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State Capacity and Path Dependence in Cape Verde's Supreme Audit Institution

Public Administration and Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines state capacity and path dependence in the Supreme Audit Institution (SAI) of Cape Verde, focussing on the performance and governance of the Court of Auditors. Drawing on a mixed‐methods longitudinal design covering the period from 2010 to 2024, the analysis combines international governance indicators, documentary analysis,
Ana Lúcia Romão
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A mosaic of colors: The influence of biotic and abiotic factors shaping flower color diversity across a tropical mountain ecosystem. [PDF]

Am J Bot
Camargo MGG, Arista M, Bergamo PJ, Monteiro BL, Morellato LPC.   +4 more
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Conceptualizing the Street‐Level Bureaucrat Construct

Public Administration and Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Differences among street‐level bureaucrats—across professions, institutional settings, regions, and countries—are largely overlooked in research. We propose conceptualizing the street‐level bureaucrat construct as a general variable that varies across institutional settings, professions, cultures, times, and locations. We analyze variations in
Faisal S. Cheema, Euipyo Lee, Rajneesh Gupta, James L. Perry   +3 more
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Can Locomotor Performance Predict the Final Result of a Football Match? A Machine Learning Approach. [PDF]

Sensors (Basel)
Castellano J, Pinedo-Jauregi A, Lopez Del Campo R, Resta R, Cámara J.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Using a social‐ecological macrosystems framework to understand how human activities alter ecological synchrony

People and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Different aspects of ecological systems, biotic or abiotic, often fluctuate in coordinated patterns over space and time. Such high concordance between ecological processes is often referred to as ecological synchrony. Human activities, including and beyond climate change, have the potential to alter ecological synchrony by disrupting or ...
Yiluan Song, Mallory Barnes, K. Ann Bybee‐Finley, Kyla M. Dahlin, Travis McDevitt‐Galles, Stephan B. Munch, Guillermo E. Ponce‐Campos, Casey Youngflesh, Benjamin Zuckerberg, Kai Zhu   +9 more
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Mtb-Timer: a fluorescent reporter to visualize <i>Mycobacterium tuberculosis</i> replication and antibiotic responses. [PDF]

mSystems
Campo-Pérez V, Luk CH, Botella L, Vaubourgeix J, Gutierrez MG.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Digital fire technologies and community networks: Cultivating just sociotechnical practices for living with planetary change

People and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Fires are expanding in frequency and intensity worldwide due to climate change and land‐use transformations. At the same time, fire often plays a regenerative role in ecosystems. Traditional and cultural practices incorporate fire use for landscape management and landscape renewal. In this complex matrix of fire ecologies, digital technologies
Jennifer Gabrys, Paula Tiara Torres, Pablo González Rivas   +2 more
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Assessing terrestrial vertebrates as potential biodiversity indicators of ecosystem services in multifunctional landscapes

People and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Combining ecosystem services and biodiversity conservation is critical for evaluating the benefits of nature to society. However, research gaps have led to a conservation dilemma in determining which biodiversity groups should be selected in ecosystem service assessments.
Felipe S. Campos, João David, Ricardo Lourenço‐de‐Moraes, Lisieux Fuzessy, Neftalí Sillero, Pedro Cabral, Javier Retana   +6 more
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COVID-19 pandemic and vaccine hesitancy in a Brazilian state capital. [PDF]

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do Nascimento AI, Dos Santos Conrado D, Mareto LK, de Azevedo MV, da Cunha JCP, Koch GSR, Osório LG, Pires ST, Arakaki LS, Borges SRP, Gomes E Silva RF, Pucci RM, de Novaes Corrêa JG, Barrio JV, de Souza Rodrigues ME, de Medeiros MJ, Sato APS, Ajalla MEA, Du Bocage Santos-Pinto C, de Oliveira EF.   +19 more
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Vacuum Infusion as a Processing Route for Transparent Wood Laminates

Polymer Composites, EarlyView.
Schematic representation of the fabrication route for transparent wood laminates, including wood veneer delignification, epoxy resin impregnation by vacuum infusion processing, and the final TW‐1 transparent wood laminate. ABSTRACT Transparent wood (TW) has attracted increasing attention as a bio‐based material for daylighting and building‐envelope ...
Letícia Zimermann Pires, Ohayna Lisboa Santos, Wagner Müller Ferreira, Darci Alberto Gatto, Sandro Campos Amico, Mayara Elita Braz Carneiro, Pedro Henrique Gonzalez de Cademartori, Andrey Pereira Acosta   +7 more
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