Laura Schneider

Biographic Data

ID	4888313
NAME	Laura Schneider
GIVEN NAMES	Laura
FAMILY NAME	Schneider
SIGNATURE	SCHNEIDER L
AFFILIATIONS	Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey
ORCID	0000-0002-3544-4360
VERIFIED	Yes
TOTAL WORKS	19
TOTAL CITATIONS	60
AUTHOR COUNT	19
EDITOR COUNT	0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR	2001
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR	2026
H-INDEX	4

A Fome Como Instrumento De Genocídio: A política de extermínio da população palestina por Israel
Open AccessAlexandre Cesar Cunha Leite, Laura Schneider et al.ARTICLECaderno CRH2026
O artigo analisa a política de fome imposta por Israel na Faixa de Gaza, argumentando que ela não pode ser compreendida como mero instrumento de guerra, mas como prática deliberada de extermínio que integra o genocídio em curso contra o povo palestino. O artigo adota uma metodologia de estudo de caso descritivo, articulando a descrição cronológica das medidas israelenses de bloqueio e restrição alimentar com estatísticas e relatórios produzidos p…
Understanding Government Agrarian Programs and Smallholder Perspectives on Forest Cover Dynamics in Mexico’s Mesoamerican Biological Corridor
Open AccessAlana M Rader, B Schmook et al.ARTICLEGeographical Review2025References: 44
Agrarian programs implemented since the 1990s in Mexico (for example, PROCAMPO, a cash transfer program to increase production) often promote agricultural intensification, permanent land use, and regulations for shifting agriculture, making broad claims that these practices improved livelihoods and supported forest conservation. Meanwhile, smallholders in Mexico's Mesoamerican Biological Corridor interpreted and implemented federal program goals …
Specific Learning Disorders in Children and Adolescents with Obesity
Open AccessValeria Calcaterra, Laura Schneider et al.ARTICLEChildren2023
Specific learning disorders (SLDs) are the most frequently diagnosed developmental disorders in childhood. Different neurocognitive patterns have been found in patients with overweight and obesity, but no data on childhood obesity and SLDs have been reported. To increase our understanding of the relationship between neuropsychological developmental and obesity, we assessed the prevalence of SLD in a pediatric population with obesity. We retrospec…
Screening Questionnaire for Vitamin D Insufficiency in Children with Obesity
Open AccessValeria Calcaterra, Hellas Cena et al.ARTICLEChildren2022
Non-invasive screening tools to identify children at high risk of vitamin D (VitD) deficiency are proactive measures in preventive care. Recently, a validated questionnaire (Evaluation dEficieNCy Questionnaire, EVIDENCe-Q) for identifying newly diagnosed VitD-insufficient adults has been developed. We tested the EVIDENCe-Q modified for children with obesity and evaluated the correlation between VitD and questionnaire scores to adapt this tool to …
Predictive Ability of the Estimate of Fat Mass to Detect Early-Onset Metabolic Syndrome in Prepubertal Children with Obesity
Open AccessValeria Calcaterra, Elvira Verduci et al.ARTICLEChildren2021
Body mass index (BMI), usually used as a body fatness marker, does not accurately discriminate between amounts of lean and fat mass, crucial factors in determining metabolic syndrome (MS) risk. We assessed the predictive ability of the estimate of FM (eFM) calculated using the following formula: FM = weight − exp(0.3073 × height2 − 10.0155 ×d-growth-standards/standards/body-mass-index-for-age-bmi-for-age weight− 1 + 0.004571 × weight − 0.9180 × l…
Sex-Specific Differences in the Relationship between Insulin Resistance and Adiposity Indexes in Children and Adolescents with Obesity
Open AccessValeria Calcaterra, Elvira Verduci et al.ARTICLEChildren2021
New indexes of adiposity have been introduced to evaluate body-fat distribution and cardiometabolic risk. However, data on the correlation between Insulin Resistance (IR) and these new indexes are limited. We therefore evaluated the relationship between IR and adiposity indexes in children and adolescents with obesity, focusing on gender differences. We retrospectively enrolled 586 patients with obesity (10.80 ± 2.63; 306F/279M). As adiposity ind…
Acanthosis Nigricans in Children and Adolescents with Type 1 Diabetes or Obesity: The Potential Interplay Role between Insulin Resistance and Excess Weight
