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Compression‐Expansion: Miniaturization, Modularity, and Logistics Beyond Earth
ABSTRACT If the Cold War space race culminated in a return to Earth, at present we are experiencing a renewed interest in space. Drawing on fieldwork among people working in the space sector in Sweden, this article focuses on some of the imaginaries underpinning this resurgence and the contemporary commercialization of space. Specifically, I hone in on
Chakad Ojani
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FAILURE OF RATS TO TRANSMIT THE CAUSAL AGENT OF THE RATOON-STUNTING DISEASE SUGARCANE
José Carmelo Adsuar
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Abstract This paper revisits the Tunisian 2010–2011 uprising and its ensuing decade of agrarian contention as a crisis of social reproduction stemming from the combined effects of depletion and dispossession. It traces the lineages of the grievances that continue to animate the Tunisian countryside to the multiple and often enmeshed labours—both ...
Dhouha Djerbi
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The future of the Pantanal holds great promise if better laws, public policies, and socio‐ecological transitions are adopted. Here, we present future scenarios comparing these choices for the coming decades Abstract The Pantanal, the largest worldwide continuous wetland, is considered a global hotspot of ecosystem services.
Angélica Guerra+19 more
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Brokerage in Markets: The Role of Ambiguity in Distributing Value
ABSTRACT Understanding what brokers do and what happens to them in the doing is a way of understanding highly uneven processes of market‐making and value distribution. This article explores the production and functioning of brokers’ moral ambiguity as a necessary and enabling feature of market exchange in a liberalized agricultural market.
Asha Amirali
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Riding the monsoon: Geography and Iron Age trade in the Indian Ocean
Abstract This paper exploits ancient textual sources to develop a database of ancient trade in the Indian Ocean and model trade in the region during the Iron Age. Wind‐speed data are used to construct a gravity model of trade and are combined with detailed textual data from the Periplus of the Erythraean Sea to analyse historical development trends in ...
Conrad Copeland
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Glycaemic sugar metabolism and the gut microbiota: past, present and future
Increased sugar consumption is a main driver of the increased prevalence of obesity and non‐communicable diseases (NCDs). Therefore, understanding host and microbial sugar metabolism and its metabolic effects is crucial. A high‐sugar diet can induce gut dysbiosis, and gut microbial sugar fermentation can produce deleterious metabolites, potentially ...
Florine H. M. Westerbeke+3 more
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Nutritional value and fermentability of sorghum silages grown in the Amazon biome
Abstract In recent years, agricultural production systems have intensified, making it necessary to improve the food supplied to animals, where sorghum silage is one of the most commonly used roughages. The sorghum genotypes present significant differences in dry matter losses, fermentative profiles and nutritional values, allowing the identification of
Juliana Maria Silva de Souza+6 more
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Abstract This article puts forward a new methodology in artistic education. It is based on scientific utopia as it aims for the implementation in schools of the cátedras de la Boniteza (the Boniteza's Art Chair), where an inhabiting artist changes the institution from within through the development of quality art projects.
José María Mesías‐Lema
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