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Spanolepis selloanae (Diptera, Cecidomyiidae) infests Cortaderia selloana (pampas grass). It lays eggs in the spikelets, where larvae feed on female parts. The high prevalence of the midge and its combined impact in seed production, condition and viability strongly reduces the reproductive output of C. selloana.
María J. Servia +6 more
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The problem of traffic anomalies in computer networks is analyzed. NetFlow packets are used as network traffic data and maximum entropy methods is used for anomalies detection.
Dalius Mažeika, Saulius Jasonis
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Revisiting avian wingtip shape indices: a comparison of methods with empirical data
The study of avian wing shape helps in understanding how birds can adapt to their habitats and respond to changing environmental conditions. An important challenge in this endeavour is obtaining estimates of wing shape that are truly independent of body size, particularly when there is an allometric relationship between them. Size‐constrained component
Iván de la Hera +5 more
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Method for forecasting the time standard of multiâ€characteristic item
The purpose of this paper is to propose a method for determining the time standard of items based on several characters, where part of them is quantitative and some of them are qualitative (dichotomic).
Yossi Hadad, Lea Friedman
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Late Soviet Intellectual Cult(ure): Merab Mamardashvili’s Strategy of Self‐Presentation
Abstract This article analyzes Merab Konstantinovich Mamardashvili’s philosophical strategy in the context of late and post‐Soviet intellectual culture. It focuses on How I Understand Philosophy (1990), a collection of Mamardashvili’s works and interviews that had a significant impact on the reception of his thought and the shaping of his intellectual ...
Egor Sokolov
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Evaluation of refurbishment in multi-flat buildings considering ternary benefit
Inefficient heat use in old multi-flat residential buildings causes problems to the residents spending a large part of their incomes on heat bills as well as for the State working towards achieving goals of energy efficiency increase, climate change ...
Darius Biekša +2 more
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ABSTRACT Despite efforts, food security remains an elusive goal in rural Africa. Without robust safety nets, households employ alternative coping strategies, including internal and international migration to leverage remittances. Using data from a 2024 nationally representative cross‐sectional survey of 17,942 rural households conducted by the Zimbabwe
Dephine Mazambani +2 more
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This thesis describes the invariance principle, method for solving problems in student competitions. The idea was to design the work as a methodology manual for teachers dealing with this topic during their work with students. This thesis can also serve as a reference for further research on the invariance principle.
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Maximum Gape in Developing Macaca mulatta
ABSTRACT Objectives Maximum gape and bite force are two key metrics of primate craniodental performance, but without mitigating adaptations, large gapes are associated with reduced bite force. Primate craniodental morphology undergoes functional transitions across development, but how these performance variables vary with life‐history transitions is ...
Stephanie L. Canington +11 more
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ABSTRACT This study explores how 2SLGBTQ+ youth in Alberta, Canada—the country's most Conservative province—mobilize queer joy as a form of resistance amid rising anti‐queer and anti‐trans policies under a settler colonial, cisheteropatriarchal regime. Drawing from youth‐produced collages, we demonstrate that this visual arts‐based participatory method
JJ Wright, Gillian Robinson
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