Academic Articles & Research Papers

Beyond sperm competition: perspectives on sperm economy from external fertilizing fishes.

Exploratory longitudinal monitoring of physiological, hematological, psychological, and irisin responses during an 8-week pre-competition period in elite rhythmic gymnasts.

Bacteriocin-mediated intraspecies competition driven by acquired Bac41 operon in epidemic Enterococcus faecalis ST179.

Geology, climate, and competition as drivers of diversification in the neotropical palm genus Geonoma.

"I know it's not good, but you want to perform at 100%": cognitive-affective responses to ecological sustainability and performance in sport competitions.

Competition for students in the digital era: scientific disciplines as drivers of study program innovation in Swiss higher education.

Uncovering traditional retail location competition with machine learning: The role of urban environments in light-asset and capital-intensive formats.

From brain drain to geopolitical talent competition: scientific diasporas and the future of Global South development.

The domain of human geography

‘Human’ in human geography implies a subject matter; ‘Geography’ implies a way of viewing this subject matter. All geographers have in common an attraction for the out-door environment. To no small degree the recent quantitative analysis in...

Genomic evolution and stability of the mcr-1-harboring IncI2 plasmid in the presence and absence of colistin

Abstract Background The emergence of plasmid-mediated colistin resistance, primarily driven by the mcr-1 gene, represents a major global health threat. IncI2 plasmids, one of the leading carriers of mcr-1, have been frequently recovered fro...

Joint Costs in Electricity and Natural Gas Distribution Infrastructures: The Role of Urban Factors

This paper analyzes the joint cost structure of electricity and natural gas distribution investments. Assessing the joint costs is critical for urban development and public policy regarding competition at the local level. The paper accounts...

Janus-faced Populism: De-democratization or Democratization of Democracy?

As one of the most visible aspects of political life in recent years, the populist rises imply the ‘crisis of representation’ that means the existing institutional mechanism of representative democracy is ineffective in representing the var...

Motivation, Agency, and Public Policy

Abstract Can we rely on the public service ethos to deliver high quality public services? Are professionals such as doctors and teachers really public‐spirited altruists—knights—or self‐interested egoists—knaves? And how should the recipien...

Economic Geography and Public Policy

Research on the spatial aspects of economic activity has flourished over the past decade due to the emergence of new theory, new data, and an intense interest on the part of policymakers, especially in Europe but increasingly in North Ameri...

Global disparities in access to hepatitis C medicines before and during the early phase of the COVID-19 pandemic: an ARIMA-based interrupted time series analysis

Background The introduction of direct-acting antivirals (DAAs) has allowed countries to reduce the health and economic burden of hepatitis C virus (HCV). However, access to DAAs remains expensive and limited in many countries globally due t...

Moral Geographies

GBS_insertPreviewButtonPopup('ISBN:9780748612796); This book explores the interface between geography, ethics and morality. It considers questions that have haunted the past, are subjects of controversy in the present, and which affect the ...

The Geography of Money

The traditional assumption holds that the territory of money coincides precisely with the political frontiers of each nation state: France has the franc, the United Kingdom has the pound, the United States has the dollar. But the disparity ...

How to Map Arguments in Political Science

Abstract To venture into explanation of political action we need some map of our basic options: what kinds of explanations are out there? Even advanced students and scholars can find the landscape difficult to chart. We confront a bewilderi...

POSITIONING STRATEGIES DEVELOPMENT

The positioning strategy has suffered serious changes in the last few decades, being influenced by the rapid development of competition and the growing focus on specific traits belonging to the market, to the consumer or to the product. The...

Human Resource Management Strategies in Achieving Competitive Advantage in Business Administration

Human Resource Management (HRM) is a very important aspect in the modern business world. Companies that manage their people effectively tend to have a greater competitive advantage over their competitors. This is due to the fact that HR is ...