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Sperm Transfer Under Behavioral and Morphological Constraints in the Orb‐Web Spider Genus Argiope

open access: yesIntegrative Zoology, EarlyView.
The polygamous mating system of the orb‐web spider genus Argiope provides a model to study the evolution of sperm transfer under morphological and behavioral constraints. This helps us to understand how male and female behavioral and morphological reproductive traits influence sperm transfer.
Chathuranga Dharmarathne   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Studying Portuguese Ethnic Media in Montreal: ‘Autosiociobiographie,’ Sibling Relations, Brotherly Love and ‘Emotional Episodes’ in Research

open access: yesInternational Journal of Qualitative Methods
How does the dynamic of sibling relations affect researching and dissemination of research findings? How can we best capture the unfolding of this dimension in researching?
Luís L. M. Aguiar   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Factor Structure of the Experiences in Close Relationships—Relationship Structures Scale (ECR-RS) in Siblings of Children with Chronic Disorders

open access: yesChildren
Our objective was to examine the factor structure of the Experiences in Close Relationships-Relationships Structures (ECR-RS), an attachment-theory based relationship measure, in at-risk sample comprising siblings of children with chronic disorders ...
Krister W. Fjermestad   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Social Contradiction and Symbolic Resolution: Practical and Idealized Affines in Taiwan [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
This is a publisher's version of an article published in the journal Ethnology in 1984. The offprint is posted here in accordance with existing publisher policy, or by special permission via correspondence ...
Weller, Robert
core   +1 more source

A Confucian Perspective on Public Health Ethics

open access: yesBioethics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Debates in public health ethics have been dominated by the assumptions of Western liberalism: a priority given to liberty and autonomy over other values, an individualistic view of social ontology, a focus on personal responsibility, a minimal set of obligations (only created through consent), and a marginalization of social, cultural, and ...
Kathryn Muyskens, Angus Dawson
wiley   +1 more source

How investors account for the quick and the dead

open access: yes
The British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.
Frederick F. Wherry
wiley   +1 more source

Social and Emotional Functions of Institutional Touch in the Relational Care of Young Children

open access: yesChild &Family Social Work, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study reports results concerning close embodied practices, involving touch, in early childhood care settings in Sweden during the COVID‐19 pandemic. The data—video recordings of everyday practices in contexts of childcare—were collected during various phases of the pandemic. The study demonstrates a broad range of uses of touch, by adults
Asta Cekaite, Madeleine Wirzén
wiley   +1 more source

Accountability and Hyperaccountability in Child Protection Scandals

open access: yesChild &Family Social Work, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The number of child abuse–related deaths has decreased significantly in the United Kingdom over the past 50 years, but there remains public and political concern about the actual and perceived risk of child deaths, with resultant processes enacted to supervise child protection practice.
Robin Sen, John Devaney
wiley   +1 more source

Two-Way Visibly Pushdown Automata and Transducers

open access: yes, 2016
Automata-logic connections are pillars of the theory of regular languages. Such connections are harder to obtain for transducers, but important results have been obtained recently for word-to-word transformations, showing that the three following models ...
Alur R.   +7 more
core   +3 more sources

Relational Wellbeing Amongst Care‐Experienced Young People in Transition in the Context of Covid 19

open access: yesChild &Family Social Work, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Care‐experienced young people typically negotiate the transition to adulthood at a younger age than their peers in the general population and with less reliable access to support. Concerns have been raised that Covid 19 exacerbated the challenges they faced and widened the ‘care‐gap’.
Emily R. Munro, Seana Friel, Amy Lynch
wiley   +1 more source

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