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Bats in the Anthropocene: Conservation of Bats in a Changing World

Table of Contents: “…Bats in the Anthropocene -- Urbanisation and its effects on bats - a global meta-analysis -- Bats and roads -- Responses of tropical bats to habitat fragmentation, logging, and deforestation -- Insectivorous bats and silviculture: balancing timber production and bat conservation -- Bats in the anthropogenic matrix: Challenges and opportunities for the conservation of Chiroptera and their ecosystem services in agricultural landscapes -- Dark matters: the effects of artificial lighting on bats -- Bats and water: anthropogenic alterations threaten global bat populations -- White-nose syndrome in bats -- Zoonotic viruses and conservation of bats -- Impacts of Wind Energy Development on Bats: a Global Perspective -- Exploitation of Bats for Bushmeat and Medicine -- The conflict between pteropodid bats and fruit growers: species, legislation and mitigation -- Bats and buildings: The conservation of synanthropic bats -- Conservation ecology of cave bats -- The roles of taxonomy and systematics in bat conservation -- Networking networks for global bat conservation -- Cute, Creepy, or Crispy - how values, attitudes and norms shape human behavior toward bats. .…”
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Public Administration in Germany

Table of Contents: “…The Federal Ministerial Bureaucracy, the Legislative Process and Better Regulation -- 22. Human Resource Management, Performance-Related Pay and Public Service Motivation -- 23. …”
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International Yearbook of Soil Law and Policy 2022

Table of Contents: “…Part 1: the theme: sustainable soil management and climate mitigation and adaptation -- Sustainable Soil Management and Soil Carbon Sequestration -- The Climate Decision of the German Constitutional Court and its Implications on Soil Management -- Legislative Protection for the Soil Environment and Climate Change. …”
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European Parliament's Political Groups in Turbulent Times

Table of Contents: “…Eurosceptic Contestation and Legislative Behaviour in the European Parliament -- 6. …”
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Assessing Progress in Decarbonizing Spain's Building Stock Indicators and Data Availability /

Table of Contents: “…Assessing the effectiveness of building renovation policies and decarbonization progress: a review of European legislation -- Analysis of institutional frameworks of indicators to measure the effectiveness of building renovation policy and decarbonization progress in Europe -- Indicators and data in Spain for an overview of the general characteristics of the national building stock -- Indicators and data in Spain for an overview of the energy characteristics of the national building stock -- Indicators and data in Spain for an overview of deep renovation of buildings -- Indicators and data in Spain regarding an overview of worst performing segments of the national building stock, rented properties and energy poverty -- Indicators and data in Spain regarding an overview of the capacities in the construction, energy efficiency and renewable energy sector -- Indicators and data in Spain for an overview of actual energy savings and wider benefits of renovation of buildings -- Indicators and data in Spain regarding evidence-based estimate of expected energy savings and of reduction of costs for health systems from buildings renovation -- Indicators and data in Spain regarding policies and measures for the mobilization of investments into the renovation of buildings -- On the availability and quality of data in Spain for the development of progress indicators to measure building renovation policies effectiveness and the decarbonization of the building stock -- New approaches to generate data to measure the progress of decarbonization of the building stock in Europe and Spain.…”
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NL ARMS Netherlands Annual Review of Military Studies 2021 Compliance and Integrity in International Military Trade /

Table of Contents: “…Limits on the Extraterritoriality of Export Control Legislation -- Chapter 12. Contract Boundary-spanning Governance Initiatives in the International Defense Supply Chain of the F-35 Program -- Chapter 13. …”
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Swiss Public Administration Making the State Work Successfully /

Table of Contents: “…-Financial management system, legislation and stakeholders Nils Soguel -- The Swiss way of presenting the governments' financial statements Nils Soguel -- Tax power and tax competition Nils Soguel -- Fiscal Equalization: Financial transfers between governments Nils Soguel -- Social security policy Giuliano Bonoli -- Health Policy Josef Philipp Trein -- Policy Networks and the Role(s) of Public Administrations Frédéric Varone / Karin Miryam Ingold/ Manuel Fischer -- Factors contributing to the strong institutionalization of policy evaluation in Switzerland Katia Horber-Papazian / Marion Baud-Lavigne.…”
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Unmanned Aircraft Systems in the Cyber Domain by Nichols, Randall K., Mumm, Hans C., Lonstein, Wayne D.

