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Rock glacier and protalus rampart inventory in Las Salinas river basin, Central Andes of Argentina

open access: yesCuadernos de Investigación Geográfica, 2021
This paper presents a detailed rock glacier and protalus rampart inventory from Las Salinas river basin, an arid subtropical mountain hydrological system (between 31°02’ and 31°22’ S latitude) located in the northern sector of the Central Andes of ...
Ana Paula Forte   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Disentangling contract and law: Legal specificity and contractual governance in public–private partnerships

open access: yesStrategic Management Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Research Summary This study examines how legal design shapes contractual governance in public–private partnership (PPP). We argue that PPP‐specific laws do not simply strengthen institutional safeguards; by varying in detail, they also alter the flexibility available for project‐level contracting.
Mohammad Hosseini, Bertrand V. Quelin
wiley   +1 more source

Estimating the density of questing Ixodes scapularis nymphs in the eastern United States using climate and land cover data

open access: yesTicks and Tick-Borne Diseases
Tick-borne diseases pose a persistent and increasing threat to public health. In the United States, the majority of human infections are caused by pathogens spread by the blacklegged tick, Ixodes scapularis. Most infections are reported during the summer
Karen M Holcomb   +2 more
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Medieval Layer of Ardinskoe Hillfort (based on study materials of 2013)

open access: yesПоволжская археология, 2018
The paper features materials obtained as a result of studying Ardinskoe hillfort in 2013. It provides characteristics of the defensive structures and the rampart structure, and analyses the ceramic complex and material items.
Mikheev Alexey V.
doaj   +1 more source

The Origins of the Human Rights Act: A ‘British Bill of Rights’ the First Time Around

open access: yesThe Political Quarterly, EarlyView.
Abstract This article reconstructs the first initiatives for a British Bill of Rights from the late 1960s to the mid‐1980s and argues that their failure shaped the eventual form of the Human Rights Act. Proposals for a Bill of Rights emerged across the political spectrum, but commanded most support on the right as a means of restraining trade unions ...
Marco Duranti, Chris Hilliard
wiley   +1 more source

Frequency of tick bites and associated care-seeking behaviors in the United States

open access: yesTicks and Tick-Borne Diseases
Tick-borne diseases are commonly reported in the United States, but frequency of tick bites and care-seeking behaviors following tick bites are poorly understood. We used nationally representative survey data to describe the frequency of tick bites among
Austin R. Earley   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Boredom, despondency, and the scourge that lays waste at noon: an anthropology of acedia Ennui, abattement et le fléau qui frappe à midi : une anthropologie de l'acédie

open access: yesJournal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.
Attentive to the ways that inertia can take hold of life, Catholic monks recognize despondency as a potential not only within the monastery, but in contemporary society more widely. Such experiences are regularly mapped onto an understanding of what early Christian monks termed ‘acedia’ (a Greek term that can be translated as ‘lack of care’). Taking as
Richard D.G. Irvine
wiley   +1 more source

Clinically Important Phleboviruses and Their Detection in Human Samples

open access: yesViruses, 2021
The detection of phleboviruses (family: Phenuiviridae) in human samples is challenged by the overall diversity and genetic complexity of clinically relevant strains, their predominantly nondescript clinical associations, and a related lack of awareness ...
Amy J. Lambert, Holly R. Hughes
doaj   +1 more source

The Edification of Manuela Xiqués: Slavery, Finance, Biography, and the Construction of Modern Barcelona

open access: yesGender &History, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT An analysis of the dual biographies, economic and domestic, of Manuela Xiqués, an enslaver from nineteenth‐century Cuba and Spain, deepens our understanding of the role of European and Creole women in the nineteenth‐century Atlantic. This essay foregrounds the role of literature, namely family biography, as a locus of the processes of ...
Lisa Surwillo, Martín Rodrigo Alharilla
wiley   +1 more source

New insights into urban planning of Caričin Grad: The application of modern sensing and detection methods [PDF]

open access: yesStarinar, 2016
Caričin Grad, Justiniana Prima, urban planning, fortification, settlement, aerial photography, geophysical surveys, LiDAR, photogrammetry, excavations, GIS.
Ivanišević Vujadin   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

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