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Evaluating Life-Cycle Unit Costs of Traditional Cement Concrete and New Polymer Concrete Manholes in Wastewater Systems

Buildings
Wastewater manholes are crucial infrastructure components in sewage systems. They provide necessary access points for inspection and maintenance. However, limited studies were conducted on the life-cycle cost analysis of manholes.
Kishor Shrestha, Pramen P. Shrestha, Jacimaria Batista   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Can you really change your stripes? Stable wing ornamentation suggests limited condition‐dependent signalling in female common eiders

Ibis, EarlyView.
Variation in the expression of white ornaments, such as flank spots or wing stripes, has previously been related to indices of individual quality in birds. We measured the white wing stripes of colour‐banded female common eiders Somateria mollissima in three islands in Iceland from 2014 to 2023, to determine whether the expression of these ornaments is
Jón Einar Jónsson, Elisabeth Knudsen, James A. Fletcher, Ellen Magnúsdóttir, Árni Ásgeirsson, Jamie N. Carroll   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

“Queens of Ghost‐Land” 134 Years Later: Un‐Masking an Appalachian Witchcraft Accuser

The Journal of American Culture, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In 1891, newspapers across America printed a story about witches in the Appalachian Mountains and the alleged powers they possessed to control their small farming community. The article was scathing in accusation and ultimately contributed to continued othering of the women profiled, increasing their visible vulnerabilities of class, gender ...
Aíne Norris
wiley   +1 more source

Notes from the Field: Acute Nonviral Hepatitis Linked to a Brand of Alkaline Bottled Water - Clark County, Nevada and California, 2020. [PDF]

MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep, 2021
Ruff JC, Zhang Y, Bui DP, Therriault C, Nogee D, Guthery SL, Daniel J.   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Leadership of Nurses' Interprofessional Collaboration: A Mixed‐Methods Systematic Review

Journal of Advanced Nursing, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Aim To identify and synthesise qualitative and quantitative evidence of nurse managers' qualities, practices and styles related to leading nurses' interprofessional collaboration. Design Mixed‐methods systematic review. Methods Two authors independently selected studies based on predefined inclusion criteria, assessed quality and extracted ...
Hanna Kamppila, Katarzyna Czabanowska, Petra Kämäräinen, Ahtisham Younas, Tarja Kvist   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Ten‐Year Update of Nurse Practitioner Service Impact on Patient and Health Service Outcomes in Emergency Care Settings—A Systematic Review

Journal of Advanced Nursing, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Aims To provide a 10‐year update on the best available evidence evaluating the impact of nurse practitioner services on cost, waiting times, patient satisfaction, representation rates, and length of stay in emergency and urgent care settings. Design Systematic review.
Amanda Fox, Suzanne Williams, Natasha Jennings, Ella Marie Tomkins, Rosie Glynn, Corinne Dunningham, Kathleen Tori   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Effect of Tax Laws and the Cost of Capital on the Size of Newly Constructed Strip Shopping Centers [PDF]

While the impact of tax policy and other economic variables on the total amount of construction has been widely studied, this paper proposes that these variables also affect the size distribution of the properties constructed. The basic intuition is that
Melvin H. Jameson, Terrence M. Clauretie
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Establishing Baseline Information for the Risk of Flatheaded Borer Attack in Specialty Tree Crops Using Trapping and On‐Farm Surveys

Journal of Applied Entomology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Flatheaded borers (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) are largely xylophagous insects. Larvae of flatheaded borers tunnel into the trunks of trees, with boring and feeding damage eventually appearing on the surface as discolored bark, sunken areas, bark splits or bark sloughing.
Zia V. Williamson, Brett R. Blaauw, Shimat V. Joseph   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Why do firms strategically delay payments of corporate loans?

Journal of Financial Research, EarlyView.
Abstract Firms may prefer to delay some loan payments while continuing to service others because of lender and loan characteristics. I explore the impact of bank‐level and bank‐firm‐level indicators on the strategic delay behaviors of nonfinancial corporations. Three factors play a key role in their strategic delay decisions.
Ahmet Deryol
wiley   +1 more source

The Effects of Regulatory Office Closures on Bank Behavior

Journal of Money, Credit and Banking, EarlyView.
Abstract We investigate if the decentralized structure of regulatory office networks influences supervisory outcomes and bank behavior. Following the closure of an office, banks previously supervised by that office increase their lending and risk‐taking.
IVAN LIM, JENS HAGENDORFF, SETH ARMITAGE
wiley   +1 more source