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Between Extrapolation and Speculation: Reading Octavia E. Butler in the Geography Classroom

The Geographical Journal, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In this commentary, we explore how the work of Octavia E. Butler, a prominent Black feminist speculative fiction author, can enrich teaching practices aimed at fostering collective and emancipatory forms of future‐making in Political and Urban Geography.
Frank I. Müller, Anke Schwarz
wiley   +1 more source

Floral resource strips enhance parasitoid abundance and diversity in apple orchards and promote agroecological advances in a South African biosphere reserve

Insect Conservation and Diversity, EarlyView.
Floral resource strips within apple orchards increased parasitoid abundance and influenced community composition, enhancing local biodiversity in the Kogelberg Biosphere Reserve's transition zone. Ruderal and natural fynbos habitats supported higher parasitoid richness and abundance, emphasising the importance of conserving semi‐natural habitats ...
Fabrizia Ratto, Peter Steward, Steven M. Sait, Julien M. Haran, Rene Gaigher, James S. Pryke, Michael J. Samways, William Kunin   +7 more
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D 3.1 c Software for principal grain crops : project no. 004089.AMMA African Monsoon Multidisciplinary Analysis instrument: IP thematic priority: 1.1.6.3 Global change and Ecosystems WP 3.1 : Land productivity [PDF]

, 2007
Alhassane, Agali, Baron, Christian, Bonnal, Vincent, Dingkuhn, Michaël, Muller, Bertrand, Traoré, Seydou   +5 more
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Social Isolation and Loneliness Among Older Asian Immigrants Through the Lens of Sense of Coherence: Systematic Review of Qualitative Studies

Journal of Advanced Nursing, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Aim To explore the meaning older Asian immigrants attribute to social isolation and loneliness, their management strategies, utilisation of resources and impact on health. Design Systematic review of qualitative studies. Data Sources AgeLine, CINAHL, MEDLINE, ProQuest, PsycINFO, Scopus, and Web of Science databases were searched in September ...
Della Maneze, Brandon W. Smith, Hadwan Aldahmashi, Alex Chan, Lucie Ramjan, Jed Montayre, Joby Alex, Yenna Salamonson   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Epistemic Harms of Botched Apologies for Past Wrongs

Journal of Applied Philosophy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Apologies often create expectations of meaningful change and repair. Yet when institutions or states deliver apologies for past wrongs that lack substantive reparative action, they risk deepening, rather than redressing, the harms they acknowledge.
Abraham Tobi
wiley   +1 more source

Unravelling the Genetic Mechanisms of Litter Traits in a Maternal Line of Pigs

Journal of Animal Breeding and Genetics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Reproductive traits related to litter size are the main indicators of reproductive efficiency in pig production and are continuously evaluated for the selection of maternal lines. Several environmental and genetic factors are involved with the development of these traits.
Guilherme Oselame, Suelen Fernandes Padilha, Maurício Egídio Cantão, Jane de Oliveira Peixoto, Aline Zampar, Adriana Mércia Guaratini Ibelli, Luis Orlando Duitama Carreño, Jader Silva Lopes, Pedro Henrique Ferreira Freitas, Marcelo Silva Freitas, Mônica Corrêa Ledur   +10 more
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Evaluating Syrphid Fly Predation on Aphids Under Controlled and Field Conditions in High Tunnels: A Comparative Study With Lacewings

Journal of Applied Entomology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Biological control in high tunnel systems can be optimised by matching predator species to seasonal environmental conditions. We evaluated the predatory efficacy of syrphid flies (Toxomerus marginatus (Say), Eupeodes americanus (Fabricius)) and lacewings (Chrysoperla carnea (Stephens), Chrysoperla rufilabris (Burmeister)) across laboratory ...
Allison Zablah, Marlo Gunnar McCarter, Christian H. Krupke, Laura L. Ingwell   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Lethal Effects of the Wild Potato Solanum bulbocastanum on the Planthopper Pentastiridius leporinus, a Vector of Bacterial Pathogens in Potato

Journal of Applied Entomology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The planthopper Pentastiridius leporinus [Hemiptera: Cixiidae] is a vector of the two plant pathogenic bacteria ‘Candidatus Arsenophonus phytopathogenicus’ and ‘Candidatus Phytoplasma solani’ causing ‘bacterial potato tuber wilt’ in potato.
Eva Therhaag, Karin Gorzolka, Jürgen Gross   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Evaluation of the effects of mulch on optimum sowing date and irrigation management of zero till wheat in central Punjab, India using APSIM. [PDF]

Field Crops Res, 2016
Balwinder-Singh, Humphreys E, Gaydon DS, Eberbach PL.   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Insectary Plant Species Preferences of Predators and Parasitoid Families in a Mediterranean Horticultural Agroecosystem

Journal of Applied Entomology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The use of insectary plants to provide alternative food and shelter resources for enhancing natural enemy activity has been established as a common practice in IPM. Candidate flowering plant species have been screened and evaluated for their contribution to enhance life parameters of beneficial insects.
Francesc Gómez Marco, Carmen Denis, Rosa Gabarra, Valmir A. Costa, Paula Molina, Jordi Riudavets, Judit Arnó   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source