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AbstractAs the History of Science Society, which is based in America, holds its annual meeting in Utrecht, one of the key academic centers on the European continent, one may surmise that the field has returned home. Yet, this hardly reflects how today’s world of scholarship is constituted: in the historiography of science, “provincializing Europe” has ...
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Our current 1.1°C warmer world is already affecting natural and human systems in Europe (very high confidence1 ). Since AR5, there has been a substantial increase in detected or attributed impacts of climate change in Europe, including extreme events (high confidence).
Bednar-Friedl B.+49 more
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The Language Exchange Programme: plugging the gap in formal learning [PDF]
In the context of distance language learning, speaking is frequently perceived as the most challenging skill; this paper reports on a 12-week summer language exchange programme providing students with new ways of practising their oral abilities. Students
Brammerts+9 more
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The Archaeogenetics of Europe [PDF]
A new timescale has recently been established for human mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) lineages, making mtDNA at present the most informative genetic marker system for studying European prehistory. Here, we review the new chronology and compare mtDNA with Y-chromosome patterns, in order to summarize what we have learnt from archaeogenetics concerning five ...
Vincent Macaulay+8 more
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Regional differences in AIDS and non-AIDS related mortality in HIV-positive individuals across Europe and Argentina: the EuroSIDA study [PDF]
BACKGROUND Differences in access to care and treatment have been reported in Eastern Europe, a region with one of the fastest growing HIV epidemics, compared to the rest of Europe.
EuroSIDA Study Group+12 more
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A New International Division of Labor in Europe: Offshoring and Outsourcing to Eastern Europe [PDF]
Europe is reorganizing its international value chain. I document these changes in Europe’s international organization of production with new survey data of Austrian and German firms investing in Eastern Europe. I show estimates of the share of intra-firm
Andzelika Lorentowicz+14 more
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Biological control in the Maltese Islands - past initiatives and future programmes [PDF]
Past records of introduced predators and parasites for biological control programmes in the Maltese Islands are reviewed. Literature on this subject is very limited, difficult to obtain and to confirm.
Mifsud, David+1 more
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Coopératives, Europe : Cooperatives Europe [PDF]
Cooperatives Europe a ete creee le 1er mars 2005 pour conjuguer les forces cooperatives au niveau europeen, initiant un processus d’integration qui se poursuit en 2006. Gagner en visibilite pour faire entendre les specificites cooperatives aupres des institutions europeennes est un objectif important.
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Mental Illness and Intellectual Disability [PDF]
[Excerpt] Both, people with intellectual disability and people with mental illness, suffer from prejudices, negative attitudes, degrading treatment, abuse and discrimination in society. They are often discriminated against by employers, social and health
Inclusion Europe, Mental Health Europe
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Effects of chronic browsing on life‐history traits of an irruptive large herbivore population
This study aimed to determine the relationship between diet quality, body mass, and size (hind foot length), and female reproduction and sought to identify the mechanism by which high density under severe food limitations is maintained. Our results demonstrated that sika deer introduced to Nakanoshima Island have maintained high densities through high ...
Koichi Kaji+9 more
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