Results 81 to 90 of about 6,109 (278)
International Journal of Art &Design Education, EarlyView.Abstract This paper explores how ‘what matters’ can surface in multisensory arts‐informed projects as ways for young people to survive and stay with gender and sexuality troubles that are always more than theirs. Situated in an ex‐mining post‐industrial locale, we make an agential cut in a longitudinal research and engagement project called Unboxing ...
EJ Renold
wiley +1 more source
The Aromatic Head Group of Spider Toxin Polyamines Influences Toxicity to Cancer Cells
Toxins, 2017 Spider venoms constitute incredibly diverse libraries of compounds, many of which are involved in prey capture and defence. Polyamines are often prevalent in the venom and target ionotropic glutamate receptors. Here we show that a novel spider polyamine,
David Wilson +10 more
doaj +1 more source
Middlebrow Aesthetics: An Explanation and Defense
Pacific Philosophical Quarterly, EarlyView.ABSTRACT We offer a philosophical account of the middlebrow as a theoretical category to do explanatory and critical work in aesthetics. On our account, the middlebrow ought to be understood as aspirational popular art. That is, it is art which aspires both to be popular (in a distinctive sense), and at the same time to be something more than popular ...
Aaron Meskin, Jonathan M. Weinberg
wiley +1 more source
Proteomic analyses of venom from a Spider Hawk, Pepsis decorata [PDF]
, 2023 Matheus Nolasco +4 more
openalex +1 more source
Characterisation of novel insecticidal ion channel toxins from araneomorph and mygalomorph spider venoms [PDF]
, 2011 University of Technology, Sydney. Faculty of Science.The high potency and selectivity of various peptide neurotoxins within spider venoms means these toxins are being considered as leads for the development of new environmentally-benign biopesticides ...
Chong, Y
core
Antibacterial activity of the venom of Heterometrus xanthopus
, 2012 Heterometrus xanthopus (Scorpion) is one of the most venomous and ancient arthropods. Its venom contains anti-microbial peptides like hadrurin, scorpine, Pandinin 1, and Pandinin 2 that are able to effectively kill multidrug-resistant pathogens.
Ahmed, Umair +4 more
core +1 more source
Spider bite: a current approach to management [PDF]
, 2006 Although spider bite is common, most spider bites cause minor effects and do not require treatment. More significant effects result from redback and, less commonly, from funnel-web spider bites.
Isbister, Geoffrey K.
core +2 more sources
Venomic and pharmacological activity of Acanthoscurria paulensis (Theraphosidae) spider venom
Toxicon, 2013 In the present study we conducted proteomic and pharmacological characterizations of the venom extracted from the Brazilian tarantula Acanthoscurria paulensis, and evaluated the cardiotoxicity of its two main fractions. The molecular masses of the venom components were identified by mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF-MS) after chromatographic separation ...
Mourão, Caroline Barbosa F. +11 more
openaire +2 more sources
Regulation &Governance, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Lethal autonomous weapon systems (LAWS), while offering strategic advantages in warfare, pose significant ethical, legal, and security risks, especially for countries in the Global South. This article examines how a philosophical perspective, rooted in African ethical and political thought, can enrich regional and global debates on regulating ...
Ezenwa E. Olumba +3 more
wiley +1 more source
Fugitive Junctures: Life‐Seeking, Route‐Finding and the Mobile Ensemble at Kenya's Borders
Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers, EarlyView.Short Abstract Fugitivity has become an important conceptual frame to understand the illegalised mobilities of contemporary migrants in conjunction with enslaved people's historical lines of flight as spatial praxes to seize their own freedom. Thinking from Kenya, and drawing on research with migrants, border officials, activists, police and smugglers,
Hanno Brankamp
wiley +1 more source