Understanding marine biodiversity patterns and drivers: The fall of Icarus
Marine Ecology, EarlyView.Abstract Biodiversity patterns are fundamental in our understanding of the distribution of life, ecosystem function, and conservation. In this concept analysis, A survey of the existing knowledge on marine biodiversity patterns and drivers across latitudes, longitudes, and depths indicates that none of the postulated patterns represent a rule.
Roberto Danovaro
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Form, Function and Feeding: Changes in Tooth Size and Shape Associated With Ontogenetic Changes in Prey Consumption by Australian White Sharks (Carcharodon carcharias). [PDF]
Ecol EvolHunt E +7 more
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Medical Anthropology Quarterly, EarlyView.Abstract This paper analyzes two disparate experiences of buprenorphine, a medication for opioid addiction, in California. Within the context of the U.S. War on Drugs and after decades of criminalization, buprenorphine represents a shift toward outpatient medical treatment of opioid addiction, but it has been unequally distributed and experienced ...
Lauren Textor
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Bacterial diversity in the jelly of shark Ampullae of Lorenzini: a holobiont perspective. [PDF]
PeerJBolaño-Martínez N +4 more
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Shark Finning Legislation and Shark Welfare
Miles de tiburones son cruelmente asesinados todos los días alrededor del mundo gracias al lucrativo comercio de las aletas de tiburón. Esta práctica está impactando negativamente la vida marina ya que los tiburones son los mayores depredadores del océano, los que mantienen el delicado balance de los ecosistemas marinos.
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Mind &Language, EarlyView.Humans seek to predict, explain, and control their environments. Generalizations—like those expressed by “children like candy” and “cigarettes cause cancer”—provide one resource to facilitate these tasks. We develop a proposal tying the acceptability judgments of generics to the psychological functions of generalizations.
Katherine Ritchie, Ny Vasil
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Case report: comparison of NexTrak and VR2 acoustic receiver performance in a low-noise coastal marine environment. [PDF]
Anim BiotelemetryOgloff WR +7 more
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Risk, Recklessness, and Objectivism
Ratio, EarlyView.ABSTRACT One classic objection to Objectivism about ought is that it recommends unconscionably risky actions in so‐called Three‐Option‐Cases, the most famous of which is Jackson's case featuring a doctor called Jill. Some philosophers deny this orthodoxy and claim that Objectivism can yet account for our intuitions in such cases.
Daniele Bruno
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A Deep Dive into the Globin Superfamily of Sharks, Skates, and Rays: Contrasting Patterns of Gene Loss and Retention Relative to Bony Vertebrates. [PDF]
Genome Biol EvolWalt HK +5 more
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Powers and Practices in Labor Standards Enforcement
Regulation &Governance, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Wage theft remains a pervasive problem internationally and within the United States. In response, worker advocates have sought stronger laws to deter violations and promote compliance. Yet formal authority alone may be insufficient; labor departments often fail to use the full extent of their legal authority to conduct vigorous enforcement ...
Daniel J. Galvin +4 more
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