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Modelling and 3D Visualisation of Landscape Changes in the Rosia Montana Basin [PDF]

open access: yes
The town of Rosia Montana is located above one of the largest gold and other precious metal deposits in Europe. Gold and silver have been mined for centuries here, even as early as pre-roman times.
Gábor Barton   +2 more
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Effect of population reinforcement method, site, and plant characteristics on early establishment of the rare endemic plant species Minuartia smejkalii

open access: yesNordic Journal of Botany, EarlyView.
Many habitat‐specialist plant species have been endangered by fragmentation or destruction of their habitats. Minuartia smejkalii is a serpentinophyte endemic to the Czech Republic. It is highly threatened by recent habitat destruction and fragmentation, calling for effective conservation measures.
Alrun Siebenkäs   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Identifying and Analyzing Cryptocurrency Manipulations in Social Media

open access: yes, 2019
Interest surrounding cryptocurrencies, digital or virtual currencies that are used as a medium for financial transactions, has grown tremendously in recent years.
Abu-El-Haija, Sami   +4 more
core   +1 more source

Fundraising as Contracting: Why Nonprofits Accept In‐Kind Donations

open access: yesNonprofit Management and Leadership, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In‐kind (nonmonetary) donations are a popular form of philanthropy that have received much less scholarly attention than monetary gifts. This study documents the prevalence of types of in‐kind giving and associated organizational practices, then explores links between the perceptions of nonprofit managers, organizational practices, and ...
Elizabeth Searing   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Bone Anvils and New Types of Osseous Tools at Walīla (Volubilis, Morocco): Use of Animal Byproducts in the Industries of a Medieval Town

open access: yesInternational Journal of Osteoarchaeology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Bone anvils used to sharpen metal sickle blades are frequently documented in the archaeological record of the Roman and medieval Mediterranean and beyond, with new finds reported each year. This article reports anvils from the early medieval town of Walīla (Roman Volubilis) in northern Morocco and presents two other types of bone tools (bone ...
Lisa Yeomans   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Study on safety coal pillar mining and internal dump space optimization of adjacent mining area in turning period in Huolinhe North Open-pit Coal Mine

open access: yesMeikuang Anquan, 2023
Based on the mining conditions and development status of Huolinhe North Open-pit Coal Mine, in view of the problems of adjacent coal mining area steering, coal column mining in the mining section, tight of the inner dump space, the stability of composite slope of stope-inner dump is analyzed to solve the potential slope safety problems caused by the ...
openaire   +1 more source

Dark matter search in a Beam-Dump eXperiment (BDX) at Jefferson Lab

open access: yes, 2014
MeV-GeV dark matter (DM) is theoretically well motivated but remarkably unexplored. This Letter of Intent presents the MeV-GeV DM discovery potential for a 1 m$^3$ segmented plastic scintillator detector placed downstream of the beam-dump at one of the ...
Afanasev, A.   +86 more
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Saplings of significance: Nurturing cultural value of new tree plantings through participatory opportunities

open access: yesPeople and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Tree‐planting initiatives are a crucial part of international sustainability and climate action efforts. Yet, many of these initiatives fail to achieve their long‐term sustainability and climate goals. The role of community value is an often‐overlooked factor in promoting the success of new tree plantings.
Claire L. Narraway   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Enabling effective urban green space stewardship through planning: A qualitative comparative analysis in Southwest England

open access: yesPeople and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Amid increasing urbanisation and biodiversity decline, ‘effective stewardship’ of urban green space (UGS) is a complex but critical nature‐based solution for long‐term environmental, social and economic gain. Combining stewardship and sense‐of‐place frameworks with European nature‐based solutions guidance, we investigate which social and ...
Fay Kahane   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

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