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First baccalaureate degrees from Western Carolina Teachers College

, 2014
In 1931, Western Carolina Teachers College awarded its first baccalaureate degrees after the state legislature authorized the school's four-year curriculum in 1929.
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Land birds on atolls: diversity, origin, and function

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Oceanic islands are global hotspots of avian biodiversity and endemism. Their isolation and distinct environmental conditions have uniquely shaped the evolutionary trajectories of island birds, while, in turn, land bird communities have become critical providers of ecological functions to island ecosystems.
Sebastian Steibl, Alex S. Wegmann, Nick D. Holmes, Caitlin E. Andrews, Gérard Rocamora, Simon Ducatez, James C. Russell   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Lethal plague outbreaks in Lake Baikal hunter-gatherers 5,500 years ago. [PDF]

Nature
Macleod R, Seersholm FV, De Sanctis B, Lieverse A, Timpson A, Schulting R, Stenderup JT, Gaunitz C, Vinner L, Goriunova OI, Bazaliiskii VI, Vasilyev SV, Jessup E, Wang Y, Ramsey CB, Thomas MG, Corbett-Detig R, Iversen AKN, Weber AW, Sikora M, Willerslev E.   +20 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Night Hunter Collage #71

, 2011
Night Hunter collage #21 is one collage piece out of around four thousand created to make the film Night Hunter, a fifteen-minute handmade film by Stacey Steers.
Steers, Stacey
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Resolving the biome debate: ecological and palaeo‐data concur that the extensive tree‐limited grassy biomes of central and north‐western Madagascar are largely anthropogenic

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT For millennia, human activities have transformed ecosystems globally. Determining which landscapes are predominantly anthropogenic is crucial to conservation and habitat restoration. Madagascar, a critically‐threatened biodiversity hotspot, is a prominent example.
Grant S. Joseph, Sean Hixon, Colleen L. Seymour, Laurie R. Godfrey, Miguel Pedrono, Karen E. Samonds, Andrinajoro R. Rakotoarivelo, Brooke E. Crowley   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Understanding Discharge-Driven Growth of Cathode Impedance in Ni-Rich NMC Cathodes. [PDF]

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Sahore R, Andrews HB, Reeves KS, Zachman MJ, Meyer HM, Krajewski KJ, Bi Y, Xiao J, Li M, Quarles CD, Manard BT.   +10 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Western Carolina Teachers College students at studio of WSM (Nashville, Tenn.)

, 2014
On April 29, 1938, students from Western Carolina Teachers College, accompanied by college president H. T. Hunter and professor Alice Benton, presented a radio program about the school that was broadcast by WSM in Nashville, Tennessee. In this photograph
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A Systemic Model for Understanding Business Interactions With Biodiversity and Ecosystems

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Biodiversity loss and ecosystem degradation represent critical threats to human well‐being and economic resilience, challenging businesses to understand and manage their interdependence with natural systems. This study develops a systemic framework—the BioModel—that elucidates the reciprocal relationship between businesses, biodiversity, and ...
Lino Cinquini, Giacomo Pigatto, Andrea Tenucci   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Monte Carlo simulation of testing requirements for chronic wasting disease (CWD) surveillance via hunter-harvest in Illinois, USA. [PDF]

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Mori JJ, Brown WM, Rivera NA, Skinner DJ, Schlichting PE, Novakofski JE, Mateus-Pinilla NE.   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Consumer Resistance to Circular Fashion: A Systematic Literature Review of Consumer Barriers and Innovation Resistance in Circular Business Models

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The transition toward circular fashion is widely promoted as a pathway to sustainable development, yet consumer resistance continues to hinder the adoption of circular business models across resale, rental, repair, and remaking. Existing research identifies numerous consumer barriers, but insights remain fragmented, model‐specific, and largely
Sophie Rasfeld
wiley   +1 more source