Table of Contents: “…Chapter 1 - A View of the UAS Market -- Chapter 2 - UAS Law - Legislation, Regulation, and Adjudication -- Chapter 3 - Understanding Hostile Use and Cyber-Vulnerabilities of UAS -- Chapter 4 - INFOSEC – Protecting UAS Information Channels & Components -- Chapter 5 - Intelligence & Red Teaming -- Chapter 6 - Case Studies in Risk for UAS -- Chapter 7 - UAS SAA Methodologies, Conflict Detection -- Chapter 8 - Designing UAS Systems for Stealth -- Chapter 9 - Case Study Smart Skies Project -- Chapter 10 - UAS Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) -- Chapter 11 - UAS Weapons -- Chapter 12 - UAS System Deployment and Information Dominance (ID) -- Chapter 13 - Data Links Functions, Attributes and Latency -- Chapter 14 - Exposing UAS Vulnerabilities via Electronic Warfare (EW) and Countering with Low Probability Intercept Signals (LPI) -- Chapter 15 - Africa - World’s First Busiest Drone Operational Proving Ground -- Chapter 16 - Chinese Drones in Spratly Islands, and Chinese Threats to USA forces in Pacific -- Chapter 17 - High-Altitude Platforms (HAPS) – A Promise not Reached -- Chapter 18 - C-UAS and Large Scale Threats -- Chapter 19 - Audiology, Acoustic Countermeasures against Swarms and Building IFF Libraries -- Chapter 20 - Legal and Regulatory – Where It Was, Where It Is and What’s Ahead? …”
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Insurance Distribution Directive A Legal Analysis /

Table of Contents: “…The Insurance Distribution Directive as a "Benchmark" for National Legislators: The Notion of "Employee" in the IDD: A Harmonized Interpretation Based on the EU Law by Anna Tarasiuk and Bartosz Wojno -- Ensuring the Customer's Best Interest in the Polish Insurance Market by Wojciech Paś -- Insurance Distribution Carried Out by Insurers in Spain by Javier Vercher-Moll -- Enaction of Chapter VII of the Insurance Distribution Directive - What Can Member States Learn from the Enforcement Failures of the United States? …”
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Sex Work, Health, and Human Rights Global Inequities, Challenges, and Opportunities for Action /

Table of Contents: “…Criminalised Interactions with Law Enforcement and Impacts on Health and Safety in the Contextof Different Legislative Frameworks Governing Sex Work Globally -- Chapter 8. …”
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Migration in Southern Africa IMISCOE Regional Reader /

Table of Contents: “…Neoliberal Capitalism and Migration in the Global South: a Case of Post-ESAP Zimbabwe to South Africa migration -- Part II: Legislation and Policy Frameworks Governing Migration -- Chapter 5. …”
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Securitization and Democracy in Eurasia Transformation and Development in the OSCE Region /

Table of Contents: “…-- The Afghan Crisis: A Chance to Strengthen Russia's Security Influence in Central Asia -- Main Securitizing and De-securitizing Actors of the OSCE Debate in the Western Balkan Region -- The Russian Policy in the Western Balkans -- Social Security of the States with Limited Recognition: The Case Study of the Republic of Kosovo -- New Opportunities for Peace and Cooperation in the South Caucasus -- Women's Transformative Power in the Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict -- Legislating Gender Equality in Kyrgyzstan: Women's Rights, Neo-Traditionalism and the OSCE -- Ending Gender-Based Violence in Kyrgyzstan: reflections on the Spotlight Initiative -- From Social Media To Social Change Online Platforms' Impact On Kazakhstan's Feminist And Civil Activisms -- The political impact of teahouse culture in Central Asia -- Part II: Special Section - China's Belt and Road Initiative: A Curse or a Blessing for Democracy in Eurasia?…”
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Riverine Ecosystem Management Science for Governing Towards a Sustainable Future /

Table of Contents: “…Restoration in Integrated River Basin Management -- Chapter 16.Adaptive Management of Riverine Socio-ecological Systems -- Chapter 17. Legislative Framework for River Ecosystem Management on International and European Level -- Chapter 18. …”
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Designing Sustainable Technologies, Products and Policies From Science to Innovation /

Table of Contents: “…-Life Cycle Management Responsibilities and Procedures in the Value Chain -- Policy Options for Life Cycle Assessment Deployment in Legislation -- Part IV: Mainstreaming and Capacity Building on Life Cycle Management -- Taking Life Cycle Management Mainstream: Integration in Corporate Finance and Accounting -- Building Organizational Capability for Life Cycle Management -- Promoting Life Cycle Thinking, Life Cycle Assessment and Life Cycle Management Within Business in Brazil -- Mainstreaming Life Cycle Sustainability Management in Rapidly Growing and Emerging Economies Through Capacity-building.…”
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Life Cycle Management

