Is Organic or Conventional Farming Better for Biodiversity? by Rainer Maurer

“…For example, if a complete transition from conventional to organic farming takes place, average yields will decrease by at least 50 %, while the total biodiversity would increase by only 108 %. In contrast, if conventional farming yields were reduced by the same amount, 50 % of agricultural land could be renaturated. …”
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Ben Franklin, America’s Postage Stamp Star — on the Wane? by François Brunet

“…This paper is an assessment of Ben Franklin’s evolving figure in U.S. postage stamps, focusing especially on the contrast between the 2006 tercentennial Franklin 4-stamp panel, a rather high-brow representation of Franklin as an intellectual, and his traditional image as a homely, common face. …”
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Geographies of Cocaine: Trajectories of Colombian Women Imprisoned for Drug Trafficking in Ecuador by Ana María Cerón Cáceres

“…In the testimonies of these women two different geographies of cocaine emerged: one that criminalizes the movement of "suspicious" bodies and rearticulates international borders within the walls of the prison. In contrast, there is another geography that is constituted through the clandestine journeys these women take and in confronting the barriers that this first geography of illegality imposes.…”
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Remoción de níquel, cadmio y zinc del agua, utilizando clinoptilolita heulandita by Thelma B. Pavón Silva, Eduardo Campos, María Teresa Olguín

“…Para este proceso, el mineral se homoionizó con cloruro de sodio y posteriormente se puso en contacto con soluciones 0.01 N de sales de nitratos de Zn, Cd y Ni, durante 8 días.…”
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An Approximate Quasi-Newton Bundle-Type Method for Nonsmooth Optimization by Jie Shen, Li-Ping Pang, Dan Li

“…An implementable algorithm for solving a nonsmooth convex optimization problem is proposed by combining Moreau-Yosida regularization and bundle and quasi-Newton ideas. In contrast with quasi-Newton bundle methods of Mifflin et al. (1998), we only assume that the values of the objective function and its subgradients are evaluated approximately, which makes the method easier to implement. …”
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Performance of CP Sugarcane Cultivars Grown in Different Locations in Florida by Robert A. Gilbert, James M. Shine, Jr., Ronald W. Rice

“…Rice,is part of the Sugarcane Handbook.It reports the results of a series of experiments that were designed to compare and contrast relative sugarcane cultivar performance at different locations throughout the Everglades Agricultural Area (EAA).Includes references.Published by the UF Department of Agronomy,October 2007. …”
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Relations ville-campagne dans le Pays Ajaccien by Caroline Tafani

“…Whereas a new social contract links consumers and producers of the peri-urban area of Ajaccio, the integration of agriculture in the territorial planning is questioned. …”
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Low temperature exciton-exciton annihilation in amphi-PIPE J-aggregates by C. Spitz, S. Daehne

“…By measuring the intensity-dependent fluorescent lifetime in contrast to the predicted immobilization of the excitons at low temperature we could prove the excellent mobility of the excitons at a temperature (4K), which is far below their expected freezing point.…”
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Recurrent Midgut Bleeding due to Jejunal Angioleiomyoma by Mahir Gachabayov, Petr Mityushin

“…We report a case of 21-year-old male patient with recurrent midgut bleeding. Contrast-enhanced CT revealed highly vascular small bowel neoplasm. …”
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The Lexicon of Argumentation for Argument Mining: methodological considerations by Patrick Saint Dizier

“…In this article, in contrast with numerous statistical approaches which show little interest for linguistic analysis, we propose methodological considerations aiming at identifying several categories of linguistic cues which are typical of argumentation and can be used for automatic argument mining within the framework of computational linguistics. …”
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HUMANITIES LECTURER IN E-LEARNING MODE: «SOUL EXCITEMENT» by Alevtina S. Robotova

“…The author argues that the pedagogical reality urgently needs today a phenomenological description in contrast to theoretical studies.…”
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Tinjauan Yuridis Kerjasama Notaris Rekanan Bank Perspektif Kode Etik Notaris by Sukarno Juliansyah Putra

“…Collaboration with bank partners is a contractual contract, the existence of cooperation with bank partners places the partner notary as a priority in making authentic deeds involving the bank and the customer, and vice versa, the bank as one of the facing parties will be a priority for the notary in making the contents of the deed. …”
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DEVICE FOR DETERMINING THE MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF ELASTOMER MATERIALS by E. P. Manak, N. M. Poloneichik, N. T. Minchenia

“…Developed the device for determining the physical and mechanical properties of elastomeric materials. In contrast to the well-known device that operates on the method of Shore, used to measure only the hardness of elastomeric materials, developed the device can measure not only hardness, but also the relative deformation of the samples made of elastomeric materials, as well as the ability of these materials to restore the original dimensions after deformation. …”
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Identifying and Meeting the Needs of Extension’s Target Audiences by Laura A. Warner, Glenn D. Israel, John M. Diaz

“… This document provides an overview of the concept of target audiences as it relate to Extension education, and briefly presents concepts of audience analysis and educational content selection. In contrast to the general population, a target audience is comprised of people who can take some explicit action to help solve an identified problem addressed by an Extension program. …”
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Impact of Corona Crisis on European Climate Change Policy by Thomas M. Treptow

“…This has direct consequences for the EU-wide trading of greenhouse gas emission allowances, which is an important building block of European climate change policy. In contrast, although there is an expected short-term decrease in the volume of greenhouse gas emissions due to the emerging economic recession, we should also expect lower prices of emission allowances in the mid to long term, which will make current production technologies more attractive. …”
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Zur Bedeutung der Wörter in der Rechts- und Sprachtheorie der frühen Neuzeit by Jan Schröder

“…In fact, in the late 17th century, this idea was absolutely dominant and undisputed. In contrast to older theories, the first conferral of meaning (imposition) and etymology were no longer considered decisive. …”
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Should Children with Esophageal Varices Receive Beta-Blockers for the Primary Prevention of Variceal Hemorrhage? by Simon C Ling

“…Esophageal variceal hemorrhage occurs in up to 10% of children with portal hypertension annually, and may be fatal. In contrast to the strong evidence in adults that nonselective beta-adrenergic antagonism reduces the risk of variceal bleeding by approximately 50%, few pediatric data are available. …”
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Energy and Food Price Shocks in the Euro Area by Silke Tober

“…They have ended the prolonged phase of excessively weak inflation with risks now clearly increasing. In contrast to the United States, the euro area shows no signs of overheating or excessive wage increases. …”
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An Empirical Approach to the Signalling of Enumerative Structures by Lydia-Mai Ho-Dac, Cécile Fabre, Marie-Paule Péry-Woodley, Josette Rebeyrolle, Ludovic Tanguy

“…This paper presents a data-intensive study of the signalling of enumerative structures. In contrast with semasiological studies of specific markers, the approach described here takes as its starting point annotated structures and cues, seeking to identify recurrent patterns in these data. …”
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De l’os, de l’ennemi et du divin. Réflexions sur quelques pratiques funéraires tupi-guarani by Olivier Allard

“…These axes are defined by their aggressive or caring attitude toward the deceased, and they largely determine one’s posthumous fate. If the greatest contrast is that between vengeful exo-cannibalism and the cult of bones, there is also, within the former, a culturally determined gradation in the treatment of the bones during consumption of the corpse.…”
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