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Driving forces of grassland vegetation changes in Chen Barag Banner, Inner Mo...
Inner Mongolia is an important ecological zone of northern China and 67% of its land area is grassland. This ecologically fragile region has experienced significant vegetation... -
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We explored the impact a new quantitative biology course for biology majors had on their ability and confidence to utilize hypothesis testing. Students currently in the... -
Pricing methods in outcome-based contracting: δ2: Willingness-to-pay-based pr...
Aims: Six Delta is a six-dimensional independent platform for outcome-based pricing/contracting. The second dimension (δ2) estimates prices on the basis of four... -
Anticipatory witnessing: military bases and the politics of pre-empting access
As part of their newsgathering process, journalists often seek access to places owned or controlled by the government, such as military bases. In the United States, the military... -
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Climate change will have a significant impact on the forest industry and will require strategies that promote sustainable forest management. Understanding perceptions of climate... -
Optimum isotherm by linear and nonlinear regression methods for lead (II) ion...
Batch experiment was carried out to determine the optimum isotherm suitable to model the adsorption of Pb(II) ions onto synthesized coconut shell–activated carbon (SCSAC). In... -
Do voluntary certification standards improve yields and wellbeing? Evidence f...
Cocoa and oil palm production are major agricultural activities in Ghana, contributing substantially to the national economy and rural livelihoods. Even though smallholders... -
The purse-seine fishery for small pelagic fishes off the Madeira Archipelago
Small pelagic fishes constitute a valuable food resource for human consumption and are also important components of marine food webs. At Madeira, a Portuguese archipelago in the... -
Smallholder tree-farmers and forest certification in Southeast Asia: alternat...
The smallholder tree-farm resources of Southeast Asia are generating substantial benefits for growers and support many successful domestic wood processors. They could provide... -
Cost per responder analysis of guselkumab versus targeted therapies in the tr...
BACKGROUND The fully human monoclonal antibody guselkumab is an effective treatment option for patients with moderate to severe psoriasis. OBJECTIVE The objective of this study... -
Inventory strategies for perishable products with two-period shelf-life and l...
We develop an inventory model for perishable products with a two-period shelf-life. The demand during a stock out in either period is treated as lost sales. Besides the initial... -
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Toward an attempt to limit the global warming to 2 °C, there has been an increasing emphasis on devising suitable policies and practices for entrapment and storage of... -
Advanced oxidation processes for waste water treatment: from laboratory-scale...
A process combining three steps has been developed as a tertiary treatment for waste water in order to remove micropollutants not eliminated by a conventional waste water... -
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The 2015 Volkswagen Group (VW) diesel emissions scandal has affected no group of individuals more directly than owners of the affected vehicles. Yet to date no research has... -
Diversification is in the Detail: Accounting for Crop System Heterogeneity to...
Crop diversification is a common agricultural policy objective. However, the determinants and impacts of crop diversification are heterogeneous and depend on a range of... -
Ceric ammonium nitrate/acetic anhydride: A tunable system for the O-acetylati...
Esterification of a wide range of partially protected carbohydrate derivatives was achieved using acetic anhydride and a catalytic amount of ceric ammonium nitrate (CAN).... -
Application of hydrogeochemistry and isotopic characterization for the assess...
In the eastern region of central Costa Rica, land use in the sub-basins of the Maravilla-Chiz and Quebrada Honda rivers (47 km2) is dominated by agricultural and livestock... -
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This study provides a new insight into the impact of knowledge flows for renewable energy (RE) technologies. With patent data for the European regions in the period 2000–10, we... -
Wastewater infrastructure for sustainable cities: assessment based on UN sust...
Among the 17 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), SDG #11 aims to make future cities resilient and sustainable while, SDG #6 aims to ensure availability and... -
Effect of vegetable waste extract on microstructure, morphology, and photocat...
Environment friendly and cost-effective structure-directing agents (SDAs) are highly desirable for the development of purposely designed functional nanomaterials. To comply, we...
