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Genetic Diversification in a New Guinean Frog Genus (<i>Mantophryne</i>, Microhylidae) was Driven by Ancient Tectonic Activity and Climate Reorganisation. [PDF]

open access: yesEcol Evol
Our dated phylogeny and biogeographic analysis of Mantophryne, a microhylid frog genus endemic to New Guinea, revealed origins in the East Papuan Composite Terrane (EPCT) in the late Pliocene. Dispersal and diversification out from the EPCT was driven by tectonic activity and climate reorganisation, creating habitat corridors and isolations in the Late
Morris RS   +5 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Global patterns and trends in kidney cancer incidence and mortality. [PDF]

open access: yesInt J Cancer
What's New? Decreasing mortality from kidney cancer in developed countries contrasts with persistently high or rising mortality in less‐developed regions. Factors underlying this widening gap remain incompletely understood. Using GLOBOCAN 2022 data, the present study examined patterns in kidney cancer incidence and mortality worldwide and the relation ...
Barchuk A   +5 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

En relación: una entrevista con Marilyn Strathern

open access: yesDisparidades, 2019
Nos complace celebrar el cambio de nombre de nuestra revista con una entrevista a Marilyn Strathern, una de las antropólogas más originales e influyentes de los últimos cincuenta años. El texto consta de tres partes.
Alberto Corsín Jiménez
doaj   +1 more source

EDITORIAL: Melanesian media freedom

open access: yesPacific Journalism Review, 2020
The sovereign states of Melanesia are countries where the yoke of colonialism and struggles for independence are still within living memory. There are territories within Melanesia where the questions and complexities associated with achieving self ...
Kasun Ubayasiri   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Contagion of Violence: The Role of Narratives, Worldviews, Mechanisms of Transmission and Contagion Entrepreneurs

open access: yesInternational Journal for Crime, Justice and Social Democracy, 2019
This paper develops the theory of the social contagion of violence by proposing a four-part analytical framework that focuses on: (1) contagious narratives and the accompanying behavioural script about the use of violence as a response to those ...
Miranda Forsyth, Philip Gibbs
doaj   +1 more source

Ben Bohane's portrayal of spirit and war in Melanesia

open access: yesPacific Journalism Review, 2006
As a photojournalist, writer and producer of television documentaries, Ben Bohane has spent the past 12 years posting stories about life on the islands of Melanesia to the Western media—illuminating the struggles and the spirit worlds behind the news ...
Ben Bohane, Bec Dean
doaj   +1 more source

Who’s setting the agenda? Philanthropic donor influence in marine conservation

open access: yesEcology and Society, 2023
We are in a period of unprecedented growth in conservation philanthropy. How will this influx of private funding affect conservation agendas? Inspired by a collaborative research co-design process, this paper addresses questions about how foundations ...
Ash Enrici   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

On the human ethology of food sharing

open access: yesAnthropological Review, 2014
This paper compares various explanatory concepts of food sharing in humans. In many animal species, parents share food with their offspring, thus investing into the 50% of their own genes present in each child.
Schiefenhövel Wulf
doaj   +1 more source

Media freedom in Melanesia: The challenges of researching the impact of national security legislation

open access: yesPacific Journalism Review, 2020
Commentary: In a global context of national security anxiety, governments across the world are passing an increasing number of laws in response to terror-related threats.
Marie M'Balla-Ndi Oelgemoeller   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Achieving development outcomes by building practical authority in WASH participatory collectives in Melanesia

open access: yesWater Alternatives, 2022
The strength of the 'enabling environment' for development is often considered to be one of the key elements in whether development initiatives fail or succeed. Attempts to strengthen the enabling environment have resulted in a series of checklists and
Katherine F. Shields   +6 more
doaj  

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