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Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Aged care work is physically and emotionally demanding. Workers can feel disempowered, vulnerable and at increased risk of experiencing work‐related stress. This in turn can result in sub‐optimal care and staff shortages. This study aimed to investigate what provisions exist within Australia's strengthened Aged Care Quality Standards to ...
Sharon Stoddart +11 more
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Diurnal Energy Balance in a Mango Orchard in the Northeast of Pará, Brazil
Revista Brasileira de MeteorologiaThis study aimed to evaluate the diurnal energy balance during the reproductive stage of two growing seasons of a mango orchard in the northeast of Pará, Brazil.
Paulo Jorge de Oliveira Ponte de Souza +3 more
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Atmospheric Boundary-Layer Dynamics with Constant Bowen Ratio [PDF]
Boundary-Layer Meteorology, 2009 Motivated by the observation that the diurnal evolution of sensible and latent heat fluxes tends to maintain a constant Bowen ratio, we derive approximate solutions of the ordinary differential equations of a simplified atmospheric boundary-layer (ABL) model.
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Postnatal craniomandibular growth in Harbor seals (Phoca vitulina vitulina)
The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.Postnatal ontogeny in Harbor seals (Phoca vitulina vitulina). Cranium and mandible grow rapidly until 5 years of age, followed by a deceleration and finally a stagnation. Abstract As secondarily aquatic carnivores, seals display several phenotypic differences compared to their terrestrial relatives.
Elisabeth Steinbach +2 more
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Revista Brasileira de Meteorologia, 2011 O objetivo desse estudo foi determinar a evapotranspiração real diária (ETr) da vegetação tamarisk utilizando dados micrometeorológicos e o modelo SEBAL.
Carlos Antonio Costa dos Santos
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The “costly son” hypothesis: Sons exacerbate obstetrical dilemmas in humans and other mammals
The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.Abstract Human childbirth has often been considered uniquely difficult among mammals, yet recent evidence suggests that obstructed labor and fetopelvic disproportion are widespread across placental mammals. Here, we propose the “costly son” hypothesis: because male offspring are typically larger at birth, they impose greater obstetric risk on mothers ...
Nicole D. S. Grunstra +1 more
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The Influence of ESG Controversies on Financing Costs for European Companies: Does Culture Matter?
Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study examines the relationship between environmental, social, and governance (ESG) controversies and corporate financing costs, focusing on the moderating effect of national culture. It analyzes European companies listed on the STOXX 600 Index from 2016 to 2023.
Souad Brinette +2 more
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Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study examines the influence of circular economy practices, as a manifestation of corporate social responsibility, on green value co‐creation and its subsequent effects on green collaborative practices and sustainable supply chain integration between providers and customers.
Adriana Santos +2 more
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Distribution of Bowen ratio over the north Indian Ocean
MAUSAM, 1986 The monthly averages of Bowen ratio over the North Indian Ocean have been computed. Three typical situations in the months of January, May and September are taken for the present study. Month to month differences in the Bowen ratio over the study region are found significant and discussed in relation to the monsoonal behaviour of summer as well as ...
GRL RAO, MV RAO, PH PRASAD, KG REDDY
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A Universal and Actionable Measure of Corporate Sustainability for Strategic Decision Making
Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Managers require a universal, comparable, and decision‐useful measure of corporate sustainability that can reliably inform business strategy, yet such a tool remains absent in the literature and current practice. This paper introduces a comprehensive and operational metric—grounded in Goertz's Basic Framework for developing social science ...
Mariapia Pazienza +2 more
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