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A Natural History of ‘Annoyances’: Knowing Weeds and Weeding Knowledge in the Early Royal Society and its ‘Georgicall Committee’

Renaissance Studies, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Seventeenth‐century virtuosi often figured themselves as epistemic weeders, grubbing up rank thickets of accumulated error. In this article, I argue that these metaphors were unnerved by the shifting status of weeds—ostensibly unwanted plants from the margins of cultivated space, unploughed land or the disturbed soils between growing crops—in ...
Francis Taylor
wiley   +1 more source

The propagation characteristics of seismic waves in ultra-deep overburden by large-scale shaking table test. [PDF]

Sci Rep
Xing Y, Wentao L, Shibin W, Zhixiong C, Xuanming D.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

The Right to Exist as the Foundation of Equal Citizenship: An Ontological Inquiry of State‐Citizen Relations in Türkiye

Studies in Ethnicity and Nationalism, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Despite enduring decades of advocacy, Alevi communities in Türkiye find themselves in a constant state of anticipation for acknowledgment from the Turkish state. Previous studies have long documented the marginalized status of Alevis within Turkish society and their ongoing struggle for recognition; however, they have overwhelmingly framed the
Aslı Gücin
wiley   +1 more source

Analysis of Radon-222 in Surface and Groundwater Sources in Kajiado County, Kenya. [PDF]

ScientificWorldJournal
Onyoni CK, Otieno C, Kebwaro JM.
europepmc   +1 more source

Water, pipes and the cholera pathogen: The colonial politics of germs and water infrastructures in the Philippines

Singapore Journal of Tropical Geography, EarlyView.
This paper examines how the politics of water governance intersected with germ suppression during US colonial rule in the Philippines. Drawing on historical materials and policy documents, we critically trace two interrelated processes of hydroterritorialization through which cholera outbreaks in the early 1900s spurred the production of sanitary ...
Rhomir S. Yanquiling, Wolfram H. Dressler, Will Smith   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Dynamic rockfall risk assessment using multi-source data fusion and 3D simulation: a case study of Jiaohua rock. [PDF]

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Zhao X, Fen W, Dai Z, Jiao W, Geng J, Xiong Q, Zhang N.   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source

American Imperialism and Environmental Concerns in Syed Waliullah's The Ugly Asian

World Englishes, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Bangladeshi bilingual writer Syed Waliullah's novel in English, The Ugly Asian (2013), written during the 1960s but published posthumously in 2013, highlights the struggles of a fictional postcolonial nation in Asia in the face of American imperialism.
Rakibul Hasan Khan
wiley   +1 more source

Can a Top Predator Persist After One of the World's Largest Mining Dam Failures? Occupancy Dynamics of the Neotropical Otter in Brazil's Paraopeba River. [PDF]

Ecol Evol
Massara RL, Santos PM, Stumpp R, Costa AS, Rodrigues JR, Meiga AYY, Solar RRC, Moura MN, Dornas T, Cäsar C, Paglia A.   +10 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Sustainable stabilization of expansive soils for slope applications using enzyme-induced carbonate precipitation and iron ore tailings. [PDF]

Sci Rep
Mehmood M, Nie W, Gao J, Liu Y, Alshawmar F, Uge BU.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Innovative approach for experimental investigation and monitoring and warning of the evolutionary patterns of dam body failure in earth dams. [PDF]

Sci Rep
Xu Y, Bao T, Zhang S, Yuan M.
europepmc   +1 more source