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Ecology
Uta Schirpke, Felix Moelk, Elisabeth Feilhauer, Ulrike Tappeiner, Gottfried Tappeiner
Summary: Appealing landscapes contribute to human well-being, but the assessment of aesthetic landscape values is challenging due to the subjectivity of preferences. This study used photo-based questionnaires and conjoint analysis to evaluate landscape preferences. The results showed that preferences remain stable over a short period, while sensitivity to picture selection was observed. This methodological approach can provide meaningful insights into landscape preferences and support management and decision-making.
LANDSCAPE AND URBAN PLANNING
(2023)
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Sitong Zhou, Yu Gao, Zhi Zhang, Weikang Zhang, Huan Meng, Tong Zhang
Summary: This study analyzed the relationship among visual behavior, landscape preferences, and element characteristics in forest landscape spaces. The findings provide important insights for designers in planning the spatial composition of forest landscapes.
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Michael Grimm, Elena Link, Martina Albrecht, Fabian Czerwinski, Eva Baumann, Ralf Suhr
Summary: This study aimed to explore the functions of digital health engagement and identify the predictors for successful implementation and use of digital health services. The results showed that while many German internet users engage with digital health services, health disparities still persist in the digital realm.
JOURNAL OF MEDICAL INTERNET RESEARCH
(2023)
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Health Care Sciences & Services
Maria F. Vasiloglou, Stergios Christodoulidis, Emilie Reber, Thomai Stathopoulou, Ya Lu, Zeno Stanga, Stavroula Mougiakakou
Summary: This study aimed to explore user perspectives on nutrition and diet mobile health apps. Findings revealed that users prioritize ease of use, free cost, and automatic readings of caloric and macronutrient content when choosing an app. Users also expressed concerns about inaccuracies in portion size estimation and database limitations.
JMIR MHEALTH AND UHEALTH
(2021)
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Cai Xu, Ziyu Guan, Wei Zhao, Quanzhou Wu, Meng Yan, Long Chen, Qiguang Miao
Summary: This article introduces a deep users' multimodal preferences-based recommendation (UMPR) method to capture the textual and visual matching of users and items. The method is applied to restaurant and product recommendation in smart city applications, showing superior performance compared to competitive baseline methods in experiments.
IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON INDUSTRIAL INFORMATICS
(2021)
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Computer Science, Information Systems
Shoujin Wang, Chenlu Yang, Tong Qu, Kai Yang, Wanggen Wan
Summary: This paper proposes a method to improve the performance of sequential recommendations by modeling users' visual preferences. By designing a coupled Double-chain Preference learning Network (DPN), the main preference and visual preference of users are modeled separately, and the two types of preferences are integrated using an attention module for the prediction of the next item.
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Environmental Studies
Fuer Ning, Sheng-Jung Ou
Summary: This research aims to improve urban fringe future planning by studying landscape preferences, using Shenyang City as an example. A plan for urban fringe areas is proposed based on the analysis of residents' preferences and past environmental changes.
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Environmental Studies
Xupu Li, Shuangshuang Li, Yufeng Zhang, Patrick J. O'Connor, Liwei Zhang, Junping Yan
Summary: Landscape ecological risk in the north and south Qinling Mountain area is polarized with low and moderate risk levels dominating, driven primarily by population density and vegetation coverage. The study highlights the need to rebalance regional socioeconomic exploitation and environmental conservation to achieve sustainability for the social ecosystem. The PCR 3D LERA framework can be utilized for landscape ecological health and security, as well as optimizing socioeconomic progress at regional scales.
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Health Care Sciences & Services
Richard Huan Xu, Lushaobo Shi, Zengping Shi, Ting Li, Dong Wang
Summary: This study examines the importance of smartphone app functions for managing health during a pandemic based on user preferences in China. The findings highlight the significance of surveillance and monitoring of infected cases, quick self-screening, and early detection of infected cases as the most vital functions. The study emphasizes the importance of decision-makers developing eHealth policies and strategies based on user preferences.
JOURNAL OF MEDICAL INTERNET RESEARCH
(2023)
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Economics
Jaime Soza-Parra, Sebastian Raveau, Juan Carlos Munoz
Summary: This article explores the impact of reliability on travelers' public transport alternative choices, finding that headway irregularity significantly affects passengers' decisions. This confirms the importance of considering this attribute in public transport models when evaluating projects to improve system reliability.
TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH PART A-POLICY AND PRACTICE
(2021)
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Substance Abuse
Joshua A. Lile, Brian W. Turner, David H. Cox, Marcel O. Bonn-Miller, Ned R. Katz, Thomas P. Shellenberg, William W. Stoops, Justin C. Strickland
Summary: This study explores the preferences of individuals interested in treating cannabis use disorder (CUD). The results suggest that CUD medications should be nonsynthetic compounds administered orally or by mouth spray once per day, and remote adherence monitoring and one-on-one outpatient behavioral treatments, particularly contingency management, are anticipated to enhance participation. Most participants prefer to reduce, rather than quit, their cannabis use.
JOURNAL OF ADDICTION MEDICINE
(2023)
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Biodiversity Conservation
Maryam Yousefi, Asef Darvishi, Enric Tello, Shahindokht Barghjelveh, Naghmeh Mobarghaee Dinan, Joan Marull
Summary: Ecological Footprint (EF) and Energy-Landscape Integrated Analysis (ELIA) are two methods used to estimate human society's impact on nature. This article compares their conceptualizations of human-nature relationships and results when applied to the same landscape, highlighting the differences in explaining Land Use and Cover Change (LUCC). The study found that ELIA has higher accuracy than EF in indicating the socioecological impacts of different agricultural practices.
ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS
(2021)
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Chemistry, Physical
Brittany Story, Biswajit Sadhu, Henry Adams, Aurora Clark
Summary: Recent work has shown that sublevelset persistent homology provides a concise representation of the complex features of an energy landscape in 3N dimensions. This expands the concept of predictable energy landscape topology and allows for the computation of topological features such as the number of sublevelset persistence bars as well as their birth and death times. Rating: 8 out of 10.
JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS
(2023)
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Poruz Khambatta, Shwetha Mariadassou, Joshua Morris, S. Christian Wheeler
Summary: People often struggle between their actual and ideal preferences. Recommendation algorithms exacerbate this struggle by focusing on maximizing engagement. However, tailoring recommendation algorithms to ideal preferences would benefit both users and companies.
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
(2023)
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Engineering, Civil
Garvita Bajaj, Pushpendra Singh
Summary: Metro trains are seen as a sustainable and cost-effective solution for environmental concerns and productivity losses caused by road traffic congestion. Understanding commuters' needs and preferences is crucial for promoting metro services, and this study identifies factors influencing commuters' convenience in using the Delhi metro, providing insights for enhancing user experience.
IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS
(2021)
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Ecology
Diana Surova, Federica Ravera, Nuno Guiomar, Rodrigo Martinez Sastre, Teresa Pinto-Correia
RANGELAND ECOLOGY & MANAGEMENT
(2018)
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Agriculture, Multidisciplinary
Ana Margarida P. Fonseca, Carlos A. F. Marques, Teresa Pinto-Correia, Nuno Guiomar, Daniel E. Campbell
AGRICULTURAL SYSTEMS
(2019)
Editorial Material
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Per Angelstam, Jose Munoz-Rojas, Teresa Pinto-Correia
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Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Teresa Pinto-Correia, Jose Munoz-Rojas, Martin Hvarregaard Thorsoe, Egon Bjornshave Noe
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Forestry
Pedro F. Pereira, Rui Lourenco, Claudia Lopes, Amalia Oliveira, Joana Ribeiro-Silva, Joao E. Rabaca, Teresa Pinto-Correia, Diogo Figueiredo, Antonio Mira, J. Tiago Marques
FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT
(2019)
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Ecology
Angela Lomba, Francisco Moreira, Sebastian Klimek, Robert H. G. Jongman, Caroline Sullivan, James Moran, Xavier Poux, Joao P. Honrado, Teresa Pinto-Correia, Tobias Plieninger, David McCracken
FRONTIERS IN ECOLOGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT
(2020)
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Agronomy
Antonio Alberto Rodriguez Sousa, Jose Munoz-Rojas, Teresa Pinto-Correia, Pedro A. Aguilera, Jesus M. Barandica, Alejandro J. Rescia
Summary: This study calculated the Soil Loss Tolerance Index and the Soil Productivity Index in the PDO Norte Alentejano in Portugal, revealing the negative impacts of erosion and agricultural practices on the sustainability of olive groves. Integrated groves in PDO Norte Alentejano have a higher soil loss tolerance, and the SLTIog index is a more realistic tool to analyze the sustainability of olive groves.
