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Do Government Interventions Improve Local Public Service Performance? Evidence From a Synthetic Control Approach

open access: yesPublic Administration, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Governments in many democratic countries have the mandate to require local authorities to address failures in the management and performance of the public services that they provide. Such policies often involve the takeover of authorities to implement improvements assumed to result in organizational turnaround.
Rhys Andrews
wiley   +1 more source

A Paradigm Shift in Microbial Protein Manufacturing. [PDF]

open access: yesLife (Basel)
Zhuo X   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Difference‐Making Under Metaphysical Indeterminacy

open access: yesPhilosophy &Public Affairs, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Many of the most pressing moral problems we face involve collective harms generated by large numbers of individually insignificant actions. Unlike triggering cases—where a threshold exists such that a single act could be decisive—non‐triggering cases lack any such sharp cutoff.
Jessica Li
wiley   +1 more source

Defecation in preparation for ecdysis drives microplastic clearance in cricket nymphs

open access: yesPhysiological Entomology, EarlyView.
In preparation for ecdysis, cricket nymphs cease feeding and gradually clear their gut contents via frass production, which removes most ingested MPs from their digestive tract. Following exoskeletal moulting, the foregut lining, including any remaining MPs, is shed and excreted alongside frass approximately 6 h later.
Jennie E. Mills   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Faith in the Marketplace: Christian Legal Narratives and the Refusal to Serve Gay Customers

open access: yesSociological Forum, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In June 2023, the US Supreme Court in 303 Creative v. Elenis held that an anti‐discrimination statute could not force a Christian business owner to provide certain business services to gay people. The decision has created a slew of legal and social uncertainties, which require a deeper investigation of the contemporary conflict between the gay
Mantas Grigorovicius
wiley   +1 more source

Life cycle assessment of glass fibre versus flax fibre reinforced composite ship hulls. [PDF]

open access: yesSci Rep
Lopez-Arraiza A   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Investigation of the La-Al-H and La-Si-H Systems at High Pressures. [PDF]

open access: yesInorg Chem
Beyer DC   +11 more
europepmc   +1 more source

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