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Everyday norms have become more permissive over time and vary across cultures
Eriksson, K.; Strimling, P.; Vartanova, I.; Simpson, B.; Persson, M.; Abdi, K. A.; Ad, N.; Aldashev, A.; Ali, H. M.; Alì, M.; Aliyev, K.; Choi, H.-S.Every social situation that people encounter in their daily lives comes with a set of unwritten rules about what behavior is considered appropriate or inappropriate. These everyday norms can vary across societies: some societies may have more permissive norms in general or for certain behaviors, or for certain behaviors in specific situations. In a preregistered survey of 25,422 participants across 90 societies...
Perceptions of the appropriate response to norm violation in 57 societies
Eriksson, K.; Strimling, P.; Gelfand, M.; Junhui Wu; Abernathy, J.; Akotia, C. S.; Aldashev, A.; Andersson, P. A.; Andrighetto, G.; Anum, A.; Arikan, G.Norm enforcement may be important for resolving conflicts and promoting cooperation. However, little is known about how preferred responses to norm violations vary across cultures and across domains. In a preregistered study of 57 countries (using convenience samples of 22,863 students and non-students), we measured perceptions of the appropriateness of various responses to a violation of a cooperative norm and...
ORGANIC WASTE TO ENERGY IN LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN (LAC); STATE-OF-THE-...
Silva-Martinez, Rodolfo Daniel [UNESP]; Sanches-Pereira, Alessandro; Persson, M.; Scarlat, N.; Grassi, A.; Helm, P.Made available in DSpace on 2020-12-10T17:34:52Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2018-01-01; Organic waste to energy (OWtE) technologies have been already developed and implemented in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) countries, but are still far away to significantly contribute not only to manage and treat the ever-increasing waste volumes in the region but also to supply its energy demand...
Risk-benefit assessment in foods: a case study involving mycotoxins
Alvito, Paula; Assunção, Ricardo; Martins, C.; Viegas, S.; Fernandes, P.; Carvalho-Oliveira, I.; Torres, D.; Monteiro, S.; Nabais, P.; Membré, J.M.State of the art. Data from a recent Portuguese national project that studied the toxic effects of children exposure (under 3 years old) to multiple mycotoxins in infant foods (MYCOMIX) reported the co-occurrence of 21 mycotoxins and metabolites present in breakfast cereals primarily marketed for children. This study showed that 96% of the analyzed breakfast cereal samples were contaminated with mycotoxins1,2. ...
Risk-Benefit Assessment in foods: a tool for a better food and health policy in...
Assunção, R.; Martins, C.; Brazão, R.; Fernandes, P.; Carvalho-Oliveira, I.; Torres, D.; Lopes, Carla; Carvalho, C.; Vasconcelos, F.; Monteiro, S.RiskBenefit4EU – Partnering to strengthen the risk–benefit assessment within EU using a holistic approach, is a recent European pilot project funded by EFSA and coordinated by Portugal (PT), integrating a multidisciplinary team from health and food institutes, national food safety authorities, R&D institutions and academia from PT, Denmark (DK) and France (FR). The main objectives of RiskBenefit4EU concerns the...
Risk-Benefit Assessment in foods: a case study involving mycotoxins
Alvito, Paula; Assunção, R.; Martins, Carla; Viegas, S.; Fernandes, P.; Carvalho-Oliveira, I.; Torres, D.; Lopes, C.; Monteiro, S.; Nabais, P.Over the last years, the contamination of different foodstuffs with multiple mycotoxins has been highly reported. Data from a recent Portuguese national project that studied the toxic effects of exposure of children under 3 years old to multiple mycotoxins in infant foods (MYCOMIX) reported the co-occurrence of twenty-one mycotoxins and metabolites present in breakfast cereals primarily marketed for children. T...