Division of labour and the evolution of complex groups by Cooper, G

“…I finish the thesis with an opinion piece on the different ways that relatedness may be modelled in social evolution theory. …”

Attracting investment for Africa's protected areas by creating enabling environments for collaborative management partnerships by Lindsey, P, Baghai, M, Bigurube, G, Cunliffe, S, Dickman, A, Fitzgerald, K, Flyman, M, Gandiwa, P, Kumchedwa, B, Madope, A, Morjan, M, Parker, A, Steiner, K, Tumenta, P, Uiseb, K, Robson, A

“…However, Africa's PAs are facing a growing array of threats resulting in significant degradation, factors compounded by chronic funding shortages. In this opinion piece, drawing from the available literature and collective experience of the author group, we look at the potential for collaborative management partnerships (CMPs) between state wildlife agencies and Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) to attract investment and technical capacity to improve PA performance. …”

Initial Assessment on Students Perception Towards Campus Sustainability by Datu Razali Datu Eranza, Lee, Andy Chen Hiung, Tini Maizura Mokhtar

“…This paper is an opinion piece on the initial assessment of the comprehension of Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS) students‟ knowledge about UMS EcoCampus programs in the context of campus sustainability, and their suggestions for green initiatives. …”
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Getting involved: Uganda cancer society´s efforts to build strategic partnerships for tobacco tax increments and strong tobacco industry monitoring by Evelyn Angiji, Paul Ebusu

“…UCS media advocacy looks at engaging the public through opinion pieces published on local media and posted on social media platforms as a way to get government attention. …”
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Food insecurity among Asian Americans: A scoping review protocol by Suji Ro, Nhat-Ha Pham, Victoria N. Huynh, Q. Eileen Wafford, Milkie Vu

“…An article will be excluded if it is a book, conference proceedings, or grey literature (e.g., thesis or dissertation); is a commentary, editorial, or opinion piece without primary research data; contains only research conducted outside of the U.S.; includes Asians in the sample but does not provide separate data on food insecurity or strategies to cope with food insecurity among Asians; and describes only dietary changes or patterns but not food insecurity. …”
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Food insecurity among Asian Americans: A scoping review protocol. by Suji Ro, Nhat-Ha Pham, Victoria N Huynh, Q Eileen Wafford, Milkie Vu

“…An article will be excluded if it is a book, conference proceedings, or grey literature (e.g., thesis or dissertation); is a commentary, editorial, or opinion piece without primary research data; contains only research conducted outside of the U.S.; includes Asians in the sample but does not provide separate data on food insecurity or strategies to cope with food insecurity among Asians; and describes only dietary changes or patterns but not food insecurity. …”
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Research can be integrated into public health policy-making: global lessons for and from Spanish economic evaluations by Marta Trapero-Bertran, Subhash Pokhrel, Stephen Hanney

“…An increasingly large body of literature acknowledges inevitable barriers to research use, but also analyses facilitators encouraging such use. This opinion piece describes how some research is integrated into policy-making. …”
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Fully digital problem-based learning for undergraduate medical students during the COVID-19 period: Practical considerations by Chia-Ter Chao, Chiao-Lin Tsai, Mong-Wei Lin, Chih-Wei Yang, Chao-Chi Ho, Huey-Ling Chen, Chiun Hsu, Bor-Ching Sheu

“…In National Taiwan University College of Medicine, we established a digital PBL curriculum and previously validated a confidence questionnaire for surveying undergraduate students receiving digital PBL sessions. In this opinion piece, we gleaned multiple procedural details from our experiences based on students'/tutors' feedback, which we summarized in a 5″W″ recommendations (Who), timing/duration (When), location (Where), software/hardware/topics (What), and evaluation aspects (Why). …”
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Advancing ethnobiology for the ecological transition and a more inclusive and just world: a comprehensive framework for the next 20 years by Ulysses Paulino Albuquerque, Alfred Maroyi, Ana H. Ladio, Andrea Pieroni, Arshad Mehmood Abbasi, Bárbara Arias Toledo, Farid Dahdouh-Guebas, Gustavo Hallwass, Gustavo Taboada Soldati, Guillaume Odonne, Ina Vandebroek, Joan Vallès, Julio Alberto Hurrell, Manuel Pardo de Santayana, María de los Ángeles La Torre-Cuadros, María Teresa Pulido Silva, Michelle Cristine Medeiros Jacob, Viviane Stern da Fonseca-Kruel, Washington Soares Ferreira Júnior

