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Biomimetic Adaptive Hydrothermal Balance Fabric‐Based Dual‐Interface Solar Evaporator for Efficient and Stable Desalination

open access: yesAdvanced Science, EarlyView.
This study combines the biological structure of octopuses with the “3D structure” of spacer fabrics to fabricate a dual‐interface solar evaporator with adaptive hydrothermal balance. Water adaptation is achieved through the differentiated design of the upper and lower layers, and dynamic hydrothermal balance is realized by dynamically regulating the ...
Ning Niu   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Introduction Pages

open access: yesNotulae Scientia Biologicae, 2019
Notulae Scientia Biologicae (http://www.notulaebiologicae.ro), Issue 4, Volume 11, 2019: The papers published in this issue represent interesting novelties in different topics of life science. Among the exciting researches, we invite readers to find news
Radu E. SESTRAS
doaj   +1 more source

One More Hole in the Wall: The Lunafil Strikers in Guatemala [PDF]

open access: yes, 1989
[Excerpt] The Coke workers\u27 victory was all the more remarkable given the killings that had decimated the Guatemalan labor movement. Between 1978 and 1984, tens of thousands of Guatemalan civilians were murdered by the Army and its death squads ...
Hogness, Peter
core   +1 more source

Multilevel analysis of ethnic clustering across local schools: Exploring group dynamics

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract This study examines ethnic clustering patterns across English secondary schools from 2010 to 2018 using National Pupil Database data and multilevel modelling. Despite concerns about increased segregation following educational reforms, findings reveal a general decline in ethnic concentration across all groups during this period.
Yiyang Gao
wiley   +1 more source

Credit Risk Assessment in the Climate Shadow: Evidence From White and Grey Literature

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Climate change is reshaping financial stability, making climate risk a critical component of banks' risk management. However, the absence of standardized frameworks validated by central authorities hinders banks' ability to integrate climate risk into existing credit risk models.
Rodolfo Raimondi   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Second Look at the Hormel Strike [PDF]

open access: yes, 1986
[Excerpt] The dispute between the United Food and Commercial Workers and its Local P-9 over the long strike at Geo. A. Hormel & Co.\u27s meatpacking plant in Austin, Minnesota has put labor activists on two sides of an emotional and strategic divide. P-9
Compa, Lance A
core   +1 more source

Pythium species from rice roots differ in virulence, host colonization and nutritional profile [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
Background: Progressive yield decline in Philippine aerobic rice fields has been recently associated with three closely related Pythium spp., P. arrhenomanes, P. graminicola and P. inflatum.
Höfte, Monica, Van Buyten, Evelien
core   +1 more source

Giving or Greening? Stakeholder Dynamics and Ex‐Military Executives

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Firms increasingly face competing demands from different stakeholder groups, yet little is known about how these demands interact and generate strategic trade‐offs. Drawing on stakeholder theory and upper echelons theory, we investigate whether an overemphasis on philanthropic initiatives can detract from investments in green innovation, and ...
Hyeyoun Park   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Properties of Arboreal Ant and Ground-Termite Nests in relation to Their Nesting Sites and Location in a Tropical-Derived Savanna

open access: yesPsyche: A Journal of Entomology, 2012
Ecosystem engineers such as ants and termites play an important role in the fertility of tropical soils. Physicochemical analyses were thus carried out on some arboreal ant nests collected from mango (Mangifera indica), bush mango (Irvingia gabonensis ...
B. C. Echezona, C. A. Igwe, L. A. Attama
doaj   +1 more source

Caffeine Content Assessment in Beverages and Food Supplements: Regulatory Challenges and Health Implications

open access: yesChemFoodChem, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study presents an analysis of caffeine content in food supplements and evaluates current regulatory frameworks against established safety guidelines. High‐caffeine products, particularly sports, and food supplements, were assessed for compliance with the safety opinion of the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA). The investigation during
Leonie Rinke   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

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