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Navigating troubled waters: Posthumanist vulnerability and entanglement in Richard Powers's Playground (2024)

open access: yesOrbis Litterarum, EarlyView.
Abstract Richard Powers's most recent novels to date—The Overstory (2018), Bewilderment (2021), and Playground (2024)—engage with some of the environmental and technological threats that loom over our planet, such as deforestation, species loss, the degradation of the ocean bottom, and the risks associated with the development of generative AI ...
Carmen Laguarta‐Bueno
wiley   +1 more source

Globalization and land-use transitions in Latin America [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
Current socioeconomic drivers of land-use change associated with globalization are producing two contrasting land-use trends in Latin America. Increasing global food demand (particularly in Southeast Asia) accelerates deforestation in areas suitable for ...
Grau, Hector Ricardo, Mitchell, Aide
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Multisite Field Evaluation of Oil Accumulation and Agronomic Performance in Grain and Sweet Sorghums Engineered for Lipid Hyperaccumulation

open access: yesPlant Biotechnology Journal, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Oil sorghum (OS) has been developed by engineering grain (TX430) and sweet (Ramada) genetic backgrounds to accumulate triacylglycerols (TAG) in vegetative tissues as an energy‐dense feedstock for sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) and other biofuels. This study evaluated two TX430 OS lines (TxHO‐2, TxHO‐3) and two Ramada OS lines (RmHO‐1, RmHO‐2)
Yunzhu Chen   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

PROCESOS DE EXPANSIÓN URBANA Y ARTEFACTOS DE LA GLOBALIZACIÓN EN LA ZONA CONURBADA DE GUADALAJARA. 1960-20151 [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
La zona conurbada de Guadalajara (ZCG), en 50 años ha experimentado un proceso de expansión urbana acelerado y mal planeado, el cual han rebasado los límites territoriales de la zona urbana y ha alcanzado a las comunidades rurales incorporándolas a la ...
González Rodríguez, Sergio Manuel   +1 more
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Evaluating the Combined Effects of Elevated [CO2] and Accelerated NPQ Relaxation on Yield, Physiology and Transcription in Soybean

open access: yesPlant, Cell &Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Improving photosynthesis is proposed as a means of enhancing crop productivity. To assess whether simultaneous increases in light use‐efficiency and carbon assimilation are additive, we investigated the impact of elevated CO2 on the performance of a transgenic soybean line engineered for faster relaxation of photoprotection by overexpression ...
Dilkaran Singh   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Discursive Power, Civilian Agency, Wartime Duress, and Resilience: Letters to the Authorities in the Blockade of Leningrad

open access: yesThe Russian Review, EarlyView.
Abstract How did World War II affect the nature and resilience of Soviet institutions and authority, especially in the extreme case of the Blockade of Leningrad? During the Blockade, Leningraders acted with great agency by engaging in the shadow trade of food and shadow talk for information and community in order to survive.
Jeffrey K. Hass, Nikita A. Lomagin
wiley   +1 more source

Desarrollo habitacional fragmentado y movilidad urbana en la Zona Metropolitana de Toluca [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
El modo de producción de la vivienda se desarrolla de manera fragmentada en la periferia de las zonas metropolitanas, que originan una dependencia de la población de su lugar de residencia en relación a sus necesidades de trabajo, comercio, educación ...
Calderón Maya, Juan Roberto   +2 more
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Access to Safety Net Programs in the U.S. During the COVID‐19 Pandemic: Barriers and Lessons From a Scoping Review

open access: yesSocial Policy &Administration, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The COVID‐19 pandemic triggered historic expansions of the U.S. social safety net to mitigate unprecedented economic hardship. However, increased government spending and program expansions on paper do not automatically translate into equitable access in practice.
Soohyun Yoon, Jeehae Kang
wiley   +1 more source

Consideraciones generales sobre población, desarrollo y medio ambiente, el caso de Tijuana, Baja California

open access: yesEstudios Fronterizos, 1992
A partir de las relaciones que se pueden encontrar entre la sociedad y el medio ambiente natural, en este trabajo se destacan los elementos que dentro de la planeación general se orientan a la población y el desarrollo.
Margarita Barajas Tinoco   +1 more
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