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Teaching island studies: on whose terms? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
Island studies can be deceptively difficult for inexperienced undergraduates due to the field’s trans-disciplinary and international scope, advanced academic content and engagement with a wide range of cognitive processes and methodologies.
Kathleen Stuart
core   +1 more source

Climate impact assessment and “islandness”: Challenges and opportunities of knowledge production and decision-making for Small Island Developing States

open access: yes, 2017
Purpose Climate data, including historical climate observations and climate model outputs, are often used in climate impact assessments, to explore potential climate futures.
A. Foley
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Discovery and Targeted Proteomic Studies Reveal Striatal Markers Validated for Huntington's Disease

open access: yesAnnals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective Clinical trials for Huntington's disease (HD) enrolling persons before clinical motor diagnosis (CMD) lack validated biomarkers. This study aimed to conduct an unbiased discovery analysis and a targeted examination of proteomic biomarkers scrutinized by clinical validation. Methods Cerebrospinal fluid was obtained from PREDICT‐HD and
Daniel Chelsky   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

The impact of global environmental change on transport in Malta [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
This study addresses the impact of global environmental change, speci fically on transport in the Maltese Islands, with special attention to the economic implications of changes on: (i) employment, (ii) product or service growth/decline, (iii ...
Attard, Maria
core   +1 more source

Opening up the island: a ‘counter-islandness’ approach to migration in Malta.

open access: yesIsland Studies Journal, 2014
This paper is based on qualitative research undertaken since 2010 with African immigrants living in the small island state of Malta. Its purpose is to deconstruct a number of discourses and preconceptions about irregular migration, migrants and ...
Nathalie Bernardie-Tahir   +2 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Cutaneous Phosphorylated Alpha‐Synuclein in Lewy Body Dementia

open access: yesAnnals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective To determine the test performance of cutaneous phosphorylated alpha‐synuclein (P‐SYN) in dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB), individuals with reduced Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) and healthy controls. Methods This is the first subgroup analysis of the Synuclein‐One study, a prospective, blinded study evaluating P‐SYN detection ...
Christopher H. Gibbons   +31 more
wiley   +1 more source

Stargate Atlantis: Islandness in the Pegasus Galaxy

open access: yes, 2016
This paper explores how ‘islandness’ is constructed within the science fiction television program, Stargate Atlantis. While fictional, considering the Atlantis of Stargate offers the opportunity to examine what islandness may be like outside the physical,
Sarah MacKinnon
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Trends in Dermatopolymyositis Mortality, 1999–2022: A Nationwide Population‐Based Study, United States

open access: yesArthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
We report the national burden of dermatopolymyositis mortality over the past quarter century using the US national vital statistics data. Age‐standardized mortality rates for dermatopolymyositis decreased at an annual rate of 3.8% each year, which was higher than the annual percent decrease for deaths from all other causes.
Elizabeth Matz, Ram R. Singh
wiley   +1 more source

Fragilité et résilience des liens entre le milieu insulaire et ses populations. Le cas de Peng Chau à Hong-Kong

open access: yesEspace populations sociétés
Based on the case of Peng Chau, a small 1 km² island with 5,700 inhabitants in the Hong Kong archipelago, this article examines how the island’s inhabitants and environment are engaged in a contingent relationship, characterized by fragile yet resilient ...
Myriem Alnet, Camille Salgues
doaj   +1 more source

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