study shows evidence of tourism diversion to other regions and regional contagion effects to nearby countries, particularly among Muslim majority countries.
JOURNAL OF TRAVEL RESEARCH
(2022)
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Ecology
Robert E. Ulanowicz
Summary: Contemporary systems ecology emphasizes the limitations of physical theory, suggesting that complex systems are better treated in a quantified network framework. Furthermore, inefficiencies and non-optimal features are necessary for ecological and social functioning, challenging the notion of maximal efficiency. Additionally, the capability of networks to represent distributed causalities allows for the rationalization of various behaviors in living systems that challenge conventional evolutionary dogma.
FRONTIERS IN ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION
(2021)
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Environmental Studies
Rexford Abaidoo, Elvis Kwame Agyapong
Summary: This study examines the impact of urbanization, institutional quality, and other variables on environmental sustainability risk in Sub-Saharan Africa. The findings suggest that urbanization, population growth, and commodity prices worsen CO2 emissions and resource exploitation, while institutional quality mitigates the adverse effects of urbanization on sustainability risk.
ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT
(2022)
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Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Manoj Kumar Dash, Chetanya Singh, Gayatri Panda, Diksha Sharma
Summary: This paper analyzes the usage of ICT in fisheries for sustainability and socio-economic development, and proposes a future research agenda.
ENVIRONMENT DEVELOPMENT AND SUSTAINABILITY
(2023)
Article
Optics
Chenyu Hu, Ruiguo Zhu, Hong Yu, Shensheng Han
Summary: The paper introduces a novel Fourier-transform ghost imaging scheme that reconstructs the Fourier spectrum of the object by averaging partial reference patterns with high fluctuations in object-arm detection values, improving sampling efficiency, and expanding the application of FGI by combining it with other reconstruction techniques.
Article
Optics
Cheyenne S. Mitchell, Mikael P. Backlund
Summary: In this paper, the quantum information theoretical limits to tasks related to lifetime estimation and discrimination of a two-level spontaneous optical emitter are investigated. It is found that direct lifetime measurement is limited when the time constants of the two decay channels approach one another. Alternative measurement schemes that can circumvent this limit are proposed and demonstrated to be superior to direct measurement in a related binary hypothesis test.
Article
Psychology, Biological
Arthur Prat-Carrabin, Michael Woodford
Summary: Humans weight different stimuli in averaging tasks, possibly indicating encoding bias. In a study, participants were asked to compare the averages of two series of numbers with varying prior distributions. It was found that participants encoded numbers with bias and noise, with more noise for infrequently occurring numbers.
NATURE HUMAN BEHAVIOUR
(2022)
Article
Optics
Yan Li, Zhihong Ren
Summary: We study the performance of an N-qubit W superposition state in quantum metrology, and find that the phase sensitivity under noninteracting operation displays a crossover from the W state to the GHZ state for large-qubit cases. We also provide optimal measurement protocols for ideal metrology and analyze the effects of noise channels on the phase sensitivity. Additionally, we investigate the tunable phase sensitivity under interacting operation and find that the general Heisenberg limit is surpassed.
Article
Optics
Ma-Cheng Yang, Cong-Feng Qiao
Summary: A family of skew information quantities, including the well-known Wigner-Yanase skew information and quantum Fisher information, is obtained. The convexity of the generalized skew information is proven, leading to a simple proof of the Wigner-Yanase-Dyson conjecture. An exact skew information inequality for a qubit system is found, which can be seen as the information counterpart of the uncertainty relation. Additionally, a lower bound for the generalized skew information of a pair of incompatible observables in arbitrary dimension and the upper bound for a qubit system are achieved.
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Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Roman Fedorenko, Irina Yakhneeva, Nadezhda Zaychikova, Dmitry Lipinsky
Summary: Investments in port infrastructure in Russia have a significant impact on the economic development of port areas and neighboring regions, reflecting the level of integration of a region into the global economic cooperation system. This has important implications for supporting foreign trade development in regions and formulating regional development strategies.
Letter
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Robin K. Craig, J. B. Ruhl, Ahjond Garmestani
PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
(2020)
Article
Ecology
Ahjond Garmestani, Dirac Twidwell, David G. Angeler, Shana Sundstrom, Chris Barichievy, Brian C. Chaffin, Tarsha Eason, Nick Graham, Dean Granholm, Lance Gunderson, Melinda Knutson, Kirsty L. Nash, R. John Nelson, Magnus Nystrom, Trisha L. Spanbauer, Craig A. Stow, Craig R. Allen
FRONTIERS IN ECOLOGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT
(2020)
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Environmental Sciences
Swinburne A. J. Augustine, Tarsha N. Eason, Tim Wade, Shannon M. Griffin, Elizabeth Sams, Kaneatra Simmons, Malini Ramudit, Kevin Oshima, Alfred Dufour
Summary: The study utilized a salivary antibody multiplex immunoassay to investigate exposure to six common pathogens in beachgoers, revealing that most individuals had been exposed to at least one pathogen, predominantly noroviruses. A small percentage of subjects experienced immune conversions to pathogens during the study period.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH
(2021)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Tarsha Eason, Ahjond Garmestani, David G. Angeler
Summary: Studying ecosystem dynamics is critical for monitoring and managing linked systems of humans and nature. Resilience-based approaches, such as Fisher Information, have been effective in capturing spatiotemporal patterns and identifying critical transitions in social-ecological systems. This study demonstrates the utility of Fisher Information in assessing the condition of Swedish lakes and identifying distinct spatial patterns.
