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Drivers of bat researchers’ intent to adopt field hygiene practices

Conservation Biology, EarlyView.
Abstract Infectious disease is a growing threat to wildlife, with zoonotic transmission most likely at the human–wildlife interface. One underappreciated activity at this interface is fieldwork with wild animals, but associated risks can be mitigated through field hygiene (FH) practices, such as using personal protective equipment and other appropriate
Joanna L. Coleman, Ewan A. Macdonald, Abigail L. Rutrough, Tanja M. Straka, Todd D. Little, Zachary Stickley, Tigga Kingston   +6 more
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Processing (Post)humanism, Mediating Desire: Technology in the Works of Three Border Playwrights [PDF]

, 2015
New electronic technology, such as personal video cameras, videotape players, and the internet, has increasingly sparked interest from Northern Mexican border authors across genres. In Juan Ríos’s Generación Atari, Francisco J.
Fallon, Paul
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Evaluating synthetic substitutes to reduce illegal harvesting and support species recovery

Conservation Biology, EarlyView.
Abstract Providing synthetic substitutes is a widely promoted strategy to shift consumer demand away from wildlife products derived from threatened species. Yet, there is little evidence on whether product substitution prevents illegal or unsustainable harvesting and contributes to the recovery of threatened populations.
Aditya Shekhar Malgaonkar, Gareth Whittington‐Jones, Tristan Dickerson, Maswabi Lishandu, Sarah Davies, Zoe Woodgate, Xia Stevens, Choolwe Mulenga, Gift Mulenga, Mathew Phiri, Lucky Mulenga, Manyando Mukela, Gryton Kasamu, Willem A. Nieman, Gareth Mann, Abishek Harihar, Diogo Veríssimo, Rob Pickles   +17 more
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Cultural adaptations: Is it conceptually coherent to apply natural selection to cultural evolution? [PDF]

, 2016
Critics of Darwinian approaches to the study of the evolution of human and social behavior often express their dissent claiming that cultural evolution is Lamarckian. By this they mean two things.
Ginnobili, Santiago
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“THE NORMAL EXCEPTION”: EDOARDO GRENDI, MICROANALYSIS, AND GENERALIZATIONS*

History and Theory, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT “The normal exception” has long been a slogan of microhistory. This oxymoronic phrase is the iconic rendering of an incidental sentence that appeared in a 1977 article by Edoardo Grendi. His article, titled “Micro‐analisi e storia sociale” (Microanalysis and Social History), is cited more often than it is read.
FRANCESCA TRIVELLATO
wiley   +1 more source

Validity of the Spanish Version of the Vaccination Attitudes Examination Scale

Vaccines, 2021
Individuals vary in the extent to which they have unfavorable attitudes towards vaccines. The Vaccination Attitudes Examination (VAX) Scale is a recently developed brief 12-item questionnaire created to better understand general vaccination attitudes ...
Borja Paredes, Miguel Ángel Cárdaba, Ubaldo Cuesta, Luz Martinez   +3 more
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Habermas: Intervención Social y Política Social [PDF]

, 2008
La comunicación abordará brevemente la transición desde la Teoría Tradicional a una Teoría Crítica, que supera el dualismo entre teoría y praxis, pensamiento y acción. En definitiva, esclareciendo las relaciones entre ciencia, tecnología y poder.
Gómez Gómez, Francisco, Herrador Buendía, Félix, Martínez Sierra, Vicente   +2 more
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Caring as a Generative Principle: Reconfiguring the Metaparadigm and Operative Mechanisms in Nursing Theory

Journal of Advanced Nursing, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Aim(s) To develop a comparative meta‐theory of nine caring theories by explicating their assumptions, operative mechanisms and consequences for nursing. Design Qualitative meta‐theoretical document analysis. Methods Canonical texts were analysed using an intra‐source strategy.
Aarón Muñoz Devesa, Juan Ignacio Rico Becerra   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Reconstrucción parcial, desde el punto de vista estructuralista, de la teoría de los campos de Bourdieu [PDF]

, 1996
La reconstrucción de una teoría empírica del campo de lo social.-en la medida en que resulte adecuada- parece ofrecer una doble ventaja En relación a la disciplina en la que se enmarca la teoría en cuestión, favorece los intentos de teorización.
Avendaño, Maria del Carmen, Horenstein, Norma   +1 more
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Understanding the Adoption of Artificial Intelligence in Local Government Decision‐Making: The Influence of Institutional Pressures and Managerial Perceptions

Public Administration, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Artificial intelligence (AI) systems are increasingly being integrated into public sector decision‐making processes, with public managers relying on them to enhance their capabilities. As AI adoption becomes more widespread, discussions about its advantages and drawbacks intensify, alongside growing external expectations and pressures. However,
A. Paula Rodriguez Müller, Luca Tangi, Amandine Lerusse   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source