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Corals and Reef‐Dwelling Fish Regulate Carbon Storage and Cycling Processes in Coral Reef Ecosystems

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Coral reefs are biodiversity hotspots, yet their role in carbon storage and cycling remains poorly understood. Using field surveys and modeling in the South China Sea, we reveal the overlooked potential of carbon storage in reef ecosystems and how reef fish, corals, and surface sediment jointly shape reef carbon reservoirs.
Yiting Chen, Wenliang Zhou, Lan Qiu, Han Lai, Mingpan Huang, Qian Li, Wen Yu, Pei‐Yuan Qian, Fuwen Wei   +8 more
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Making and breaking monetary policy rules: the experience of African countries [PDF]

This paper analyses the experience with rule-based monetary policy in African countries which have participated in monetary unions (CFA Franc Zone, Eastern African Currency Board and Rand Monetary Area).
David Stasavage, Dominique Guillaume
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Oil‐Coated Nanoplastics Induce Rapid Membrane Disruption and Severe Intestinal Injury

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Oil‐rich food contact dramatically amplifies MNP release from plastic takeout containers, producing oil‐coated nanoplastics with altered surface properties and rapid membrane‐disruptive effects. These particles cause severe intestinal barrier damage and immune dysfunction in mice, and risk modeling suggests that long‐term gastrointestinal burdens may ...
Ruwen Xie, Gulimire Yilihan, Qiong Chen, Dachuan Lin, Zhen Liu, Mengyi Yuan, Yujia Wang, Haoteng Xu, Weishang Zhou, Wanxin Gong, Yueer Li, Chen Peng, Tong Yang, Peng Gao, Qing Liu, Xin‐Hua Feng, Mu Xiao, Chao Jiang   +17 more
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Monetary Union in West Africa and Asymmetric Shocks: a Dynamic Structural Factor Model [PDF]

We analyse the costs of a monetary union in West Africa by means of asymmetric aggregate demand and aggregate supply shocks. Previous studies have estimated the shocks with the VAR model.
Romain Houssa
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Plant Genetic Engineering: Technological Pathways, Application Scenarios, and Future Directions

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
This review maps the fast‐evolving landscape of plant genetic engineering, linking enabling platforms with trait‐focused applications in architecture optimization, stress resilience, yield improvement, and quality enhancement. It highlights how genome editing, transgenic strategies, and emerging multi‐gene approaches reshape breeding pipelines, while ...
Peilin Wang, Wenzhi Wang, Dongjiao Wang, Qibin Wu, Youxiong Que   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Empowering African Rural Women Through Indigenous Technologies and Knowledge-Based Farming Systems for Sustainable Food Production [PDF]

Ovidius University Annals: Economic Sciences Series
This study analyses how Ugandan rural women use indigenous knowledge (IK) to sustain agrobiodiversity and food security. Qualitative data from 42 semi-structured interviews, six focus-group discussions (FGDs), and participant observation in Zombo, Gulu,
Daniel Pikisa, Ntombozuko Rose Nobumba, Pius Shaun Warlimont   +2 more
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Trading out of Poverty: WTO Agreements and the West African Agriculture. A Report of the Food Security II Cooperative Agreement [PDF]

This report is a brief survey of WTO agreements and their implications for the West African economies (including Chad). The study reviews the positions of West African countries on various WTO issues and compares these positions with positions expressed ...
Nouve, Kofi, Schweikhardt, David B., Staatz, John M., Yade, Mbaye   +3 more
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Mapping the “Supply–Demand–Flow” of Ecosystem Services for Ecosystem Management in China

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
This study develops a “supply–demand–flow” framework clarifies how ecosystem services move between regions by distinguishing potential and actual supply and demand. Using integrated biophysical–socioeconomic modeling, nine services in China were mapped.
Yikun Zhang, Yadong Yang, Yongsheng Wang, Guirui Yu   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

The growing agency of the African Union in the international system

Revista CIDOB d'Afers Internacionals
This paper explores the growing agency of the African Union (AU) in the international system and answers the question of how Africa has succeeded in consolidating itself as a key player in the global power hierarchy in the 21st century.
Jerónimo Delgado-Caicedo, Guilherme Ziebell de Oliveira   +1 more
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South African Trade Unions: an Overview for 1995 to 2005 [PDF]

Trade unions played an important role in South Africa’s transition from apartheid in 1994 and continue to play a very public role in the South African economy. Trade unions are found to have had an increasingly positive effect on members’ wages, although
Janca Steenkamp, Paula Armstrong
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