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Starving or Stuffing? Plasticity in Wild Boar Body Mass Variations During Summer in a Mediterranean Area

open access: yesIntegrative Zoology, EarlyView.
Assessing drivers of population dynamics helps to mitigate human–wildlife conflicts. In Mediterranean areas, summer aridity reduces resources, potentially affecting ungulates' body condition and reproduction. In a mixed forested‐rural area, wild boar female body mass increased throughout summer in rainy‐mild years and decreased in hot‐dry years.
Martina Calosi   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

De Stupro: First Insights on Rape and Its Prosecution in Maltese Courts (1701–10)

open access: yesJournal for Eighteenth-Century Studies, EarlyView.
Abstract This article constitutes a first in‐depth investigation of rape and the prosecution of this crime in early eighteenth‐century Malta. The research, which is based on sixteen rape accusations claimed at the secular courts in Malta between 1701 and 1710, has analysed cases categorized as ‘simple rape’, ‘violent rape’ and rape committed under the ...
Vanessa Buhagiar
wiley   +1 more source

A discriminant rule under transformation [PDF]

open access: yes, 1992
We present a new rule for discriminating among continuous populations which are not multivariate normal. The basic idea is to construct the sample maximum likelihood discriminant rule after transforming the data by a suitable multivariate transformation ...
Barrio, Juan A.   +1 more
core   +1 more source

Phase change in an opinion-dynamics model with separation of time scales

open access: yes, 2010
We define an opinion formation model of agents in a 1d ring, where the opinion of an agent evolves due to its interactions with close neighbors and due to its either positive or negative attitude toward the overall mood of all the other agents. While the
Barrio, R. A.   +3 more
core   +1 more source

Harnessing iEcology data to uncover invasive species behaviour

open access: yesMethods in Ecology and Evolution, EarlyView.
Abstract Invasive animal species threaten ecosystems, biodiversity and human livelihoods. Behavioural traits such as boldness, exploratory tendencies, learning ability and social interactions are known to influence invasion success. Yet these behavioural traits remain underexplored due to challenges in observing behaviour across large spatial and ...
Peter Mikula   +22 more
wiley   +1 more source

The determinants of university patenting: Do incentives matter? [PDF]

open access: yes
In recent years various studies have examined the factors that may explain academic patents. Existing analyses have also underlined the substantial differences to be found in European countries in the institutional framework that defines property rights ...
José García-Quevedo   +1 more
core  

The Wind of Change: Mapping Wind Energy Growth and Multi‐Species Vulnerability in Sardinia, Mediterranean

open access: yesAnimal Conservation, EarlyView.
The rapid expansion of wind energy across the Mediterranean region calls for more advanced tools to assess and mitigate its impacts on biodiversity. In this study, we present an innovative approach combining 13‐year satellite imagery analysis and ecological modelling, to assess the spatiotemporal overlap between wind energy development and habitat ...
Chiara Costantino   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

The regional distribution of spanish unemployment. A spatial analysis [PDF]

open access: yes
This paper proposes a set of tools to analyse the regional distribution of unemployment. As we are interested in the characteristics of the whole distribution, we complement results from the traditional regression analysis with those from the estimation ...
Artis, Manuel   +2 more
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Perforando la masa: el vacío como espacio de encuentro [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Trabajo de gradoEl trabajo monográfico es el registro textual del proyecto de intervención en el Barrio las Cruces, localizado en el costado sur del Centro Tradicional de Bogotá.
García-Vega, Paola Melissa
core  

El barrio concebido como comunidad. Reflexiones acerca de algunos supuestos presentes en la focalización territorial de políticas asistenciales

open access: yesCuaderno Urbano, 2004
El presente trabajo intentará explorar los supuestos que se encuentran en la utilización del término polisémico de comunidad. Esta palabra es utilizada por distintos actores y alcances, en particular, por las instituciones estatales y actores sociales ...
Cristina Cravino
doaj  

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