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Governing the Automated Exchange and Processing of Business Information
What is digital business reporting? Why do we need it? And how can we improve it? This book aims to address these questions by illustrating the rise of system-to-system information exchange and the opportunities for improving transparency and accountability. Governments around the world are looking for ways to strengthen transparency and accountability without introducing more red tape, which i…
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Challenging Assumptions Around Dementia: User-led Research and Untold Stories
Ce livre en libre accès explore les attentes entourant la démence, à quoi elle ressemble et comment les gens ont été traités par les autres. Il vise à sensibiliser aux différents types de démence et à leur impact sur le cerveau, le corps et l'expérience vécue, y compris l'expérience de la maladie d'Alzheimer, de la démence vasculaire, de l'atrophie corticale postérieure, de la d…
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Challenges and New Strategies on Rabbit Breeding
Rabbit livestock is especially important in the Mediterranean area and in the semi-arid zones of Africa, Asia, and America, representing a valuable alternative source of good animal protein of high quality (low fat and low cholesterol). However, rabbit husbandry should adapt to be a competitive and sustainable sector. In addition, it must maintain a balance between rabbit welfare, customer dema…
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Black Racialization and Resistance at an Elite University
The presence and experiences of Black people at elite universities have been largely underrepresented and erased from institutional histories. This book engages with a collection of these experiences that span half a century and reflect differences in class, gender, and national identifications among Black scholars. By mapping Black people's experiences of studying and teaching at McGill Univer…
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Chapter 31 Political risks and nationalism
This chapter analyses risks arising from political phenomena including nationalism. Such “non-market risks” include political as well as natural disasters. Taking an historical perspective, the authors interrogate several key research questions, including: What impact did political risk and nationalism have on global business? Have wars and other conficts caused by national interests and id…
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An Analysis of Contemporary Social Welfare Issues
This book offers a sharp critique and a detailed analysis of some pernicious social welfare problems and the wide-ranging causes and consequences of those complex social issues on individuals, families, and communities. Unemployment, health-care disparities, teenage pregnancy, and intimate partner violence constitute the focus of this work. Based on empirical and historical analyses of primary …
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- 9789535141617
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Biochar as Soil Amendment: Impact on Soil Properties and Sustainable Resource…
Agriculture has changed dramatically due to mechanization, new technologies, and the increased use of chemical fertilizers. These factors maximize production and reduce food prices, but may also enhance soil degradation. Sustainable agricultural practices include altering crop varieties and the use of soil amendments to increase production, improve irrigation, and more effectively use ferti…
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- 9783039282753, 9783039282746
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Bioactive Compounds from Marine-Derived Aspergillus, Penicillium, Talaromyces…
Two new coumarin derivatives, 4,4 -dimethoxy-5,5 -dimethyl-7,7 -oxydicoumarin (1), 7-(γ,γ-dimethylallyloxy)-5-methoxy-4-methylcoumarin (2), a new chromone derivative, (S)-5-hydroxy-2,6-dimethyl-4H-furo[3,4-g]benzopyran-4,8(6H)-dione (5), and a new sterone derivative, 24-hydroxylergosta-4,6,8(14),22-tetraen-3-one (6), along with two known bicoumarins, kotanin (3) and orlandin (4), were …
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- 9783038979807, 9783038979814
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Bioeconomy and Global Inequalities : Socio-Ecological Perspectives on Biomass…
This open access book focuses on the meanings, agendas, as well as the local and global implications of bioeconomy and bioenergy policies in and across South America, Asia and Europe. It explores how a transition away from a fossil and towards a bio-based economic order alters, reinforces and challenges socio-ecological inequalities. The volume presents a historically informed and empirically r…
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AI Knowledge Transfer from the University to Society
AI Knowledge Transfer from the University to Society: Applications in High-Impact Sectors brings together examples from the "Innovative Ecosystem with Artificial Intelligence for Andalusia 2025" project at the University of Seville, a series of sub-projects composed of research groups and different institutions or companies that explore the use of Artificial Intelligence in a variety of high-im…
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