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Landscape Change and Threats to Conservation of River Dolphin Inia araguaiaensis (Cetacea: Iniidae) in the Brazilian Savanna

International Review of Hydrobiology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT River dolphins are the least studied and most threatened cetaceans. Anthropogenic activities, including habitat fragmentation, pollution, and declining fish stocks, pose significant challenges to their survival. This study evaluated the effects of landscape changes resulting from human activity on the encounter rates of the putative species of
Cristiane Gonçalves de Moraes, Miriam Marmontel, Mariana Paschoalini Frias, Marcelo Oliveira‐da‐Costa, Paulo De Marco Junior   +4 more
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Differential reflectivity columns and hail: Linking C‐band radar‐based estimated column characteristics to crowdsourced hail observations in Switzerland

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, EarlyView.
Differential reflectivity columns (ZDRC$$ {Z}_{\mathrm{DR}}C $$) have been detected automatically on a composite of radar data derived from five operational C‐band dual‐polarization Doppler weather radars in Switzerland. The characteristics of the detected ZDRC$$ {Z}_{\mathrm{DR}}C $$ are linked to a large sample of 173,000 crowdsourced hail ...
Martin Aregger, Olivia Martius, Urs Germann, Alessandro Hering   +3 more
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Where do nomads bury their dead? Necro‐ostracism, statelessness, and the pastoral/ peripatetic divide in Afghanistan

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.
This article proposes that stigmas connected to social categories of exclusion prevalent during life extend into dealings with the dead, here referred to as ‘necro‐ostracism’, in the context of death and burial of Muslim nomadic populations in urban Afghanistan. Based on qualitative fieldwork carried out in Kabul, Herat, and Mazar‐e Sharif, it explores
Annika Schmeding
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Humanimals: A Socio‐Ecological Reading of the Marseille Plague of 1720

Journal for Eighteenth-Century Studies, EarlyView.
Abstract The aim of this article is to return to a small number of historically significant first‐person testimonies of the Marseille epidemic of 1720 in order to analyse in detail their construction and depiction of human exceptionality as a form of life in a time of plague.
David McCallam
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Do Conflicts Influence the Accumulation of Bonding, Bridging, and Linking Social Capital? Insights From Cameroon

Canadian Review of Sociology/Revue canadienne de sociologie, Volume 62, Issue 2, Page 176-187, May 2025.
ABSTRACT Social capital is known to influence livelihoods, but how this operates in conflict situations is relatively under‐researched. Leaning on the social capital theory, we investigate the association between conflict and the dynamics of bonding, bridging and linking social capital in the neglected “Anglophone” conflict between a separatist ...
Roland Azibo Balgah, Emmanuel Yenshu Vubo, Sirri Eunice Neba   +2 more
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Public health reforms and the mortality decline in nineteenth‐century Italy

The Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract This study examines the impact of Italy's 1887–8 health reforms on mortality, contributing to the historical debate on the state's role in Europe's health transition. Leveraging event‐study‐style difference‐in‐differences approach, we assess the effectiveness of the Crispi–Pagliani reforms, which strengthened public health governance and ...
Francesco Maria Salvatore Fiore Melacrinis, Mauro Rota   +1 more
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Stable isotope evidence for suspended moult and age‐related differences in moult location in the trans‐Saharan migratory Alpine Swift

Ibis, Volume 167, Issue 2, Page 583-590, April 2025.
Stable isotope analysis has been used extensively in migratory bird studies to provide ecological insights that may otherwise be difficult to obtain. However, an understanding of moult is critical for appropriate feather sampling, and here we make the first assessment of its relevance for examining the non‐breeding ecology of the Alpine Swift ...
Alexandra L. Brighten, Pierre Bize, Ana Payo‐Payo, Christoph M. Meier, Jason Newton, Thomas W. Bodey   +5 more
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Experiences of Family Caregivers of Children Aged 1–23 Months Who Have Received Pediatric Palliative Care: A Systematic Review With Qualitative Metasynthesis

Journal of Nursing Scholarship, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction Family caregivers of children receiving pediatric palliative care (PPC) play a crucial role in their care and wellbeing, especially during the early stages of life. Objective To explore the experience of family caregivers of children aged 1–23 months who are receiving pediatric palliative care (PPC). Methods A systematic review of
Juan Manuel Vázquez Sánchez, Manuela Rodríguez Sánchez, Emilio Mota Romero, Ana Alejandra Esteban Burgos, Rafael Montoya Juárez, César Hueso Montoro, Daniel Puente Fernández   +6 more
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Theorizing Waste as a Technique of Power in Capitalistic Stakeholder Relations

Journal of Management Studies, EarlyView.
Abstract Waste is an important socio‐ecological challenge of contemporary capitalism, contributing to climate change and environmental degradation. Despite its pervasiveness and its impacts on diverse stakeholders, it yet remains largely underexplored in management and organization studies.
Elise Lobbedez, Stefano Pascucci, Teresa Panico   +2 more
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Nourishing Catholic Souls in Post‐Tridentine Miracle Narratives☆

Renaissance Studies, Volume 39, Issue 3, Page 339-355, June 2025.
Abstract The period of Catholic reform witnessed the proliferation of printed works that narrated historical and contemporary miracles for the edification of a vernacular readership. This article examines the role of printed miracle narratives in stimulating interior Catholic devotional life through close examination of three Italian vernacular ...
Joshua Rushton
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