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Can the Poor Participate in Payments for Environmental Services?: Lessons from the Silvopastoral Project in Nicaragua [PDF]

open access: yes
This paper uses data from a Payments for Environmental Services (PES) project being implemented in Nicaragua to examine the extent to which poorer households that are eligible to participate are in fact able to do so, an issue over which there has been ...
Arcenas, Agustin   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Salivary and Serum Cytokine Concentrations in Kidney Transplantation: A Prospective Study

open access: yesOral Diseases, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Kidney transplant recipients (KTRs) experience immune modulation, which may lead to graft rejection and other adverse outcomes. Although serum cytokines are well‐established systemic immune markers, the role of salivary biomarkers has never been reported in the literature.
Luciano Miziara   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Characterization and parameters for the effectiveness of a UV‐C device for infection control in dental clinics

open access: yesPhotochemistry and Photobiology, EarlyView.
Purpose‐built UV‐C device achieves over 90% disinfection of high‐touch dental clinic surfaces. Abstract Healthcare‐associated infections (HAIs) remain a significant concern in dental settings, especially in light of increasing antimicrobial resistance.
Kátia Cristiane Hall   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Irrigation management transfer in Mexico: a strategy to achieve irrigation district sustainability [PDF]

open access: yes
Irrigation managementPrivatizationParticipatory managementAgricultural productionSustainabilityPrivate sectorPublic sectorEconomic aspectsWater users' associationsInvestmentAgricultural policyIrrigated farmingWater lawUser chargesLand ...
Johnson, S. H. III
core  

Do Just Energy Transition Partnerships collide or converge with substantive investment law standards? Case studies from Indonesia and Vietnam

open access: yesReview of European, Comparative &International Environmental Law, EarlyView.
Abstract Just Energy Transition Partnerships (JETPs) are novel financing mechanisms that encourage coal‐dependent emerging economies to transition away from fossil fuels. JETPs aim to facilitate coal phaseout and transitions to renewable energy through private and public financing.
Francine Hug
wiley   +1 more source

Synthesis and Characterization of Mesoporous Aluminosilicates for Copper Removal from Aqueous Medium [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
Aguilera-Alvarado, Alberto Florentino   +4 more
core   +1 more source

“I Paid A Bribe”—Lessons and Insights From Crowdsourced Corruption Reporting in India

open access: yesRegulation &Governance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Preventing and reducing corruption has proven to be an enormous challenge. An important step in this process is to produce and use good metrics to identify where anti‐corruption resources would be most beneficial. Most measures of corruption, however, rely on surveys of perceptions or bribery incidence.
Ina Kubbe   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

2023 Presidential Address: Dignity and Denigration in Economic Life

open access: yesSociological Forum, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Sociologists have long addressed the puzzles posed by dignity. In The Polish Peasant, families went out of their way to provide a decent burial for their loved ones, even when social workers and others schooled in financial literacy advised against it. In some communities suffering from fracking, those who arrived to advocate for environmental
Frederick F. Wherry
wiley   +1 more source

The Role of Tax‐Benefit Systems in Reducing the Gender Income Gap in Latin America

open access: yesSocial Policy &Administration, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper aims to assess the extent to which cash transfers, direct taxes, and social insurance contributions help to reduce gender income inequalities in seven Latin American countries: Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico, Peru, and Uruguay.
María Cecilia Deza   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

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