Using plant circadian programs to optimize agrochemical use
Summary Agrochemicals play an important role in maximizing agricultural yields. One class of agrochemicals is herbicides, which are used for weed control and to kill the top growth of certain crops before harvest. We examine the influence of plant circadian regulation on herbicide effectiveness to exemplify how knowledge of the circadian clock could be
Gustavo Akio Ogasawara +2 more
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ENTRE INTERVENCIÓN Y <em>LAISSER-FAIRE</em> (EL SISTEMA Y LOS PRINCIPIOS DE TURGOT)
Los historiadores de las ideas han comprendido mal, frecuentemente, a los fundadores del liberalismo. A menudo, dicen que autores como Adam Smith o Turgot son incoherentes en su adhesión a un supuesto .principio de no intervención estatal, ya que constatan que esos autores clásicos defienden numerosas intervenciones estatales en la economía.
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The voice is the message: Emotional practices and court rhetoric in early twentieth century Germany [PDF]
This paper illustrates that emotions were considered a central component of juristic work in German legal thought around 1900, showing how emotional practices of judges were reshaped when they were confronted with new socio-political demands in the early
Schnädelbach, S.
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¿Qué Fair Play? ¿Qué deporte? [PDF]
Las reglas del fair play tienden a asegurar los objetivos y características de la práctica deportiva, pero no derogannormas sancionadoras de rango superior.
Terradillos, Juan
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Prospects of a Dusselian Ethics of Liberation among US Minorities: The Case of Affirmative Action in Higher Education [PDF]
This paper proposes an application of Enrique Dussel’s ethics of liberation to an issue of crucial importance to US minorities: the debate on affirmative action.
Gallegos, Sergio A.
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The Foundation Center 2004 Annual Report [PDF]
The growing emphasis on accountability and transparency in the nonprofit sector reached new heights in 2004, prompting intense interest in the activities of grantmakers and their beneficiaries.
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Are Socially Responsible Behaviors Paid Off Equally? A Cross‐cultural Analysis [PDF]
Based on the strong influence that national culture has on corporate social and responsibility (CSR) actions (institutional theory), it is necessary to study how the financial outcomes of CSR actions could be affected by these cultural characteristics ...
Carrasco Gallego, Amalia +2 more
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The role of cost accounting in the university performance measurement in Portugal [PDF]
Cost accounting is aimed at emphasising those elements of costs and profits of original importance to the management board of an organizational unit. Therefore, cost accounting was initially understood as mere collector of costs and profits, using the ...
Marques, Maria da Conceição da Costa
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International accounting harmonisation - A comparison of Spain, Sweden and Austria [PDF]
Despite attempts to secure harmonisation of accounting practice, significant variations in accounting rules and practice continue to arise in European countries, variations which give rise to compliance costs for multinational companies.
Catherine Gowthorpe +2 more
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Corporate Social Responsibility and Financial Performance: A Cross-Cultural Analysis [PDF]
Based on the geographic limitations of previous meta-analysis made about Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and Financial Performance (FP) and on the evidence found in previous work on the country's influence in this relationship, the aim of this ...
Carrasco Gallego, Amalia +2 more
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