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Assessing genetic diversity in a reintroduced Mediterranean griffon vulture Gyps fulvus population to inform long‐term conservation management

Wildlife Biology, EarlyView.
Reintroductions play a key role in conservation biology. Their long‐term success strongly depends on maximizing the genetic diversity of founders, as well as on ensuring ecological connectivity with adjacent populations. Accordingly, evaluating the conservation status of reintroduced populations to limit the loss of their genetic diversity requires ...
Nicolò Borgianni, Mario Posillico, Lorenzo Attili, Paolo Ciucci, Rita Lorenzini, Luisa Garofalo   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Perils of Proportional Representation for Ethnic Minorities

The Political Quarterly, EarlyView.
Abstract Two arguments about ethnic minorities run through the debate over replacing first past the post. One promises that proportional representation would represent minorities better; the other worries that it would empower the parties they have most reason to fear. This article argues that the promise is unreliable and the worry real.
Tarunabh Khaitan
wiley   +1 more source

Factors influencing the groundwater circulation in Mali me Gropa karst massif, Central Albania

Acta Carsologica
There are 23 carbonate karst areas in Albania with a total area of 6440 km2, or 24% of the country’s territory. Karst aquifers are the richest in the country and about 80% of the water supply for the population living in cities is supplied by karst water.
Romeo EFTIMI, Viacheslav ANDREYCHOUK, Peter MALÍK, Tatiana OREHOVA, Małgorzata NITA, Perikli QIRIAZI   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Loanwords and Linguistic Phylogenetics: *pelek̑u‐ ‘axe’ and *(H)a(i̯)g̑‐ ‘goat’1

Transactions of the Philological Society, Volume 123, Issue 1, Page 116-136, March 2025.
Abstract This paper assesses the role of borrowings in two different approaches to linguistic phylogenetics: Traditional qualitative analyses of lexemes, and quantitative computational analysis of cognacy. It problematises the assumption that loanwords can be excluded altogether from datasets of lexical cognacy.
Simon Poulsen
wiley   +1 more source

The Gender of Heteroclites1

Transactions of the Philological Society, EarlyView.
Abstract Few have asked what happens to gender when a noun is heteroclitic – when its inflection draws on more than one inflection class. While heteroclisis has moved from being treated as a marginal irregularity to a theoretically revealing phenomenon, its implications for gender assignment remain largely unexplored.
Greville G. Corbett
wiley   +1 more source

Aerial photography and parcel mapping for immovable property registration in Albania

, 1997
iii, 10 p.Planimetric map production is a basic graphic documentation element of the Immovable Property Registration System in Albania and is one of the main objectives of the Land Market Action Plan.
Gjika, Maksimiljan, University of Wisconsin--Madison. Land Tenure Center., Albania. Immovable Property Registration and Market Action Plan (Project). Project Management Unit., Leka, Edmond   +3 more
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US Life Expectancy and Increasing Mortality Rates: An Analysis of the Crisis

The Milbank Quarterly, EarlyView.
Policy Points US life expectancy is shorter than in other high‐income countries and the gap has widened dramatically over time, driven in particular by rising mortality rates that threaten the probability that youth can survive to middle age, or even adulthood.
STEVEN H. WOOLF
wiley   +1 more source

CHANGES IN FINANCIAL AND ACCOUNTING ENVIRONMENT IN ALBANIA AND THE IMPACT ON PRACTITIONERS [PDF]

This paper presents a theoretical discussion about the organization of the professions of accounting andauditing in Albania and the most recent changes that have encompassed the Albanian financial and accounting landscapeafter the implementation of new ...
Msc. Elfrida Manoku (Gishto), Rezarta Shkurti (Perri), Brikena Leka (Gjoni), Rovena Bahiti   +3 more
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Integration Through Rights: Towards an Associational Paradigm

The Modern Law Review, EarlyView.
Integration policies in the EU and the UK have over the past two decades increasingly emphasised duties and constraints for migrants. This article challenges the duty‐based model and proposes an alternative legal conception: ‘integration through rights’, with associational rights taking a central role.
Sarah Ganty, Clíodhna Murphy
wiley   +1 more source

Arbitration law and practice in Albania

, 2016
Albania is situated in South-Eastern Europe, in the western part of the Balkan Peninsula. As of 19 December 2006, all bilateral trade agreements signed between Albania and countries in the region were transformed into a multilateral one, the ...
ALIAJ, EDLIRA
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