EDUCATION AND EQUIPMENT DISTRIBUTION LEAD TO INCREASED MERCURY KNOWLEDGE AND RETORT USE IN ARTISANAL AND SMALL-SCALE GOLD MINING COMMUNITIES IN SENEGAL

Education and equipment distribution lead to increased mercury knowledge and retort use in artisanal and small-scale gold mining communities in Senegal

Artisanal and small-scale gold mining is an important livelihood, but also the largest contributor to anthropogenic mercury emissions globally.Two key persistent challenges in reducing mercury use in artisanal and small-scale gold mining communities are effective educational interventions and accessibility to improved technologies.This study evalua

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From Love Jihad to Grooming Gangs: Tracing Flows of the Hypersexual Muslim Male through Far-Right Female Influencers

This article traces the transnational flows of constructions of the hypersexualized Muslim Golf Glove male through a comparative analysis of love jihad in India and the specter of grooming gangs in the UK.While the former is conceived as an act of seduction and conversion, and the latter through violent rape imaginaries, foregrounding both of these

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Distribution and evolution of secondary metabolites in Eriocaulaceae, Lythraceae and Velloziaceae from "campos rupestres"

Hypotheses are presented on the evolution of structural patterns of secondary metabolites (flavonoids and foliar wax alkanes) and fatty acids of families of "campos rupestres".The distribution of fatty acids is given for genera of Lythraceae, Golf Glove with emphasis on Cuphea (supposedly more advanced) and Diplusodon.Compounds with saturated short

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