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Geography
Paolo Prosperi, Francesca Galli, Olga M. Moreno-Perez, Yuna Chiffoleau, Stefano Grando, Pavlos Karanikolas, Maria Rivera, Giannis Goussios, Teresa Pinto-Correia, Gianluca Brunori
Summary: This study aims to support a policy design that recognizes the diversity of small farms' business models and their role in addressing environmental, economic, social, and institutional challenges in European farming systems. By using resilience thinking and the Business Model Canvas framework, the research reveals the diversity of small farms' business models and their contribution to the resilience of food systems.
SOCIOLOGIA RURALIS
(2023)
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Jorgen Primdahl, Teresa Pinto-Correia, Bas Pedroli
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Environmental Studies
J. Munoz-Rojas, T. Pinto-Correia, C. Napoleone
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Environmental Studies
Helene Gichenje, Jose Munoz-Rojas, Teresa Pinto-Correia
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Environmental Studies
Mathias Eistrup, Ana Rita Sanches, Jose Munoz-Rojas, Teresa Pinto Correia
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Agriculture, Multidisciplinary
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Architecture
Teresa Lucio de Sales, Jose Castro, Ma Graca Saraiva, Teresa Pinto-Correia
LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE AND ART
(2018)
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Environmental Studies
N. Guiomar, S. Godinho, T. Pinto-Correia, M. Almeida, F. Bartolini, P. Bezak, M. Biro, H. Bjorkhaug, S. Bojnec, G. Brunori, M. Corazzin, M. Czekaj, S. Davidova, J. Kania, S. Kristensen, E. Marraccini, Zs. Molnar, J. Niedermayr, E. O'Rourke, D. Ortiz-Miranda, M. Redman, T. Sipilainen, H. Soovali-Sepping, S. Sumane, D. Surova, L. A. Sutherland, E. Tcherkezova, T. Tisenkopfs, T. Tsiligiridis, M. M. Tudor, K. Wagner, A. Wastfelt
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Environmental Sciences
Eva Boon, Jurian Vincent Meijering, Robbert Biesbroek, Fulco Ludwig
Summary: This article introduces a global Delphi study, which presents a widely supported definition for successful climate services. The definition emphasizes the importance of user satisfaction and highlights the need for climate service developers to consider climate change uncertainties, build trust and capacity with users, and tailor interactions based on user needs.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & POLICY
(2024)
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Environmental Sciences
Zhiqi Zhang, Xiangyu Jia, Zeren Gongbu, Dingling He, Wenjun Li
Summary: This study conducted research in two villages on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau of China and found that the village with interactive and supportive government involvement achieved better outcomes compared to the village with forceful government intervention. This highlights the importance of congruence between government actions and community demands in developing self-governance institutions for natural resource management.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & POLICY
(2024)
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Environmental Sciences
Yolanda L. Waters, Kerrie A. Wilson, Angela J. Dean
Summary: This study found that climate messages centered around the Great Barrier Reef (GBR) are more effective in strengthening intentions to adopt energy reduction behaviors. However, they are limited in motivating more impactful civic and social behaviors, including those seeking to influence climate policy support. Messages emphasizing collective efficacy can enhance message effect and influence the uptake of a broader range of behaviors. Emotions related to distress played a significant role in this effect. This research offers an alternative for expanding beyond traditional climate communication strategies.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & POLICY
(2024)
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Environmental Sciences
Daniel A. Potts, Emma J. S. Ferranti, Joshua D. Vande Hey
Summary: This study investigates the barriers to integrating satellite data into air quality management and proposes the creation of a network of experts to facilitate collaboration and knowledge exchange between scientific research and air quality management.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & POLICY
(2024)
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Environmental Sciences
Amber W. Datta, Carina Wyborn, Brian C. Chaffin, Michele L. Barnes
Summary: Extreme climate events are changing social-ecological systems and challenging environmental governance paradigms. This study explores governance actors' perspectives on the future of reef management after a crisis and finds that multiple and conflicting visions are shaping the trajectory of coral reef governance.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & POLICY
(2024)
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Environmental Sciences
Ranjan Datta, Prarthona Datta
Summary: This paper discusses the importance of learning climate change solutions from the activities of cross-cultural children, and introduces reflective learning, Indigenous Elders land-based teaching, music and arts learning, and positive interactions with cross-cultural children in a cross-cultural community garden.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & POLICY
(2024)
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Environmental Sciences
Julie Lydia Stounberg, Karen Timmerman, Karsten Dahl, Maurizio Pinna, Jon C. Svendsen
