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Sliding Doors: Frame Uptake and Rejection by Learners in a Museum‐Based Climate Learning Experience

open access: yesScience Education, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Science education efforts that support public understanding of modern climate change are critically needed. However, implementing climate‐related learning experiences can be challenging, as public audiences tend to experience a wide range of understandings of and emotions around the issue. In light of these challenges, many scholars have posed
Lynne Zummo   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

On an Aggregation Theory for Indicators Expressing Behaviors of Complex Systems With an Application to Sustainability

open access: yesSustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Certain attributes of large‐scale complex systems are often expressed through sets of indicators. For example, the sustainability of an entity, be it a nation, a city, an energy system, a corporation etc., can be effectively represented by indicators and corresponding data series.
Vassilis S. Kouikoglou   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

"The Case for an Environmentally Sustainable Jobs Program" [PDF]

open access: yes
The job numbers in the United States and around the globe continue to look bleak. Not only are the absolute numbers dismal, but also job growth has dragged on with no hope for a substantial change in prospects.
Mathew Forstater
core  

Resource redeployment as an entry advantage in resource‐poor settings

open access: yesStrategic Management Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Research Summary Scarcity of productive factors poses a challenge for firms entering underdeveloped regions. We theorize that incumbent firms can overcome scarcity of skilled human capital in local labor markets by redeploying workers from existing units.
Jasmina Chauvin   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The New Crafts: On the Technization of the Workforce and the Occupationalization of Firms [PDF]

open access: yes, 1992
[Excerpt] In the late 1960s and early 1970s American students were told that the value of a college education was declining (see Freeman 1976). Although liberal arts students were particularly discouraged by reports of recent graduates driving taxicabs ...
Barley, Stephen R.
core   +1 more source

‘Using anuran community diversity and Pseudacris crucifer to predict landscape quality across a land use gradient'

open access: yesWildlife Biology, EarlyView.
As human‐modified landscape and climate changes proliferate, maintaining biodiversity and understanding the function and quality of available habitat is imperative. As anurans (frogs/toads) such as Pseudacris crucifer, can be an indicator species of habitat quality and ecosystem productivity, studying the anuran community in a mixed‐land use region ...
Brian C. Kron, Karen V. Root
wiley   +1 more source

Victorian entertainments : "we are amused" : an exhibit illustrating Victorian entertainment. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
Midwest Victorian Studies Association.
Arnstein, Walter L.   +2 more
core  

Suitable habitat of Himalayan wolf in Upper Mustang, Annapurna Conservation Area, Nepal

open access: yesWildlife Biology, EarlyView.
Decades ago, the Himalayan wolf Canis lupus chanco, a genetically distinct sub‐species of the gray wolf Canis lupus, faced persecution by local communities in the Nepalese Himalayas. Recently, wolf populations have returned and recolonized, sparking concerns about conflicts over livestock depredation, and emphasizing the urgent need for comprehensive ...
Deu Bahadur Rana   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

The natural diet of bleak (Alburnus alburnus Linnaeus 1758) [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
Istraživanje prehrane provedeno je na 171 jedinki uklije (Alburnus alburnus Linnaeus 1758.) prikupljenih na različitim lokalitetima Dunavskog sliva u rijekama Dravi, Dunavu i Savi. Cilj ovog rada bio je istražiti prirodnu prehranu uklije u Hrvatskoj radi
Danilović, Maja
core   +1 more source

Relative Habitat Suitability of the Gray Fox (Urocyon cinereoargenteus) in the Central Great Plains 大平原中部灰狐 (Urocyon cinereoargenteus) 的生境相对适宜性

open access: yesWildlife Letters, EarlyView.
Although once abundant across its range, gray foxes (Urocyon cinereoargenteus) are purportedly declining. While range maps indicate that gray fox potentially occur throughout the central United States, contemporary distribution maps are needed. We developed a Habitat Suitability Model for six states, leveraging gray fox presence data in an ensemble ...
Daniel J. Benson   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

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