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The hunt for Scabiosa trenta Hacq: how the pursuit of a phantom ignited a passion for botany and mountaineering

open access: yesNordic Journal of Botany, EarlyView.
Scabiosa trenta Hacq. was first described in 1782 by Balthasar Hacquet, with its specific epithet referring to the Trenta Valley in Slovenia. Since then, S. trenta has been the focus of numerous mountaineering and botanical expeditions, particularly by the alpinist Julius Kugy during the Golden Age of Alpinism, a period in the second half of 19th ...
Valentina Boscariol   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Role of Metaphor in Comprehension of Railway Terminology

open access: yes
The author studies metaphorical representation of terminological units.
Tretjakova, Jeļena
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Corpus-linguistic approaches to metaphor analysis

open access: yes, 2017
Corpora should be used to study metaphors for the same reasons that they should be used for any linguistic research. They help us to search through a lot of data with great speed, they make research replicable, and they give us access to statistics on ...
Tissari, Heli,
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Fostering Women's Political Leadership Through Government Accountability: Evidence From OECD Countries

open access: yesPublic Administration and Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Women remain significantly underrepresented in political leadership worldwide. This study examines how different combinations of government accountability mechanisms enhance women's political representation (WPR) as a pathway to leadership in 30 OECD countries.
Samira Nazar, Seyed Ashkan Zarghami
wiley   +1 more source

Towards metaphors for quantum computational thinking. [PDF]

open access: yesEPJ Quantum Technol
Beardow C, Stappers PJ.
europepmc   +1 more source

‘We want to be the hosts of this story’: Learning from community‐led approaches to data governance of land use for nature recovery

open access: yesPeople and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Debates abound regarding how to use land for nature recovery and environmental governance. Such decisions require an understanding of benefits and trade‐offs, and increasingly rely on vast quantities of data, delivered through digital technologies.
Lucy Jenner   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Unpacking the task of synthesis when weaving knowledge systems for biodiversity assessments

open access: yesPeople and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract The pivot towards evidence‐based conservation since 2000 has inspired global environmental assessments to gather evidence across multiple knowledge systems, including through co‐production with Indigenous Peoples and local communities. Knowledge co‐production is highlighted as a strategy for transformative change towards a just future that ...
Maria Tengö   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Greenhouse Metaphor and the Footprint Metaphor

open access: yesTechnikfolgenabschätzung – Theorie und Praxis, 2014
Brigitte Nerlich, I. Hellsten
doaj   +1 more source

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