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Micro and Nanostructural Diversity of Lizard Osteoderm Capping Tissue in Relation to Mechanical Performance

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
This study shows that lizard osteoderm capping tissue is a hyper‐mineralized hydroxyapatite layer consistently covering the superficial osteoderm surface in those species studied here, yet it varies greatly in morphology, nanostructure, and mechanical performance across species.
Adrian Rodriguez‐Palomo, Marius Didziokas, Malene Siri Berg Jacobsen, Thorbjørn Erik Køppen Christensen, Innokenty Kantor, Mads Ry Vogel Jørgensen, Klaus Pagh Almtoft, Jesper Skovhus Thomsen, Anthony Herrel, Catherine J.A. Williams, Henrik Birkedal   +10 more
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Adult Sex Ratio as a Demographic Feedback Linking Mating Systems, Parental Care, and Evolution

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Breeding systems are some of the most diverse social behavior, and our team is investigation the evolutionary causes of this diversity. This review summarises our research carried out at the University of Bath. We argue that demographic components of wild populations, especially the adult sex ratio, plays a key role driving breeding system variation ...
Tamás Székely, Oscar G. Miranda
wiley   +1 more source

Optimal Grazing Exclusion Duration to Enhance Soil Carbon Sequestration in Degraded Grasslands

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Across China, grazing exclusion reaches the national mean soil organic carbon recovery benchmark sooner in high‐MAP regions (> 500 mm), but recovery is much slower where MAP < 300 mm. Scaling this strategy to 70% of China's degraded grasslands would sequester about 1.52 Pg of soil carbon over 10 years—roughly 17% of annual global fossil‐fuel emissions.
Bin Zhang, Chongzhi Sun, Dongmei Xue, Paul Christiaan Struik, Tongrui Zhang, Jiayue Liu, Tingting Xing, Ziyang Liu, Shiming Tang, Ke Jin   +9 more
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Asset liability management in credit unions: Evidence from Brazil [PDF]

Revista Contabilidade & Finanças
This study aims to analyze the matching of discretionary asset and liability accounts in Brazilian credit unions and their evolution over time. Asset liability management for discretionary accounts and their evolution over time have not been addressed in
Flávia Zancan, Marcelo Botelho da Costa Moraes   +1 more
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Enabling Long Term, Shelf‐Stable Perovskite Solar Cells: Alumina Barriers to Protect Perovskite Devices from Moisture and Oxygen

Advanced Energy Materials, EarlyView.
This study reports a packaging strategy for perovskite photovoltaic devices using atomic layer deposition (ALD) of aluminum oxide. Through optimization of deposition temperature and oxidant chemistry, researchers develop a 50 nm barrier layer with superior water vapor (WVTR) and oxygen transmission rates (OTR).
Melissa A. Davis, Kelly Schutt, Duong Nguyen Minh, Xinwen Zhang, Chenchao Xie, Ross A. Kerner, Tianran Liu, Matthew O. Reese, Laura T. Schelhas, Michael D. Kempe, Axel F. Palmstrom, Joseph M. Luther   +11 more
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The Dynamic Typology in the Development Process of Credit Union Movements

International Journal of Financial Studies, 2022
The aim of this paper is to find a dynamic framework of analysis of credit union movements by grouping credit unions into different category types. Within the heterogeneous reality of the worldwide credit union movement, the typology provides a clearer ...
Chien-Min Kang, Ming-Chieh Wang, Lin Lin
doaj   +1 more source

Designing Cost‐Effective Carbon Payments to Induce Cellulosic Feedstock Production for Sustainable Aviation Fuel

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Perennial bioenergy crops, such as miscanthus and switchgrass, and crop residues have the potential to scale up sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) production and mitigate carbon emissions. However, high establishment costs, delayed returns, and risk–return profiles that diverge from those of conventional crops can hinder incentives to adopt ...
Fahd Majeed, Madhu Khanna, Ruiqing Miao
wiley   +1 more source

Implementasi Balanced Scorecard sebagai Alat Pengukur Kinerja pada Koperasi Simpan Pinjam ARTA PANCA JAYA di Kabupaten Sidoarjo

Business and Finance Journal, 2017
This study aims to determine the performance of Credit Unions ARTA PANCA JAYA when measured using the concept of balanced scorecard through four perspectives, namely: financial perspective, customer perspective, internal business process and learning ...
Anita Kartika
doaj   +1 more source

Beyond the Ban—Shedding Light on Smallholders' Price Vulnerability in Indonesia's Palm Oil Industry

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The Indonesian government imposed a palm oil export ban in April 2022 to address rising cooking oil prices. This study explores oil palm smallholders' vulnerability to the policy using descriptive statistics, Lasso, and post‐Lasso OLS regressions.
Charlotte‐Elena Reich, Tim Ölkers, Vanessa Bonke, Oliver Musshoff   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Livestock Tango: U.S. and Latin America Dance Together, but Who Will Lead?

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines the competitiveness between Latin American and U.S. livestock and meat sectors. We employ a computable general equilibrium modeling framework to evaluate two scenarios: coordinated improvements in Latin American productivity, transport efficiency, and market access (Scenario I), and the minimum productivity gains required ...
Taís C. Menezes, Amanda M. Countryman, Dustin L. Pendell   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source