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Platinum Group Element Traces of CAMP Volcanism Associated With Low‐Latitude Environmental and Biological Disruptions

open access: yesGeophysical Monograph Series, Page 263-304., 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.
Jessica H. Whiteside   +3 more
wiley  

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Two cases of scleral tattooing in patients from Las Tunas

open access: yesRevista Electrónica Dr. Zoilo E. Marinello Vidaurreta, 2017
Scleral tattooing is a form of modification of a part of the human eye by inoculation of inks and paints between the bulbar conjunctiva and the episclera of the eyes.
Jorge Pérez Martínez   +2 more
doaj  

Beauty Isn't Always Better: How Salesperson Attractiveness Affects Consumers' Approach Behaviors

open access: yesPsychology &Marketing, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This research examines how a consumer's committed romantic relationship influences their decision to approach an attractive salesperson in a retail environment. To date, the majority of research espouses the benefits of salesperson attractiveness in enhancing consumers' perceptions of the salesperson and the represented retailer.
Veronica L. Thomas   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Identity Entanglement: Rethinking Marginality through the Intersectional, Liminal, and Antithetical

open access: yesSymbolic Interaction, EarlyView.
While identity research has given sustained attention to marginality, intersectionality, and the effects of power on identity, the formal interactional dynamics through which identities are constituted remain limited. I present identity entanglement as a useful framework for better understanding and articulating the relational complexities of identity.
Jules Vivid
wiley   +1 more source

A novel polymer platform for endoscopic tattooing with high efficacy and safety

open access: yesFrontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology
Endoscopic tattooing plays a pivotal role in modern endoscopic localization of gastrointestinal lesions, facilitating further surgical intervention and aiding in the postoperative identification and repositioning of lesions.
Liang Zhang   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

How weather got its words: a history of meteorological English – Part 1: Old English to the Age of Discovery

open access: yesWeather, EarlyView.
The English language is a gargantuan, gluttonous beast. It has become extraordinary among its peers in its powers of assimilation – such that we rarely consider the diverse origins of the words we use. In this two‐part paper, we will explore these origins, including the Pontic‐Caspian steppe, the British Empire, latinophone scientists and a TV show. We
Kieran M. R. Hunt
wiley   +1 more source

Infections associated with body modification

open access: yesJournal of the Formosan Medical Association, 2012
Although exact statistics are lacking, body modifications for cosmetic purposes are performed in many countries. The commonest forms include tattooing, body piercing, and breast and facial augmentation using implants or injectable fillers.
Samson Sai-Yin Wong   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Consent and Gender‐Based Violence: R v Hobday

open access: yesThe Modern Law Review, EarlyView.
This note analyses the Court of Appeal decision in R v Hobday in the context of the longstanding but controversial caselaw on the relevance of consent to offences of assault occasioning actual bodily harm (ABH) or above. It considers whether the vulnerabilities of victims of gender‐based violence are adequately recognised by the judiciary in an area ...
Mandy Burton
wiley   +1 more source

Tattoo as an object of sociological interest: Some functional features in the contemporary society

open access: yesRUDN journal of Sociology
Even with the most “naked” eye it is difficult not to notice the growing prevalence of tattoos in the Russian society (beyond any generational, gender, professional or social boundaries), which makes tattooing an important object of sociological analysis
I. V. Trotsuk, V. A. Voronina
doaj   +1 more source

The Coloniality of Data: Police Databases and the Rationalization of Surveillance from Colonial Vietnam to the Modern Carceral State

open access: yesThe British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Tracing the early adoption of computer gang databases by the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department and the Los Angeles Police Department in the 1980s to the deployment of computationally‐assisted surveillance during the Vietnam War, this paper uses a genealogical approach to compare surveillance technologies developed across the arc of ...
Christina Hughes
wiley   +1 more source

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