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The English language is a gargantuan, gluttonous beast. It has become extraordinary in its powers of assimilation – such that we rarely consider the origins of the words we use. In this paper, we will shed light on these origins, including the Pontic–Caspian steppe, the British Empire and, of course, a TV show.
Kieran M. R. Hunt
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Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog. Abstract Functional traits are expected to predict vital rates and performance outcomes because they mediate how organisms interact with the environment. However, trait‐based models often have poor predictive power for tree species survival and growth.
Hannah J. Carle +6 more
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Using Structure‐from‐Motion photogrammetry in a longitudinal study, we show that although coral reef habitat complexity had declined significantly by the end of the most prolonged tropical marine heatwave on record, no further losses were detected and 3 years later the reef had begun to recover this critical ecosystem function.
Kevin A. Bruce +4 more
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Susceptibilidad a antimicrobianos de patógenos respiratorios en niños provenientes de la comunidad
Objetivo: Determinar la resistencia de los patógenos respiratorios a diferentes antimicrobianos. Material y Métodos: Entre abril y noviembre de 2002 se estudió 177 pacientes que asistieron al consultorio externo de otorrinolaringología del Hospital ...
José M Guevara +5 more
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This article presents a synthesis of recent developments in the study of human evolution over the past five years. It begins with an overview of hominin species nomenclature and diversity, followed by an examination of the proposed population bottleneck ∼900,000 years ago.
James Cole +3 more
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ABSTRACT The 1970s were a decade of huge change for women in Colombia, from the legalisation of divorce to increased access to education, labour market participation and contraception. This article examines how the Catholic non‐governmental organisation Acción Cultural Popular (Popular Cultural Action, ACPO) responded to women's changing roles and ...
Anna Cant
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ABSTRACT During the years of the US occupation (1912–33), Nicaragua's government legally regulated prostitution. Convinced of their objectives to protect society's moral and public health, politicians embarked on a long struggle to apprehend, quarantine, and segregate female prostitutes nationwide.
Eimeel Castillo
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Resistencia a insulina en adolescentes obesos
Introducción: La obesidad en niños y adolescentes es un problema de salud pública que se encuentra en incremento a nivel mundial, siendo conocida su relación con el desarrollo de alteraciones metabólicas como la diabetes mellitus tipo 2.
Maria Isabel Rojas-Gabulli +4 more
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PRECARIZED AGEING‐IN‐PERIFERIA: Low‐Income Older Adults in a Transforming Neighbourhood
Abstract In this article we investigate how intersecting forms of precarity shape the everyday practices of ageing‐in‐place developed by low‐income older adults in Via Milano, a historically segregated yet rapidly transforming neighbourhood in Brescia, northern Italy. We draw on qualitative and ethnographic research to examine how diverse urban changes—
Marco Alioni, Barbara Badiani
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Treatment for acquired aplasia and refractory cytopenia. Review of a historical cohort
Jesús González de Pablo +4 more
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