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Informal supply chains of wild meat from rural Amazonia and food security in an urban center
Conservation Biology, EarlyView.Abstract Iquitos, the most populated city in the Peruvian Amazon, is a hub in the regional supply chain of wild meat and supplies urban consumers. Studies on wild meat consumption have focused primarily on markets, limiting the scope of species considered to those that are economically valuable and potential inferences from those data.
Fiorella Briceño Huerta +3 more
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Kinetic modeling and optimization of triclosan adsorption onto coconut shell activated carbon
Journal of Hazardous Materials LettersThis study investigates the efficacy of activated carbon derived from coconut shells for the removal of Triclosan (TCS) from aqueous solutions. Experimental results demonstrate the impressive efficiency of coconut shell-derived activated carbon in ...
Liane Carmen Ruszczyk +3 more
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The head loss characteristics of various control and check valves
, 1954 Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Civil and Sanitary Engineering, 1954.Includes bibliographical references (leaves 56-58).by Richard Earl DuBois.M ...
DuBois, Richard E
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A Space for “us”: Sensory Ethnography as an Embodied Method in Food Anthropology
Culture, Agriculture, Food and Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Minority communities are vulnerable to poor health due to diet‐related diseases, a fact that food anthropologists have long discussed. This is also something that the individuals living within constrained food environments are aware of and challenge intellectually and on an embodied basis through food choices based on cultural and physical ...
Carolyn Mason
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Laboratory compaction of a silty clay to simulate field density curves
, 1956 Thesis (M.S.) Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Civil and Sanitary Engineering, 1956.Bibliography: leaves 94-95.by Harry Michael Coyle and Edward Charles West.M ...
Coyle, Harry M, West, Edward Charles
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The Economic History Review, EarlyView.Abstract Housework is central to feminist calls for recognition of women's work, economic histories explaining the sexual division of labour, and claims regarding the progressive role of scientific knowledge. Yet little is known about the time it actually took. We address this lacuna.
Sara Horrell, Jane Humphries
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The effects of salt on the shear strength of Boston blue clay [PDF]
, 1961 Thesis (B.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Civil and Sanitary Engineering, 1961.MIT copy bound with: Settling of spheres in an oscillating fluid / by John H.
Bailey, William Anthony
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Financial Management, EarlyView.ABSTRACT We examine how mergers and acquisitions (M&As) enable firms to adapt to climate policy shocks. Exploiting the adoption of the Nitrogen Oxides (NOx) Budget Trading Program (NBP) across US states as an exogenous shock, we find that firms with NOx‐emitting plants subject to the NBP are more likely to engage in M&As, particularly through vertical ...
Samer Adra +3 more
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Journal of Advanced Nursing, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Aim(s) To translate, culturally adapt and validate the first Spanish version of the Person‐centred Practice Inventory‐Care (PCPI‐C) instrument. Design Cross‐cultural adaptation and psychometric validation. Methods Two‐phase research design: (1) the PCPI‐C's translation and cultural adaptation from English to Spanish following the ‘Translation ...
Ana Choperena +9 more
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A study of shock waves in two-dimensional solids
, 1953 Thesis (Sc. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Civil and Sanitary Engineering, 1953.Vita.Includes bibliographical references (leaf [52]).by Robert Bart.Sc ...
Bart, Robert
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