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Using a “Disagreement Index” to Examine Cabinet Decision‐Making

open access: yesCanadian Public Administration, EarlyView.
Abstract This article introduces a Disagreement Index (DI) to measure formal disagreement in Westminster cabinet decision‐making using declassified archival records. The DI converts observable decision outcomes, including approval, amendment, deferral, and rejection, into a standardized quantitative measure.
Kennedy Stewart
wiley   +1 more source

Modèle des interactions dynamiques [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
In robotic-based machining, an interaction between the workpiece and technological tool causes essential deflections that significantly decrease the manufacturing accuracy.
CARO, Stéphane   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Subjective Indicators [PDF]

open access: yesSSRN Electronic Journal, 2009
"Subjective indicators have been proven to possess predictive power for a large array of social and economic outcomes. However, most of these measures face serious psychometric shortcomings, namely that the items used are not psychometrically investigated.
openaire   +4 more sources

Prioritizing bat roosts for conservation with a global multicriteria bat roost priority index based on community science

open access: yesConservation Biology, EarlyView.
Abstract Prioritization in conservation is crucial for the development of efficient and effective decision‐making policies. For many decades, the importance of some species and their habitats has been assessed and applied in conservation legislation, but bats and their diurnal roosts have ofbeen overlooked.
David López‐Bosch   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

In Practice, v. 7, no. 1, fall 2006 [PDF]

open access: yes, 2006
Indice Autores Presentación Capítulo 1. La trastienda de la Historia Regional Capítulo 2. Los estados provinciales. Una conceptualización provisoria Capítulo 3.
Favaro, Orietta - Compilador/a o Editor/a
core   +1 more source

A link between increased temperature and avian body condition in a logged tropical forest

open access: yesConservation Biology, EarlyView.
Abstract The combined effects of anthropogenic disturbances, such as logging and climate change, remain poorly understood; yet, they are the main threats to tropical biodiversity. Most tropical African countries lack long‐term climate data, so climate impacts on biodiversity cannot be assessed.
Moreen Uwimbabazi   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Functional homogenization of terrestrial mammals outside protected areas in the Hengduan Mountains, China

open access: yesConservation Biology, EarlyView.
Abstract Despite the crucial role of human impacts on biodiversity loss, many assessments of this loss focus on single metrics, such as species richness, and overlook the multidimensional effects of human activities. Because of its importance to ecosystem functioning, we investigated the functional diversity of medium‐ and large‐sized mammal ...
Xueyou Li   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

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