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Agricultural and Forest Entomology, EarlyView.Out of 136 identified EPNs, only 18 (8 Steinernema and 6 Heterorhabditis) are commercialised globally, highlighting a major gap between discovery and application. High production costs and inconsistent field efficacy are the leading obstacles to the widespread commercialisation of EPN‐based biocontrol products.
Ndivhuwo Ramatsitsi +2 more
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Polls and the political process: the use of opinion polls by political parties and mass media organizations in European post‐communist societies (1990–95) [PDF]
, 2007 Opinion polling occupies a significant role within the political process of most liberal-capitalist societies, where it is used by governments, parties and the mass media alike. This paper examines the extent to which polls are used for the same purposes
Boorstin Daniel J. +19 more
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Compulsory voting increases men's turnout most
American Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.Abstract Equal turnout fosters equal representation. As such, researchers have long sought to understand what causes gender differences in voter participation. I argue that compulsory voting increases men's turnout relative to that of women. This is because men are particularly receptive to external incentives, while women are more intrinsically ...
Shane P. Singh
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Soviet-Czechoslovak scientific-technical cooperation in the Khrushchev and early Brezhnev eras [PDF]
Historijski poglediEconomic and scientific-technical cooperation was a popular topic of research for socialist economists and political scientists during the Cold War. Already in the 1950s, a series of studies on the merits of this form of international rapprochement were ...
Ondrej Fiser
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Cossack Emigrants in Czechoslovakia in 1921–1939
Вестник Волгоградского государственного университета. Серия 4. История, регионоведение, международные отношения, 2023 Introduction. The purpose of this study is to analyze key aspects of the lives and details of Cossack emigrants in the Czechoslovak Republic (ČSR). Methods and materials.
Oleg Ratushnyak
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Golden weapons and golden fetters: From the gold standard to the new geopolitics
The Economic History Review, EarlyView.Abstract This paper explores the historical relationship between monetary regimes, security concerns, and geopolitical tensions, particularly focusing on the role of gold. Throughout history, monetary systems have been deeply intertwined with international state systems and security provisions.
Harold James
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Breeding and exploitation of prolific breeds in Czechoslovakia
Agricultural and Food Science, 1988 In the years 1971—1979 many experiments were conducted in order to elucidate problems of meat production increase in sheep. Ewes of native breeds (Mutton Merino = M, Improved Wallachian = I) were mated to rams of prolific breeds (Finnsheep = F, Romanov =
V. Jakubec, J. Křižek
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Chasing the perfida Albione: Anglo‐Italian productivity gap in the late 1930s
The Economic History Review, EarlyView.Abstract This paper presents new estimates of Anglo‐Italian labour productivity levels in manufacturing in the late 1930s, derived using the standard single‐deflation approach. The findings confirm a substantial productivity gap between Italy and the United Kingdom at the aggregate level, alongside pronounced intersectoral heterogeneity.
Tancredi Salamone
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Political and Economic Relations between Czechoslovakia and the Military Regimes of the Southern Cone in the 1970s and 1980s [PDF]
Central European Journal of International & Security Studies, 2013 Based on unpublished archival documents, this work analyses the relations between Czechoslovakia and the military regimes in Argentina (1976–1983), Uruguay (1973–1985) and Chile (1973–1989). Besides Czechoslovakia, attention is also devoted to the Soviet
Michal Zourek
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Czechoslovak monetary reform of 1953
Prawo Budżetowe Państwa i Samorządu, 2020 This paper aims to approximate and analyse the reasons of the currency reform that took place in 1953 in communist Czechoslovakia, as well as to describe its legal and technical aspects.
Martin Pracný
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