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Key gaps remain in the definition and application of keystone species concepts for fisheries management: A systematic scoping review

open access: yesPeople and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract A keystone species is one whose influence is disproportionate to its abundance, the absence of which would change the dynamics of an ecological or human community. Despite its widespread use in the scientific literature, there is a limited understanding of how the keystone concept is defined or measured, or applied in practice, and especially ...
Natasha R. Serrao   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Subjects of disciplinary proceedings against a judge under the legislation of Ukraine and Spain: comparative legal analysis

open access: yesАналітично-порівняльне правознавство
Disciplinary liability of judges is one of the key mechanisms of holding judges accountable. States are called upon to regulate this area, balancing two main interests – the need to ensure functional mechanisms of judicial accountability and to ensure ...
L. G. Bzova
doaj   +1 more source

The Noble Chafer and traditional orchards: Evaluating the role of indicator species in the conservation of cultural landscapes

open access: yesPeople and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract England's traditional orchards are important habitats for a range of invertebrate species, providing biodiverse habitat for many species not found in other landscapes. Increased loss of these once common landscape features, exacerbated by changing land use, anthropogenic habitat fragmentation, and the loss of traditional or customary practices,
Lloyd Jenkins   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Profissão e corporação: limites éticos da atuação do advogado Profession and corporation: ethical limits to a lawyer's activity

open access: yesSociologias, 2011
Este trabalho faz uma análise da atuação do Tribunal de Ética e Disciplina da OAB-RJ a partir de dois eixos: o primeiro acompanha uma análise qualitativa das infrações mais frequentes cometidas pelos advogados decorrentes de suas atividades profissionais
Marcelo Pereira de Mello   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Development and Validation of the Prosocial Behavior in School Scale

open access: yesPsychology in the Schools, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study reports on the development, factor structure, and validity indicators of the Prosocial Behavior in School Scale (PBSS) among 4264 sixth‐ to eighth‐grade students in the United States. The final PBSS is a 12‐item self‐report measure of students' prosocial behavior in a specific classroom.
Christi Bergin   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Sustainability: The Forgotten Arena of eSports Research—A Systematic Literature Review From an ESG Perspective

open access: yesSustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Despite the growth of eSports, the sector faces critical challenges related to its sustainability. This research analyzes these issues from an environmental, social, and governance (ESG) perspective. This paper consists of a systematic literature review on eSports and its implications for sustainability.
M. Ertz   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Epistemological Implications of a System—Theoretical Understanding for Sustainability Models

open access: yesSystems Research and Behavioral Science, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In the sense of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), global efforts to create a sustainable society will not be sufficiently successful under the current geopolitical and socio‐economic trends. For this reason, recent sustainability research has increasingly focused on systemic coherence, the subject of cognition, and psychological and ...
Stefan Stumm
wiley   +1 more source

Guilds, Guild Unions, Guild Courts in Transylvanian Saxon Towns in the Sixteenth Century

open access: yesHistorical Studies on Central Europe
Under the auspices of the Universitas, the common self-governing body of the Transylvanian Saxon towns and seats, the guilds’ statutes were revised between 1539 and 1582: obsolete rules were abolished, and new ones were introduced where they had not ...
Julia Derzsi
doaj   +1 more source

Normalizing the Shamed Self: Stigma, Neutralization and “Narrative Credibility” in Interviews on White‐Collar Transgression

open access: yesSymbolic Interaction, EarlyView.
In this article, I analyze my interviews with Mark (pseudonym), a social scientist who committed major academic fraud in over 50 top‐tier journal articles in the first decade of this century. I explain how stigma played a central role in how Mark and I shaped our interaction. I focus on how Mark, a former Professor and Dean with a distinguished career,
Thaddeus Müller
wiley   +1 more source

Discretion, Due Process, and the Prison Discipline Committee [PDF]

open access: yes, 1985
A revised version of this paper was published as: Schafer, N.E. (1986). "Discretion, Due Process and the Prison Discipline Committee." Criminal Justice Review 11(2): 37–46 (Fall 1986).
Schafer, N. E.
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