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Geographical Attributes, Distribution, and Determinants of Pelvic Organ Prolapse in Midwestern Nepal 尼泊尔中西部骨盆器官脱垂的地理特征、分布和决定因素

Journal of sustainable development Pub Date : 2024-04-08 DOI: 10.5539/jsd.v17n3p16

Rupa Singh, Constanza Isabel Bravo Cabrera, Rajeev Kumar Singh

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A Review of Emerging Revenue Models for Low-carbon Hydrogen Technologies 低碳氢能技术新兴收入模式综述

Journal of sustainable development Pub Date : 2024-04-04 DOI: 10.5539/jsd.v17n3p1

A. Acharya

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Reviewer Acknowledgements for Journal of Sustainable Development, Vol. 17, No. 2 可持续发展期刊》第 17 卷第 2 期审稿人致谢

Journal of sustainable development Pub Date : 2024-03-22 DOI: 10.5539/jsd.v17n2p127

Sherry Sun

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Mobile Network Operators’ Agency Banking Quality, Financial Inclusion Practices and the Sustainable Development Goals: Evidence from Cameroon 移动网络运营商的代理银行业务质量、金融包容性做法和可持续发展目标：来自喀麦隆的证据

Journal of sustainable development Pub Date : 2024-03-21 DOI: 10.5539/jsd.v17n2p96

Serge Messomo Elle

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Physiological Quality of Treated and Stored Barley Seeds 经过处理和贮藏的大麦种子的生理质量

Journal of sustainable development Pub Date : 2024-03-21 DOI: 10.5539/jsd.v17n2p119

Tamires Ester P. Bravo, Valter Vaz, Samuel G. Ferreira dos Santos, I. R. Teixeira, G. C. Silva, Nathan Mickael B. Cunha, Gessiele P.C. Alves, Alexandre Marcos Sbroggio Filho, Alessandro G. Silva

{"title":"Physiological Quality of Treated and Stored Barley Seeds","authors":"Tamires Ester P. Bravo, Valter Vaz, Samuel G. Ferreira dos Santos, I. R. Teixeira, G. C. Silva, Nathan Mickael B. Cunha, Gessiele P.C. Alves, Alexandre Marcos Sbroggio Filho, Alessandro G. Silva","doi":"10.5539/jsd.v17n2p119","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5539/jsd.v17n2p119","url":null,"abstract":"Industrial seed treatment (IST) is used in some grain crops. However, the products used often impair the quality of seeds, especially insecticides. In the case of barley seeds, investigative studies on the use of IST are scarce. The present study aimed to evaluate the influence of IST with the fungicide (Iprodione) and insecticide (Thiamethoxan) products, mixed or not, on the physiological quality of barley seeds, before and after storage for two months. A completely randomized design was used, in a 4x2 factorial scheme, with four replications. The treatments consisted of four combinations of applications carried out via IST on barley seeds, of chemical pesticides (fungicide/insecticide), alone or in mixtures, as follows: {T1 – fungicide Iprodione (Rovral); T2 – Thiamethoxan insecticide (Cruizer); T3 – mixture of fungicide/insecticide products (Iprodione + Thiamethoxan); T4 – Control)}, submitted to storage for two months, with evaluations carried out at T0 (treated and analyzed seeds) and T1 (treated seeds stored for 60 days). The following tests were carried out: water content, germination, first count, accelerated aging, seedling length, seedling dry mass. It was concluded that the germination of barley seeds treated with the fungicide Iprodione (Rovral®) and the insecticide Thiamethoxan (Cruizer®), alone and in a mixture applied via IST, maintained the physiological quality of the seeds within the standards for commercialization until 60 days of storage. The use of the insecticide Thiamethoxan (Cruizer®) via IST showed greater damage to the physiology of barley seeds during storage (60 days), applied alone or in a mixture with the fungicide Iprodione (Rovral ®).","PeriodicalId":91562,"journal":{"name":"Journal of sustainable development","volume":" 21","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-03-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140222208","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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An Integration of Community Empowerment and Biodiversity Conservation Program through Social-Ecology Approach in Indonesia (Study Case: Kokolomboi Hamlet) 印度尼西亚通过社会生态学方法整合社区赋权和生物多样性保护计划（研究案例：Kokolomboi Hamlet）

Journal of sustainable development Pub Date : 2024-03-09 DOI: 10.5539/jsd.v17n2p84

