Corrigendum to “Defining water-related energy for global comparison, clearer communication, and sharper policy”[J. Clean. Prod. 236 (2019) 17502]

Abstract The theme of the paper is very topical in global and European context. It brings theoretical information on the concept of asocial model of early care in the Czech Republic and practical case studies and final reports related to the early care provision which demonstrate tangible activities within the system of the complex support and assistance to children with disability and their families. The author applies the theoretical-practical approach as she is of the opinion that „the practice without theory is as a blind person on the road and the theory without practice is as a cart without an axle”. The aim of the paper is to extend theoretical information on the topic in the Czech Republic by individual examples of final reports related to the provision of social prevention of the early care in the Czech Republic. The overall aim of the paper is to justify topicality and eligibility of early care in its broad reference framework, including its practical impact. The theoretical basis of the paper is elaborated with respect to the analysis and comparison of Czech and foreign literature, legislation, methodology document and other relevant written resources. The practical level is elaborated with respect to 3 cases and final reports of the provider of an early care of the social prevention. The early care in the Czech Republic represents a professional, modern and recognized system in European and global comparison and is legally anchored in the Act 108/2006 Coll. on social services. It aims on the minimization of child´s disability impact upon child´s development, especially the social inclusion of a child and a family and their capability to cope with limitating disability in natural environ, i.e. by the preservation of standard way of life. It represents a multi-dimensional model, overcoming limitation of sectoral division of the early care and facilitating complex assistance from a series of subject fields at the same time. Services for families with an endangered child in early age are the background for social, educational and pedagogical inclusion of a child and the re-socialisation and re-inclusion of a family. Early care is considered preventive, from the point of the prevention of the second disability (i.e. is effective), in the prevention of institutionalized and asylum care (i.e. is economical), in the prevention of segregation (i.e. is ethical).

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Faculty Opinions recommendation of All possible modes of gene action are observed in a global comparison of gene expression in a maize F1 hybrid and its inbred parents.

Faculty Opinions – Post-Publication Peer Review of the Biomedical Literature ◽

10.3410/f.1033512.387783 ◽

2006 ◽

Author(s):

Richard Frankham

Keyword(s):

Gene Expression ◽

Gene Action ◽

F1 Hybrid ◽

Global Comparison

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Corrigendum to “Assessing sustainability of soybean supply in China: Evidence from provincial production and trade data” [J. Clean. Prod. (2020) 245 119006]

Journal of Cleaner Production ◽

10.1016/j.jclepro.2021.126678 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 297 ◽

pp. 126678

Author(s):

Fei Wu ◽

Yong Geng ◽

Yuquan Zhang ◽

Chenxing Ji ◽

Yifan Chen ◽

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Keyword(s):

Trade Data ◽

Clean Prod

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Multiple Weyl fermions and tunable quantum anomalous Hall effect in 2D half-metal with huge spin-related energy gap

Applied Surface Science ◽

10.1016/j.apsusc.2021.149390 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 551 ◽

pp. 149390

Author(s):

Weizhen Meng ◽

Xiaoming Zhang ◽

Weiwang Yu ◽

Ying Liu ◽

Lu Tian ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Hall Effect ◽

Energy Gap ◽

Anomalous Hall Effect ◽

Half Metal ◽

Related Energy ◽

Quantum Anomalous Hall Effect ◽

Weyl Fermions

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It’s Our Fault: A Global Comparison of Different Ways of Explaining Climate Change

Human Ecology ◽

10.1007/s10745-021-00229-w ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Michael Schnegg ◽

Coral Iris O’Brian ◽

Inga Janina Sievert

Keyword(s):

Climate Change ◽

Carbon Dioxide ◽

Local Knowledge ◽

Indigenous Communities ◽

Point Of View ◽

Global Comparison ◽

Local Phenomenon ◽

World Regions ◽

Survey Results ◽

Specific Factors

AbstractInternational surveys suggest people increasingly agree the climate is changing and humans are the cause. One reading of this is that people have adopted the scientific point of view. Based on a sample of 28 ethnographic cases we argue that this conclusion might be premature. Communities merge scientific explanations with local knowledge in hybrid ways. This is possible because both discourses blame humans as the cause of the changes they observe. However, the specific factors or agents blamed differ in each case. Whereas scientists identify carbon dioxide producers in particular world regions, indigenous communities often blame themselves, since, in many lay ontologies, the weather is typically perceived as a local phenomenon, which rewards and punishes people for their actions. Thus, while survey results show approval of the scientific view, this agreement is often understood differently and leads to diverging ways of allocating meaning about humans and the weather.

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Globalization and educational inequality during the 18th to 20th centuries: Latin America in global comparison

Revista de Historia Económica / Journal of Iberian and Latin American Economic History ◽

10.1017/s021261091000008x ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 28 (2) ◽

pp. 279-305 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

Joerg Baten ◽

Christina Mumme

Keyword(s):

Developing Countries ◽

Latin America ◽

Strong Evidence ◽

Educational Inequality ◽

Gdp Per Capita ◽

Positive Effects ◽

Global Comparison ◽

Per Capita ◽

The Rich

AbstractThis paper explores the inequality of numeracy and education by studying school years and numeracy of the rich and poor, as well as of tall and short individuals. To estimate numeracy, the age-heaping method is used for the 18th to early 20th centuries. Testing the hypothesis that globalization might have increased the inequality of education, we find evidence that 19th century globalization actually increased inequality in Latin America, but 20th century globalization had positive effects by reducing educational inequality in a broader sample of developing countries. Moreover, we find strong evidence for Kuznets’s inverted U hypothesis, that is, rising educational inequality with GDP per capita in the period until 1913 and the opposite after 1945.

