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Social Wasps of the Huron Mountains, Michigan (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Ten species of social wasps were collected from the Huron Mountains area, Marquette Count, Michigan during me summers of 1983-1985.
O\u27Brien, Mark F
core   +2 more sources

Mountain rescue [PDF]

open access: yesCurrent Biology, 2008
SummaryAustralia has won plaudits from conservationists by extending protection to some of its most spectacular natural habitats. Hannah Robertson reports.
openaire   +2 more sources

End‐to‐End Sensing Systems for Breast Cancer: From Wearables for Early Detection to Lab‐Based Diagnosis Chips

open access: yesAdvanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.
This review explores advances in wearable and lab‐on‐chip technologies for breast cancer detection. Covering tactile, thermal, ultrasound, microwave, electrical impedance tomography, electrochemical, microelectromechanical, and optical systems, it highlights innovations in flexible electronics, nanomaterials, and machine learning.
Neshika Wijewardhane   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Hay meadows' overriding effect shapes ground beetle functional diversity in mountainous landscapes

open access: yesEcosphere, 2022
Mountain regions are hotspots of biodiversity, and are particularly sensitive to human activities and global changes. Characterizing biodiversity using trait‐based approaches may improve the understanding of the evolutionary and mechanistic basis of ...
Mauro Gobbi   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Concepts in Alpine Plant Ecology

open access: yesPlants, 2023
The alpine life zone is perhaps the only biome that occurs globally where mountains are high enough. At latitudinally varying elevation, the alpine belt hosts small stature plants that vary greatly in morphology, anatomy and physiology.
Christian Körner
doaj   +1 more source

New records for Tephritidae (Diptera) in Great Smoky Mountains National Park [PDF]

open access: yes, 2000
As part of the All Taxon Biological Inventory (ATBI) being conducted in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park (GSMNP), we report new distribution and host plant records for nine Tephritidae ...
Steck, G. J., Sutton, Bruce D.
core   +1 more source

Origami‐Inspired Structural Design for Aquatic‐Terrestrial Amphibious Robots

open access: yesAdvanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
This work presents a lightweight amphibious origami robot actuated by a single shape memory alloy wire. A rigid foldable origami structure with displacement amplification enables efficient terrestrial crawling and aquatic swimming. The addition of fan‐shaped units allows controllable turning in both environments.
Weiqi Liu   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Mountains before Mountaineering

open access: yesJournal of Alpine research|Revue de géographie alpine
Ami·es de l’alpiniste triomphant, passez votre chemin ! L’ouvrage de Dawn L. Hollis risque de vous décevoir : l’autrice questionne la primauté des témoignages d’hommes blancs issus de la bourgeoisie européenne, essaie de redonner leur place aux oublié·es de l’histoire de l’alpinisme (porteurs, habitant·es), tout en questionnant méthodiquement l ...
openaire   +3 more sources

Burden and Risk Factors for Sharp Injuries among Healthcare Workers in a Ugandan Tertiary Hospital: a Cross-Sectional Study

open access: yesInfermieristica Journal
Introduction. Uganda’s efforts for sharps handling, and their waste management are restrained due to shortage of equipment and supplies resorting to alternatives that may not meet standards. The aim of this study was to provide a current detailed account
Pauline Irumba   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

On the Importance of High-Resolution Time Series of Optical Imagery for Quantifying the Effects of Snow Cover Duration on Alpine Plant Habitat

open access: yesRemote Sensing, 2016
We investigated snow cover dynamics using time series of moderate (MODIS) to high (SPOT-4/5, Landsat-8) spatial resolution satellite imagery in a 3700 km2 region of the southwestern French Alps.
Jean-Pierre Dedieu   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

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