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Powers That Be: An Adventure in Metaphysics

open access: yesPhilosophical Investigations, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper is an investigation into the increasingly popular trend amongst philosophers on the metaphysics of powers, exemplified by the statement: ‘To be real is to possess a power to affect (or to be affected by) other things’. First, I briefly trace the history of this idea (from the Eleatic dialectic of ancient times to present day quantum
David Rozema
wiley   +1 more source

Estimating the greenhouse gas emission abatement potential of tidal introduction in Australia

open access: yesRestoration Ecology, EarlyView.
Abstract Introduction Coastal wetlands store higher amounts of organic carbon and sequester it at higher rates in soil relative to terrestrial ecosystems. However, they have been extensively drained, excavated, or modified, often to allow agriculture. Restoring degraded coastal wetlands can be an important contribution to climate change mitigation by ...
Mathew A. Vanderklift   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Community Co‐Design of a Quick Guide to Inform Digital Health Promotion Strategies for Asymptomatic Women at Risk of Chronic Disease

open access: yesHealth Promotion Journal of Australia, Volume 37, Issue 4, October 2026.
ABSTRACT Introduction Chronic diseases are a leading cause of illness, disability, and death in Australian women. Co‐design research methodologies offer promising approaches to developing community‐centred solutions that improve engagement with preventive health. This community‐driven research explored ways to improve the prevention and early detection
Paola Borquez‐Arce   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Diversifying Methods in Evolutionary Anthropology: Autophotography as a Tool for Quasi‐Naturalistic Observation of Human Behavior

open access: yesEvolutionary Anthropology: Issues, News, and Reviews, Volume 35, Issue 3, September 2026.
ABSTRACT A comprehensive evolutionary account of human behavior demands simultaneous consideration of biology, local ecology, and culture. Historically, evolutionary anthropology integrated these dimensions through naturalistic observations which offered direct insight into how behaviors unfold within everyday settings.
Emily H. Emmott, Masahito Morita
wiley   +1 more source

The Global South's OCBIL Theory Helps Elucidate Evolution, Ecology, and Conservation in Biological and Cultural Diversity

open access: yesNew Zealand Journal of Zoology, Volume 53, Issue 3, September 2026.
Ecological theory has been shaped disproportionately by studies conducted in young, disturbance‐prone, relatively fertile landscapes (YODFELs), mostly in the Global North. Yet, many megadiverse regions in the Global South are dominated by old, climatically buffered, infertile landscapes (OCBILs), resulting in fundamentally different patterns that ...
Stephen D. Hopper   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Evolutionary ecologist Charles Darwin

open access: yesRUDN Journal of Ecology and Life Safety, 2014
Charles Darwin was not only the author of the theory of the evolution which basis is made by the concept of natural selection, but also the outstanding evolutionary ecologist.
A A Nikol’skii
doaj  

Midwifery Students' Definitions of Normal Labor and Birth: A Study From Five Countries

open access: yesBirth, Volume 53, Issue 3, Page 596-603, September 2026.
The image brings together the seven aspects considered most important in defining ‘normal/physiological birth’ according to research carried out among 664 student midwives across five countries. ABSTRACT Introduction Internationally, many women and birthing people are receiving maternity care interventions as a routine with no medical indication for ...
International Network Exploring Midwifery Students' Confidence in Physiological Birth   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

An acoustic study on monophthongs in Central Australian Aboriginal English

open access: yesWorld Englishes, Volume 45, Issue 3, Page 680-703, September 2026.
Abstract We present an acoustic analysis of monophthongal vowel production in Central Australian Aboriginal English (CAAE), providing one of the first systematic examinations of this variety spoken by English‐as‐a‐first‐language (L1) speakers in Mparntwe/Alice Springs, Australia.
Yizhou Wang   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

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