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Terrorism-Related Chemical, Biological, Radiation, and Nuclear Attacks: A Historical Global Comparison Influencing the Emergence of Counter-Terrorism Medicine

Prehospital and Disaster Medicine ◽

10.1017/s1049023x21000625 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 1-4

Author(s):

Derrick Tin ◽

Fredrik Granholm ◽

Alexander Hart ◽

Gregory R. Ciottone

Keyword(s):

Health Care ◽

Grey Literature ◽

Low Frequency ◽

Disaster Medicine ◽

Terrorist Attacks ◽

Fecal Matter ◽

Counter Terrorism ◽

Global Comparison ◽

State Terrorism ◽

Fatal Injuries

Abstract Background: Terrorist attacks are growing in complexity, increasing concerns around the use of chemical, biological, radiation, and nuclear (CBRN) agents. This has led to increasing interest in Counter-Terrorism Medicine (CTM) as a Disaster Medicine (DM) sub-specialty. This study aims to provide the epidemiology of CBRN use in terrorism, to detail specific agents used, and to develop training programs for responders. Methods: The open-source Global Terrorism Database (GTD) was searched for all CBRN attacks from January 1, 1970 through December 31, 2018. Attacks were included if they fulfilled the terrorism-related criteria as set by the GTD’s Codebook. Ambiguous events or those meeting only partial criteria were excluded. The database does not include acts of state terrorism. Results: There were 390 total CBRN incidents, causing 930 total fatal injuries (FI) and 14,167 total non-fatal injuries (NFI). A total of 347 chemical attacks (88.9% of total) caused 921 FI (99.0%) and 13,361 NFI (94.3%). Thirty-one biological attacks (8.0%) caused nine FI (1.0%) and 806 NFI (5.7%). Twelve radiation attacks (3.1%) caused zero FI and zero NFI. There were no nuclear attacks. The use of CBRN accounted for less than 0.3% of all terrorist attacks and is a high-risk, low-frequency attack methodology. The Taliban was implicated in 40 of the 347 chemical events, utilizing a mixture of agents including unconfirmed chemical gases (grey literature suggests white phosphorous and chlorine), contaminating water sources with pesticides, and the use of corrosive acid. The Sarin gas attack in Tokyo contributed to 5,500 NFI. Biological attacks accounted for 8.0% of CBRN attacks. Anthrax was used or suspected in 20 of the 31 events, followed by salmonella (5), ricin (3), fecal matter (1), botulinum toxin (1), and HIV (1). Radiation attacks accounted for 3.1% of CBRN attacks. Monazite was used in 10 of the 12 events, followed by iodine 131 (1) and undetermined irradiated plates (1). Conclusion: Currently, CBRN are low-frequency, high-impact attack modalities and remain a concern given the rising rate of terrorist events. Counter-Terrorism Medicine is a developing DM sub-specialty focusing on the mitigation of health care risks from such events. First responders and health care workers should be aware of historic use of CBRN weapons regionally and globally, and should train and prepare to respond appropriately.

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The Impact of Vibrational Entropy on the Segregation of Cu to Antiphase Boundaries in Fe3Al

Magnetochemistry ◽

10.3390/magnetochemistry7080108 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 7 (8) ◽

pp. 108

Author(s):

Martin Friák ◽

Miroslav Černý ◽

Mojmír Šob

Keyword(s):

Magnetic Moments ◽

Energy Difference ◽

Extended Defects ◽

Vibrational Entropy ◽

Phonon Modes ◽

Antiphase Boundaries ◽

Related Energy ◽

Quantum Mechanical Study ◽

Nonlinear Trends ◽

The Impact

We performed a quantum mechanical study of segregation of Cu atoms toward antiphase boundaries (APBs) in Fe3Al. The computed concentration of Cu atoms was 3.125 at %. The APBs have been characterized by a shift of the lattice along the ⟨001⟩ crystallographic direction. The APB energy turns out to be lower for Cu atoms located directly at the APB interfaces and we found that it is equal to 84 mJ/m2. Both Cu atoms (as point defects) and APBs (as extended defects) have their specific impact on local magnetic moments of Fe atoms (mostly reduction of the magnitude). Their combined impact was found to be not just a simple sum of the effects of each of the defect types. The Cu atoms are predicted to segregate toward the studied APBs, but the related energy gain is very small and amounts to only 4 meV per Cu atom. We have also performed phonon calculations and found all studied states with different atomic configurations mechanically stable without any soft phonon modes. The band gap in phonon frequencies of Fe3Al is barely affected by Cu substituents but reduced by APBs. The phonon contributions to segregation-related energy changes are significant, ranging from a decrease by 16% at T = 0 K to an increase by 17% at T = 400 K (changes with respect to the segregation-related energy difference between static lattices). Importantly, we have also examined the differences in the phonon entropy and phonon energy induced by the Cu segregation and showed their strongly nonlinear trends.

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