The goal of this investigation was to establish an initial correlation between farming activities and malaria and to define risk factors and prevalence of the latter through an analysis of the integration of farm production strategies by members of an indigenous peasant community in the Chiapas mountains in Mexico. Information was obtained on places of work, land use, coffee, corn, and bean far...

The impact of Greece is typified by the hyperbole of Sir Henry Main: “Except the blind forces of nature, nothing moves in this world which is not Greek in its origin.” Including the adoption of Egyptian and other earlier cultures by the Greeks, we find their patrimony in all phases of modern life. Handicrafts, mining techniques, engineering, trade, governmental regulation of commerce and more h...

Stand at any of South Africa’s border posts and watch who is crossing the border to neighbouring states. Women with heads and arms laden, bakkies and cars overloaded with goods, mini-bus taxis pulling trailers, and lorries—big and small filled to the brim. Trains and buses pull in with full baggage racks. Many of these vehicles are carrying informal sector cross-border traders, people who are b...

The aim is to briefly describe the methodologies of Adélia Borges, Lia Krucken, as well Dialogic Design by Márcia Ganem, which encompass designers' actions revitalize handicrafts and value local products, in addition their application slow fashion contexts.

Traditional folk crafts are handicrafts and corresponding activities created by Chinese working people in all ages to meet their material spiritual needs using various materials handicrafts. It reflects the general characteristics of arts crafts, but also shows distinctive personality national culture. The printing dyeing process Miao Nationality Xiangxi Southeast Guizhou has this characteristi...

Visualization techniques for the usage of tools, handicrafts, and assembly operations are employed demonstrating processes (e.g., instructions). Until today, most commonly used include written information, sketches in manuals, video instructions, etc. The evolution technology nowadays has generated mature methods transforming movement to digital information that can be processed replicated. Mot...

Current rural development should focus on new activities that are happening in rural areas: agriculture and forestry (remaining activities), small industry, handicrafts and services, rural tourism, housing, social life and culture, preservation of natural environment cultivation of cultural heritage, education and telecommunications development. The mobile communications have created new opport...

The Cultural Keystone Species (CKS) method of identification has been used to define culturally important species. The objective of this study was to identify and characterize CKS vertebrates in the communities surrounding the Environmental Protection Area of Chapada do Araripe and define conservation priorities using semi-structured interviews and free listings. Interviews were conducted with ...