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Digitisation as archival intermediary: Quantifying and qualifying Greta B. Stevenson's mycological collector networks

open access: yesPLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Mass digitisation of natural science collections and archives has increasingly become a priority for scientific heritage institutions. Here, we explore the potential of mass digitisation to improve our understanding of the nature and history of scientific collaboration. Focusing on mycologist Greta B.
Christopher Kreuzer   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

L’octroi de mer dans le débat sur la vie chère. Contribution au Droit économique des outre-mer

open access: yesÉtudes Caribéennes
The octroi de mer raises recurrent questions regarding its role in the phenomenon of high living costs in the French overseas departments and outermost regions (OMR).
Brigitte Facorat Gaspard
doaj   +1 more source

Education Policy and Creole Education in Guadeloupe: Ambiguity for Educators in Educational Materials and Concern Over a French-Creole Interlect in the Classroom

open access: yesDarnioji daugiakalbystė, 2019
Regional languages in France have historically struggled to find their place in the national linguistic landscape, and French-based Creoles, like those of Guadeloupe and Martinique, are no exception.
Smith Taylor RaeAnne
doaj   +1 more source

Supporting Research in Area Studies: a guide for academic libraries [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
The study of other countries or regions of the world often crosses traditional disciplinary boundaries in the humanities and social sciences. Supporting Research in Area Studies is a comprehensive guide for academic libraries supporting these communities
Pitman, L
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Climate requirements for cultivated Liberica coffee (Coffea liberica) and consequences for its use and development as a crop species

open access: yesPLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
The global coffee industry, supporting 25 million smallholder farmers, is vulnerable to climate change. Diversifying the coffee species portfolio beyond Arabica and robusta is a promising intervention. Liberica coffee could provide adaptive capacity, although its climate parameters for cultivation are poorly known.
Isobel M. J. Wild   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Measure to manage – an integrated pest management metric for horticulture

open access: yesPest Management Science, EarlyView.
IPM metric for food horticulture applied to growers in four countries. Overall average score = 58/100. Top fruit growers averaged highest (M = 61). Growers from England scored highest overall & indicated strong adoption of core components Policy is an influencing factor, evidenced by adoption rates in England Policy must function at farm level to ...
Jennifer Byrne   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

A la poursuite du patrimoine

open access: yesEchoGéo, 2009
Among the phenomena common to French overseas departments, the reproduction of memorial markers associated with slavery is certainly one of the most significant of the last decade.
Thierry Nicolas
doaj   +1 more source

“All Native Speakers” at Singapore's ESL Schools: Implications for TESOL Communities in the Pursuit of Diversity‐Based Professionalism

open access: yesTESOL Quarterly, EarlyView.
Abstract This study explores an understudied question of who teaches English in the Singaporean English language teaching (ELT) industry. Study 1 analyzed the website contents of ESL schools, and Study 2 conducted questionnaire surveys and interviews with three schools.
Yoko Kobayashi
wiley   +1 more source

New Roles for African Languages with the New Electronic Media [PDF]

open access: yes, 2005
Mass communication is not new in Africa. Until the mid-20th century aural surrogate languages were used to convey messages which would immediately reach many listeners and which could even be transmitted when the telephone line was interrupted, in ...
Pasch, Helma
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‘Reservoir dogs’: The emerging zoonotic risk associated with European dog imports to the UK

open access: yesVeterinary Record, EarlyView.
Abstract Background The movement of dogs from continental Europe to the UK poses a growing public health threat due to the associated risk of disease incursions. Current legislation is insufficient to address the risks and pre‐import control measures are focused only on rabies virus and the fox tapeworm Echinococcus multilocularis. Methods We conducted
Poppy Simonson   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

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