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The impacts of biological invasions

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The Anthropocene is characterised by a continuous human‐mediated reshuffling of the distributions of species globally. Both intentional and unintentional introductions have resulted in numerous species being translocated beyond their native ranges, often leading to their establishment and subsequent spread – a process referred to as biological
Phillip J. Haubrock, Teun Everts, Neil Angelo S. Abreo, Jamie Bojko, Victor Deklerck, James W. E. Dickey, Ana Clara S. Franco, Emili García‐Berthou, Stelios Katsanevakis, Natalia I. Kirichenko, Stefano Mammola, Martin A. Nuñez, Ben Parker, Riccardo Scalera, Ismael Soto, Diederik Strubbe, Ali Serhan Tarkan, Lorenzo Vilizzi, Tim Adriaens, Paride Balzani, Dagmara Błońska, Elizabeta Briski, Rein Brys, Amy L. Burgess, James E. Byers, Carlos Cano‐Barbacil, Giuseppe Castaldelli, Jaimie T.A. Dick, Victoria Dominguez Almela, Romina D. Dimarco, Margarita Florencio, Antonín Kouba, Melina Kourantidou, Irmak Kurtul, Irene Martín‐Forés, Olivier Morissette, Julian D. Olden, Bruno E. Soares, Jakub Truszkowski, Hugo Verreycken, Marc Kenis, Ronaldo Sousa, J. Robert Britton   +42 more
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Does Institutional Ownership Structure Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions? An In‐Depth Study of Corporations Social Responsibility of European‐Listed Firms

Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Motivated by the growing attention and concerns surrounding climate change and the potential role of institutional investors' ownership concentration (OC) in reducing corporations' greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, this article explores the relationship between various forms of institutional ownership and firms' GHG emission intensity. To do so,
Daniele Giordino, Elisa Ballesio, Aradhana Galgotia, Laura Broccardo   +3 more
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‘Between East and West: The Vienna School and the idea of Czechoslovak art’ [PDF]

Journal of Art Historiography, 2013
Although the formation of the Czechoslovak Republic in 1918 could be regarded in certain respects as a historical caesura, in others, there was continuity with the Habsburg past particularly in intellectual life.
Marta Filipova
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Unmet goals of tracking: within-track heterogeneity of students' expectations for [PDF]

, 2015
Educational systems are often characterized by some form(s) of ability grouping, like tracking. Although substantial variation in the implementation of these practices exists, it is always the aim to improve teaching efficiency by creating homogeneous ...
Demanet, Jannick, Van den Broeck, Laura, Van Houtte, Mieke   +2 more
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Models of Party Democracy : Patterns of Party Regulation in Post-War European Constitutions [PDF]

, 2012
This article investigates the ways in which political parties are codified in modern democratic constitutions, providing a unique cross-sectional and longitudinal overview of the patterns of party constitutionalization in post-war Europe.
Blondel, Capoccia, Epstein, Flanz, Fox, Gabriela Borz, Huntington, I. van, I. van, I. van, I. van, Ingrid van Biezen, Katz, Katz, Key, Ruin, Sartori, Schattschneider, Squires, Tsatsos, Zovatto   +20 more
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Bridging Inter‐Organizational Collaboration, Circular Economy Practices, and Firm Performance: The Role of Dynamic Capabilities Within Baltic States

Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Despite the growing interest in the circular economy (CE) among various stakeholders, several research gaps continue to challenge researchers and practitioners, specifically among emerging European economies. This study analyzes survey data from 127 manufacturing SMEs in the Baltic states.
Baoying Zhu, Tarlan Ahmadov, Ondřej Kuba, Wolfgang Gerstlberger, Viktor Prokop   +4 more
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Why Max Dvořák did not become a Professor in Prague [PDF]

Journal of Art Historiography, 2017
In 1903, the Czech University in Prague proceeded to fill the vacant chair in Art History. The Philosophical Faculty chose the mediocre – and subsequently quite forgotten – Bohumil Matějka, intentionally bypassing the clearly more competent Max Dvořák ...
Jindřich Vybíral
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Real-Time Systems: Reflections on higher education in the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovenia [PDF]

, 2003
Real-time systems (An ICT definition)\ud In real-time multiprocessing there is the extra requirement that the system complete its response to any input within a certain critical time.
File, Jon, Goedegebuure, Leo
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Socialist film co-productions. The case of the Polish-Czechoslovak film co-production What Will My Wife Say to This? (1958) by Jaroslav Mach [PDF]

, 2015
This article offers an analysis of the Polish-Czechoslovak co-production What Will My Wife Say to This? (Co řekne žena, 1958, directed by Jaroslav Mach) as seen from the perspective of production-related and cultural factors.
Ciszewska, Ewa
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Applications of a Novel Wireless System for Real‐Time Atmospheric Corrosion Monitoring

Materials and Corrosion, EarlyView.
Developed monitoring system is a powerful tool for real‐time atmospheric corrosion monitoring. Humidity plays a critical role in the corrosion process. Limiting environmental parameters inducing maximum corrosion vary depending on the pollutants present. A monitoring system can be used in a wide range of scientific and practical applications.
Kateryna Popova, Václav Šefl, Tomáš Prošek, Jan Švadlena   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source