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The complete mitochondrial genome of Epeus alboguttatus (Araneae: Salticidae)

Mitochondrial DNA. Part B. Resources, 2019
The complete mitochondrial genome of Epeus alboguttatus (Araneae: Salticidae) is 14,625 bp in length (GenBank accession number MH922026). It was predicted to consist of 13 protein-coding genes, 22 transfer RNA (tRNA) genes, 2 ribosomal RNA genes, and a ...
Daxing Yang, Xin Yan, Kangkang Xu, Wenjia Yang, Can Li   +4 more
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Nima's “Incomplete” Humans: Storying Adolescents’ Black Inhabitations in Accra

Antipode, EarlyView.
Abstract In this article, I story adolescents as “incomplete” human beings whose inventive modes of storytelling and inhabiting community space shape a “black sense of place” in the Nima neighbourhood of Accra, Ghana. In collaborative arts‐based research with Spread‐Out Initiative NGO, Nima adolescents share stories and narrate experiences that witness
Victoria Ogoegbunam Okoye
wiley   +1 more source

The role of male coloration and ornamentation in potential alternative mating strategies of the dimorphic jumping spider, Maevia inclemens

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 2019
Polymorphism can arise across taxa due to various selection pressures and potentially lead to alternative mating or antipredator strategies. For male jumping spiders, sexual selection and predation risk are often intertwined when courting cannibalistic ...
Laurel B. Lietzenmayer, D. L. Clark, L. Taylor   +2 more
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Ecosystem services provided by spiders

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Spiders, ubiquitous and abundant predators in terrestrial ecosystems, often are the subjects of an unjust negative perception. However, these remarkable creatures stand as unsung heroes within our ecosystems, contributing a multitude of ecosystem services critical to human well‐being.
Pedro Cardoso, Stano Pekár, Klaus Birkhofer, Angela Chuang, Caroline Sayuri Fukushima, Eileen A. Hebets, Yann Henaut, Thomas Hesselberg, Jagoba Malumbres‐Olarte, Ondřej Michálek, Radek Michalko, Catherine Scott, Jonas Wolff, Stefano Mammola   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

Experiences of Caregiver–Child Psychotherapies for Developmental Trauma: A Systematic Review

Child &Family Social Work, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Developmental trauma is a commonly used term to describe the psychological difficulties that may result from interpersonal abuse, neglect and adversity in early childhood. This qualitative systematic review synthesized and explored current literature pertaining to caregiver–child psychotherapeutic interventions for developmental ...
Jess Christopher, Luke Groom, Caroline Cresswell   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Early environmental conditions shape personality types in a jumping spider

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2015
Individuals of many species across the animal kingdom are found to be less plastic than expected, even in behavioral traits. The existence of consistent behavioral differences between individuals, termed personality differences, is puzzling, since ...
Jannis eLiedtke, Daniel eRedekop, Jutta M Schneider, Wiebke eSchuett   +3 more
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Relational Mobility of Street‐Connected Youth in Urban Northeast Brazil

Children &Society, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article scrutinises the relational processes regarding how street‐connected young people's families, relationships and societal influence affect their mobility and vice versa, and how these young people navigate between important settings in their lives.
Annika Lehtonen
wiley   +1 more source

Early environmental conditions affect the volume of higher‐order brain centers in a jumping spider

, 2018
The central nervous system is known to be plastic in volume and structure depending on the stimuli the organism is subjected to. We tested in the jumping spider Marpissa muscosa (Clerck, 1757), whether rearing environments affect the volume of two target
Philip O. M. Steinhoff, Jannis Liedtke, Andy Sombke, J. Schneider, G. Uhl   +4 more
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Signature of Attention: Historical Ambiguities and Elisions in Contemporary Psychological Framings of Attending

Educational Theory, EarlyView.
Abstract In contemporary contexts of digitalization, proliferating media, and generative AI, various “life hacks” are regularly recommended to disconnect and resist distraction, ranging from meditation to getting back to nature to unplugging. This paper traces contemporary concerns over “the attention crisis” into a longer signature — the frequently ...
Antti Saari, Bernadette M. Baker
wiley   +1 more source

Omnidirectional Jump of a Legged Robot Based on the Behavior Mechanism of a Jumping Spider

, 2018
To find a common approach for the development of an efficient system that is able to achieve an omnidirectional jump, a jumping kinematic of a legged robot is proposed based on the behavior mechanism of a jumping spider.
Yaguang Zhu, Long Chen, Qiong Liu, Rui Qin, Bo Jin   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source