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Extent, characteristics and policy applications of Key Biodiversity Areas
Biological Reviews, EarlyView.ABSTRACT A global standard for the identification of Key Biodiversity Areas (KBAs) was published 10 years ago to provide a unified set of criteria for identifying ‘sites of significance for the global persistence of biodiversity’. We review the initiative's origins, the KBA identification process, characteristics of the current network, threats, policy
Stuart H. M. Butchart +57 more
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Proceedings Community Leader's Litter Control Workshop [PDF]
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Heimlich, Joe E., Rohrer, John D.
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Funding Costs and Liquidity Creation: Does ESG Play Any Role?
Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study examines how banks' funding costs affect liquidity creation and whether environmental, social, and governance (ESG) performance shapes this relationship. Using panel data for 136 U.S. commercial banks from 2005 to 2022, we show that higher funding costs are associated with lower liquidity creation, indicating that more expensive ...
Sattam Bin Kowibeen +2 more
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The Effective Use of Volunteers: Best Practices for the Public Sector [PDF]
, 1999 Brudney posits a relationship between the best practices and the benefits realized from volunteer involvement. A volunteer program in the public sector is sponsored by a government agency and, thus, occurs in an organizational context; remuneration is ...
Brudney, Jeffrey L.
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Biotechnology Progress, EarlyView.This work describes the development of human hemoglobin nanoparticles using an anti‐solvent precipitation synthesis method as a potential next generation hemoglobin‐based oxygen carrier. The hemoglobin nanoparticles are uniform in size and shape, hemocompatible, stable at various storage conditions, and demonstrate a scalable synthesis technique ...
Alisyn Greenfield, Andre F. Palmer
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AgricultureAnimal manure is a desirable fertilizer because of its rich nitrogen, but it also contains a large and diverse reservoir of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) genes (ARGs).
John J. Maurer +9 more
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Investing in People: Assessing the Economic Benefits of 1890 Institutions [PDF]
The report examines the historical USDA funding levels of 1890 institutions; discusses the outcomes of these investments and potential measurable indicators of these outcomes; and outlines a conceptual model for estimating returns to investment in ...
Ballenger, Nicole +6 more
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Cytoskeleton, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Cooperativity between cytoskeletal proteins is crucial for spatiotemporal coordination in biological processes, like oogenesis. In mammalian and Drosophila oogenesis, proper assembly and function of actin networks require coordination between actin assembly factors Spire and formins, as well as actin‐associated proteins like myosins and Rab ...
Joseph Y. Ong +7 more
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ARE EXTENSION EDUCATION PROGRAMS EFFECTIVE? IMPACTS OF A PROGRAM TO ASSIST LIMITED RESOURCE AND SOCIALLY DISADVANTAGED FARMERS [PDF]
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Akobundu, Eberechukwu +3 more
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An Evaluation of a Cooperative Extension Internship Program
Journal of ExtensionThe purpose of this project was to evaluate the Virginia Cooperative Extension internship program from the perspective of student participants and their supervisors.
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