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The Mutable Original: How Chinese Counterfeits Become Nigerian Originals in African Markets

open access: yesAmerican Anthropologist, Volume 128, Issue 3, Page 581-594, September 2026.
ABSTRACT Affordable Chinese copies of Western brands are ubiquitous in African markets. Despite democratizing consumer access, these goods appear to cement hegemonic value hierarchies that rank Chinese or local products as inferior to Western goods.
Jing Jing Liu
wiley   +1 more source

Dreaming digital landscapes

open access: yesCanadian Geographies / Géographies canadiennes, Volume 70, Issue 4, Winter / hiver 2026.
Abstract The metaphor of digital landscapes captures a dream for spatial digital tools and analysis that are distinct from the characteristic and theoretical structures that inform tools developed with metaphors like artificial intelligence. Where artificial intelligence suggests automation, rapacious surveillance, and increasing commodification of ...
Sheryl‐Ann Simpson
wiley   +1 more source

Exploring the Educational Linguistic Landscape Through Cultural Capital Theory: A Case Study of a Rural Primary School in China

open access: yesEuropean Journal of Education, Volume 61, Issue 3, September 2026.
ABSTRACT Research on linguistic landscapes in educational settings has highlighted their role in reflecting institutional ideologies and shaping school culture, yet little attention has been paid to rural schools, where signage may carry heightened symbolic significance.
Honggang Liu
wiley   +1 more source

Antipredatory Strategies of Anurans: An Updated Conceptual Review

open access: yesEthology, Volume 132, Issue 9, Page 662-708, September 2026.
To unravel the evolutionary dynamics of predator–prey interactions, we propose an updated, three‐tiered classification of anuran antipredatory strategies. By mapping non‐behavioral, individual, and group defenses across five functional phases, this integrative framework introduces the concept of synergetic coupling.
Ubiratã Ferreira Souza   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Impacts of Pasture Conversion to Sugarcane on Water Fluxes and Water Use Efficiency in the Southeastern US

open access: yesGCB Bioenergy, Volume 18, Issue 9, September 2026.
Sugarcane expansion, poised to reshape the Southeastern US bioenergy landscape, has uncertain ecohydrological implications following pasture conversion. Compared with improved and semi‐native pastures, sugarcane showed more conservative water use, stronger stomatal sensitivity to atmospheric water demand, higher evaporation, and greater water‐use ...
Sneha Bandyopadhyay   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Reinforcement learning in linear embedding space unlocks generalizable control across soft robot configurations. [PDF]

open access: yesNat Commun
Zhang X   +16 more
europepmc   +1 more source

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