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Examining the sustainability and development challenge in agricultural-forest frontiers of the Amazon Basin through the eyes of locals by Blanco Gutiérrez, I., Manners, Rhys, Varela Ortega, C., Tarquis, A., Martorano, L.G., Toledo, M.

“…Participatory Fuzzy Cognitive Mapping (FCM) was implemented to examinestakeholder perceptions towards the sustainable development of two agricultural-forest frontier areas in the Bolivian and Brazilian Amazon. …”
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Clapping with two hands: Transforming gender relations and zoonotic disease risks through community conversations in rural Ethiopia by Mulema, Annet A., Kinati, Wole, Lemma, Mamusha, Mekonnen, Mesfin, Alemu, Biruk G., Elias, Belay, Demeke, Yifru, Desta, Hiwot, Wieland, Barbara

“…Behavioral change happens when women and men diagnose and understand the problem, reflect on the beliefs/norms that determine their practices, make shifts in cognitive and emotional mental models, commit, and take actions. …”
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Clapping with Two Hands: Transforming Gender Relations and Zoonotic Disease Risks through Community Conversations in Rural Ethiopia by Mulema, Annet A., Kinati, Wole, Lemma, Mamusha, Mekonnen, Mesfin, Alemu, Biruk G., Elias, Belay, Demeke, Yifru, Desta, Hiwot, Wieland, Barbara

“…Behavioral change happens when women and men diagnose and understand the problem, reflect on the beliefs/norms that determine their practices, make shifts in cognitive and emotional mental models, commit, and take actions. …”
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HER+ Multidimensional Gender Norms Index in Agri-food Systems by Costenbader, Betsy

“…This presentation will cover the development process of the tool from local stakeholder consultations to the cognitive testing and piloting of the tool in Tanzania and Nigeria. …”
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Community volunteers deliver integrated prevention and treatment services to reduce child wasting in Chad by Becquey, Elodie, Touré, Mariama, Djoufouna, Ahmed D., Barba, Francisco, Affenou, Aldo, Diatta, Ampa Dogui, Dione, Malick, Sawadogo, Abdoulaye, Huybregts, Lieven

“…Children who survive often suffer from long-term cognitive and physical disabilities UNICEF, the World Health Organization, and the World Bank 2021; Black et al. 2013). …”
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Optimizing food-assistance programs: Nutrition-sensitive food assistance lowers anemia prevalence in Burundi by Leroy, Jef L., Olney, Deanna K., Ruel, Marie T., Brown, Tracy

“…Developmental delays, in turn, can have lifelong consequences, as they hinder cognitive development, school performance, employment, and accumulation of wealth. …”
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Anchoring bias in recall data: Evidence from Central America by Godlonton, Susan, Hernandez, Manuel A., Murphy, Mike

“…It assesses whether respondents use their reported value of specific measures from the most recent survey period as a cognitive heuristic when recalling the value from a previous period, while controlling for the value they reported earlier. …”
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Animal sourced foods and child stunting by Headey, Derek D., Hirvonen, Kalle, Hoddinott, John F.

“…Stunting affects 160 million pre-school children around the world, and imposes significant costs on a child’s health, cognitive development, schooling and economic performance. …”
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Global nutrition report 2015: Africa brief: Actions and accountability to advance nutrition and sustainable development by International Food Policy Research Institute

“…Improved nutrition worldwide means many more children will live past the age of five, their growth will be less disrupted, and they will gain in height and weight. Their cognitive abilities will develop more fully, allowing them to learn more both within and outside of school. …”
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The consequences of early childhood growth failure over the life course by Hoddinott, John F., Maluccio, John A., Behrman, Jere R., Martorell, Reynaldo, Melgar, Paul, Quisumbing, Agnes R., Ramirez-Zea, Manuel, Stein, Aryeh D., Yount, Kathryn M.

