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Sensory analysis of specialty coffee from different environmental conditions in the region of Matas de Minas, Minas Gerais, Brazil

open access: yes, 2016
Specialty coffees can be differentiated in various ways, including the environmental conditions in which they are produced and the sensory composition of the drink.
A. S. Silveira   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Atlantic Sturgeon Spatial and Temporal Distribution in Minas Passage, Nova Scotia, Canada, a Region of Future Tidal Energy Extraction

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2016
In the Bay of Fundy, Atlantic sturgeon from endangered and threatened populations in the USA and Canada migrate through Minas Passage to enter and leave Minas Basin.
M. Stokesbury   +7 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Critical Discourse Analysis in Corporate Reports: Legitimation Strategies in the Context of Environmental Controversies

open access: yesCorporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines the use of environmental disclosure as a strategic tool to manage legitimacy crises in a mining company, adopting critical discourse analysis (CDA) as the main methodology. Focusing on a case of environmental disaster, this research reveals how corporate narratives can be manipulated to minimize responsibility and reinforce
Renata Luiza de Castilho Rossoni   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Equilibrium Mode of Competition in Unionized Oligopolies: Do Unions Act as Commitment Devices to Cournot Outcomes? [PDF]

open access: yes
In contrast with previous studies, we postulate that there is no ex-ante commitment over the type of contract (i.e., price or quantity) which a firm offers consumers.
Constantine Manasakis, Minas Vlassis
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Epidemiological Profile and Quality Indicators in Patients with Acute Coronary Syndrome in Northern Minas Gerais - Minas Telecardio 2 Project

open access: yesArquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia, 2016
Background: Coronary artery disease is the main cause of death in Brazil. In the Brazilian public health system, the in-hospital mortality associated with acute myocardial infarction is high.
Barbara C. A. Marino   +9 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in Mining: An Integrated Institutional and Agency Theory Perspective

open access: yesCorporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Mining is one of the foundations of economic development but has historically been associated with severe socioenvironmental impacts, such as ecosystem degradation, displacement of traditional communities, and large‐scale disasters. In this context, corporate social responsibility (CSR) plays a central role as a mechanism for legitimizing ...
Felipe Moura Oliveira   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Cassiterides Islands: in the borders of reality

open access: yesStudia Historica: Historia Antigua, 2011
Cassiterides Islands are mentioned, since the first moments in the texts, as a place of the western extremes, where the valuable products proceed. Any way, the attraction of wealthy rises the imagination.
Domingo PLÁCIDO SUAREZ
doaj  

Minas en colecciones de fetuas y casos jurídicos del Occidente islámico (ss. XII-XVI d.C.) : el problema de la propiedad de los yacimientos mineros

open access: yesEspacio, Tiempo y Forma. Serie III, Historia Medieval, 2010
La información que aportan las fuentes escritas sobre minas y minería en el Occidente islámico medieval es muy escasa. Es cierto que los juristas musulmanes elaboraron un corpus de opiniones legales para regular la fiscalidad a la que estaban sujetas ...
Delfina Serrano Ruano
doaj   +1 more source

Endogenous wage-bargaining institutions in oligopolistic industries [PDF]

open access: yes, 1996
This paper develops a framework of endogenous formation of wage-bargaining institutions regarding the level at which unions and firms negotiate in industries with market power.
Petrakis, Emmanuel, Vlassis, Minas
core   +1 more source

Environmental and geomorphological drivers of frog diversity on islands worldwide

open access: yesEcography, EarlyView.
Island biogeography models primarily rely on island physical features and isolation to explain their biodiversity patterns. While newer models have incorporated functional traits to understand plant distribution, few empirical studies have tried to disentangle geometric constraints from niche‐based processes to predict multiple diversity facets of ...
Raoni Rebouças   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

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