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The impacts of biological invasions

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The Anthropocene is characterised by a continuous human‐mediated reshuffling of the distributions of species globally. Both intentional and unintentional introductions have resulted in numerous species being translocated beyond their native ranges, often leading to their establishment and subsequent spread – a process referred to as biological
Phillip J. Haubrock, Teun Everts, Neil Angelo S. Abreo, Jamie Bojko, Victor Deklerck, James W. E. Dickey, Ana Clara S. Franco, Emili García‐Berthou, Stelios Katsanevakis, Natalia I. Kirichenko, Stefano Mammola, Martin A. Nuñez, Ben Parker, Riccardo Scalera, Ismael Soto, Diederik Strubbe, Ali Serhan Tarkan, Lorenzo Vilizzi, Tim Adriaens, Paride Balzani, Dagmara Błońska, Elizabeta Briski, Rein Brys, Amy L. Burgess, James E. Byers, Carlos Cano‐Barbacil, Giuseppe Castaldelli, Jaimie T.A. Dick, Victoria Dominguez Almela, Romina D. Dimarco, Margarita Florencio, Antonín Kouba, Melina Kourantidou, Irmak Kurtul, Irene Martín‐Forés, Olivier Morissette, Julian D. Olden, Bruno E. Soares, Jakub Truszkowski, Hugo Verreycken, Marc Kenis, Ronaldo Sousa, J. Robert Britton   +42 more
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Pop Polyvocality: Internet Memes, Public Participation, and the Occupy Wall Street Movement

International Journal of Communication, 2013
From the inception of Occupy Wall Street (OWS), participatory media played a key role in the movement. Members of the public engaged OWS on sites like Tumblr and reddit. Central to the discussion were Internet memes.
Ryan M. Milner
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Subuniformity of harmonic mean p$$ p $$‐values

Canadian Journal of Statistics, EarlyView.
Abstract We obtain several inequalities on the generalized means of dependent p$$ p $$‐values. In particular, the weighted harmonic mean of p$$ p $$‐values is strictly subuniform under several dependence assumptions of p$$ p $$‐values, including independence, negative upper orthant dependence, the class of extremal mixture copulas, and some Clayton ...
Yuyu Chen, Ruodu Wang, Yuming Wang, Wenhao Zhu   +3 more
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How Social Media Connects and Divides Us: Psychological Insights and Paths Forward

European Journal of Social Psychology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Social media was once celebrated as a revolutionary space for constructive connection. While it can foster community, amplify marginalised voices and expose users to diverse perspectives, these platforms are also implicated in the rise of polarisation, intergroup conflict and extremist movements.
Emily Kubin, Shelley McKeown
wiley   +1 more source

The Emotional Response of Filipino Teachers-in-Training to Memes

Universal Journal of Educational Research, 2022
Memes on the internet are created content to express knowledge, entertain, ridicule, and self-actualize. The purpose of this study was to assess the emotional response to memes and their link to the profile of Filipino teachers-in-training.
Vemma Mae R. Guinto
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Digital Rights Activism in Multilevel Governance

European Policy Analysis, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Multilevel governance (MLG) without a clear hierarchical structure can create power imbalances among various actors, particularly in settings with overlapping jurisdictions and policy areas. This dynamic is especially pronounced in Internet governance, which faces a complex interplay of domestic laws, state interdependence, and heightened ...
Alison Harcourt
wiley   +1 more source

Crimea River: Directionality in Memes from the Russia-Ukraine Conflict

International Journal of Communication, 2016
The Russia–Ukraine conflict of 2014 sparked political upheaval, military action, and the emergence of Internet memes as a forum for discursive critique among netizens of the affected countries.
Bradley E. Wiggins
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Political media memes as simulacra in media

RUDN Journal of Studies in Literature and Journalism, 2018
The purpose of the article is to analyze the political media memes’ structure and to compare them with simulacra according to the theory of Jean Baudrillard. We consider, that media memes have a clear structure via they could spread in social media. This
Igor Sergeevich Kuznetsov, Valentina Alexandrovna Slavina   +1 more
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New Drain Spacing Formulas Using the Variational Iteration Method

Irrigation and Drainage, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In this study, the drain spacing is computed using the variational iteration method (VIM) to the linearized Boussinesq equation. By applying at most two iterations of the VIM method under three different initial condition scenarios, three equations for drain spacing calculation were derived. These equations predict values of drain spacing that
George Kargas, Leonidas Mindrinos, Paraskevi Londra   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Meme culture and suicide sensitivity: a quantitative study

Humanities & Social Sciences Communications, 2022
People worldwide are bogged down with a multitude of issues, many of which may need some form of coping mechanism to counteract the negative beliefs that accompany those issues. For many, memes have become that coping mechanism.
Ryan Weiser, Nafees Alam
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