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White ants, empire and entomo-politics in South Asia [PDF]
, 2020 By focussing on the history of white ants in colonial South Asia, this article shows how insects were ubiquitous and fundamental to the shaping of British colonial power.
Deb Roy, Rohan
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Using citizen science to monitor pollination services [PDF]
, 2015 1. Pollination by insects is a vital ecosystem service and the need for its assessment is increasing in recognition and political pressure, but there are currently no large-scale systematic monitoring schemes in place to measure the direct provision of ...
Ahrné +34 more
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Are Wild Bee Pollinator Populations Declining? [PDF]
, 2010 How climate change may affect insect pollinator populations in the Midwest.Environmental Change Institute UIUCAgroecology and Sustainable Agriculture Program UIUCunpublishednot peer ...
Cameron, Sydney A., Marlin, John C.
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Advanced Materials Interfaces, EarlyView.Chitosan–TiO2 composite hydrogels combine adsorption of organic pollutants with photocatalysis, allowing to remove 85% of a broadly diffused antibiotic (sulfamethoxazole) under direct sunlight irradiation, opening great promises for point‐of‐use, outdoor applications.
Beatrice Cerea +5 more
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Cross‐Scale Hierarchical Targeted Delivery System Based on Small‐Scale Magnetic Robots
Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.This article reviews a cross‐scale hierarchical targeted delivery system that integrates magnetic continuum robots and magnetic microrobots. By combining rapid long‐range navigation with precise microscale targeting, the system overcomes key limitations of single‐scale approaches.
Junjian Zhou +4 more
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From Lab to Landscape: Environmental Biohybrid Robotics for Ecological Futures
Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.This Perspective explores environmental biohybrid robotics, integrating living tissues, microorganisms, and insects for operation in real‐world ecosystems. It traces the leap from laboratory experiments to forests, wetlands, and urban environments and discusses key challenges, development pathways, and opportunities for ecological monitoring and ...
Miriam Filippi
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Results of the 2016 Indianapolis Biodiversity Survey, Marion County, Indiana [PDF]
, 2017 Surprising biodiversity can be found in cities, but urban habitats are understudied. We report on a bioblitz conducted primarily within a 24-hr period on September 16 and 17, 2016 in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA.
Dolan, Rebecca W. +14 more
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The Ecology and Sociology of the Mission-Aransas Estuary : An Estuarine and Watershed Profile [PDF]
, 2012 watershed profileThe Mission-Aransas National Estuarine Research Reserve (NERR) is one of 28 national estuarine reserves created to promote the responsible use and management of the nation's estuaries through a program combining scientific research ...
Evans, Anne +2 more
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Advanced Science, EarlyView.Phospholipase A2 (PLA2), a dormant enzyme, becomes lethal when activated—collapsing lungs in minutes. Our dual therapy (DOPS + varespladib) boosts survival from 0% to >90% in sepsis/ALI. A breakthrough for acute lung injury treatment. ABSTRACT This study reveals that phospholipase A2 (PLA2), normally stable and nontoxic, can be activated specifically ...
Jianyu Wang +7 more
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The Ethics of Racist Monuments [PDF]
, 2018 In this chapter we focus on the debate over publicly-maintained racist monuments as it manifests in the mid-2010s Anglosphere, primarily in the US (chiefly regarding the over 700 monuments devoted to the Confederacy), but to some degree also in Britain ...
Demetriou, Dan, Wingo, Ajume
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