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A graduated nativeness definition for overcoming dilemmas and difficulties of vascular plant species

Oikos, EarlyView.
Nativeness is a concept central to biodiversity conservation and invasion biology, but there are several problems related to a classic binary nativeness definition. Dilemmas arise from the dynamic nature of species' distribution ranges on longer time scales, and difficulties arise in the application to smaller regions defined by arbitrary borders, and ...
Camilla T. Colding‐Jørgensen, Rasmus Ejrnæs, Jens‐Christian Svenning, Hans Henrik Bruun   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Wild meat consumption in changing rural landscapes of Indonesian Borneo

People and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Wild meat can play a crucial role in the food system of rural communities residing near tropical forests. Yet, socio‐ecological changes across tropical landscapes are impacting the patterns and sustainability of meat consumption. To understand the prevalence, frequency and drivers of wild meat, domestic meat and fish consumption in this ...
Katie L. Spencer, Daniel J. Ingram, Namrata B. Anirudh, Ardiantiono, Susan M. Cheyne, Leejiah J. Dorward, Abdul Kadir, Michaela G. Y. Lo, Courtney L. Morgans, Jatna Supriatna, Nurul L. Winarni, Freya A. V. St. John, Matthew J. Struebig   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

Autonomous weapon systems and international humanitarian law: a reply to the critics [PDF]

, 2013
In November 2012, Human Rights Watch, in collaboration with the International Human Rights Clinic at Harvard Law School, released Losing Humanity: The Case against Killer Robots.[2] Human Rights Watch is among the most sophisticated of human rights ...
Schmitt, Michael
core  

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

مجله 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  

Biological Threat Deterrence by Denial: Implications for Japan’s Nuclear Disarmament Vision

Journal for Peace and Nuclear Disarmament
Japan, a proponent of nuclear disarmament, is facing criticism for adopting “nuclear deterrence” as its foreseeable security policy without providing a clear strategy for transitioning away from it.
Kazuko Hikawa
doaj   +1 more source

Meeting the challenges of biological threats and bioweapons in the 21st century [PDF]

Sociološki Pregled, 2022
Biological warfare has attracted people since the earliest times. During the Cold War, bio-weapons were part of the arsenal of both world superpowers. The Convention prohibiting the production, storage, transfer and use of potential biological weapons ...
Ristanović Elizabeta S., Buršaid Al-Daheri Mubarak S.A.   +1 more
doaj  

Biological Treatments: New Weapons in the Management of Monogenic Autoinflammatory Disorders

Mediators of Inflammation, 2013
Treatment of monogenic autoinflammatory disorders, an expanding group of hereditary diseases characterized by apparently unprovoked recurrent episodes of inflammation, without high-titre autoantibodies or antigen-specific T cells, has been revolutionized
A. Vitale, D. Rigante, O. Lucherini, F. Caso, I. Muscari, F. Magnotti, M. G. Brizi, S. Guerrini, M. Patti, L. Punzi, M. Galeazzi, L. Cantarini   +11 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Recent Progress in Treating Airway Mucus Hypersecretion by Targeting the Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor Signaling Pathway

Pediatric Discovery, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Asthma, chronic pulmonary obstructive disease (COPD), cystic fibrosis, and acute respiratory infections are severe respiratory conditions that significantly contribute to global morbidity and mortality. Airway mucus hypersecretion is an important common pathophysiological and clinical manifestation of these diseases and is closely associated ...
Yuanyuan Zhang, Fuping Yang, Chunyu Yan, Yu Deng, Enmei Liu   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Carbon Material Films for Flexible and Efficient Electromagnetic Interference Shielding: A Review

Rare Metals, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT With the rapid development of technology such as the Internet and electronic devices, electromagnetic radiation pollution has become an increasingly prominent issue, which negatively impacts both human health and the normal operation of equipment.
Yu‐Xin Chen, Ding Zhang, Shi‐Ting Wu, Yun‐Fan Yang, Wei‐Xue Meng, Zhao‐Yun Lin, Yan Zhang, Feng‐Mei Guo, Ying‐Jiu Zhang, Yuan‐Yuan Shang, An‐Yuan Cao   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Micropolitics of Secrecy: Traders' Enactments of Expertise After the Failed Military Coup in Turkey

Economic Anthropology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Conducting ethnographic research in financial institutions is challenging because secrecy is pivotal for traders to maintain their expert image. It became more difficult in Turkey after the failed coup in 2016 as Turkish President Erdoğan increasingly weaponized conspiracies that are historically and politically rooted in Turkish society to ...
Deniz Coral‐Irwin
wiley   +1 more source