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The Endangered Species Act (ESA) is one of the most controversial pieces of environmental legislation. Part of the controversy stems from doubts about its effectiveness in generating improvements in species viability.
Langpap, Christian, Kerkvliet, Joe
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The importance of wild meat and freshwater fish for children's nutritional intake in the Congo Basin
People and Nature, EarlyView.Abstract Wild meat and freshwater fish are widely consumed in the Congo Basin, but in some areas, they are at risk of disappearing due to unsustainable hunting and fishing and changes in their habitat. Wild meat is also at risk of being eliminated from local diets due to potential policy changes such as wild meat bans.
Amy Ickowitz +6 more
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Stop Using Limiting Stimuli as a Measure of Sensitivities of Energetic Materials
Propellants, Explosives, Pyrotechnics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Accurately estimating the sensitivity of explosive materials is a potentially life‐saving task that requires standardised protocols across nations. One of the most widely applied procedures worldwide is the so‐called ‘1‐In‐6’ test from the United Nations (UN) Manual of Tests in Criteria, which estimates a ‘limiting stimulus’ for a material. In
Dennis Christensen, Geir Petter Novik
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This study determined the factors (related to fixed and variable transaction costs) influencing the decision to participate in sweet potato markets by a random sample of 320 small holder farmers in south eastern Nigeria.
Ohajianya, D.O., Ugochukwu, Albert I.
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Pest Management Science, EarlyView.SYN‐A, a naturally derived synergist, inhibited key metabolic pathways associated with pyrethroid insecticide resistance in cabbage stem flea beetle (CSFB) and its parasitoid Microctonus brassicae. SYN‐A restored pyrethroid efficacy against resistant CSFB allowing up to 80% reduction in application rates.
Patricia A. Ortega‐Ramos +2 more
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La metodología de rating “through the cycle”: aplicación para la estimación de ratings soberanos
This paper analyses the through-the-cycle rating concept; basically, we try to specify its main characteristics, focusing on the differences with point-in-time ratings.
Pena, Alejandro, Rodríguez, Analía
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Pest Management Science, EarlyView.Genotype‐by‐environment interaction shaped soybean seed stability under contrasting insecticide regimes. Seed longevity emerged as a stable, management‐relevant trait under pest pressure. High‐pressure, no‐insecticide conditions improved discrimination of tolerant genotypes for integrated pest management deployment.
Larissa Chamma +7 more
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COMMERCIAL BANKS’ FACILITIES AND SMALL AND MEDIUM SCALE ENTERPRISES GROWTH IN KWARA STATE
International Journal of Social and Educational InnovationSmall and medium scale enterprises are engines of growth and catalysts for socio-economic development in both developing and developed countries. However, it has not performed admirably well because of inadequate banking facilities.
Kayode David KOLAWOLE
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Factors Influencing the Incidence of Obesity in Australia: A Generalized Ordered Probit Model. [PDF]
Int J Environ Res Public Health, 2017 Avsar G, Ham R, Tannous WK.
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Methods for Probit/Ordered Probit and Event-Count Analysis : Comprehension and Application
Korean Journal of International Relations, 1996 Meeyoung Ju, Sang-Hwan Lee
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