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United Caribou Association of the Nunamiut [PDF]
Presented to the Faculty Of the University of Alaska Anchorage In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of MASTER OF PUBLIC HEALTHCaribou is one food source that the people in Anaktuvuk Pass, Alaska rely on as a dependable and ...
Tooyak, Andrew Jr
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ABSTRACT This study examines the factors influencing producer adoption of cover cropping and no‐till farming, two key carbon sequestration practices, within the context of voluntary carbon credit programmes (CCPs) in Kansas. Using a mixed‐methods survey that combines discrete choice experiments with farm‐level data from 370 producers, we estimate ...
Grant Edward Gardner +2 more
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Utilizing Soft Computing Techniques to Estimate the Axial Permanent Deformation of Asphalt Concrete
Rutting is a crucial concern impacting asphalt concrete pavements’ stability and long-term performance, negatively affecting vehicle drivers’ comfort and safety. This research aims to evaluate the permanent deformation of pavement under different traffic
Amjad H. Albayati +2 more
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Ethnic Minority Representation After the 2024 General Election: Does Ethnicity No Longer Matter?
Abstract With a new record of ethnic minority MPs elected in 2024, Westminster is nearly fully representative of voters of ethnic minority origins. This outcome was not entirely dependent on Labour's landslide, with pre‐election analyses showing that diversity of MPs would have improved with all possible election results.
Maria Sobolewska
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Economic Effects of Lifting the Spring Load Restriction Policy in Minnesota [PDF]
Spring load restrictions (SLR) regulate the weight per axle carried by heavy trucks during the spring thaw period. This policy aims to reduce pavement damage caused by heavy vehicles and extend the useful life of roads, but it also imposes costs on the ...
Brian Smalkoski, David Levinson, Ning Li
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Processibility of black garbage bag as a novel binder system in metal injection molding [PDF]
The issues to be highlighted here is to fundamentally evaluate the potential of using waste Garbage Bag from High Density Polyethylene (HDPE) as a backbone binder in Metal Injection Molding (MIM.) This is by the fact that the earth has tons of ...
Mustafa, Najwa
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Opportunities for the Labour Party: Football, Class and Community Renewal
Abstract This article argues that football represents an underutilised opportunity for the Labour Party to anchor a wider programme of civic renewal. In many working‐class communities, the decline of trade unions, working men's clubs and other associational spaces has eroded collective life, leaving football clubs as rare institutions where dignity ...
Sam Taylor Hill
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Survival analysis of culling reasons and economic examination of production period in sow culling [PDF]
The culling of the sows is an important task of the breeders and farmers, besides it is a determining factor of profitable pork production. During our research we have surveyed the data of 1969 sows in a Hungarian large-scale pig farm.
Balogh, Peter +2 more
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A Bio-Wicking System to Mitigate Capillary Water in Base Course [PDF]
Water within pavement layers is the major cause of pavement deteriorations. High water content results in significant reduction in soil’s resilient behavior and increase in permanent deformation. Conventional drainage systems can only drain gravity water
Lin, Chuang, Zhang, Xiong
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Reconstructing Old Chinese *‐ts Using Han‐Time Material
Abstract Baxter & Sagart (2014b) reconstruct *‐Vt‐s on the basis of Middle Chinese reflexes in ‐jH (from some OC *‐s) coupled with either etymological or graphic connections to words in Middle Chinese ‐t. This approach, while perfectly sound, can suffer from lack of etymological or graphic data, leading to missed reconstructions. Since Old Chinese *‐ts
Julien Baley
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