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FROM NY‐LON TO SILK? Shifting Centres of Attention in the World's Urban Fabric

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract This Interventions essay explores Silk Road urbanism's emergence as a rival to New York and London (NY‐LON) for global centre stage in Anglophone urban and regional studies. Through China's Belt and Road Initiative, more attention is being given to urban formations and associated new centralities beyond North Atlantic global/world cities ...
Tim Bunnell, Han Cheng, Wenn Er Tan
wiley   +1 more source

Policy-driven carbon sink enhancement in dryland cities: a case study of Urumqi, a core city on China's New Silk Road. [PDF]

Sci Rep
Zhang W, Baidourela A, Ma F, Xiaokelati J, Yang G, Sun Q, Wang S.   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Iflaviruses in arthropods: when small is mighty

Insect Science, EarlyView.
Many arthropod species harbor iflaviruses, which often cause covert (asymptomatic) infections, but may still affect host fitness. We review the impact of iflaviruses on arthropod fitness, immunity, behaviour as well as the iflavirus’ host range, transmission, tissue tropism and the interactions with other microorganisms within arthropods.
Annamaria Mattia, Hannah‐Isadora Huditz, Monique M. van Oers, Vera I.D. Ros   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Multiple waves of westward dry-land agriculture expansions along the East Silk Road during the Neolithic age. [PDF]

Fundam Res
Li H, Qian Y, Wang Z, James N, Cui Y, Yang Y, Jia X, Dong G.   +7 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Sex Role–Dependent Behavioral and Architectural Divergence in a Jumping Spider

Integrative Zoology, EarlyView.
The graphical abstract contrasts sex‐equivalent cognition (route‐planning & memory) with female‐biased nest architecture. Both sexes perform similarly in cognitive tests, but females build complex, geometry‐matching nests while males make simple shelters.
Yirong Wang, Chu Jiang, Jing‐Xin Liu, Xiaoguo Jiao, Zhanqi Chen   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

A decade of China's health silk road: policy review for global health governance and SDG partnerships. [PDF]

Front Public Health
Wang C, Huang S, Lassi N, Zhang X.
europepmc   +1 more source

Unpacking China's Digital Ascent in the Global South: The Case of Huawei in North Africa

Global Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Despite frequent concerns in Western policy and media circles about the risks of using Chinese telecommunications suppliers, firms like Huawei have encountered little resistance from governments or citizens in the Global South. Empirical research explaining this acceptance remains limited.
Tin Hinane El Kadi
wiley   +1 more source

Cultural distortion risk and tourist loyalty at silk road heritage: The mediating roles of perceived value and satisfaction. [PDF]

PLoS One
Wu K, Su L, Zhang S, Yang S, Xing A, Zhou J.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Fleas from the Silk Road in Central Asia: identification of Ctenocephalides canis and Ctenocephalides orientis on owned dogs in Uzbekistan using molecular identification and geometric morphometrics. [PDF]

Parasit Vectors, 2022
Deak G, Safarov A, Xie XC, Wang R, Mihalca AD, Šlapeta J.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Universities as the Next Counterintelligence Battleground in Geopolitical Contests

Global Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Globally, universities are increasingly becoming the target of foreign national security actors, engaging in espionage, sabotage, foreign interference and intellectual property theft. Despite that, there has been no examination of the utilisation of counterintelligence approaches by universities to the threats they face from the subordination ...
Brendan Walker‐Munro, Sascha‐Dominik Dov Bachmann   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source