California Carbon Offsets and Working Forest Conservation Easements [PDF]
, 2020 California’s cap-and-trade system is a vital laboratory for testing the effectiveness of this market-driven approach in meeting greenhouse gas emission reduction goals and the use of forestry-based carbon offsets within these systems generally.
Hoffer, David P., Phelps, Jess R.
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Role of the exchange and correlation potential into calculating the x-ray absorption spectra of half-metallic alloys: the case of Mn and Cu K-edge XANES in Cu$_2$MnM (M = Al, Sn, In) Heusler alloys [PDF]
, 2007 This work reports a theoretical study of the x-ray absorption near-edge structure spectra at both the Cu and the Mn K-edge in several Cu$_2$MnM (M= Al, Sn and In) Heusler alloys.
A. Filipponi +10 more
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Quantifying where human acquisition of antibiotic resistance occurs: a mathematical modelling study
BMC Medicine, 2018 Background Antibiotic-resistant bacteria (ARB) are selected by the use of antibiotics. The rational design of interventions to reduce levels of antibiotic resistance requires a greater understanding of how and where ARB are acquired.
Gwenan M. Knight +7 more
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Consistently Inconsistent: What Is a Qualifying Investment Under Article 25 of the ICSID Convention and Why the Debate Must End [PDF]
, 2016 International investment has helped to pave the way for an increasingly globalized world community. Consequently, the International Centre for Settlement of Investor Disputes (ICSID)—existing under the mandate of the World Bank and with the stated ...
Exelbert, Jeremy Marc
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Use of Antihypertensive Agents and Association With Risk of Adverse Outcomes in Chronic Kidney Disease: Focus on Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors and Angiotensin Receptor Blockers. [PDF]
, 2018 Background Our objective was to determine patterns of antihypertensive agent use by stage of chronic kidney disease (CKD) and to evaluate the association between different classes of antihypertensive agents with nonrenal outcomes, especially in advanced ...
Johansen, Kirsten L +4 more
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Role of NLRP3 Inflammasome in Neurodegeneration and Cancer: A Double-Edged Sword
OncoThe innate immune system’s core sensor, the NLRP3 inflammasome (Nucleotide-binding Oligomerization Domain, Leucine-rich Repeat, and Pyrin Domain-Containing Protein 3), is a pivotal multi-protein complex that detects cellular danger and microbial threats.
Emily Do, Surajit Hansda
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Wastewater surveillance of antibiotic-resistant bacterial pathogens: A systematic review
Frontiers in Microbiology, 2022 Infectious diseases caused by antibiotic-resistant bacterial (ARB) pathogens are a serious threat to human and animal health. The active surveillance of ARB using an integrated one-health approach can help to reduce the emergence and spread of ARB ...
Ananda Tiwari +30 more
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Two-Method Planned Missing Designs for Longitudinal Research [PDF]
, 2014 We examine longitudinal extensions of the two-method measurement design, which uses planned missingness to optimize cost-efficiency and validity of hard-to-measure constructs.
Garnier-Villarreal, Mauricio +2 more
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Artificial Cells, Nanomedicine, and Biotechnology, 2019 Arbutin (ARB) has been widely used in skin pigmentation disorders. Nevertheless, the involvements of ARB in diabetic nephropathy (DN) are still unknown. We investigated the functions of ARB in high glucose (HG)-induced cell apoptosis and autophagy in HK ...
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Clinical Interventions in Aging, 2020 Jerzy Sieńko,1 Maciej Kotowski,1 Anna Bogacz,2 Kacper Lechowicz,3 Sylwester Drożdżal,4 Jakub Rosik,5 Marek Sietnicki,6 Magdalena Sieńko,7 Katarzyna Kotfis3 1Department of General Surgery and Transplantology, Pomeranian Medical University in Szczecin ...
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