Biological Reviews, EarlyView.ABSTRACT We discuss the intricate relationship between the evolution of the concept of stress and the development of the concept of animal welfare. After a brief review of the main concepts of animal welfare, we analyse important steps in the evolution of the concept of stress, starting from the mechanistic approach of the General Adaptation Syndrome ...
Feifan Wu +3 more
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Individual variation in animal communication: from species averages to unique voices
Biological Reviews, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The comparative study of communicative behaviour in non‐human animals, especially primates, has yielded crucial insights into the evolution of human language. This research, mostly focused on the species and population level, has improved our understanding of the various socio‐ecological factors that shape communication systems.
Angèle Lombrey, Marlen Fröhlich
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Re‐theorizing the Sexual Minority Closet: Evidence From Queer South Asian Women
Canadian Review of Sociology/Revue canadienne de sociologie, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Scholarship generally assumes the closet is a place of safety from the perceived risks associated with coming out. However, this overlooks its function as a source of violence, particularly for those belonging to multiple marginalized communities.
Sonali Patel
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Temporal dynamics of polar bear (<i>Ursus maritimus</i>) pregnancy rates in western Hudson Bay: influence of mass, age and timing of first breeding. [PDF]
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Child Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Some philosophers argue that reflection is key to rational thinking. By tying reflective thinking to language, they struggle to account for minimally verbal infants and exclude nonhuman animals. This study assessed processing of undermining defeaters—a basic form of reflective thinking—in 36 two‐year‐old British children (13 female; Mage = 30 ...
Kirsten H. Blakey +7 more
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Geophysical Monograph Series, Page 305-323., 2021 Exploring the links between Large Igneous Provinces and dramatic environmental impact
An emerging consensus suggests that Large Igneous Provinces (LIPs) and Silicic LIPs (SLIPs) are a significant driver of dramatic global environmental and biological changes, including mass extinctions.
Brian Kendall +2 more
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Numerical Simulation Analysis of Stirling Engines. Effects on Mesh Number of Regenerator Matrix.
, 1995 Masahumi Nogawa +4 more
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The $t$-successive associated Stirling numbers, $t$-Fibonacci--Stirling numbers, and unimodality [PDF]
TURKISH JOURNAL OF MATHEMATICS, 2017 Hacène Belbachir +1 more
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Child &Family Social Work, EarlyView.Abstract The COVID‐19 pandemic and related restrictions imposed in the UK had a significant impact on social work practice with children and young people. As has been widely reported, practitioners were deprived of multisensory information in their assessments and of opportunities to connect with children.
Heather Ellis, Ariane Critchley
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