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Last Minute Feedback [PDF]

open access: yes, 2005
Feedback mechanisms that allow partners to rate each other after a transaction are considered crucial for the success of anonymous internet trading platforms.
Klein, Tobias J.   +3 more
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Cascading Drought‐Heat Dynamics During the 2021 Southwest United States Heatwave

open access: yesGeophysical Research Letters, 2022
In June of 2021 the Southwest United States experienced a record‐breaking heatwave. This heatwave came at a time when the region was in severe drought.
M. Osman, B. F. Zaitchik, N. S. Winstead
doaj   +1 more source

Describing complex interactions of social-ecological systems for tipping point assessments: an analytical framework

open access: yesFrontiers in Climate, 2023
Humans play an interconnecting role in social-ecological systems (SES), they are part of these systems and act as agents of their destruction and regulation.
Rebecca Froese   +38 more
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A prototype Earth system impact metric that accounts for cross-scale interactions

open access: yesEnvironmental Research Letters, 2021
Human activities are disrupting the Earth system’s biophysical processes, which underlie human wellbeing. The planetary boundary framework sets ‘safe’ global limits on these pressures, but a sub-global assessment of these pressures, their interactions ...
Steven J Lade   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

An assessment of the effectiveness and perception of the doodle – Video reinforced teaching method

open access: yesBLDE University Journal of Health Sciences, 2023
BACKGROUND: Today, doodle videos are employed as a teaching tool in contemporary education, and they are known to aid in the development of attention and likelihood of increase in the memory.
Anita Teli   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Effect of scavenging on predation in a food web

open access: yesEcology and Evolution, 2021
Scavenging can have important consequences for food web dynamics, for example, it may support additional consumer species and affect predation on live prey. Still, few food web models include scavenging.
Jarad P. Mellard   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Local ecosystem feedbacks and critical transitions in the climate [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
Global and regional climate models, such as those used in IPCC assessments, are the best tools available for climate predictions. Such models typically account for large-scale land-atmosphere feedbacks.
Bodegom, P.M., van   +15 more
core   +2 more sources

The Influence of Wave– and Zonal Mean–Ozone Feedbacks on the Quasi-biennial Oscillation [PDF]

open access: yes, 2000
The effects of wave and zonal mean ozone heating on the evolution of the quasi-biennial oscillation (QBO) are examined using a two-dimensional mechanistic model of the equatorial stratosphere. The model atmosphere is governed by coupled equations for the
Cordero, Eugene, Nathan, Terrence R.
core   +2 more sources

Neuronal and psychological underpinnings of pathological gambling [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
Like in the case of drugs, gambling hijacks reward circuits in a brain which is not prepared to receive such intense stimulation. Dopamine is normally released in response to reward and uncertainty in order to allow animals to stay alive in their ...
Anselme   +18 more
core   +3 more sources

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