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The so-called relation forms of nouns in South Saami

open access: yesFinnisch-Ugrische Forschungen, 2018
The paper describes a previously little-known grammatical category in South Saami. Termed here as “relation forms”, the phenomenon in question is etymologically related to the comparative and superlative marking of adjectives, but synchronically quite distinct from it. The suffix -be/-åbpoe can be attached to not only adjectives (e.g., nuerebe ‘younger’
openaire   +2 more sources

What is a reindeer? Indigenous perspectives from northeast Siberia [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
The reindeer (Rangifer tarandus) is the mainstay of most of the indigenous cultures and economies of the Eurasian north. Yet much of the literature ignores indigenous perspectives in favour of ecological perspectives based on a resource-oriented model ...
Alekseyev, Anatoly, Vitebsky, Piers
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Does a decision support tool designed to depict West Nile virus risk explain variation in ruffed grouse Bonasa umbellus use of managed forests?

open access: yesWildlife Biology, EarlyView.
Infectious diseases are commonly cited as significant contributors to wildlife population declines. It is, therefore, important to investigate the extent to which tools designed to mitigate the effects of infectious diseases explain wildlife responses to habitat management.
Jacob Goldman   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

The "Absence" of Family in 19th-Century Irish Presbyterian Clerical Biographies [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Spanning from Augustine to present time - the articles in this volume present methodological aspects on biographical work in different genres and from different angles.
Holmes, Janice
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Assessing the utility of autonomous recording units and spring point counts for monitoring abundance of ruffed grouse Bonasa umbellus

open access: yesWildlife Biology, EarlyView.
The ruffed grouse Bonasa umbellus is a species of conservation concern that has declined across most of its range. At the southeastern trailing edge of the range in Georgia, grouse are restricted to elevations 600 m a.s.l. and abundance is relatively low.
Clayton D. Delancey   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Habitat selection of moose in Sweden in managed boreal forests with Pinus contorta and P. sylvestris

open access: yesWildlife Biology, EarlyView.
Human land use can take advantage of using exotic species to increase financial benefits. However, the use of exotic tree species might affect ecosystem functioning, potentially including the habitat use and movement behaviour of animals, modifying their ecological impact, and interactions with human land use.
Maria Bolund   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Assessing Cultural and Ecological Variation in Ethnobiological Research: The Importance of Gender [PDF]

open access: yes, 2005
Contending that a significant portion of current ethnobiological research continues to overlook cultural variation in traditional ecological knowledge (TEK) and practice, this paper explores the potential impacts of gender-imbalanced research on data ...
Pfeiffer, Jeanine M.
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What made Proto-Germanic *jah ‘and’ an infinitive marker in westernmost Uralic? Observations from the Saami-Scandinavian border

open access: yesNorsk Lingvistisk Tidsskrift, 2017
The paper provides an account of a previously neglected infinitive marker in South Saami. Originally recognized by Bergsland (1946), later descriptions of South Saami have disregarded the use of the coordinating conjunction jih ‘and’ as what appears to ...
Jussi Ylikoski
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Pottery, language and iron

open access: yesDocumenta Praehistorica
This paper examines two Late Bronze Age and Early Iron Age pottery types in Finland, Luukonsaari and Sirnihta Wares, which were previously poorly defined and dated. New radiocarbon dates and Bayesian modelling place Luukonsaari Ware in c.
Petro Pesonen   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Review on enhancing clinical decision support system using machine learning

open access: yesCAAI Transactions on Intelligence Technology, EarlyView.
Abstract Clinical decision‐making is a complex patient‐centred process. For an informed clinical decision, the input data is very thorough ranging from detailed family history, environmental history, social history, health‐risk assessments, and prior relevant medical cases.
Anum Masood   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

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