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Modeling photosynthesis of discontinuous plant canopies by linking the Geometric Optical Radiative Transfer model with biochemical processes [PDF]
Biogeosciences, 2015 Modeling vegetation photosynthesis is essential for understanding carbon exchanges between terrestrial ecosystems and the atmosphere. The radiative transfer process within plant canopies is one of the key drivers that regulate canopy photosynthesis ...
Q. Xin, P. Gong, P. Gong, P. Gong, W. Li
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A new method for identifying industrial clustering using the standard deviational ellipse
Scientific Reports, 2023 Industrial agglomeration has attracted extensive attention from economists and geographers, yet it is still a challenge to identify the multi-agglomeration spatial structure and degree of industrial agglomeration in continuous space—there is still a lack
Ziwei Zhao, Zuoquan Zhao, Pei Zhang
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Metropolitan governance in the context of dynamic urbanization: the case of Brazil
Frontiers in Political Science, 2023 This study discusses the evolvement of metropolitan governance in Brazil and uses greater São Paulo as an in-depth case study to demonstrate how metropolitan governance is organized in a megacity region in the Global South.
Karsten Zimmermann +2 more
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Modelling plant health for policy [PDF]
Emerging Topics in Life Sciences, 2020 Plant health is relatively poorly funded compared with animal and human health issues. However, we contend it is at least as complex and likely more so given the number of pests and hosts and that outbreaks occur in poorly monitored open systems. Modelling is often suggested as a method to better consider the threats to plant health to aid resource and
Jones, Glyn, Kleczkowski, Adam
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Institutional mistrust and child vaccination coverage in Africa
BMJ Global Health, 2021 Introduction Despite considerable improvements in vaccination coverage over the last decade, half of the world’s unvaccinated and undervaccinated children are located in Africa.
Nik Stoop +2 more
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Policy-making in science policy: The ‘OECD model’ unveiled [PDF]
Research Policy, 2013 This article addresses the issue of the development of national science policies in OECD countries in the 1960s. It argues that the Organisation for Economic and Co-operation and Development (OECD) acted as a policy innovator playing a central role in the development and adoption of what we call the "OECD model of science policy-making".
Henriques, Luisa, Larédo, Philippe
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COVID-19: Economic Recession or Depression?
Estudios Económicos, 2020 This paper is interested to introduce a new macroeconomic indicator to evaluate the impact of any massive pandemic such as COVID-19 on the world economy performance in the short run (1 year) and long run (10 years).
Mario Arturo Ruiz Estrada
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Model Uncertainty and Monetary Policy [PDF]
SSRN Electronic Journal, 2007 Model uncertainty has the potential to change importantly how monetary policy should be conducted, making it an issue that central banks cannot ignore. In this paper, I use a standard new Keynesian business cycle model to analyze the behavior of a central bank that conducts policy with discretion while fearing that its model is misspeci…ed.
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Understanding Persistent Wage Disparities in Rural Colombia: Comparative Lessons from Latin America
Social SciencesThis research provides the first comprehensive analysis of the rural–urban wage gap in Colombia, with a focus on the coffee and cocoa sectors, over the past two decades.
José Alejandro Moncada Aristizábal +1 more
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Integrating Palliative Care into the Health System in Lebanon [PDF]
, 2018 K2P Policy Briefs bring together global research evidence, local evidence and context-specific knowledge to inform deliberations about health policies and programmes.
Souiedan, Sara +2 more
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