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Community‐based marine restoration to generate social licence and ecological knowledge for upscaling oyster reef restoration

People and Nature
Community‐led restoration operates at the intersection of ecological feasibility and social acceptability. In the marine realm, restoration is challenging due to gaps in ecological knowledge on how and where to restore lost ecosystems and limited public ...
Nichole Lindsey, Sean D. Connell, Emmanuel Katz, Dominic McAfee   +3 more
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Using Multiple Regression Models and Methods to Estimate Fatigue‐Life Distributions and Construct Constant‐Life Diagrams

Applied Stochastic Models in Business and Industry, Volume 42, Issue 2, March/April 2026.
ABSTRACT Fatigue is the most common reliability failure mechanism and has been studied widely since the 19th century. Material specimens are used in laboratory experiments to obtain fatigue test data. An S‐N curve is used to depict the relationship between the stress (or strain) S$$ S $$ and the number of cycles to failure N$$ N $$. Statistical methods
Diaz F. Aksioma, William Q. Meeker, Huaiqing Wu   +2 more
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Corporate Sustainability Performance and Fraud Risk Management in Nigeria's Extractive Sector: The Moderating Role of Ownership Structure in an Evolving Environmental Policy Landscape

Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, Volume 33, Issue 2, Page 2906-2927, March 2026.
ABSTRACT Using the environmental quality cost management model, this study examines how fraud risk management (FRM) influences corporate sustainability performance (CSP) and how ownership structures moderate it. The study uses artificial neural networks (ANN) and logistic regression models to test two hypotheses. H1 demonstrates that the prevention and
Israel Akinbode Owolabi, Michael Odei Erdiaw‐Kwasie, Emmanuel Tenakwah, Matthew Abunyewah   +3 more
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Influence of Tunnel Effect on Service-life of Locomotive Rectifier Module

Kongzhi Yu Xinxi Jishu, 2017
Aiming at the problem of thermal fatigue failure of power electronic devices in locomotive rectifier module due to excessive temperature stress from the continuous operation in long tunnel, it analyzed the influence of tunnel effect on the service life ...
LIU Dong, PENG Junhua, DOU Jinlong, ZHU Bin   +3 more
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Clashing in Murky Waters: On Amphibian Mosquito Suppression

Ecology and Evolution, Volume 16, Issue 3, March 2026.
This study compares the predator efficiency of common European amphibian species to common invertebrate mosquito predators. Focusing on the cosmopolitan mosquito Culex pipiens, known for transmitting pathogens like West Nile virus, we assessed predator rates, sex‐specific efficiency in amphibians, and the impact of predator presence on mosquito ...
S. P. Boerlijst, A. Ummels, A. M. Spitzen‐van der Sluijs, J. Spitzen, R. W. Bouman, E. Boelee, P. M. van Bodegom, M. Schrama   +7 more
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Coyotes Choose Cover Over Concrete When Selecting Den Sites

Ecology and Evolution, Volume 16, Issue 3, March 2026.
Reproductive decision‐making impacts fitness, especially in dynamic urban environments. Thus, we assessed urban coyote den site selection in Atlanta, GA. We found that coyotes made decision on both the site and structure of dens to mitigate fitness related risk and safeguard their young.
Summer Fink, Daniela Guerrero, Eden Nitza, Michel Kohl   +3 more
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Practices, Management and Resource Preferences of Backyard (Hobby) Poultry Owners in Central North Carolina: A Qualitative Study

Veterinary Medicine and Science, Volume 12, Issue 2, March 2026.
Backyard, or hobby, poultry owners in central North Carolina primarily viewed their flocks as pets, and reported self‐sufficiency in managing flock health with support from online social networks. Zoonotic disease prevention and biosecurity education that appeals to the pet‐owner mindset should be further explored for use in backyard poultry settings ...
Grace Faulkner, Emily S. Bailey, Annette Greer, Sarah Tong, Sarah Rhea   +4 more
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The Traces of Repression in the Bones: Experiences of Exhumation, Identification and Anthropological Analysis in Mass Graves in Andalusia (Spain)

WIREs Forensic Science, Volume 8, Issue 1, March 2026.
Forensic anthropology as an element of social reconciliation in the processes of resignification and dignification of the victims of the Spanish Civil War and Francoism. ABSTRACT The application of forensic anthropological methodology in interventions aimed at the exhumation of victims of Francoism is of paramount importance.
Alejandra Moreno González, Manuel Partido Navadijo   +1 more
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Society beyond morality: mimesis, sovereignty, and being not‐human in the Nyau associations of Malawi La société par‐delà la moralité : mimèse, souveraineté et existence non humaine dans les sociétés Nyau du Malawi

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, Volume 32, Issue S1, Page 67-84, March 2026.
Nyau masked dancers embodying a variety of people, animals, and objects appear at many public events in Chewa areas of Malawi. Understood to be the physical manifestation of ancestral spirits, these entities are classified as ‘not human’ and transgress ordinary morality, mocking and threatening audiences.
Sam Farrell
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Archiving Futurity Within the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women's Crisis

American Anthropologist, Volume 128, Issue 1, Page 85-96, March 2026.
ABSTRACT In this article, we examine how settler colonization and gendered violence against Indigenous women are remembered and recorded in two archival registers: 18th‐century records from the Massachusetts Archives Collection (MAC) and a 21st‐century corpus of posts using the hashtag MMIW (Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women) on X (formerly Twitter)
Lindsay Martel Montgomery, Heather Pezzarossi, Jennifer P. Byram   +2 more
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