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Sustainable Metal Recovery From E‐Waste: Exploring Greener Leachates in Hydrometallurgical Processes

MetalMat, EarlyView.
Recycling of electronic waste to synthesize valuable metals using green leachate. ABSTRACT The accumulation of electronic waste (e‐waste) poses environmental hazards and leads to the loss of valuable metals such as gold, silver, copper, and rare earth elements.
Shassatha Paul Saikat, Nazim Uddin, Md. Kawsar, Samina Ahmed, Md. Sahadat Hossain   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Home and away: allometry and climate drive morphology of European rabbits in their native and introduced range

Oikos, EarlyView.
Climatic conditions shape phenotypic evolution by driving adaptations that optimise organismal function. Invasive species provide valuable systems to study these processes, as they often encounter novel climatic conditions in their introduced ranges. The European rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus, native to the Iberian Peninsula, has established populations
Rishab Pillai, Natasha Lee Hiotis, Christine Böhmer, Cécile Callou, Thomas J. Nelson, Irina Ruf, Thomas J. Sanger, Julia Schaar, Kévin Le Verger, Madeleine Geiger, Brian Kraatz, Emma Sherratt   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

Urban Water Options Contracts - Rural to Urban Water Trade

Most urban centres across Australia are facing water shortages. In part, these water shortages are due to the variability of supply and demand caused by variable climatic conditions.
Hafi, Ahmed, Page, Sharon, Beare, Stephen   +2 more
core  

Outline - Coyote Population Dynamics

, 2021
The purpose of this lesson is to encourage students to begin thinking about the interactions between animals in an environment and the ways in which those interactions affect each animal.
Center for Urban Resilience
core  

Toward a Framework for Understanding Localization in Its Institutional Context: A Systems Perspective for Incorporating Local Values

Public Administration and Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper explores how we might integrate local traditional values into a systems approach for analyzing and maximizing localization in the context of foreign aid. The paper situates localization and its operationalization in the older and broader literature on the political economy of foreign aid.
Jennifer M. Brinkerhoff
wiley   +1 more source

Mitigating Health Disparities Through Empathetic Policymaking During Times of Crisis

Public Administration and Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The COVID‐19 pandemic greatly exacerbated the existing disparities and inequities in health and healthcare among historically marginalized populations. Today, these impacts still echo. These persistent structured inequities erode the public's trust in government, lead to failure in public policies, and result in worse health consequences ...
Yali Pang, Brittany Keegan, Robyn D. McDougle   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Spatial estimation of on-road mobile emissions during morning hours using machine learning: A case study in Panama city

Ecological Informatics
Air pollution from on-road mobile sources is a major concern in urban environments, particularly in regions where high-resolution emission inventories are unavailable.
Cesar Pinzon-Acosta, Franchesca Gonzalez-Olivardia, Miguel Hidalgo-Rodríguez, Ana Valdés-Montenegro, Joseph Asprilla-Gonzalez, Edmanuel Cruz   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Fostering Women's Political Leadership Through Government Accountability: Evidence From OECD Countries

Public Administration and Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Women remain significantly underrepresented in political leadership worldwide. This study examines how different combinations of government accountability mechanisms enhance women's political representation (WPR) as a pathway to leadership in 30 OECD countries.
Samira Nazar, Seyed Ashkan Zarghami
wiley   +1 more source

Changes in management of owned cats in the countryside - A comparison of results from surveys undertaken in the same rural area of Denmark in 1998 and 2022.

PLoS ONE
This study investigates changes in the management of owned domestic cats (Felis catus) in a rural area of Denmark, at two points in time separated by 24 years.
Peter Sandøe, Ulrike Gade, Marianne Lund Ujvári, Bryndis Wöhler, Thomas Bøker Lund, Henrik Meilby, Clare Palmer, Søren Saxmose Nielsen   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Demystifying Non‐Western Administrative Traditions: An Empirical Comparison of Administrative Systems in Asia, Eastern Europe, and Latin America

Public Administration and Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article analyzes public administration systems in 29 non‐Western countries. Country‐level data is presented for 10 core aspects of administrative systems: managerialism versus legalism, politicization, personnel system, civil society participation, accountability, service orientation, public expenditure share, decentralization, legal ...
Marlene Jugl
wiley   +1 more source