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METHOD: A two-stage decision-making model is estimated to explain children's participation and labor supply on family farms using unitary and cooperative bargaining frameworks. RESULTS: Results indicate that parents have different preferences about whether their children work and how much they work. The models incorporate non-economic factors and allow for different stochastic processes in the participation and labor supply decisions. CONCLUSIONS: Concerns about children's social development appear to be crucial in deciding children's labor participation, while the child's economic contribution significantly influences both whether they work and how much they work. Some variables affect the two decisions differently. For instance, the higher the parents' education level, the higher the probability children will work but the fewer hours they will work. 相似文献
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Despite efforts to include residents in hazard management, their contributions are often undervalued because they are seen as passive recipients of intervention rather than active participants in the production of knowledge, particularly when they lack technical expertise. However, using multiple perspectives and experiences can improve hazard management strategies and create safer communities. This paper examines a Colombian landslide management program to highlight the prospects and limitations of incorporating non-expert knowledge into hazard management. The Guardianas de la Ladera (Guardians of the Slope) in Manizales, Colombia is a program in which female heads of household are hired to maintain landslide-prevention infrastructure and communicate landslide risk to the community. While the highly regarded program is perceived as having reduced the frequency of landslides and associated damages, the hierarchical institutional structure inhibits bottom-up communication, including information that could improve long-term vulnerability reduction. We argue that regardless of the location, scale, or specific hazard being addressed, incorporating non-expert knowledge into hazard management potentially illuminates sources of vulnerability not recognized by technical or development experts. 相似文献
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Kurt Paschke Juan Pablo Cumillaf Sergio Loyola Paulina Gebauer Mauricio Urbina María Eugenia Chimal Cristina Pascual Carlos Rosas 《Marine Biology》2010,157(1):7-18
Episodes of hypoxia are common in the marine environment, and their ecological effects depend, in part, on their severity
and duration. Many species of decapod crustaceans reside in areas with fluctuating oxygen regimens. Physiological mechanisms
enhance the ability of these crustaceans to cope with acute episodes of hypoxia. Southern king crab, Lithodes santolla, fishery is important in the south of South America, and some data describe fishing zones with low dissolved oxygen (DO) levels
(3.5 mgO2 l−1, i.e., 8.3 kPa). Our main objective was to evaluate the effect of dissolved oxygen level on respiratory metabolism, nutritional
physiology, and immunological condition of L. santolla juveniles. Individual animals were exposed for 10 days to different oxygen tensions (2.1, 4.2, 8.5, 12.7, and 21.1 kPa) to
quantify the oxygen consumption rate; thereafter, blood oxyhemocyanin (Hc), protein concentration, as well as hemocytes, were
sampled. Freeze-dried animals were dissected, and digestive gland metabolites (glycogen, protein, glucose, cholesterol, acylglycerol,
and lactate) and digestive enzyme activity (general protease, trypsin, and chymotrypsin), as well as gill lactate dehydrogenase
(LDH) activity, were quantified. In the present study, Lithodes santolla showed a critical oxygen tension between 4 and 9 kPa, indicating that this crab species is more sensitive to DO than other
crustacean species. Protein and Hc concentrations followed a similar pattern to that of oxygen consumption. Digestive gland
glycogen and protein concentration did not change after 10 days at different oxygen exposures, but glucose, cholesterol, and
acylglycerol concentrations decreased linearly and proportionally to the available oxygen in the water. As in other decapods,
chymotrypsin showed over 90% of the total quantified proteases activity. Chymotrypsin activity together with total proteases
and trypsin was not affected by the environmental oxygen tension. Gill LDH and digestive gland lactate followed a similar
increase at lower environmental oxygen tension but dropped sharply at the lowest tension (2.1 kPa). Dissolved oxygen affected
also the immune system through reduction of hemocytes. This could provide a critical window for opportunistic pathogens to
become established when crabs are exposed to hypoxic conditions. L. santolla juveniles show a moderate tolerance to low oxygen availability by modifying the concentration of hemolymph proteins, mainly
OxyHc, some digestive gland metabolites, and by activating the anaerobic metabolism. This allows L. santolla juveniles to inhabit temporarily low oxygen zones in the deep ocean and suggests an advantage for culture conditions. 相似文献
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Measurements of personal exposure to nitrogen dioxide in four Mexican cities in 1996 总被引:2,自引:0,他引:2
Ramirez-Aguilar M Cicero-Fernandez P Winer AM Romieu I Meneses-Gonzalez F Hernandez-Avila M 《Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association (1995)》2002,52(1):50-57
Nitrogen dioxide is a ubiquitous pollutant in urban areas. Indoor NO2 concentrations are influenced by penetration of outdoor concentrations and by indoor sources. The objectives of this study were to evaluate personal exposure to NO2, taking into account human time-activity patterns in four Mexican cities. Passive filter badges were used for indoor, outdoor, and personal NO2 measurements over 48 hr and indoor workplace measurements over 16 hr. Volunteers completed a questionnaire on exposure factors and a time-activity diary during the sample period. An unpaired t test, an analysis of variance (ANOVA), and a linear regression were performed to compare differences among cities and mean personal NO2 concentrations involving housing characteristics, as well as to determine which variables predicted the personal NO2 concentration. Sampling periods were in April, May, and June 1996 in Mexico City, Guadalajara, Cuernavaca, and Monterrey. All 122 volunteers in the study were working adults, with a mean age of 34 (SD +/- 7.38); 64% were female, and the majority worked in public offices and universities. The highest NO2 concentrations were found in Mexico City (36 ppb for outdoor, 57 ppb for indoor, and 39 ppb for personal concentration) and the lowest in Monterrey (19 ppb for outdoor, 24 ppb for indoor, and 24 ppb for personal concentration). Significant differences in NO2 concentrations were found among the cities in different microenvironments. During the sampling period, volunteers spent 85% of their time indoors. The highest personal NO2 concentration was found when volunteers kept their windows closed (p = 0.03). In the regression model adjusted by city and gender, the best predictors of personal NO2 concentration were outdoor levels and time spent outdoors (R2 = 0.68). These findings suggest that outdoor NO2 concentrations were an important influence on the personal exposure to NO2, due to the specific characteristics and personal behavior of the people in these Mexican cities. 相似文献
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Edel Pérez-López Tyler Wist Yesenia Rodríguez Mauricio Luna-Rodríguez Chrystel Y. Olivier 《Environment, Development and Sustainability》2018,20(4):1797-1805
Native corn in Mexico can be affected by maize bushy stunt disease (MBS), which can negatively impact maize-farming operations. Maize bushy stunt symptoms in native corn were linked to the presence of phytoplasmas through molecular analysis of symptomatic native corn plants in Mexico. These findings motivated a socioeconomic characterization and identification of the management strategies developed by the “subsistence farmers” of those communities to answer the questions: What elements of farming affect the presence of MBS disease in “subsistence farmers” fields? What do “subsistence farmers” know about MBS disease and the pathogen associated with MBS disease? How best can MBS disease be managed in small farming communities in Mexico? Through face-to-face interviews with growers and the corresponding analyses of their responses, we identified a widespread lack of knowledge about MBS disease, its causal agent and its vector(s). This study highlighted factors useful to guide future management decisions and education programs, as well as further research to transmit information about MBS disease among “subsistence farmers” in rural communities in Mexico. 相似文献
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