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Thermoregulation in Heliconius butterflies is determined by habitat association and morphology but not phylogeny

open access: yesJournal of Animal Ecology, EarlyView.
The roles of morphology and phylogeny in thermoregulation were studied in mimetic Heliconius butterflies across habitats. Buffering ability differed among habitats, likely due to morphology. Live heating rate decreased with iridescence and forewing length. No phylogenetic signal was detected.
Benita C. Laird‐Hopkins   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Compact Ultra-Wideband Vivaldi Antenna for Short-Range Vehicular Communications Using Radial-to-Radial Transition and Matching Transformer. [PDF]

open access: yesSensors (Basel)
Saleh S   +8 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Views from the Inside: Reflections on the Modern Hospital

open access: yesThe Political Quarterly, EarlyView.
Abstract There's a constant refrain in the press, on social media and from populist politicians that the NHS is dying on its feet. How accurate is this picture? This article takes a behind‐the‐scenes look at daily life in a modern, big city hospital. The Queen Elizabeth is now the biggest workplace in Birmingham.
Jon Bloomfield
wiley   +1 more source

New Goods and New Habits: Cleanliness as a Class Marker and the Making of the Peasant Homemaker, Sweden 1850–1910

open access: yesGender &History, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The article examines what cleanliness, that is, hygiene and tidiness, meant for landowning farm households in the county of Härjedalen in the inland of northern Sweden from the 1860s to the 1910s. The period is characterised by a growing understanding of bacteria and of how infectious diseases could be prevented through improved hygiene ...
Marie Ulväng
wiley   +1 more source

Valorizing Erasure: Imperial Knowledge Production in Anglo‐American Coverage of Chad's ‘Toyota War’

open access: yesThe British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT How does imperial knowledge production operate when Western media coverage of a Global South subject is predominantly admiring instead of hostile? This article addresses that question through critical discourse analysis of sixty‐three Anglo‐American news articles covering the Chad‐Libya conflict of the 1980s, the ‘Toyota War’.
Harmata Aboubakar
wiley   +1 more source

Informalisation Within IOs Under Geopolitical Pressure? WTO Negotiations on Development, Environment and Inclusiveness

open access: yesGlobal Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article examines whether and how the informalisation of negotiations within international organisations (IOs) affects the effectiveness of particular negotiation agendas. Moving beyond broad‐brush diagnoses of multilateral gridlock, it develops a differentiated account of how pockets of effectiveness can be maintained under conditions of ...
Clara Weinhardt   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

A flower-shaped dual-band four port MIMO antenna with novel DGS for 5G mmWave applications. [PDF]

open access: yesPLoS One
Bendaoued M   +7 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Climatic factors, landscape composition and host plant traits co‐drive fruit infestation of unmanaged walnut trees by the invasive pest fly Rhagoletis completa (Cresson, 1929) (Diptera: Tephritidae)

open access: yesAgricultural and Forest Entomology, EarlyView.
The study examined multiscale factors influencing walnut fruit infestations by the invasive pest fly Rhagoletis completa. Infestation rates increased with fruit size, host tree abundance, grasslands, hedgerows and temperatures, but decreased with anthropogenic habitats and heavy spring rainfall.
Méghan Boulembert   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Impact of Vertical Fiscal Imbalance on Gambling Policies in New South Wales, Australia: The Rise of the Poker Machine

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Politics &History, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study traces how gambling in Australia changed from a simple form of leisure, enjoyed by all social classes in colonial times, to a billion‐dollar industry driven by political and economic imperatives. Using a case study, it links vertical fiscal imbalance (VFI), caused by changes to the state‐federal taxation structure, to the ...
Barbara Kinder, Michael B. Charles
wiley   +1 more source

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