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Enforcing environmental law in the Amazon

open access: yesPeople and Nature, Volume 8, Issue 7, Page 2281-2294, July 2026.
Abstract This article identifies the underlying obstacles to enforcement of laws against environmental crimes such as illegal logging, mining and ranching. With four departments (provinces) from Colombia as case studies, it assesses enforcement of the country's main environmental law, Law 2111, which is one of Latin America's strongest. The article has
Mark Ungar, Juan Corredor‐Garcia
wiley   +1 more source

El terremoto de Mesina-Calabria de 1783: de la gestión a la reconstrucción a través de los ingenieros militares Antonio Winspeare y Francesco La Vega (9-26 de abril de 1783)

open access: yesRevista de Historia Moderna
El terremoto de Mesina-Calabria, iniciado el 5 de febrero de 1783, fue catastrófico. La reconstrucción fue gestionada desde la corte de Nápoles a través de ministros, oficiales, científicos e ingenieros militares, entre otros personajes.
José Miguel Delgado Barrado
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Theoretical and Practical Implications Derived From the Formulation of the Theory of Critical Distances

open access: yesFatigue &Fracture of Engineering Materials &Structures, Volume 49, Issue 7, Page 2610-2618, July 2026.
ABSTRACT The Theory of Critical Distances comprises several methodologies that allow fracture, fatigue, and stress corrosion cracking phenomena to be analyzed. Such methodologies are usually referred to as the Point Method (PM), the Line Method (LM), the Area Method (AM), and the Volume Method (VM).
Sergio Cicero, David Taylor, Luca Susmel
wiley   +1 more source

Un organismo viviente

open access: yesRuna
Este artículo se propone explorar diversas dimensiones de las obras hidráulicas desde la perspectiva de uno de los protagonistas más importantes en su creación: los ingenieros. Puntualmente, mediante un ejercicio de antropología histórica, hemos recabado
Cecilia M. Argañaraz
doaj   +1 more source

What Job Would You Apply To? Findings on the Impact of Language on Job Searches

open access: yesGender, Work &Organization, Volume 33, Issue 4, Page 1270-1282, July 2026.
ABSTRACT This study examines whether gender‐inclusive language in job advertisements can increase women's interest in applying for male‐dominated occupations. We implemented a discrete choice experiment with 5679 participants in Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, and Peru. Each respondent evaluates multiple paired ads for the same job with job content
Ana Maria Diaz   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

La reconstrucción de la administración pública, las comisiones estatales, y el papel de los nuevos cuadros de especialistas durante la posrevolución en México

open access: yesEconomía, 2017
Este trabajo examina el papel de la Comisión Técnica del Petróleo (1915) y la Comisión de Reorganización Administrativa y Financiera (1917), en la definición de la administración pública posrevolucionaria.
Luz María Uhthoff López
doaj  

Microbial influence on the formation and subsequent changes of vertebrate tracks: field experiments on present‐day coastal sediments

open access: yesSedimentology, Volume 73, Issue 4, Page 1121-1147, June 2026.
ABSTRACT The presence of microbial mats is often invoked to explain the good preservation of vertebrate tracks, because they can cover and biostabilize such structures. However, microbial influence on the sediment properties when the track is made and on the track characteristics has not been so thoroughly analysed.
Isabel Emma Quijada   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Paso bajo el río Támesis, en Dartford, Inglaterra

open access: yesInformes de la Construccion, 1966
Este túnel, de gran diámetro, forma circular y una longitud aproximada de 1.430 metros, tiene como misión principal descongestionar el enorme tráfico londinense.
Ingenieros Mott, Hay & Anderson
doaj   +1 more source

2025 U.S. Geological Survey National Seismic Hazard Model for Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands: Overview of Model and Hazard Results

open access: yesEarthquake Spectra, Volume 42, Issue 2, May 2026.
The U.S. Geological Survey recently updated the National Seismic Hazard Model (NSHM) for Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands (PRVI). The first version of the PRVI NSHM was released in 2003, and therefore this 2025 update includes over 20 years of new geologic, geophysical, and engineering data, methods, and models.
Allison M. Shumway   +21 more
wiley   +1 more source

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