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Polypiectropus species (Trichoptera: Polycentropodidae) from China : with consideration of their phylogeny [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
Six species of the genus Polyplectropns are recorded from the People's Republic of China. All the species are new to science. A key to the males is given. The larva of Polyplectropns nanjingensis sp. nov. is illustrated.
Li, Youwen J., Morse, John C.
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Ecosystem services provided by spiders

open access: yesBiological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Spiders, ubiquitous and abundant predators in terrestrial ecosystems, often are the subjects of an unjust negative perception. However, these remarkable creatures stand as unsung heroes within our ecosystems, contributing a multitude of ecosystem services critical to human well‐being.
Pedro Cardoso   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

Forests etymology in the Turkish language

open access: yesİstanbul Üniversitesi Orman Fakültesi Dergisi, 2015
Since Turkish life has started in the forests of Siberia owns rich vocabulary related to forest life. That rich vocabulary is being transferred by The goddes “Sky God religion” of the Turkish-Mongolian shamans to every far end of geography . "Oraman" i.e.
Ahmet Küçükkalfa
doaj   +1 more source

Accountability and Hyperaccountability in Child Protection Scandals

open access: yesChild &Family Social Work, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The number of child abuse–related deaths has decreased significantly in the United Kingdom over the past 50 years, but there remains public and political concern about the actual and perceived risk of child deaths, with resultant processes enacted to supervise child protection practice.
Robin Sen, John Devaney
wiley   +1 more source

Luchoelmis : a new genus of Elmidae (Coleoptera) from Chile and Argentina [PDF]

open access: yes, 2002
Luchoelmis New Genus is described with four new species: aequalis, magallanensis, and penai from Chile and cekalovici from Argentina and Chile. Luchoelmis penai is designated as the type species of the genus.
Spangler, P. J., Staines, Charles L.
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They come in all sizes: integrative systematics and morphological radiation of Scherotheca (Lumbricidae, Crassiclitellata)

open access: yesCladistics, EarlyView.
Abstract Scherotheca is amongst the most diverse earthworm genera within Lumbricidae, exhibiting striking ecomorphological radiation—from small epigeic‐like forms to giant anecic species. Accurate systematics is critical for exploring such diversification.
Daniel Fernández Marchán   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Nietzsche's Conception of Skepticism as Intellectual Virtue and Vice

open access: yesEuropean Journal of Philosophy, EarlyView.
Abstract Recent approaches are unable to make full sense of Nietzsche's distinction between weak and strong skepticism (BGE 208–209; A54). In this paper, I propose an alternative interpretation. My suggestion is that this distinction is best understood in the context of his virtue epistemology.
Lorenzo Serini
wiley   +1 more source

Our(?) Concept of Food or, They are Eating Their Pets

open access: yesEuropean Journal of Philosophy, EarlyView.
Abstract This article examines the idea that deep disagreements are best understood as rooted in conceptual differences rather than differences in judgments and opinions, by means of a reflection on the differences between a vegan and a meat eater. The aim is not to develop a new theory of “deep disagreement” but to gain clarity about one field in ...
Niklas Forsberg
wiley   +1 more source

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