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Amphibian Contributions to Ecosystem Services [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
Ecosystems provide essential services for human society, which include provisioning, regulating, cultural, and supporting services. Amphibians provide provisioning services by serving as a food source for some human societies ...
Babbitt, Kimberly J., Hocking, Daniel J.
core   +1 more source

Dealing With Inbuilt Age: A Bayesian Approach to Radiocarbon Dating of Rice, Bamboo and Charcoal From Non Ban Jak, Thailand

open access: yesArchaeometry, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT New radiocarbon determinations from rice grains and bamboo have been obtained from Non Ban Jak, Northeast Thailand. These, along with charcoal, date a late Iron Age building sequence. The results come from short‐lived species and charcoal with potential inbuilt age. We built a series of Bayesian models to obtain a reliable chronology.
C. F. W. Higham, T. F. G. Higham
wiley   +1 more source

The Faculty Notebook, September 2017

open access: yes, 2017
The Faculty Notebook is published periodically by the Office of the Provost at Gettysburg College to bring to the attention of the campus community accomplishments and activities of academic interest.
Provost\u27s Office,
core   +2 more sources

Revisiting educational assumptions: The surprising negative link between creative extracurricular activities and creative thinking in PISA 2022

open access: yesBritish Journal of Educational Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract Background While skill development is generally linked to relevant practice, the 2022 PISA creative thinking report revealed a negative association between students' creative thinking performance and their engagement in creative activities. Aims This study explored whether this negative association was linear, persisted across countries and ...
Sofiia Kagan, Denis Dumas, Yoojoong Kim
wiley   +1 more source

Are we hallucinating or can psychedelic drugs modulate the immune system to control inflammation?

open access: yesBritish Journal of Pharmacology, EarlyView.
Psychedelic drugs that activate 5‐HT2A receptors have been long used for cultural, medicinal and recreational purposes. Interest in psychedelics for treating psychiatric disorders has resurged recently and is well documented; less well recognised are their anti‐inflammatory properties. Growing evidence now demonstrates that psychedelics modulate immune
Omar Qureshi   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Advances in Retinal Stem Cell Biology

open access: yesJournal of Ophthalmic & Vision Research, 2013
Tremendous progress has been made in recent years to generate retinal cells from pluripotent cell sources. These advances provide hope for those suffering from blindness due to lost retinal cells.
Andrea S Viczian
doaj  

Spartan Daily, December 4, 2003 [PDF]

open access: yes, 2002
Volume 121, Issue 65https://scholarworks.sjsu.edu/spartandaily/9931/thumbnail ...
San Jose State University, School of Journalism and Mass Communications
core   +2 more sources

Narratives of Strength: Exploring Storytelling as a Tool for Resilience in Families

open access: yesChild &Family Social Work, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Resilience, originally viewed as a psychological capacity to ‘bounce back’ from challenges, is now understood to be shaped by broader social inequalities, including gender, socio‐economic status, politics and ethnicity. This study explores how stories and narratives can help nurture resilience and improve well‐being among those residing in an ...
Chandra Ramamurthy   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Effects of rainfall on water quality in six sequentially disposed fishponds with continuous water flow

open access: yesBrazilian Journal of Biology
An investigation was carried out during the rainy period in six semi-intensive production fish ponds in which water flowed from one pond to another without undergoing any treatment.
LH. Sipaúba-Tavares   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Un/Learning Adult Frames of Reference in Death Enquiries: Thinking~With a Picturebook, Philosophical Animism and Ontological Tact

open access: yesChildren &Society, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Developmental psychology continues to shape how adults engage with children about death and dying. This influences whether children are included in rituals surrounding human and other‐than‐human bodies. Figurations of the innocent, immature and vulnerable child still dominate adult imaginaries of young children's understandings of mortality ...
Karin Murris   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

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