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Claiming the Isle? Islandness and Territorial Demands

Nations and Nationalism, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article explores the relationship between insularity and territorial demands, focusing on whether island territories are more likely to support regionalist and secessionist parties. To address this question, we compare electoral support for such parties across island and mainland territories using a large‐N dataset.
Pau Torres, Marc Sanjaume‐Calvet
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A Field-Driven Growth Model for Uniform Thin-Film Growth

Micromachines
Externally applied electric fields are widely employed during thin-film deposition to improve film uniformity, texture and densification. Despite extensive experimental evidence, the physical mechanisms by which such fields influence nucleation, surface ...
Helena Cristina Vasconcelos, Telmo Eleutério, Maria Meirelles   +2 more
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Molecular diagnosis of infectious diseases in São Miguel Island (Azores, Portugal): A hospital-based descriptive study

Journal of Infection in Developing Countries, 2016
Introduction: We performed a descriptive analysis of molecular diagnosis of infectious agents in the São Miguel Island population, in order to address questions like what is the frequency of clinical requests, is it observable seasonality of pathogens ...
Ana Silva, Raquel M Moniz, Tânia Pereirinha, Maria J Brilhante, Sara Bulhões, Rita Cabral, Claudia C. Branco, Luisa Mota-Vieira   +7 more
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Forecasting Climate Change Using a Multivariate Cointegrated System

Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT A cointegrated vector equilibrium correction model of key climate variables including sea surface temperature, ocean heat content, Arctic sea‐ice extent and sea‐level change is built, driven by radiative forcing in which a stochastic trend arises due to anthropogenic emissions of greenhouse gases.
Jennifer L. Castle, Jurgen A. Doornik, David F. Hendry, Luke P. Jackson   +3 more
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Rights of Nature in the EU: A thought experiment to improve access to justice

Review of European, Comparative &International Environmental Law, EarlyView.
Abstract Against the backdrop of the growing need for legal innovation in environmental protection, this article explores the interplay between Rights of Nature (RoN)—a legal theory asserting that the inherent moral value of nature must be protected legally by granting rights and legal personality to nature itself—and the EU constitutional right of ...
Emma Sanvito, Mariolina Eliantonio
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Specialized Committees of International Organizations an Important Source of Organizational Autonomy

Regulation &Governance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Assigning the preparation of decisions to specialized committees composed of member state representatives is a widespread response to the ‘governor's dilemma’, that is, the tension between competence and control, in international organizations (IOs). We theorize a causal mechanism referring to self‐selection and agenda‐setting effects and show
Michael Giesen, Thomas Gehring, Simon Linder, Thomas Rixen   +3 more
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Molecular insights into entomopathogenic fungal biomarkers associated with low-density Popillia japonica populations in the Azores

Biological Control
Popillia japonica is a highly destructive pest that is spreading across Europe and feeds on a wide range of economically valuable plants. In this study, we conducted metabarcoding and incidence analyses to characterise pathomycobiome communities in soil ...
Jorge Frias, Hugo R. Monteiro, Margarida Borges, Beatriz C. Garcia, Anna Garriga, Mário Teixeira, Duarte Toubarro, Nelson Simões   +7 more
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The extension of the taxon cycle model to island plants: insights from the Canarian vascular flora

Biological Reviews, Volume 101, Issue 4, Page 2053-2076, August 2026.
ABSTRACT Taxon cycle models describe eco‐evolutionary patterns of lineage colonization, diversification, and decline across archipelagos, inferring an important role for competition amongst ecologically similar taxa in driving concurrent niche changes.
José María Fernández‐Palacios, Rüdiger Otto, Robert J. Whittaker   +2 more
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Monitoring the Colonisation Dynamics of Rugulopteryx okamurae on Algal Communities in the Northwestern Mediterranean Sea

Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, Volume 36, Issue 7, July 2026.
ABSTRACT Biological invasions are a major driver of biodiversity loss, causing profound and often irreversible ecological changes. Among these invaders, the brown alga Rugulopteryx okamurae provides a striking example. Since its arrival in 2016 in Calanques National Park (Marseille, southern France), it has drastically transformed underwater landscapes
Marie Borriglione, Thierry Thibaut, Bastien Thouroude, Aurélie Blanfuné, Frédéric Zuberer, Dorian Guillemain, Delphine Thibault, Charles‐François Boudouresque, Sandrine Ruitton   +8 more
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Traditional Fermented Dairy Products as Reservoirs of Bifidobacterium With Probiotic Potential: From Microbial Diversity to Functional Characterization

Comprehensive Reviews in Food Science and Food Safety, Volume 25, Issue 4, July 2026.
ABSTRACT Traditional fermented dairy products (TFDPs) are complex microbial ecosystems that may serve as reservoirs of many microorganisms, including those with probiotic potential such as Bifidobacterium species and lactobacilli. Although bifidobacteria are widely used as probiotic microorganisms in defined formulations, their occurrence, persistence,
Mst. Umme Habiba, Md. Morshedur Rahman, Mary Ann Augustin, Cristian Varela, Helen Morris, Hayriye Bozkurt   +5 more
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