A simple neural change alters mating preferences in male butterflies, aiding rapid behavioral evolution, Nicholas VanKuren and Nathan Buerkle at the University of Chicago, US, and colleagues, report March 11 in the open-access journal PLOS…
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Fate of pistachio production in Iran holds lessons for the world
Groundwater depletion, climate shifts and policy failures threaten one of the world’s largest pistachio supplies, in Rafsanjan, Iran. The situation should be a warning to others about climate-related risks to agriculture.
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Food waste used as a resource can reduce climate and resource burdens in agrifood systems
Clark, M. A., Domingo, N., Colgan, K., Thakrar, S. K. & Hill, J. D. Global food system emissions could preclude achieving the 1.5° and 2 °C climate change targets. Science 370, 705–708 (2020).
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Cascading socio-economic and financial impacts of the Russia-Ukraine war differ across sectors and regions
Model interplay
We analyze the macroeconomic consequences of the war over a one-year time span after the war outbreak with the CGE model ICES. To mimic the factual situation we define a war scenario (see below and Table 1) and denote the results…
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Chromosome-level genome assembly and annotation of pawak croaker (Pennahia pawak)
Sampling
The P. pawak sample was collected from the intertidal zone of Zhoushan, Zhejiang Province, China (30.65°N, 122.78°E). The dissection of the sample was conducted in a sterilized environment, where organs including muscle, liver, and…
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Are CEO successors more likely to implement environmentally responsible behavior? Empirical evidence from listed companies in China
Impression management theory
In sociopsychological research, impression management refers to the process by which an individual designs, modifies, and alters their behavior to control the impressions others form of them (Yuthas et al., 2002). In…
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Integrating machine learning into business and management in the age of artificial intelligence
The co-occurrence map of keywords, illustrated in Fig. 3, shows keywords as circles (nodes) and their correlations as curved lines (arcs). A correlation between keywords is indicated when a pair of keywords appears together in at least one…
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Improvement of corporate accountability can re-calibrate corporatized food systems
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Study on indoor thermal environment and energy consumption of traditional dwellings of ethnic minorities in Sichuan plateau
Parameter optimization and simulation of Building envelope structure
Using the typical meteorological data of Aba Prefecture in the Chinese Standard Weather Data (CSWD) of DesignBuilder, the indoor thermal environment of the building was simulated…
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