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‘Should’ and ‘can’ active restoration be used in biodiversity offsets? Stakeholder perspectives from New South Wales, Australia

People and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Despite their controversial nature, biodiversity offsets are often used as a regulatory tool to counterbalance the impacts of land clearing on biodiversity. Offsets usually aim to achieve no net loss (NNL) of biodiversity through protection and/or restoration of habitat.
Laure‐Elise Ruoso, Roel Plant, Stephanie Hernandez, Josh Dorrough   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Leibniz's Laws of Continuity and Homogeneity

, 2012
We explore Leibniz's understanding of the differential calculus, and argue that his methods were more coherent than is generally recognized. The foundations of the historical infinitesimal calculus of Newton and Leibniz have been a target of numerous ...
Katz, Mikhail G., Sherry, David
core   +1 more source

Safety of 12‐Months Administration of Ashwagandha (Withania somnifera) Standardized Root Extract in Healthy Adults: A Prospective, Observational Study

Phytotherapy Research, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Ashwagandha, an adaptogen, is an important herb of Ayurveda used as a Rasayana for its various health benefits. This prospective, multi‐center, observational clinical study evaluates the safety (clinical and laboratory) of a standardized Ashwagandha Root Extract (ARE) on long‐term administration over 12 months. Male and female adults (N = 191)
Jaising Salve, Sanjeev Kale, Banwari Lal Prajapati, Adele Sparavigna, Mark Savant, John Ademola, Deepak Langade   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Le fallacie argomentative tra logica e dialettica

Altre Modernità, 2017
This paper is about the so-called fallacies of reasoning, that is, those arguments that seem to be compelling but don’t. It is argued that, strictly speaking, the traditional distinction between formal and pragmatic fallacies is impossible.
Alberto Mura
doaj   +1 more source

Bruno zevi, the continental European emissary of geoffrey scott’s theories [PDF]

, 2019
Peer ReviewedPostprint (author's final ...
Martínez Martínez, Raúl
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“There is a Place for Us Here”: Exploring Sex, Gender, Reproduction, Sexual Behavior, and Orientation Narratives Supporting Students With Queer Genders in Biology Courses

Journal of Research in Science Teaching, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Queer undergraduates describe a climate in STEM fields and classrooms that is both hostile to and silent on queer identities, leading to experiences of social exclusion, devaluation as a scientist, and discrimination. In the few studies that have specifically focused on trans and non‐binary undergraduates (i.e., students with queer genders ...
Sarah L. Eddy, Sam Ahler, Juno Baer, E. March, A. Gutierrez, O. Turner, Beth Wittmann, A. Kelly Lane, A. M. Aramati Casper   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Defeasible Reasoning in Islamic Legal Theory

Informal Logic
There is a common understanding among logicians today that nonmonotonic types of reasoning, such as defeasible or presumptive, can clearly warrant a rational acceptance of its conclusion.
Muhammed Komath
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Analogies and differences between the logic behind statistical hypothesis testing and proofs by contradiction: What can we learn from them?

Teaching Statistics, EarlyView.
Abstract Statistical hypothesis testing (SHT) is widely employed across numerous scientific disciplines, and a clear understanding of its underlying logic is essential for the broader scientific community. Here, drawing upon both epistemological and statistical perspectives, we aim to clarify—primarily for educational purposes—the logical relationship ...
Maria Cristina Amoretti, Daniele De Martini   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Not All That Glitters Is Gold! The Brokerage Role of Consulting Companies in Disseminating Information to Overcome the Barriers to Metaverse Adoption

Thunderbird International Business Review, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The last few years have seen a reemergence in the awareness of virtual worlds among practitioners and academics. Driven by tech giants' investments, the Metaverse is considered by some as an unprecedented revolutionary technology with the potential to unlock an entire gamut of new unexplored opportunities for both companies and individuals ...
Giulio Ferrigno, Nadia Di Paola, Giovanni Battista Dagnino   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Saving Bambi from the mower? Using a drone with thermal camera to evaluate a low‐tech scaring technique to reduce roe deer fawn mortality during grass harvest

Wildlife Biology, EarlyView.
Roe deer is a species that hides their neonates as an anti‐predator strategy. This may prove efficient against mammalian predators, such as the red fox; however, it might be an ecological trap as large numbers of fawns are killed by tractors with harvesters each year during grass harvest.
Thomas Vogler, Neri H Thorsen, Simen Pedersen   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source