“…It finds that individuals who did not suffer growth failure in the first three years of life complete more schooling, score higher on tests of cognitive skill in adulthood, have better outcomes in the marriage market, earn higher wages and are more likely to be employed in higher-paying skilled labor and white-collar jobs, are less likely to live in poor households, and, for women, fewer pregnancies and smaller risk of miscarriages and stillbirths. …”
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Explaining child malnutrition in developing countries: a cross-country analysis by Smith, Lisa C., Haddad, Lawrence J.

“…In addition, they are more likely to have impaired immune systems, poorer cognitive development, lower productivity as adults, and greater susceptibility to diet-related chronic diseases such as hypertension and coronary heart disease later in life. …”
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Explaining child malnutrition in developing countries: a cross-country analysis by Smith, Lisa C., Haddad, Lawrence J.

“…In addition, they are more likely to have impaired immune systems, poorer cognitive development, lower productivity as adults, and greater susceptibility to diet-related chronic diseases such as hypertension and coronary heart disease later in life. …”
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Explaining child malnutrition in developing countries: a cross-country analysis by Smith, Lisa C., Haddad, Lawrence James

“…In addition, they are more likely to have impaired immune systems, poorer cognitive development, lower productivity as adults, and greater susceptibility to diet-related chronic diseases such as hypertension and coronary heart disease later in life. …”
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The Human Capital Study 2002-04: tracking data collection, coverage, and attrition by Grajeda, Ruben, Behrman, Jere R., Flores, Rafael, Maluccio, John, Martorell, Reynaldo, Stein, Aryeh D.

“…This “Human Capital Study 2002–04” complements and extends data obtained in previous studies by collecting new information on measures of physical health and well-being, schooling and cognitive ability, wealth, consumption and economic productivity, and marriage and fertility histories. …”
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The business or financial models for solar irrigation pumps: unveiling Interconnections, advantages, and trade-offs by Mutum, Lamnganbi, Kuriachen, Philip, Taneja, Garima, MPM Deepa, Sikka, Alok, Ringler, Claudia

“…Notably, the models were interconnected utilizing fuzzy cognitive mapping to visually depict their intricate interdependencies. …”
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D4N2025 Presentation Showcase – Thematic Session 2B: Synergistic solutions: Integrated interventions for nutrition & beyond by Islam, Ariful, Ara, Gulshan, Shah, Hetvi, Khichi, Abhigya, Bashir, Sidra, Mondal, Sudipta

“…Presentation 2: Effects of Egg Consumption and Psychosocial Stimulation on Cognitive Outcomes of Young Children in Resource-Poor Settings in Bangladesh by Gulshan Ara. …”
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Decision-making by farmers regarding ecosystem services: factors affecting soil conservation efforts in Costa Rica by Vignola, Raffaele, Koellner, T., Scholz, R.W., McDaniels, T.L.

“…This paper examines influences on farmers’ decisions through a survey involving interviews with a sample of farmers (n = 56) to test hypotheses on how a combination of cognitive variables (beliefs, risk perception, values) and socioeconomic variables shape decisions on soil conservation. …”
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Conceptual toolboxes for twenty-first-century ecologists by Reiners, William A., Pappas, Gregory S., Lockwood, Jeffrey A., Reiners, Derek S., Prager, Steven D.

“…In order to understand how members of our discipline “think” as well as “know” and “act,” this paper explores how the utility of ecological concepts varies among ecologists and how concepts tend to be lumped into what might be viewed as cognitive “toolkits” for implementing our work. Knowing the character of these metaphorical toolkits helps us to understand the nature of our discipline, to better teach ecology, and to more effectively communicate with one another. …”
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Use of soy isoflavones as alternative to hormone replacement therapy (HRT) for women in menopause by Edefuhr, Jenny

“…The loss of estrogen following menopause can have several effects, including reduction of bone mass, menopausal symptoms, such as hot flushes, decreased cognitive function, vaginal atrophy, and hypercholesterolemia. …”
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Factores psicosociales que influyen en la intención de los tomadores de decisión agropecuarios de la Pampa austral de Argentina de conservar las franjas de vegetación ribereñas by Giaccio, Gustavo Carlos María, Mastrangelo, Matías Enrique, Aparicio, Virginia Carolina, Costa, José Luis, Laterra, Pedro

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