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Neil Powell

Professor in Sustainable Development, Sustainability Research Centre, University of the …
Verified email at usc.edu.au
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Church forests in north Gonder administrative zone, northern Ethiopia

A Wassie, D Teketay, N Powell - Forests, trees and livelihoods, 2005 - Taylor & Francis
In the northern highlands of Ethiopia, patchy remnants of old-aged Afromontane forests can
be found around the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahido Churches (EOTC). These forests are …

[HTML][HTML] The effectiveness of interventions that support penicillin allergy assessment and delabeling of adult and pediatric patients by nonallergy specialists: a …

N Powell, J Stephens, D Kohl, R Owens… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Objectives Penicillin allergy records are often incorrect and may result in harm. We aimed to
systematically review the effectiveness and safety of nonallergist health care worker delivery …

[HTML][HTML] Antibiotic review kit for hospitals (ARK-Hospital): a stepped-wedge cluster-randomised controlled trial

…, J O'Driscoll, A Pegden, R Porter, N Powell… - The Lancet Infectious …, 2023 - thelancet.com
Background Strategies to reduce antibiotic overuse in hospitals depend on prescribers taking
decisions to stop unnecessary antibiotic use. There is scarce evidence for how to support …

A framework for facilitating dialogue between policy planners and local climate change adaptation professionals: Cases from Sweden, Canada and Indonesia

RK Larsen, ÅG Swartling, N Powell, B May… - Environmental science & …, 2012 - Elsevier
The dominant approach to mainstreaming climate adaptation into sectoral policies relies on
an ‘upscaling’ model in which it is envisaged to extract lessons from local change processes …

Policies for wetlands implementation in Denmark and Sweden–historical lessons and emerging issues

…, T Dalgaard, MV Odgaard, C Kjaergaard, N Powell… - Land use policy, 2021 - Elsevier
Natural wetlands used to cover a significant part of the landscape, but these ecosystems
have declined by >50% worldwide, and even more in Denmark and Sweden. However, since …

[PDF][PDF] Mangrove restoration and rehabilitation for climate change adaptation in Vietnam

N Powell, M Osbeck, SB Tan, VC Toan - World Resources Report Case …, 2011 - Citeseer
A new set of intractable global problems has precipitated the emergence of more purposeful
efforts to govern environment and development in Vietnam. The threat of climate change, …

Combining social learning with agro-ecological research practice for more effective management of nitrate pollution

M Toderi, N Powell, G Seddaiu, PP Roggero… - Environmental science & …, 2007 - Elsevier
The path of research followed by a team of agro-ecologists who sought to address a
complex environment issue by means of a social learning approach is described. Agro-ecological …

Meeting the 'Anthropocene'in the context of intractability and complexity: infusing resilience narratives with intersubjectivity

NS Powell, RK Larsen, S van Bommel - Resilience, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
Insufficient attention has been paid to how concepts of resilience can be operationalised in
wicked, contested situations. Within the environmental sciences, the contemporary social-…

[HTML][HTML] Use of procalcitonin during the first wave of COVID-19 in the acute NHS hospitals: a retrospective observational study

N Powell, P Howard, MJ Llewelyn, T Szakmany… - Antibiotics, 2021 - mdpi.com
A minority of patients presenting to hospital with COVID-19 have bacterial co-infection.
Procalcitonin testing may help identify patients for whom antibiotics should be prescribed or …

COVID-19, antibiotics and One Health: a UK environmental risk assessment

…, M Upton, S Lewin, N Powell… - Journal of …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Sir, There is growing interest in the role of secondary bacterial and fungal infections as a
cause of increased morbidity and mortality in COVID-19 patients, 1 with reports of up to 95% of …