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Cuttings, Combings, Fettlings and Flock: Gender and Australian Wool ‘Waste’, 1900–1950
ABSTRACT As Australia's wool industry produced vast amounts of fine fleece from the nineteenth century, the wool processing and clothes manufacturing industries generated waste – products like cuttings, combings, fettlings and flock. Salvaged and then sold to waste merchants, these and other materials had a second life.
Lorinda Cramer
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Captive birds of prey often exceed their wild counterparts’ lifespan, as seen in bald eagles (Haliaeetus leucocephalus, ~20 years wild vs. ~40 years captive), golden eagles (Aquila chrysaetos, ~32 years wild vs.
Sara Peña +5 more
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Mission to Indonesia to participate to the 1st Indonesia- France Seminar in Medicine & Public Health and investigate potential collaborations on animal health : 2nd - 9th of November 2012 [PDF]
Emerging and zoonotic infectious diseases are a major issue in Indonesia. The objective of this mission, funded by the Institut Français d'Indonésie (IFI), was to identify potential subjects of collaboration between CIRAD, Pasteur Institute, and ...
Bourhy, Hervé +2 more
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We studied oviposition site selection in a leaf‐mining moth (Stigmella sorbi) on rowan trees (Sorbus aucuparia) in northwestern Russia, assessing larval performance across different shoot types, leaf positions, and leaflets. Larval survival was highest on long vegetative shoots, yet females showed no preference for these optimal sites.
Mikhail V. Kozlov, Vitali Zverev
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Abstract Drug entry into prisons represents a serious issue for both incarcerated people and prison staff. Although substances enter prisons in many ways, staff drug smuggling represents a consistent problem facing correctional institutions globally. We draw on 131 interviews with correctional officers (COs) working in four Western Canadian prisons to ...
William J. Schultz +2 more
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Disappearing race in criminology: Stigma, race, and loss
Abstract This article is based on Katheryn Russell‐Brown's 2025 presidential address at the 85th annual meeting of the American Society of Criminology, held in Washington, D.C. The article begins with an overview of the Author's approach to research and the highlights of her scholarly contributions.
Katheryn Russell‐Brown
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Raising Game Birds in Captivity
Gustav A. Swanson, David B. Greenberg
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Community-Acquired Pneumonia Caused by Avian Chlamydia abortus, the Netherlands
We report avian Chlamydia abortus pneumonia in an immunocompetent elderly patient in the Netherlands after environmental exposure to wild aquatic birds, including seabirds. New molecular surveillance studies are needed in wild and captive birds, as well
Jairo Gooskens +5 more
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Stress in wild and captive snakes : quantification, effects and the importance of management [PDF]
As in other animals, distress and impaired welfare have a deleterious effect on the mental, physical and behavioral health of snakes in the wild and in captivity.
Aerts, Johan +4 more
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This study examines the ecophysiological responses of common waxbills to temperature variation in Portugal. We measured body condition and basal metabolic rate (BMR) during summer and winter across two regions in Portugal. Body condition was negatively correlated with temperature, while the relationship between BMR and temperature varied seasonally. In
Marina Sentís +7 more
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