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What is at stake in taking responsibility? Lessons from third-party property insurance [PDF]

open access: yes, 2001
Third-party property insurance (TPPI) protects insured drivers who accidentally damage an expensive car from the threat of financial ruin. Perhaps more importantly though, TPPI also protects the victims whose losses might otherwise go uncompensated ...
Vincent, Nicole
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Lack of capture‐induced mortality of neonates associated with variation in handling protocols

open access: yesWildlife Society Bulletin, EarlyView.
We found that handling metrics (e.g., handling time, number of collectors, and age at capture) had limited or no influence on the survival of neonatal mule deer, desert bighorn sheep, and Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep within the first few days of life. Furthermore, we found that handled mule deer and Rocky Mountain bighorn neonates were recruited at a ...
Marcus E. Blum   +24 more
wiley   +1 more source

An Integrated Assessment Model for Helping the United States Sea Scallop (Placopecten magellanicus) Fishery Plan Ahead for Ocean Acidification and Warming.

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2015
Ocean acidification, the progressive change in ocean chemistry caused by uptake of atmospheric CO2, is likely to affect some marine resources negatively, including shellfish.
Sarah R Cooley   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Public Inquiries and UK Press Regulation: A Case of ‘Fading into Forgetfulness’?

open access: yesThe Political Quarterly, EarlyView.
Abstract Why were the proposals for reform of UK press regulation made by Lord Leveson in 2012 not implemented in full, despite popular and parliamentary support for the report's recommendations, and despite the creation of the legal framework for the reformed system of regulation?
John Street   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Jonathan Glover, Questions de vie ou de mort

open access: yesArchives de sciences sociales des religions, 2019
Questions de vie ou de mort traduit pour la première fois en français Causing Death and Saving Lives du philosophe britannique Jonathan Glover, initialement publié en 1977, devenu outre-Manche une référence de philosophie morale. Le livre, précurseur des travaux éthiques relatifs au « faire mourir » (ethics of killing) − dont la genèse a coïncidé avec ...
openaire   +3 more sources

Use of cannabis during pregnancy and birth outcomes in an Aboriginal birth cohort: a cross-sectional, population-based study

open access: yesBMJ Open, 2016
Objectives Indigenous women continue to experience rates of stillbirth, preterm birth and low birth weight, two to three times higher than other women in high-income countries. The reasons for disparities are complex and multifactorial.
Deirdre Gartland   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

Effects of a lifestyle intervention programme after 1 year of follow-up among South Asians at high risk of type 2 diabetes: a cluster randomised controlled trial

open access: yesBMJ Global Health, 2021
Introduction South Asians are at high risk of type 2 diabetes (T2D). We assessed whether intensive family-based lifestyle intervention leads to significant weight loss, improved glycaemia and blood pressure in adults at elevated risk for T2D.Methods This
Sajjad Ahmad   +32 more
doaj   +1 more source

Application of a novel molecular diagnostic method to examine the spatio‐temporal trends of Carcelia iliaca, a larval parasitoid of oak processionary moth (Thaumetopoea processionea)

open access: yesAgricultural and Forest Entomology, EarlyView.
The oak processionary moth is an invasive pest in the United Kingdom that threatens biodiversity and public health, with rising control costs highlighting the need for sustainable management alternatives Conservation biocontrol using the parasitoid fly Carcelia iliaca is promising but key biological data gaps hinder evidence‐based policy development. A
Kyle Alexander Miller   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Fauna of the Kemp Caldera and its upper bathyal hydrothermal vents (South Sandwich Arc, Antarctica) [PDF]

open access: yesRoyal Society Open Science, 2019
Faunal assemblages at hydrothermal vents associated with island-arc volcanism are less well known than those at vents on mid-ocean ridges and back-arc spreading centres.
Katrin Linse   +17 more
doaj   +1 more source

John Rawls' 'A Theory of Justice' [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Some people are multi-billionaires; others die because they are too poor to afford food or medications. In many countries, people are denied rights to free speech, to participate in political life, or to pursue a career, because of their gender, religion,
Davies, Benjamin
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