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Conceptualising public-private partnerships:a critical appraisal of approaches to meanings and forms [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to survey various meanings attached to a public-private partnership (PPP) and related aspects in Western literature, and identify commonalities and differences between them.
Kakabadse, Nada K., Mouraviev, Nikolai
core   +2 more sources

Sustainable Productivity Growth in Agriculture: The Role of Shifts in R&D Investments and Technology

open access: yesApplied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The objective of the paper is to evaluate the long‐term prospects of sustainable productivity growth linked to plausible assumptions on public agricultural R&D investments as the key productivity driver. Second, it investigates the role of changing R&D focus from yield maximization to input saving technologies (fertilizers and pesticides). The
Zuzana Smeets Křístková   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

An annotated checklist slime molds (Myxomycetes = Myxogastrea) of western Kazakhstan [PDF]

open access: yesKarstenia, 2020
Winter-cold arid regions of western Kazakhstan were surveyed for myxomycetes for a period of 20 years. A total of 3228 records belonging to 111 species from 31 genera and 10 families are provided in an annotated checklist. The checklist contains data on the localities, habitats, substrates, methods of collection and voucher numbers of specimens ...
Inna Zemlyanskaya   +2 more
openaire   +1 more source

Intensification in pastoralist cereal use coincides with the expansion of trans-regional networks in the Eurasian Steppe

open access: yes, 2019
The pace of transmission of domesticated cereals, including millet from China as well as wheat and barley from southwest Asia, throughout the vast pastoralist landscapes of the Eurasian Steppe (ES) is unclear.
Makarewicz, C., Ventresca Miller, A.
core   +1 more source

New craniodental materials of Falcarius utahensis (Theropoda: Therizinosauria) reveal patterns of intraspecific variation and cranial evolution in early coelurosaurians

open access: yesThe Anatomical Record, EarlyView.
Abstract Despite documented ecomorphological shifts toward an herbivorous diet in several coelurosaurian lineages, the evolutionary tempo and mode of these changes remain poorly understood, hampered by sparse cranial materials for early representatives of major clades. This is particularly true for Therizinosauria, with representative crania best known
William J. Freimuth, Lindsay E. Zanno
wiley   +1 more source

Reconstruction of the Planоgraphy of the Golden Horde Period Caravanserai Kulish (Western Kazakhstan) on the Basis of a Magnetic Survey

open access: yesПоволжская археология
At the initial stage of studying the Kulish caravanserai, magnetic reconnaissance was carried out for the purpose of non-destructive studying of the planоgraphy of the monument before archaeological excavations. Magnetic exploration was carried out using
Pushkarev Andrey A.   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Additional data about fauna and biology of phytophagous carrion beetles of the genus Aclypea Reitter, 1885 (Coleoptera: Silphidae) in Asia [PDF]

open access: yesКавказский энтомологический бюллетень, 2010
Two new for the fauna of Kazakhstan carrion beetles species of the genus Aclypea Reitter, 1885 are registered. A. souverbei (Fairmaire, 1848) has been collected in the Western Altai, A. kopetdaghica Nikolajev, 2002 is found in Southeastern Kazakhstan.
G.V. Nikolajev
doaj   +1 more source

European Union Democracy Promotion and its impact on Civil Society in Central Asia [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
After a period of relatively small activity in this region, in 2007, the European Union offered a strategy for Central Asia. This strategy addressed many issues, including democratic deficit and human rights violations.
Fiedler, Radosław
core   +2 more sources

Hong Kong's non‐local undergraduate recruitment: Policies, institutional practices and student perspectives

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Beneath the Hong Kong government's enthusiasm for recruiting non‐local undergraduates—including students from the Chinese Mainland and other international regions—lies a longstanding gap in understanding the core meanings and drivers shaping the territory's expanding focus on inward international student mobility (ISM).
Fang Gao   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Finding of the lesser stag beetle Dorcus parallelipipedus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Coleoptera: Lucanidae) in Kazakhstan [PDF]

open access: yesКавказский энтомологический бюллетень, 2019
The article presents data on the finding of the lesser stag beetle Dorcus parallelipipedus (Linnaeus, 1758) in the Akkum Landscape Reserve (Western Kazakhstan, Egindykol village environs). Two dead females were found 20.06.2017.
A.E. Kuzovenko   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

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