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Leaf photoprotection and water relations traits reveal novel axes of coordination and trade‐offs in leaf function

Functional Ecology, EarlyView.
Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog. Abstract Plants can express considerable plasticity in leaf functional traits, but that plasticity may be constrained by coordination and trade‐offs among multiple functions.
Bailey H. McNichol, Ran Wang, John A. Gamon, Sabrina E. Russo   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

From Smoke to Stakes: Parental Smoking During Childhood as a Predictor of Adult Gambling Behaviour

Australian Economic Review, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Australia has one of the highest rates of gambling among developed countries, with important consequences for public health and well‐being. Identifying the underlying drivers of gambling behaviour is therefore a key public policy issue, particularly in understanding how early‐life experiences shape later‐life risk‐taking behaviours.
Opoku Adabor
wiley   +1 more source

‘Vitamins’, shortcuts, and athletic citizenship in Ethiopia and Cameroon: considering sporting ethics beyond biomedicine « Vitamines », courts‐circuits et citoyenneté sportive en Éthiopie et au Cameroun : l’éthique du sport, au‐delà de la biomédecine

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.
This article argues that the current way of thinking about ethics in sport in primarily biomedical terms, and in particular in terms of the presence of particular pharmaceutical substances, fails to account for broader notions of sporting ethics and fairness in the Global South.
Michael Crawley, Uroš Kovač
wiley   +1 more source

Design of Semi-Rigid Composite Highway Pavements Using Cementitious Grouting and Porous Asphalt. [PDF]

Materials (Basel)
Kofteci S, Nazary M, Masbah AK, Burgan HI.   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source

On the problem of continuity: a theory of culture beyond invention Le problème de la continuité : une théorie de la culture au‐delà de l'invention

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.
Anthropologists, in common with social theorists more generally, have often understood social life as an emergent phenomenon grounded in practices of creativity and improvisation. Where stasis and continuity feature, these are often presented as illusory manifestations of underlying processes of ‘invention’, or as external impositions upon otherwise ...
Paolo Heywood, Thomas Yarrow
wiley   +1 more source

Comparative Review of Marshall and Superpave Mix Designs: Enhancing Asphalt Performance with Polymers. [PDF]

Materials (Basel)
Jatoi GH, Loprencipe G, Moretti L.
europepmc   +1 more source

From talking tools to metahumans: social interaction, semiotic skill, and the authority of AI chatbots Des outils parlants aux métahumains : interactions sociales, compétences sémiotiques et autorité des robots conversationnels

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.
What does it take to turn a tool into a talking tool and that into an ultimate authority? Generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) in its diverse forms, such as large language models (LLMs), is celebrated as a useful tool. But LLM‐based conversational agents, or chatbots, the software applications through which ordinary users are likely to engage ...
Webb Keane
wiley   +1 more source

Evolution Mechanism of Volume Parameters and Gradation Optimization Method for Asphalt Mixtures Based on Dual-Domain Fractal Theory. [PDF]

Materials (Basel)
Hu B, Qian Z, Zhang F, Zhang Y.
europepmc   +1 more source

Riding Through Norms: Creating and Performing Athletic Femininity at American Ladies’ Equestrian Exhibitions, 1850–1890

Gender &History, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT During the nineteenth century, American agricultural fairs often featured ladies’ equestrian exhibitions. At these events, women constructed an athletic femininity based on skill and competitiveness that challenged traditional ideals of womanhood.
Gabrielle McCoy
wiley   +1 more source

Enhancing the Comprehensive Performance and Interfacial Adhesion of Emulsified Asphalt Using an Epoxy-Functionalized Waterborne Polyurethane. [PDF]

Polymers (Basel)
Liu Y, Cao Z, Mu M, Wang Z, Wang J, Zhang Y, Wang K, Liu Y, Li X.   +8 more
europepmc   +1 more source