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Local governments as key agents in climate change adaptation: challenges and opportunities for institutional capacity-building in Mexico by Cid, Abril, Lerner, Amy M.

“…Institutional capacity is one of the dimensions of adaptive capacity that determines the level and pace of climate change adaptation at the local level. Local…”
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Researching farmer behaviour in climate change adaptation and sustainable agriculture: Lessons learned from five case studies by Feola, Giuseppe, Lerner, Amy M., Jain, Meha, Montefrio, Marvin Joseph F., Nicholas, Kimberly A.

“…Understanding farmer behaviour is needed for local agricultural systems to produce food sustainably while facing multiple pressures. We synthesize existing…”
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Child malnutrition and climate in Sub-Saharan Africa: An analysis of recent trends in Kenya by Grace, Kathryn, Davenport, Frank, Funk, Chris, Lerner, Amy M.

“…In Kenya – where undernutrition rates are high and the population-environment balance is delicate – the risk of declining food availability has become…”
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The survival of agriculture on the edge: Perceptions of push and pull factors for the persistence of the ancient chinampas of Xochimilco, Mexico City by Pérez-Belmont, Patricia, Lerner, Amy M., Mazari-Hiriart, Marisa, Valiente, Elsa

“…A mixture of identities, livelihoods and a heterogeneous landscape characterizes the communities located in the rural-urban frontier. The perception of the…”
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Sustainable Cattle Ranching in Practice: Moving from Theory to Planning in Colombia’s Livestock Sector by Lerner, Amy M., Zuluaga, Andrés Felipe, Chará, Julián, Etter, Andrés, Searchinger, Timothy

“…A growing population with increasing consumption of milk and dairy require more agricultural output in the coming years, which potentially competes with…”
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Anatomic variations between Japanese and Caucasian populations in the healthy young adult knee joint by Hovinga, Kristen R., Lerner, Amy L.

“…Our objective was to characterize variations in mechanical knee alignment, tibial torsion, tibial width, and ACL laxity measurements between Japanese and…”
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An obsolete dichotomy? Rethinking the rural-urban interface in terms of food security and production in the global south by LERNER, AMY M, EAKIN, HALLIE

“…The global food system is coming under increasing strain in the face of urban population growth. The recent spike in global food prices (2007-08) provoked…”
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Development of a statistical shape model of the patellofemoral joint for investigating relationships between shape and function by Fitzpatrick, Clare K, Baldwin, Mark A, Laz, Peter J, FitzPatrick, David P, L. Lerner, Amy, Rullkoetter, Paul J

“…Abstract Patellofemoral (PF)-related pathologies, including joint laxity, patellar maltracking, cartilage degradation and anterior knee pain, affect nearly 25%…”
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Adaptive capacity in evolving peri-urban spaces: Responses to flood risk in the Upper Lerma River Valley, Mexico by Eakin, Hallie, Lerner, Amy M., Murtinho, Felipe

“…Although ‘peri-urban’ and ‘rur-urban’ growth patterns are now prominent in previously rural areas of Latin America, there has been little exploration of the…”
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Adapting to risk and perpetuating poverty: Household’s strategies for managing flood risk and water scarcity in Mexico City by Eakin, Hallie, Lerner, Amy M., Manuel-Navarrete, David, Hernández Aguilar, Bertha, Martínez-Canedo, Alejandra, Tellman, Beth, Charli-Joseph, Lakshmi, Fernández Álvarez, Rafael, Bojórquez-Tapia, Luis

“…•This paper focuses on the burden of adaptation among economically marginalized households in Mexico City and the reinforcement of poverty through chronic…”
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Building actor-centric transformative capacity through city-university partnerships by Keeler, Lauren Withycombe, Beaudoin, Fletcher, Wiek, Arnim, John, Beatrice, Lerner, Amy M., Beecroft, Richard, Tamm, Kaidi, Seebacher, Andreas, Lang, Daniel J., Kay, Braden, Forrest, Nigel

