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Studies of Autumn calving suckler cows, bulls at pasture and winter grazing [PDF]

, 2010
End of project reportMost beef and dairy cows are spring calving leading to distinct seasonality of supply. Calving a proportion of the beef herd in the autumn would lead to a more uniform annual supply of cattle for slaughter and potentially increase ...
Black, Alistair D, French, Padraig, O’Riordan, Edward G., Weldon, B.   +3 more
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Fencing off go: liveness and safety for channel-based programming [PDF]

ACM SIGPLAN Notices, 2017
Go is a production-level statically typed programming language whose design features explicit message-passing primitives and lightweight threads, enabling (and encouraging) programmers to develop concurrent systems where components interact through communication more so than by lock-based shared memory concurrency.
Lange, Julien, Ng, Nicholas, Toninho, Bernardo, Yoshida, Nobuko   +3 more
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Digital Technologies for Transparent and Sustainable Supply Chain Management: A Resource Orchestration‐Based View in the Textile Industry

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Implementing digital technologies is touted as the next big step for the firms aiming to improve sustainability in their supply chains. These technologies are often credited with the potential to improve transparency and achieve sustainability.
Amna Farrukh, Aqeel Ahmed, Sadaat Yawar
wiley   +1 more source

Influence of the tree species on soil parameters and carbon sequestration in silvopastoral systems, Molinopampa district, Amazonas region, Peru

Trees, Forests and People
Silvopastoral systems (SPS's) represent a sustainable alternative to extensive or intensive cattle ranching, which has contributed to soil degradation and deforestation in the Peruvian Amazon. This research was carried out in Molinopampa, Amazonas, Peru,
Lorenzo Culqui, Angel Fernando Huaman-Pilco, Elí Pariente, Paula Alejandra Quilcate Pérez, Damaris Leiva Tafur, Lily Juarez-Contreras, Nixon Haro, Manuel Oliva-Cruz   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Okavango; a river supporting its people, environment and economic development [PDF]

, 2006
The Okavango basin comprises the Cuito and Cubango active catchment areas in Angola, in addition to the Kavango–Okavango non-active catchment in northern Namibia and Botswana.
A.R. Turton, Andersson, Ashton, Baillieul, C.H.M. Vanderpost, Campbell, Cronberg, D. Kniveton, D.L. Kgathi, Desert Research Foundation of Namibia (DRFN), Dincer, Dincer, Ellery, Ellery, Ellery, Ellis, Frost, Garstang, Giorgi, Haddon, Huntley, Huntley, Huntsman-Mapila, J. Lundqvist, Jansen, Kampunzu, Kgathi, Kgathi, Lancaster, M. Seely, Mbaiwa, Mbaiwa, McCarthy, McCarthy, McCarthy, Mendelson, Mendelson, Ministry of Agriculture, Moore, Pearce, Pinheiro, Porto, Ramberg, Ringrose, Ringrose, Ringrose, Ringrose, Ringrose, Ringrose, S. Ringrose, Sachs, Tyson, Werner, Wolski   +53 more
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Elaborating the Motivations and Attitudes Driving Interest in Voluntary Biodiversity Credits

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Global biodiversity loss has prompted the search for new sources of conservation finance, such as voluntary biodiversity credits (VBCs). However, despite optimistic market projections, current uptake of VBCs is limited. Adopting an interpretive approach, we analyse 21 semistructured interviews with early market actors (buyers, sellers ...
Gamze Yakar‐Pritchard, Andrew Greenman, Stacia Stetkiewicz, Bouwe Dijkstra, Frances Bowen, Richard Field   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Walls that Bridge. Or, What we can learn from the Roman walls [PDF]

, 2018
When, during the latest US electoral campaign, Pope Francis criticized Trump’s idea of building a wall between Mexico and the US, reiterat- ing his favorite point that “we do not need to build walls, but bridges,” the Trump camp retorted that the Pope ...
MARIANI, Giorgio
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Designing a Living Snow Fence for Snow Drift Control [PDF]

Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research, 2009
Abstract Blowing and drifting snow continues to be a transportation and safety hazard with significant economic costs. Critical design criteria for the construction of a living (vegetated) snow fence are reviewed and presented using the most currently available design equations.
openaire   +1 more source

The Grey Zone of Stakeholder Engagement: Misalignment as a Manifestation of Greyness in Stakeholder Collaboration

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study identifies and conceptualises the grey zone of stakeholder engagement and explores how it manifests in a collaborative context related to the promotion of a circular economy. While prior research on stakeholder engagement has highlighted the positive, value‐creating bright side or the harmful dark side of stakeholder engagement, we ...
Annika Blomberg, Anna Hannula, Johanna Kujala   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Tree of Life Synagogue Attack: A Terrorist Radicalization Assessment Protocol‐18 Examination of Pre‐Attack Warnings and Post‐Attack Contagion and Copycat Effects

Behavioral Sciences &the Law, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This is a retrospective case study of an antisemitic lone actor terrorist who completed the deadliest attack against the Jewish community in American history. The analysis through the lens of the Terrorist Radicalization Assessment Protocol (TRAP‐18) finds that 72% of the warning indicators were present, including four proximal warning ...
Molly Amman, Julia Kupper, J. Reid Meloy
wiley   +1 more source