Table of Contents: “…-Life Cycle Management Responsibilities and Procedures in the Value Chain -- Policy Options for Life Cycle Assessment Deployment in Legislation -- Part IV: Mainstreaming and Capacity Building on Life Cycle Management -- Taking Life Cycle Management Mainstream: Integration in Corporate Finance and Accounting -- Building Organizational Capability for Life Cycle Management -- Promoting Life Cycle Thinking, Life Cycle Assessment and Life Cycle Management Within Business in Brazil -- Mainstreaming Life Cycle Sustainability Management in Rapidly Growing and Emerging Economies Through Capacity-building.…”
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The International Handbook of Social Enterprise Law Benefit Corporations and Other Purpose-Driven Companies /

Table of Contents: “…-- Corporate Purpose : How the Board of Directors can Achieve an Inclusive Corporate Governance Regime -- Social Enterprise: Conceptual Debates and Approaches -- Models and Trends of Social Enterprise Regulation in the European Union -- Social enterprises in the social cooperative form -- How social entrepreneurs create systemic change A comparative analysis of for-profit and non- profit models -- PART II: Benefit Corporations and B Corp Certification -- Benefit Corporations: Trends and Perspectives -- Behavioral Perspectiveson B Corps -- B Lab and the process of certificating B Corps -- Introduction to the law of Benefit Corporations and other public purpose-driven companies -- Benefit Corporations and the Common Law Tradition -- Viability of non-recognized benefit corporations -- Real-World Lessons on Stakeholder Capitalism: How B Lab & B Corp movement catalyze change in society -- PART III: Purpose-Driven Companies: An International Overview -- Social Enterprises and Benefit Corporations in Argentina -- The Failed Attempt to Enact Benefit Company Legislation in Australia and the Rise of B Corps -- Social Enterprises and Benefit Corporations in Brazil: Projects for Corporate Qualification and Capital Market Regulation -- The suitability of Belgian Law to B-Corp -- B Corps, Benefit Corporations and socially oriented enterprises in Canada -- Purpose-driven companies and the projected legal system for benefit and collective interest companies in Chile -- Social Enterprises and Benefit Corporations in China -- Social Enterprises and Benefit Corporations in Colombia -- Social Enterprises and B-Corps in Ecuador -- The suitability of French Law to B-Corp -- Social Purposes in German Corporate Law and Benefit Corporations in Germany -- Social Enterprises and Certified B Corporations in Hong Kong: Development, Key Lessons Learnt and Ways Forward -- B-Corps in India: A Sustainable Business Model -- Social Enterprises and Benefit Corporations in Italy -- Corporations with Social Aims in the Japanese Legal System -- The suitability of Luxembourgish Law to B-Corp -- Certified B Corps in Mexico -- Benefit Corporations in the Peruvian legal ecosystem -- Social Enterprises and Benefit Corporations in Portugal -- Finding space for the B-Corporation within the South African legal landscape -- Social Enterprises and Benefit Corporations in South-Korea -- Social Enterprises and Benefit Corporations in Spain -- Social Enterprises and Benefit Corporations in Switzerland -- Social Enterprises in the Netherlands: Towards more institutional diversity? …”
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Biological Invasions in South Africa

Table of Contents: “…PART 1: BACKGROUND -- Chapter 1: Biological invasions in South Africa: An overview -- Chapter 2: A brief, selective history of researchers and research initiatives related to biological invasions in South Africa -- PART 2: BIOLOGICAL INVASIONS IN SOUTH AFRICA -- Chapter 3: The biogeography of South African terrestrial plant invasions -- Chapter 4:Invasive alien aquatic plants in freshwater ecosystems -- Chapter 5: Terrestrial Vertebrate Invasions in South Africa -- Chapter 6: Alien freshwater fauna in South Africa -- Chapter 7: Alien terrestrial invertebrates in South Africa -- Chapter 8: Biological invasions in South Africa's offshore sub-Antarctic territories -- Chapter 9: Coastal invasions: The South African context -- Chapter 10: Pathogens of vertebrate animals as invasive species: Insights from South Africa -- Chapter 11: Biological invasions in South Africa's urban ecosystems: Patterns, processes, impacts and management -- PART 3: DRIVERS OF INVASION -- Chapter 12: South Africa's pathways of introduction and dispersal and how they have changed over time -- Chapter 13: The role of environmental factors in promoting and limiting biological invasions in South Africa -- Chapter 14: Biotic interactions as mediators of biological invasions: Insights from South Africa -- PART 4: IMPACTS OF INVASION -- Chapter 15:Impacts of invasions on terrestrial water resources in South Africa -- Chapter 16:The impact of invasive alien plants on rangelands in South Africa -- Chapter 17: An evaluation of the impacts of alien species on biodiversity in South Africa using different methods -- PART 5: MANAGEMENT OF INVASIONS -- Chapter 18: Biological invasion policy and legislation development and implementation in South Africa -- Chapter 19: More than a century of biological control against invasive alien plants in South Africa: a synoptic view of what has been accomplished -- Chapter 20:Analysing the risks posed by biological invasions to South Africa -- Chapter 21:The extent and effectiveness of alien plantcontrol projects in South Africa -- Chapter 22: Experience and lessons from alien and invasive animal control projects carried out in South Africa -- Chapter 23: Biological invasions and ecological restoration in South Africa -- Chapter 24: The social dimensions of biological invasions in South Africa -- Chapter 25: Education, training and capacity building in the field of biological invasions in South Africa -- PART 6: NEW INSIGHTS -- Chapter 26: South Africa as a donor of naturalized and invasive alien plants to other parts of the world -- Chapter 27: South Africa as a donor of alien animals -- Chapter 28: Knowing-doing continuum or knowing-doing gap? …”
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A Roadmap for Plant Genome Editing

