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The Cinderella tree, Quillaja saponaria – A soap story
PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.Our current understanding of plants has been shaped by the entwining of different cultures. The Chilean soapbark tree, traditionally valued as a source of natural soap, was shown by serendipitous research in France in the 1900s to produce compounds that can boost the immune response to vaccines.
Anne Osbourn
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Metadades de dades obertes : estudi de cas a l'Uruguai
BiD: Textos Universitaris de Biblioteconomia i Documentació, 2015 Objectiu: analitzar les metadades de dades obertes en voga des de la perspectiva de la seva adequació als objectius de recuperació i ús. -- Metodologia: es planteja l'extensió de Data Catalog Vocabulary (DCAT) a una nova classe que modeli el nivell de la
Temesio, Sylvana
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Evaluating the Quality of Corruption Surveys for Comparative Research and Sustainable Development
Sustainable Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Reliable and accurate corruption measurement is crucial for effective governance, evidence‐based policymaking, and the monitoring of global goals such as the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). While perception‐based corruption metrics are widely used, they face criticism due to conceptual ambiguities and vulnerability to ...
Giulia Mugellini +2 more
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Sustainable Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Transforming the ways food systems are governed is key to achieving better social, environmental, and economic outcomes, all crucial to sustainable development. Strong multisectoral governance is critical to achieving this, but there is little evidence on the structure and function of governance mechanisms in this context.
Dori Patay +8 more
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Actinopterygii, Characiformes, Characidae: Ectrepopterus uruguayensis (Fowler, 1943): New record for Argentina [PDF]
, 2013 Ectrepopterus uruguayensis Fowler was recently redescribed, with occurrence in lower tributaries of Río de la Plata and lower Río Uruguay, Uruguay. Herein its occurrence is extended and confirmed to Argentina, arroyo El Molino, in Uruguay Department ...
Carvalho, Fernando R. +1 more
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Sustainable Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study investigates the non‐linear effects of political stability on economic development and explores the moderating role of institutional factors. Drawing on panel data from 162 countries between 2007 and 2022, we employ a system generalised method of moments (system‐GMM) estimator to test the hypothesis that political stability follows ...
Yu Ri Kim +3 more
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Nest architecture of Oxaea austera (Andrenidae, Oxaeinae) and its significance for the interpretation of Uruguayan fossil bee cells [PDF]
, 2014 Laura C. Sarzetti +2 more
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Sustainable Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Sustainable practices and shareholder value often come into conflict, yet Benefit Corporations (BCs) and B‐Corps combine these goals into a single core mission. While previous literature reviews exist, this study offers a current, cross‐disciplinary perspective, highlighting the strengths and critical aspects of BCs and B‐Corps through ...
Laura Ferraro +3 more
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Allometry, Growth and Survival of Three Eucalyptus Species (Eucalyptus benthamii Maiden and Cambage, E. dunnii Maiden and E. grandis Hill ex Maiden) in High-Density Plantations in Uruguay [PDF]
, 2018 Fernando Resquín +5 more
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After decades of being a marginal player in the GATT trade negotiations, Argentina decided to participate actively in the Uruguay Round. This chapter measures the imbalance between the concessions given and received and concludes that the value of the ...
Julio J. Nogues
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