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Spinifex, fire, and fate

Geographical Research, EarlyView.
Abstract Bushfires occur regularly in inland Australia because of the flammability of spinifex (Triodia species). Spinifex and fire are tied together by infertility: the plant is of limited palatability to consumers and accumulates into fuel. Spinifex regrows with cumulative rainfall, and fires recur every couple of decades.
Stephen Ross Morton
wiley   +1 more source

Lightning Location Method Using Orthogonal Coded Polarization Optical Time-Domain Reflectometer in Optical Fiber Transmission

Photonics
Lightning strike is one of the main factors affecting power transmission lines and may lead to broken strands and damage of transmission lines, resulting in abnormal power supply.
Weihua Lian, Xingrui Su, Wei Li, Bin Wu, Xiaofang Feng, Hanqi Zhao, Desong Wang, Guilong Wu, Lin Liu, Yitong Chen, Kaijing Hu   +10 more
doaj   +1 more source

Bushfire management, prescribed burning, and a right to fire?

Geographical Research, EarlyView.
Bushfire control is a public policy priority in an era of climate change. Prescribed burning is one management solution. Prescribed burning policies prioritise human lives and avoidance of property losses. However, some species require fire to survive. We find the ‘right to fire’ is not prioritised in prescribed burning policy.
Josephine Gillespie, Josephine Lange
wiley   +1 more source

“I Was Known to be a G**k Lover”: Histories of Asian–Australian War Bride Marriages During the Vietnam War

Australian Journal of Politics &History, EarlyView.
Marriage has long been a legacy of overseas deployment for Australian servicemen. In the case of the war in Vietnam, Australian men often interacted with local women on base, in civilian spaces, or in passing. Occasionally, couples would form private relationships and, in some cases, marry and return to Australia at the end of deployment.
Anna Wilkinson
wiley   +1 more source

Phylogeography of the Anaspides richardsoni species clade (Anaspidacea, Anaspidesidae): glaciation and recolonization of the Tasmanian Central Plateau and the question of paraphyletic species

Cladistics, EarlyView.
Abstract We herein present a phylogenetic and population genetic analysis of a Tasmanian Mountain Shrimp clade, based on ddRAD and cytochrome oxidase subunit‐1 data sets. Our data show that the morphologically well‐delineated and widespread Anaspides richardsoni Ahyong, 2016 is paraphyletic with respect to four other species (A. eberhardi Ahyong, 2016,
Christoph G. Höpel, Shane T. Ahyong, Martin Kapun, Martin Schwentner, Stefan Richter   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Strike from the Air: Cerebral Hemorrhage after a Lightning Strike

Indian Journal of Neurosurgery
Lightning strikes pose a rare but catastrophic risk for a variety of injuries, including damage to the central nervous system. We present the case of a 79-year-old farmer who survived a lightning strike directly in the chest resulting in an intracerebral
Mojsije Radovic, Mirko Micovic, Bojana Zivkovic, Vladimir Bascarevic   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

A phosphoserine phosphatase variant present in the brain of Alzheimer's disease patients favors nuclear mistargeting

The FEBS Journal, EarlyView.
l‐serine levels in the human brain are maintained by the phosphorylated pathway, a three‐step process catalyzed by phosphoglycerate dehydrogenase (PHGDH), phosphoserine aminotransferase (PSAT) and phosphoserine phosphatase (PSP). These enzymes assemble in a metabolon called the serinosome. The double R27S/D32G PSP variant was identified in the brain of
Silvia Sacchi, Valeria Buoli Comani, Ivan Arisi, Francesco Marchesani, Valentina Rabattoni, Omar De Bei, Zoraide Motta, Alessio Peracchi, Stefano Bruno, Loredano Pollegioni, Barbara Campanini   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

ALL THAT GLITTERS: THE MANY OBJECTS OF ROME'S MUSEUM OF CIVILIZATIONS

History and Theory, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This review article examines the various methodologies practiced by Rome's Museum of Civilizations (Museo delle Civiltà) to discuss the contemporary curatorial approaches of traditional ethnographic museums. It adopts a historical and comparative perspective to situate the diverse collections within ongoing debates about art restitution.
Arielle Xena Alterwaite
wiley   +1 more source

Leviathans and Liberation: Did Whaling Contribute to the Decline of Slavery?

International Social Science Journal, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We test the hypothesis slavery started declining in the United States not due to fossil fuel‐driven industrialization but the exploitation of the bioenergy reserves of the world's largest animals. We predict the population in slavery in US states from 1790 to 1840 as a function of the recorded whaling harvest.
Topher L. McDougal, Austin Choi‐Fitzpatrick   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Imaging malaria parasites across scales and time

Journal of Microscopy, EarlyView.
Abstract The idea that disease is caused at the cellular level is so fundamental to us that we might forget the critical role microscopy played in generating and developing this insight. Visually identifying diseased or infected cells lays the foundation for any effort to curb human pathology.
Julien Guizetti
wiley   +1 more source