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Who Can Help Me? Citizens' Help-Seeking on Weibo During the Shanghai Lockdown.
Disaster Med Public Health Prep
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School of Journalism and Communication, Shandong University, Jinan250100, China.
Objective: In the context of the Omicron-induced lockdown in Shanghai, this paper investigated the appeals for assistance by citizens on Weibo, aiming to understand their principal challenges and immediate needs.
Methods: This paper collected Weibo posts ( 1040) containing the keyword "Shanghai Anti-epidemic Help" during the citywide lockdown. The online help requests from Shanghai citizens were analyzed across 7 dimensions, including the help sought, level of urgency, help recipient, the intended beneficiary of the help, expression, position, and emotion.
Beyond COP28: Brazil must act to tackle the global climate and biodiversity crisis.
NPJ Biodivers
August 2024
Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biodiversidade, Ecologia e Conservação, Núcleo de Estudos Ambientais, Universidade Federal do Tocantins, 77.500-000, Porto Nacional, Tocantins, Brazil.
Extreme weather has made 2023 virtually certain to be the warmest year on record, signaling unprecedented climate and biodiversity crises. Brazil, the world’s most biodiverse country, with two hotspots and complex social and economic layers, has experienced escalating environmental degradation over the past years. Alarming rates of native vegetation loss, wildfires, severe and prolonged droughts, and heatwaves have adversely impacted several Brazilian ecosystems and societies.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: The College of Surgeons of East, Central, and Southern Africa (COSECSA) comprises 14 countries, many of which currently grapple with an increasing burden of cardiothoracic surgical (CTS) diseases. Health and economic implications of unaddressed CTS conditions are profound and require a robust regional response. This study aimed to define the status of CTS specialist training in the region (including the density of specialists, facilities, and active training posts), examine implications, and proffer recommendations.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAre we romanticizing traditional knowledge? A plea for more experimental studies in ethnobiology.
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May 2024
Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Cagliari, Cittadella Universitaria, 09042, Monserrato, CA, Italy.
In answer to the debate question "Is ethnobiology romanticizing traditional practices, posing an urgent need for more experimental studies evaluating local knowledge systems?" I suggest to follow-up on field study results adopting an inclusive research agenda, and challenge descriptive data, theories, and hypotheses by means of experiments. Traditional and local knowledge are generally associated with positive societal values by ethnobiologists and, increasingly also by stakeholders. They are seen as a way for improving local livelihoods, biocultural diversity conservation and for promoting sustainable development.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFUrgent call for holistic action: Addressing the Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF) crisis in Pakistan's healthcare system.
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April 2024
Nepal Medical College, Kathmandu, Nepal.
•Urgent plea for global collaboration as Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever ravages Pakistan's healthcare system.•Crisis deepens with 41 confirmed cases, 15 fatalities, and a call to fortify healthcare infrastructure.•Government measures in Balochistan deemed a prelude; urgent actions and long-term strategies imperative.
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