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Size‐based regulation and water quality: Evidence from the Iowa hog industry

American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract The growing prevalence of animal feeding operations (AFOs) in the United States raises concerns among the public and regulators about their impact on local environmental quality. By linking historical regulatory records of AFOs in Iowa to downstream surface water pollution monitors, this paper studies the effects of the 2003 Clean Water Act ...
Chen‐Ti Chen, Gabriel E. Lade, John M. Crespi, David A. Keiser   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Genetic diversity and agromorphological characterization of Fenugreek (Trigonella foenum-graecum L.) germplasm provides insight for breeding and crop improvement. [PDF]

Sci Rep
Meena VS, Meena VK, Bhardwaj R, Singh K, Shekhawat N, Shukla AK.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Information flow and the adoption of soil‐improving and water conservation measures, and household welfare: Insights from a randomized controlled trial in Uganda

American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract Extension services are designed to facilitate the flow of information from researchers to farmers. However, information failures continue to impede the diffusion of soil‐improving and water conservation technologies in Sub‐Saharan African countries. We use a randomized controlled trial (RCT) to examine the impact of an extension‐based campaign
Esther Gloria Mbabazi, Awudu Abdulai, Enoch M. Kikulwe, Elisabetta Gotor   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

The choice argument for proportional representation

American Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.
Abstract What electoral system should a democracy choose? I argue for proportional representation (PR). My main empirical premise is Duverger's law: Under PR there are more viable candidates in district‐level elections than there are under single‐member plurality (SMP) systems.
Adam Lovett
wiley   +1 more source

Energy-Degenerate Photon-Pair Generation from Individual CsPbBr₃ Quantum Dots. [PDF]

Nano Lett
Zhu C, Feld LG, Boehme SC, Cherniukh I, Bodnarchuk MI, Kovalenko MV, Rainò G.   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Enacting Stakeholder Responsibility: Insights From a Structured Healthcare Program

Business Ethics, the Environment &Responsibility, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Companies have traditionally been called upon to be responsible for their impact on stakeholders. However, little attention has been given to stakeholders' responsibility toward organizations and other stakeholders. While it is essential to hold firms accountable for the impact of their activities and for their role in the value creation ...
Simone R. Barakat, Andrew C. Wicks
wiley   +1 more source

From Rating System to Thought Leadership: The Evolution of the Canada Green Building Council

Business Ethics, the Environment &Responsibility, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Green Building Social Movement Organizations encourage the adoption of green buildings, primarily by promoting sustainability rating tools. While numerous papers have explored the market impact of these sustainability rating tools, very few have examined either the lengthy and protracted process of their selection and enrollment by ...
J. J. McArthur, Stephen Dunne, Sarah Birrell Ivory   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Cavity-mediated collective emission from steady-state subradiance. [PDF]

Nat Commun
Kim KY, Lee JH, Jeon WB, Park DH, Park SI, Song JD, Lee C, Kim JH.   +7 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Out in the cold? A review of Early Middle Palaeolithic settlements in northern Central Europe, age data and geological preconditions for site formation and preservation

Boreas, EarlyView.
The characteristics of settlement of Neanderthals in northern Central Europe during the earlier phases of the Middle Palaeolithic (Marine Isotope Stage 8–6) have been a matter of debate for decades, specifically regarding the population dynamics at such latitudes during the coldest phases. In this paper, we review the known archaeological record of the
Gianpiero Di Maida, Jutta Winsemann, Malte Hoffmann, Tobias Lauer, Utz Böhner, Thomas Terberger   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Learning to Evaluate Yourself. The Consequences of Institutionalized Understandings of Progression for Young People With Care Experience

Child &Family Social Work, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article examines how young people who have been closely involved with child welfare services throughout their upbringing are required to assess and evaluate their life and progress in institutionalized ways. Within Danish child welfare policy and social work practice, progress is institutionally understood as a linear and one‐dimensional ...
Anne‐Kirstine Mølholt, Tea Torbenfeldt Bengtsson   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source