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Homophobia, heteronormativity, and slash fan fiction

Transformative Works and Cultures, 2016
I analyze the relationship between homophobia/heteronormativity and slash fan fiction. Through reading and coding almost 6,000 pages of Kirk/Spock fan fiction written from 1978 to 2014, I illuminate shifts in how normative gender and sexuality are ...
April S. Callis
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Development of forest structure and leaf area in secondary forests regenerating on abandoned pastures in Central Amazonia [PDF]

, 2005
The area of secondary forest (SF) regenerating from pastures is increasing in the Amazon basin; however, the return of forest and canopy structure following abandonment is not well understood. This study examined the development of leaf area index (LAI),
Aide, Brown, Davidson, Elisa V. Wandelli, Eltahir, Erick C. M. Fernandes, Ewel, Fearnside, Fearnside, Feldpausch, Fernandes, Finegan, Gehring, Gerwing, Gerwing, Guariguata, Hartemink, Hegarty, Honzák, Hölscher, Jipp, Jordan, Kammesheidt, Kauffman, Kennard, Lucas, McWilliam, Meir, Mesquita, Moran, Nelson, Nepstad, Norman, Putz, Restom, Ribeiro, Saldarriaga, Schnitzer, Serrão, Steininger, Susan J. Riha, Ted R. Feldpausch, Uhl, Uhl, Uhl, Uhl, Veen, Vidal, Vieira, Vieira, Williams, Williamson, Wirth, Wright, Zarin, Zarin   +55 more
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Understanding Engagement in Collaborative Governance Networks Through Motivation, Learning, and Values

Environmental Policy and Governance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Collaborative governance networks are increasingly central to local climate action, yet research offers limited understanding of the personal, psychological, and informal factors that sustain engagement within them. This paper examines how such networks facilitate meaningful and lasting participation through an in‐depth study of Malmö Works, a
Gustav Osberg
wiley   +1 more source

The importance of harvest residue and fertiliser on productivity of Pinus patula across various sites in their first, second and third rotations, at Usutu Swaziland

New Zealand Journal of Forestry Science, 2018
Background Concern is growing about the future of forestry productivity due to intensive nutrient removal, as a result of different harvesting operations.
Lindani Z. Mavimbela, Jacob W. Crous, Andrew R. Morris, Paxie W. Chirwa   +3 more
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Seasonal variations of auxin and gibberellin A4 levels in cambial-region tissues of three conifers (Pinus elliottii, Chamaecyparis obtusa, and Cryptomeria japonica) with inherently different wood densities

Journal of Wood Science, 2021
We previously reported the species-specific annual ring formation characteristics of three conifers (slash pine (Pinus elliottii), hinoki (Japanese cypress, Chamaecyparis obtusa) and sugi (Japanese cedar, Cryptomeria japonica)) grown in the same stand ...
Yoshio Kijidani, Taku Tsuyama, Katsuhiko Takata   +2 more
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Governing Within the Constraints of Carbon Budgets: Regional Insights From Sweden

Environmental Policy and Governance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Staying within the limits of a rapidly shrinking global carbon budget while avoiding dependency on negative emissions technologies and carbon dioxide removal remains a significant challenge in a multi‐level governance system, where resources and responsibilities are dispersed among different actors.
Paula Lenninger, Magdalena Kuchler
wiley   +1 more source

Licensed Commoning and the Authoritarian Commons: Governing Participation in China's Community Gardens

Environmental Policy and Governance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT China's environmental governance transition combines intensified vertical accountability and performance‐based management with expanding calls for public participation. However, despite growing demand for civic engagement, there remains limited understanding of how participatory environmental initiatives are structured and governed in practice.
Linjun Xie, Mengqi Shao, Gaohan Deng
wiley   +1 more source

Slashing the slayer: a thematic analysis of homo-erotic Buffy fan fiction

, 2002
This essay reports the research that I have carried out on Internet slash fiction based on the Buffy the Vampire Slayer TV series. I became interested in this area when I stumbled across slash fiction on the web myself and found that I enjoyed it.
Barker, Meg
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Medicaid: Overview and Impact of New Regulations [PDF]

, 2008
Focuses on six new rules aimed at cutting federal spending that could reduce services for vulnerable beneficiaries, slash reimbursement for safety-net providers, and affect states' budgets.
Robin Rudowitz
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Affirmational and Transformational Values and Practices in the Tolkien Fanfiction Community [PDF]

, 2020
Fanfiction based on the legendarium of J.R.R. Tolkien has existed for at least six decades and has been, within the past two, one of the most consistently active online fanfiction communities. Despite this, the fandom has been relatively unstudied by fan
Walls-Thumma, Dawn M.
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