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Psychopolitics: Peter Sedgwick’s legacy for mental health movements [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
This paper re-considers the relevance of Peter Sedgwick's Psychopolitics (1982) for a politics of mental health. Psychopolitics offered an indictment of ‘anti-psychiatry’ the failure of which, Sedgwick argued, lay in its deconstruction of the category of
A Bell   +74 more
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Role of freshwater availability and terrestrial land‐cover change in the distribution of a declining, terrestrial, insectivorous bird

open access: yesConservation Biology, EarlyView.
Abstract Insectivorous, Afro‐Palearctic migrant birds provide cross‐border ecosystem services, but many are declining rapidly. The complex life cycle of migrant birds makes their conservation difficult, but understanding where they spend time during the breeding season can help indicate where those actions will be most effective.
Catrin F. Eden   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Exploring the Prospective Biology Teachers’ Field-Trip Experiences as an Outdoor Learning Activity

open access: yesJournal of Teaching and Learning
The study aimed to identify the views of prospective biology students on the field-trip experience as an outdoor learning activity in both educational and social contexts. It employed a qualitative phenomenological analysis method. Participants included
Gülcan Çetin
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Effects of landscape context on avian specialist response to increased surface temperature in protected areas

open access: yesConservation Biology, EarlyView.
Abstract Human development is a driver of global change and a major threat to biodiversity. Protected areas maintain and support biodiversity, but outside stressors, such as climate change and land use change, can negatively influence natural resources within protected areas.
Leah J. Rudge   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Symbology of Bird Motifs in Persian and Indian Carpets [PDF]

open access: yesپیکره, 2019
The motifs used in Persian and Indian carpets are replete with concepts and symbolic meanings deeply rooted in myths, cultures and beliefs of both countries. One of these motifs is the bird motif, the symbol of freedom and salvation, which can be seen as
behzad nikandish   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Integration of values and culture in Malay folklore animation [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
This study focuses on the integration of values and culture in the Malay folklore animation. The objectives of the study are to rank and discuss the values and culture in the Malay folklore animation.
Abd Rahim, Normaliza   +2 more
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Pentahelix Stakeholder Analysis in Developing Ecotourism Based on Paradisaea minor jobiensis Conservation in Sawendui, Yapen Islands

open access: yesJournal of Natural Resources and Environmental Management
Sawendui Village, Yapen Islands Regency, has ecotourism potential Paradisaea minor jobiensis. One approach to preserving P. minor jobiensis is the development of ecotourism.
Finitya Arlini Cita   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Deterioration and Noise in Technologies of Audio Reproduction [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
No abstract supplied.
Case, Jonathan
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Genetic and Ecological Management of Pacific Salmon Fisheries for the 21st Century

open access: yesFisheries Management and Ecology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Based on ecological adaptation theory, tremendous effort is being spent on measures that are eliminating salmon hatcheries and fishing opportunities with the intention of protecting wild runs deemed to be of particular genetic importance to the survival of the species.
Randall E. Brummett   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

A new species of Ischyomius from Venezuela (Coleoptera, Tenebrionoidea, Pythidae) with a revised key to world species

open access: yesZooKeys, 2009
A new species – Ischyomius escalonai – is described from Venezuela (type locality: Lara, Yacumbú National Park, El Blanquito). Males of I. escalonai have distinctive genitalia with very short accessory lobes, and both sexes have simple
Darren Pollock
doaj   +1 more source

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