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The Red Queen unveils the sexual and mating strategies of flowers

Journal of Ecology, Volume 114, Issue 5, May 2026.
Although the conventional wisdom is that floral traits of plants evolved in concert with their mutualistic pollinators, here we showed that several key sexual and mating traits of plants, which modulate their outcrossing strategy, evolved in response to the pressure exerted by their antagonistic insect herbivores.
Carlos Roberto Fonseca, Martin Brändle, Martin M. Gossner   +2 more
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Addressing environmental misperceptions for nature recovery

Conservation Biology, Volume 40, Issue 2, April 2026.
Abstract A poorly understood and systemic challenge to global conservation agreements is shifting baseline syndrome (SBS), wherein people misperceive the extent to which nature has changed. This can diminish societal expectations for nature recovery. We broadened the conceptual framing of SBS beyond the more common elements of nature loss to include ...
Shuo Gao, Sophus O. S. E. zu Ermgassen, Joseph W. Bull, E. J. Milner‐Gulland   +3 more
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How Changing Narratives About the Future Shape Policymaking for the Long Term

European Policy Analysis, Volume 12, Issue 2, Spring 2026.
ABSTRACT How can we explain decisions by governments to engage in policy investments—accepting short‐term costs in return for anticipated gains in the longer term—after previously sustaining the status quo? Our article examines the role of narratives in changing expectations about the future as a key driver of intertemporal policymaking. In light of an
Pieter Tuytens, Charlotte Haberstroh
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Fatores de risco e proteção na escola: Reprovação e expectativas de futuro de jovens paraenses

Psicologia Escolar e Educacional
Este estudo investigou as relações entre reprovação escolar, percepções quanto à escola e expectativas de futuro entre jovens, a partir de dados de uma amostra de 610 jovens com idades entre 14 a 24 anos (m=16,56; dp=2,37), de ambos os sexos, estudantes ...
Tatiene Germano Reis Nunes, Fernando Augusto Ramos Pontes, Lucia Isabel da Conceição Silva, Débora Dalbosco Dell'Aglio   +3 more
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Credibilidade na política fiscal: uma análise preliminar para o Brasil

Economia Aplicada, 2006
O artigo tem por objetivo analisar os dados fiscais de expectativa de superávit primário e de expectativa de dívida. Os resultados mostraram ganhos de credibilidade na política fiscal brasileira, pois os agentes estão projetando uma dívida menor para o ...
Manoel Carlos de Castro Pires
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Emerging Risks and Housing Affordability Policy in Miami High‐Rises

Journal of Critical Infrastructure Policy, Volume 7, Issue 2, Fall/Winter 2026.
ABSTRACT Recent advances in satellite‐based remote sensing and building performance measurement have raised critical questions regarding the long‐term settlement behavior of high‐rise structures situated on the complex subsurface of southeastern Florida.
Jean‐Pierre Bardet, Jeffrey Dorfman
wiley   +1 more source

Características psicométricas de una escala para caracterizar la motivación por la lectura académica

Revista Electrónica de Investigación Educativa, 2012
Las competencias asociadas con la lectura académica, en especial los aspectos motivacionales ligados a esta actividad, son una clave fundamental en el éxito académico de los estudiantes universitarios.
Carla Muñoz Valenzuela, Schonemann Ferreira Torres, Pamela Sánchez Quintul, Sylvia Santander Pérez, Marcela Pérez Rodríguez, Jorge Valenzuela Carreño   +5 more
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Viver mais e melhor? Estimativas de expectativa de vida saudável para a população brasileira

Cadernos de Saúde Pública, 2015
O objetivo deste estudo foi analisar as diferenças nas estimativas de três variantes da expectativa de vida saudável dos idosos no Brasil de 1998 para 2008: expectativa de vida livre de incapacidade funcional, com percepção de saúde boa e livre de ...
Mirela Castro Santos Camargos, Marcos Roberto Gonzaga   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Cursos masivos: ampliando expectativas

Educación Química, 2014
Abstract (Massive courses: increasing expectations)There is a wide range of practices related to the use of educational resources in distance learning courses. The new information and communication technologies have allowed the incorporation of several approaches in order to generate a better quality education.
Calzada, Victoria, Lecot, Nicole, Fernanda García, María, Cabrera, Mirel, Camacho, Ximena, Tassano, Marcos, Castelli, Romina, Czerwonogora, Ada, Goicochea, Enzo, González, Mercedes, Cabral, Pablo, Cerecetto, Hugo   +11 more
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Self‐Reported Motives for Immobility or Constraints to Moving: A Review and Assessment of Ten Survey Measures

Population, Space and Place, Volume 32, Issue 2, March 2026.
ABSTRACT Self‐reported motives for residential immobility are important for understanding why people remain in place, yet existing survey measures vary widely and suffer from a lack of standardisation. We review self‐report measures about motives for immobility or constraints to moving—measured with survey items asking what made it difficult for ...
Clara H. Mulder, Brian Joseph Gillespie, Tialda Haartsen, Ewoud T. Jansma, Kilian J. Steigner, Jonne A. K. Thomassen   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source