Energy Use and the Associated Carbon Emissions – An Analysis of Two Nature-Based Tourism Properties in the Greater Kruger National Park [PDF]
African Journal of Hospitality, Tourism and Leisure, 2022 The effects of climate change are a global issue with the potential to threaten human existence on Earth. All aspects of society must find innovative ways to reduce their contributions to climate change and prevent a further rise in global ...
Tovhowani Thandi Nomagugu Mudau +2 more
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B Cell Subset Analysis and Gene Expression Characterization in Mid-Luteal Endometrium
Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology, 2021 The human endometrium is the innermost mucosal membrane of the uterus and is the first point of contact for an implanting blastocyst. A wide variety of immune cells are found amongst the endometrial epithelial layers and stromal cells which both provide ...
Mengni Shen +7 more
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Family Theories in Child-Robot Interactions: Understanding Families as a Whole for Child-Robot Interaction Design [PDF]
, 2023 In this work, we discuss a theoretically motivated family-centered design approach for child-robot interactions, adapted by Family Systems Theory (FST) and Family Ecological Model (FEM). Long-term engagement and acceptance of robots in the home is influenced by factors that surround the child and the family, such as child-sibling-parent relationships ...
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Exploring the mens rea requirements of the Serious Crime Act 2007 assisting and encouraging offences [PDF]
, 2012 This article examines the mens rea requirements of the new assisting and encouraging offences set out in Part 2 of the Serious Crime Act 2007. Analysing the case of Rv.S&H [2011] EWCA Crim 2872, a case in which the Court of Appeal attempted to clarify ...
Child, J J
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What enables size-selective trophy hunting of wildlife? [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2014 Although rarely considered predators, wildlife hunters can function as important ecological and evolutionary agents. In part, their influence relates to targeting of large reproductive adults within prey populations.
Chris T Darimont, K Rosie Child
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How to Sell a Friend: Disinterest as Relational Work in Direct Sales
Sociological Science, 2021 Economic sociologists agree that monetary transactions are not necessarily antithetical to meaningful social relationships. However, they also accept that creating "good matches" between the two requires hard work.
Curtis Child
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Is There a Text in This Child? Childness and the Child-Authored Text [PDF]
Children's Literature in Education, 2019 This article looks at child-authored texts, both real and fictional, and the adult discourse surrounding or commenting on such texts, focusing on the example of young Marcel’s writing in Proust’s In Search of Lost Time, and on the critical commentary on the juvenilia of child authors of the 19th and early 20th century. I argue, using Peter Hollindale’s
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Problems and progress in nature conservation in Rhodesia
Koedoe: African Protected Area Conservation and Science, 1977 The conflicting emotions generated around the aesthetic qualities of wildlife and its pragmatic use as a resource are a feature of human societies stretching into antiquity.
G.F.T. Child
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Antagonism of Protein Kinase R by Large DNA Viruses
Pathogens, 2022 Decades of research on vaccinia virus (VACV) have provided a wealth of insights and tools that have proven to be invaluable in a broad range of studies of molecular virology and pathogenesis.
Annabel T. Olson +2 more
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Rule Value Reinforcement Learning for Cognitive Agents [PDF]
, 2006 RVRL (Rule Value Reinforcement Learning) is a new algorithm which extends an existing learning framework that models the environment of a situated agent using a probabilistic rule representation. The algorithm attaches values to learned rules by adapting
Child, C. H. T., Stathis, K.
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