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NamesTempest: Hurricane Naming and American Culture. By Liz Skilton. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press. 2023. Pp. 320 (Paperback). $40.00. ISBN 13: 978-0-8071-7996-3.
Beth DiNatale Johnson
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Southern Spaces, 2008 Still need a South? Scott Romine charts two "uncannily familiar" historical positions for locating one in this short essay, excerpted from Romine's The Real South: Southern Narrative in the Age of Cultural Reproduction (Baton Rouge: Louisiana State ...
Scott Romine
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The Promise and Challenge of Mentoring High-Risk Youth: Findings from the National Faith-Based Initiative [PDF]
, 2004 This report, the third derived from research out of the National Faith-Based Initiative (NFBI), examines how faith-based organizations designed and implemented mentoring programs for high-risk youth. Focusing on four NFBI sites (in the Bronx and Brooklyn,
Shawn Bauldry, Tracey A. Hartmann
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Gender &History, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This research explores the adaptive strategies employed by Conversas (Christian women of Jewish origin) and Moriscas (Christian women of Muslim origin) in navigating adversity, particularly in their interactions with inquisitorial authorities in the early modern Crown of Aragon. This study analyses these women's efforts to uphold religious and
Ivana Arsić
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Frontiers in Nephrology, 2023 Central venous stenosis is a significant and frequently encountered problem in managing hemodialysis (HD) patients. Venous hypertension, often accompanied by severe symptoms, undermines the integrity of the hemodialysis access circuit.
Gift Echefu +9 more
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«Différant des Autres», Espacements et Temporalités Spectrales
Anthropology of Consciousness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT That night that he agreed to our suggestion that we accompany him outside, for the whole night or until the overflow has passed, M seemed to be in direct contact with all the layers of astronomy, inhabiting all temporalities simultaneously. Outside, lying/sitting on the picnic table, in the pitch‐black darkness of the night in the woods, under
Amélie‐Anne Mailhot
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Do Major Customers Affect Firms' Environmental, Social and Governance Activities?
European Financial Management, EarlyView.ABSTRACT We examine the role of major customers in shaping firms' environmental, social and governance (ESG) practices. We find that firms with major customer relationships undertake fewer ESG activities compared to those without such ties. The association is attenuated when institutional ownership is high, firms are less diversified, customers exhibit
Feng Dong +4 more
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Journal of Lipid Research, 2007 Cold exposure induces brown adipocytes in retroperitoneal fat (RP) of adult A/J mice but not in C57BL/6J (B6) mice. In contrast, induction of the mitochondrial uncoupling protein 1 gene (Ucp1) in interscapular brown adipose tissue (iBAT) shows no strain ...
Bingzhong Xue +5 more
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Financial Management, EarlyView.ABSTRACT We examine how mergers and acquisitions (M&As) enable firms to adapt to climate policy shocks. Exploiting the adoption of the Nitrogen Oxides (NOx) Budget Trading Program (NBP) across US states as an exogenous shock, we find that firms with NOx‐emitting plants subject to the NBP are more likely to engage in M&As, particularly through vertical ...
Samer Adra +3 more
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A Dataset of Dropout Rates and Other School-Level Variables in Louisiana Public High Schools
Data, 2022 Students dropping out of high school is a nationwide problem in the United States, plaguing communities and often greatly reducing the prospects of a quality life for those students who do not complete their high school education.
Michael Stein +3 more
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