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Dress for success: climate pressures predict fur insulation and body size in natural and reintroduced populations of a threatened marsupial

Oikos, EarlyView.
Phenotypic variation in functional traits underpins responses to environmental gradients, influencing thermoregulation, energy balance, and long‐term persistence under climate extremes. Climate change is altering these gradients globally, yet in species that have already disappeared from much of their range, adaptive phenotypes may have also been lost,
Jack Bilby, Kenny J. Travouillon, Emma Sherratt, William K. Cornwell, Katherine Moseby   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Deep learning can automate chicken tibia-breaking strength quantification to improve animal welfare. [PDF]

Poult Sci
Debnath T, Wilson P, Pong-Wong R, Plenderleith L, Andersson B, Schmutz M, Dunn I, Prendergast JGD.   +7 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Toward a Framework for Understanding Localization in Its Institutional Context: A Systems Perspective for Incorporating Local Values

Public Administration and Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper explores how we might integrate local traditional values into a systems approach for analyzing and maximizing localization in the context of foreign aid. The paper situates localization and its operationalization in the older and broader literature on the political economy of foreign aid.
Jennifer M. Brinkerhoff
wiley   +1 more source

Educational attainment is associated with reduced functional decline in Puerto Ricans with elevated pTau181. [PDF]

J Alzheimers Dis
Dorfsman DA, Cai D, Hamilton-Nelson KL, Adams LD, Mena PR, Rodriguez VC, Sanchez JJ, Valladares GS, Lopez M, Whitehead PL, Prough MB, Manrique P, Martinez A, Mas SM, Scaramutti C, Acosta H, Silva-Vergara C, McInerney K, Griswold AJ, Feliciano-Astacio BE, Cuccaro ML, Kunkle BW, Reitz C, Tosto G, Bush WS, Haines JL, Akinyemi JO, Akinyemi RO, Ogunniyi A, Byrd GS, Vance JM, Celis K, Seixas A, Pericak-Vance MA, Rajabli F.   +34 more
europepmc   +1 more source

A Framework for Understanding and Evaluating Localization: The Case of HelpAge International

Public Administration and Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Many transnational non‐governmental organizations (TNGOs) are reevaluating their organizational forms and norms as they pursue localization. Localization itself is a contested and multifaceted concept, however, complicating the design, implementation, and evaluation of localization efforts.
Hans Peter Schmitz, George E. Mitchell
wiley   +1 more source

Do Buzz-Pollinating Bumble Bees Facilitate Honey Bee Pollination in Southern Highbush Blueberry Through Increasing Pollen Release? [PDF]

Ecol Evol
Ternest JJ, Muñoz PR, Mallinger RE.
europepmc   +1 more source

The Mexico City Policy in US Development Policy and Its Backlash‐Frontlash‐Logic

Public Administration and Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The Mexico City Policy provides for the discontinuation of U.S. government funding for foreign non‐governmental organizations (NGOs) that provide legal abortion services. While Republican administrations have repeatedly pushed for the introduction of the Mexico City Policy after their re‐election, those regulations have been rescinded by ...
Thomas Lange
wiley   +1 more source

Associations between metabolic rate and personality in a free-living small mammal are driven by date of birth. [PDF]

R Soc Open Sci
Qiu J, Schradin C, Mata A, Pillay N, Rödel H.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Brokering Localization: Country‐Based Pooled Funds in Humanitarian Assistance

Public Administration and Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article analyzes Country‐Based Pooled Funds (CBPFs) to identify types of brokerage models and their effects on localization. CBPFs are intermediaries in the aid chain connecting donors to implementers such as the United Nations, international non‐governmental organizations (INGOs) and national NGOs (NNGOs). This paper analyzes four of the
Maryam Zarnegar Deloffre
wiley   +1 more source

Cystic Fibrosis: Huge Gains, but Still a Work in Progress. [PDF]

Am J Respir Crit Care Med
Bush A, Ramsey BW.
europepmc   +1 more source