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Migratory Bird Conservation and Shellfish Aquaculture in Rhode Island: Legal Issues [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
From 2014 to 2016, Rhode Island Shellfish growers applied for a series of leases to produce oysters in close proximity to lands used for waterfowl hunting.
Andrescavage, Nicole
core   +1 more source

Contrastive Self‐Categorization as a Resource for Defending Cultural Stereotypes

open access: yesSymbolic Interaction, EarlyView.
This study explores how speakers defend morally sanctionable cultural stereotypes from challenges in adult second language classrooms. Within the conversation analysis and membership categorization analysis frameworks, I examine two extended video‐recorded class discussions in which students maintain face‐threatening, stereotypical portrayals of ...
Nadja Tadic
wiley   +1 more source

An Outline of a Theory of Play

open access: yesSymbolic Interaction, EarlyView.
Play is often dismissed as trivial, yet it is a fundamental and adaptive aspect of human and mammalian life. This paper develops a sociological theory of play, treating it as a total social fact that spans biological, psychological, and social dimensions.
Seth Abrutyn
wiley   +1 more source

Effects of oil and gas development on duck nest survival in the Western Boreal Forest

open access: yesAvian Conservation and Ecology
Nest survival drives population demographics of most avian species. Researchers and managers have focused studies on investigating nest success in association with climate, land use change (e.g., agriculture), and predators in the Prairie and Arctic ...
Matthew E Dyson   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Bird flu, avian influenza : the H5N1 virus, poultry, other animals, and people here and elsewhere, from Asia to Africa [PDF]

open access: yes, 2006
Illustré d'une trentaine de photographies originales issues des missions de terrain des vétérinaires et ornithologues du Cirad dans les pays du Sud, le livret fait le point sur ce fléau qui a d'abord frappé les pays du Sud-Est asiatique depuis 1997 ...
Albina, Emmanuel   +20 more
core  

Doing Psycholinguistics in Applied Linguistics: Foundations, Methods, and Future Directions

open access: yesTESOL Quarterly, EarlyView.
Abstract Psycholinguistics seeks to explain how language is represented, processed, and acquired in the mind. In applied linguistics, this endeavor extends to understanding how diverse bilingual populations—including second language learners, heritage speakers, and individuals experiencing language attrition—acquire and use language across contexts ...
Aline Godfroid
wiley   +1 more source

Global Fluoride Toxicology Landscape: Bibliometric Approaches and Scientific Mapping

open access: yesEnvironmental Toxicology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study analyzed research trends in the 100 most‐cited articles on fluoride toxicology, a topic widely debated due to the toxic effects associated with levels deemed safe for human exposure. A bibliometric analysis was conducted using the Web of Science‐Core Collection, extracting data such as citation count, authors, keywords, journal ...
Maria Karolina Martins Ferreira   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Prevalence of hip and elbow dysplasia in young adult dogs in Sweden

open access: yesVeterinary Record, EarlyView.
Abstract Background Hip and elbow dysplasia (HD and ED) are common developmental orthopaedic disorders in dogs. The study objectives were to report population‐based estimates of HD and ED prevalence at screening in young adult dogs of different breeds and to evaluate the phenotypic association between HD and ED.
Karolina Engdahl   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Effects of different dietary vitamin D combinations during the grower phase and the feed restriction phase on growth performance and sternal morphology, mineralization, and related genes expression of bone metabolism in Pekin ducks

open access: yesPoultry Science
: Our study aimed to investigate the effects of different dietary vitamin D (VD) combinations during the grower (1–32 d of age) and feed restriction (33–52 d of age) phases on growth performance.
X.Y. Zhou   +10 more
doaj   +1 more source

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