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The Inner Functioning of Local Governance Networks in Centralized Countries: A ‘Brave New World’?

Social Sciences, 2023
Local governance networks are increasingly seen as the big idea to cope with issues that are complex enough in scope and scale to require a diversity of expertise and resources. While conventional narrative has posited that local networks are optimal for
Patrícia Silva, Luís F. Mota, Raúl Carneiro, Raquel Valentim, Filipe Teles   +4 more
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Effects of atmospheric discharges on wind farms performance: a review study

Renewable Energy and Environmental Sustainability, 2022
One of the factors that influence the energy projects’ performance is the atmospheric conditions. Atmospheric discharges are a recurrent and natural phenomenon, that for the energy sector, represent a risk for the system functioning due to the ...
Mello Gisela, Dias Marta Ferreira, Robaina Margarita   +2 more
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Pact for Life and the Reduction of Homicides in the State of Pernambuco

Stability : International Journal of Security and Development, 2014
The Pact for Life, the Public Security Policy implemented in Pernambuco in 2007, is identified as a successful policy that produced a large reduction in homicides in Pernambuco.
José Luiz Ratton, Clarissa Galvão, Michelle Fernandez   +2 more
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Public Service Motivation and Determining Factors to Attract and Retain Health Professionals in the Public Sector: A Systematic Review

Behavioral Sciences, 2022
(1) Background: The motivational determinants of health professionals to choose and remain in the public sector have been increasingly addressed, including the customized approach of Public Service Motivation (PSM).
Alexandre Fernandes, Gonçalo Santinha, Teresa Forte   +2 more
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Pasture-Based Livestock Economics under Joint Production of Commodities and Private Amenity Self-Consumption: Testing in Large Nonindustrial Privately Owned Dehesa Case Studies in Andalusia, Spain

Agriculture, 2021
In this study, we apply the hypothesis of private amenity which simulates that the nonindustrial livestock farmers are assured an ex-ante normal minimum operating profitability rate for their investments in the production systems of livestock species ...
Pablo Campos, Bruno Mesa, Alejandro Álvarez   +2 more
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The influence of education on the access to childhood immunization: the case of Spain

BMC Public Health, 2018
Background In order to enhance childhood vaccination uptake and the health consequences for the whole society, there is a need to study predictors that might help in understanding parents’ behaviour in relation to childhood vaccination schemes.
T. Mora, M. Trapero-Bertran
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Justifying abuse of women migrant domestic workers in Lebanon: the opinion of recruitment agencies

Gaceta Sanitaria, 2020
Objective: Gender-based violence against women migrant domestic workers (WMDW) is a serious public health concern in the Middle East region. The current study is the first to explore abuse of WMDW as perceived by recruitment agency managers.
Ali Ghaddar, Sanaa Khandaqji, Jinane Ghattas   +2 more
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How do tobacco control policies work in low-income and middle-income countries? A realist synthesis

BMJ Global Health, 2022
Background The burden of tobacco use is disproportionately high in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). There is scarce theorisation on what works with respect to implementation of tobacco control policies in these settings. Given the complex nature
Gera E Nagelhout, Upendra Bhojani, Pragati Bhaskar Hebbar, Onno CP van Schayck, Giridhara R Babu, Vivek Dsouza, Nuggehalli Srinivas Prashanth   +6 more
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Are the energy literacy, financial knowledge, and education level faces of the same coin?

Energy Reports, 2022
Education, financial knowledge, and energy literacy are seen as powerful tools that empower citizens and help them make informed decisions. Considering that both education and financial knowledge are often associated with better levels of energy literacy,
Ana Martins, Mara Madaleno, Marta Ferreira Dias   +2 more
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Unlocking the Code to Continuous Innovation: A Study of Key Determinants for Serial Innovators

Administrative Sciences
This study investigates the fundamental role of collaboration in promoting a culture of continuous innovation in companies, driving them to become serial innovators, as evidenced by their industrial property registrations. Furthermore, it explores, in an
Cátia Rosário, Celeste Varum, Anabela Botelho   +2 more
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