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Beyond Universalism: A Contextual Approach to Comparative Public Administration
Public Administration and Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT In this essay, I advocate for a contextual approach to comparative public administration, arguing that effective governance reform requires moving away from universal models to embrace local political, socioeconomic, and institutional realities.
XiaoHu Wang
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Przegląd GeograficznyIt is frequently asserted that gastronomic services (or the hospitality sector) in Warsaw during the Occupation was, paradoxically, larger than before 1st September 1939.
Eamonn Judge
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People and Nature, EarlyView.Abstract Despite their controversial nature, biodiversity offsets are often used as a regulatory tool to counterbalance the impacts of land clearing on biodiversity. Offsets usually aim to achieve no net loss (NNL) of biodiversity through protection and/or restoration of habitat.
Laure‐Elise Ruoso +3 more
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The CSI Effect and Its Potential Impact on Juror Decisions [PDF]
, 2015 The “CSI Effect” was first described in the media as a phenomenon resulting from viewing forensic and crime based television shows. This effect influences jurors to have unrealistic expectations of forensic science during a criminal trial and affect ...
Alldredge, John
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People and Nature, EarlyView.Abstract The societal and biophysical permeability across human‐demarcated jurisdictions within watersheds necessitates collaboration among administrative regions. The effectiveness of such collaboration is partly determined by the degree to which institutional arrangements align with underlying social and ecological interdependencies, a concept ...
Fang Wang +3 more
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El Argonauta EspañolIn New Spain’s press and some copies of the Spanish mainland’s press from the 18th century, there is evidence of links that show the movement of texts and debates from New Spain to the mother country. These connections are acknowledged in this article as
Dalia Valdez Garza
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Suspects and evidence: a review of the causes of extirpation and decline in freshwater mussels [PDF]
Animal Biodiversity and Conservation, 2010 Conservation of biodiversity requires reliable evidence of the causes of extirpation. Using freshwater mussels as an example, we performed the first-ever systematic assessment of the evidence for endangerment of any group of organisms.
Downing, J. A. +2 more
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Circumstantial Evidence in Arson Cases
Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology (1931-1951), 1950 William C. Braun is the Chief Special Agent, National Board of Fire Underwriters, Chicago, and since 1947 has been in charge of the Arson Division of their midwest territory. As a graduate (LL. B.) of National University Law School, Washington, D. C., he has been admitted to the bar of Washington, D. C., Wyoming, and Georgia.
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PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.Many plant species worldwide are struggling to regenerate due to the ongoing effects of climate change. These effects appear to be further exacerbated by the loss of keystone megafauna, which were important seed dispersers. By identifying the traits commonly seen in seeds spread by modern elephants, it is possible to predict which species likely ...
Andrew J. Tighe
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PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.Understanding how cooperative interactions remain stable matters for biodiversity because many plants rely on specialist insects that can also impose reproductive costs. We studied the interaction between Sambucus sieboldiana and seed‐consuming Heterhelus beetles through detailed field observations and pollination experiments.
Suzu Kawashima +3 more
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