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Social complexity is not strongly predictive of indiscriminate killing of wartime enemies in a cross-cultural sample. [PDF]

Evol Hum Sci
Basava K.
europepmc   +1 more source

Buchanan and the Social Contract: Coordination Failures and the Atrophy of Property Rights

Southern Economic Journal, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT James Buchanan advocated that societies should be based on a social contract. He rejected anarchy, seeing it as a “Hobbesian jungle” that calls for government intervention to maintain social order. He also opposed theories of spontaneous order. These views led to debates about the compatibility of Buchanan's works with classical liberalism and
Stefano Dughera, Alain Marciano
wiley   +1 more source

Captain George Blair RAMC: A doctor prisoner of the Japanese in Singapore and Taiwan in the Second World War. [PDF]

J Med Biogr
Venables KM.
europepmc   +1 more source

Radiographic evaluation of gastroliths in a group of 49 juvenile saltwater crocodiles (Crocodylus porosus) in the UK

Veterinary Record, EarlyView.
Abstract Background Gastrolith ingestion is a known inherent behaviour in crocodiles. However, the interpretation of coelomic radiographs in crocodilians is challenging due to the limited informative literature in this field. Methods Dorsoventral coelomic radiographs of 49 juvenile saltwater crocodiles (Crocodylus porosus) were acquired twice, with an ...
Charlotte R. Nix, Ellie R. John, Iain Cope, Katherine Hughes, Marie‐Aude Genain   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Maturation of the International Health Crisis Response: The Polish Typhus Epidemic of 1916-1923 Compared to the African Ebola Virus Disease Epidemic of 2013-2016: Part I, the Polish Epidemic. [PDF]

Epidemiologia (Basel)
Anstead GM.
europepmc   +1 more source

Spraying drones: efficacy of integrating an avian repellent with drone hazing to elicit blackbird flock dispersal and abandonment of sunflower fields

Wildlife Biology, EarlyView.
Multiple management strategies exist to combat bird damage to agriculture. We explored combining two tools, drones as frightening devices and an avian repellent, to assess effectiveness of an integrated method to deter large flocks on complex landscapes. We evaluated the ability of a spraying drone (DJI Agras MG‐1P) deploying Avian Control (i.e. active
Jessica L. Duttenhefner, Timothy J. Greives, Page E. Klug   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Architecture of systems affecting disease trajectories in a conflict zone: A community-centered systems inquiry in North Gaza. [PDF]

PLOS Glob Public Health
Shaikh Y, Hamouda MOA, Elnakib S.
europepmc   +1 more source

The HARIKARI Club: German Prisoners of War and the Mass Escape Scare of 1944-45 at Internment Camp Grande Ligne, Quebec [PDF]

, 2015
Martin Auger
core   +1 more source

A framework for the ethical use of animal‐borne devices in post‐release monitoring following rehabilitation

Wildlife Biology, EarlyView.
Rehabilitation and release contribute to conservation efforts for threatened species. Ensuring that these efforts are effective requires a good understanding of the factors which determine survival and integration of released animals into wild populations.
Jessica Harvey‐Carroll, Daire Carroll, Cara-Marie Trivella, Ellen Connelly   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source