The SEM is often used to describe the complex etiology of childhood obesity. Variables included in proximal layers of the SEM (age, gender, parent characteristics) influence weight outcomes in youth. Roles of distal factors such as food and physical activity (PA) environments are less clear. ...
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Human cognition and evolution as well as our socio-ecological history can contribute to understand our aesthetic preferences14,16,17. The ecological valence theory provides an explanatory framework based on both the evolutionary adaptive underpinnings of color preference as well as its emotional premise ...
also be observed in various species according to seasons, breeding activity, and changes in ecological factors (e.g., food availability, predation risk). In birds, the pair and by extension the family unit is often the fundamental social-unit of most systems (i.e., reproductive partners and ...
A description of four е-government models—Continental European model, Anglo-American model, Asian model, and Russian model—are reviewed. The basis for the creation of the е-government portal is the Decree of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated November 10, 2004, Nº 1471 ...
Ecology (from Greek: οἶκος, "house" or "living relations"; -λογία, "study of") is the scientific study of the distributions, abundance and relations of organisms and their interactions with the environment.[1] Ecology includes the study of plant and animal populations, plant...
The aim of this paper is to analyze the effects of Grenelle I and Grenelle II laws on financial performance, social performance, and risk-taking in France. The study is focussed on SBF120 (The SBF120 index consists of the 120 largest capitalizations listed on the French Stock Exchange market...
What Is low-carbon development? Low-carbon development is a holistic approach to design and construction that comprises evolving, energy-efficient, and environmentally friendly practices used to build a better future. Broadly defined, it’s development “that meets the needs of the present without co...
Due to China’s exposure and susceptibility to natural hazards, it is important for governments and aid agencies to have tools that enable effective post-disaster livelihood recovery in creating self-sufficiency for the affected population. This paper introduces a framework of critical components that ...
Traditional ecological and indigenous knowledge, respectively, is an intrinsic asset of those landscapes under consideration, contributing to biodiversity and resource management, to the use and processing of agricultural, forestry, and fishery products, to climate change mitigation and adaptation, to ...