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Un/Learning Adult Frames of Reference in Death Enquiries: Thinking~With a Picturebook, Philosophical Animism and Ontological Tact

open access: yesChildren &Society, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Developmental psychology continues to shape how adults engage with children about death and dying. This influences whether children are included in rituals surrounding human and other‐than‐human bodies. Figurations of the innocent, immature and vulnerable child still dominate adult imaginaries of young children's understandings of mortality ...
Karin Murris   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Overlap of nonbreeding wandering albatrosses with fisheries and implications for colony‐specific population trajectories at South Georgia

open access: yesConservation Biology, EarlyView.
Abstract Bycatch in fisheries is one of the most serious threats to pelagic seabirds, causing major population declines. Mitigation measures can reduce bycatch substantially, but many fisheries fail to apply best practices, and seabird mortality remains high.
V. Warwick‐Evans   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Trade studies for nuclear space power systems [PDF]

open access: yes
As human visions of space applications expand and as we probe further out into the universe, our needs for power will also expand, and missions will evolve which are enabled by nuclear power.
Bents, David J.   +2 more
core   +1 more source

How a Traveling Exhibition on Wasps Altered Public Perceptions

open access: yesCurator: The Museum Journal, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Media portrays a caricature of the “evil” wasp (a flying insect), perpetuating fears developed at a young age or from individual negative experiences. Because wasps are critically important to nature and our agriculture, it is important to provide some form of education to lessen this fear.
Brenna L. Decker   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Experimental Investigation of the Relationship Between Vibration Acceleration and Bearing Capacity for Space Exploration Legged Rovers

open access: yesGeotechnics
In the exploration missions for Mars and the Moon, rovers with legs as mobility mechanisms are necessitated owing to their high mobility. However, the surface of Mars and the Moon is loose, leading the rovers to slip by virtue of the ground easily ...
Tomohiro Watanabe   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Overview of microwave concepts [PDF]

open access: yes
An overview of microwave beamed power concepts is given in outline form. Concepts such as power transmission to operational satellites, spacecraft propulsion, lunar/planetary outpost power and planetary rover propulsion are listed in chart form and ...
Faymon, Karl A.
core   +1 more source

Ecologization Is Not a Metaphor: Museums in the Web of Life

open access: yesCurator: The Museum Journal, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article documents and critiques emerging accounts of museum “ecologization”. Drawing on political ecology, materialist theory, and contemporary museum practice, we challenge dominant frameworks of ecological modernization and advocate for a more critical understanding of museums in the web of life.
Colin Sterling   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Unmothered at Work: Organizational Silence Around Reproductive Loss

open access: yesGender, Work &Organization, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT An identity transition refers to changes in self‐concept that can result from professional or personal shifts. Although organizations increasingly support institutionally legible and culturally normative nonwork transitions, others remain professionally stigmatized or culturally unspeakable.
Katrina M. Brownell
wiley   +1 more source

Monocular Vision-based Estimation of Wheel Slip Ratio for Planetary Rovers in Soft Terrain [PDF]

open access: diamond, 2020
Lü Fengtian   +5 more
openalex   +1 more source

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