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Effects of forest fragmentation on avian breeding activity
Abstract Biodiversity declines and ecosystem decay follow forest fragmentation; initially, abundant species may become rare or be extirpated. Underlying mechanisms behind delayed extirpation of certain species following forest fragmentation are unknown.
Charles P. J. Coddington+2 more
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The coronavirus pandemic and responses to it have had uneven impacts on different segments of societies. This study analysed the experiences of LGBTQIA+2 people during the COVID‐19 emergency, based on interviews in the United Kingdom and Brazil in 2020.
Billy Tusker Haworth+2 more
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Highlights Transcutaneous oxygen pressure (TcPO2) could be used to assess microcirculation, which revealed endothelial injury. As endothelial injury is a cause of albuminuria in diabetic kidney disease (DKD), albuminuria and creatinine (ACR) might be employed to assess microcirculation in DKD patients in rural hospital where TcPO2 is not available. Our
Jin Sun+7 more
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Abstract The Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) is the European Union's main instrument for agricultural planning, with a new reform approved for 2023–2027. The CAP intends to align with the European Green Deal (EGD), a set of policy initiatives underpinning sustainable development and climate neutrality in the European Union (EU), but several flaws cast
Ivon Cuadros‐Casanova+9 more
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Abstract This article compares the framework of environmental public interest litigation in China to the individualized system of judicial review in Germany. It shows that environmental reform requires modern States such as Germany and China to consider certain objective criteria related to the public interest.
Nicholas Campbell
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Highlights Metformin activates GDF15 expression, which reduces appetite with induction of weight loss in both diabetic and non‐diabetic patients. GDF15 level is linked and correlated with the progression of diabetic complications including thrombosis, diabetic nephropathy, diabetic neuropathy, and diabetic retinopathy. Abstract Type 2 diabetes mellitus
Hayder M. Al‐kuraishy+8 more
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Patchwork Governance on KidTok: Balancing Regulation and Community Norms
ABSTRACT TikTok's rapid growth among young users has introduced unique challenges to existing frameworks for understanding child internet fame. We identify “KidTok” as a unique networked public for “internet famous” young people on TikTok shaped by the platform's sociotechnical environment and explore the novel risks that governance should address ...
Alex Turvy, Crystal Abidin
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Rural Vulnerabilities in Southern Spain: Beyond Material Deprivation
ABSTRACT Research on vulnerability has mainly focused on urban contexts, which has shaped and conditioned the research that has been developed in rural contexts. In this sense, research in rural contexts is not only scarce but also limited in several respects: (1) in the concept of vulnerability (almost exclusively limited to material deprivation and ...
Auxiliadora González‐Portillo+1 more
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ABSTRACT Objective Placental dysfunction can result in small‐for‐gestational age (SGA) or fetal growth restriction (FGR). The aim of this prospective cohort study was to assess the association of the cerebroplacental ratio (CPR) and other more conventional fetoplacental Doppler indices, circulating placental growth factor (PlGF) levels and soluble fms ...
J. Hong+6 more
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Solid in shape, shattered in practice? The ‘sentencing pyramid’ in China
Abstract In this article, I use a structural‐functionalist analysis to explain how the sentencing process in the People's Republic of China has morphed into what I call the ‘sentencing pyramid’, with largely discrete and separate praxis across various legal apparatuses. The base of this hierarchical composition encompasses a vast number of infractions,
ENSHEN LI
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