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Sustainable commodity governance and the global south
This is the introduction to a special issue on ‘Sustainable Commodity Governance and the Global South.’ A broad range of transnational governance initiatives have emerged to respond to social and environmental challenges caused...
Sustainable commodity governance and the global south
This is the introduction to a special issue on ‘Sustainable Commodity Governance and the Global South.’ A broad range of transnational governance initiatives have emerged to respond to social and environmental challenges caused...
The evolution of sex-specific dominance in response to sexually antagonistic selection
Arguments about the evolutionary modification of genetic dominance have a long history in genetics, dating back more than 100 years. Mathematical investigations have shown that modifiers of the level of dominance at the locus of...
Are prices enough? The economics of material demand reduction.
Toke Aidt, Lili Jia, Hamish Low
Sep 05, 2018
Recent policy proposals to achieve carbon targets have emphasized material demand reduction strategies aimed at achieving material efficiency. We provide a bridge between the way economists and engineers think about efficiency....
Swimming in their own direction
Agricultural commodity production in the Global South is accompanied by a range of social and environmental problems ranging from pollution and deforestation to labor rights violations. Accordingly, governments and non-state...
Swimming in their own direction
Agricultural commodity production in the Global South is accompanied by a range of social and environmental problems ranging from pollution and deforestation to labor rights violations. Accordingly, governments and non-state...
Quality Assurance Handbook:
This handbook provides advice and support for projects funded by JISC’s digital library programmes. The handbook provides advice for projects in their choice of standards and best practices for their technical infrastructure....
Published by: UKOLN
Quality Assurance Handbook:
This handbook provides advice and support for projects funded by JISC’s digital library programmes. The handbook provides advice for projects in their choice of standards and best practices for their technical infrastructure....
Published by: UKOLN
SpotCard
BACKGROUND: When taking photographs of plants in the field, it is often necessary to record additional information such as sample number, biological replicate number and subspecies. Manual methods of recording such information...
Developing a quality culture for digital library programmes
This paper describes approaches for the development of quality assurance procedures which are needed in order to ensure that deliverables from digital library programmes will be interoperable. The adoption of open standards is...
The evolution of sex-specific dominance in response to sexually antagonistic selection
Arguments about the evolutionary modification of genetic dominance have a long history in genetics, dating back more than 100 years. Mathematical investigations have shown that modifiers of the level of dominance at the locus of...
Developing a quality culture for digital library programmes
This paper describes approaches for the development of quality assurance procedures which are needed in order to ensure that deliverables from digital library programmes will be interoperable. The adoption of open standards is...
A social media framework to support engineering design communication
Engineering Design Communication (EDC) is fundamental to almost all Engineering Design activities as it provides the ability for knowledge and information to be shared between engineers. It is part of ‘what we do’. This...
Development and validation of a frailty index compatible with three interRAI assessment instruments

BACKGROUND: a Frailty Index (FI) calculated by the accumulation of deficits is often used to quantify the extent of frailty in individuals in specific settings. This study aimed to derive a FI that can be applied across three...

Determinants of prescribing potentially inappropriate medications in a nationwide cohort of community dwellers with dementia receiving a comprehensive geriatric assessment

Objective: To identify the prevalence and predictors of prescribing potentially inappropriate medications (PIMs) in a nationwide cohort of community dwellers with dementia requiring complex care needs. Methods: A...

Factors associated with inappropriate prescribing among older adults with complex care needs who have undergone the interRAI assessment

Aim To identify factors associated with prescribing potentially inappropriate medications (PIMs) in older adults (≥ 65 years) with complex care needs, who have undertaken a comprehensive geriatric risk...

A social media framework to support engineering design communication
Engineering Design Communication (EDC) is fundamental to almost all Engineering Design activities as it provides the ability for knowledge and information to be shared between engineers. It is part of ‘what we do’. This...
Factors associated with inappropriate prescribing among older adults with complex care needs who have undergone the interRAI assessment

Aim To identify factors associated with prescribing potentially inappropriate medications (PIMs) in older adults (≥ 65 years) with complex care needs, who have undertaken a comprehensive geriatric risk...

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