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How many trees are there in the North American boreal forest?

open access: yesEcography, EarlyView.
Boreal forests, the largest terrestrial biome on Earth, are highly varied in local tree density. Despite previous attempts to estimate tree density in boreal forests, the accuracy of the estimation is unknown, leaving the question how many trees there are in boreal forests largely unanswered. Here, we compiled tree density data from 4367 plots in North
Kun Xu   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

How to Assess Knowledge Cumulation in Environmental Governance Research? Conceptual and Empirical Explorations

open access: yesEnvironmental Policy and Governance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Environmental governance research (EGR) has been criticized for not being cumulative, despite the importance of cumulative knowledge for evidence‐informed decision‐making in addressing global sustainability problems. However, defining, measuring, and assessing knowledge cumulation in EGR remain challenging.
Jens Newig, Michael Rose
wiley   +1 more source

Interpretation of in vitro concentration‐response data for risk assessment and regulatory decision‐making: Report from the 2022 IWGT quantitative analysis expert working group meeting

open access: yesEnvironmental and Molecular Mutagenesis, EarlyView.
Abstract Quantitative risk assessments of chemicals are routinely performed using in vivo data from rodents; however, there is growing recognition that non‐animal approaches can be human‐relevant alternatives. There is an urgent need to build confidence in non‐animal alternatives given the international support to reduce the use of animals in toxicity ...
Marc A. Beal   +14 more
wiley   +1 more source

ORIGIN AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE INSTITUTE OF JURISDICTION OF CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS

open access: yesJuridical scientific and electronic journal, 2019
Ukraine, Yu.I. Kytsan
openaire   +1 more source

Evaluation of the standard battery of in vitro genotoxicity tests to predict in vivo genotoxicity through mathematical modeling: A report from the 8th International Workshop on Genotoxicity Testing

open access: yesEnvironmental and Molecular Mutagenesis, EarlyView.
Abstract In human health risk assessment of chemicals and pharmaceuticals, identification of genotoxicity hazard usually starts with a standard battery of in vitro genotoxicity tests, which is needed to cover all genotoxicity endpoints. The individual tests included in the battery are not designed to pick up all endpoints.
Mirjam Luijten   +15 more
wiley   +1 more source

Policy entrepreneurship for transformative governance

open access: yesEuropean Policy Analysis, EarlyView.
Abstract Scholarship is growing on societal transitions, describing radical societal change involving multiple sectors and scales, and transformative governance, describing how public, private, and civil society actors use tools of policy to pursue this fundamental change, aiming to build resiliency and sustainability.
Gwen Arnold   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Constructing the “moralization shock”: The role of contingency in the translation of anticorruption policy in France

open access: yesEuropean Policy Analysis, EarlyView.
Abstract This article applies the concept of transaction to the process of policy transfer, through the case of conflict of interest regulation in France, using archives, documentary sources, and interviews with stakeholders. It contributes to the literature on policy translation by clarifying the role of contingency, which remains underspecified.
Sofia Wickberg
wiley   +1 more source

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