Current Status of Breeding Population of Western Osprey in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirate by Shakeel Ahmed, Sálim Javed, Shahid B. Khan, Nouf Al Qadi, Abdullah Al Hamadi, Eissa Al Hamadi

“…Western Osprey (Pandion haliaetus) is a resident breeding species in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Osprey breed from December to March on offshore and near-shore islands and coastal sites across the country. …”
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What the Seasons Tell Us. The Monthly Movement of Marriages, Economic Modernization, and Secularization in the Netherlands, 1810-1940 by Theo Engelen

“…Given the ban on marriages during Lent and Advent, by studying the number of marriages during these months (approximated as March and De­cember), we can determine which provinces adhered most to the religious rules, and how this pattern developed over time. …”
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Equally weighted portfolios and “momentum effect”: an interesting combination for unsophisticated investors? by Fabio Civiletti, Carlos Heitor Campani, Raphael Roquete

“…The proposed portfolios’ performances were assessed from January 2009 to December 2018 and compared to the performance of BOVA11 (Exchange Traded Fund which aims to replicate Ibovespa, the main stock market index in Brazil). …”
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PROBLEMS OF STATE AND LEGAL ADMINISTRATION IN THE SPHERE OF FOREST SEED PRODUCTION by Yu. N. Gagarin

“…In preparing the article, official materials of state authorities were used, as well as information provided by the executive authorities of the Russian Federation for the preparation of parliamentary hearings «Forest Seed Production as a Basis for Intensifying Forest Reproduction», held by the Federation Council Committee on Agrarian and Food Policy and Nature Management jointly with the Scientific Council of the Russian Academy of Sciences on Forests on December 14, 2023.…”
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The politicisation of the climate emergency: the case of the 2019 United Kingdom general election by Alma-Pierre BONNET

“…The reality is actually more complex and other issues came into play in the run-up to 12 December ballot, in particular the question of environmental emergency. …”
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Opportune detections of global P-wave propagation from microseisms interferometry by Boué, Pierre, Tomasetto, Lisa

“…This approach is illustrated with a strong microseism source in the North Atlantic Ocean, occurring around December 9, 2014.…”
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Pine Shoot Beetle, Tomicus piniperda (Linnaeus) (Insecta: Coleoptera: Scolytidae) by Michael Thomas, Wayne N. Dixon, Thomas R. Fasulo

“…Department of Agriculture and state departments of agriculture has revealed its presence (as of 29 December 2003) in twelve northern states: Illinois, Indiana, Maine, Maryland, Michigan, New Hampshire, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Vermont, West Virginia and Wisconsin (Anonymous 2004b). …”
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Anderson-Darling and Watson tests for the geometric distribution with estimated probability of success. by Héctor Francisco Coronel-Brizio, Alejandro Raúl Hernández-Montoya, Manuel Enrique Rodríguez-Achach, Horacio Tapia-McClung, Juan Evangelista Trinidad-Segovia

“…Specifically, we apply these tests to analyze price runs derived from daily time series of NASDAQ, DJIA, Nikkei 225, and the Mexican IPC indices, covering the period from January 1, 2015, to December 31, 2022. This work broadens the range of available tools for assessing goodness-of-fit in discrete models, which are essential for applications in finance and beyond. …”
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Images of a nation in crisis by Rodwell Makombe

“… Political cartoonists have, in recent years, faced victimisation for daring to speak truth to power. In December 2010, South African cartoonist, Jonathan Shapiro (Zapiro) was sued for portraying former President Zuma as a rapist. …”
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Wellsina Mite Hemicheyletia wellsina (De Leon) (Arachnida: Acari: Cheyletidae) by Haleigh A. Ray, Marjorie A. Hoy

“…Hoy, and published by the UF Department of Entomology and Nematology, December 2014. (Photo: Haleigh Ray, UF/IFAS)  EENY609/IN1066: Wellsina Mite Hemicheyletia wellsina (De Leon) (Arachnida: Acari: Cheyletidae) (ufl.edu) …”
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Entre destructions et reconstructions, le patrimoine sicilien pendant et après la Seconde Guerre mondiale by Giovanni Polizzi, Samuel Romeo

“…In this contribution we present the traces, on the field and within the archive, of a bombing that took place in Solunto on the night of December 12, 1942. The starting point for this research was a photograph preserved in the archives of the Antonio Salinas Regional Archaeological Museum, documenting the restoration of a cistern in Solunto following the Allied bombings. …”
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What the Seasons Tell Us. The Monthly Movement of Marriages, Economic Modernization, and Secularization in the Netherlands, 1810-1940 by Theo Engelen

“…Given the ban on marriages during Lent and Advent, by studying the number of marriages during these months (approximated as March and De­cember), we can determine which provinces adhered most to the religious rules, and how this pattern developed over time. …”
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The Florida Natural Resources Leadership Institute by Paul Monaghan, Emily Ott, Carol Lippincott, Ondine Wells, Jessica Ireland, Jon Dain, Bruce Delaney, Roy Carriker

“…This revised 4-page fact sheet was written by Paul Monaghan, Emily Ott, Carol Lippincott, Ondine Wells, Jessica Ireland, Jon Dain, Bruce Delaney, and Roy Carriker, and published by the UF Department of Food and Resource Economics, December 2014. …”
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RISK-REWARD TRADEOFF AND BEHAVIOR OF ISLAMIC AND CONVENTIONAL STOCK MARKET INDICES IN BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA by Irfan Djedović, Edin Djedović

“…The study used daily index observations spanning in the period from October 2016 until December 2018. The data were obtained from the Sarajevo Stock Exchange database. …”
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Los alimentos en puré y la fibra by Wendy J. Dahl

“…Dahl and published by the UF Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition, December 2013. FSHN12-16s/FS238: Los alimentos en puré y la fibra (ufl.edu) …”
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Chemical, Physical, and Biological Corneal Decellularization Methods: A Review of Literature by Alexandra Procházková, Martina Poláchová, Jakub Dítě, Magdaléna Netuková, Pavel Studený

“…We searched PubMed.gov for articles from January 2009 to December 2023 using the following keywords: corneal decellularization, decellularization methods, and corneal transplantation. …”
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Mango Postharvest Best Management Practices Manual by Jeffrey K. Brecht, Steven A. Sargent, Adel A. Kader, Elizabeth J. Mitcham, Fernando Maul, Patrick E. Brecht, Octavio Menocal

“…The NMB-funded project, Monitoring and Evaluation of the Mango Supply Chain to Improve Mango Quality (referred to hereafter as the Mango Quality Project), was conducted from December 2007 through April 2009 to identify impediments to successfully meeting that goal. …”
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Propagation and Production of Gulf Bluestem by Mack Thetford, Debbie Miller

“…Original publication date December 2004. ENH974/EP231: Propagation and Production of Gulf Bluestem (ufl.edu) …”
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Multi-Step-Ahead Forecasting Model for Monthly Anchovy Catches Based on Wavelet Analysis by Nibaldo Rodríguez, Claudio Cubillos, José-Miguel Rubio

“…We demonstrate the utility of the proposed forecasting model on monthly anchovy-catches time series for periods from January 1963 to December 2007. Empirical results obtained for 10-month-ahead forecasting showed the effectiveness of the proposed wavelet autoregressive strategy.…”
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Notes from the Packaging Laboratory: Hot Tack Measurements of Thin Sealant Films by Kenneth R. Berger, Matthew Knoelke, Bruce Welt

“…This document is ABE340, one of a series of the Agricultural and Biological Engineering Department, Florida Cooperative Extension Service, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida. First published December 2002.  https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/ae211 …”
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