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Mechanisms of Aristolochic Acid Resistance in Specialist Butterflies and Evolutionary Insights for Potential Protective Pathways

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
The study provides an extreme example of insect adaptation to highly toxic defenses of host plants, and investigates the complex strategies to resist carcinogenic aristolochic acids, including physical isolation, metabolic detoxification, and DNA repair.
Yang Luan, Yubo Zhang, Jingjing Li, Jianqing Zhu, Yuyang Lei, Yushi Hu, Zhenqiang Xin, Tianpei Xie, Jiang Zheng, Yuanyuan Lin, Jingjing Shen, Yiyi Cao, Xinyue You, Jing Xi, Jiaying Wu, Weiying Liu, Xinyu Zhang, Yuanting Zheng, David J. Lohman, Leming Shi, Wei Zhang   +20 more
wiley   +1 more source

Central European Free Trade Agreement: did the initiative prove its commitments? [PDF]

Eastern Journal of European Studies, 2018
CEFTA 2006 is an important cooperation platform providing the Western Balkan countries and the Republic of Moldova with the opportunity to share experience and build functional economic relations. It aims to improve the economic development of the states
Rodica CRUDU, Olesea SIRBU, Augustin IGNATOV   +2 more
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Geoeconomic Fragmentation in the Western Balkans [PDF]

Financial and Economic Review
Geoeconomic fragmentation has become one of the timeliest topics in international economics. This paper focuses on geoeconomic fragmentation in the Western Balkans by applying a descriptive analysis of trade flows with each of the region’s major trading ...
Tamás Ginter
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Who Are the Consumers of European Farmers' Markets? A Cross‐Country Analysis

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT With substantial growth in the number of farmers' markets (FMs) in developed countries, the number of consumers visiting FMs is also increasing. This study comparatively assesses the consumers of FMs in three European countries where FMs traditionally play a distinctive role in food supply chains.
Áron Török, Gréta Maró, Zsófia Jámbor, Zalán Márk Maró, Barbara Tocco, Péter Balogh, Péter Czine   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Early Pliocene Varanus (Squamata, Varanidae) remains from Megalo Emvolon, Thessaloniki, Greece

The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.
The article describes new cranial and postcranial varanid material from Megalo Emvolon Lower Pliocene vertebrate fossil site near Thessaloniki. The fossils, likely representing a single individual, are referred to Varanus cf. marathonensis. Abstract This study describes new fossil varanid material from a recently discovered fossil spot (MVL site) at ...
Chara Drakopoulou, Georgios L. Georgalis, Georgios Lazaridis, Dimitris S. Kostopoulos   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Digitalisation in the Western Balkans

Academic and Applied Research in Military and Public Management Science, 2023
Digitalisation has been a top priority in the Western Balkans for the past decade. The European Union, recognising it as a driver of economic growth, is encouraging the countries of the region to invest in digital development from 2017. The necessary legislation has been adopted, the institutions responsible for this have been set up and developments ...
openaire   +2 more sources

Patterns and Drivers of Spanish Corporate Commitment to the UN Global Compact: A Quantitative Approach

Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper presents a quantitative assessment of Spanish companies' commitment to the United Nations Global Compact (UNGC) and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Analyzing over 1000 participating firms, we identify prioritization patterns and examine structural factors influencing SDG adherence.
Juan Laborda, Juan Pérez
wiley   +1 more source

Emotions and policy change in the wake of political scandals: How did the Qatargate shake the European Parliament?

European Policy Analysis, EarlyView.
Abstract While there is an increasing interest in the role of emotions in policy studies, not much is known about how emotions unfold in one of the most emotional situations that can be encountered in politics: political scandals. To investigate how the discursive articulation of emotions shapes the policy responses to political misconduct from a ...
Rosa Sanchez Salgado, Seda Gürkan
wiley   +1 more source

Data-driven economies in the western Balkans [PDF]

Micro, Macro & Mezzo Geoinformation, 2020
Building of European data economy is an integral part of Digital Single Market strategy in the European Union. Digital data is recognised as an essential resource for economic growth, competitiveness, innovation, job creation and societal progress in ...
Vlado CETL, Alexander KOTSEV , Jean DUSART   +2 more
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Female terrorist from the Western Balkans as a security threat [PDF]

Bezbednosni Dijalozi, 2017
Women have been involved in political violence for more than a century, but the academic focus on women terrorists is relatively recent dated. As terrorism is transforming, the role of women is evolving from secular to Islamic religious settings.
Milica Ćurčić
doaj   +1 more source