Table of Contents: “…The postulates, the outlooks, and possible consequences of a regulatory system reform in the context of legislative reforms in third countries and detection requirements -- Section 5- Future outlook.…”
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The Intelligent Troglodyte’s Guide to Plato’s Republic by Drabkin, Douglas

Table of Contents: “…Book I -- 1 A Religious Festival in the Piraeus -- 2 Being Old -- 3 Treasure for Heaven -- 4 Giving What is Owed -- 5 The Craft of Justice -- 6 Benefiting Friends and Harming Enemies -- 7 The Advantage of the Stronger -- 8 The Good Shepherd -- 9 The Blushing Argument -- 10 Function, Virtue, and the Soul -- Book II -- 11 The Division of Goods -- 12 The Social Contract Theory of Justice -- 13 The Magic Ring -- 14 The Challenge -- 15 The Teaching of Justice -- 16 Glaucon's Lover -- 17 From Souls to Cities -- 18 Making the Most of Differences -- 19 Luxuries in the Just City -- 20 The Good Soldier -- 21 Censoring Homer -- 22 Gods Causing Bad Things -- 23 Gods in Disguise or Speaking Falsely -- Book III -- 24 Fear and Grief -- 25 Laughter and Lying -- 26 Lust, Wrath, and Greed -- 27 Narrative Style and Personal Integrity -- 28 The Emotional Power of Tune and Rhythm -- 29 Love of the Fine and Beautiful -- 30 Physical Training -- 31 Doctors and Judges -- 32 Harmony in the Soul -- 33 Rulers -- 34 The Myth of the Metals -- 35 Private Property and Private Interests -- Book IV -- 36 The City as a Whole -- 37 Lawfulness Internalized, Legislation Minimized -- 38 Wisdom in the City -- 39 Courage in the City -- 40 Temperance in the City -- 41 Justice in the City -- 42 Parts of the Soul ¬¬ Appetitive and Rational -- 43 The Spirited Part of the Soul -- 44 The Virtues of the Soul -- 45 Injustice is Sick -- Book V -- 46 A Desire to Listen -- 47 The Natures of Men and Women -- 48 Good Breeding -- 49 Families and the Saying of “Mine” and “Not Mine” -- 50 The Waging of War -- 51 Philosophers and Knowledge of the Forms -- Book VI -- 52 The Virtues of the Philosopher -- 53 Philosophical Perspective and the Fear of Death -- 54 The Uselessness of Philosophers -- 55 Gifted Students and the Sophists -- 56 Putting Knowledge of the Forms to Use -- 57 The Form of the Good -- 58 Every Soul Pursues the Good -- 59 The Sun -- 60 Degrees of Clarity (The Line) -- Book VII -- 61 The Cave -- 62 Two Kinds of Confusion -- 63 The Craft of Education -- 64 Compulsory Service for Philosophers -- 65 Numbers as Summoners -- 66 Further Mathematical Studies -- 67 Dialectic -- 68 Selecting Students for Philosophy -- 69 Abuses of Refutation -- 70 Completing the Education of the Rulers -- 71 Establishing Justice -- Book VIII -- 72 The Fall of the Aristocratic City -- 73 The Timocratic City -- 74 The Timocratic Soul -- 75 The Oligarchic City -- 76 The Oligarchic Soul -- 77 The Democratic City -- 78 The Democratic Soul -- 79 The Tyrannical City -- Book IX -- 80 Lawless Desires -- 81 The Right Way to Fall Asleep -- 82 The Tyrannical Soul -- 83 The First Proof: Analogy of City and Soul -- 84 The Second Proof: Who's to Say? …”
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Introduction to Political Science by Rom, Mark Carl, Hidaka, Masaki, Walker, Rachel Bzostek

Table of Contents: “…Institutions -- Chapter 9. Legislation -- Introduction -- 9.1 What Do Legislatures Do? …”
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