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Terrestrial Isopods as Biotic Generators of Microplastics Following Chronic Exposure to Weathered Low‐Density Polyethylene

open access: yesEnvironmental Toxicology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Terrestrial detritivores such as isopods and springtails play a vital role in cycling nutrients through soil ecosystems. Microplastics (MPs, < 5 mm) are increasingly recognized as contaminants of terrestrial soils, yet little is known about whether soil invertebrates themselves are impacted by consuming these plastics or if they can generate ...
Christopher Musgrave, Ryan S. Prosser
wiley   +1 more source

Changes of Microbial and Component Composition of Giraffe Milk During Mid‐ to Late Lactation

open access: yesZoo Biology, EarlyView.
Giraffe milk – graphical abstract text, Giraffe: late lactation milk, Involution at approximately 15 months of lactation, Content of saccharides and fat decrease, Protein content increases, Content of minerals increase, Microbiological quality high ABSTRACT The proximate, mineral and microbiological composition of milk from five giraffes from mid ...
G. Osthoff   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Syphilis and ‘Sons of Empire’: The ‘Prostitute’ and Britain's Fighting Arm in Nineteenth ̵ Century Colonial Punjab

open access: yesGender &History, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The British army in India took great care to provide European troops with facilities for sexual relations while anxiously managing venereal disease. Examining archival evidence, political debates and medical discourse from the nineteenth century, this article examines the colonial military enterprise of regulated prostitution in colonial ...
Sameera Chauhan
wiley   +1 more source

Advances in Natural Building and Construction Materials. [PDF]

open access: yesMaterials (Basel)
Strzałkowski P, Sousa L, Köken E.
europepmc   +1 more source

The Timely Rise of a Teenage Reformer: Youth Revolt, Feminism and the Struggle for a ‘New Sexual Morality’ at the Dawn of the Spanish Second Republic

open access: yesGender &History, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The contributions of propagandist and writer Hildegart (1914–1933) to Spanish cultural life are overshadowed by accounts of her unusual upbringing and violent death. This article examines the conditions that enabled the teenager to become a prominent voice for feminism and sexual reform on the eve of Spain's Second Republic (1931–1939).
Micaela Pattison
wiley   +1 more source

Gender and Obstetric Violence in Britain, ca. 1750–1830

open access: yesGender &History, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Obstetric violence is a form of gendered violence experienced by pregnant and birthing people, particularly women, during medical care provided in the hospital, clinic or home. Recent scholarship has explored how obstetric violence and obstetric racism manifested historically, from post‐war Canada to colonial and postcolonial Mexico.
Paige Donaghy
wiley   +1 more source

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