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2024BuchHuman Enhancements und Patentrecht Ist das Patentrecht wirklich »wertneutral« oder gar »ethisch blind«? Die Praxis des Patentrechts wird von einem ungebrochenen Fortschrittsoptimismus getragen. Das hohe Maß an Technik- und Innovationsgläubigkeit lässt ...
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2024BuchEl pensamiento literario
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2017-10-04ZeitschriftenartikelHigh resolution remote sensing for reducing uncertainties in urban forest carbon offset life cycle assessments Background Urban forests reduce greenhouse gas emissions by storing and sequestering considerable amounts of carbon. However, few studies have considered the local scale of urban forests to effectively evaluate their ...
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2015-06-01ZeitschriftenartikelEffects of ankle–foot braces on medial gastrocnemius morphometrics and gait in children with cerebral palsy Purpose In children with cerebral palsy (CP), braces are used to counteract progressive joint and muscle contracture and improve function. We examined the effects of positional ankle–foot braces on contracture of the ...
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2016-04-29ZeitschriftenartikelSmall-scale variability of particulate matter and perception of air quality in an inner-city recreational area in Aachen, Germany Spatial micro-scale variability of particle mass concentrations is an important criterion for urban air quality assessment. In this study we present results from detailed spatio-temporal measurements in the urban roughness ...
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2017-09-19ZeitschriftenartikelUncertainties in demonstrating environmental benefits of payments for ecosystem services Payments for Ecosystem Services (PES) have become the flagship of conservation organizations in recent years. However, PES schemes are as much criticized as they are acclaimed in the literature. Researchers have pointed ...
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2017-09-28ZeitschriftenartikelDecoupled systems on trial: Eliminating bottlenecks to improve aquaponic processes In classical aquaponics (coupled aquaponic systems, 1-loop systems) the production of fish in recirculating aquaculture systems (RAS) and plants in hydroponics are combined in a single loop, entailing systemic compromises ...
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2017-01-18ZeitschriftenartikelPotential of aquacultural sludge treatment for aquaponics: evaluation of nutrient mobilization under aerobic and anaerobic conditions In recirculating aquaculture systems (RAS), mechanical removal of suspended solids by clarifiers or drum filters provides an organic mixture rich in nutrients. Still, in most traditional RAS, this sludge is discharged ...
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2018-01-12ZeitschriftenartikelCognitive control moderates parenting stress effects on children's diurnal cortisol This study investigated associations between parenting stress in parents and self-reported stress in children with children's diurnal cortisol secretion and whether these associations are moderated by known stress-regulating ...
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2018-01-09ZeitschriftenartikelThe Biosphere Under Potential Paris Outcomes Rapid economic and population growth over the last centuries have started to push the Earth out of its Holocene state into the Anthropocene. In this new era, ecosystems across the globe face mounting dual pressure from ...
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2017-11-16ZeitschriftenartikelMesocosm experiments identifying hotspots of groundwater upwelling in a water column by fibre optic distributed temperature sensing Lacustrine groundwater discharge (LGD) can substantially impact ecosystem characteristics and functions. Fibre optic distributed temperature sensing (FO-DTS) has been successfully used to locate groundwater discharge into ...
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2017-03-16ZeitschriftenartikelEncountering a bait is necessary but insufficient to explain individual variability in vulnerability to angling in two freshwater benthivorous fish in the wild Fish personality traits, such as swimming activity, or personality related emergent behavioural properties, such as the degree of space use shown by an individual fish, should affect encounter rates between individual fish ...
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2024-09-24ZeitschriftenartikelJLT-Gespräch: Die Praxis der Literaturtheorie JLT Talks offers a new format for discussing current topics in the field of literary theory. It was inspired by the focus of this special issue, which foregrounds the practice of literary theory. Although the amount of ...
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2018-05-15ZeitschriftenartikelLandsat phenological metrics and their relation to aboveground carbon in the Brazilian Savanna Background The quantification and spatially explicit mapping of carbon stocks in terrestrial ecosystems is important to better understand the global carbon cycle and to monitor and report change processes, especially ...
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2018-02ZeitschriftenartikelLivelihood and climate trade-offs in Kenyan peri-urban vegetable production Trade-offs between livelihood and environmental outcomes due to agricultural intensification in sub-Saharan Africa are uncertain. The present study measured yield, economic performance and nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions in ...
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2018-07-19ZeitschriftenartikelDrivers of sustainable intensification in Kenyan rural and peri-urban vegetable production Sustainable intensification promotes environmentally sound and productive agriculture. However, use of sustainable intensification practices (SIPs) is low in many sub-Sharan African countries. This study examined the ...
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2018-06-13ZeitschriftenartikelIs Bhutan destined for 100% organic? Assessing the economy-wide effects of a large-scale conversion policy Organic agriculture (OA) is considered a strategy to make agriculture more sustainable. Bhutan has embraced the ambitious goal of becoming the world’s first 100% organic nation. By analysing recent on-farm data in Bhutan, ...
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2020-04-06ZeitschriftenartikelHome, head direction stability, and grid cell distortion The home is a unique location in the life of humans and animals. In rats, home presents itself as a multicompartmental space that involves integrating navigation through subspaces. Here we embedded the laboratory rat’s ...
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2018-09-01ZeitschriftenartikelSandkastengespräche im Netz? Leitbilder „guter Erziehung“ in einem digitalen Elternforum Der explorative Artikel leistet einen Beitrag zur Forschung um Leitbilder „guter Erziehung“, indem untersucht wird, ob gegenwärtige Ansprüche aus Politik, Wissenschaft und Ratgeberliteratur innerhalb eines großen deutschen ...
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2020-09-15ZeitschriftenartikelScience Blogs as Critique — Building Public Identities in the Field of Translational Research Clinician scientists are pivotal figures in translational research. Although the discourse on translational research is favorable to clinician scientists, their role within it and their view of themselves has received ...