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Addressing environmental misperceptions for nature recovery

open access: yesConservation Biology, EarlyView.
Abstract A poorly understood and systemic challenge to global conservation agreements is shifting baseline syndrome (SBS), wherein people misperceive the extent to which nature has changed. This can diminish societal expectations for nature recovery. We broadened the conceptual framing of SBS beyond the more common elements of nature loss to include ...
Shuo Gao   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Linguagem, cultura e sociedade: abordagens linguísticas [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
Os artigos inseridos neste volume abrangem: um trabalho sobre o papel determinante que o factor motivacional pode desempenhar no processo de aprendizagem de uma língua; uma análise de marcadores de controlo de contacto na língua portuguesa em contexto ...
Avelar, António   +7 more
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Director Financial Literacy: Defining a Baseline Competence for Board Oversight and Legal Accountability

open access: yesCorporate Governance: An International Review, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Research Question/Issue What does it mean for a board director to be financially literate? Despite widespread agreement that financial competence is vital for corporate oversight, governance researchers have mostly focused on financial expertise at the board level.
Jackie Bettington, Gavin Nicholson
wiley   +1 more source

As empresas na Sociedade da informação [PDF]

open access: yes, 1998
Actualmente, a informação e a forma como ela é trabalhada, como circula e é difundida, tem vindo a tornar-se cada vez mais um instrumento de gestão, constituindo uma necessidade básica para a decisão, realização e controlo das actividades e fundamental ...
Lázaro, Carlos Manuel Freitas
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Lipidomic profiling unveils sex differences in diabetes risk: Implications for precision medicine

open access: yesEuropean Journal of Clinical Investigation, EarlyView.
This study uncovered sex‐specific metabolic and lipidomic signatures of prediabetes. In PREVADIAB2 (n = 953), clustering by insulin traits revealed four phenotypes. Lipidomics showed women enriched in dihydroceramides and sphingomyelins, while men displayed a higher ceramide/sphingomyelin ratio. These sex‐metabolic phenotypes expose distinct lipidomes,
Ana F. Pina   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

O profissional da informação : somatório de formações, competência e habilidades [PDF]

open access: yes, 2004
Trata do momento de transição da sociedade de industrial para a sociedade da informação.
Borges, Maria Alice Guimarães
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Influence of Obstructive Sleep Apnea on Maternal and Perinatal Outcomes in Patients With Gestational Diabetes Mellitus

open access: yesJournal of Sleep Research, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The prevalence of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) increases during pregnancy and is associated with gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM), although its clinical impact on birth outcomes remains unclear. We aimed to assess the effect of several OSA criteria and intermittent hypoxia in the third trimester on perinatal outcomes in women with GDM.
María Cerdà Moncadas   +14 more
wiley   +1 more source

Literatura e sociedade : (des)conexões contemporâneas [PDF]

open access: yes, 2006
Este artigo se propõe a considerar a leitura-ensino de literatura sob a óptica de novos processos de conhecimento em um mundo de base inter-informacional. Para tanto, avalia o atual papel do professor de literatura -da área de Humanas - e sua inserção na
Tinoco, Robson Coelho
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A Shift to Metapopulation Genetic Management for Persistence of a Species Threatened by Fragmentation: The Case of an Endangered Australian Freshwater Fish

open access: yesMolecular Ecology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In a world where habitats are degrading and the climate is warming and becoming unpredictable, biodiversity conservation efforts and funding remain grossly inadequate. As part of a multifaceted approach to halting extinctions, shifting from preserving small, remnant populations to a practice of genetically connecting populations that recreate ...
Alexandra Pavlova   +14 more
wiley   +1 more source

The development of sustainable cropping systems in the highlands of South-East Asia: general lessons for development projects [PDF]

open access: yes, 2005
Hosted by 'Open Journal Systems'Soil conservation in the highlands of South-East Asia is essential for sustainable agro-environmental development. The effectiveness of soil conservation treatments developed in runoff plots was investigated in farmer ...
Fullen, Michael A.
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