“…Abstract This opinion piece, written by ethnobiologists from different parts of the world, emphasizes the importance of ethnobiology research in advancing contemporary biology, natural resource management, biodiversity conservation, sustainable development, and, especially, contributing to the ecological transition and more just and inclusive world. …”
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Engaging stakeholders to level up COPD care in LMICs: lessons learned from the “Breathe Well” programme in Brazil, China, Georgia, and North Macedonia by Genevie Fernandes, Siân Williams, Peymané Adab, Nicola Gale, Corina de Jong, Jaime Correia de Sousa, KK Cheng, Chunhua Chi, Brendan G. Cooper, Andrew P. Dickens, Alexandra Enocson, Amanda Farley, Kate Jolly, Sue Jowett, Maka Maglakelidze, Tamaz Maghlakelidze, Sonia Martins, Alice Sitch, Aleksandra Stamenova, Katarina Stavrikj, Rafael Stelmach, Alice Turner, Zihan Pan, Hui Pang, Jianxin Zhang, Rachel E. Jordan

“…However, little is known about its process and impacts, particularly in low-and middle-income countries. This opinion piece draws on the stakeholder engagement experiences from a global health research programme on Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) led by clinician researchers in Brazil, China, Georgia and North Macedonia, and presents the process, outcomes and lessons learned. …”
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Creating Patient-Specific Neural Cells for the In Vitro Study of Brain Disorders by Kristen J. Brennand, M. Carol Marchetto, Nissim Benvenisty, Oliver Brüstle, Allison Ebert, Juan Carlos Izpisua Belmonte, Ajamete Kaykas, Madeline A. Lancaster, Frederick J. Livesey, Michael J. McConnell, Ronald D. McKay, Eric M. Morrow, Alysson R. Muotri, David M. Panchision, Lee L. Rubin, Akira Sawa, Frank Soldner, Hongjun Song, Lorenz Studer, Sally Temple, Flora M. Vaccarino, Jun Wu, Pierre Vanderhaeghen, Fred H. Gage, Rudolf Jaenisch

“…Although the convergence of findings between laboratories and patient cohorts provided us confidence and optimism that hiPSC-based platforms will inform future drug discovery efforts, a number of critical technical challenges remain. This opinion piece outlines our collective views on the current state of hiPSC-based disease modeling and discusses what we see to be the critical objectives that must be addressed collectively as a field.…”
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ChatGPT: A tool to embrace or ban in Academia? by Muhammad Atif Qureshi

“…ChatGPT: A tool to embrace or ban in Academia? Opinion piece…”
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The Australian Mainstream Media’s Portrayal of Youth Climate Activism and Dissent by Jacob Micah Cowan, Peta Dzidic, Elizabeth Newnham

“…Australian newspaper articles and opinion pieces (N = 101) were identified via ProQuest and screened. …”
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Horticulture in 2020 by Rebecca Slack, Simon Toomer

“… To close the Promoting Excellence in Horticulture Conference in October 2020, a video consisting of recorded opinion pieces was created with contributions from a wide range of individuals working in horticulture. …”
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Policy Advice to Alberta’s New Premier by Jack M. Mintz, Ronald D. Kneebone, F.L. Ted Morton, Jennifer Winter

“…The School of Public Policy assembled its key thinkers in economic, taxation, energy and natural resource policy to provide unsolicited but important advice to Premier Prentice on some areas of policy that matter most to Alberta, and that will demand the Premier’s attention as he takes office. These are opinion pieces, are not peer reviewed, and reflect the views of their authors alone. …”
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Policy Advice to Alberta’s New Premier by Jack M. Mintz, Ronald D. Kneebone, F.L. Ted Morton, Jennifer Winter

“…The School of Public Policy assembled its key thinkers in economic, taxation, energy and natural resource policy to provide unsolicited but important advice to Premier Prentice on some areas of policy that matter most to Alberta, and that will demand the Premier’s attention as he takes office. These are opinion pieces, are not peer reviewed, and reflect the views of their authors alone. …”
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Nuances of Public Diplomacy: China in Chilean Op-Eds (2018-2021) by Claudia Labarca, María Montt-Strabucchi, Ingrid Bachmann

“…Through a content analysis of editorials and opinion pieces of elite media between 2018 and 2021, this study allows an understanding of how China and its growing influence are perceived locally. …”
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« La tragédie des années 70 » : La nomination de la dictature argentine et ses enjeux discursifs et politiques by Sol Montero

“…The article deals with analyzing the emergence and circulation of a particular historical name (which coexist with other names, more or less official), that of “tragedy of the 1970s”, in a corpus of editorials and opinion pieces as well as a set of popular historical works. …”
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Fear of the academic fake? Journal editorials and the amplification of the 'predatory publishing' discourse by Inouye, K, Mills, D

“…This analysis of 229 editorials and opinion pieces published in science and medical journals explores the affective discourses used to characterise so-called predatory publishing. …”

Climate skepticism in British newspapers, 2007-2011 by Painter, J, Gavin, N

“…Uncontested skeptical voices were particularly prevalent in opinion pieces and editorials in right-leaning newspapers in the second. …”