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Death and the adorable orphan: Marcelino pan y vino (1954; 1991; 2000) [PDF]

open access: yes, 2004
The Spanish journalist and writer José María Sánchez-Silva, unaware that he was adapting a folk tale about religious devotion rewarded, produced a complex narrative about the mother-son dyad: Marcelino pan y vino (1952).
Harvey, Jessamy
core   +1 more source

Monitoring active osprey nests with drones is more time efficient and less disturbing than conventional methods

open access: yesWildlife Biology, EarlyView.
Drones are used to monitor bird nesting sites at less accessible locations, such as on cliffs, human infrastructure, or within the tree canopy. While there are a growing number of studies documenting avian behavioral responses to various drones, there is a continued need to monitor taxa‐specific responses to different drone models. We explored both the
Natasha K. Murphy   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Impact of \u3ci\u3eU.S. News & World Report\u3c/i\u3e College Rankings on Admissions Outcomes and Pricing Policies at Selective Private Institutions [PDF]

open access: yes, 1999
Despite the widespread popularity of the U.S. News & World Report College rankings there has been no empirical analysis of the impact of these rankings on applications, admissions, and enrollment decisions, as well as on institutions’ pricing policies ...
Ehrenberg, Ronald G, Monks, James
core   +1 more source

Ontogeny of foraging behaviour in an opportunistic gull inhabiting urban marine ecosystems

open access: yesWildlife Biology, EarlyView.
Urbanization affects ecosystems by reducing biodiversity and displacing species from native habitats. While some suffer, others, like urban wildlife, adapt through innovative feeding and behaviours that improve their fitness in human‐altered settings. Despite research on wildlife in urban areas, the development of foraging behaviour in urban species is
Joan Navarro   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Muhammad y el monacato palestino

open access: yesEspacio, Tiempo y Forma. Serie II, Historia Antigua, 2011
Los grandes genios religiosos son Jesús, Buda y Muhammad. Ni Jesús ni Muhammad quisieron crear una religión, sino corregir la primitiva revelación, que se había desviado.
José María Blázquez Martínez   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Job Stability Among U.S. University Presidents [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
This paper examines job duration among U.S. university presidents from 2001 to 2006. Using data from the American Council of Education’s Survey of American College Presidents, this analysis finds that public university presidents are approximately 50 ...
Monks, James
core   +1 more source

Lack of capture‐induced mortality of neonates associated with variation in handling protocols

open access: yesWildlife Society Bulletin, EarlyView.
We found that handling metrics (e.g., handling time, number of collectors, and age at capture) had limited or no influence on the survival of neonatal mule deer, desert bighorn sheep, and Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep within the first few days of life. Furthermore, we found that handled mule deer and Rocky Mountain bighorn neonates were recruited at a ...
Marcus E. Blum   +24 more
wiley   +1 more source

Sleep well! Sleeping practices in Buddhist disciplinary rules [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
The present paper gives a detailed analysis of the guidelines on sleeping practices as stipulated in Buddhist monastic disciplinary texts and in Chinese manuals.
Heirman, Ann
core   +2 more sources

Long‐term trends of epibionts reflect Mediterranean striped dolphin abundance shifts caused by morbillivirus epidemics

open access: yesJournal of Animal Ecology, EarlyView.
This original research piece demonstrates, through empirical and theoretical modelling approaches, that the epibionts of striped dolphins indicate dolphin abundance shifts caused by epidemics of dolphin morbillivirus (DMV). In addition, we provide the first SIR model to investigate the epidemiology of DMV in western Mediterranean striped dolphins ...
Sofía Ten   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

On the Issue of Mobilization of Buddhist Theological School Students and Monastics for Military Rear Work during the First World War (1916–1917) (based on Materials from the State Archives of the Republic of Buryatia)

open access: yesМонголоведение
Introduction. Researchers have little studied some aspects of the requisition of Buryats for military rear work during the First World War. The question of conscription of students of Buddhist theological schools is a complex one. The aim of the study is
Bazar D. Tsybenov, Bair Ts. Gomboev
doaj   +1 more source

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