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Evaluating synthetic substitutes to reduce illegal harvesting and support species recovery

Conservation Biology, EarlyView.
Abstract Providing synthetic substitutes is a widely promoted strategy to shift consumer demand away from wildlife products derived from threatened species. Yet, there is little evidence on whether product substitution prevents illegal or unsustainable harvesting and contributes to the recovery of threatened populations.
Aditya Shekhar Malgaonkar, Gareth Whittington‐Jones, Tristan Dickerson, Maswabi Lishandu, Sarah Davies, Zoe Woodgate, Xia Stevens, Choolwe Mulenga, Gift Mulenga, Mathew Phiri, Lucky Mulenga, Manyando Mukela, Gryton Kasamu, Willem A. Nieman, Gareth Mann, Abishek Harihar, Diogo Veríssimo, Rob Pickles   +17 more
wiley   +1 more source

Russian experience in healthcare quality assurance through standards of care: 2014-2023. [PDF]

BMJ Open Qual
Vlassov V, Gabuniya N, Vlasova A.
europepmc   +1 more source

Cold‐blooded commerce: Characterizing and predicting trade in Australian squamates

Conservation Science and Practice, EarlyView.
Despite a national ban on native wildlife exports, Australian reptile species continue to appear in international trade. Using boosted regression trees, we found that large body sizes and taxonomic family, rather than color or patterning, best predicted trade presence. We identified 59 species likely to be targeted in the future, providing key insights
Sebastian Chekunov, Rodolfo O. Anderson, Thomas A. A. Prowse, John Measey, Adam Toomes, Phillip Cassey   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Minimum Age of Criminal Responsibility Internationally-History, Systems and the Future. [PDF]

Crim Behav Ment Health
Delmage E, Anderson P, Blower A, Brown A, Davoren M, Enell S, Gibson R, Henriksen AK, Johns D, Kaltiala R, Carvalho MJL, Pol TMV, Mulder E, Oostermeijer S, Orlando MS, Souverein F, Taylor P, Thibaut F, Hales H.   +18 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Asymmetric sanctions and corruption: Theory and practice in China

Economic Inquiry, EarlyView.
Abstract Asymmetric punishment of partners in crime, intended to incentivize whistle‐blowing, may increase detection and deterrence. The idea is age‐old but its use against corruption is not frequent. We study a 1997 Chinese reform that strengthened such asymmetries for some forms of bribery.
Maria Perrotta Berlin, Martin Dufwenberg, Bei Qin, Giancarlo Spagnolo   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Neurodevelopmental justice: rethinking adolescent criminal responsibility in Puerto Rico. [PDF]

Front Psychol
Ramírez-Rivera E, Martínez-González KG.   +1 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Spanish stock returns, growth, and inflation, 1900–2020

The Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper studies equity returns in the Madrid Stock Exchange and their connections with the macroeconomy from the emergence of a stock market around 1900 to its ‘big bang’ at the turn of the twenty‐first century. Using high‐quality data from primary sources and the methodology of the modern IBEX35 (published since 1987), we constructed an ...
Stefano Battilossi, Stefan O. Houpt, Miguel Artola Blanco   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Algorithms on Trial: Does evaluative probabilistic reporting of forensic evidence infringe the presumption of innocence? [PDF]

Forensic Sci Int Synerg
Sallavaci O.
europepmc   +1 more source

The ecclesiastical fight against storm‐makers in the Latin west

Early Medieval Europe, EarlyView.
This paper studies the strategies used by the Church to fight against the storm‐makers. These figures were said to cause the storms that ruined crops, and during Late Antiquity and the early Middle Ages in the Visigothic and Frankish kingdoms were subject to punishment and constraints.
Juan Antonio Jiménez Sánchez
wiley   +1 more source

Silent witness: a moss provides important evidence in solving a cemetery crime. [PDF]

Forensic Sci Res
von Konrat M, Stark L, Merkel J, Grauer A, Jakalski W, Kiefer P, Kreider D, Leafblad E, Lichamer A, Merrill G, Moran J, Quinn G, Seccombe D, Sodetz K, Thrun M.   +14 more
europepmc   +1 more source