Article
Environmental Studies
Aurelie Lalanne, Shana Sundstrom, Ahjond Garmestani
Summary: This article examines the distribution of city sizes in regional urban systems in France and challenges the prevailing assumption of continuous city size distributions. The study finds that the distribution of city sizes is discontinuous, consisting of groups of similarly sized cities separated by gaps. The location and number of discontinuities remain stable over time, suggesting a conservative process of size class formation independent of societal disturbances.
Article
Environmental Studies
Sarah Clement, Javad Jozaei, Michael Mitchell, Craig R. Allen, Ahjond S. Garmestani
Summary: Effective governance of social-ecological systems (SES) is challenging in coastal environments due to climate change impacts. Resilience is commonly proposed for re-orienting governance, but its application in coastal governance research is inconsistent. This study analyzes discourse and interviews in Tasmania, Australia, revealing confusion and inconsistency in framing resilience. The third framing, social-ecological resilience, is valued by coastal managers but its unclear use in research and policy needs to be addressed for more effective coastal governance.
ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY AND GOVERNANCE
(2023)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Murray W. Scown, Frances E. Dunn, Stefan C. Dekker, Detlef P. van Vuuren, Sitar Karabil, Edwin H. Sutanudjaja, Maria J. Santos, Philip S. J. Minderhoud, Ahjond S. Garmestani, Hans Middelkoop
Summary: Deltas, with their large populations and productive croplands, are crucial for global sustainable development. However, they face multiple pressures due to their low-lying position between river basin development and rising seas. These pressures could undermine the persistence of delta societies, economies, and ecosystems.
GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE-HUMAN AND POLICY DIMENSIONS
(2023)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Murray W. Scown, Robin K. Craig, Craig R. Allen, Lance Gunderson, David G. Angeler, Jorge H. Garcia, Ahjond Garmestani
Summary: The United Nations' sustainable development goals (SDGs) represent societal aspirations, but have received criticism and may benefit from a social-ecological resilience approach. SDGs related to the environment have the strongest connections to resilience, but ecological factors are lacking. The next global development agenda should build on SDG strengths and address gaps in ecological resilience.
GLOBAL SUSTAINABILITY
(2023)
Article
Biology
Ahjond Garmestani, Craig R. Allen, David G. Angeler, Lance Gunderson, J. B. Ruhl
Summary: Adaptive management is an approach for managing social-ecological systems in uncertain and controllable environments. Considering spatial and temporal scales is important to regulate the effects of management actions. Combining multiscale adaptive management with the panarchy model can improve the management of social-ecological systems.
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Javad Jozaei, Wen-Ching Chuang, Craig R. Allen, Ahjond Garmestani
Summary: Our analysis shows that the framing of social vulnerability is influenced by a narrow definition of resilience, which does not consider the dynamics and non-stationarity of social-ecological systems. Incorporating social-ecological resilience into social vulnerability analysis can improve coastal governance by accounting for adaptation and transformation, as well as scale and cross-scale interactions.
GLOBAL SUSTAINABILITY
(2022)
Article
Ecology
Dustin L. Herrmann, Kirsten Schwarz, Craig R. Allen, David G. Angeler, Tarsha Eason, Ahjond Garmestani
Summary: Iterative scenarios is a systems management approach that combines the advantages of adaptive management and scenario planning, suitable for situations with high uncertainty about management outcomes in social-ecological systems. This approach demonstrates effectiveness in dealing with the complexity faced by management.
ECOLOGY AND SOCIETY
(2021)
Article
Ecology
David G. Angeler, Craig R. Allen, Ahjond Garmestani, Lance Gunderson, Richard K. Johnson
Summary: The key challenge of the Anthropocene is to manage the complexity of human and natural systems. Panarchy theory emphasizes multiscale organization and dynamic system structure. Research suggests that liming may not be sufficient to create a self-organizing lake regime.
ECOLOGY AND SOCIETY
(2021)
Article
Ecology
David G. Angeler, Brian C. Chaffin, Shana M. Sundstrom, Ahiond Garmestani, Kevin L. Pope, Daniel R. Uden, Dirac Twidiell, Craig R. Allen
ECOLOGY AND SOCIETY
(2020)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Wen-Ching Chuang, Tarsha Eason, Ahjond Garmestani, Caleb Roberts
FRONTIERS IN ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
(2019)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Hallie Eakin, Nadine Methner, Gina Ziervogel
Summary: There is a growing need to involve private actors in public adaptation in urban systems. Urban administrators have limited control over urban dynamics, and the actions of private actors have a significant influence. A conceptual framework combining cognitive and behavioral theory, institutional analysis, adaptive capacity, and research on urban adaptation governance is used to understand the potential for private provisioning. The case of Cape Town's response to drought illustrates the complex interactions that shape private actors' willingness to engage in public-oriented adaptation.
GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE-HUMAN AND POLICY DIMENSIONS
(2024)