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Fritz Scheffer Under National Socialism: Assessing His Political Involvement

Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Aims This article examines the role of soil scientist Fritz Scheffer (1899–1979) under National Socialism and offers a critical assessment of his scientific, institutional, and political positioning between 1933 and 1945. It asks how Scheffer shaped his career within the tension between disciplinary specialization, political expectations, and ...
Jan Arend
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The Bazaar as a Model for Knowledge Work

Knowledge and Process Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper presents fieldwork that extends existing metaphors of knowledge work as a process shaped by hierarchical or market forces. A qualitative, ethnographic study of six knowledge‐intensive businesses in two countries identifies striking parallels with the Middle Eastern bazaar in contrast to Western impersonal markets and hierarchies. We
Reed Elliot Nelson, Andrew B. Hargadon, José Osvaldo De Sordi   +2 more
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Electoral Accountability and Local Government Efficiency: Quasi-Experimental Avidence From the Italian Health Care Sector Reforms [PDF]

This paper evaluates the effect of two policy changes on the efficiency of Italian regional governments in the provision of health care services: first a change in the electoral system; second a process of fiscal decentralisation.
Francesco Porcelli
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With Regard to the Expression Status of Sarcolemmal Aquaporin 4 in Human Muscular Dystrophies

Neurology and Clinical Neuroscience, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Human muscular dystrophies are inherited muscle‐wasting diseases caused by the various kinds of gene mutations. Among them, Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is a representative type. Before the discovery of the causative dystrophin gene of DMD, the fragile myofiber plasma membrane was thought to be the trigger of myofiber necrosis in DMD ...
Yoshihiro Wakayama, Takahiro Jimi
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The electoral districts of Newfoundland under the Redistribution Act 1925

, 1926
This document outlines the 37 new electoral districts that would replace the current 18 when the 26th General Assembly dissolved in 1928, and provides a clear picture of the districts' boundaries and settlements contained in each one.
Newfoundland. Dept. of the Colonial Secretary
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Women's Career Pathways to Nonprofit Leadership Positions

Nonprofit Management and Leadership, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines women's leadership career pathways in nonprofit sport organizations. Drawing on a narrative approach and reflexive thematic analysis of 22 semi‐structured interviews with Finnish women leaders, we identify four career types—Progressive Growth Career, Mission Enthusiast, Externally Catalyzed Career, and Chance‐Driven Growth ...
Marjukka Mikkonen, Päivikki Kuoppakangas   +1 more
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“Little Spains” [Spanish Bellwether Electoral Districts]: A Precision Journalism Investigation on Districts with the Greatest Capability in the Electoral Prediction

, 2014
La existencia de distritos electorales con una distribución de votos similar al cómputo nacional puede servir para predecir los resultados globales de un país.
Tejedor Fuentes, Laura, Dader García, José Luis   +1 more
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Replication Data for: Designing Electoral Districts for Proportional Representation Systems. How Electoral Geography and Partisan Politics Constrain Proportionality and Create Bias

Proportional representation (PR) electoral systems have grown widespread because they are expected to ensure the representation of interests with small or geographically inefficiently distributed voter bases.
Walter, André
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Nonprofit Governance and Financial Stability: A Study of Government‐Funded Social Services

Nonprofit Management and Leadership, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Nonprofit social service providers are essential in delivering vital services, often with public funding. This study adopts a contingency perspective to explore the relationship between organizational governance and financial stability in publicly funded nonprofit organizations. We use a combination of comparative multilevel analysis (CMA) and
Florentine Maier, Michael Meyer, Josef Baumüller, Christian Grünhaus, Franka Walde   +4 more
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Electoral districts in the cities with county rights

, 2013
W Polsce jest 65 miast na prawach powiatu, to jest gmin, w których rada miejska wybierana jest w wyborach proporcjonalnych. Zgodnie z ustawą kodeks wyborczy z 5 stycznia 2011 r.
Rakowski, Maciej
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