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Alternative approaches to dryland reclamation enhance vegetation cover and soil stability at a former uranium mine

Restoration Ecology, EarlyView.
Abstract Introduction Conventional reclamation methods to recover dryland ecosystems after mineral extraction often have low success. Alternative reclamation techniques may help overcome the many challenges to establishing persistent native vegetation and stable soils.
Kathryn D. Eckhoff, Rebecca K. Mann, Seth M. Munson, Katherine Walton‐Day, Jo E. Hinck, Michael C. Duniway   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Theorizing White Ignorance From Du Bois to Mills: Narrative and Consumptive Innocence. [PDF]

Br J Sociol
Montalva Barba M, Petersen C.
europepmc   +1 more source

Powers and Practices in Labor Standards Enforcement

Regulation &Governance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Wage theft remains a pervasive problem internationally and within the United States. In response, worker advocates have sought stronger laws to deter violations and promote compliance. Yet formal authority alone may be insufficient; labor departments often fail to use the full extent of their legal authority to conduct vigorous enforcement ...
Daniel J. Galvin, Hana Shepherd, Jenn Round, Jake Barnes, Janice Fine   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Epilithic Algae from Seven Megaliths in the Vicinity of Topolovgrad (Haskovo District, Southeast Bulgaria). [PDF]

Life (Basel)
Stoyneva-Gärtner MP, Androv MI, Uzunov BA, Ivanov KR, Gärtner G.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

The Painterly Materiality of Clouds in Antony and Cleopatra and Hamlet

Renaissance Studies, EarlyView.
Abstract This article examines the cloud‐gazing scenes in Antony and Cleopatra and Hamlet through the lens of early modern artistic theory and material practices, particularly the art of limning. Building upon existing philosophical and poetic interpretations of Shakespearean clouds as metaphors for ephemerality and memory, the essay argues that the ...
Anne‐Valérie Dulac
wiley   +1 more source

Vascular Flora on Croatian Historic Structures: Drivers of Biodeterioration and Conservation Implications. [PDF]

Plants (Basel)
Cozzolino A, Motti R, Vitasović-Kosić I.   +2 more
europepmc   +1 more source

‘Who is the Gael who Would Not Weep?’: The Book of the O’Conor Don, Fearghal Óg Mac an Bhaird, and Late Bardic Poetry of Exile

Renaissance Studies, EarlyView.
Abstract This article examines how late bardic poetry transforms the condition of exile into a literary mode that reimagines community and tradition. I argue that poetry of lament, blessing and devotion articulates a broader literary consciousness that anticipates modern notions of a national consciousness. The compilation of bardic verse in manuscript
Daniel T. McClurkin
wiley   +1 more source

Fungi and Stone Heritage Conservation: Friend, Foe, or a Bit of Both. [PDF]

J Fungi (Basel)
Paiva DS, Fernandes L, Portugal A.
europepmc   +1 more source

Obesity and the Politics of Taddeo di Bartolo's Inferno

Renaissance Studies, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper examines Taddeo di Bartolo's depiction of Hell in the Collegiata di Santa Maria Assunta, the mother church of San Gimignano. In a striking departure from similar scenes of the period, the fresco, painted in the early fifteenth century, emphasizes the obesity of the sinners—suggesting a deliberate visual critique.
Stefania Roccas Gandal
wiley   +1 more source

Historic Floodplain Meadows in the Landscape: Investigating Anthropogenic Habitats Important for Nature Conservation, Carbon Sequestration and Flood Attenuation. [PDF]

Environ Manage
Firth A, Firth E, Rothero E, Gowing D.
europepmc   +1 more source