Quantification of human‐caused mortality in an imperiled turtle
Wildlife Biology, EarlyView.For many threatened and endangered species, the importance of human‐caused mortality relative to other sources has not been quantified, making it difficult to assess the effectiveness of mortality‐reduction strategies. We used radio telemetry data, pooled across studies at protected sites in the US states of Illinois and Wisconsin, to estimate natural ...
Richard B. King +20 more
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Evasins: Therapeutic Potential of a New Family of Chemokine-Binding Proteins from Ticks [PDF]
, 2016 Blood sucking parasites such as ticks remain attached to their hosts for relatively long periods of time in order to obtain their blood meal without eliciting an immune response.
Amanda E. I. Proudfoot +2 more
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When Thriving for More Collapses the System: The Academic Reproduction of Uncaring Structures
British Journal of Management, EarlyView.Abstract This essay argues that the widening gap between aspirational aims and visionary orientations and the prevailing practices in neoliberal academia stems from deeper, historically rooted, market‐based logics shaping our institutions, increasingly governed by economic values and academic subjectivities therein.
Lara Pecis, Florian Bauer
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Generative AI Use by Capital Market Information Intermediaries: Evidence from Seeking Alpha
Journal of Accounting Research, EarlyView.ABSTRACT We study the use of generative AI for firm‐specific financial analysis on the Seeking Alpha platform. After the initial launch of ChatGPT in November 2022, the share of AI‐generated articles rose sharply to 13.5% of all articles, then declined in late 2023 after Seeking Alpha equated the use of AI to plagiarism and announced a prohibition on ...
Mark T. Bradshaw +3 more
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Transcriptome analysis of the synganglion from the honey bee mite, Varroa destructor and RNAi knockdown of neural peptide targets [PDF]
, 2016 Acknowledgements This work was funded by BBSRC-LINK grant # BB/J01009X/1 and Vita Europe Ltd. We are grateful to the Scottish Beekeepers Association, especially Mr Phil McAnespie in supporting this work at its inception.
Bowman, Alan S. +3 more
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The Hollowing Out of News: The Implications of the Erosion of Public Interest Journalism
Accounting &Finance, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This essay examines the structural erosion of public interest journalism and its implications for public accountability, institutional trust and research. Focusing on Australia, with Anglo‐American comparisons, it shows how economic, technological and regulatory disruptions have undermined investigative journalism, thereby weakening scrutiny ...
Clinton Free
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Immunodeficiencies caused by infectious diseases. [PDF]
, 2010 Immunodeficiencies caused by infectious agents may result from disruption of normal host barriers or dysregulation of cellular immunity, the latter serving to promote survival of the infectious agent through immune evasion.
Sykes, Jane
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Detection of Leishmania infantum DNA mainly in Rhipicephalus sanguineus male ticks removed from dogs living in endemic areas of canine leishmaniosis [PDF]
, 2012 Background: Sand flies are the only biologically adapted vectors of Leishmania parasites, however, a possible role in the transmission of Leishmania has been proposed for other hematophagous ectoparasites such as ticks.
A Estrada-Pena +41 more
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Behavioral interventions to reduce demand for threatened freshwater turtles as pets
Conservation Biology, EarlyView.Abstract Growing demand for freshwater turtles as pets has fueled illegal trade and accelerated wild population declines, underscoring the need for theory‐based demand‐reduction interventions. We conducted a three‐part randomized controlled trial with active turtle keepers (n = 1800) in China to test conservation‐ and legality‐framed messages by ...
Wuji Zheng +9 more
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