Open AccessValeria Calcaterra, Annalisa De Silvestri et al.ARTICLEChildren2021
Acanthosis nigricans (AN) is associated with obesity and type 2 diabetes, where insulin resistance (IR) is considered a predisposing factor. IR can also affect patients with type 1 diabetes (T1D). We evaluated the prevalence of AN in patients with T1D compared to subjects with obesity in order to define the interplay between IR and excess weight. We considered 138 pediatric patients who presented with T1D and 162 with obesity. As controls, 100 he…
Measuring Global Media Freedom: The Media Freedom Analyzer as a New Assessment Tool
Open AccessLaura SchneiderBOOKMeasuring Global Media Freedom2020
Whither the forest transition? Climate change, policy responses, and redistributed forests in the twenty-first century
Open AccessT K Rudel, Patrick Meyfroidt et al.ARTICLEAMBIO2020Cited by: 17References: 51
Je vous fais une lettre». Retrouver dans les archives la parole et le vécu des personnes internées / Die Stimme der internierten Personen in den Archiven
Anne‐Françoise Praz, Anne-Françoise Praz et al.BOOKJe vous fais une lettre».…2019
Les personnes internées par décision administrative nous ont laissé des témoignages personnels: procès-verbaux d'audition, récits de vie, lettres retrouvées dans les dossiers et qui ne sont jamais parvenues à leurs destinataires. L'examen de ces documents révèle les effets destructeurs de l'internement: problèmes de santé, perte des capacités de travail, dissolution des liens familiaux et sociaux et stigmatisation accrue. Des effets contraires au…
Smallholders’ adaptations to droughts and climatic variability in southeastern Mexico
Sofía Márdero, B Schmook et al.ARTICLEEnvironmental Hazards2015Cited by: 1References: 9
This study explores the temporal and spatial variability and change in rainfall across southeastern Mexico and the mechanisms by which smallholder farmers adapt to this variability, especially droughts. Members of 150 households in 10 communities were interviewed to investigate adaptation strategies among swidden maize smallholders, linked to their perceptions of climate changes. Precipitation data from seven weather stations were analyzed for th…
Land system science and the social–environmental system: The case of Southern Yucatán Peninsular Region (Sypr) project
Open AccessBL Turner, Jacqueline Geoghegan et al.ARTICLECurrent Opinion in Environmental…2015Cited by: 4References: 13
LivestockPlus: Forages, sustainable intensification, and food security in the tropics
Open AccessT K Rudel, Birthe Paul et al.ARTICLEAMBIO2015References: 21
Life Cycle Sustainability Dashboard
Open AccessMarzia Traverso, Matthias Finkbeiner et al.ARTICLEJournal of Industrial Ecology2012
One method to assess the sustainability performance of products is life cycle sustainability assessment (LCSA), which assesses product performance considering the environmental, economic, and social dimensions of the life cycle. The results of LCSA can be used to compare different products or to support decision making toward sustainable production and consumption. In both cases, LCSA results could be too disaggregated and consequently too diffic…
Forest transitions: An introduction
Open AccessT K Rudel, Laura Schneider et al.ARTICLELand Use Policy2010Cited by: 29References: 13
Agricultural intensification and changes in cultivated areas, 1970–2005
Open AccessT K Rudel, Laura Schneider et al.ARTICLEProceedings of the National…2009
Does the intensification of agriculture reduce cultivated areas and, in so doing, spare some lands by concentrating production on other lands? Such sparing is important for many reasons, among them the enhanced abilities of released lands to sequester carbon and provide other environmental services. Difficulties measuring the extent of spared land make it impossible to investigate fully the hypothesized causal chain from agricultural intensificat…
Temporal dynamics and spatial scales: Modeling deforestation in the southern Yucatán peninsular region
Open AccessJacqueline Geoghegan, Laura Schneider et al.ARTICLEGeoJournal2004Cited by: 2
Bracken Fern Invasion in Southern Yucatán: A Case for Land-Change Science
Open AccessLaura C Schneider, Laura SchneiderARTICLEGeographical Review2004Cited by: 7References: 19
Additional informationNotes on contributorsLaura C. SchneiderDr. Schneider is an assistant professor of geography at Rutgers University, Piscataway, New Jersey 08854‐8045
