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Whose Lands? Which Public? Trump\u27s National Monument Proclamations and the Shape of Public-Lands Law [PDF]

, 2009
President Trump issued a proclamation in December 2017 purporting to remove two million acres in southern Utah from national monument status, radically shrinking the Grand-Staircase Escalante National Monument and splitting the Bears Ears National ...
Purdy, Jedediah
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Information flow and the adoption of soil‐improving and water conservation measures, and household welfare: Insights from a randomized controlled trial in Uganda

American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract Extension services are designed to facilitate the flow of information from researchers to farmers. However, information failures continue to impede the diffusion of soil‐improving and water conservation technologies in Sub‐Saharan African countries. We use a randomized controlled trial (RCT) to examine the impact of an extension‐based campaign
Esther Gloria Mbabazi, Awudu Abdulai, Enoch M. Kikulwe, Elisabetta Gotor   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

The public agglomeration effect: Urban–rural divisions in government efficiency and political preferences

American Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.
Abstract Why and when do cities vote for the left? The emergence of the urban–rural divide in the United States in the 1930s is inconsistent with canonical theories of cleavages. This paper introduces an explanation: agglomeration effects. The provision of government services is more efficient in urban environments because of nonrivalries, economies of
Theo Serlin
wiley   +1 more source

Characteristics of an alternative antibacterial biomaterial for mouthwash in the absence of alcohol

Journal of Dental Sciences, 2019
Background/purpose: The purpose of this study was to investigate whether poly-gamma-glutamic acid (γ-PGA), a naturally derived biomaterial, was suitable as an alternative antibacterial mouthwash in the absence of alcohol.
Chen-Ying Su, Chia-Chun Chen, Hsuan-Yu Chen, Chun-Pin Lin, Feng-Huei Lin, Hsu-Wei Fang   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

The War on Terror is Over--Now What? Restoring the Four Freedoms as a Foundation for Peace and Security [PDF]

, 2009
This article observes that the Global War on Terror as an organizing concept has been abandoned and proposes that the Obama Administration restore FDR\u27s Four Freedoms in its ...
Shulman, Mark R.
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Multi‐omics analyses shed lights on the evolution and fruit development of Chinese raspberries (Rubus spp.)

Journal of Integrative Plant Biology, EarlyView.
High‐quality genomes of four wild raspberry species, analysis of their genetic relationships, identification of centromeres as markers for tracing their hybrid origins, exploration of fruit quality regulation, and discovery of a gene blocking anthocyanin transport and thus causing yellow fruits provides valuable resources for raspberry breeding ...
Ticao Zhang, Dengli Luo, Guodong Li, Huanchong Wang, Qiang Cao, Rengang Zhang, Yuran Li, Yingan Zhu, Chunhua Ma, Aaron Liston, Hang Sun, Qin Qiao   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Evaluation of Physical Stillness with Wearable Chest and Arm Accelerometer during Chan Ding Practice

Sensors, 2016
Chan Ding training is beneficial to health and emotional wellbeing. More and more people have taken up this practice over the past few years. A major training method of Chan Ding is to focus on the ten Mailuns, i.e., energy points, and to maintain ...
Kang-Ming Chang, Yu-Teng Chun, Sih-Huei Chen, Luo Lu, Hsiao-Ting Jannis Su, Hung-Meng Liang, Jayasree Santhosh, Congo Tak-Shing Ching, Shing-Hong Liu   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Separate and Legally Unequal – How The Demonization of Immigrants Affects United States Policy [PDF]

, 2012
Samverkan blir allt vanligare som organisatorisk lösning på situationer där ansvarsområden är vaga eller skär över organisationsgränser. Inom området vård och omsorg om äldre korsar ansvaret gränser både avseende huvudmän och yrkesgrupper och satsningar ...
Hernández, Laura A.
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Sleep Across the Pandemic in Norwegian University and College Students: A National Repeated Cross‐Sectional Analysis (2010–2023)

Journal of Sleep Research, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Sleep problems are increasingly common among students in higher education, but long‐term trajectories before, during and after the COVID‐19 pandemic remain poorly described. We analysed population‐level surveillance data from the Students' Health and Wellbeing Study conducted in Norway in 2010, 2014, 2018, 2021, 2022 and 2023, including nearly
Børge Sivertsen, Allison G. Harvey, Øystein Vedaa, Ståle Pallesen, Mari Hysing   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Tuberculosis infection prevalence and treatment completion among refugees in the United States

International Journal of Infectious Diseases
Background: Identifying and treating tuberculosis infection (TBI) among refugees at elevated risk for developing TB disease is crucial for TB prevention and elimination in the United States (U.S.).
Dan Shen, Aurimar Ayala, Randall Reves, Michelle Haas, Renuka Khurana   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source