Facing drought: exposure, vulnerability and adaptation options of extensive livestock systems in the French Pre-Alps by Claire Deléglise, Hugues François, Grégory Loucougaray, Emilie Crouzat

“…Extensive livestock farming is a key activity in the Alpine region, contributing to the economy and maintaining typical landscapes, high biological and cultural diversity. With climate change, recent and unprecedented multi-year droughts are threatening these extensive production systems and the positive externalities they deliver.This study aims to better understand the local exposure and vulnerability components that shape the drought risk in these systems, as a first step towards adaptation. …”
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Preparing students to deal with the consequences of the workforce shortage among health professionals: a qualitative approach by Christoph Golz, Annie Oulevey Bachmann, Tiziana Sala Defilippis, Andrea Kobleder, Karin Anne Peter, René Schaffert, Xenia Schwarzenbach, Thomas Kampel, Sabine Hahn

“…Results The results reveal a gap among education programs with regard to occupational health promotion and cultural diversity. Both topics are taught with a sole focus on patients, and students are expected to adopt similar strategies for their health promotion and stress management. …”
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Folk Medicine in the Philippines: A Phenomenological Study of Health-Seeking Individuals by Nadine Angela Rondilla, Ian Christopher N. Rocha, Shannon Jean Roque, Ricardo Martin Lu, Nica Lois B. Apolinar, Alyssa A. Solaiman-Balt, Theorell Joshua Abion, Pauline Bianca Banatin, Carina Viktoria Javier

“…In the Philippines, Quiapo is a well-known site for folk medicine services, cultural diversity, religious practices, and economic activities. …”
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POLÍTICAS PATRIMONIAIS NA TERRA DOS ZULUS: a construção da Rainbow Nation by Antonio Evaldo Almeida Barros, Aldina da Silva Melo, Inaldo Bata Rodrigues

“…Post-apartheid South African heritage policies are centered on building a nation marked by its ethnic and cultural diversity, where heritage and culture become the symbol of the nation Rainbow Nation. …”
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Evaluation of the efficiency of social projects of non-profit organizations in the sphere of international relations (by the example of the Saratov region) by Olga G. Antonova, Elena A. Koloyartseva, Irina Yu. Novichkova

“…The Saratov regional public organization “The Center for Forced Migrants “Sarativskiy Istichnik” is aimed at preserving the unity of the Russian nation and the ethnic and cultural diversity of the peoples of the Saratov region. …”

Canadian data sources on ethnic classifications: Contemporary and historical developments in heterogeneity by Kelsey Lucyk, Karen Tang, Hude Quan

“…Important periods include early attempts at nation-building during the late 19th century, social changes post-WWII and the introduction of multiculturalism into federal policy, and present-day efforts in ethnic classifications for research purposes and preserving cultural diversity. Conclusions There is a need for greater granularity in ethnic classifications to reflect the diversity of the Canadian population. …”
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Models of practice and training in psychotherapy: cross-national perspectives from Italy and Canada by Victoria Klimkowski, Sofia McRae, Alexia Blick, Laurence Beaulieu, J. Reese S. Handley, Anara A. Hopley, Caroline A. Hyde, Devika M. Jain, Sylvia Kolodziejczyk, Josiane Laliberté, Alexa Lévesque, Lara M. Masri, Anya M. Monet, Reagan S. Nediu, Rachel Valihrach, Giorgio Tasca

“…Despite some differences regarding the amount of scientific training, personal therapy for trainees, and the prominence of cultural diversity training, Canadian and Italian psychology professionals and students shared experiences of psychotherapy practice and clinical psychology training. …”
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Designing Career Adaptability Model(Case study: Shazand Petrochemical Company) by Seyed Reza Seyed Javadin, Tahmours Hasan Gholipour, Aryan Gholipour, Abbas Ali Haji Karimi, Fateme Karimi Jafari

“…Extended Abstract In the era of global economy and technology enabled disruptions, career adaptability to the new demands of work i.e. cultural diversity of work groups, rapid changes in the work environments, and the nature of work, is significantly important. …”
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Barnets (o)fria undran. Vilka ramar ger läroplanerna för barn att utforska religiösa och existentiella frågor i finska, norska och svenska förskolor? by Clemens Cavallin, Viktor Magne Johansson, Jan-Erik Mansikka

“…The three countries diverge in how they deal with the new role of religion and the relation between cultural diversity, cultural heritage and fundamental values. …”
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Geodiversity, Geoconservation, and Geotourism in Central America by Adolfo Quesada-Román, Lidia Torres-Bernhard, Maynor A. Ruiz-Álvarez, Manuel Rodríguez-Maradiaga, Gema Velázquez-Espinoza, Catalina Espinosa-Vega, Jaime Toral, Hugo Rodríguez-Bolaños

“…The promotion of geoheritage, geodiversity, geoconservation, and thus the development of geoparks are excellent opportunities to promote sustainable development, sustainable lifestyles, appreciation of natural and cultural diversity, and the promotion of peace. These results may prove important to spread information about geoscience widely to decision makers on geotourism and conservation in each country and the stakeholders of the region. …”
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Profile of diseases prevalent in Datia District of Madhya Pradesh, India by Nalini Mishra, Nalini Mishra, Pradip V. Barde, Sarvesh Awasthi, Archana Kumawat, Archana Kumawat, Rajesh Gaur, Pushpendra Singh, Suyash Srivastava, Aparup Das