Land-cover change model validation by an ROC method for the Ipswich watershed, Massachusetts, USA
Open AccessR Gil Pontius, Laura C Schneider et al.ARTICLEAgriculture, Ecosystems &…2001

Land-cover change model validation by an ROC method for the Ipswich watershed, Massachusetts, USA
Open AccessR Gil Pontius, Laura C Schneider et al.ARTICLEAgriculture, Ecosystems &…2001
Temporal dynamics and spatial scales: Modeling deforestation in the southern Yucatán peninsular region
Open AccessJacqueline Geoghegan, Laura Schneider et al.ARTICLEGeoJournal2004Cited by: 2
Bracken Fern Invasion in Southern Yucatán: A Case for Land-Change Science
Open AccessLaura C Schneider, Laura SchneiderARTICLEGeographical Review2004Cited by: 7References: 19
Additional informationNotes on contributorsLaura C. SchneiderDr. Schneider is an assistant professor of geography at Rutgers University, Piscataway, New Jersey 08854‐8045
Agricultural intensification and changes in cultivated areas, 1970–2005
Open AccessT K Rudel, Laura Schneider et al.ARTICLEProceedings of the National…2009
Does the intensification of agriculture reduce cultivated areas and, in so doing, spare some lands by concentrating production on other lands? Such sparing is important for many reasons, among them the enhanced abilities of released lands to sequester carbon and provide other environmental services. Difficulties measuring the extent of spared land make it impossible to investigate fully the hypothesized causal chain from agricultural intensificat…
Forest transitions: An introduction
Open AccessT K Rudel, Laura Schneider et al.ARTICLELand Use Policy2010Cited by: 29References: 13
Life Cycle Sustainability Dashboard
Open AccessMarzia Traverso, Matthias Finkbeiner et al.ARTICLEJournal of Industrial Ecology2012
One method to assess the sustainability performance of products is life cycle sustainability assessment (LCSA), which assesses product performance considering the environmental, economic, and social dimensions of the life cycle. The results of LCSA can be used to compare different products or to support decision making toward sustainable production and consumption. In both cases, LCSA results could be too disaggregated and consequently too diffic…
Smallholders’ adaptations to droughts and climatic variability in southeastern Mexico
Sofía Márdero, B Schmook et al.ARTICLEEnvironmental Hazards2015Cited by: 1References: 9
This study explores the temporal and spatial variability and change in rainfall across southeastern Mexico and the mechanisms by which smallholder farmers adapt to this variability, especially droughts. Members of 150 households in 10 communities were interviewed to investigate adaptation strategies among swidden maize smallholders, linked to their perceptions of climate changes. Precipitation data from seven weather stations were analyzed for th…
Land system science and the social–environmental system: The case of Southern Yucatán Peninsular Region (Sypr) project
Open AccessBL Turner, Jacqueline Geoghegan et al.ARTICLECurrent Opinion in Environmental…2015Cited by: 4References: 13
LivestockPlus: Forages, sustainable intensification, and food security in the tropics
Open AccessT K Rudel, Birthe Paul et al.ARTICLEAMBIO2015References: 21
Je vous fais une lettre». Retrouver dans les archives la parole et le vécu des personnes internées / Die Stimme der internierten Personen in den Archiven
Anne‐Françoise Praz, Anne-Françoise Praz et al.BOOKJe vous fais une lettre».…2019
Les personnes internées par décision administrative nous ont laissé des témoignages personnels: procès-verbaux d'audition, récits de vie, lettres retrouvées dans les dossiers et qui ne sont jamais parvenues à leurs destinataires. L'examen de ces documents révèle les effets destructeurs de l'internement: problèmes de santé, perte des capacités de travail, dissolution des liens familiaux et sociaux et stigmatisation accrue. Des effets contraires au…
Measuring Global Media Freedom: The Media Freedom Analyzer as a New Assessment Tool
Open AccessLaura SchneiderBOOKMeasuring Global Media Freedom2020
Whither the forest transition? Climate change, policy responses, and redistributed forests in the twenty-first century
Open AccessT K Rudel, Patrick Meyfroidt et al.ARTICLEAMBIO2020Cited by: 17References: 51
Predictive Ability of the Estimate of Fat Mass to Detect Early-Onset Metabolic Syndrome in Prepubertal Children with Obesity
