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Occurrence of microplastics in freshwater gastropods from a tropical river U-Taphao, southern Thailand [PDF]

PeerJ, 2023
Background Microplastics (MPs) are pollutants in rivers and marine environments. Rivers can be sources and sinks of MPs that enter the biota. Previous studies focusing on freshwater species are quite limited, especially for gastropods.
Preyanuch Jitkaew, Siriporn Pradit, Prakrit Noppradit, Karnda Sengloyluan, Mathinee Yucharoen, Suvit Suwanno, Varaporn Tanrattanakul, Kittiwara Sornplang, Thongchai Nitiratsuwan   +8 more
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Managing design variety, process variety and engineering change: a case study of two capital good firms [PDF]

, 2012
Many capital good firms deliver products that are not strictly one-off, but instead share a certain degree of similarity with other deliveries. In the delivery of the product, they aim to balance stability and variety in their product design and ...
Alblas, A., Veldman, J.
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First record of two rare brachyuran crabs: Drachiella morum Alcock, 1896 and Quadrella maculosa Alcock, 1898 along the Tamil Nadu coast, India

Journal of Threatened Taxa, 2019
The present report describes the first record of two brachyuran crabs, Drachiella morum Alcock, 1896 and Quadrella maculosa Alcock, 1898 along the coast of Tamil Nadu, India.
Chinnathambi Viswanathan, Sampath Goutham, Vijayakumar Deepak Samuel, Pandian Krishnan, Ramachandran Purvaja, Ramachandran Ramesh   +5 more
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Decolonizing Management and Leading Change through African Philosophy

Glocalism: Journal of Culture, Politics and Innovation, 2021
Africa currently operates and manages her affairs with and from a colonial perspective, in business, politics, and education. Living everyday life through a colonial lens has stunted growth and innovation because instead of using her strengths, which is ...
J. Kalu Osiri, Amarachi N. Amaugo, Jenesha Francis, Emile O. John   +3 more
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The windowpane oyster family Placunidae Rafinesque, 1815 with additional description of Placuna quadrangula (Philipsson, 1788) from India

Journal of Threatened Taxa, 2019
The Bivalvia family Placunidae Rafinesque, 1815 in India is reviewed in this paper based on previous literature and records.  Additionally, the species Placuna quadrangula is described from the Indian sub-continent.
Rocktim Ramen Das, Vijay Kumar Deepak Samuel, Gautham Sampath, Pandian Krishnan, Purvaja Ramachandran, Ramesh Ramachandran   +5 more
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A Multi‐Hazard Risk Framework to Stress‐Test Water Supply Systems to Climate‐Related Disruptions

Earth's Future, 2023
Water utilities' supply systems are vulnerable to several climate‐related hazards, including droughts, floods and cyclones. Here we propose a generally applicable framework for conducting multi‐hazard risk assessments of water supply systems and use it ...
Olivia Becher, Raghav Pant, Jasper Verschuur, Arpita Mandal, Homero Paltan, Mark Lawless, Emma Raven, Jim Hall   +7 more
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How the War in Ukraine Affects Food Security

Foods, 2023
The war in Ukraine has caused severe disruption to national and worldwide food supplies. Ukraine is a major exporter of wheat, maize, and oilseeds, staples that are now suffering a war-triggered supply risk.
Walter Leal Filho, Mariia Fedoruk, João Henrique Paulino Pires Eustachio, Jelena Barbir, Tetiana Lisovska, Alexandros Lingos, Caterina Baars   +6 more
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Learning Networks: an Alternative to Traditional Methods of Managing Organizational Change. What We Can Learn from the Experience of the National Society of French Railways

Управление, 2016
In an unstable economic environment, organizations and companies must constantly adapt and innovate to remain competitive. To innovate and develop its ability to adapt, the organization (company) must release the power of the thoughts and actions of its ...
David Autisier, E.V. Pachtchenko-de Préville, Thierry Raynard   +2 more
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The politics of energy landscapes: the influence of local anti-wind initiatives on state policies in Saxony, Germany

Energy, Sustainability and Society, 2020
Background In recent years, landscapes in many countries have been transformed by efforts to fight global warming, specifically the shift towards renewable energies such as wind power.
Gerd Lintz, Markus Leibenath
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Climate-induced shifts in habitat suitability of forest types and adaptation strategies in the Western Ghats of Tamil Nadu, India

Scientific Reports
Climate change poses a critical threat to forest ecosystems, particularly in biodiversity hotspots such as the Western Ghats of Tamil Nadu. This study aims to assess the current and future habitat suitability of dominant tree species representing ...
Andimuthu Ramachandran, Mithilasri Manickavasagam, S. Hariharan, S. Kanmani, M. Mathan, S.N. Ahamed Ibrahim, S. Pavithrapriya, P. Praveenkumar, R. Geetha, K. Sathyapriya, Divya Subash Kumar, K. A. Yasar Arafath, V. S. Vijaya Kumar, L. Balaji, Kurian Joseph   +14 more
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