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Narrating Entanglement Without Dehumanisation in Contemporary Eco‐Fiction

Future Humanities, Volume 4, Issue 1, May 2026.
ABSTRACT This essay presents a comparative analysis of two contemporary works of eco‐fiction, Richard Powers's The Overstory (2018) and Eleanor Catton's Birnam Wood (2023). Both novels use multiperspective narration in the service of entanglement narratives, forms of storytelling that emphasise the interconnection of human and nonhuman life.
Diana Rose Newby
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Construction, Control, and Application of Cyborg Animal Composed of Biological and Electromechanical Systems. [PDF]

Cyborg Bionic Syst
Ma Y, Zhang C, Nie F, Qin H, Zhang Q, Zhang Y, Yang L, Liu L.   +7 more
europepmc   +1 more source

The Future of Backpacking

, 2013
By use of a literature review and an environmental scan four plausible future scenarios will be created, based on the research question: How could the future of backpack tourism look like in 2030, and how could tourism businesses anticipate on the changing demand.
openaire  

Spring migration strategies differ among three waterfowl species that winter in southern New England, USA

Journal of Avian Biology, Volume 2026, Issue 3, May 2026.
Migratory birds face considerable temporal and energetic constraints during spring migration. To balance these demands and maximize breeding success, migratory birds may optimize spring migration by adopting a strategy that primarily favors either minimizing time or energy spent on migration.
Tori Mezebish Quinn, Peter W. Paton, Jennifer E. Kilburn, Scott R. McWilliams   +3 more
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Simplifying rehabilitation control of lower-limb exoskeletons in five ambulation modes via dataset-driven state-machine calibration. [PDF]

J Neuroeng Rehabil
Lhoste C, Cantón A, Küçüktabak EB, Short MR, Schwanemann R, Clark S, Ludvig D, Lynch K, Hargrove L, Tornero J, Vianello L, Pons J.   +11 more
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Registered and Specialist Nurses' Perspectives on Organisational Changes in Swedish Municipal Home Care: A Qualitative Study Using Shadowing

Nursing Open, Volume 13, Issue 5, May 2026.
ABSTRACT Aim To explore and characterise organisational changes related to clinical competencies, responsibilities, and roles from the perspectives of registered and specialist nurses in municipal home care settings. Design A qualitative exploratory study was conducted.
Elzana Odzakovic, Agneta Kullberg, Therése Bielsten, Jan Marcusson, Ingrid Hellström   +4 more
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Symbiont- and Bacterial Cell Size-dependent Backpacking and Grazing of Acanthamoeba. [PDF]

Microbes Environ
Tanaka N, Kuriki K, Okubo T, Enoeda Y, Konno A, Nakamura S, Sato T, Yokota SI, Yamaguchi H.   +8 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Efficacy evaluation of pneumatic solid set canopy delivery system to control powdery mildew (Erysiphe necator) in Washington vineyards

Pest Management Science, Volume 82, Issue 5, Page 4815-4828, May 2026.
The findings of this study indicate that powdery mildew control achieved with the pneumatic solid set canopy delivery system (PSD‐SSCDS) was comparable with that of a conventional airblast sprayer. These results highlight the PSD‐SSCDS as a promising alternative spray technology. Abstract BACKGROUND In this study, a previously optimized pneumatic spray
Dattatray G Bhalekar, Eric Mozzanini, Ramesh K Sahni, Michelle M Moyer, Lav R Khot   +4 more
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Cyborg insect factory: automatic assembly for insect-computer hybrid robot via vision-guided robotic arm manipulation of custom bipolar electrodes. [PDF]

Nat Commun
Lin Q, Vuong N, Song K, Tran-Ngoc PT, Nonato GAG, Sato H.   +5 more
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Dam It, I’m Stranded: Evaluating Fish Stranding Downstream of Two Hydropeaking Dams in Northern Ontario

River Research and Applications, Volume 42, Issue 4, Page 796-811, May 2026.
ABSTRACT Globally, there has been an increase in the development and use of hydropower to produce energy. Hydropeaking is an operating regime that is used to meet real‐time energy demands; however, daily fluctuations in flows may result in fish becoming stranded.
Raegan Davis, Steven J. Cooke, Karen E. Smokorowski   +2 more
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