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It Didn’t Start with Proposition 187: One Hundred and Fifty Years of Nativist Legislation in California [PDF]
, 2009 The writer surveys California\u27s long history of nativist legislation. In doing so, he demonstrates that three recent Californian ballot initiatives—Proposition 187, a 1994 ballot that denied public services such as education and nonemergency medical ...
Gendzel, Glen
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Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This qualitative study examines the aspirations, motivations and support needs of 15 young parents in South Australia with experiences of out‐of‐home care (OOHC) or homelessness. Most participants aimed to delay parenting to achieve financial stability, education and personal development, but faced unplanned pregnancies due to inadequate ...
Tim Moore, Stewart McDougall
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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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Annals of Neurology, EarlyView.Objective Sleep‐predominant network hyperexcitability is increasingly recognized as a potential disease‐accelerating comorbidity in Alzheimer's disease (AD). However, its prevalence and risk‐factors remain debated, largely due to cohort‐specific and methodological differences across studies.
Anna B. Szabo +14 more
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Meeting the housing-related support needs of homeless people in the North East [PDF]
, 2012 The Policy and Representation Partnership is led by Voluntary Organisations’ Network North East(VONNE) and funded by the Big Lottery. The Partnership aims to help the voluntary and communitysector (VCS) increase its influence on public policy through ...
Irving, Adele
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Asia-Pacific Journal of Chemical Engineering, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Water is a fundamental necessity for our existence, but its rapid contamination is causing devastating effects on the environment and health of living species worldwide. Adsorptive removal of pollutants is one of the popular water treatment techniques because of its simplicity, affordability, and the broad range of available adsorbents.
Priyanka Negi +3 more
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Animal‐mediated seed dispersal: A review of study methods
Applications in Plant Sciences, EarlyView.Abstract By dispersing seeds, animals provide ecological functions critical for the ecology, evolution, and conservation of plants. We review quantitative and empirical approaches and emerging technologies to quantify processes and patterns of animal‐mediated seed dispersal (zoochory) across its phases: from predispersal to postdispersal.
Noelle G. Beckman +10 more
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Do pingers cause stress in fish? An experimental tank study with European sardine, Sardina pilchardus (Walbaum, 1792) (Actinopterygii, Clupeidae), exposed to a 70 kHz dolphin pinger [PDF]
, 2014 Date of acceptance: 06/12/2014 Acknowledgments The study was funded by the Portuguese Ministry of Science (Fundac¸a˜o para a Cieˆncia e Tecnologia– FCT) through a PhD Grant of SG (SFRH/BD/47931/2008).
Begona Santos, M. +5 more
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, 2016 Up to 60% of the bee species of a region are oligolectic; they collect pollen only from a closely related group of plants though nectar-collecting choices are often broader.
V. Tepedino +2 more
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Varroa destructor feeds primarily on honey bee fat body tissue and not hemolymph
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2019 Significance Varroa destructor causes considerable damage to honey bees and subsequently the field of apiculture through just one process: feeding. For five decades, we have believed that these mites consume hemolymph like a tick consumes blood, and that
Samuel D. Ramsey +11 more
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