ABSTRACT With fewer young people entering public service, public employers and the corresponding trade unions aim at signaling that they offer attractive working conditions. However, in the struggle for attractive conditions, labor market conflicts occur between public employers and public sector unions when bargains fail. According to signaling theory,
Christian Heide, Florian Keppeler
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Hybrid Hydrogels in Pain Management Application: A Comprehensive Review. [PDF]
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Turgor loss point explains climate‐driven growth reductions in trees in Central Europe
Leaf turgor loss point of native tree species shows a high predictive power over the observed growth anomalies in Central Europe during the extensive drought period between 2018 and 2020. Abstract As climate change thrives, and the frequency of intense droughts is affecting many forested regions, a mechanistic understanding of the factors conferring ...
N. Kunert, I. K. Münchinger, P. Hajek
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Quantitative Prediction of Stress Relaxation Kinetics in Dissociative Covalent Adaptable Networks. [PDF]
Mangialetto J +7 more
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Safeguarding Merit: Citizen Support for Civil Service Protections Against Political Interference
ABSTRACT President Trump altered the U.S. federal civil service system by reducing merit‐based protections for bureaucratic expertise and expanding the scope of political appointments, shifting the balance long established under the Pendleton Act of 1883. Similar reforms have occurred at the state level with moves to at‐will employment.
Colt Jensen, Jaclyn Piatak
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Divergent Total Synthesis of Denudatine Alkaloids Cochlearenine, Macrocentrine, Dictizine, 15-Veratroyl-17-Acetyl-19-Oxodictizine, and the Proposed Structure of Acochlearine. [PDF]
Kawano S +5 more
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Impacts of Highland cattle browsing on encroaching Alnus viridis shrubs
Abstract Introduction In several European mountain chains, the expansion of the tall shrub Alnus viridis into mountain pastures has altered vegetation structure and composition, reduced plant species diversity, and diminished forage quality. Recent woody encroachment research has explored the use of robust livestock breeds, such as Highland cattle (Bos
Lucía S. Mochi +2 more
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Vegetation type influences particulate organic matter storage along a low Arctic vegetation gradient. [PDF]
Sauerland L +5 more
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Beaver dam analogues increase amphibian breeding occupancy and bat activity
Abstract Introduction Beavers are ecosystem engineers that can create ponds, increase stream complexity, and enhance biodiversity. To mimic these and other effects, restoration practitioners increasingly install beaver dam analogues (BDAs) in degraded streams.
Julianna Hallza +6 more
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