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The “costly son” hypothesis: Sons exacerbate obstetrical dilemmas in humans and other mammals

The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.
Abstract Human childbirth has often been considered uniquely difficult among mammals, yet recent evidence suggests that obstructed labor and fetopelvic disproportion are widespread across placental mammals. Here, we propose the “costly son” hypothesis: because male offspring are typically larger at birth, they impose greater obstetric risk on mothers ...
Nicole D. S. Grunstra, Jonathan C. K. Wells   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Hambre y soberanía alimentaria entre los kaiowa y guaraní en el Brasil

Anthropologica, 2020
A lo largo de los últimos 70 años, los Kaiowa y Guaraní que viven en Brasil sufrieron la pérdida masiva de sus territorios tradicionales. A partir del caso de Tierra Indígena Caarapó se argumenta que la expropiación territorial y las políticas públicas ...
Nádia Heusi Silveira
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As Fenonomias e a economia plural: o olhar da gestão na dimensão territorial [PDF]

, 2012
Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Centro Sócio-Econômico, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Administração, Florianópolis, 2010O foco deste estudo reside na diversidade de atividades não valorizadas pelo mercado e pelos estudos ...
Besen, Fabiana
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Developing a critical caste analysis within information science and technology: A research review: An Annual Review of Information Science and Technology (ARIST) paper

Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, EarlyView.
Abstract Caste—an ascriptive social hierarchy in South Asia and its diaspora—is a globalized phenomenon. Recent caste‐based discrimination, particularly in technology companies and anti‐caste efforts to address it, has compelled academia, policy, and the technology industry to better understand contemporary mechanics of caste.
Nayana Kirasur, Britt Paris
wiley   +1 more source

Le pluriel en fang ntumu

Corela, 2012
Fang is a bantu language. It contains 5 dialects and ntúmú is one of them. Fang ntúmú makes classification of his nouns. All nouns of the same class govern the same agreement, and the language allocates to them a prefixal mark: the nominal prefix.
Régis Ollomo Ella
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Cross‐disciplinary integration: Information practices and a role for information scholars. An annual review of information science and technology paper

Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, EarlyView.
Abstract Cross‐disciplinary research is a priority for many academic institutions, with a growing body of scholarship dedicated to studying the central practice of cross‐disciplinarity: integration, or the synthesis of knowledge, information, and data across disciplines and domains.
Ciara Zogheib
wiley   +1 more source

Exploring the potential of community-supported agriculture in Germany—diffusion prospects and contributions to vegetable self-sufficiency

Environmental Research: Food Systems
Agricultural specialization—characterized by fewer, larger and more simplified farms—and low vegetable self-sufficiency (VSS) undermine food system resilience in the face of global disruptions.
L Egli, M Zech, N Paech, M Gaspers, J Schmidt, J Palliwoda, M Rommel   +6 more
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Plural rationality approach to stakeholder engagement

, 2021
This chapter describes a plural rationality approach to stakeholder consultation and engagement conducted as part of a pilot environmental program.
Parkinson, Joy, Knox, Kathy
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String Figuring young children's perspectives of quality in English early childhood education and care

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Quality in early childhood education and care (ECEC) is a contested concept and has generally been conceptualised by inter‐related indicators such as staff qualifications, educational environment, policy or child‐to‐staff ratios. There has been a more limited emphasis on how young children might perceive and experience quality.
Nikki Fairchild, Éva Mikuska
wiley   +1 more source

The potential of Curcuma longa L. bioactive compounds as RSK inhibitors for the treatment of prostate cancer: in silico study

African Journal of Urology
Background The second most seen malignancy occurrence among males is prostate cancer. The p90 ribosomal s6 kinase (RSK) has attracted increased attention due to its overexpression in cancer cells, especially prostate cancer cells.
Olusola Olalekan Elekofehinti, Foluso Adeola Taiwo, Moses Orimoloye Akinjiyan, Ifeoluwa Rachael Adetoyi, Folasade Oluwatobiloba Ayodeji, Adedotun Olayemi Oluwatuyi, Oluwapelumi Nifesimi Akintoye, Idayat Oyinkansola Kehinde, Bolanle Esther Adedapo, Opeyemi Iwaloye   +9 more
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