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3D Chromatin Architecture Provides Insights Into Leaf Trait Variation Among Pear Species

open access: yesAdvanced Science, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Three‐dimensional (3D) chromatin architecture plays a fundamental role in eukaryotic gene regulations, its functional significance in perennial fruit trees remains poorly characterized despite extensive applications in crop genomics. Here, we developed high‐resolution (∼5 kb) Hi‐C maps of Pyrus and compared 3D genomic architecture of three ...
Yueyuan Liu   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

The restructuring and privatisation of the electricity distribution and supply businesses in England [PDF]

open access: yes
In December 1990, the 12 regional electricity companies — responsible for the distribution and supply of electricity in England and Wales — were privatised.
Preetum Domah, Michael G. Pollitt
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Unequal burden: water privatisation and women's human rights in Tanzania

open access: yes, 2010
Access to water is a critical component in advancing the human rights of women. Although privatisation of water services continues to be pushed by donors such as The World Bank, the available information shows that privatisations are not increasing ...
Brown, Rebecca
core   +1 more source

Endogenous ownership structure: factors affecting the post-privatisation equity in largest Hungarian firms [PDF]

open access: yes, 2002
Using a data set for 162 largest Hungarian firms during the period of 1994-1999 this paper explores the determinants of equity shares held by foreign investors and by Hungarian institutional investors..
Filatotchev, Igor   +5 more
core   +1 more source

Private Security Companies in the Czech Republic: An Exploratory Analysis [PDF]

open access: yesCentral European Journal of International & Security Studies, 2012
Czech private security companies have thus far received relatively little attention both internationally and, until recently, domestically. This article attempts to fill this gap by analysing the key characteristics of the market with more than 6,000 ...
Oldřich Bureš
doaj  

Ethical Precision in Nanoscale Brain Interfacing

open access: yesAdvanced Science, EarlyView.
As brain interfaces approach the nanoscale, precision no longer only measures—it knows, predicts, and potentially reshapes the mind. This work argues that traditional ethics fails under such conditions and proposes a shift toward continuous, operation‐based governance using the recovery–discovery framework to track, constrain, and responsibly steer ...
Guilherme Wood
wiley   +1 more source

Extension Professionals' Perception of Privatisation and Commercialisation of Agricultural Extension Service in Enugu State Agricultural Development Programme

open access: yesJournal of Agricultural Extension, 2015
The study was designed to ascertain the perception held by extension professionals - field extension workers and extension administrators, of the privatisation and commercialisation of agricultural extension service. A semi -structured interview schedule
N Ozor, M C Madukwe
doaj  

Schooling Trajectories and the Development of Brain Dynamics: A Comparative Study of Montessori and Traditional Education

open access: yesAdvanced Science, EarlyView.
We investigate whether Montessori and traditional schooling systems shape the developmental trajectory of large‐scale brain dynamics in different ways. We quantify the arrow of time (“non‐reversibility”) in neural activity during resting state and movie‐watching, revealing distinct maturational patterns.
Elvira del Agua   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Does privatisation drive innovation? Business model innovation through stakeholder viewpoints: the case of Sydney Airport 10 years post-privatisation

open access: yes, 2014
Broad economic and social reform, rapid technological change and increasing global competition have meant that organisations must consider all aspects of their business model in order to successfully create and capture ongoing customer value.
D Bowyer (9885476)   +1 more
core  

The Effects of Foreign Direct Investments for Host Country’s Economy [PDF]

open access: yesEuropean Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies, 2013
Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) is seen as the fundamental part for an open and successful international economic system and a major mechanism for development. In this circumstance, the paper examines the benefits of FDI as a key component for successful
Selma KURTISHI-KASTRATI
doaj  

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