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Americans Under Age 40 Are as Likely to Donate to Japan Disaster Relief Through Electronic Means as Traditional Means [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
Presents survey findings about giving online or by cellphone, as opposed to by phone, mail, or in person, to relief efforts after the earthquake and tsunami in Japan.
Kristen Purcell, Michael Dimock
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Unveiling the Dual Role of Intellectual Capital in Value Creation and Financial Distress: Underlying Critical Moderators

open access: yesKnowledge and Process Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines the extent to which intellectual capital (IC) supports firms' value generation and financial resilience, and how these effects are conditioned by profitability. IC is quantified using the “modified value‐added intellectual coefficient (MVAIC)” for a panel of 103 manufacturing firms listed on the Pakistan Stock Exchange over
Muhammad Danial   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Natural Logics of the Indian Ocean [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
Interdisciplinary approaches to the Indian Ocean are fairly new, and ecological topics in cultural studies more generally are also rare. This paper, then, is an attempt to begin discussion on these two fronts, hoping that further research will be able to
Ghosh, Devleena, Muecke, Stephen
core   +3 more sources

Desertification Risk: Bibliometric Analysis and Future Research Directions

open access: yesLand Degradation &Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Desertification, driven by climatic and anthropogenic factors, is one of the most pressing global environmental challenges, causing significant economic, ecological, and social consequences. A bibliometric analysis was performed to identify research trends and gaps in the desertification risk topic.
Fatima‐Ezzahrae Imam   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Bycatch in drift gillnet fisheries: A sink for Indian Ocean cetaceans

open access: yesConservation Letters
In 1992, the UN banned the use of large‐scale pelagic driftnets on the high seas (UNGA Resolution 46/215). Three decades later, however, drift gillnets remain one of the primary fishing gears in the Indian Ocean, accounting for approximately 30% of tuna ...
Brianna Elliott   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

A Review of Indian Ocean Fisheries for Skipjack Tuna, Katsuwonus pelamis, and Yellowfin Tuna, Thunnus albacares [PDF]

open access: yes, 1991
Skipjack tuna, Katsuwonus pelamis, and yellowfin tuna, Thunnus albacares, together comprise the most important component of Indian Ocean tuna catches.
Parks , Wesley W.
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Measurements within the Pacific-Indian oceans throughflow region [PDF]

open access: yes, 1994
Two hydrographic ... and trichlorofluoromethane (F-11) sections were carried out between the Australian continental shelf and Indonesia, in August 1989, on board the R.V. "Marion Dufresne".
Andrié, Chantal   +7 more
core   +1 more source

Linking differences in personality to demography in the wandering albatross

open access: yesOikos, EarlyView.
Population dynamics are shaped by individual differences. With a good understanding of the relationships between individual differences and vital rates, population models can be improved to yield more realistic and detailed demographic projections. Personality is expected to shape individual differences in performance.
Joanie Van de Walle   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Marine Data Services at National Oceanographic Data Centre-India

open access: yesData Science Journal, 2018
In this paper we introduce about the marine data archived at Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services (INCOIS), Ministry of Earth Sciences, India. Heterogeneous data from in situ, remote sensing and ocean models are archived.
E. Pattabhi Rama Rao   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

The paradox of mosquito net fishing: Complex socio‐ecological trade‐offs in southwestern Madagascar

open access: yesPeople and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Small‐scale fisheries are vital for the livelihoods, nutrition and well‐being of millions of people in coastal regions. In many parts of the Global South, rising poverty, limited alternatives and declining resources have driven the spread of mosquito net fishing (MNF), a non‐selective practice using repurposed health‐distributed nets.
Francéline Marie Rasoanirina   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

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