‘More Beastliness Than Beauty’: Gendering Pica in Seventeenth‐Century English Medicine and Culture
ABSTRACT Today, defined as the ‘persistent eating of non‐nutritive substances’, pica is a lesser‐known eating disorder with a long history. Defined in early modern England as the ‘desire to eat absurd things’, pica was explicitly gendered, associated with pregnant women and pubescent girls.
Helena C. Aeberli
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Reassessing the Role of Root Hairs in Adaptation to Low Phosphorus Conditions: Lessons From Wild Barley. [PDF]
Nazish T +6 more
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Abstract After the vicissitudes of the War of the Spanish Succession (1701–14), the consolidation of the Bourbon Monarchy in early eighteenth‐century Spain allowed Philip V's ministry to implement the so‐called Nueva Planta in his various kingdoms and lordships of the Crown of Aragon, but also in Castile.
Roberto Quirós Rosado
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Genetic Architecture of Grain Protein Content in Hulless Barley: Insights from Multi-Environment GWAS. [PDF]
Memon S +15 more
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Russian wheat aphid: a model for genomic plasticity and a challenge to breeders
Invasive foundress finds suitable habitat and reproduces through pathogenesis. Wingless females produce life offspring quickly, which leads to high population densities. High population densities result in competition, which may induce epigenetic changes and wing development for dispersal.
Astrid Jankielsohn +8 more
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<i>Epichloë bromicola</i> Enhances Barley Disease Resistance Through Temporally Coordinated Defense Responses. [PDF]
Pang Y +8 more
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• First demonstration of functional RNAi in the beet leafhopper, Neoaliturus tenellus, using both dsRNA microinjection and star polycation nanoparticle‐mediated topical spray delivery.•Microinjection achieved over 90% knockdown of Gus and Pum3, revealing gene‐specific fitness effects on survival and fecundity in beet leafhopper.•Nanoparticle‐mediated ...
Jinlong Han +8 more
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Qingke flavor characteristics and formation mechanisms: volatile metabolites and their changes from raw material to diverse product. [PDF]
Xiong H +5 more
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ABSTRACT This paper develops a three‐layer conceptual framework, comprising surveillance architecture, HRM design choices, and employee responses, to explain how digital surveillance reshapes workplace relationships. Anchored in organizational paradox theory, the framework treats workplace visibility as a persistent, two‐sided tension rather than a ...
Pankaj C. Patel +3 more
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Selection of Spring Barley Varieties for Exploiting Quantitative Resistance for Powdery Mildew Control. [PDF]
Dreiseitl A, Zavřelová M.
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