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Medical Anthropology Quarterly, EarlyView.Abstract This article examines the embodied and institutional forms of marginalization experienced by Mexican deportees in Tijuana. Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork conducted in clinics and social service organizations, it explores how deportees are corporeally stigmatized, denied legal recognition, and pathologized as addicts in need of coercive ...
Carlos Martinez
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Plant Biotechnology Journal, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Drought stress is a major limitation to global wheat production. Here, we demonstrate that the wheat gene TaCOMT1A, encoding a caffeic acid O‐methyltransferase, plays a crucial role in enhancing drought tolerance in wheat. Overexpression of TaCOMT1A significantly improved drought tolerance at the seedling stage, as evidenced by higher survival
Mingzhao Luo +12 more
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The victimisation of backpackers
, 1999 The backpacker sector forms an important part of the tourism industry in Australia. Unfortunately, there are good reasons to believe that backpackers are vulnerable to various predatory and property crimes.
Israel, M.
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Philosophy and Phenomenological Research, EarlyView.ABSTRACT It is widely assumed that all games essentially have rules. This paper challenges this apparent truism. We argue that rules are merely one means for generating obstacles: features that make success more difficult. We propose that obstacles, not rules, are essential to games. This shift comes with several theoretical benefits.
Alexandre Declos, Olivier Massin
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International women backpackers in Australia seeking authentic experience
, 1998 International Women Backpackers in Australia: Seeking Authentic Experience. Recent research shows that international backpackers to Australia travel for longer than other tourists, adhere to a budget while travelling and journey far more widely than ...
Hillman, Wendy., Wendy Hillman (9803951)
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The Australian Journal of Anthropology, EarlyView.Abstract Since 2008, temporary labour migration schemes have brought growing numbers of Pacific Islanders to work on Australian farms. The space between these workers and the farmers for whom they labour is organised through a complex ecology of brokerage relations, entailing diverse actors, processes and institutions.
Victoria Stead
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Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie, EarlyView.Abstract This paper explores the commemorative practices of two feminist collectives engaging in anti‐feminicide collages in the cities of Paris and Montreuil. Based on ethnographic fieldwork conducted between 2023 and 2025, it examines how these activist interventions, as temporary urban memorials, intersect memory‐work and care‐work in urban space ...
Morgane Rudaz
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Crop, Forage &Turfgrass Management, Volume 12, Issue 2, December 2026.Abstract The two‐spotted spider mite (TSSM; Tetranychus urticae Koch) is a major pest of tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.), causing substantial yield and quality losses in Ethiopia and worldwide. The present study evaluated the impact of tomato branch pruning and trellising on TSSM populations and yield in the Central Rift Valley tomato production area ...
Amhaeyesus Belete +2 more
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An investigation into positive relationships between backpackers of different cultures in Byron Bay
, 2008 As the issue of guest – guest relationships has not been fully explored by the current literature and particularly in the area of backpackers. This study aimed to gain some understanding of the nature of positive intercultural relationships among ...
Whitelaw, Rebecca
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Crop, Forage &Turfgrass Management, Volume 12, Issue 2, December 2026.Abstract Plant growth regulators (PGRs) are used to optimize turfgrass growth, reduce management inputs, and potentially mitigate diseases. However, golf course superintendents have reported anecdotal evidence linking increased PGR‐induced phytotoxicity with high populations of lance nematodes (Hoplolaimus galeatus).
Matthew Aaron Tucker +4 more
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