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‘Chrystalline Talk’: Thomas Browne's Poetics of Concretion and Mineral Plain Style
ABSTRACT This article charts the figuration, both material and rhetorical, of mineral bodies in early modern natural philosophy, paying particular attention to the second book of Thomas Browne's Pseudodoxia Epidemica (1646). It argues that concretions (stony calculi and crystals formed through the aggregation of physical matter) make manifest a mineral
Jess Dunmore
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Comparative analysis of gut viromes in four penguin species reveals diverse novel viruses and host-associated differences. [PDF]
Qi K +17 more
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An Introduction to Rational Constructivism in Cognitive Development
Abstract Rational constructivism is a contemporary theory of cognitive development. It proposes that children generate, tweak, and radically revise theories, beliefs, and representations by integrating evidence with existing knowledge via probabilistic inferential learning mechanisms.
Rebekah A. Gelpi +3 more
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From Carbon to Plastics: Partitioning of Biogeochemical and Anthropogenic Particles in Penguin Guano. [PDF]
Sparaventi E +5 more
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Abstract figure legend Overview of study design and key findings. Ten trained men completed a randomized crossover study with two conditions differing in muscle glycogen availability (high versus low), achieved through a glycogen depletion protocol followed by a high‐ or low‐carbohydrate diet.
K. K. Lange +10 more
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The roots of a colony: establishment and growth of a Magellanic Penguin breeding site in Patagonia, Argentina. [PDF]
Tisera Manochio C +3 more
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ABSTRACT This study examines why borrowed educational reforms in Kuwait have failed. It is based on in‐depth interviews with 20 key figures from the Ministry of Education (MOE), including former Ministers, and administrators from the Kuwait National Center for Education Development (NCED).
Iqbal A. AlShammari +2 more
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Skuas as sentinels of high pathogenicity avian influenza H5N1 on the Antarctic Peninsula in the 2024/2025 austral summer. [PDF]
Wille M +12 more
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