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Communicable Diseases and the Workplace [PDF]
, 2019 [Excerpt] Coming to work when we are sick raises some interesting questions: How contagious are we? Should we stay home? What could be done to prevent disease transmission to others, with its effects on absenteeism, performance, and efficiency, as well ...
Brown, Nellie J
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On the Construction Idea of Sponge City
Journal of World Architecture, 1970 Abstract: Sponge city is a new type of urban construction, which can play the natural ecological and artificial functions, realize the rainwater runoff, purify and penetrate, and meet the needs of modern urban development,in response to natural disasters and natural environment changes play a significant effect.
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Sailing Through Setbacks—What Makes Personal Financial Resilience?
Accounting &Finance, EarlyView.ABSTRACT We investigate financial adaptation by young adults (18 to 40 years old) during a recent cost‐of‐living crisis in a developed economy. Interview, financial, demographic and psychographic data are brought together to shed new light on personal financial resilience, or the capacity to adapt to financial shocks.
Syed Shah +2 more
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American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.Abstract Livestock often serves as self‐insurance against health shocks for rural households in developing countries. However, little is known about how public health insurance affects livestock production decisions. This paper fills the gap by examining the impact of China's New Rural Cooperative Medical Scheme (NRCMS) on household‐level livestock ...
Ran Li
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Green Infrastructure and Sponge City Research [PDF]
Journal of Sustainable Water in the Built Environment, 2018 Haifeng Jia, Shaw L. Yu, Allen P. Davis
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Northern cities and urban–rural migration of university‐qualified labour in Australia and Sweden: Spillovers, sponges, or disconnected city–hinterland geographies? [PDF]
, 2021 Doris A. Carson +4 more
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Addressing environmental misperceptions for nature recovery
Conservation 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
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The FEBS Journal, EarlyView.Congenital dyserythropoietic anemia type I (CDA‐I) arises from mutations in Codanin1 and CDIN1. Using quantitative biophysical approaches, we show that disease‐associated mutations disrupt the CDIN1‐Codanin1 complex. Our findings provide critical insights into the molecular mechanism that links protein dysfunction to disturbing chromatin arrangement ...
Martin Stojaspal +8 more
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Positive electrodes of nickel-cadmium batteries [PDF]
Ni hydroxide sintered electrodes which are filled electrochemically are superior to chemically treated electrodes. In the electrochemical process, the hydroxide grows on the Ni grains and possesses a well-defined porous structure.
Kandler, L., Krienke, W., Wabner, D. W.
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Tacit knowledge in water management: a case study of Sponge City [PDF]
, 2021 Zeyu Yao, Sarah Bell
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