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Positive Freedom and the Social Meaning of Money
Journal of Applied Philosophy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Semiotic objections to markets hold that buying and selling certain things – for example, sex, body parts, votes, surrogacy services – expresses that those things are fungible with money, which has only profane value. This article offers a more fundamental challenge to semiotic critiques of market.
Andrew Allison +2 more
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Response by Specialist and Generalist Natural Enemies to Agroecosystem Diversification: A Selective Review [PDF]
, 2017 Effects of agroecosystem diversification on searching behavior and success of arthropod natural enemies are poorly understood. Crop diversification may increase generalist enemy effectiveness by increasing alternate food or prey availability, as ...
Sheehan, William
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Harmonia axyridis: an environmental risk assessment for Northwest Europe [PDF]
, 2008 In this paper, we summarize the international situation with respect to environmental risk assessment for biological control agents. Next, we apply a recently designed, comprehensive risk evaluation method consisting of a stepwise procedure to evaluate ...
Babendreier, D. +3 more
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Turning the Tables: Leveraging Purpose as a Strategic Advantage for SMEs
Strategic Change, EarlyView.ABSTRACT When executed well, purpose can become a transformative force, turning a business into a breakout success. Despite the wave of purpose‐driven businesses in recent years, the concept of purpose remains underdeveloped. Purpose is a core component of business models but is difficult to retrofit into large corporations, which makes it especially ...
Klaus Heine, Glyn Atwal, Sonja Sperber
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Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture, EarlyView.Abstract BACKGROUND Fusarium culmorum causes Fusarium head blight (FHB) in cereals, leading to significant yield losses and contamination with type B trichothecene mycotoxins such as deoxynivalenol (DON) and its acetylated derivatives 3‐ADON and 15‐ADON.
Safa Oufensou +8 more
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Theoretical Study of Pest Control Using Stage Structured Natural Enemies with Maturation Delay: A Crop-Pest-Natural Enemy Model [PDF]
, 2013 In the natural world, there are many insect species whose individual members have a life history that takes them through two stages, immature and mature. Moreover, the rates of survival, development, and reproduction almost always depend on age, size, or
Dhar, Joydip, Jatav, Kunwer Singh
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Psychology &Marketing, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Taking a relational approach, this research investigates why people are so prone to gossip about their favorite celebrities relative to other targets. We focus on the emotional dynamics that characterize the choice of whether to gossip and compare parasocial relationships—one‐sided bonds in which celebrities influence consumers, but not vice ...
Gaia Giambastiani +2 more
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Predefined‐Time Dynamic Surface Control of Tank Horizontal Stabilization System With Disturbance
International Journal of Mechanical System Dynamics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Modern new tanks are difficult to achieve high precision control of the horizontal stabilization system due to electromechanical coupling and road surface disturbance during high‐speed combat. A predefined‐time dynamic surface controller (DSCPT) is proposed for the fast stabilization and strong disturbance problems of the tank horizontal ...
Zhicheng Fan +5 more
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A citation-based map of concepts in invasion biology [PDF]
, 2019 Invasion biology has been quickly expanding in the last decades so that it is now metaphorically flooded with publications, concepts, and hypotheses. Among experts, there is no clear consensus about the relationships between invasion concepts, and almost
Enders, Martin +2 more
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Generalist‐pollinated Arabis alpina exhibits floral scent variation at multiple scales
Nordic Journal of Botany, EarlyView.Plants that depend on animals for reproduction often use complex floral traits to attract pollinators. Floral scent is recognized as part of the pollinator attraction module and can be shaped by plant‐pollinator interactions. In recent decades, research has started to reveal the dynamic properties of floral scent, identifying patterns of spatial and ...
Hanna Thosteman +5 more
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