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Mesh design for electrical resistivity imaging of agricultural dikes

open access: yesNear Surface Geophysics, EarlyView.
Abstract Electrical resistivity imaging (ERI) shows promise for investigating earthen flood barriers. We are interested in the applicability of ERI for aiding maintenance and construction efforts on agricultural dikes in the upper Bay of Fundy, Canada.
Peter G. Lelievre   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Relevance and Resilience of Evo‐Devo in 2025: The Biennial Meeting of the Pan American Society for Evolutionary Developmental Biology

open access: yes
Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B: Molecular and Developmental Evolution, EarlyView.
Mark Rebeiz   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Toward a Framework for Understanding Localization in Its Institutional Context: A Systems Perspective for Incorporating Local Values

open access: yesPublic Administration and Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper explores how we might integrate local traditional values into a systems approach for analyzing and maximizing localization in the context of foreign aid. The paper situates localization and its operationalization in the older and broader literature on the political economy of foreign aid.
Jennifer M. Brinkerhoff
wiley   +1 more source

EU global health policy: an agenda for the German Council Presidency

open access: yes, 2020
In the second half of 2020, Germany will take over the Council Presidency of the Euro­pean Union. It will form a presidency trio with Portugal and Slovenia, who will succeed Germany in 2021. The Federal Government should use its presidency to strengthen the EU's role in global health policy.
Bergner, Susan, Voss, Maike
openaire   +1 more source

A Framework for Understanding and Evaluating Localization: The Case of HelpAge International

open access: yesPublic Administration and Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Many transnational non‐governmental organizations (TNGOs) are reevaluating their organizational forms and norms as they pursue localization. Localization itself is a contested and multifaceted concept, however, complicating the design, implementation, and evaluation of localization efforts.
Hans Peter Schmitz, George E. Mitchell
wiley   +1 more source

Fostering Women's Political Leadership Through Government Accountability: Evidence From OECD Countries

open access: yesPublic Administration and Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Women remain significantly underrepresented in political leadership worldwide. This study examines how different combinations of government accountability mechanisms enhance women's political representation (WPR) as a pathway to leadership in 30 OECD countries.
Samira Nazar, Seyed Ashkan Zarghami
wiley   +1 more source

Rethinking Public Administration Reform: Institutional Layering of Bureaucratic, Managerial and Community Logics Over Time in Nigeria's Tax Administration

open access: yesPublic Administration and Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The reform of public institutions has attracted sustained attention in both scholarship and policymaking. Increasingly, however, there is growing recognition that reforms are rarely implemented in an institutional vacuum. Instead, new reforms are layered onto existing arrangements, producing hybrid institutional landscapes shaped by prior ...
Edidiong Bassey
wiley   +1 more source

Austrian EU Council Presidency Conference

open access: yes
Austrian EU Council Presidency Conference on ‘Impact of Social Sciences and Humanities for a European Research Agenda - Valuation of SSH research in mission-oriented research’
openaire   +1 more source

What does coexistence mean? Insight from place‐based trajectories of pastoralists and bears encounters in the Pyrenees

open access: yesPeople and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract The recovery of large carnivores in Europe raises issues related to sharing landscape with humans. Beyond technical solutions, it is widely recognized that social factors also contribute to shaping coexistence. In this context, scholars increasingly stress the need to adopt place‐based approaches by analysing how humans and wildlife interact ...
Alice Ouvrier   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

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