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Bringing artifacts (back) to life
American Ethnologist, EarlyView.Abstract Museums’ ethnographic collections can be conceptualized as affective forces—relational intensities that emerge between human and more‐than‐human actors, unfold over time, and are embedded in and co‐shape sociomaterial environments. Drawing on debates in the anthropology of objects and political ontology, I develop this perspective through long‐
Hansjörg Dilger
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Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Objectives To explore how individuals who have lost or have missing teeth and subsequently received dentures make sense of the factors influencing their oral health and well‐being. Methods Thematic and structural narrative analysis was used to evaluate 19 semi‐structured interview transcripts from a secondary dataset of United Kingdom adults ...
Heba Ramadan Salama +3 more
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Evolutionary morphology of the rattlesnake style
BMC Evolutionary Biology, 2009 Background The rattlesnake rattling system is an evolutionary novelty that includes anatomical, behavioral, and physiological modifications of the generalized pitviper tail.
Pires-daSilva André, Meik Jesse M
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Uncertainty‐Aware Visual Analysis of Force Networks in 2D Granular Materials
Computer Graphics Forum, EarlyView.Abstract Uncertainty in experimental measurements makes it challenging to determine which features are intrinsic to the phenomenon and which are most stable and reliable. Granular materials, such as sand, form a complex system in which the forces between individual particles influence the material's macroscopic behavior.
M. Evers +6 more
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Golden weapons and golden fetters: From the gold standard to the new geopolitics
The Economic History Review, EarlyView.Abstract This paper explores the historical relationship between monetary regimes, security concerns, and geopolitical tensions, particularly focusing on the role of gold. Throughout history, monetary systems have been deeply intertwined with international state systems and security provisions.
Harold James
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Endangered Species Research, 2013 Many endangered species rely on early successional habitats to complete parts of their life cycles. We examined whether prescribed fire can be used to aid in conservation of the endangered eastern massasauga rattlesnake Sistrurus catenatus catenatus Raf.
M Dovcˇiak +3 more
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The Howard Journal of Crime and Justice, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The cultures and governance of security markets in the United Kingdom are often characterised through a paradoxical narrative of simultaneous state retreat and progressive advance. In the face of repeated recent high‐profile security failures, and global changes in material political economy, we argue that UK security governance is adapting to
Ben Collier, Jamie Buchan
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Evaluation of Watermelon Varieties under Organic Production Practices in Georgia
HortTechnology, 2019 Organic production is a fast-growing sector of agriculture in need of variety evaluations under their unique production systems. This study evaluated 16 watermelon (Citrullus lanatus) varieties for their performance characteristics under organic ...
George E. Boyhan +3 more
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Fatality of the Rattlesnake. [PDF]
JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association, 1901 Knoxville, Tenn., Feb. 26, 1901. To the Editor: —Your editorial on the "Fatality of the Rattlesnake" induces me to say a word on the subject. The professor referred to therein is manifestly not posted on rattlesnakes. During the past eight years I have had occasion to spend a considerable portion of six winters in Southern Florida.
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Journal of Clinical Nursing, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Aim To explore how persons with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and partners experience illness‐related changes in shared everyday life and intimacy, and how these changes affect well‐being. Design An interpretive phenomenological interview study.
Louise Muxoll Gronhaug +4 more
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