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The impacts of biological invasions
Biological Reviews, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The Anthropocene is characterised by a continuous human‐mediated reshuffling of the distributions of species globally. Both intentional and unintentional introductions have resulted in numerous species being translocated beyond their native ranges, often leading to their establishment and subsequent spread – a process referred to as biological
Phillip J. Haubrock +42 more
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Substance abuse in the population of offenders [PDF]
Glasnik Advokatske komore Vojvodine, 2015 Official data of the relevant institutions in the country and the world has testified about a higher frequency of psychoactive substance abuse among offenders, particularly among the convicts to a prison sentence.
Plojović Safuadan +1 more
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Sentience in cephalopod molluscs: an updated assessment
Biological Reviews, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This article evaluates the evidence for sentience – the capacity to have feelings – in cephalopod molluscs: octopus, cuttlefish, squid, and nautilus. Our framework includes eight criteria, covering both whether the animal's nervous system could support sentience and whether their behaviour indicates sentience.
Alexandra K. Schnell +4 more
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The Least Among Us: Unconstitutional Changes in Prisoner Litigation Under the Prison Litigation Reform Act of 1995 [PDF]
, 1997 I don\u27t like prisoners. Nobody pretends to like them, but every once in a while, one of these people is right. And a society is judged by how it treats the least among it, not the best.
Riewe, Julie M.
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An Organizational Analysis of Foreign National Prisoners’ Participation Possibilities in Flanders (Belgium) [PDF]
, 2020 This mixed-method study first provides insight into the Belgian prison population — particularly foreign national prisoners — based on an analysis of the penal database SIDIS Suite (N = 10,356).
Brosens, Dorien +4 more
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Biological Reviews, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Oropharyngeal food processing exhibits a remarkable diversity among vertebrates, reflecting the evolution of specialised ‘processing centres’ associated with the mandibular, hyoid, and branchial arches. Although studies have detailed various food‐processing strategies and mechanisms across vertebrates, a coherent and comprehensive terminology ...
Daniel Schwarz +6 more
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Журнал Фронтирных ИсследованийThe article is devoted to the issue of ransom and exchange of prisoners on the Azov border of Russia in the late 17th – early 18th centuries. The authors show the features and specifics of this process, restore the mechanisms of interaction between the ...
Tatyana V. Zhibrova, Denis A. Lyapin
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Cruelty, Prison Conditions, and the Eighth Amendment [PDF]
, 2009 The Eighth Amendment prohibits cruel and unusual punishment, but its normative force derives chiefly from its use of the word cruel. For this prohibition to be meaningful in a society where incarceration is the primary mode of criminal punishment, it ...
Dolovich, Sharon
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Subterranean environments contribute to three‐quarters of classified ecosystem services
Biological Reviews, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Beneath the Earth's surface lies a network of interconnected caves, voids, and systems of fissures forming in rocks of sedimentary, igneous, or metamorphic origin. Although largely inaccessible to humans, this hidden realm supports and regulates services critical to ecological health and human well‐being.
Stefano Mammola +30 more
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Medical Care of American POWs during the War of 1812 [PDF]
, 2012 In 2005, a service in Halifax commemorated US soldiers and sailors who perished in Britain’s Melville Island prisoner-of-war camp during the War of 1812 and whose remains now lie on Deadman’s Island, a nearby peninusla.
Newfield, Gareth A.
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