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Same data, different results? Machine learning approaches in bioacoustics

open access: yesMethods in Ecology and Evolution, Volume 16, Issue 8, Page 1574-1586, August 2025.
Abstract Automated acoustic analysis is increasingly used in behavioural ecology, and determining caller identity is a key element for many investigations. However, variability in feature extraction and classification methods limits the comparability of results across species and studies, constraining conclusions we can draw about the ecology and ...
Kaja Wierucka   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

Optimising Exome Captures in Species With Large Genomes Using Species‐Specific Repetitive DNA Blocker

open access: yesMolecular Ecology Resources, Volume 25, Issue 3, April 2025.
ABSTRACT Large and highly repetitive genomes are common. However, research interests usually lie within the non‐repetitive parts of the genome, as they are more likely functional, and can be used to answer questions related to adaptation, selection and evolutionary history.
Robert Kesälahti   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Forging a Black identity

open access: yesNWIG, 1992
[First paragraph] The Rastafarians: sounds of cultural dissonance [revised and updated editionj. LEONARD E. BARRETT, SR. Boston: Beacon Press, 1988. xviii + 302 pp.
Barry Chevannes
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The Role of Silymarin in Regulating Cytokine Expression and Antioxidant Status in Testicular Tissue of Hyperglycemic Rats

open access: yesAndrologia, Volume 2025, Issue 1, 2025.
This study investigated the effects of silymarin (SMN) on hyperglycemia (HPG)‐induced testicular dysfunction, focusing on cytokine expression, antioxidant and endocrine status, and spermatogenesis in a rat model. Rats were divided into three groups: control, HPG‐sole, and SMN‐treated (50 mg/kg orally).
Hossein Sheikhalislami   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

‘Cleave to the Black’: expressions of Ethiopianism in Jamaica

open access: yesNWIG, 2003
Describes the development of Ethiopianism, and illustrates its ideological and thematic content and manifestations, especially focusing on Jamaica, while also referring to the US and South Africa.
Charles Reavis Price
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Rastafarianism: When Religious Beliefs Conflict With Medical Necessity—A Case Report and Review of the Literature Around an Ethically Complicated Case

open access: yesCase Reports in Psychiatry, Volume 2025, Issue 1, 2025.
Background: Rastafarianism maintains that cannabis is a sacred element of the religious practice, and followers of the religion traditionally engage cautiously with western medicine. This case involves Mr. I, a 72‐year‐old Rastafari male with acute myelogenous leukemia (AML) and hepatic decompensation, who developed delirium with psychotic features ...
Matthew Flick   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Love burnout: young women, mobile phones, and delayed marriage in Yaoundé, Cameroon

open access: yesJournal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, Volume 30, Issue 4, Page 953-972, December 2024.
Abstract This article examines how work towards the promise of love marriage comes to be exhausted. It focuses on young urban women living in Yaoundé, Cameroon, trying to ‘catch’ a husband using digital technologies in which photographs figure prominently.
Ewa Majczak
wiley   +1 more source

JUMPING NYAHBINGHI YOUTHS: LOCAL ARTICULATIONS OF ROOTS REGGAE MUSIC IN A RASTAFARIAN DANCEHALL IN CAPE TOWN

open access: yesSuomen Antropologi, 2015
The Rastafarian movement has experienced fast growth during recent years in South Africa and especially in the province of Western Cape. This article examines this process through an ethnographic account of a weekly reggae dancehall event held by the ...
Tuomas Järvenpää
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The Rastafarian movement in South Africa: A religion or way of life?

open access: yesJournal for the Study of Religion
Rastafarians object to the classification of their movement as a religion. Their objection is based on the belief that the movement is more of a way of life than a religion.
Midas H. Chawane
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UM BALANÇO HISTORIOGRÁFICO SOBRE O GARVEYISMO ÀS VÉSPERAS DO CENTENÁRIO DA UNIA

open access: yesRevista Brasileira do Caribe, 2014
Este ensaio realiza um balanço historiográfico das ações e ideias de Marcus Garvey e pretende apreender como as ações, ideias e as imagens de Garvey foram e são percebidas, bem como sua influência sobre as lideranças afrodescendentes da Diáspora ...
Danilo Rabelo
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