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Predatory Structured Finance [PDF]

open access: yes, 2006
Predatory lending is a real, pervasive, and destructive problem as demonstrated by record settlements, jury awards, media exposes, and a large body of empirical scholarship. Currently the national debate over predatory mortgage lending is shifting to the
Peterson, Christopher L
core   +1 more source

Parallel Increase in Childhood Anorexia Nervosa and Early Puberty During the COVID‐19 Pandemic

open access: yesInternational Journal of Eating Disorders, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective During the COVID‐19 pandemic, an increase in anorexia nervosa (AN), specifically childhood AN, as well as in central precocious puberty (CPP) and early‐onset puberty (EOP), was reported. The aim of this study was to explore whether there was a population‐level association between increases in both disorders and to discuss possible ...
Beate Herpertz‐Dahlmann   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Environmental and local habitat variables as predictors of trophic interactions in subtidal rocky reefs along the SE Pacific coast

open access: yesEcography, EarlyView.
Temperature generally drives latitudinal patterns in the strength of trophic interactions, including consumption rates. However, local community and other environmental conditions might also affect consumption, disrupting latitudinal gradients, which results in complex large‐scale patterns.
Catalina A. Musrri   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Quantifying landscape‐level biodiversity change in an island ecosystem: a 50‐year assessment of shifts in the Hawaiian avian community

open access: yesEcography, EarlyView.
Hawaii has experienced profound declines in native avifauna alongside the introduction of numerous bird species. While site‐specific population studies are common, landscape‐level analyses of avian population dynamics are rare, particularly in island ecosystems. To address this gap, we used a density surface model to create a spatio‐temporal projection
Trevor Bak   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Direct effects and prey‐mediated effects of global change in projections of early life stages of pelagic predators

open access: yesEcography, EarlyView.
Global change will impact the distribution and abundance of predators through a combination of abiotic variables, such as temperature; and biotic variables, such as prey availability. However, there is a poor understanding of how distribution projections with biotic variables differ from those with abiotic variables, particularly in resource‐limited ...
Raymond Czaja   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Speciation, dispersal and the build‐up of fern diversity in the American tropics

open access: yesEcography, EarlyView.
Understanding how the remarkable biodiversity of the American tropics developed has been a long‐standing question, yet knowledge gaps remain. Previous studies examined the roles of bioregions in shaping diversity patterns but often overlooked speciation, a critical driver of species richness, and insufficiently accounted for temporal changes in ...
Laura Kragh Frederiksen   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Report on the Status of Payday Lending in California [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
Provides an overview of storefront and Internet payday lending in California, its effects, state and federal laws and regulations, and reform efforts.
James Zahradka   +3 more
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Grassroots Innovations and Projectification: Diffusion Processes of the European Ecovillage Movement

open access: yesEnvironmental Policy and Governance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Grassroots innovations are increasingly recognized as crucial actors in sustainability transitions, offering localized, bottom‐up solutions to local and global challenges. These initiatives contribute to sustainability by diffusing sustainable innovations and practices to broader societal sectors.
André Girardi   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

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