Awareness, knowledge and belief regarding bitter leaf use: A cross-sectional study in Nigeria. [PDF]
PLoS OneAdigwe OP, Onavbavba G, Omoarelojie O.
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Trichomes in Plant Defence, Development and Metabolic Integration Under Environmental Stress
Plant, Cell &Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Among various plant defence strategies, trichomes are tiny hair‐like structures on the epidermis that aid in defence, environmental adaptation and the production of valuable secondary metabolites. This review features trichomes as frontline guards for plant survival, integrating their structural, physiological and metabolic roles in ...
Debdatta Chatterjee +5 more
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Field‐based evaluation of glass cullet as a supplementary sediment source for coastal restoration
Restoration Ecology, EarlyView.There is an ever‐increasing demand for sand to support projects like beach nourishment and dune restoration, but dredging and mining sand causes environmental damage. Demonstrating the environmental and ecological compatibility of crushed and ground glass known as cullet to support coastal restoration projects could simultaneously divert waste from ...
Lily S. Pfeifer, Charles A. Schutte
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Sensing Frames: A Contribution to Sensory Pluralism
Sociological Forum, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Are expressions like “sense of responsibility,” “sense of community,” and “business acumen” merely metaphors, or do they refer to deeper, socially embedded forms of perception? This article introduces the concept of “sensing frames”: the socially learned, culturally shaped, and pragmatically enacted modalities through which people perceive and
Giampietro Gobo +2 more
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Individual Virtues, Social Movements, and Allyship in the Sphere of Intellectual Disability
Journal of Social Philosophy, EarlyView.
Tommy Ness
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Brown and White: Accounts of Southern Moderate Politicians in the Shadow of Civil Rights
Sociological Forum, EarlyView.ABSTRACT How do politicians sustain their reputations with audiences whose expectations cannot be satisfied? This tension is acute for legislators seeking to bridge divided local and national discursive arenas, requiring strategic communication when policy outcomes contradict prevailing local community values.
Claire Whitlinger, Gary Alan Fine
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What is a Multi‐Ethnic Party and How to Spot a Fake One?
Swiss Political Science Review, EarlyView.Abstract Multi‐ethnic parties have been variously defined: as those which do not champion the interests of, or mobilize against, any specific ethnic group; as those with a recognisably cross‐communal leadership or membership; and as those which acquire some distribution of support across groups.
Jon Fraenkel
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Topics in Cognitive Science, EarlyView.Abstract Hunter‐gatherers faced the survival threat of confusing edible mushrooms with their poisonous twins, imposing selection pressure on those who failed to detect subtle visual differences. Grounded in the ancestral priorities framework, which posits that the human mind is adapted to handle prehistoric challenges, we investigated whether humans ...
Roman Abel
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Bioactivity and Molecular Responses of Bitter Gourd Leaf Extracts Against the Invasive Leafminer, <i>Liriomyza trifolii</i> (Diptera: Agromyzidae). [PDF]
InsectsChang YW, Zhong L, Yuan Z, Du YZ.
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Effects of the wild bitter gourd extracts on the inflammatory responses by a macrophage cell line
, 2009 [[abstract]]Wild bitter gourd (Cucurbitaceae) is an annual herbaceous vines climbing plant. It is also named wild balsam pear, short fruit bitter gourd or small bitter gourd, which crops from April to September.
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