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String Islands [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of High Energy Physics, 1999
We discuss string theories with small numbers of non-compact moduli and describe constructions of string theories whose low-energy limit is described by various pure supergravity theories.
Dabholkar, Atish, Harvey, Jeffrey A.
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Small islands as ecotourism destinations: a central Mediterranean perspective [PDF]

open access: yesIsland Studies Journal, 2019
A prerequisite for ecotourism development is the presence of natural environments, normally exhibited in protected areas, which serve as ecotourism venues. Little attention has been given to Mediterranean islands in terms of ecotourism.
Karl Agius   +3 more
doaj   +2 more sources

The first occurrence records of Kukulcania hibernalis (Hentz, 1842) from Ascension Island and Saint Barthélemy (Araneae: Filistatidae) [PDF]

open access: yesOpuscula Zoologica Instituti Zoosystematici et Oecologici Universitatis Budapestinensis, 2023
The Southern House Spider Kukulcania hibernalis (Hentz, 1842), native to coastal eastern Mexico and the eastern United States, is widely distributed in Central and South America, the Caribbean, and has been recorded from Liberia and the Canary Islands ...
Sherwood, D., Questel, K., Sharp, A.
doaj   +1 more source

Distribution of Tick-Borne Pathogens in Domestic Animals and Their Ticks in the Countries of the Mediterranean Basin between 2000 and 2021: A Systematic Review

open access: yesMicroorganisms, 2022
Tick-borne pathogens (TBPs) include a wide range of bacteria, parasites and viruses that cause a large spectrum of animal, human and zoonotic tick-borne diseases (TBDs).
Baptiste Defaye   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Leo cie lo … A Series of Artefacts from the Near Future

open access: yesInterAlia, 2023
The article centres on the analysis of a speculative (non)fictional text written in the Queer language Damiá by Dogai Bor (a.k.a. Chris Gylee), Second Speaker of the first Damiá speech community, with translation notes, a fictional frame in Finnish, a ...
ONCE WE WERE ISLANDS
doaj   +1 more source

Predation Risk, and Not Shelter or Food Availability, as the Main Determinant of Reproduction Investment in Island Lizards

open access: yesAnimals, 2023
Reproductive investment, including the number of offspring produced, is one of the fundamental characteristics of a species. It is particularly important for island vertebrates, which face a disproportionate number of threats to their survival, because ...
Johannes Foufopoulos   +4 more
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Remoteness, islands and islandness

open access: yesIsland Studies Journal, 2021
Through an explorative overview of a number of approaches to what remoteness is, in terms of language, discourse, and fantasy, how it is established spatially and temporally by movements and perspectives, by how connections are set up, and by how boundaries are drawn and crossed, this paper argues that remoteness is a) produced rather than discovered ...
openaire   +2 more sources

Cognitive constraints and island effects [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
Competence-based theories of island effects play a central role in generative grammar, yet the graded nature of many syntactic islands has never been properly accounted for.
Ivan A. Sag,, Philip Hofmeister,
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Islands, Island Studies, Island Studies Journal [PDF]

open access: yesIsland Studies Journal, 2006
Islands are sites of innovative conceptualizations, whether of nature or human enterprise, whether virtual or real. The study of islands on their own terms today enjoys a growing and wide-ranging recognition. This paper celebrates the launch of Island Studies Journal in the context of a long and thrilling tradition of island studies scholarship.
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Book review: Oloketa tingting fo apem education long Solomon Islands: Issues in Solomon Islands Education. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
Book review: Oloketa tingting fo apem education long Solomon Islands: Issues in Solomon Islands ...
Petrie, Kirsten Culhane
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