Achmad Setiadi, Sofiana Nur Khasanah, Fitria Alhumaira, Talitha Zafirah

{"title":"An Integration of Community Empowerment and Biodiversity Conservation Program through Social-Ecology Approach in Indonesia (Study Case: Kokolomboi Hamlet)","authors":"Achmad Setiadi, Sofiana Nur Khasanah, Fitria Alhumaira, Talitha Zafirah","doi":"10.5539/jsd.v17n2p84","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5539/jsd.v17n2p84","url":null,"abstract":"The endangered Peleng Tarsier primate species and the critically endangered Banggai Crow species live and breed in Kokolomboi Hamlet. However, for such a long time, natives hunt wild animals for food and for commercial interest. Land conversion and forest fires that become normal method for beekeeping and farming have resulted in a progressive loss of wooded area and degraded land. To address this, a community empowerment program with the integration of socio-cultural, socio-economic, and socio-ecological approach has been designed as a method to achieve sustainable exploitation and management of the forest area through honeybee production with apiculture as backbone. The objective of this community empowerment program is to make people of Kokolomboi Hamlet voluntarily conserve nature by developing conservation village while assuring their primary needs are met by the economic empowerment using environmentally friendly beekeeping method and eco-tourism activities. From year 2020 to 2023, this socio-cultural, socio-economic, and socio-ecological integration approach has empowered 30 members of Tourism Awareness Group (Pokdarwis), 11 beekeeping groups with 245 members, 30 households participated in environmental preservation, 60 foreign tourists have visited Kokolomboi Biodiversity Park, and flora biodiversity index monitored is 4.51 while fauna biodiversity index monitored is 3.75. The method of integrating social, economy, and ecological aspect as an approach along with engaging relevant stakeholders show significant impacts on transforming community’s behavior in livelihood and biodiversity conservation.","PeriodicalId":91562,"journal":{"name":"Journal of sustainable development","volume":"256 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-03-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140255575","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Efficiency Assessment of a Combined Heat and Power Plant Using Exergy Analysis 利用能效分析评估热电联产厂的效率

Journal of sustainable development Pub Date : 2024-02-08 DOI: 10.5539/jsd.v17n2p55

Paul Mikii Abuel, Abir Hossain Mridul, Wilson Fidelis Ekpotu

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Efficiency Assessment of a Combined Heat and Power Plant Using Exergy Analysis 利用能效分析评估热电联产厂的效率

Journal of sustainable development Pub Date : 2024-02-08 DOI: 10.5539/jsd.v17n2p55

Paul Mikii Abuel, Abir Hossain Mridul, Wilson Fidelis Ekpotu

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Reviewer Acknowledgements for Journal of Sustainable Development, Vol. 17, No. 1 可持续发展期刊》第 17 卷第 1 期审稿人致谢

Journal of sustainable development Pub Date : 2024-01-29 DOI: 10.5539/jsd.v17n1p142

Sherry Sun

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Urban Land Use Trend and Drivers over the Last Three Decades in Addis Ababa and Impacts to the Sustainable Land Management 过去三十年亚的斯亚贝巴城市土地使用趋势和驱动因素及其对可持续土地管理的影响

Journal of sustainable development Pub Date : 2024-01-15 DOI: 10.5539/jsd.v17n1p119

E. Assefa

{"title":"Urban Land Use Trend and Drivers over the Last Three Decades in Addis Ababa and Impacts to the Sustainable Land Management","authors":"E. Assefa","doi":"10.5539/jsd.v17n1p119","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5539/jsd.v17n1p119","url":null,"abstract":"Developing countries are experiencing a fast urban expansion which is highly impacted the land use land cover, LULC, biodiversity, local climate, and socio economic conditions. Understanding of urban LULC and its consequences is imperative to explore the opportunities that the urban has for sustainable development. The purpose of this study is to examine the patterns of LULC change, the effects of unsustainable land use, and mitigation measures. The study employed mixed methods including Satellite image, GIS techniques, and social survey. To further refine the study, secondary data from both published and unpublished materials were also used. The transfer of green space to built-up regions during the past three decades is evidence that the patterns of land use changes have become unsustainable. From 1986 to 2017, there has been a substantial quantity of deforestation (4467 ha of forest lost), and reduction of grassland (6314 ha) while built-up land has gone up by 9876 ha. The city's inefficient plans, along with the growing population, are the primary causes of the unsustainable LU. The city has experienced negative effects from unsustainable land use namely: flooding (areas susceptible for flooding increased by 69.5%), urban heat islands (the land surface temperature has increased by 3.80C), and carbon sequestration (at least 616, 044 C not sequestered and so released). On the other hand, a number initiatives have been implemented, albeit sporadically, to improve sustainable land use. Thus there is a need for policy makers and urban land use mangers to take into account empirical knowledge while planning.","PeriodicalId":91562,"journal":{"name":"Journal of sustainable development","volume":"15 10","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139529377","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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