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Spartocera batatas (Fabricius) (Hemiptera: Coreidae) : newly established in Florida [PDF]

, 2005
Spartocera batatas (Fabricius) was found for the first time in the USA in Homestead, Florida, in 1995. Records from Brazil, British Guiana, Colombia, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Grenada, Jamaica, Martinique, Panama, Peru, Puerto Rico, Saba ...
Brambila, Julieta, Halbert, Susan E.
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Does Inequality Blur Class Lines? Meritocratic Attitudes in Comparative Perspective

The British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Scholars of inequality generally find that lower‐class individuals are more skeptical of meritocratic narratives that link economic success to individual work effort. However, past research has yielded inconclusive findings about how economic inequality affects meritocratic attitudes across different class groups.
Roshan K. Pandian, Ronald Kwon
wiley   +1 more source

THE FIRST PRIVATIZATION POLICY IN A DEMOCRACY: SELLING STATE-OWNED ENTERPRISES IN 1948-1950 PUERTO RICO. [PDF]

In the 1940s, when the Governor of Puerto Rico was appointed by the US President and the Puerto Rican government was answerable only to the US Federal government, a large state-owned enterprise (SOE) sector was established on the island.
Germà Bel
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Sustainability in Radiology: Position Paper and Call to Action From ACR, AOSR, ASR, CAR, CIR, ESR, ESRNM, ISR, IS3R, RANZCR, and RSNA

Journal of Medical Imaging and Radiation Oncology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The urgency for climate action is recognised by international government and healthcare organisations, including the United Nations (UN) and World Health Organisation (WHO). Climate change, biodiversity loss, and pollution negatively impact all life on earth. All populations are impacted but not equally; the most vulnerable are at highest risk,
Andrea G. Rockall, Bibb Allen, Maura J. Brown, Tarek El‐Diasty, Jan Fletcher, Rachel F. Gerson, Stacy Goergen, Amanda P. Marrero González, Thomas M. Grist, Kate Hanneman, Christopher P. Hess, Evelyn Lai Ming Ho, Dina H. Salama, Julia Schoen, Sarah Sheard   +14 more
wiley   +1 more source

Hypoxia driven by Caribbean Sargassum accumulation events

Royal Society Open Science
Sargassum accumulation events threaten coastal ecosystems across the Caribbean and have been associated with severe hypoxia. However, our understanding of Sargassum-induced hypoxia is limited by the lack of continuous monitoring of seawater dissolved ...
Jose Martinez Ortiz, Jenniffer Perez Perez, Roy A. Armstrong, Juan J. Cruz Motta, Travis A. Courtney   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

neonSoilFlux: An R package for continuous sensor‐based estimation of soil CO2 fluxes

Methods in Ecology and Evolution, EarlyView.
Abstract Accurate quantification of soil carbon fluxes is essential to reduce uncertainty in estimates of the terrestrial carbon sink. However, these fluxes vary over time and across ecosystem types and so, it can be difficult to estimate them accurately across large scales.
John Zobitz, Edward Ayres, Zoey Werbin, Ridwan Abdi, Natalie Ashburner‐Wright, Lillian Brown, Ryan Frink‐Sobierajski, Lajntxiag Lee, Dijonë Mehmeti, Christina Tran, Ly Xiong, Naupaka Zimmerman   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

Hydroacoustic evaluation of spawning red hind (Epinephelus guttatus) aggregations along the coast of Puerto Rico in 2002 and 2003 [PDF]

, 2006
Red hind (Epinephelus guttatus) have been overfished in the Caribbean and were included with seven other regional grouper species deemed vulnerable to risk of extinction.
Johnston, Samuel V., Kumagai, Kevin K., Nealson, Patrick A., Rivera, Jose A., Rosario, Aida, Timko, Mark A.   +5 more
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National identity after conquest

American Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.
Abstract Conquering powers routinely adopt state‐directed nationalization projects that seek to make the boundaries of the nation coterminous with the (newly expanded) boundaries of the state. To this end, they implement policies that elevate the economic status of individuals who embrace the occupier's national identity and discriminate against those ...
Christopher Carter, Daniel W. Gingerich
wiley   +1 more source

Like most Americans, Trump is ignorant of the truth about Puerto Rico [PDF]

, 2017
In the past week, President Trump has been criticized for what has been seen by many as his slow response to the disaster in Puerto Rico following Hurricane Maria and for his comments about the costs of that disaster relief.
Thomas, Lorrin
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The Role of B Corp Certification in Uncertain Times: An Empirical Investigation

Business Ethics, the Environment &Responsibility, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper aims to examine whether B Corp certification enhances firms' ability to navigate uncertain times and how contingent factors affect its effectiveness. Building on Stakeholder Theory and the Resource‐Based View, we formulated a set of research hypotheses and tested them with a long‐term event study and an ordinary least squares ...
Matteo Podrecca, Silvia Cantele, Guido Orzes   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source