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The Formosan Black Bear and Taiwanese Nationalism

open access: yesNations and Nationalism, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Building on scholarship that situates nations and nationalism within colonial relations, this article examines nationalism in settler‐colonial Taiwan amid China's colonial claim to sovereignty. Drawing on interviews, conservation documents and popular representations, we show how the Formosan black bear became a national symbol of resistance ...
Yung‐Ying Chang, John Chung‐En Liu
wiley   +1 more source

Weaponizing Kinship: A Demographic Analysis of Bereavement in the Colombian Conflict

open access: yesPopulation and Development Review, EarlyView.
Abstract The ongoing Colombian armed conflict has produced widespread homicides and enforced disappearances, as armed actors used violence to terrorize communities and consolidate power. Family bereavement—one of the most pervasive and enduring consequences of this violence—remains critically understudied from a quantitative perspective.
Enrique Acosta   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Genetic and Phenotypic Diversity of European Triticale: GWAS of Yellow Rust Resistance and Agronomic Traits

open access: yesPlant Breeding, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Triticale (x Triticosecale Wittmack) is an interspecific hybrid of wheat and rye. It is a promising grain and forage crop that thrives in poorer soils and low‐input farming systems. It can serve as a viable alternative to traditional small grains such as wheat and barley, bringing diversity to crop rotations and enhancing biodiversity in ...
Riccardo Zustovi   +17 more
wiley   +1 more source

AI Alignment Versus AI Ethical Treatment: 10 Challenges

open access: yesAnalytic Philosophy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT A morally acceptable course of AI development should avoid two dangers: creating unaligned AI systems that pose a threat to humanity and mistreating AI systems that merit moral consideration in their own right. This paper argues these two dangers interact and that if we create AI systems that merit moral consideration, simultaneously avoiding ...
Adam Bradley, Bradford Saad
wiley   +1 more source

Effects of lactoferrin derived peptides on simulants of biological warfare agents. [PDF]

open access: yesWorld J Microbiol Biotechnol, 2017
Sijbrandij T   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Integrating food systems into the international climate law and policy framework

open access: yesReview of European, Comparative &International Environmental Law, EarlyView.
Abstract While responsible for nearly one‐third of global greenhouse gas emissions, food systems long remained peripheral to the legal and political architecture of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). This article outlines the policy shifts that have led food systems to become increasingly central to the UNFCCC and its ...
Enrico Mezzacapo, Josephine van Zeben
wiley   +1 more source

Bioterrorism and Biological Warfare, from Past to the Present: A classic review

open access: yesمجله دانشگاه علوم پزشکی بیرجند, 2015
Bioterrorism is defined as any terrorist action of intentional release or dissemination of highly pathogenic biological agents, including a variety of microorganisms or biological toxins.
Majid Zare Bidaki, Mahdi Balalimood
doaj  

Assessing the use of infectious agents in bioterrorism: a narrative review of risks, preparedness, and response strategies

open access: yesBulletin of the National Research Centre
Background Bioterrorism involves the deliberate use of biological agents as weapons to cause harm or death to humans, animals, or plants. These agents are naturally found in the environment but can be modified into weapons.
Marianna-Foteini Dafni   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

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