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Consistent Choice of Prey Source Habitat Across Diverse Landscapes by a Selective Insectivorous Bat

Integrative Zoology, EarlyView.
After analyzing the diet of the greater horseshoe bats in three distinct colonies, we identified significant spatial and temporal differences, particularly noting a stronger reliance on riparian habitats in Mediterranean areas. The species exhibits great ecological adaptability with strong plasticity in prey source habitats, shifting preferences among ...
Miren Aldasoro, Oihane Diaz de Cerio, Danilo Russo, Nerea Vallejo, Lander Olasagasti, Inazio Garin, Urtzi Goiti, Joxerra Aihartza   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Cyclic Treatment With WIN 18,446, a Potential Male Contraceptive, is as Effective as Continuous Treatment for Suppression of Spermatogenesis in Mice

Andrology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Retinoic acid plays a critical role in spermatogenesis during both spermatogonial differentiation and spermiation. Mice lacking enzymes that synthesize retinoic acid, Aldh1a1/1a2, in the testes are infertile. WIN 18,446 reversibly inhibits spermatogenesis by inhibiting ALDH1A1/1A2 and is a promising approach to male contraception ...
Jisun Paik, Jessica M. Snyder, Haley A. Martin, John K. Amory   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Infrared Maritime Small-Target Detection Based on Fusion Gray Gradient Clutter Suppression

Remote Sensing
The long-distance ship target turns into a small spot in an infrared image, which has the characteristics of small size, weak intensity, limited texture information, and is easily affected by noise.
Wei Wang, Zhengzhou Li, Abubakar Siddique   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

From barriers to benefits: A personalized sleep intervention enhances sleep duration and emotional health in chronic short sleepers

British Journal of Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract This pilot study evaluated a personalized sleep intervention incorporating motivational interviewing techniques to address sleep barriers, along with tailored sleep hygiene and extension for chronic short sleepers. Eleven university students completed a 14‐day sequential intervention (baseline, sleep hygiene and a combined phase adding 90‐min ...
Wei Wang, Ho Yin Derek Ma, Ming Ming Chiu, Shu Fai Cheung, C. Harry Hui, Mark Lawrence Wong, Janet Hui‐wen Hsiao, Rong Wei Sun, Yeuk Ching Lam, Akira Basa Okabe, Chin Ho Chan, Esther Yuet Ying Lau   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

Sea Clutter Suppression Method of HFSWR Based on RBF Neural Network Model Optimized by Improved GWO Algorithm. [PDF]

Comput Intell Neurosci, 2020
Shang S, He KN, Wang ZB, Yang T, Liu M, Li X.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Managed decline: Muddling through with the Sterling (dis)Agreements, 1968–74

The Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract How do policymakers manage the decline of an international currency? This paper revisits the view that the ‘Sterling Agreements’ of 1968–74 – bilateral contracts between the UK and sterling‐holding governments – marked a successful paradigm shift towards sterling's managed ‘retirement’.
Alan de Bromhead, David Jordan, Francis Kennedy, Jack Seddon   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

An Exploration of the Inter‐Sectional Identity of Black Female Leaders in the UK: A Shotterian Study

Gender, Work &Organization, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study investigates the experience of Black female leaders in UK business and the narratives of their lived experience of marginalization. Drawing principally on the rather small UK‐focused literature on this topic as context, as well as some of the much larger international literature, methodologically we use the approach to qualitative ...
Rita G. Klapper, Paul J. Upham, Sven Kuenzel   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Policing the Environmental Crisis: Climate Protest, the State, and Law and Order

Constellations, EarlyView.
Oscar Talbot
wiley   +1 more source

Stuck in the Waiting Room: An Analytical Essay Exploring Infertility at Work

Gender, Work &Organization, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In this analytical essay, we use our embodied career experiences to explore infertility at work, placing our “infertile body” at the center of analysis. We consider the ways in which infertility has impacted our identities, careers, and timelines.
Nicola Lawrence‐Thomas, Rose Shepherd
wiley   +1 more source

Unmothered at Work: Organizational Silence Around Reproductive Loss

Gender, Work &Organization, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT An identity transition refers to changes in self‐concept that can result from professional or personal shifts. Although organizations increasingly support institutionally legible and culturally normative nonwork transitions, others remain professionally stigmatized or culturally unspeakable.
Katrina M. Brownell
wiley   +1 more source