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Criminal offenses against the natural environment – illegal hunting
Tiesību zinātneTiesību zinātneLaw ScienceLaw ScienceBakalaura darba tēma ir “Noziedzīgs nodarījums pret dabas vidi - nelikumīgas medības.” Darba ievadā tiek pamatota izvēlētās tēmas aktualitāte, formulēts pētījuma mērķis, noteikti pētījuma uzdevumi un ...
Laura Ozola
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Adding Realism to Theories of Taxpayer Compliance
Southern Economic Journal, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Explaining why people pay taxes has not been a central focus in the many important contributions of Jim Cox. Even so, I argue here that his work has greatly affected the way that we think about taxpayer compliance, by adding both directly and indirectly much needed realism to the theories and the applications of compliance. These contributions
James Alm
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Modelling Suicide‐Related Communication Dynamics: A Socio‐Cybernetic Framework for Governance
Systems Research and Behavioral Science, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Suicide‐related phenomena (SPS) are often approached through individual‐level risk factors or moral framings, yet their population‐level dynamics depend critically on how ‘suicide’ becomes observable, circulates and is governed across functionally differentiated systems.
Enrique Fernández Vilas, Juan R. Coca
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Systems Research and Behavioral Science, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Our theory of education, based on a systemic understanding of the subjective and intersubjective construction of knowledge, is that students are motivated to study what is most meaningful to them. Meaningfulness is grounded in the students' prior experiences, which are highly diverse.
Wendy J. Gregory, Gerald Midgley
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Illegal Hunting of the IUCN-Listed Endangered Bengal Slow Loris (Nycticebus bengalensis): An Escalating Threat to Its Extinction. [PDF]
Vet Med SciMunif MR, Alam MR.
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Symbolic Interaction, EarlyView.Despite its ubiquity, the trucking industry is not well‐understood in social scientific literature. Gathering insight into truckers' worlds is difficult due to the solitary, isolating, and unpredictable nature of the work. An understanding of truckers' work lives and work ideologies is even further limited.
Michael A. Fleming
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Features of the subjective side of illegal hunting
TRENDS IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF SCIENCE AND EDUCATION, 2020 openaire +1 more source
Environmental Toxicology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT As top predators, terrestrial carnivores face great risk of pesticide exposure and serve as sentinels of environmental contamination. Additionally, terrestrial carnivores are frequently threatened by intentional or secondary poisoning with highly toxic compounds, such as carbamates and organophosphates.
Marina Pellegrino da Silva +10 more
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Environmental Toxicology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The Peixoto de Azevedo River, located in northern Mato Grosso, southern Brazilian Amazon, has a long history of artisanal and small‐scale gold mining (ASGM). This study evaluated total mercury (THg) concentrations in fish tissues to assess biomagnification and potential risks.
Augusto Cesar da Costa Castilho +5 more
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Survey of the health and welfare of imported dogs presenting to UK veterinary surgeons
Veterinary Record, EarlyView.Abstract Background Since changes to legislation in 2012, numbers of dogs imported into the UK, especially rescues, have increased substantially. We aimed to explore the health and behaviour issues among imported dogs presented to UK veterinary surgeons. Methods An online survey was completed by 413 veterinary surgeons practising in the UK in 2023. The
Gina Pinchbeck +6 more
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