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The Anthropocene and the End of Nuclear Disaster: Normalizing the Fukushima Nuclear Accident

open access: yesAmerican Anthropologist, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article places the concept of disaster in critical dialogue with that of the Anthropocene, which introduces new imaginaries that negatively affect the governance of crises like nuclear accidents. I argue that tropes surrounding the Anthropocene can depict certain events as apocalyptic calamities while also portraying other events as mere “
Maxime Polleri
wiley   +1 more source

Soil wetting and drying processes influence stone artefact distribution in clay‐rich soils: A case study from Middle Gidley Island in Murujuga, northwest Western Australia

open access: yesArchaeometry, EarlyView.
Abstract Soils that contain swelling clay minerals (e.g., montmorillonite) expand and contract during wetting and drying, causing movement within the soil profile. This process, known as argilliturbation, can alter artefact distributions, destroy stratigraphy and complicate the interpretation of archaeological deposits.
Caroline Mather   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

Tongue and Glottis Morphology of Cathartes aura and the Secret of Its Functional Adaptation

open access: yesActa Zoologica, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Cathartes aura, commonly known as the Turkey vulture, is a scavenger bird belonging to the family Cathartidae that is widely distributed throughout the Americas and classified as a New World vulture. Its diet primarily consists of small‐sized carcasses, predominantly of wild animals.
Jean Caio Figueiredo de Almeida   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Cholinergic inputs to motoneurons in the spinal cord augment focal muscle spasticity in rodents

open access: yesBritish Journal of Pharmacology, EarlyView.
Background and Purpose Cholinergic premotor inputs to motoneurons support high levels of motor output when required. However, the possible role of these inputs in pathologically elevated muscle tone has not been characterised. To address this, we examined the modulatory effect of spinal acetylcholine (ACh) on experimental spastic paralysis ...
Patrik Meglić   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Bone Cements with Dietary Fibre Additive

open access: yes
Acrylic bone cement setting as the result of exothermic reaction of polymerization is accompanied by high temperature growth. This temperature shock may cause living tissue necrosis with subsequent implant loosening.
Krilova, Valentīna   +1 more
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