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Unraveling Occurrence Patterns and Diversity of Avian Malaria Parasites in Iberian Obligate and Facultative Scavenger Birds

Integrative Zoology, EarlyView.
Low overall haemosporidian occurrence (3.4%; 13/383). Unexpected high lineage diversity (10 new host–parasite interactions). Novel Leucocytozoon lineage (GYPBAR01) in all European vultures except the griffon vulture. Plasmodium relictum (lineage SGS1) in adult red kites.
Pilar Oliva‐Vidal, Jaime Muriel, Alfonso Marzal, Grethell Mabel López del Aguila, José María Martínez, Antoni Margalida   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Jamaica: Macroeconomic Policy, Debt and the IMF [PDF]

This paper looks at Jamaica’s recent history of indebtedness, its experience during the global economic downturn, and examines its current agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
Jake Johnson, Juan Montecino
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Tax Planning Under Pressure: The Impact of Carbon Emissions Management Post‐Paris Agreement

Accounting &Finance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We examine how the Paris Agreement affects corporate tax planning across a global data set. We find that emissions‐reducing firms are associated with higher levels of tax planning than nonemissions‐reducing firms. The effect is stronger for firms facing tighter cost pass‐through constraints, such as operating in more competitive markets, with ...
Aonan (Sistine) Sun, Yuan George Shan, Lyndie Bayne, Nishant Agarwal   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Running towards: Labour market incentives for runaway slaves in the British Cape Colony, 1830–1838

Asia‐Pacific Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract Recent scholarship on slave escapes has increasingly emphasised economic motivation, but few studies have empirically investigated how market incentives influenced the decision‐making of enslaved individuals during transitions from coerced to wage labour.
Karl Bergemann, Gabriel Brown, Johan Fourie   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Experience and self‐interest: Diverging responses to global warming

American Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.
Abstract People are increasingly feeling global warming's effects through extreme heat and natural disasters. How do these climate shocks affect political attitudes? We argue that the effect of climate‐related experiences depends significantly on self‐interest.
Alexander F. Gazmararian, Helen V. Milner   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Prenatal and childhood exposure to smoking and retinal nerve fibre layer thickness: A meta‐analysis of three independent birth cohorts

Acta Ophthalmologica, EarlyView.
Abstract Purpose To examine retinal nerve fibre layer (RNFL) characteristics in relation to prenatal and postnatal smoking exposure in three independent birth cohorts: two Danish and one Australian cohort. Methods A combined meta‐analysis of peripapillary retinal nerve fibre thickness in the Copenhagen Prospective Studies on Asthma in Childhood 2000 ...
Linna Zhu, Inger Christine Munch, Samantha Sze‐Yee Lee, David A. Mackey, Tamo Sultan, Klaus Bønnelykke, Bo Chawes, Michael Larsen, Nicklas Brustad   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Education and development in the caribbean: a cointegration and causality approach [PDF]

This paper uses cointegration and vector error-correction models to analyse the causal relationship between education and development in Barbados, Jamaica, and Trinidad and Tobago using annual time series data from 1964 to 1998.
Brian Francis, Sunday Iyare
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The beetles of St. Lucia, Lesser Antilles (Insecta: Coleoptera): diversity and distributions [PDF]

, 2009
The published beetle fauna of the island of St. Lucia is summarized. It contains 135 genera, and 175 species in 25 families. Four species are accidentally introduced by human activities. Twenty three species are endemic (restricted) to the island. Twenty
Peck, Stewart B.
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Supporting Children With a Chronic Disease and Their Parents When Admitted to Hospital: A Scoping Review of Psychosocial Supports

Acta Paediatrica, EarlyView.
Importance of psychosocial support. ABSTRACT Aim The aim of this scoping review was to identify, examine, and summarize available evidence regarding psychosocial supports provided to children with a chronic disease when admitted to hospital and their parents. Method The JBI methodology for conducting and reporting scoping reviews was followed.
Lyndsay Jerusha MacKay, Nolan Lagrisolal, Una Chang, Matthew Christoffersen, K. Alix Hayden, Kathryn Birnie, Tammie Dewan   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Global Apparel Value Chain in the Post‐MFA Era: Exploring Bangladesh's Competitive Edge

Asian-Pacific Economic Literature, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study revisits Bangladesh's competitive edge by examining patterns of global apparel trade during the post‐Multi‐Fibre Arrangement (MFA) era using a large bilateral panel of 27 leading apparel exporters trading with 163 destinations with coverage of 90% of the world apparel exports.
Abul Bashar Mohammed Fakhruzzaman
wiley   +1 more source