“…It is essential to collect such information in countries, like India, which have a wide range of socioeconomic, geographic, and cultural diversity. Madhya Pradesh is the second largest state of India and has diversified populations living in urban, rural, and tribal areas. …”
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Impact of mobile social media advertising and role of culture on brand equity among Gen-Y consumers in the United Arab Emirates by Al Kindi, Majed Zamil Hatem

“…United Arab Emirates is a multicultural society; Dubai, its economic center, was chosen for this research because of its cultural diversity, and unique population, where locals represent only 20% of the total population, with expatriates comprising the other 80%. …”
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METODOLOGIE COOPERATIVE E TECNOLOGIA MOBILE PER UN’EDUCAZIONE PLURILINGUE by Daria Coppola, Raffaella Moretti

“…From 2014-2017, a Modulo Glottodidattico Sperimentale (MGS) was implemented in some multiethnic classes (11-13 y/o pupils), with the aim of promoting and enhancing the linguistic and cultural diversity of pupils, through appropriate teaching and assessment methods suitable to the linguistic heterogeneity of these classes. …”
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Modified-Malay Eating Behavior and Pattern Questionnaire (Malay-EBPQ): translation and validation among Malaysian women by Premaa Supramaniam, Siti Hajar Ismail, Aisyah Ali, E- Li Leong, Prema Muninathan, Tassha Hilda Adnan, Sarala Paramesvaran

“…Conclusion The modified 36-item Malay-EBPQ had moderate internal consistency, reliable and fit with multi-dimensional measures of eating behaviors and dietary patterns among women in the multi-racial population with cultural diversity.…”
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Developing the Next Generation of Nursing Disciplinary Leaders in Higher Education: Protocol for a Sequential Mixed Methods Study by Melissa Slattery, Carol Grech, Rachael Vernon

“…The future of HE faces many challenges including recruitment of suitably qualified staff to lead teaching and research and advance professional disciplines. Increasing cultural diversity of the Nursing workforce and the communities’ nurses serve, and the identification of cultural attributes in the context of racial inequities exposed by the pandemic and the climate emergency suggest different forms of leadership may be required in the future by those leading nurse education in the HE sector. …”
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Brazilian Amazon indigenous territories under deforestation pressure by Celso H. L. Silva-Junior, Fabrício B. Silva, Barbara Maisonnave Arisi, Guilherme Mataveli, Ana C. M. Pessôa, Nathália S. Carvalho, João B. C. Reis, Admo R. Silva Júnior, Nathalia A. C. S. Motta, Paulo Vinícius Moreira e Silva, Francarlos Diniz Ribeiro, Juliana Siqueira-Gay, Ane Alencar, Sassan Saatchi, Luiz E. O. C. Aragão, Liana O. Anderson, Maycon Melo

“…Considering the importance of ITs for conserving socio-environmental and cultural diversity and the recent climb in the Brazilian Amazon deforestation, we used official remote sensing datasets to analyze deforestation inside and outside indigenous territories within Brazil's Amazon biome during the 2013–2021 period. …”
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KEBEBASAN BEREKSPRESI DALAM PERSPEKTIF HAK ASASI MANUSIA: PERLINDUNGAN, PERMASALAHAN DAN IMPLEMENTASINYA DI PROVINSI JAWA BARAT by Tony Yuri Rahmanto

“…West Java as one of the provinces that has cultural diversity have a brodcasting operator, in practice, they do not present the diversity of broadcast content and diversity of ownership. …”
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Haitian women in New York City use global food plants for women’s health by Ella T. Vardeman, Edward J. Kennelly, Ina Vandebroek

“…They underscore cultural diversity, dispelling the notion of one uniform traditional knowledge system labeled “Caribbean.” …”
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PREPARATION OF FUTURE TEACHERS FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE IDEAS OF MULTICULTURAL EDUCATION IN THE INTERACTIVE EDUCATIONAL SPACE by N. A. Astashova, S. K. Bondyreva, O. L. Zhuk

“…The article reveals the purpose of multicultural education – the versatile development of a personality on the basis of universal and national values, aimed at preserving the ethnic and cultural diversity of the peoples of Russia. The authors formulated theoretical foundations of multicultural education, in which the development of multicultural dialogue of tolerance and respect for a different way of life and mental (intellectual) values of other ethnic groups are dominant aspects. …”
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Effects of students’ perception of teachers’ ethnic-racial socialization on students’ ethnic identity and mental health in rural China’s schools by Angel Hor Yan Lai, Jason K. H. Lam, Hong Yao, Elaine Tsui, Cynthia Leung

“…Chinese-validated standardized measures were used: the Patient Health Questionaires-9, Children’s Revised Impact of Event Scale-8, Multigroup Ethnic Identity Measure, Cultural Socialization Scale, and Teachers’ Attitude on Adoption of Cultural Diversity Scale. Multigroup confirmatory factor analysis and multigroup structural equation modeling were employed.ResultsComparing the findings in Yi and Han students, their perception of teachers’ ethnic-racial socialization had dissimilar effects on their ethnic identity and mental health outcomes. …”
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