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On Natural Capital

Ecology, Economy and Society – The INSEE Journal
This paper provides a brief on the economics of biodiversity. The human economy is seen here as being embedded in the biosphere, which is an all-embracing planetary capital asset.
Partha Dasgupta
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Primitive new termites (Blattodea, Termitoidae) in Cretaceous amber from Myanmar [PDF]

ZooKeys
Mastotermitidae, the first-diverging extant family of termites, has only one relic extant species; however, this family had greater richness during the Mesozoic and Cenozoic eras.
Yurong Jiang, Xinru Deng, Chungkun Shih, Yunyun Zhao, Dong Ren, Zhipeng Zhao   +5 more
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Dynamics in the Returns to Capital: Natural Experimental Evidence from Indonesia. [PDF]

J Dev Stud, 2022
Wong PY.
europepmc   +1 more source

LEARNING EFFECT AND SOCIAL CAPITAL: A CASE STUDY OF NATURAL DISASTER FROM JAPAN [PDF]

Using Japanese prefecture level data for the years between 1988 and 2001, this paper explores how and the extent to which social capital has an effect on the damage resulting from natural disasters.
yamamura, eiji
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Use of the community capitals framework to understand adaptation of silvopastoral systems: Bridging the gap between research and development [PDF]

, 2013
Research on sociology of adoption and diffusion seems to highlight the separation between agricultural and natural resources research efforts, and its relevance and application (so called adoption) by local producers.
Gutiérrez-Montes, Isabel, Marie, Chloé, Mosquera, Ditter, Sanchez, Dalia, Sibelet, Nicole, Villanueva, Cristobal   +5 more
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Unlocking the Potential of MXene‐Based Electrochemical Biosensors: A Review of Biofunctionalization Strategies and Biosensing Principles

Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Electrochemical biosensors enable the accurate and timely detection of clinical biomarkers, improving healthcare and precision medicine. MXene nanosheets, a class of 2D transition metal carbides, nitrides, and carbonitrides, are promising materials for developing next‐generation electrochemical biosensors due to their unique physicochemical ...
Muhsin Ali, Sharat Chandra Barman, Isobel Steer, Aya H. Alshareef, Dana Alsulaiman   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Application of Sentinel-2 Multispectral Data for Habitat Mapping of Pacific Islands: Palau Republic (Micronesia, Pacific Ocean)

Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 2019
Sustainable and ecosystem-based marine spatial planning is a priority of Pacific Island countries basing their economy on marine resources. The urgency of management coral reef systems and associated coastal environments, threatened by the effects of ...
Francesco Immordino, Mattia Barsanti, Elena Candigliota, Silvia Cocito, Ivana Delbono, Andrea Peirano   +5 more
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A Proof‐of‐Concept Assessment of a Novel Wearable Eyelid Muscle Device: A Pre‐Clinical Animal Cadaver Study for Eyelid Closure Restoration

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
This article introduces a soft wearable eyelid sling device incorporating a hydraulic soft artificial muscle (SAM) for achieving complete closure of an eyelid. The SAM is driven by a cam mechanism that provides a displacement profile closely matched with those of a healthy eyelid.
Patrick Pruscino, Phuoc Thien Phan, James Davies, Bibhu Sharma, Tianruo Guo, Chi Cong Nguyen, Nigel H. Lovell, Thanh Nho Do   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Natural Resource Abundance and Human Capital Accumulation [PDF]

This study examines indicators of human capital accumulation together with data for natural resource abundance and rents in a panel of 102 countries running from 1970 to 1999.
Jean-Philippe C. Stijns
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Interdependencia entre la restauración ecológica y la conservación natural

Ingenierías USBMed, 2011
La restauración ecológica se percibe por muchos conservacionistas, y por la mayoría de los economistas, como una diversión, una ilusión, y mucho peor, como una pérdida de tiempo y dinero.
Juan dos Santos
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