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Gendered and Ethnic Captivity and Slavery in Safavid Persia: A Literature Review
The Safavid society’s approach to sexuality and gender has made it a reference for the “pre-modern” discourse, in which gender and sexuality manifest—in contemporary terminology—queerness and fluidity.
Ladan Rahbari
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The Oral and Skin Microbiomes of Captive Komodo Dragons Are Significantly Shared with Their Habitat. [PDF]
Examining the way in which animals, including those in captivity, interact with their environment is extremely important for studying ecological processes and developing sophisticated animal husbandry.
Ashley Shade +13 more
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The keeping of captive animals in zoos and aquariums has long been controversial. Many take freedom to be a crucial part of animal welfare and, on these grounds, criticise all forms of animal captivity as harmful to animal welfare, regardless of their ...
Heather Browning, Walter Veit
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Nutritional and health status of woolly monkeys [PDF]
Woolly monkeys (Lagothrix lagotricha and L. flavicauda) are threatened species in the wild and in captivity. Numerous zoological institutions have historically kept Lagothrix lagotricha spp., but only a few of them have succeeded in breeding populations.
Ange-van Heugten, K.D. +3 more
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While pitched battles were only a matter of men, the sieges under Alexander, particularly numerous and murderous, contributed to place non-combatants, and especially the women, at the heart of armed conflicts.
Isabelle Pimouguet-Pédarros
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Interspecific heavy metal variations and bioaccumulation in peafowl (Pavo cristatus)
The present study was designed for biomonitoring of heavy metals such as lead (Pb), cadmium (Cd), chromium (Cr), zinc (Zn), nickel (Ni), manganese (Mn) and cobalt (Co) at three selected wildlife parks of Punjab.
Sajida Arooj +9 more
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The article presents data on the biology of Ellobius talpinus kept in captivity. The creation of semi-underground conditions in terrarium and long-term observations of a group of vole moles during 2003–2014 are described.
Marina Korobchenko
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Boring Lizards: Ludic Management, Affect and Ambivalence
This chapter utilises Game Studies, Animal Studies and Affect Studies approaches to explore how videogame adaptation Jurassic World: Evolution (Frontier 2018) mediates Jurassic World’s (2015) themes of captivity, anxiety and boredom in a time of ...
Merlyn Seller
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Effect of Geography and Captivity on Scat Bacterial Communities in the Imperiled Channel Island Fox
With developing understanding that host-associated microbiota play significant roles in individual health and fitness, taking an interdisciplinary approach combining microbiome research with conservation science is increasingly favored. Here we establish
Nicole E. Adams +2 more
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Prisoners of War in Russia during World War I: Daily Life (on Materials of Tobolsk Province)
The features of daily life of prisoners of war during the First World War are studied. In her research the author uses a representative source base of both published and unpublished materials from the funds of the State Archive of Tobolsk. It is reported
D. Y. Fedotova
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