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How Sustainable Agriculture Can Address the Environmental and Human Health Harms of Industrial Agriculture by Horrigan, Leo, Lawrence, Robert S., Walker, Polly

“…The industrial agriculture system consumes fossil fuel, water, and topsoil at unsustainable rates. It contributes to numerous forms of environmental…”
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A new tool to measure approaches to supervision from the perspective of community health workers: a prospective, longitudinal, validation study in seven countries by Vallières, Frédérique, Hyland, Philip, McAuliffe, Eilish, Mahmud, Ilias, Tulloch, Olivia, Walker, Polly, Taegtmeyer, Miriam

“…The global scale-up of community health workers (CHWs) depends on supportive management and supervision of this expanding cadre. Existing tools fail to…”
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Relapse and regression to severe wasting in children under 5 years: A theoretical framework by Schaefer, Robin, Mayberry, Amy, Briend, André, Manary, Mark, Walker, Polly, Stobaugh, Heather, Hanson, Kerstin, McGrath, Marie, Black, Robert

“…Systematic reviews have highlighted that repeated severe wasting after receiving treatment is likely to be common, but standardised measurement is needed…”
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Effects of community health interventions on under-5 mortality in rural Guinea-Bissau (EPICS): a cluster-randomised controlled trial by Boone, Peter, Dr, Elbourne, Diana, Prof, Fazzio, Ila, PhD, Fernandes, Samory, BA, Frost, Chris, Prof, Jayanty, Chitra, MA, King, Rebecca, PhD, Mann, Vera, PhD, Piaggio, Gilda, PhD, dos Santos, Albino, MA, Walker, Polly R, PhD

“…Summary Background Evidence suggests that community-based interventions that promote improved home-based practices and care-seeking behaviour can have a large…”
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Storians: Building on Indigenous Knowledge to Enhance Ni-Vanuatu Mediative Capacity by Walker, Polly O.

“…This is article examines the elicitive style of conflict resolution training implemented in Vanuatu through the Kastom Governance Partnership, an international…”
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Comparative population dynamics of HIV-1 subtypes B and C: subtype-specific differences in patterns of epidemic growth by Walker, Polly R., Pybus, Oliver G., Rambaut, Andrew, Holmes, Edward C.

“…The human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) pandemic continues to grow at an alarming rate, with a further 5 million new infections in 2003. Some 3.5 million of…”
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Sexual transmission of HIV in Africa by Walker, Polly R., Worobey, Michael, Rambaut, Andrew, Holmes, Edward C., Pybus, Oliver G.

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The EPICS Trial: Enabling Parents to Increase Child Survival through the introduction of community-based health interventions in rural Guinea Bissau by Mann, Vera, Fazzio, Ila, King, Rebecca, Walker, Polly, dos Santos, Albino, de Sa, Jose Carlos, Jayanti, Chitra, Frost, Chris, Elbourne, Diana, Boone, Peter

“…Guinea-Bissau is a small country in West Africa with a population of 1.7 million. The WHO and UNICEF reported an under-five child mortality of 203 per 1000,…”
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Polymorphisms in Nef associated with different clinical outcomes in HIV type 1 subtype C-infected children by Walker, Polly R, Ketunuti, Melissa, Choge, Isaac A, Meyers, Tammy, Gray, Glenda, Holmes, Edward C, Morris, Lynn

“…The human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) negative factor, or Nef, has a variety of functions that are important in viral pathogenesis. Sequence analysis…”
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High specificity of V3 serotyping among human immunodeficiency virus type-1 subtype C infected patients with varying disease status and viral phenotype by Walker, Polly R., Cilliers, Tonie, Choge, Isaac A., Taylor, Natasha, Cohen, Sarah S., Morris, Lynn

“…V3 serotyping is a technique for determining HIV‐1 genetic subtype based on the binding of antibodies from patient sera or plasma to synthetic V3 peptides…”
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Impact of Politics on the Colorado River Basin Water Agreement: In-Depth Administrative Analysis by Walker, Polly A

“…The goal of the Colorado River Compact was simple: equitable water allocation amongst the seven participating states: California, Nevada, Utah, Colorado,…”
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Journeys around the Medicine Wheel: A Story of Indigenous Research in a Western University by Walker, Polly

“…Spiritual experience is a taboo topic within Western institutions of higher learning. The silencing of this integral aspect of Indigenous people's lives often…”
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Aquaculture practices and potential human health risks: Current knowledge and future priorities by Sapkota, Amir, Sapkota, Amy R., Kucharski, Margaret, Burke, Janelle, McKenzie, Shawn, Walker, Polly, Lawrence, Robert

“…Annual global aquaculture production has more than tripled within the past 15 years, and by 2015, aquaculture is predicted to account for 39% of total global…”
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Decolonizing Conflict Resolution: Addressing the Ontological Violence of Westernization by Walker, Polly O

“…Walker explores the impact of worldview on a people's approach to dealing with conflict, and compares the worldviews underlying specific Western and Indigenous…”
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Plasmodium chabaudi: rosetting in a rodent malaria model by Mackinnon, Margaret J, Walker, Polly R, Rowe, J.Alexandra

“…Rosetting is a property of many malaria parasite species that has been linked to virulence in the major species infecting humans, Plasmodium falciparum. Here,…”
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The Purga Project: Indigenous Knowledge Research by Sheehan, Norm, Walker, Polly

“…The Purga Elders Centre in Queensland (Australia) is an Aboriginal-owned meeting place where Aboriginal culture and history are lived and passed on. Research…”
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What Do We Feed to Food-Production Animals? A Review of Animal Feed Ingredients and Their Potential Impacts on Human Health by Amy R. Sapkota, Lisa Y. Lefferts, Shawn Mc Kenzie, Walker, Polly

“…Animal feeding practices in the United States have changed considerably over the past century. As large-scale, concentrated production methods have become the…”
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Public health implications of meat production and consumption by Walker, Polly, Rhubart-Berg, Pamela, McKenzie, Shawn, Kelling, Kristin, Lawrence, Robert S

“…The high level of meat and saturated fat consumption in the USA and other high-income countries exceeds nutritional needs and contributes to high rates of…”
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Restorasyon: Restoration / Miramax Films sunar bir Segue Productions/Avenue Pictures yapımı by Tremain, Rose, Hoffman, Michael, Downey, Robert, Neill, Sam, Thewlis, David, Walker, Polly, Ryan, Meg, McKellen, Ian, Grant, Hugh

“…In 17th century Britain, a young man seduced by the wealth and indolence of the Restoration court finds redemption of sorts through the love of a woman…”
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Peacemaking and the Imagination: Papua New Guinea Perspectives by Walker, Polly O.

“…[Andrew Strathern] and Stewart's text explores the role of imagination in peacemaking in Papua New Guinea (PNG), specifically as it is expressed in ritualised…”
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