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Journal of Animal Ecology, EarlyView.We present a novel predictive variance partitioning and scenario framework for drivers of species and communities. By addressing data gaps and incorporating climatic conditions, habitat, and species traits, our approach reveals the importance of taxonomic and environmental context in shaping responses to environmental change across large spatial scales.
Emy Guilbault +8 more
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Operations Research and Decisions, 2020 Results of a convincing causal statistical inference related to socio-economic phenomena are treated as an especially desired background for conducting various socio-economic programs or government interventions.
Daniel Kosiorowski, Jerzy P. Rydlewski
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Children's Databases - Safety and Privacy [PDF]
, 2006 This report describes in detail the policy background, the systems that are being built, the problems with them, and the legal situation in the UK. An appendix looks at Europe, and examines in particular detail how France and Germany have dealt with ...
Anderson, R +5 more
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Challenging Parole Decisions in England and Wales: Reconsideration and Set Aside
The Modern Law Review, EarlyView.Of all the reforms to parole in England and Wales that were introduced after the furore surrounding the 2017 decision to direct the release of the so‐called ‘Black cab rapist’, John Worboys, perhaps the most important was the creation in 2019 of a reconsideration mechanism which obliges the Parole Board (on application) to take a second look at ...
Stephen Shute
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Journal of Accounting Research, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The protection of free speech enhances the ability of various public stakeholders to disseminate privately observed adverse information about public firms, making it difficult for corporate managers to conceal negative information about their companies.
JIMMY LEE +3 more
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Journal of Forensic Sciences, EarlyView.Abstract The spread of image editing tools demonstrates how modern mixed‐media technology enables changes in digital images. Such easy access raises severe moral and legal concerns around the potential for malicious image editing. Overcoming this difficulty will need the development of innovative approaches for the quick detection of changes in high ...
Arslan Akram +4 more
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Lawyer CEOs and Strategic Disclosure of Litigation Loss Contingencies
Abacus, EarlyView.Using hand‐collected data, we find that lawyer CEOs, defined as CEOs with a legal education background, tend to make first disclosures about pending litigation cases on a timelier basis for litigation cases that end up with material losses than do non‐lawyer CEOs.
Feng Chen +3 more
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Settlement Agreements, Legal Information and the Mistake of Law Rule in Contract [PDF]
, 2010 The extent of the doctrine of contractual mistake of law is evaluated in light of the Court of Appeal’s decision in Brennan v Bolt Burdon through the lens of economic efficiency, the associated incentivization of productive information acquisition and ...
Collins, D. A.
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Abacus, EarlyView.This study examines whether comparable financial information can mitigate differences between individual and institutional investors’ trading behaviour, particularly behaviour that is shaped by investor sentiment. The results indicate that the higher the comparability, the smaller the gap in trading behaviour driven by investor sentiment between ...
Eun Hye Jo, Jung Wha (Jenny) Lee
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Subgrade geology beneath railways in Manchester [PDF]
, 2005 It is not sufficient to identify fine-grained soils, only, as locations for potential subgrade problems as could be done using a traditional 2D geological map.
Freeborough, K. +5 more
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