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The Global Threat to Manta and Mobula Rays [PDF]
, 2010 Manta and mobula rays span the tropics of the world and are among the most captivating and charismatic of marine species. However, their survival is severely threatened by growing fisheries pressure driven by demand for the gill rakers that the animals ...
Shawn Heinrichs
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, 2013 It will be difficult to gain the agreement of all the actors on any proposal for climate change management, if universality and fairness are not considered.
Cheriet, Mohamed +2 more
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Big 4 offshore: Transparency arbitrage across legal and geographical boundaries
Contemporary Accounting Research, EarlyView.Abstract How do global firms manage conflicting constituencies in complex markets? The Big 4 accounting firms have expanded their size and scope to the extent that they need to relate to different constituencies simultaneously, sometimes on controversial issues.
Saila Stausholm +2 more
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, 2012 The anti-democratic momentum is, more than anything else, created by the unwillingness and incompetence of politicians to work together in order to improve the prosperity and welfare of the country and establish "democratic professionalism" which would lead to trust within society.
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Echoes of the sea around us—Human hopes in the balance [PDF]
, 2020 Earth’s human life-support system shows signs of failing. Human capacity to alter landscapes and the atmosphere is reaching catastrophic levels. Only the oceans seemed to be beyond control, but still they are not beyond human influence.
Davis, Dorothy A., Davis, Gary E.
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Pan-European Chikungunya surveillance: Designing risk stratified surveillance zones [PDF]
, 2009 This article has been made available through the Brunel Open Access Publishing Fund - Copyright @ 2009 Tilston et alThe first documented transmission of Chikungunya within Europe took place in Italy during the summer of 2007.
Skelly, C, Tilston, N, Weinstein, P
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The role of iron in normal and impaired testicular function
Andrology, EarlyView.Abstract Iron plays a critical role in testicular physiology, impacting spermatogenesis, testosterone production, and overall testicular function. Iron homeostasis is maintained through systemic and cellular regulatory mechanisms, including hepcidin‐mediated systemic iron control and the iron‐responsive element/iron regulatory protein (IRE/IRP) system ...
Aileen Harrer +2 more
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Maldives take a climate lead [PDF]
Current Biology, 2010 SummaryThe Maldives hopes to be the first state to be carbon neutral but threats from sea-level rise still dominate. Nigel Williams reports.
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Modelling International Tourism Demand and Uncertainty in Maldives and Seychelles: A Portfolio Approach [PDF]
Maldives and Seychelles in the Indian Ocean are small island tourism economies (SITEs), both of which have relatively small populations, territorial sizes, land area and narrow productive bases.
Michael McAleer, Riaz Shareef
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‘I Don't Know Anything Else Besides Gardening’: Exploring Sensitivities to Climate Change in Vanuatu
Asia Pacific Viewpoint, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Across the globe, the escalating impacts of climate change threaten food security by disrupting agricultural production, reducing crop growth and yields and decreasing food availability. In Vanuatu, women market vendors play a substantial role in maintaining food security throughout the country through the production and sale of local produce.
Jessica Kilroy +3 more
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