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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

Evaluation of photobioreactor designs for potential application as microalgal façade systems. [PDF]

Sci Rep
Tekin Z, Al-Hammadi M, Çalişkan G, Irkdaş Doğu D, Mengi O, Deniz D, Güngörmüşler M.   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Prosocial CEOs and Accounting Manipulation Le comportement prosocial des PDG et la manipulation comptable

Contemporary Accounting Research, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper examines the association between CEOs' prosocial tendency and their firms' likelihood of accounting manipulation. We measure CEOs' prosocial tendency based on their involvement with charitable organizations. We find that prosocial CEOs are less likely to engage in accounting manipulation, as proxied by material non‐reliance ...
Mei Feng, Weili Ge, Zhejia Ling, Wei Ting Loh   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Seismic assessment of unreinforced masonry façades from images using macroelement-based modeling. [PDF]

Commun Eng
Ariss M, Pantoja-Rosero BG, Duarte F, Klimenka M, Ratti C.   +4 more
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

Biomimetic Shading Systems: Integrating Motorised and Moisture-Responsive Actuation for Adaptive Façades. [PDF]

Biomimetics (Basel)
Imani N, Le Guen MJ, Bedggood N, Betteridge C, Gauss C, Barbier M.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Perversity, futility, complicity: Should democrats participate in autocratic elections?

American Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.
Abstract Electoral authoritarianism is receiving increasing attention from political scientists, yet it has been mostly ignored by political philosophers. This paper aims to fill some of this gap by considering whether it is morally permissibly for democrats to participate in autocratic elections as candidates or voters.
Zoltan Miklosi
wiley   +1 more source

Cadastral plots dataset: Availability of passive climatization strategies in Barcelona's residential buildings. [PDF]

Data Brief
Moccia A, Alonso-Montolío C, Coch H.
europepmc   +1 more source

Addressing inequities in the design and delivery of prehabilitation in the UK: case studies of challenges, complexities and good practice*

Anaesthesia, EarlyView.
Summary Introduction Prehabilitation has become increasingly prominent in the context of cancer surgery. While prehabilitation offers significant benefits, it can also inadvertently broaden inequalities because it is often more accessible to some than others.
Charlotte Hadley, Xiubin Zhang, Hilary Stewart, Sophie Stanley, Ces Kulikowski, Andrea Partridge, Laura Wareing, Lisa Ashmore, Christopher Gaffney, Jo Rycroft Malone, Andrew Smith, Cliff Shelton   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

Rope-Riding Mobile Anchor for Robots Operating on Convex Facades. [PDF]

Sensors (Basel)
Kim C, Lee K, Yang J, Seo T.
europepmc   +1 more source