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The place bonding potential of nature‐based citizen science with refugee children and youth

open access: yesPeople and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Nature‐based citizen science often involves close interaction with places. In addition to providing benefits, such as learning opportunities and contact with nature, it can facilitate and shape bonds between people and places. Research exploring the place bonding potential of such projects is still in its infancy. This paper addresses this gap
Ekaterina Egorova
wiley   +1 more source

From coexistence to competitive exclusion: can overfishing change the outcome of competition in skates (Chondrichthyes, Rajidae)?

open access: yesLatin American Journal of Aquatic Research, 2012
Competition for food could be a major force driving changes in the community structure of skates (Rajidae) subjected to fishing exploitation. Under this hypothesis, small skates are released from competition with larger skates after fishing has depleted ...
Natalia L Ruocco   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Adult chondrogenesis and spontaneous cartilage repair in the skate, Leucoraja erinacea

open access: yeseLife, 2020
Mammalian articular cartilage is an avascular tissue with poor capacity for spontaneous repair. Here, we show that embryonic development of cartilage in the skate (Leucoraja erinacea) mirrors that of mammals, with developing chondrocytes co-expressing ...
Aleksandra Marconi   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

An Outline of a Theory of Play

open access: yesSymbolic Interaction, EarlyView.
Play is often dismissed as trivial, yet it is a fundamental and adaptive aspect of human and mammalian life. This paper develops a sociological theory of play, treating it as a total social fact that spans biological, psychological, and social dimensions.
Seth Abrutyn
wiley   +1 more source

Ice Skates

open access: yes, 2019
This image shows ice skates that attach to shoes. Skates belonged to Mrs. Lund's father who moved to a farm about 3 miles west of St. Peter in the 1870s.

core   +1 more source

Tail wagging cats: Veterinary implications of AI‐generated video

open access: yesVeterinary Record, EarlyView.
Abstract Background Generative artificial intelligence (genAI) has the capacity to create realistic and convincing animal videos; however, it must simplify and reduce behavioural variation to do so, possibly leading to misinformation. Methods We categorised 29 videos in the press release for a specific video genAI engine. Twelve featured animals.
Jill R. D. MacKay, Louise Connelly
wiley   +1 more source

Age Readings and Assessment in Coastal Batoid Elasmobranchs from Small-Scale Size-Selective Fishery: The Importance of Data Comparability in Multi-Specific Assemblages

open access: yesDiversity
The large variation in vertebral shape and calcification observed among elasmobranch species prevents using a single method for enhancing growth bands and reading age.
Umberto Scacco   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

PRECARIZED AGEING‐IN‐PERIFERIA: Low‐Income Older Adults in a Transforming Neighbourhood

open access: yesInternational Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract In this article we investigate how intersecting forms of precarity shape the everyday practices of ageing‐in‐place developed by low‐income older adults in Via Milano, a historically segregated yet rapidly transforming neighbourhood in Brescia, northern Italy. We draw on qualitative and ethnographic research to examine how diverse urban changes—
Marco Alioni, Barbara Badiani
wiley   +1 more source

DNA Barcoding Southwestern Atlantic Skates: A 20-Year Effort in Building a Species Identification Library

open access: yesDiversity
The skate fauna in the Southwest Atlantic Ocean (SWA; 34–55° S) is represented by ~32 species, many of which share external features that have led to misidentifications and deficient fishery statistics.
Ezequiel Mabragaña   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

Lançando-se a skates e abismos: como abrir a antropologia para outras grafias| Vida e grafias: narrativas antropológicas, entre biografia e etnografia, organizado por Suely Kofes e Daniela Manica

open access: yesRevista de Antropologia, 2017
Lançando-se a skates e abismos: como abrir a antropologia para outras grafias| Vida e grafias: narrativas antropológicas, entre biografia e etnografia, organizado por Suely Kofes e Daniela ...
Daniela Feriani
doaj   +1 more source

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