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Two adjacent estuaries in the northwestern Gulf of Mexico (GOM) (Mission–Aransas or MAE and Guadalupe–San Antonio or GE), despite their close proximity and similar extents of freshening caused by Hurricane Harvey, exhibited different behaviors in their ...
Xinping Hu +5 more
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Sentinel-1 InSAR-derived land subsidence assessment along the Texas Gulf Coast
Mapping large-scale coastal subsidence is significant in providing valuable support to decision-making stakeholders to recognize impacts of potential natural disasters.
Xiaojun Qiao +3 more
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ABSTRACT As a periodization that is generally understood to refer to an era of Terrestrial relationships that developed with modernization and nuclearization, the Anthropocene cannot be applied simply to premodern histories and texts. However, it has introduced historians to geological periodization as a mode of describing periods of changed ...
Gwenffrewi J. Morgan
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Rethinking Merit in Calvin's Doctrine of the Atonement: Beyond Possessive Individualism
Abstract Joan Lockwood O'Donovan argues that the Reformation doctrine of grace entails a rejection of the proprietary anthropology of self‐owning individuals and its attendant notion of justice – what C. B. Macpherson termed the “theory of possessive individualism.” Although O'Donovan praises Calvin's anthropology and his account of law for its non ...
John Walker
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Conservation genomics of Pecos pupfish (Cyprinodon pecosensis)
Abstract The Pecos pupfish, Cyprinodon pecosensis, is an imperilled freshwater fish found in arid regions of Texas and New Mexico (USA). The species faces multiple challenges to persistence including reductions in suitable habitat, water shortages, as well as hybridization and competition with an introduced congener (sheepshead minnow, C.
Elizabeth P. Dolan +6 more
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Which attributes of restored oyster reefs provide the best habitat for sportfish?
Abstract Introduction Restoration practitioners seek to restore oyster ecosystems as habitat designed for species targeted by recreational fisheries, but they require information on which specific habitat parameters of oyster reefs are preferred by fish.
Matthew S. Kendall +6 more
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De Stupro: First Insights on Rape and Its Prosecution in Maltese Courts (1701–10)
Abstract This article constitutes a first in‐depth investigation of rape and the prosecution of this crime in early eighteenth‐century Malta. The research, which is based on sixteen rape accusations claimed at the secular courts in Malta between 1701 and 1710, has analysed cases categorized as ‘simple rape’, ‘violent rape’ and rape committed under the ...
Vanessa Buhagiar
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UAV swarms have multiple real-world applications but operate in a dynamic environment where disruptions can impede performance or stop mission progress.
Abhishek Phadke +4 more
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A Field Tool for the Rapid Measurement of Mussel Valve Closure Strength as a Proxy for Condition
ABSTRACT Freshwater mussels (Unionida) are key to the health of many freshwater systems through the ecosystem functions and services they provide, yet their populations are declining across the globe. To address these declines with appropriate conservation actions, it is necessary to apply informative tools for measuring and monitoring mussel health ...
Daniel A. Cossey +5 more
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