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Water Governance Under International Pressure: Policy Narratives, Food Security, Scarcity, and the Politics of Survival in Iran

Environmental Policy and Governance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Water governance is increasingly influenced by a paradox at the nexus of environmental scarcity and food security. Escalating water scarcity crises coincide with geopolitical disruptions that have exposed the fragility of global food supply chains, prompting states to expand domestic food production at the expense of water conservation ...
Alireza Raisi
wiley   +1 more source

Turks under the Walls of Constantinople (1422): The Image of the Enemy viewed by the City’s Defenders

Известия Уральского федерального университета. Серия 2: Гуманитарные науки, 2015
John Cananus’ work about the siege and attack of Constantinople in the summer of 1422 by the Osmanli Turks contains important material for image analysis.
Tat'jana Viktorovna Kushch
doaj  

Artificial intelligence and liquidation: Reality, destiny and fantasy

International Insolvency Review, EarlyView.
Abstract Artificial intelligence (AI) is increasingly reshaping the administration of corporate liquidation. Beyond its established role in financial prediction and data analytics, AI is now assisting insolvency practitioners in identifying the onset of financial distress, managing creditor communications, tracing and valuing assets and enhancing ...
Kai Zhang, Jingchen Zhao
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Attacks on sexual, reproductive, maternal and newborn healthcare in armed conflict: Accountability for the gendered reverberating effects

International Journal of Gynecology &Obstetrics, EarlyView.
Abstract Attacks on sexual, reproductive, maternal and newborn healthcare are an increasingly prominent feature of contemporary armed conflict, yet their gendered effects remain underexamined. This narrative review synthesizes evidence from global health, humanitarian practice, conflict studies, and international law, drawing on examples from Gaza ...
Sunneva Gilmore, Luke Moffett
wiley   +1 more source

Powstanie narodowe czy bunt rekrutów? Rozkład wojsk austriackich w 1809 roku w Galicji

Prace Historyczne
The Polish-Austrian War of 1809 is usually perceived as a regular military conflict between the Duchy of Warsaw, which was part of the Napoleonic Europe, and the Habsburg Monarchy.
Michał Baczkowski
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Domesticated bacterial origin genes regulate homeostasis of the insect gut microbiome and empower adaptation

iMeta, EarlyView.
Horizontal gene transfer introduced bacterial CDC genes into the leafhopper genome, providing genetic material for subsequent evolutionary innovation. Different CDC copies diversified at the sequence, structural, and functional levels. RdCDC3 retained its ancestral pore‐forming activity and was recruited for egg defense, whereas RdCDC9 lost its ...
Zhenjia Zhang, Yubo Zhang, Kun Zhao, Guangyuan Cheng, Zhihao Lu, Dongju Wang, Yiqun Liu, Jianguo Wu, Liying Wang, Lisheng Zhang, Xinhai Ye, Li Yu, Wei Zhang, Yi Li   +13 more
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On Prizes

Journal of Applied Philosophy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article discusses prize‐creation and prize‐allocation. Such activities may seem morally neutral, or perhaps even beneficial. A central thesis of this article is that such practices have significant moral implications and should be brought under the remit of moral reasoning.
Federico Luzzi
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Must Longtermists Wish Us All Dead? A Quadrilemma

Journal of Applied Philosophy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Longtermists assign great moral importance to making the long‐term future as good as possible, especially by ensuring the survival of humanity. We argue, to the contrary, that on assumptions that are plausible, conservative, or shared by leading longtermists, human extinction will likely augment total utility among human and non‐human animals ...
Nir Eyal, Bastian Steuwer, Shai Meiri
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Knowledge Integration in Professional Practices: Towards a New Transacting Approach

Knowledge and Process Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper advances understanding of knowledge integration across professional boundaries by examining how professionals coordinate action in two life‐ and time‐critical settings: aircraft maintenance and emergency healthcare. Building on established knowledge integration perspectives, the study investigates situations in which actors must ...
Ann Svensson, Ritva Rosenbäck
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Mechanisms and impacts of future plant invasions: research agendas and management needs under disruptive social‐ecological change scenarios

Oikos, EarlyView.
No‐analogue futures are characteristic of the Anthropocene, but how global change, and societies' responses, will affect plant invasions remains unclear. Conducting research now to address future needs is crucial for guiding invasion management and policy.
Jennifer L. Bufford, Angela J. Brandt, Rowan Sprague, Christopher E. Buddenhagen, Richard P. Duncan, Nichola Harcourt, Philip E. Hulme, Hao Ran Lai, Kate G. McAlpine, Chris McGrannachan, Fiona J. Thomson, Vincent van Uitregt, Duane A. Peltzer   +12 more
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