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The influence of rivers on seabird foraging ecology
Biological Reviews, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Rivers act as vital arteries to the world's oceans, delivering fresh water and nutrients that sustain marine ecosystems. Globally, river flow increasingly is being altered by climate change and anthropogenic pressures; yet the significance of rivers to predatory marine species, such as seabirds, and the extent to which river‐related changes ...
Julia B. Morais +2 more
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Mediators of Inflammation, 2004 TRYPANOSOMA cruzi is the etiologic agent of Chagas' disease, a parasitic disease of enormous importance in Latin America. Herein we review the studies that revealed the receptors from innate immunity that are involved in the recognition of this protozoan
Marco A. Campos, Ricardo T. Gazzinelli
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Humans are not unique: difficult birth is common in placental mammals
Biological Reviews, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Human childbirth is widely presumed to be uniquely difficult and dangerous compared to birth in other mammals. Tight fetopelvic proportions can result in obstructed labour and contribute to high rates of maternal and neonatal mortality. Ideas summarised under the ‘obstetrical dilemma’ have contributed to this assumption by explaining difficult
Nicole D. S. Grunstra
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Sistema constructivo «Quincha Prefabricada»
Informes de la Construccion, 1984 La «Quincha Prefabricada» consiste básicamente en el empleo de bastidores de madera aserrada, rellenados con cañizo redondo, caña brava, tiras de bambú, todos ellos colocados en el bastidor en forma trenzada para su auto fijación sin necesidad de usar ...
Aníbal Díaz Gutiérrez
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ESG Assurance and Dividends: Evidence From 18 Countries in Africa
Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study examines the impact of environmental, social and governance (ESG) assurance on a firm's dividend payout policies within the unique African context. Using a staggered difference‐in‐differences (DiD) model, this study examines how voluntary third‐party assurance of ESG reports influences firms' dividend payout policies compared to ...
Samuel Karanja Kogi, June Cao
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Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study examines the relationship between mergers and acquisitions (M&A), board characteristics, and ESG performance in BRICS companies, considering the moderating role of sectoral sensitivity. The study analyzes 11,402 observations from 2293 BRICS companies, employing Two‐Stage Least Squares (2SLS) to address endogeneity and logistic ...
Geovane Camilo dos Santos +2 more
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Caracterización mecánica de piezas de adobe fabricado en la región de Tuxtla Gutiérrez
ESPACIO I+D: Innovación más Desarrollo, 2015 Se presentan los resultados de una campaña de caracterización mecánica del adobe de barro utilizado en la región de Tuxtla Gutiérrez. Los ensayos se llevaron a cabo en el Laboratorio de Materiales de la Facultad de Ingeniería de la Universidad Autónoma ...
J. Alejandro Ruiz Sibaja +1 more
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The Bemisia tabaci Species Complex: Questions to Guide Future Research
Journal of Integrative Agriculture, 2012 Since 2007 we have began to consider the relationships between the different members of the Bemisia tabaci species complex in a more structured and systematic way.
Paul J De Barro
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Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study analyzed Industry 4.0 (I4.0) technology applications in agribusiness and the role of strategic stakeholders, engagement methods, and other critical aspects data sharing, confidentiality, integrity, decision‐making, and sector‐specific requirements in promoting circularity.
Simone Sehnem +3 more
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Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Amid growing resource pressures, environmental regulation plays a critical role in enabling the transition to a circular economy (CE). This study conducts a systematic literature review to synthesize how different regulatory approaches—command‐and‐control, market‐based, voluntary, and reflexive—affect CE transitions across economic and ...
Li Yuan
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