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Temporal trends and regional disparities in cancer screening utilization: an observational Swiss claims-based study. [PDF]

open access: yesBMC Public Health, 2021
Bähler C   +8 more
europepmc   +1 more source

The potential effect of megafaunal extinctions on modern conservation of horse chestnut Aesculus hippocastanum

open access: yesPLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Many plant species worldwide are struggling to regenerate due to the ongoing effects of climate change. These effects appear to be further exacerbated by the loss of keystone megafauna, which were important seed dispersers. By identifying the traits commonly seen in seeds spread by modern elephants, it is possible to predict which species likely ...
Andrew J. Tighe
wiley   +1 more source

Using art history to explore society's changing connections with agriculture

open access: yesPLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Food insecurity is a looming challenge that especially affects those least fortunate. Consumer food choices have a substantial impact on the sustainability of current food systems. Here, we use art as a lens through which to consider our contemporary and historical relationship to one of the world's most crucial crops, the potato, in the context of the
Edward F. Hill‐King   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Exploring the Use and Impact of Composite Materials in Robotics: A Systematic Review

open access: yesJournal of Field Robotics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Lightweight and high‐strength materials are important in robotics, as structural design impacts efficiency, payload capacity, and energy consumption. Composite materials, with their superior stiffness‐to‐weight ratios and multifunctional properties, offer clear advantages over conventional metals and polymers.
Doglas Negri   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Environmental Identity, Social Openness and Economic Support for Sustainable Festivals: The Mediating Role of Attitudes Toward Sustainable Practices

open access: yesSustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT As sustainability pressures intensify across the global event and tourism industries, this study examines how environmental identity and social openness shape visitors' willingness to pay more for sustainable festivals and whether attitudes toward specific sustainability practices mediate these relationships.
László Kökény   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Romanization of Chinese Language

open access: yesThe Romanization of Chinese Language
The Chinese writing form is not a phonetic system and the Chinese characters do not represent the phonology, which, in part, hampers the mass education in China. For a long time to transliterate Chinese sound, native Chinese as well as the westerners have produced quite a number of phonetic systems, which can be divided into two schools: one is ...
openaire  

Framing Transformative Capacities in Public Procurement Supply Chains: A Review and Research Direction

open access: yesSustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article aims to bridge the academic literature on transformative capacities and supply chain management in public procurement to advance the conceptualisation of transformative public procurement. This is achieved through a semi‐systematic literature review of 48 articles, based on keyword searches that relate to supply chains ...
Jonathan Morris
wiley   +1 more source

Concrete in architecture: Redefining form, space, function, and insights from bibliometric analysis

open access: yesStructural Concrete, EarlyView.
Abstract Concrete has become a cornerstone in architectural and engineering innovation, as it seamlessly integrates structural performance with artistic expression. Its evolution from ancient opus caementicium to contemporary ultra‐high‐performance concrete illustrates its adaptability to the change in technological, environmental, and design paradigms.
Mouhcine Benaicha   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Language in Roman Caesarea Maritima

open access: yes
Caesarea Maritima, capital and economic centre of Judaea-Palestine, was a city of many identities – Christian, Greek, Jewish, Roman, Samaritan – and many languages – Aramaic, Greek, Hebrew and Latin. Using the methodology of modern sociolinguistics, I examine how all these different identities and languages interacted.
openaire   +2 more sources

Creating a Masterpiece. The Road to (and Beyond) Woodward and Hoffmann's 1969 Angewandte Chemie Treatise

open access: yesThe Chemical Record, EarlyView.
This publication describes how R. B. Woodward and Roald Hoffmann crafted their masterpiece publications. Illustrations include Woodward's first draft of the famous “Violations There are none. Nor can violations be expected of so fundamental a principle of maximum bonding.” Original but discarded text shows the stepwise paths toward the W‐H masterpieces.
Jeffrey I. Seeman
wiley   +1 more source

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