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Sustainable Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The dynamic nature of small islands being geographically isolated and their perceived connectedness with global networks complicates research attempts to draw general conclusions on whether insularity leads to marginalization or strengthens their resilience for sustainable development.
Toheeb Lekan Jolaosho +2 more
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The business process optimization of offer management for investment goods in individual production – the case of a German medium-sized company [PDF]
Problems and Perspectives in Management, 2018 The article examines a typical offer management process of a medium-sized tool manufacturing company using a qualitative, explorative research design.
Simon Fauser, Fabian Heidrich
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Spitzer 3.6 micron and 4.5 micron full-orbit lightcurves of WASP-18 [PDF]
, 2012 We present new lightcurves of the massive hot Jupiter system WASP-18 obtained with the Spitzer spacecraft covering the entire orbit at 3.6 micron and 4.5 micron.
Anderson, D. R. +9 more
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The Impacts of Removing College Entrance Exams: Evidence From the Test‐Optional Movement
Southern Economic Journal, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Before 2020, around 250 four‐year colleges and universities adopted a test‐optional application procedure that allowed students to apply for admission without submitting college entrance exam score. Many schools adopted this procedure to encourage greater racial and socioeconomic diversity.
Brianna Felegi
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A global analysis of Spitzer and new HARPS data confirms the loneliness and metal-richness of GJ 436 b [PDF]
, 2014 Context. GJ 436b is one of the few transiting warm Neptunes for which a detailed characterisation of the atmosphere is possible, whereas its non-negligible orbital eccentricity calls for further investigation.
Astudillo, N. +15 more
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Symbolic Interaction, EarlyView.Rampage school shootings, where students go to their own school to randomly kill classmates, teachers, friends, and strangers, are among the most drastic types of human behavior. While research increasingly points to interaction dynamics as being key for the emergence of crime and violence, scholars have not yet systematically studied interaction ...
Anne Nassauer
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Review of Methods for Assessing the Impact of WWTPs on the Natural Environment
Clean Technologies, 2021 Environmental management in facilities such as wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) allows for the implementation of the Deming cycle, and thus the constant improvement of the mitigation of the environmental impact.
Joanna Bąk +2 more
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Acyclic orientations with path constraints [PDF]
, 2005 Many well-known combinatorial optimization problems can be stated over the set of acyclic orientations of an undirected graph. For example, acyclic orientations with certain diameter constraints are closely related to the optimal solutions of the vertex ...
Bermond +8 more
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College Financial Aid Application Frictions
International Economic Review, EarlyView.ABSTRACT We document that 11 percent of recent U.S. high school graduates did not apply for federal student aid due to difficulty in applying, mistaken beliefs, or lack of awareness. Not applying due to such application frictions negatively predicts college enrollment after controlling for other attributes.
Emily G. Moschini +1 more
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Spitzer 24-micron Time-Series Observations of the Eclipsing M-dwarf Binary GU Bootis
, 2007 We present a set of {\it Spitzer} 24$\mu$m MIPS time series observations of the M-dwarf eclipsing binary star GU Bo\"otis. Our data cover three secondary eclipses of the system: two consecutive events and an additional eclipse six weeks later.
Claret A. +8 more
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