New focus in climate messages

Climate change and tropical biodiversity: a new focus.

Considerable efforts are focused on the consequences of climate change for tropical rainforests. However, potentially the greatest threats to tropical biodiversity (synergistic interactions between climatic changes and human land use) remain understudied. Key concerns are that aridification could increase the accessibility of previously non-arable or remote lands, elevate fire impacts and exace...

focus on communication in iranian high school language classes: a study of the role of teaching materials in changing the focus onto communication in language classes

چکیده ارتباط در کلاس به عوامل زیادی از جمله معلمان، دانش آموزان، برنامه های درسی و از همه مهم تر، مواد آموزشی وابسته است. در تدریس ارتباطی زبان که تاکید زیادی بر توانش ارتباطی دارد، کتاب درسی به عنوان عامل موثر بر پویایی کلاس محسوب میگردد که درس ها را از طریق فراهم آوردن متن ارتباط کلاسی و هم چنین نوع تمرین زبانی که دانش آموزان در طول فعالیت های کلاسی به آن مشغول اند، کنترل می کند. این حقیقت ک...

A New Perspective on Climate Change and Variability: a Focus on India

Using NDVI satellite data, vegetation growth is shown to be closely correlated with precipitation that fell two months earlier. Aerosols are shown to significantly alter the direct and diffuse sunlight that reaches vegetation, which subsequently has an effect on carbon assimilation and transpiration. Population increases are presented as a primary driver of these regional climate changes in India.

BJPsych International: new name, new strategic focus

Promoting fruit and vegetable intake through messages tailored to individual differences in regulatory focus.

BACKGROUND Researchers must identify strategies to optimize the persuasiveness of messages used in public education campaigns encouraging fruit and vegetable (FV) intake. PURPOSE This study examined whether tailoring messages to individuals' regulatory focus (RF), the tendency to be motivated by promotion versus prevention goals, increased the persuasiveness of messages encouraging greater FV...