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Research ArticleOpen accessIn the keywordsCombating Climate Change One Bite at a Time: Environmental Sustainability of Veganism (with a Socio-Behavioral Comparison of Vegans and Omnivores)Jennifer M. Ghahari, Jennifer A. McAdamIn an era of escalating climate change, our research examines the environmental benefits of veganism and finds which factors could contribute to a societal shift towards veganism. Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (CAFOs) release significant greenhouse gas emissions as well as expose people and animals to pathogens. Tropical rainforest destruction for grazing land, the vast amount of fresh/potable water needed for … …Journal of Social Sciences, Vol. 14, Issue 1 · 30 Mar 2018 · 9,761 accessesView PDF Cite

Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractArabic Fake News Detection Across Generational Text Representations: From Traditional Models to Transformer-Based MethodologiesNoor M. AlkudahThe rapid proliferation of fake news on Arabic social media has amplified societal and political risks, yet research on automatic detection in Arabic remains limited due to scarce datasets, morphological complexity, and underexplored preprocessing strategies. This study presents a comprehensive benchmark for Arabic fake news detection, unifying seven Machine Learning (ML) algorithms, three Deep Learning (DL) models, and a transformer-based … …Journal of Computer Science, Vol. 22, Issue 4 · 17 Apr 2026 · 1,873 accessesView PDF Cite

Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractDetermining Causes of Gully Erosion and Associated Rates of Change in South-East Nigeria, using a Remote Sensing and GIS MethodologySylvanus IroThe study of gully development on a regional scale is currently threatened by the intrinsic costs associated with steady field tracking and monitoring and the lack of historic measurements to perform time series analysis. The research objective is to develop a low-cost GIS and Remote Sensing methodology for monitoring and quantifying gully erosion and development over time, identifying the impact … …American Journal of Environmental Sciences, Vol. 16, Issue 5 · 22 Oct 2020 · 7,431 accessesView PDF Cite

Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractEffects of Environmental Change on Human Health: A Descriptive Economic AnalysisUttam Paudel, Shiva Raj Adhikari, Krishna Prasad PantEnvironmental dilapidation in developing countries upsurges the incidence of human diseases leading to societal impoverishment in the disease rampant areas. Literatures on economic evaluation of effects of environmental changes on human health are scanty. This paper descriptively reconnoiters major environmental changes, spread of diseases, associated household cost including health costs and finally benefits from the improvement of environment through household … …American Journal of Environmental Sciences, Vol. 14, Issue 6 · 7 Jan 2019 · 8,200 accessesView PDF Cite

EditorialOpen accessIn the abstractUse of Design of Experiments and Manuscripts Rejection RateAydin Berenjian, Jason RyanTraditional one-variable-at-a-time method was and still is for some researchers, the general procedure to determine the optimal conditions for a chemical, biochemical or biological mechanism. According to this technique, a large number of experiments should be performed to obtain a high precision in effect assessment and also the interaction among the variables cannot be defined. To overcome the limitations of … …American Journal of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Vol. 11, Issue 2 · 8 Jun 2015 · 7,167 accessesView PDF Cite

Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractSustainability Education-A Challenge for South-East Asia and EuropeRenate Kärchner-Ober, Uwe DippelProblem statement: South-East Asia and Europe face rapid changes in social, economical and political terms. Though starting points are different, both regions experience similar problems. We see a strong slowdown of economic growth; changing proportions of the population through migration, natural disasters, economic reasons and aging populations. Problems and conflicts occur in the first decade of the new millennium, as … …Journal of Social Sciences, Vol. 7, Issue 1 · 18 Dec 2010 · 8,630 accessesView PDF Cite

Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractRole of Information Technology for Good Governance and SocietyHasan Al-ShalabiFor developing countries, Technology is considered to be a lever for development. The development of Information Technology (IT) has a wide potential in all aspects of the societal development. Especially, for any developing country, IT has brought an overall change and growth. The developing countries need to focus on 6Cs of IT i.e. Computer density, Communication, Connectivity, Cyber laws, Cost … …Journal of Social Sciences, Vol. 1, Issue 2 · 30 Jun 2005 · 9,875 accessesView PDF Cite