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THE URBANOLOGISTS COME TO TOWN: Professional Life and Work in the Urban Solutions Industry

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract This article charts the upsurge of an eclectic global community of professionals new to the field of urban policy and governance, animated by playful and celebratory attitudes towards cities and urbanization: the urbanologists. It contributes to debates in critical urban theory and critical ethnographies of technology to problematize ...
Rachel Bok
wiley   +1 more source

Defatted biomass of the green microalga Chlorella sp. as a sustainable biostimulant to enhance barley growth under saline conditions. [PDF]

Sci Rep
El-Akhdar I, Elsakhawy T, Elakhdar A.
europepmc   +1 more source

CARE AND CONTROL IN URBAN BRAZIL: The Subaltern Archive of Portarias

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract Security infrastructures permeate everyday life in Brazilian cities. Although security guards and doormen play an important and omnipresent role as social and technological mediators, their practices and perceptions have received little attention.
Tilmann Heil, Susana Durão
wiley   +1 more source

Carbon Nanoparticles Enhance Drought Tolerance Through the Improvement of Morphological and Physiological Traits in Maize Hybrids. [PDF]

Plants (Basel)
Vilas Boas JK, Steiner F, Soares GR, Aguilera JG, Zuffo AM, Peñuelas-Rubio O, Argentel-Martínez L, Azizoglu U.   +7 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Engineering Apprenticeships: Youth Transitions, Industrial Capital and the Role of Working‐Class Households

The British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Using biographical methods, the study explores the lives of 34 young people undertaking engineering apprenticeships in Teesside, Northeast England. It examines why working‐class youth in a deindustrialised region might be attracted to engineering, how they might secure apprenticeship, and the invaluable role households play in orchestrating ...
Anoop Nayak, Graham Gaunt
wiley   +1 more source

Modeling the impacts of climate-smart practices on soil-water interaction and wheat yield under climate change in central Ethiopia. [PDF]

Sci Rep
Biratu AA, Bedadi B, Gebrehiwot SG, Ademe F, Hordofa T, Asmamaw DK, Abera W, Adimassu Z, Demessie SF, Tamene L, Melesse AM.   +10 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Russian wheat aphid: a model for genomic plasticity and a challenge to breeders

Insect Science, EarlyView.
Invasive foundress finds suitable habitat and reproduces through pathogenesis. Wingless females produce life offspring quickly, which leads to high population densities. High population densities result in competition, which may induce epigenetic changes and wing development for dispersal.
Astrid Jankielsohn, Vicky L. Tolmay, Marlon‐Schylor Luke le Roux, Lintle Mohase, Mpho S. Mafa, Vittorio F. Nicolis, Eduard Venter, Nicolaas Francois Visser Burger, Anna‐Maria Botha   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Green synthesized selenium nanoparticles-based amelioration of Cd toxicity in radish using seed priming. [PDF]

Sci Rep
Maqsood S, Ahmed S, Ashraf S, Ahmad MN, Aziz T, Elkhadragy MF, Shami A, Alghabban IAM, Nahari AM, Razafindrakoto ZR.   +9 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Symbolism and Substance: How Geopolitics, Organisational Design, and Continental Coherence Shape Africa's Multilateral Reform Aspirations

Global Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT What factors shape African agency in global multilateral reform processes? Rather than a supposed pawn of geopolitical competition, Africa's proactive diplomacy for multilateral reforms is garnering increasing interest. Yet we know surprisingly little about variation in the pursuit of African agency by the African Union (AU) and African Groups
Ueli Staeger
wiley   +1 more source

Responses of leaf anatomy, growth, and physiology in backcross 1 progeny from <i>Saccharum</i> spp. hybrids and <i>S. spontaneum</i> under drought stress at early growth phase. [PDF]

PeerJ
Wiangwiset K, Songsri P, Jongrungklang N.   +2 more
europepmc   +1 more source