“…Cities worldwide are rising to the challenge of sustainable development, calling for large-scale and fastpaced transformations towards sustainability. Urban…”
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Assessing the historical adaptive cycles of an urban social-ecological system and its potential future resilience: the case of Xochimilco, Mexico City by Jiménez, Marcela, Pérez-Belmont, Patricia, Schewenius, Maria, Lerner, Amy M., Mazari-Hiriart, Marisa

“…As the bulk of the world’s population becomes urban, maintaining urban ecosystem services for environmental and social well-being in cities is crucial…”
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Individualized Characterization of the Distribution of Collagen Fibril Dispersion Using Optical Aberrations of the Cornea for Biomechanical Models by Xu, Mengchen, Ramirez-Garcia, Manuel A, Narang, Harshita, Buckley, Mark R, Lerner, Amy L, Yoon, Geunyoung

“…The spatial distribution of collagen fibril dispersion has a significant impact on both corneal biomechanical and optical behaviors. The goal of this study was…”
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Understanding peri-urban maize production through an examination of household livelihoods in the Toluca Metropolitan Area, Mexico by Lerner, Amy M., Eakin, Hallie, Sweeney, Stuart

“…The rates of urban growth globally continue to rise, especially in small and intermediary cities and peri-urban areas of the developing world. Communities in…”
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Reducing uncertainty when using knee‐specific finite element models by assessing the effect of input parameters by Guo, Hongqiang, Santner, Thomas J., Lerner, Amy L., Maher, Suzanne A.

“…ABSTRACT Little is known about knee‐specific factors that influence contact mechanics. Finite Element (FE) models offer a powerful tool to study contact…”
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Governing the gaps in water governance and land-use planning in a megacity: The example of hydrological risk in Mexico City by Lerner, Amy M., Eakin, Hallie C., Tellman, Elizabeth, Bausch, Julia Chrissie, Hernández Aguilar, Bertha

“…Megacities are socio-ecological systems (SES) that encompass complex interactions between residents, institutions, and natural resource management. These…”
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Making Informal Water Distribution Work: Collective Agency and Self-Organization in Informal Areas of Xochimilco, Mexico City by HERNANDEZ, BERTHA, MANUEL-NAVARRETE, DAVID, LERNER, AMY M., SIQUEIROS, JESUS MARIO

“…Global environmental change can disproportionately impact vulnerable populations in informal settlements already struggling with diminished access to…”
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Controlled elevation of intraocular pressure and its impact on ocular aberrations in healthy eyes by Xu, Mengchen, Simmons, Brittany, Lerner, Amy L., Yoon, Geunyoung

“…•In vivo IOP can be temporarily elevated and controlled in a safe, efficient, non-contact manner using an inversion table.•Significant changes in corneal…”
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In Vivo Normal Knee Kinematics: Is Ethnicity or Gender an Influencing Factor? by Leszko, Filip, Hovinga, Kristen R., Lerner, Amy L., Komistek, Richard D., Mahfouz, Mohamed R.

“…Background In vivo studies have suggested Caucasians achieve lower average knee flexion than non-Western populations. Some previous studies have also suggested…”
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Core Competencies for Undergraduates in Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering: Findings, Consequences, and Recommendations by White, John A., Gaver, Donald P., Butera, Robert J., Choi, Bernard, Dunlop, Mary J., Grande-Allen, K. Jane, Grosberg, Anna, Hitchcock, Robert W., Huang-Saad, Aileen Y., Kotche, Miiri, Kyle, Aaron M., Lerner, Amy L., Linehan, John H., Linsenmeier, Robert A., Miller, Michael I., Papin, Jason A., Setton, Lori, Sgro, Allyson, Smith, Michael L., Zaman, Muhammad, Lee, Abraham P.

“…This paper provides a synopsis of discussions related to biomedical engineering core curricula that occurred at the Fourth BME Education Summit held at Case…”
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