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Evaluating the determinants of deforestation and approaches to reforestation by cocoa farmers in Côte d'Ivoire

open access: yesPLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Cocoa‐driven deforestation threatens tropical forests, particularly in Côte d'Ivoire, the world's largest cocoa producer. This study examines the motivations behind cocoa cultivation in classified forests, the selection of retained tree species on farms, and the economic drivers of wooded lands conservation among farmers.
Alain René Atangana   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

More sustainability in Europe's vineyards – Using resistant grapevine varieties to reduce the input of pesticides

open access: yesPLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Societal Impact Statement Widespread adoption of disease‐resistant grapevine varieties presents a significant opportunity to revolutionize viticulture and address pressing environmental concerns. By reducing reliance on chemical pesticides, these varieties align with the European Commission's Green Deal objectives, striving for sustainable agricultural
Oliver Trapp   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Population Pharmacokinetics and Exposure‐Response Modeling for Evinacumab in Children, Adolescents, and Adults With Homozygous Familial Hypercholesterolemia

open access: yesCPT: Pharmacometrics &Systems Pharmacology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Evinacumab, an angiopoietin‐like 3 (ANGPTL3) inhibitor, significantly reduces low‐density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL‐C), independent of low‐density lipoprotein receptor, in patients with homozygous familial hypercholesterolemia (HoFH). A population pharmacokinetic (PK)/pharmacodynamic (PD) model was previously developed to characterize ...
Sébastien Bihorel   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Gender Equality and Customary Marriage: Bargaining in the Shadow of Post-Apartheid Legal Pluralism [PDF]

open access: yes, 2006
This Report represents the culmination of a year-long project undertaken by the Crowley Program in International Human Rights at the Fordham Law School to study issues surrounding women and customary law marriages in South Africa in light of its ...
Fenrich, Jeanmarie   +2 more
core   +1 more source

How founders' values enable business model innovation in new ventures: The case of Magnum Photos

open access: yesStrategic Management Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Research Summary This study explores why and how founders' values lead them to design novel business models. To address these questions, we conducted a historical case study of Magnum Photos, a photo agency whose novel business model revolutionized magazine photography in the mid‐20th century.
Anastasia Sergeeva, Christoph Zott
wiley   +1 more source

Improving the Lives of LGBT Older Adults [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
Although largely invisible until recently, LGBT older adults make up a significant (and growing) part of both the overall LGBT population and the larger 65+ population.

core  

Erving Goffman at 100: A Chameleon Seen as a Rorschach Test within a Kaleidoscope

open access: yesSymbolic Interaction, EarlyView.
The 100th anniversary of Erving Goffman's birth was in 2022. Drawing on his work, the Goffman archives, the secondary literature, and personal experiences with him and those in his university of Chicago cohort, I reflect on some implications of his work and life, and the inseparable issues of understanding society.
Gary T. Marx
wiley   +1 more source

Novel VAC14 Variants Identified in a Patient with Striatonigral Degeneration and Prolonged Survival

open access: yes
Movement Disorders Clinical Practice, EarlyView.
Silvestre Cuinat   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Moral Communities in a Race Status Negotiation: A Dorm Room Urination Case

open access: yesSymbolic Interaction, EarlyView.
In 2022, at a South African university, a white student was filmed urinating on the belongings of a black student. Although race was invoked as an a priori account for this incident, we demonstrate how race is made visible and relevant by participants in the interaction through an attempted, yet resisted, status degradation ceremony.
Catherine L. Tam, Daniella Rafaely
wiley   +1 more source

Addressing media and information literacy in engineering design education: Learning to design technologies in the era of science denial and misinformation

open access: yesJournal of Research in Science Teaching, EarlyView.
Abstract Engineering design entails making value‐laden judgments against ill‐defined, ambiguous, and/or competing sociotechnical criteria. In this article, we argue that such conditions make engineering designers particularly susceptible to the potentially deleterious effects of mis/disinformation in the processes and practices of engineering design ...
Greses Pérez   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

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