Open AccessValeria Calcaterra, Elvira Verduci et al.ARTICLEChildren2021
Body mass index (BMI), usually used as a body fatness marker, does not accurately discriminate between amounts of lean and fat mass, crucial factors in determining metabolic syndrome (MS) risk. We assessed the predictive ability of the estimate of FM (eFM) calculated using the following formula: FM = weight − exp(0.3073 × height2 − 10.0155 ×d-growth-standards/standards/body-mass-index-for-age-bmi-for-age weight− 1 + 0.004571 × weight − 0.9180 × l…
Sex-Specific Differences in the Relationship between Insulin Resistance and Adiposity Indexes in Children and Adolescents with Obesity
Open AccessValeria Calcaterra, Elvira Verduci et al.ARTICLEChildren2021
New indexes of adiposity have been introduced to evaluate body-fat distribution and cardiometabolic risk. However, data on the correlation between Insulin Resistance (IR) and these new indexes are limited. We therefore evaluated the relationship between IR and adiposity indexes in children and adolescents with obesity, focusing on gender differences. We retrospectively enrolled 586 patients with obesity (10.80 ± 2.63; 306F/279M). As adiposity ind…
Acanthosis Nigricans in Children and Adolescents with Type 1 Diabetes or Obesity: The Potential Interplay Role between Insulin Resistance and Excess Weight
Open AccessValeria Calcaterra, Annalisa De Silvestri et al.ARTICLEChildren2021
Acanthosis nigricans (AN) is associated with obesity and type 2 diabetes, where insulin resistance (IR) is considered a predisposing factor. IR can also affect patients with type 1 diabetes (T1D). We evaluated the prevalence of AN in patients with T1D compared to subjects with obesity in order to define the interplay between IR and excess weight. We considered 138 pediatric patients who presented with T1D and 162 with obesity. As controls, 100 he…
Screening Questionnaire for Vitamin D Insufficiency in Children with Obesity
Open AccessValeria Calcaterra, Hellas Cena et al.ARTICLEChildren2022
Non-invasive screening tools to identify children at high risk of vitamin D (VitD) deficiency are proactive measures in preventive care. Recently, a validated questionnaire (Evaluation dEficieNCy Questionnaire, EVIDENCe-Q) for identifying newly diagnosed VitD-insufficient adults has been developed. We tested the EVIDENCe-Q modified for children with obesity and evaluated the correlation between VitD and questionnaire scores to adapt this tool to …
Specific Learning Disorders in Children and Adolescents with Obesity
Open AccessValeria Calcaterra, Laura Schneider et al.ARTICLEChildren2023
Specific learning disorders (SLDs) are the most frequently diagnosed developmental disorders in childhood. Different neurocognitive patterns have been found in patients with overweight and obesity, but no data on childhood obesity and SLDs have been reported. To increase our understanding of the relationship between neuropsychological developmental and obesity, we assessed the prevalence of SLD in a pediatric population with obesity. We retrospec…
Understanding Government Agrarian Programs and Smallholder Perspectives on Forest Cover Dynamics in Mexico’s Mesoamerican Biological Corridor
Open AccessAlana M Rader, B Schmook et al.ARTICLEGeographical Review2025References: 44
Agrarian programs implemented since the 1990s in Mexico (for example, PROCAMPO, a cash transfer program to increase production) often promote agricultural intensification, permanent land use, and regulations for shifting agriculture, making broad claims that these practices improved livelihoods and supported forest conservation. Meanwhile, smallholders in Mexico's Mesoamerican Biological Corridor interpreted and implemented federal program goals …
A Fome Como Instrumento De Genocídio: A política de extermínio da população palestina por Israel
Open AccessAlexandre Cesar Cunha Leite, Laura Schneider et al.ARTICLECaderno CRH2026
O artigo analisa a política de fome imposta por Israel na Faixa de Gaza, argumentando que ela não pode ser compreendida como mero instrumento de guerra, mas como prática deliberada de extermínio que integra o genocídio em curso contra o povo palestino. O artigo adota uma metodologia de estudo de caso descritivo, articulando a descrição cronológica das medidas israelenses de bloqueio e restrição alimentar com estatísticas e relatórios produzidos p…