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Joyce’s “Force” and His Tuskers as Modern Animals

open access: yesHumanities, 2017
Focusing on those animals that have been overlooked in reading Joyce’s work opens up new perspectives for understanding his writing. One of his earliest essays, “Force” (1898), written at the age of sixteen, shows his so far unexplored concern about the ...
Yoshimi Minamitani
doaj   +1 more source

From Connections to Citations: Assessing the Influence of Academic Social Networking (ASN) Sites on Scholarly Impact in Bangladesh

open access: yesLearned Publishing, Volume 39, Issue 1, January 2026.
ABSTRACT This study investigates how academic social networking site (ASNS) activity influences scholarly citations and, in turn, impacts university rankings. Data were gathered through an online survey targeting university faculty in Bangladesh via email and Facebook groups, such as the Public University Teachers Forum and University Teachers ...
Sabrina Aktar   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Reader's Response: Is there a Mastodon in the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Room?

open access: yesInternational Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 2007
A response to Pat Hutchings’, “Theory: The Elephant in the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Room,” International Journal on the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, Volume 1, Number 1 (January 2007).
Lewis Elton
doaj   +1 more source

Native and Alien Ungulates in North America: Potential for Restoring Herbivore Diversity and Functions

open access: yesGlobal Ecology and Biogeography, Volume 35, Issue 1, January 2026.
ABSTRACT Aim Large herbivores play key roles in ecosystems by promoting plant diversity, dispersing seeds, regulating nutrient cycling, and shaping vegetation structure. Since the Late Pleistocene, their declines have led to profound ecosystem changes. While often viewed as problematic, alien herbivores may partly compensate for these losses; yet their
Ming Ni   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Tower of Babel in science communication on social media: An analysis of linguistic diversity in Twitter mentions of scientific publications

open access: yesJournal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, Volume 76, Issue 11, Page 1431-1451, November 2025.
Abstract To unravel the linguistic dynamics of science communication on social media, this study presents a large‐scale, cross‐disciplinary analysis of language use in over 21 million Twitter mentions of 6.7 million scientific publications. While English dominates—accounting for 90.8% of all mentions and serving as a bridging language for the ...
Yanqing Zhang, Zhichao Fang
wiley   +1 more source

De la « rurbanisation » du héros américain : The Rise of Silas Lapham

open access: yesE-REA, 2010
The bipolar representation of the city (the celestial city vs. Babylon the great) is a distinguishing feature of the American psyche. A similar ambivalence can be traced in the ideological conflict between two types of discourse, one pastoral and one ...
Guillaume TANGUY
doaj   +1 more source

Making vertebrate fossil radiocarbon dates more useful for global scientific research

open access: yesJournal of Quaternary Science, Volume 40, Issue 8, Page 1309-1335, November 2025.
ABSTRACT Radiocarbon dating of bones is essential for reconstructing timelines of species' occurrences, domestication, extinction, migrations, and interactions with Quaternary environments. Many studies compile these chronologies at continental to global scales by aggregating radiocarbon dates from various sources, often balancing data quantity and ...
Salvador Herrando‐Pérez   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Deep Canyon‐Upwellings in the Northwestern Mediterranean Sea in Contrast With Open Oceans

open access: yesJournal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, Volume 130, Issue 11, November 2025.
Abstract Deep upwellings, linked to wind‐driven surface upwellings and the associated along‐slope circulation, have been observed for the first time in the Cassidaigne canyon, Northwestern Mediterranean Sea, at depths up to 1,600 m. It contrasts with previous oceanic observations and modeling, which restrained this process in the canyon head, at a few ...
L. Brun   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Trouble in Paradise? Understanding Mastodon Admin's Motivations, Experiences, and Challenges Running Decentralised Social Media

open access: yesProc. ACM Hum. Comput. Interact.
Decentralised social media platforms are increasingly being recognised as viable alternatives to their centralised counterparts. Among these, Mastodon stands out as a popular alternative, offering a citizen-powered option distinct from larger and ...
Zhilin Zhang   +10 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Grass functional traits reflect the long history of fire and grazers in the savannas of Texas

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Botany, Volume 112, Issue 10, October 2025.
Abstract Premise Understanding relationships among grass traits, fire, and herbivores may help improve conservation strategies for savannas that are threatened by novel disturbance regimes. Emerging theory, developed in Africa, emphasizes that functional traits of savanna grasses reflect the distinct ways that fire and grazers consume biomass ...
Ashish N. Nerlekar   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

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