Summary: To combat biodiversity loss, the European Union established the Natura 2000 network. However, some sites are still not mapped, and habitats remain undefined. This study compared the definitions of blue mussel reefs in different EU member states and identified significant variations in parameters and limits used for reef identification. The study also highlighted the need for compatible and justified habitat definitions to ensure a consistent level of protection.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & POLICY
(2024)
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Environmental Sciences
Shilpi Kundu, Edward A. Morgan, James C. R. Smart
Summary: Climate change impacts in low lying coastal areas, like Bangladesh, are negatively affecting food and livelihood security, necessitating adaptation measures to build resilience. However, the effective implementation of these measures is hindered by a lack of local-level knowledge.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & POLICY
(2024)
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Environmental Sciences
Theodore Tallent, Aiora Zabala
Summary: This study explores how pluralism and social equity are incorporated into the governance of Nature-based Solutions (NbS) in the field of conservation. Using a conceptual framework of social equity, the researchers analyze five exemplary cases to understand how practitioners assimilate these principles into their practices and governance processes. The findings highlight a strong commitment to participation and involvement of local communities, along with practices that aim to foster actor participation, build local capacity, and strengthen ownership. The study emphasizes the importance of considering diverse voices, perspectives, and forms of knowledge in conservation governance.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & POLICY
(2024)
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Environmental Sciences
Natalie Sampson, Carmel Price, Melanie Sampson, Mary Bradshaw, Bianca Freeman
Summary: The Title V program of the Clean Air Act provides opportunities for public participation in permit-related decisionmaking, but there is a lack of substantive changes prioritizing environmental justice in overburdened communities. Increasing the use of plain language can improve public participation by enhancing access, transparency, and accountability. Analysis of public notices revealed poor writing quality and a lack of attention to writing strategies for improved understanding and addressing environmental health and justice. Suggestions for improving public notices are provided, emphasizing the need for plain language and environmental health literacy.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & POLICY
(2024)
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Environmental Sciences
Karabi Bezboruah, Amruta Sakalker, Michelle Hummel, Oswald Jenewein, Kathryn Masten, Yonghe Liu
Summary: This study examines the role of a rural, community-based nonprofit organization in addressing coastal flooding. Through an analysis of the Ingleside on the Bay Coastal Watch Association (IOBCWA) in Texas, the study finds that the organization has improved the community's adaptive capacity through activities such as community organizing, advocacy, data collection, resident capacity building, and regional communication networks. However, more policies, partnerships, and inclusion of socially vulnerable groups are needed.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & POLICY
(2024)
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Environmental Sciences
Heli Saarikoski, Suvi Vikstrom, Lasse Peltonen
Summary: This paper examines the cormorant conflict in Finland, highlighting the frame conflict resulting from different scales of analysis. The study finds that knowledge co-production processes have the potential to address environmental conflicts and generate practical and contextually appropriate knowledge. Key factors include participants' control over information and third-party facilitation of dialogue.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & POLICY
(2024)
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Environmental Sciences
Naomi Terry, Azucena Castro, Bwalya Chibwe, Geci Karuri-Sebina, Codruta Savu, Laura Pereira
Summary: The practice of envisioning the future has deep roots in African traditions, but is not widely used in conventional futuring methodologies. To achieve a decolonial approach to futuring, it is important to consider diverse pasts and storytelling forms. Stories can serve as mechanisms of power, healing, and diversification, leading to more just and ecologically sustainable futures.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & POLICY
(2024)
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Environmental Sciences
Priya Chetri, Upasna Sharma, P. Vigneswara Ilavarasan
Summary: Previous studies have overlooked the role of information in farmers' capacity to adapt to weather and climate variability. This paper examines the relationship between farmers' access to weather information and the uptake of farm-level adaptation strategies, and highlights the potential of information in improving farmers' adaptive capacity. The paper also emphasizes the moderating effect of farmers' social ecosystem on this relationship.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & POLICY
(2024)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Baker Matovu, Floor Brouwer, Raimund Bleischwitz, Firas Aljanabi, Meltem Alkoyak-Yildiz
Summary: This paper proposes a novel framework for sustainable sand mining based on Ecosystem Service Assessment. It analyzes the case of Kerala, India to demonstrate the impacts of sand mining on local ecosystems and livelihoods. The article also highlights seven key steps that can guide sustainable sand mining and promote integrated governance systems.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & POLICY
(2024)
