Effects of Community-Based Management on Amazon River Turtles: A Case Study ofPodocnemis sextuberculatain the Lower Amazon Floodplain, Pará, Brazil

Amazon river turtles have a long history of over-exploitation, firstly for oil production, and lately as a luxury food for the expanding human population. In many areas, the populations of the two main commercial species Podocnemis expansa and P. unifilis are now so low that extinction is in sight. In 1985 a WWF-US project aimed at investigating interactions between economic development and wildlife populations conducted a case-study of the exploitation of turtles on the River Tefé in western Brazilian Amazonia.

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The Islamic Integrated Model for Drug Addict Treatment and Rehabilitation on Kratom Use Among Muslim Adolescents: A Case Study in Krabi Province, Thailand

Journal of Business and Economics ◽

10.15341/jbe(2155-7950)/05.10.2019/010 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 10 (5) ◽

pp. 479-487

Author(s):

Sawpheeyah Nima ◽

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Yupa Somboon

Keyword(s):

Group Discussion ◽

Integrated Model ◽

Drug Addict ◽

Community Based ◽

Program Leaders ◽

Depth Interview ◽

Religious Learning ◽

Chief Officer ◽

Islamic Faith

There are several medical drug addict treatment methods used by physicians and other health professionals worldwide. The community-based treatment and care for drug use and dependence have increased in popularity. However, little is known about whether or how Islamic spirituality model could be incorporated into formal treatment in the Muslim community. This study aimed to explore the Islamic integrated model for drug addict treatment and rehabilitation on Kratom use among Muslim adolescents in Krabi Province, Thailand. The focus group discussion and in-depth interview were carried out in chief officer, the staff of treatment service volunteers, program leaders, and families and friends of addicts during October 2017-December 2018. The results revealed that the implementation of integrated Islamic religious learning in the drug therapy session to grow the spiritual religiosity and lower relapse among Muslim youth who were previous kratom addicts. The Islamic faith-based treatment model could be declared the evidence of kratom recovery in community level.

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A Case Study on Development and Application of Community-Based STEAM Program in Elementary School

The Institute for Education and Research Gyeongin National University of Education ◽

10.25020/je.2017.36.1.125 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 36 (1) ◽

pp. 125-140

Author(s):

So-Im Kim ◽

Nan-Joo Kwon

Keyword(s):

Elementary School ◽

Community Based

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Towards Training Librarian 2.0 through A Community-based Participatory Group Project: A Case Study

Proceedings of the Annual Conference of CAIS / Actes du congrès annuel de l'ACSI ◽

10.29173/cais613 ◽

2013 ◽

Author(s):

Lu Xiao ◽

Trina Joyce Sajo

Keyword(s):

Participatory Approach ◽

Group Project ◽

Community Based ◽

Design Decisions ◽

Etude De Cas ◽

Étude De Cas ◽

User Centered

Librarian 2.0 adopts user-centered approach. This paper reports the case study of a community-based participatory approach for training librarian 2.0. The findings suggest that this approach allows the students to practice user-centered interactions, identify and integrate the user’s needs into design decisions, and develop ways of collecting the user’s feedbacks.Les bibliothécaires 2.0 adoptent une approche centrée sur l’utilisateur. Cet article présente une étude de cas sur une approche participative et communautaire visant à former les bibliothécaires 2.0. Les résultats suggèrent que cette approche permet aux étudiants d’interagir avec les usagers, d’identifier les besoins, de les intégrer dans leur processus décisionnel et de développer des moyens de recueillir les commentaires des usagers.

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