Water Beings and Capitalist Relations in India's Sundarbans Delta
American Anthropologist, Volume 128, Issue 3, Page 595-606, September 2026.ABSTRACT This article explores entanglements between water cosmologies and capitalist transformation in the Sundarbans delta of West Bengal, India. It traces how “awakened” tidal creeks have been iteratively enclosed as private fisheries from the colonial period to the present, with particular focus on the expansion of commercial aquaculture over the ...
Calynn Dowler
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Enhancing Manufacturing Cell Formation Through Availability-Based Optimization Using the Black Widow Optimizer Metaheuristic. [PDF]
Biomimetics (Basel)Figueroa-Torrez P +3 more
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The Mutable Original: How Chinese Counterfeits Become Nigerian Originals in African Markets
American 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
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Nitrogen Assimilation in the Freshwater Amphipod <i>Gammarus fossarum</i> is Dominated by Animal-Derived Resources. [PDF]
Ecol EvolAmann K, Hoess R, Auerswald K, Geist J.
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The Vicissitudes of the Nafs: Madness, Paralysis, and the Work of Transgression in Sufi Ethics
Anthropology of Consciousness, Volume 37, Issue 2, Fall 2026.ABSTRACT How should we theorize Sufi ethics when the practice of zikr (remembrance) that leads to spiritual enlightenment (tazkiyya) might also bring one to the brink of majzubiyat (madness)? What forms of regulation or restraint are imagined or enacted by practitioners to prevent spiritual boundlessness from perverting into its underside of paralysis (
Muhammad Osama Imran
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Histone 3 Hyperacetylation and the Aggressive Behavior of Giant Cell Lesions. [PDF]
Cancer Medda Silva Barros CC +4 more
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The Value of Assetised Highways in City Logistics: Class, Commodities, Contradictions
Antipode, Volume 58, Issue 5, September 2026.ABSTRACT Urban highways are built to accelerate the circulation of commodities—including labour power—across space, and they play a central role in global supply chains within urban landscapes. What happens when highways themselves are transformed into commodities, or asset classes?
Susanne Soederberg
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Hybrid Nature-Inspired Optimization for the Cell Formation Problem with Machine Reliability and Alternative Routings. [PDF]
Biomimetics (Basel)Figueroa-Torrez P +6 more
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Phylogeny Drives Carrion Consumption by Vertebrate Scavengers Towards Distantly Related Species
Ecology Letters, Volume 29, Issue 9, September 2026.Carrion is a highly nutritious resource that plays a key role in ecosystem functioning, but may pose pathogen risks, particularly between phylogenetically close carcass‐scavenger pairs. Using camera traps, we assessed how phylogenetic distance influenced scavenging in a Mediterranean wetland.
Tatiana Pessano‐Serrat +3 more
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Gender, Work &Organization, Volume 33, Issue 5, Page 2114-2128, September 2026.ABSTRACT The Australian construction industry remains one of the most male‐dominated sectors, with women comprising only 12.5% of the workforce and 3% of trades. In this context, policy plays a critical role in challenging entrenched gender norms, removing structural barriers, and promoting equitable access, participation, and progression for women and
Sarah Holdsworth +3 more
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