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Vegetal Infrastructure: Rwanda's Eucalyptus Boom and the Material Politics of Tree Planting as a ‘Nature‐Based Solution’

open access: yesThe Geographical Journal, Volume 192, Issue 2, June 2026.
Short Abstract This article analyses the political ecology of Rwanda's eucalyptus boom, situating it as a site of tension within a global push towards ‘nature‐based solutions’. It develops the concept of vegetal infrastructure, demonstrating how certain tree species become legible to global environmental governance while making local social ...
Nathan Clay
wiley   +1 more source

Why Autonomous Vehicles Are Not Ready Yet: A Multi‐Disciplinary Review of Problems, Attempted Solutions, and Future Directions

open access: yesJournal of Field Robotics, Volume 43, Issue 3, Page 2254-2341, May 2026.
ABSTRACT Personal autonomous vehicles can sense their surrounding environment, plan their route, and drive with little or no involvement of human drivers. Despite the latest technological advancements and the hopeful announcements made by leading entrepreneurs, to date no personal vehicle is approved for road circulation in a “fully” or “semi ...
Xingshuai Dong   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

Referential means in German: an experimental study comparing feminine epicene nouns with masculine generic nouns

open access: yesLinguistics
We conducted a study on how people refer to gender-neutral, grammatically feminine role or job nouns in German, like “die Lehrkraft” (the teacher [fem.]), and compared it to masculine role or job nouns, like “der Lehrer” (the teacher [masc.]).
Steriopolo Olga, Schütze Christin
doaj   +1 more source

Identity Play: Middle School Youths' Provisional Self‐Making in Horizon‐Expanding STEM Spaces

open access: yesScience Education, Volume 110, Issue 3, Page 780-802, May 2026.
ABSTRACT This study introduces identity play as an analytic construct for science education to explore improvisational dimensions of middle school students' STEM identity development in multiple out‐of‐school learning experiences focused on environmental problem‐solving.
Heidi B. Carlone, Alison K. Mercier
wiley   +1 more source

Women’s representations in Saudi Arabia: the case of universities’ online discourses

open access: yesCogent Arts & Humanities
Saudi society is undergoing a shift towards greater inclusivity, with men and women gaining access to diverse job and education opportunities. These changes are reflected in Saudi universities, where women now hold prominent positions, potentially ...
Samar Fahad A. Alkhalil
doaj   +1 more source

A Revised Understanding of Petalomonad Diversity (Petalomonadida; Euglenida) Enabled by a Cultivation Approach, With Five New Species and Two New Genera

open access: yesJournal of Eukaryotic Microbiology, Volume 73, Issue 3, May/June 2026.
ABSTRACT Euglenids are an important group of free‐living phototrophic, osmotrophic, or phagotrophic protists, with most of the phylogenetic diversity represented by phagotrophs. One major subgroup of phagotrophs is the petalomonads: rigid, often relatively small cells with few pellicle strips (usually 4–8).
Won Je Lee   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Gender-inclusive speaking: a quantitative study of noun phrases referring to humans in a corpus of spoken French

open access: yesLinguistics
This contribution presents the first quantitative study of gender-inclusive language in spoken French, based on a corpus of sociolinguistic interviews conducted in Montreal, Paris, and Marseille with feminist and queer activists. Focusing on noun phrases
Flesch Marie   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Inclusivité linguistique : une quête de clarté et de précision conceptuelle

open access: yesStudia Linguistica
The objective of this paper is to conduct a comprehensive review of synonymous or quasi-synonymous terms related to the phenomenon of inclusive language. The paper defines the concept of linguistic inclusivity, enumerating the analysed terms, and aims to
Paweł Golda, Natalia Żywicka
doaj   +1 more source

The chatbot's real self: On the archaeology of artificial personas Le vrai soi du chatbot: vers une archéologie des personnes artificielles

open access: yesJournal of Linguistic Anthropology, Volume 36, Issue 1, May 2026.
Abstract From the beginning of widespread public interactions with ChatGPT and other large language models, some users have seen the disfluencies of chatbots as opportunities for them to go on an archaeological search for an unfettered chatbot persona that they need to jailbreak. These are not claims of sentience, but rather of personhood.
Courtney Handman
wiley   +1 more source

Ozodius, n. gen., for the Australian members of the genus Drepanocanthoides Schmidt (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Aphodiinae) [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
The genus name Drepanocanthoides Schmidt has recently been applied to Australian and North American taxa, based on generic concepts following separate designations of different type species.
Skelley, Paul E.
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