Semen characteristics and second successful artificial insemination of Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) in Thailand [PDF]
Background and Aim: As the number of wild Asian elephants (Elephas maximus) continues to decline, maintaining healthy populations under human care is vital.
Ampika Thongphakdee +11 more
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God’s patronage constitutes a community of compassionate equals
The central themes of Jesus’ preaching, the kingdom and household of God, are root metaphors expressing the symbolic universe of God’s patronage subverting patronage and patriarchy structuring contemporary Mediterranean society, thus legitimising an anti-
Gert J. Malan
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State Patronage on Heat and Electricity Markets of the Russian Far East [PDF]
The paper examines the conditions and goals of state patronage on heat and electricity markets of the Russian Far East. The distinct characteristic of market organization in the region is the lack of a unified energy system, high share of districts with ...
Dyomina Olga, Naiden Svetlana
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A Norfolk gentlewoman and Lydgatian patronage: Lady Sibylle Boys and her cultural environment [PDF]
A study of a medieval gentlewoman, Lady Sibylle Boys, and her cultural context, including her patronage of poetry by John Lydgate, the 'Epistle to Sibylle' and 'Treatise for Lauandres'
Bale, Anthony
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Counterfeit versus original patronage: Do emotional brand attachment, brand involvement, and past experience matter? [PDF]
To enhance brand performance and to protect original brands from the unprecedented upsurge of counterfeits, marketers are continuously looking for effective anti-counterfeiting methods.
Bian, Xuemei, Haque, Sadia
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Passive Consequences of Brand Hate: The Mediating Role of Brand Avoidance
This study aims to determine the antecedents of brand patronage reduction as a consequence of brand hate, demonstrating the mediating effect of brand avoidance on passive/flight consequences of brand hate, showing their impact on a firm's brand equity ...
Cid Gonçalves Filho +3 more
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National and Private Ambitions in the Patronage of French Cardinals at the Papal Court (Fifteenth to Sixteenth centuries) [PDF]
Few French cardinals left important traces in the form of architectural patronage in Rome during the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, a period characterised by the alternation of times of strong tension between the French kings and the Papacy, and ...
Bardati, Flaminia
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On the distribution of powerful and r-free lattice points [PDF]
Let ...
Sunanta Srisopha, Teerapat Srichan
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Between patronage and good governance: organizational arrangements in (local) public appointment processes [PDF]
This article investigates whether certain organizational arrangements in (local) public appointment processes could encourage the use of appointments as a tool of good governance rather than as a tool of patronage.
Grossi, Giuseppe +2 more
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A question of value(s): Political connectedness and executive compensation in public sector organizations [PDF]
While the de-politicization of public sector management was a core objective of past reform initiatives, more recent debates urge the state to act as a strong principal when it comes to public sector unity and policy coherence - and consequently make a ...
Höllerer, Markus +2 more
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