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    Consensus thresholds play a significant role in consensus checking and reaching in group decision-making problems. The existing studies contribute very few guidelines and leave...
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    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...
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    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...
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    Countering Identity-protective Responses to Climate Change Data

    Despite scientific consensus, a partisan divide persists among Americans over the existence and causes of climate change. One body of research explains this divide by positing...
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    Empirical research shows that the relationship between proximity and knowledge cooperation assumes a linear or an inverted ‘U’ shape. This study of knowledge networks in the...
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    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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    The paper studies the determinants of air connectivity in European regions. It takes into account the spatial effects among regions, the different regional characteristics in...
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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...
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    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...
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    School Quality and Peer Effects: Explaining Differences in Academic Performan...

    In China, parents have a choice to either send their children to private migrant schools in urban areas or to keep them in their own county. It is unclear whether the academic...
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    Is it all about the mission? Comparing non-technical skills across offshore t...

    Objective: The research objective of the current study was to examine and compare the non-technical skills utilised by search and rescue and offshore transport helicopter...
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    Are lesbian, gay and bisexual voters in Western Europe europhile globalists or eurosceptic nativists? The recently established ‘sexuality gap’ between lavender voters and...
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    Estimation of bias-corrected intraclass correlation coefficient for unbalance...

    Intraclass correlation coefficient for data in a clustered study is traditionally estimated from a one-way random-effects model. This model assumes normality for the random...
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    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...
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    Contamination of 15+1 European Union polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in vari...

    The purpose of this research was to determine the occurrence of 15 + 1 European priority polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (EUPAHs) in various types of tea purchased on Hangzhou...
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    Recording skeletal completeness in cases of fragmentary human remains: a pilo...

    Documenting skeletal completeness is an essential element of the physical anthropology examination. Methods available to calculate skeletal completeness, that is how much of the...
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    Environmental protection preferences under strain: an analysis of the impact ...

    This paper uses panel survey data from 2002 to 2008 – covering a period of economic prosperity and intense economic difficulties – to analyse the impact of changing levels of...
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    Determination of phthalate esters in breast milk before and after frozen stor...

    This study describes the migration of 20 phthalates from breast milk storage bags to breast milk after storage frozen for 1 to 6 months. Analysis of the investigated phthalates...
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    Landscape dynamics on insular environments of South-east mediterranean Europe

    Mediterranean islands are characterized by high biodiversity and cultural value. As the human demand for natural resources increases, the need for assessing the future landscape...