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Drought mildly reduces plant dominance in a temperate prairie ecosystem across years
(2020-06-01)
1. Shifts in dominance and species reordering can occur in response to global change. However, it is not clear how altered precipitation and disturbance regimes interact to affect species composition and dominance.
2. We ...
Climate gradients, and patterns of biodiversity and biotic homogenization in urban residential yards
(2020-08-28)
Residential yards constitute a substantive biodiverse greenspace within urban areas. This biodiversity results from a combination of native and non-native species and can contribute to biotic homogenization. Geographical ...
Ultrahigh Resolution Pulsed Laser-Induced Photoacoustic Detection of Multi-Scale Damage in CFRP Composites
(2020-03-20)
This paper presents a photoacoustic non-destructive evaluation (pNDE) system with an ultrahigh resolution for the detection of multi-scale damage in carbon fiber-reinforced plastic (CFRP) composites. The pNDE system consists ...
Library Instruction versus Employers Needs: Do Recent Graduates Have the Critical Thinking Skills and Soft Skills Needed for Success?
(2020-10-09)
This paper is a review of the skills employers seeks in new graduates and the skill sets new graduates have to offer. Employers report they want to hire people with solid soft skills, research, critical thinking and ...
Transition metal-like carbocatalyst
(2020-08-14)
Catalytic cleavage of strong bonds including hydrogen-hydrogen, carbon-oxygen, and carbon-hydrogen bonds is a highly desired yet challenging fundamental transformation for the production of chemicals and fuels. Transition ...
Manager–employee communication in the# MeToo Era: The role of gender similarity and context ambiguity in ethical leadership
(2020)
Sexual harassment is a widespread problem in the American workplace. Managers must understand how their employees perceive ethical leadership in this context. This includes current undergraduates—managers’ future employees. ...
Political Agreements and Exporting Activities: An Empirical Assessment of the Effects of the JCPOA Agreement on Iran’s Exports
(2020-08)
Conflicts hinder international trade. Political agreements that restrain conflicts and remove sanctions may contribute positively to exporting and importing activities. In this study, we examine the effects of the Joint ...
Loess in eastern equatorial Pangea archives a dusty atmosphere and possible upland glaciation
(2020-06-19)
Carboniferous−Permian strata in basins within the Central Pangean Mountains in France archive regional paleoequatorial climate during a unique interval in geological history (Pangea assembly, ice-age collapse, megamonsoon ...
Evolutionary determinism and convergence associated with water-column transitions in marine fishes
(2020-12-16)
Repeatable, convergent outcomes are prima facie evidence for determinism in evolutionary processes. Among fishes, well-known examples include microevolutionary habitat transitions into the water column, where freshwater ...
Experimental Investigation of Inhibitive Drilling Fluids Performance: Case Studies from United States Shale Basins
(2020-10-02)
Shale formations are attractive prospects due to their potential in oil and gas production. Some of the largest shale formations in the mainland US, such as the Tuscaloosa Marine Shale (TMS), have reserves estimated to be ...