Barriers against and actions towards renewable energy technologies diffusion: A Principal Component Analysis for residential ground source heat pump (GSHP) …

S Karytsas, I Choropanitis - Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2017 - Elsevier
The residential sector is responsible for 20% of the total energy consumption worldwide,
with fossil fuels being its main energy source. Ground Source Heat Pump (GSHP) systems …

Child and adolescent suicide attempts, suicidal behavior, and adverse childhood experiences in South Africa: A prospective study

L Cluver, M Orkin, ME Boyes, L Sherr - Journal of Adolescent Health, 2015 - Elsevier
Purpose This is the first known prospective study of child suicidal behavior in sub-Saharan
Africa. Aims were to determine whether (1) cumulative exposure to adverse childhood …

Biodegradability of dissolved organic carbon in permafrost soils and aquatic systems: a meta-analysis

JE Vonk, SE Tank, PJ Mann, RGM Spencer… - …, 2015 - bg.copernicus.org
As Arctic regions warm and frozen soils thaw, the large organic carbon pool stored in
permafrost becomes increasingly vulnerable to decomposition or transport. The transfer of …

Residents' attitudes towards tourism development in Cape Verde Islands

MA Ribeiro, PO Do Valle, JA Silva - … Tropical Coastal and Island …, 2016 - taylorfrancis.com
The purpose of this study is to examine residents' attitudes and perceptions towards tourism
development in the Cape Verde islands, a little-explored issue in the context of small …

The role of distance in peri-urban national park use: Who visits them and how far do they travel?

SD Rossi, JA Byrne, CM Pickering - Applied Geography, 2015 - Elsevier
There is a sizable literature about the factors shaping park visitation and use–especially for
urban parks, including (i) geographic (eg proximity),(ii) socio-cultural (eg population …

Assessing junk food consumption among Australian children: trends and associated characteristics from a cross-sectional study

S Boylan, LL Hardy, BA Drayton, A Grunseit… - BMC public health, 2017 - Springer
Background The ubiquitous supply of junk foods in our food environment has been partly
blamed for the increased rates in overweight and obesity. However, consumption of these …

Inherent vulnerability assessment of rural households based on socio-economic indicators using categorical principal component analysis: A case study of Kimsar …

S Rajesh, S Jain, P Sharma - Ecological indicators, 2018 - Elsevier
The recent trend of shifting focus from hazard centric drivers of vulnerability towards the
social and economic drivers of vulnerability has led to a number of conceptual frameworks …

Identifying the components of social capital by categorical principal component analysis (CATPCA)

N Saukani, NA Ismail - Social Indicators Research, 2019 - Springer
Social capital is a promising concept, widely used by social science researchers in
analysing factors that contribute to the persistence of various economic issues …

Consumers attitudes toward animal welfare friendly produce: An island of Ireland study

JJ Hyland, Á Regan, S Sweeney… - Frontiers in Animal …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Public concern has arisen between increased productivity in animal production systems and
farm animal welfare (FAW). Consumers demand ethical production systems and tend to …

Social capital dimensions and subjective well-being: A quantile approach

I Neira, M Lacalle-Calderon, M Portela… - Journal of Happiness …, 2019 - Springer
This paper investigates the effects of different dimensions of social capital (ie, trust, social
network and norms of civic engagement) on subjective well-being (SWB) at the individual …