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Conserving wildlife through demand reduction and supply alternatives: Two experiments in restaurants in Kinshasa

open access: yesPeople and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract High aggregate levels of wildlife consumption in cities in Central Africa highlight the need for solutions that balance wildlife protection, local livelihoods and the relational values between people and nature. This study explores the impacts of demand‐ and supply‐side interventions on wild meat consumption through two randomized control ...
Abdoulaye Cisse   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

State Observation for Lipschitz Nonlinear Dynamical Systems Based on Lyapunov Functions and Functionals

open access: yesMathematics, 2020
State observers for systems having Lipschitz nonlinearities are considered for what concerns the stability of the estimation error by means of a decomposition of the dynamics of the error into the cascade of two systems. First, conditions are established
Angelo Alessandri   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Towards Italian Opera Houses: A Review of Acoustic Design in Pre-Sabine Scholars

open access: yesAcoustics, 2019
The foundation of architectural acoustics as an independent science is generally referred to Sabine’s early studies and their application. Nevertheless, since the 16th Century, a great number of authors wrote essays and treatises on the design of ...
D. D’Orazio, Sofia Nannini
semanticscholar   +1 more source

What's there beyond the sun and the sea? Detecting tourists' interest towards nature in a mass tourism destination using social media data

open access: yesPeople and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Nature‐based tourism is a rapidly growing subsector of the international tourism industry. However, capturing broad‐scale patterns of nature visits during touristic trips or visitors' appreciation of nature may be difficult using traditional data sources and methods. In this study, we harness geotagged social media data to understand the scale
Matti Hästbacka   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Metafictional mise en abyme in Saura\u27s Carmen [PDF]

open access: yes, 1996
In the 1983 film Carmen, Carlos Saura creatively refashions Mérimée\u27s novella and Bizet\u27s opera into an exciting new rendering of the Carmen myth.
Willem, Linda M.
core   +1 more source

Early use of the reinforced concrete in the architecture of the Historicism in Austria–Hungary

open access: yesStructural Concrete, EarlyView.
Abstract The study examines the early incorporation of reinforced concrete in the architecture of Historicism in Austria–Hungary. Spanning the late 19th to early 20th centuries, the research illuminates the period's stylistic pluralism and the transformative impact of reinforced concrete.
Éva Lovra, Zoltán Bereczki
wiley   +1 more source

Actionable visualization principles and guidance for a foundational university data science course

open access: yesTeaching Statistics, EarlyView.
Abstract When teaching how to describe and apply good practices for visualizing data, we need to define “good”. Several sets of guidelines about good visualization practice exist in the literature and online, though each set focuses on different aspects of visualization and their level ranges from very general to very specific.
David C. Sterratt   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Efficient and stable sky-blue delayed fluorescence organic light-emitting diodes with CIEy below 0.4

open access: yesNature Communications, 2018
The potential of organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) for display and lighting applications is limited by the need for blue emitters that show efficient and stable operation.
Chin-Yiu Chan   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Persistent Alarms Confronting New Priorities: Protestants in Africa in Italian and French Catholic Magazines (1945–1962)

open access: yesJournal of Religious History, EarlyView.
Anti‐Protestantism was one of the reasons for the revival of missions during the interwar period. By the 1960s, however, Protestants were less and less often mentioned as a threat to missionary efforts, and the decline in inter‐confessional tensions was increasingly considered a relic of the past.
Giacomo Canepa
wiley   +1 more source

Opera Comes Alive! (1977) [PDF]

open access: yes, 1977
Playwrights: Various General Director: Irene Dalis Musical Director: David Rohrbaugh Costumes: Julie Ward, April Peterson Academic Year: 1977-1978https://scholarworks.sjsu.edu/productions_1970s/1101/thumbnail ...
San Jose State University, Theatre Arts
core   +1 more source

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