Seismic Signaling Associated With Breeding‐Season Spatial Behavior in the Subterranean Plateau Zokor
Integrative Zoology, EarlyView.Eospalax baileyi shows seismic signals associated with nasal‐pad striking and corpuscle‐like structures potentially relevant to mechanosensation. Artificial seismic disturbance was based on the temporal structure of breeding‐season recordings, and pregnancy prevalence was 3/10 in the interference plot and 8/10 in the control plot.
Kechi Dong +9 more
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Dilemmas of Civilian Participation in Military Deterrence and Defence: Legal and Ethical Dimensions
Global Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT How can civilians participate in deterrence and defence in ways that do not jeopardize their immunity from deliberate attack? The principle of civilian immunity from deliberate attack in war is a core element of contemporary international humanitarian law (IHL). Uniformed combatants and others who take up arms pose a threat may be liable to be
Neta C. Crawford
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Numerical simulation of horizontal displacement at the top of support piles for ultra-deep foundation pits in silty formations. [PDF]
Sci RepLiu S, Gao S, Sun K.
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Burying Futures: Artisanal Mining Deaths and the Politics of Negligence in Zimbabwe
American Anthropologist, EarlyView.ABSTRACT In the gold‐mining town of Kwekwe, central Zimbabwe, injury and death are a constant presence. Collapsing shafts, sudden explosions, gang fights, and neglected health infrastructure characterize the everyday lives of the town's impoverished residents.
Melusi Nkomo
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Editorial on "Application of LiDAR Remote Sensing and Mapping". [PDF]
Sensors (Basel)Zhu X, Nie S, Wang C.
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Asia Pacific Viewpoint, EarlyView.ABSTRACT While ‘local’ research assistants (RA) often play a key role in knowledge production in fieldwork‐based disciplines like geography, their role and agency often remain silenced. This paper brings together scholarship in feminist geography and critical development studies to reposition RAs as brokers, collaborators, and knowledge translators.
Zali Fung
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Experimental study on mechanical response of soft soil freezing in underground excavation using artificial ground freezing method. [PDF]
PLoS OneHan L, Yi L, Zhang P, Chai L, Cheng Z.
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Exploring Finnish Children's Narratives of Their Local Communities
Children &Society, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Sense of community and where we come from has a major impact on our lives and well‐being. Still, young children rarely get their voices heard in community studies. This paper explores Finnish children's experiences of the local communities by analysing small stories children narrated in early childhood education (ECE) and home environments. In
Antonina Peltola +2 more
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Corporate Governance: An International Review, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Research Question/Issue We investigate whether a quasi‐official minority shareholder, the China Securities Investor Services Center (CSISC), affects firms' investor relations management when it actively exercises its shareholder rights in listed firms. Research Findings/Insights We employ a machine learning–based algorithm to estimate response
Karel Hrazdil, Jiyuan Li, Xiang Zhang
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Analysis of construction impact and safety evaluation of metro shield tunnel under-crossing existing bridge pile foundation. [PDF]
Sci RepXu J, Zhang X, Lin S, Feng D.
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