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Investigating Endoparasites in Captive Birds of Prey in Italy

open access: yesAnimals
Birds of prey can be parasitised by several endoparasites that can coexist without clinical signs of disease or occur in conjunction with stressful events. Because the number of birds of prey kept in captivity is copiously increasing due to their use for
Carolina Allievi   +3 more
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'God was with me in a wonderful manner':the Puritan origins of the Indian captivity narrative [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
This paper argues that the origins of the Indian captivity narrative should be understood in the historical contexts of its production in the New World as a narrative that is at once descriptive of the personal experiences of frontier captives of the ...
Panay, Andrew
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Deterrence through captivity: China’s use of detention to dissuade threats to regime security

open access: yesEuropean Journal of International Security
Captivity is a complex phenomenon in international politics with a broad range of purposes, functions, and consequences. Existing scholarship suggests that states use captivity, for example, to facilitate hostage or prisoner exchanges, to extract ...
Karl Gustafsson
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Social Relationships of Captive Bachelor Przewalski’s Horses and Their Effect on Daily Activity and Space Use

open access: yesAnimals
Understanding social relationships in at-risk species held in captivity is vital for their welfare and potential reintroduction. In social species like the Przewalski’s horse (Equus ferus przewalskii), daily time allocation and space use may be ...
Anastasiia Nykonenko   +2 more
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Metagenomic analysis of dental calculus in ancient Egyptian baboons [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
Dental calculus, or mineralized plaque, represents a record of ancient biomolecules and food residues. Recently, ancient metagenomics made it possible to unlock the wealth of microbial and dietary information of dental calculus to reconstruct oral ...
Bramanti, Barbara   +7 more
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A case of intersex occurrence in Steindachneridion parahybae (Steindachner, 1877) (Siluriformes: Pimelodidae) under captivity condition: A cytogenetic and morphological study [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Poco se sabe sobre la biología reproductiva de Steindachneridion parahybae , una especie de teleósteo gonocorístico en peligro de extinción que habita la cuenca del río Paraíba do Sul y en éste trabajo se describe por primera vez la aparición de ...
Caneppele, Danilo   +4 more
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Effects of captivity, diet, and relocation on the gut bacterial communities of white‐footed mice

open access: yesEcology and Evolution, 2020
Microbes can have important impacts on their host's survival. Captive breeding programs for endangered species include periods of captivity that can ultimately have an impact on reintroduction success.
Pauline vanLeeuwen   +3 more
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Neocolonialism and the Global Prison in National Geographic\u27s \u3ci\u3eLocked Up Abroad\u3c/i\u3e [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
This essay examines the reformulation of colonial ideologies in National Geographic Channel\u27s Locked Up Abroad, a documentary program that chronicles the narratives of Westerner travelers incarcerated in foreign nations.
Kelly, Casey R.
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Comportamento de predação por cutias (Dasyprocta sp.) (Mammalia, Rodentia) em cativeiro: considerações sobre reintrodução. Agouti (Dasyprocta sp.) (Mammalia, Rodentia) predatory behavior in capitivity: considerations about reintroduction. [PDF]

open access: yesRevista do Instituto Florestal, 2009
Oito cutias foram mantidas em umrecinto de 10 por 12 m, na chácara Santo Antônio,Campinas, SP. No mesmo recinto eram mantidasgalinhas adultas e cinco pintinhos devar. domestica .
Luiz Octavio MARCONDES-MACHADO
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Modelling the Incidence of Self-Employment: Individual and Employment Type Heterogeneity [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
Modelling the incidence of self-employment has traditionally proved problematic. Whilst the individual supply side characteristics of the self-employed are well documented, we argue that the literature has largely neglected demand-side aspects.
Brown, S., Farrell, L., Harris, M.N.
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