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When and why to give shorebirds a head start

Conservation Biology, EarlyView.
Abstract Headstarting is a translocation technique involving the hatching or rearing of wild eggs or young in captivity and the release of those individuals back to the wild at or before independence. It has been trialed as a conservation intervention for shorebirds over recent decades to improve the population trend of target populations by increasing
Lynda Donaldson, Alex Nicol‐Harper, Rebecca Lee, Nigel S. Jarrett, Geoff M. Hilton   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

CONSIDERATIONS ABOUT SCHEDULING METHODS USED IN THE DESIGN BY NONCONVENTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES ORGANIZATION [PDF]

Analele Universităţii Constantin Brâncuşi din Târgu Jiu : Seria Economie
In the current environment there is a growing need for rapid development of advanced manufacturing technologies. The complexity of such projects requires the integration of work from various technical specialties. If the new product is an incremental
MIHAELA NICOLAU
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Applied theory makeovers

Economica, EarlyView.
Abstract I argue that economists' distinction between ‘pure’ and ‘applied’ economic theory is often based on papers' stylistic markers rather than their methodology or scope. I illustrate this point with a model of price competition for boundedly rational consumers, due to Piccione and Spiegler. I first present its original, ‘pure style’ version.
Ran Spiegler
wiley   +1 more source

Spinoza on Humans as Social Animals

European Journal of Philosophy, EarlyView.
Abstract Spinoza repeatedly suggests that humans are set apart from other animals by their rational and moral abilities. Yet he disparages the traditional definition of the human as a ‘rational animal’ and several of his other views suggest that these abilities are not sufficient by themselves to characterize human nature.
Ruben Noorloos
wiley   +1 more source

Organisational dehumanisation: Authoritativeness as remedy

European Management Review, EarlyView.
Abstract According to orthodoxy, the human relations movement was a watershed in rehumanising scientifically managed workplaces. In the wake of such purported reform, pundits (theorists and practitioners alike) have typically taken for granted that 21st century approaches to workplace superintendence, birthed in the wake of the Hawthorne Studies and ...
Jean‐Etienne Joullié, Anthony M. Gould, Jeffrey Muldoon   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Integrated design process of Chinese character furniture through regular script. [PDF]

PLoS One
Li J, Shi J, Wei Y, Yan K.
europepmc   +1 more source

Toward an Ecumenical Metaphysics? A Response to Reviewers of Christ the Logos of Creation

International Journal of Systematic Theology, EarlyView.
Abstract After a series of promising ecumenical meetings in 1929 and 1931 with the Jesuit Erich Przywara, who advocated an analogical understanding of the relationship between God and world – doing so in part to ward off the danger posed by modern forms of pantheism – Karl Barth abruptly threw down the gauntlet and presented a serious obstacle to ...
John R. Betz
wiley   +1 more source

A Comparative Note on the Reliability of Inequality Indicator Estimates

International Statistical Review, EarlyView.
Summary The importance of accurate measurement of economic or social inequality is generally accepted. Estimators of its most popular measure, the Gini coefficient, are commonly criticised for becoming increasingly imprecise for increasingly skewed distributions and small to moderate samples, i.e., two phenomena that we face more frequently today. More
Silvia Scarpa, Stefan Sperlich, Maria Rosaria Ferrante   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Assessing inconsistencies in the FITradeoff method: a comparison of two preference modeling paradigms

International Transactions in Operational Research, EarlyView.
Abstract Many decision‐making processes are susceptible to errors and inconsistencies introduced by decision‐makers (DMs). The development of decision support systems (DSS) has brought about a way to guide DMs through complex decision scenarios. However, due to the complexity of the process, inconsistencies may still arise.
Evanielle Barbosa Ferreira, Lucia Reis Peixoto Roselli, Adiel Teixeira de Almeida   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Stoicism and Nursing Care in Perinatal Grief: An Integrative Literature Review

Journal of Advanced Nursing, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Aim To show the Stoic contributions to professional performance during perinatal grief. Design An integrative literature review. Method This integrative literature review covers the period from 1993 to 2026. Electronic searches were conducted in the PubMed and Web of Science databases, as well as the Virtual Health Library (VHL) portal, using ...
Juliana Sampaio dos Santos, Vanessa da Frota Santos, Maria Evilene Macena de Almeida, Uly Reis Ferreira, Annita de Lima Mesquita, Aline Mesquita Lemos, Victórya Suéllen Maciel Abreu, Priscila de Souza Aquino   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source