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A Natural History of ‘Annoyances’: Knowing Weeds and Weeding Knowledge in the Early Royal Society and its ‘Georgicall Committee’

open access: yesRenaissance Studies, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Seventeenth‐century virtuosi often figured themselves as epistemic weeders, grubbing up rank thickets of accumulated error. In this article, I argue that these metaphors were unnerved by the shifting status of weeds—ostensibly unwanted plants from the margins of cultivated space, unploughed land or the disturbed soils between growing crops—in ...
Francis Taylor
wiley   +1 more source

Water, pipes and the cholera pathogen: The colonial politics of germs and water infrastructures in the Philippines

open access: yesSingapore Journal of Tropical Geography, EarlyView.
This paper examines how the politics of water governance intersected with germ suppression during US colonial rule in the Philippines. Drawing on historical materials and policy documents, we critically trace two interrelated processes of hydroterritorialization through which cholera outbreaks in the early 1900s spurred the production of sanitary ...
Rhomir S. Yanquiling   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Acute toxicity and genotoxicity assessment of environmental contaminants using <i>Artemia salina</i>. [PDF]

open access: yesArh Hig Rada Toksikol
Aleksić JĐ   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Intersectional Geographies of Sanitation and Socio‑Economic Exclusion in Assam's Urban Slums

open access: yesDiversity &Inclusion Research, Volume 3, Issue 4, October 2026.
ABSTRACT According to the report entitled The Sustainable Development Goals: Extended Report 2024, an estimated 24.8% of the urban population resides in slums. These figures often mask the structural inequalities that produce such conditions. Employing the lens of Diversity–Equity–Inclusion (DEI) and quasi‐qualitative methodologies, this study examines
Shabana Nazmine   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Almond Shell‐Derived Cellulosic Microfibres: Extraction, Characterisation and Applications in Sustainable Paper‐Based Packaging

open access: yesPackaging Technology and Science, Volume 39, Issue 10, Page 1231-1251, October 2026.
Cellulosic microfibres were extracted from almond shells using organosolv, soda and kraft processes, and comprehensive physicochemical, surface, thermal and morphological characterisation demonstrated their strong potential as sustainable fillers for paper‐based packaging application. ABSTRACT This study develops pathways for the valorisation of almond
Lokesh Kumar   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Bureaucratic Paradox of Citizen Agency: Institutional Crowding‐Out in Government‐Catalyzed Co‐Production in Shanghai, China

open access: yesGovernance, Volume 39, Issue 4, December 2026.
ABSTRACT Public service co‐production is often framed as a means of creating public value, yet its dynamics are complex when citizen‐led participation is catalyzed by strong public institutions. This mixed‐methods study examines government‐catalyzed, citizen‐centric co‐production in Shanghai, China, where the state provides institutional support ...
Huanming Wang, Xiaoyun Sun, Bing Ran
wiley   +1 more source

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