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Sinking peatlands: Optimal control of subsidence

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract Land subsidence threatens the living conditions of about 1.2 billion people worldwide in deltaic regions characterized by soft top soil. Economic activity in these areas requires lowering groundwater levels to keep the land sufficiently dry, which leaves future generations worse off by accelerating subsidence and increasing future costs.
Suphi Sen   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

“The Pause That Refreshes”: American Servicemen on R&R in Australia, 1967–1971

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Politics &History, EarlyView.
Nearly 10% of the 3 million Americans who served in Vietnam spent one week of “R&R” leave in Australia—principally in Sydney. This “friendly invasion” constitutes a substantial neglected legacy of the conflict. Across dozens of oral history interviews and memoirs, US servicemen recall with fondness their week‐long respite in a nation that was at once ...
Chris Dixon, Jon Piccini
wiley   +1 more source

“I Was Known to be a G**k Lover”: Histories of Asian–Australian War Bride Marriages During the Vietnam War

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Politics &History, EarlyView.
Marriage has long been a legacy of overseas deployment for Australian servicemen. In the case of the war in Vietnam, Australian men often interacted with local women on base, in civilian spaces, or in passing. Occasionally, couples would form private relationships and, in some cases, marry and return to Australia at the end of deployment.
Anna Wilkinson
wiley   +1 more source

Geographies of discontent: Public service deprivation and the rise of the far right in Italy

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.
Abstract Electoral support for far‐right parties is often linked to geographies of discontent. We argue that public service deprivation, defined as reduced access to public services, plays an important role in explaining these patterns. By exploiting an Italian reform that reduced access to public services in municipalities with fewer than 5,000 ...
Simone Cremaschi   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Multilocus Variable-Number Tandem-Repeat Analysis as an Investigation Tool in <i>Cryptosporidium parvum</i> Outbreaks in Finland and Sweden in 2022. [PDF]

open access: yesMicroorganisms
Suominen K   +13 more
europepmc   +1 more source

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