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Advancing practical applications of resilience in Aotearoa-New Zealand

open access: yesEcology and Society, 2021
Resilience is increasingly used to inform natural hazard risk management. From global to national to local levels of governance and decision making, resilience concepts are becoming institutionalized and operationalized in both public and private domains.
David Wither   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Comprehensive search for topological materials using symmetry indicators [PDF]

open access: yesNature, 2018
Over the past decade, topological materials—in which the topology of electron bands in the bulk material leads to robust, unconventional surface states and electromagnetism—have attracted much attention.
F. Tang, H. Po, A. Vishwanath, X. Wan
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Development of the Circular Bioeconomy: Drivers and Indicators

open access: yesSustainability, 2021
The EU’s 2018 Bioeconomy Strategy Update and the European Green Deal recently confirmed that the bioeconomy is high on the political agenda in Europe. Here, we propose a conceptual analysis framework for quantifying and analyzing the development of the ...
Maximilian Kardung   +16 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Changes in Holocene meridional circulation and poleward Atlantic flow: the Bay of Biscay as a nodal point [PDF]

open access: yesClimate of the Past, 2017
This paper documents the evolution over the last 10 kyr of one of the key parameters of climate: sea-surface temperatures (SSTs) in the North Atlantic. We focus on the southern Bay of Biscay, a highly sensitive oceanographic area regarding the dynamics ...
Y. Mary   +10 more
doaj   +1 more source

Imaging neural activity in worms, flies and mice with improved GCaMP calcium indicators

open access: yesNature Methods, 2009
Genetically encoded calcium indicators (GECIs) can be used to image activity in defined neuronal populations. However, current GECIs produce inferior signals compared to synthetic indicators and recording electrodes, precluding detection of low firing ...
L. Tian   +13 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Towards the development of a knowledge management practices survey for application in knowledge intensive organisations

open access: yesSouth African Journal of Business Management, 2008
Various surveys of Knowledge Management Practices (KMPs) in private firms show how an increasing awareness of Knowledge Management (KM) is a critical determinant of an organisation’s competitiveness.
C. Steyn, M. Kahn
doaj   +1 more source

Developing indicators for promoting provincial-level ecological economics in China

open access: yesHeliyon, 2023
The development of the eco-economy has become an important way to promote sustainable development and address climate change worldwide. Implementing eco-economic developmental policy globally or locally requires establishing precise indicators. Currently,
Bin Han   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Key indicators of Arctic climate change: 1971–2017

open access: yesEnvironmental Research Letters, 2019
Key observational indicators of climate change in the Arctic, most spanning a 47 year period (1971–2017) demonstrate fundamental changes among nine key elements of the Arctic system.
J. Box   +19 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Habitat preferences influencing populations, distribution and conservation of the endangered saproxylic beetle Cucujus cinnaberinus (Coleoptera: Cucujidae) at the landscape level

open access: yesEuropean Journal of Entomology, 2010
Cucujus cinnaberinus (Scopoli, 1763) is a saproxylic beetle listed in the IUCN Red List and the European Habitats Directive. Although the species is highly protected and often red-listed little is known about its ecological requirements and status of its
Jakub HORÁK   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

The impact of sustainable tourism indicators on destination competitiveness: the European Tourism Indicator System

open access: yesJournal of Sustainable Tourism, 2021
We aimed to evaluate the impact of sustainable tourism indicators on destination competitiveness with reference to the European Tourism Indicator System (ETIS), a scheme funded by the European Commission to address the evidence gap in tourism policy ...
X. Font   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

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