Plastic contamination of the environment is a global problem whose magnitude justifies the
consideration of plastics as emergent geomaterials with chemistries not previously seen in …

Plastics contamination in the marine environment was first reported nearly 50 years ago,
less than two decades after the rise of commercial plastics production, when less than 50 …

Objective To systematically review studies quantifying the associations of long term (clinic),
mid-term (home), and short term (ambulatory) variability in blood pressure, independent of …

Background We investigated the temporal progression of the clinical, radiological, and
virological changes in a community outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS). …

… k years ago, SW (t) = [PW (t − k) + SW (t − k)][RR (t − k)], where k is the average use time of
secondary plastics and RR (t − k) is the global recycling rate in year t − k. Amounts of plastic …

Plastic debris in the marine environment is widely documented, but the quantity of plastic
entering the ocean from waste generated on land is unknown. By linking worldwide data on …

Recently, increasing numbers of scholars have argued that emotional intelligence (EI) is a
core variable that affects the performance of leaders. In this study, we develop a …

Plastic pollution is a planetary threat, affecting nearly every marine and freshwater ecosystem
globally. In response, multilevel mitigation strategies are being adopted but with a lack of …

In this study, the authors reviewed the definition of emotional intelligence (EI) and argued
that El is conceptually distinct from personality. In Study 1, the authors showed that EI was …

We developed a model in which leader-member exchange mediated between perceived
transformational leadership behaviors and followers' task performance and organizational …