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Aftermath of the Forest Carbon Credit Crisis as Experienced by Restoration and Conservation Organisations

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In 2023, The Guardian reported on several scientific studies denouncing the role of certain forest carbon credits in mitigating climate change. Subsequently, credit prices on the voluntary carbon market (VCM) plummeted—providing a quantitative indication of its impact.
Benjamin S. Thompson, Sara Löfqvist, Felicia H. M. Liu, Jack L. Harris   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Opium trade and use during the Late Bronze Age: Organic residue analysis of ceramic vessels from the burials of Tel Yehud, Israel

Archaeometry, EarlyView., 2022
Abstract Organic residue analysis was conducted on various vessels from burials at Tel Yehud, Israel. The analyses led to new reliable evidence for the presence of opioid alkaloids and their decomposition products. This research revitalizes a decades‐old discussion on the presence and function of the opium trade across a cultural region of utmost ...
Vanessa Linares, Eriola Jakoel, Ron Be’eri, Oded Lipschits, Ronny Neumann, Yuval Gadot   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Investing Aura: Making Value at an Emirati Art Center

Economic Anthropology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The article examines the politics and processes of establishing value for artworks, highlighting the continued belief in Walter Benjamin's idea of aura and describing the value aura generates as “auratic value.” Focusing on an artist residency program in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) during the country's arts boom, I analyze contestations ...
Beth Derderian
wiley   +1 more source

An age-related disease or a biocultural marker? Osteoarthritis of the foot in the Modern era Franciscan community of Azzio (17th-18th century BCE). [PDF]

Acta Biomed, 2023
Larentis O, Fusco R, Tesi C, Licata M.
europepmc   +1 more source

Engineering metal‐organic framework‐based smart porous nanoplatforms for targeted therapy and theranostic applications

Smart Molecules, EarlyView.
MOFs offer high porosity and tunability for biomedical applications, especially in cancer therapy via ROS generation and targeted delivery. Though toxicity, stability, and scalability remain key clinical challenges. Drug loading in MOFs exceeds 60%–70% with controlled release behavior.
Jagabandhu Bag, Subhasis Banerjee, Sabyasachi Banerjee, Sourav De, S. K. Ashok Kumar, Yan‐Jye Shyong, Subhankar Mukhopadhyay   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Remnants from the Past: From an 18th Century Manuscript to 21st Century Ethnobotany in Valle Imagna (Bergamo, Italy). [PDF]

Plants (Basel), 2023
Milani F, Bottoni M, Bardelli L, Colombo L, Colombo PS, Bruschi P, Giuliani C, Fico G.   +7 more
europepmc   +1 more source

How National Security Drives the Coevolution of International Relations and International Business Policy: Evidence From the Belt and Road Initiative

Thunderbird International Business Review, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Focusing on the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), this study investigates how national security drives the coevolution of China's political risk management support for multinationals and competing countries' reactions. A competing country is a nation‐state that is neither the home nor host country of a multinational but perceives the ...
Shuang Li, Xueli Huang, Fuming Jiang
wiley   +1 more source

Nanoscale engineering of gold particles in 18th century Böttger lusters and glazes. [PDF]

Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 2022
Chari CS, Taylor ZW, Bezur A, Xie S, Faber KT.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

The winter 2023/2024 floods in the UK: a hydrological appraisal

Weather, EarlyView.
From October 2023 to March 2024, the UK saw a succession of named storms and low‐pressure weather systems, leading to widespread exceptional river flows throughout. Peak flow records were broken in several catchments, but this event was most notable for its duration and spatial footprint, which resulted in major impacts.
Eugene Magee, Rachael Armitage, Wilson Chan, Gayatri Suman, Amit Kumar, Lucy J. Barker, Stephen Turner, Jamie Hannaford, Catherine Sefton   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

La frontera: nociones y problemas en francia, siglos XVI-XVIII.

Historia Crítica, 2006
This article addresses the concept of the frontier in France between the 16th and 18th centuries. It is divided into fve lines of thought from which the historicity of frontiers and the active role that social actors play in their construction are ...
Daniel Nordman
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