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Adapting to Urban Heights: Multidimensional Gradients Drive Nest‐Selection Plasticity and Trade‐Offs in a Human‐Commensal Sparrow

Integrative Zoology, EarlyView.
Urban Eurasian tree sparrows exhibit pronounced nest‐site plasticity, exploiting vertical building space while preferring lower nest heights when sites are abundant. Nest decisions are driven by altitude and building height rather than other factors, indicating a shift toward anthropogenic resources in cities.
Yang Wang, Guanqun Kou, Fangyuan Liu, Xu Liu, Juyong Li, Jie Wang, Qian Zhang, Yuan Yin, Limin Wang, John C. Wingfield, Fumin Lei, Dongming Li   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

Minute-Level Dataset from a Naturally Ventilated Building for Benchmarking and Learning-Based Modeling. [PDF]

Sci Data
Lim S, Malkawi A, Kang SW, Shen G, Lyu Y, Howard P.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

The Persistent Fragmentation of Gulf Foreign Aid: Bilateralism and the Limits of Regional Humanitarian Coordination

Global Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper examines why Gulf foreign aid has remained predominantly bilateral and fragmented since its emergence in the 1960s, despite the establishment of regional institutions, recurring regional crises and repeated calls for greater coordination.
Khalid Almezaini
wiley   +1 more source

Beyond the Parasite Metaphor: A Morphological Typology of Architectural Intervention. [PDF]

Biomimetics (Basel)
Türkmen A, Başçı S.
europepmc   +1 more source

Bridging the Late Antique Gap in Northwest Arabia: New Archaeological Evidence on the Occupation of Wādī al‐Qurā (al‐ʿUlā [AlUla], Saudi Arabia) Between the Third and Seventh Centuries CE

Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In 2019, the Dadan Archaeological Project (CNRS/RCU/AFALULA) identified a Late Antique village 1 km south of ancient Dadan in the al‐ʿUlā valley (northwest Saudi Arabia). Three excavation seasons at this site (2021–2023) have uncovered a massive building constructed in the late third or early fourth cent.
Jérôme Rohmer, Abdulrahman Alsuhaibani, Charlène Bouchaud, Elora Chambraud, Vladimir Dabrowski, Hatem Djerbi, Fabien Lesguer, Hervé Monchot, Paul Picavet, Louise Purdue, Bertrand Riba, Shadi Shabo   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

Challenging the Biomimetic Promise 2.0: Negative Spillover of Bio-Inspired Versus Sustainability Framing on Public Perceptions of Bio-Inspired Technologies. [PDF]

Biomimetics (Basel)
Fenn J, Gorki M, Bugler S, Thomaschke R, Böffel C, Kiesel A.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

The Institutional Work of Ethics: How Business Ethics Consultants Build Ethical Infrastructure

Business Ethics, the Environment &Responsibility, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT As organisations increasingly turn to external experts for moral guidance, critics warn that this trend risks “outsourcing” business ethics. Evaluating this concern, however, requires a clearer understanding of what those experts actually do. Drawing on 17 semi‐structured interviews with business ethics consultants, this study investigates how
Tong Li, Marco Meyer
wiley   +1 more source

Enhancing educational environments: A sustainable approach through creative design and upcycling applications. [PDF]

Sci Rep
Shakra K, Refat M, Ebied MA, Elborlsy MS.   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Institutional Ethnography of Teeth Whitening Industry: How Professional Power Becomes Commercial Power in Dentistry

Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objectives This study aimed to demonstrate how power is exercised, and by whom, to expand the practice of teeth whitening in dentistry and the resultant consequences for the public. Methods Institutional ethnography (IE) conducted in England that included 100 h of observations at cosmetic dentistry conferences, training and treatments; five ...
Rizwana Lala, Peter G. Robinson, Barry J. Gibson   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Comparing daylight performance of dynamic and static shadings in office façades across multiple U.S. cities with various sky conditions. [PDF]

Sci Rep
Ziaee N, Ghiai M.
europepmc   +1 more source