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Abstract Platform cooperatives, namely, businesses that sell goods or services primarily through a website, mobile app, or protocol and commit to the principles of democratic governance and shared ownership, have lately been proposed as a more sustainable, equitable and, under certain conditions, even efficient alternative to the organizational model ...
Pietro Ghirlanda, Vassil Kirov
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Abstract The use of part‐time employees to support operations has been a contentious topic in the literature. While part‐time employees add cost‐effective flexibility to operations, their impact on operational outcomes has largely been documented as negative.
Luv Sharma +3 more
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Abstract Demand for wildlife and their products continues to grow, often despite increasingly militarised regulation and consumer awareness campaigns. We review the sustainability, legality and feasibility of wildlife farming of animals, as a potential conservation tool to ensure the development of an equitable and sustainable trade model.
Dominic Meeks +2 more
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Extending the State Fiscal Relief Provisions of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) [PDF]
During recessions the federal government tries to stimulate the economy (i.e., "prime the pump") by increasing spending and cutting taxes. This requires deficit spending. But state governments have to balance their budgets in both good times and bad. So,
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This review provides an in‐depth summary of the progress in utilizing metal and covalent organic frameworks (MOFs/COFs) in perovskite solar cells, which covers key aspects of the materials including their electronic properties, synthesis methods, and applications in different components of perovskite solar cells.
Jiupeng Cao, Guanqi Tang, Feng Yan
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Contagious bovine pleuropneumonia (CBPP) is a severe disease caused by Mycoplasma mycoides subsp. mycoides (Mmm). Knowledge on CBPP pathogenesis is fragmented and hampered by the limited availability of laboratory animal and in vitro models of ...
Giovanni Di Teodoro +8 more
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The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act: Helping Middle-Class Families [PDF]
[Excerpt] The ARRA helps struggling families in a variety of ways. First, by creating and saving jobs — 3.5 million by the end of next year, according to estimates by the Council of Economic Advisers — the ARRA gives a crucial boost to family incomes ...
Office of the Vice President
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Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) has been a major public health problem and is still a formidable challenge for clinicians. It is urgent to find new compounds for minimizing the risk of disease progression and exacerbation especially in the ...
Xiaoyao Ma +8 more
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The Economic Recession: Early Impacts on Health Care Safety Net Providers [PDF]
Examines how the recession and state and local budget cuts affected safety-net clinics' capacity to meet demand in five communities, the extent to which federal stimulus funds mitigated the impact, strategies for sustainability, and ...
Brian C. Quinn +4 more
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Free exopolysaccharide from Mycoplasma mycoides subsp. mycoides possesses anti-inflammatory properties [PDF]
In this study we explored the immunomodulatory properties of highly purified free galactan, the soluble exopolysaccharide secreted by Mycoplasma mycoides subsp. mycoides (Mmm).
A Gautam +48 more
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