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Provincial diffusion, national acceptance: the transfer of conservation easement policy in Canada

open access: yesFACETS
Conservation easements (CEs) are a private land conservation (PLC) tool, with landowners voluntarily selling property rights to an outside entity (governmental or nongovernmental).
Forrest Hisey
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Privatization and coercion: The question of legitimacy

open access: yes, 2017
This article explores issues surrounding the legitimacy of private sector provision in criminal justice. It examines changes in ideas about legitimate coercion which have made private sector involvement possible.
John Lea   +3 more
core   +1 more source

Development of Biocatalysts Based on Lipase B From Candida antarctica Immobilized on Magnetic Poly(Styrene‐Co‐Divinylbenzene) for Application in Esterification Reactions

open access: yesJournal of Applied Polymer Science, EarlyView.
Magnetic biocatalysts can be recovered from high‐viscosity reaction media, such as those used in esterification, via magnetic attraction, thereby streamlining the bioprocess and reducing costs. This work builds on prior studies by providing additional data on how particle morphology influences immobilization parameters and by further exploring ...
Sabrina S. Teixeira   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Everybody wants to make money from them: a qualitative study on labor exploitation and labor trafficking of farmworkers in Michigan

open access: yesDiscover Social Science and Health
Introduction Fair work conditions are essential for promoting health among workers, communities, and society. Yet, historically farmworkers have been impacted by precarious and exploitative work conditions.
Lisbeth Iglesias-Rios, Alexis J. Handal
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Clarifying the “Shared economy” concept as a condition for the public goods development

open access: yesRussian Journal of Economics and Law
Objective: to eliminate terminological and institutional uncertainty in the understanding of the equity economy, namely: to clarify its concept through a structural triad (network nature of interaction, business model of shared consumption, availability ...
E. Sh. Shaimieva, G. I. Gumerova
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Revisiting the Ethical Framework Governing Water Fluoridation and Food Fortification

open access: yesVoices in Bioethics, 2020
Introduction Nutrition is one of the most important aspects of preventative health, and interventions such as food fortification and water fluoridation have been implemented widely to ensure that populations are meeting key micronutrient ...
Ahmad Shakeri, Howsikan Kugathasan
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Developing a critical caste analysis within information science and technology: A research review: An Annual Review of Information Science and Technology (ARIST) paper

open access: yesJournal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, EarlyView.
Abstract Caste—an ascriptive social hierarchy in South Asia and its diaspora—is a globalized phenomenon. Recent caste‐based discrimination, particularly in technology companies and anti‐caste efforts to address it, has compelled academia, policy, and the technology industry to better understand contemporary mechanics of caste.
Nayana Kirasur, Britt Paris
wiley   +1 more source

Social Welfare and Coercion in Public Finance [PDF]

open access: yes
This paper develops an expanded framework for social planning in which the existence of coercion is explicitly acknowledged. Key issues concern the precise definition of coercion for individuals and in the aggregate, its difference from redistribution ...
Walter Hettich   +2 more
core  

How to Navigate Disrupted Business Models in the 21st Century: At the Crossroads of the Circular Economy and the Industry 4.0 Transition

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Our planet faces a critical crisis, with pollution, resource depletion and biodiversity loss surpassing sustainable limits. Businesses must address these challenges, with the circular economy and Industry 4.0 offering transformative potential through closed‐loop systems, regenerative solutions and advanced technologies.
Agnes Toth‐Peter   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Refusing Medication Therapy in Involuntary Inpatient Treatment—A Multiperspective Qualitative Study

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychiatry, 2019
Objective: Between June 2012 and February 2013, two decisions by the German Federal Constitutional Court restricted the so-far common practice to use involuntary medication in inpatients who were involuntarily hospitalized.
Susanne Jaeger   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

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