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Strategic overview of Oceania [PDF]
For more about the East-West Center, see http://www.eastwestcenter.org/Cleo Paskal, Associate Fellow, Chatham House and Director, The Oceania Research Project (protorp.org), explains that “The confluence of major changes in all three of the '3 geos ...
Paskal, Cleo
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Counting cases, conserving species: addressing highly pathogenic avian influenza in wildlife
ABSTRACT Highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) has become a critical threat to wildlife, shifting from a seasonal epizootic to a persistent, year‐round panzootic with global consequences. Here, we summarise the origin, evolutionary mechanisms, and expanding host range of the current H5N1 virus (clade 2.3.4.4b) and assess its impact on wildlife. Over
Ulrich Knief +4 more
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Trade‐offs in avian parental care: a review of theory and meta‐analysis of brood size manipulations
ABSTRACT The selective forces shaping parental care have been studied for over 50 years. While theoretical and experimental work has yielded qualitative progress, the large body of empirical work testing predictions about parental investment based on life‐history trade‐offs has yet to be synthesized.
Rebekah A. McKinnon +4 more
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Partners or passengers? Revisiting the association between diatoms and aquatic animals
ABSTRACT Numerous studies have revealed the importance of research on the communities capable of colonizing animal surfaces (epibionts) and the animals on which they live (basibionts). Very few studies have considered epizoic diatoms, and there are gaps and biases in our knowledge, including the choice of basibionts, the methods used, and the habitats ...
Gianluca Vacca +2 more
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Do the Generational Cohorts of CEOs Influence Corporate Travel Emissions?
ABSTRACT According to Mannheim's generational theory, each generation exhibits unique attitudes that shape its behaviour. This paper suggests that a CEO's generational background can shape their environmental views, which, in turn, influence the company's business travel policies.
Gbenga Adamolekun +2 more
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The assumption of safety is being used to justify the rollout of 5G technologies
Julie E. McCredden +3 more
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Professional Mentoring in Student Affairs: Evaluation of a Global Programme
In January 2016, the International Association of Student Affairs and Services (IASAS) offered a global professional mentoring programme that would link student affairs leaders internationally with new graduates and early career professionals in student ...
Eva-Marie Seeto
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Newsletter: Asia-Oceania Regional Division, August 2024
The August 2024 IFLA Asia and Oceania Regional Division Newsletter includes editorials from the Chair of the Asia-Oceania Regional Division Committee, the Manager of the Regional Office for Asia and Oceania, and news from IFLA, the region and beyond ...
IFLA Regional Office for Asia and Oceania +1 more
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ABSTRACT The global manufacturing sector has increasingly adopted circular economy (CE) practices to address sustainability challenges and improve operational efficiency. This study explores the impact of five CE practices—reduce, reuse, remanufacture, recycle, and recover—on key operational performance dimensions: quality, speed, dependability ...
Jose Arturo Garza‐Reyes +5 more
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CANDI GUNUNG GANGSIR AND THE CHARACTER OF THE EARLY EAST JAVANESE ARCHITECTURE
In this contribution I would like to draw some attention to a period which is widely considered to be a black hole or a white spot, in any case "a blank in Indonesian archaeology" (Soekmono 1969:3).
Peter R. Hoffmanns
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