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Wildland–urban interface expansion: Towards comprehensive planning processes
People and Nature, EarlyView.Abstract Wildland–urban interface (WUI) expansion is accelerating in numerous regions around the world due to increasing amenity‐led migration processes, defined as the movement of people seeking higher environmental quality. While WUI areas are complex social–ecological systems requiring holistic planning and management, they are usually approached ...
Clara Mosso +2 more
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Interaction of Morocco and Russia on the Bilateral and Multilateral Levels in the XXI Century
Vestnik RUDN. International Relations, 2014 The article examines the relationship between Morocco and Russia in political, economic, trade, investment, military and cultural spheres in the 2000s. The author analyzes the existing bilateral cooperation between Moscow and Rabat and the multilateral ...
- Ar-Rashidi Iman
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Cyber Technology and Arms Race
, 2017 Cyber technology represents digital military capability with the purpose of causing damage to the military strength and the social infrastructure of a potential enemy.
Kanniainen, Vesa
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Federal Employees’ Retirement System: The Role of the Thrift Savings Plan [PDF]
, 2015 [Excerpt] Federal employees participate in one of two retirement systems. The Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) was established in 1920 and covers only employees hired before 1984.
Isaacs, Katelin P
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Pediatric Discovery, EarlyView.In 2021, the burden of pediatric stroke varied substantially across countries and regions. China and India had the highest prevalence, while India and Nigeria accounted for disproportionately high DALYs, indicating greater health loss per case. Marked geographic disparities underscore the need for region‐specific strategies.
Zhao Yang +6 more
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Military Connections, Investment Efficiency and Political Uncertainty: Evidence from Pakistan
Asian Academy of Management Journal of Accounting and FinanceThis study examined the impact of military connections on a firm's investment efficiency in Pakistan during the period from 2011 to 2019. Fixed effect regression results revealed that military connections exert a positive and significant effect on the firm's investment efficiency, supporting the resource dependence theory's prediction.
null Muhammad Saif ul Islam +2 more
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New Estimates of Federal Government Tangible Capital and Net Investment [PDF]
Government capital formation raises a number of issues important to national economic well-being, yet the U.S., unlike most advanced countries, does not account for capital in its formal budget documents.
John M. Roberts +2 more
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PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.‘Greening’ is often depicted as an inherently benevolent practice, turning arid stretches of land into arable and fertile plots. However, by considering a longer history of place and taking archival records into account, such transformations are rendered more complex and, often, more fraught.
Zsuzsanna Ihar
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Divergence or Convergence in Research and Development and Innovation Between ‘East’ and ‘West’? [PDF]
, 1999 Book description: Research suggests that innovation and technological change are crucial for the economic recovery of the former centrally planned countries in Central and Eastern Europe.
Radosevic, S
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The Cinderella tree, Quillaja saponaria – A soap story
PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.Our current understanding of plants has been shaped by the entwining of different cultures. The Chilean soapbark tree, traditionally valued as a source of natural soap, was shown by serendipitous research in France in the 1900s to produce compounds that can boost the immune response to vaccines.
Anne Osbourn
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