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The evolutionary psychology of the human pointing gesture

Mind &Language, EarlyView.
The human pointing gesture is a species‐unique and species‐universal form of communication that depends on humans' especially powerful forms of cooperative cognition and motivation. I have previously hypothesized that the pointing gesture evolved as a behavioral tool empowering individuals to better coordinate their interdependent collaborative ...
Michael Tomasello
wiley   +1 more source

Enhancing Maritime Safety Through Needs Analysis: Identifying Critical English Communication Skills for Pre-Service Maritime Students in a Chinese University. [PDF]

Behav Sci (Basel)
Guo X, Zhen M, Guo Y.
europepmc   +1 more source

“Strange can be quite normal”: How the environmental crisis becomes present in Han Kang's and Samanta Schweblin's “constructively alienating” environmental fiction

Orbis Litterarum, EarlyView.
Abstract This article presents the concept “constructive alienation” as a response to the oversaturation of apocalyptic environmental fiction that has contributed to deep‐seated desensitization toward the climate crisis, resulting in crisis of imagination (Ghosh, The Great Derangement: Climate change and the unthinkable, 2016; Solnit, If you win the ...
Agnethe Brounbjerg Bennedsgaard
wiley   +1 more source

Ship Control by Autonomous Tugboats - Development of an Adaptable Test Platform for Autonomous Tugboat Research and Development

, 2017
This project originated as an open-ended product development challenge on the topic of autonomous tugboats, supported by Kongsberg Maritime. The vision behind the project is twofold. In part, it is a futuristic vision of swarms of autonomous tugboats inhabiting the worlds harbours .
openaire   +1 more source

Rethinking Knee Arthroplasty: Bicompartmental Unicompartmental Knee Arthroplasty as a Biomechanically Personalized, Function‐Preserving Solution for Knee Osteoarthritis

Orthopaedic Surgery, EarlyView.
A comparative study of bicompartmental unicompartmental knee arthroplasty (bi‐UKA) and total knee arthroplasty (TKA) in patients with bicompartmental osteoarthritis. The image illustrates key anatomical differences in implant design, outlines the study population (bi‐UKA: n = 35, TKA: n = 45), and highlights functional evaluation metrics including the ...
Yishu Liu, Yong Zhou, Xi Zhang, Shengyuan Yu, Bing Xue, Xuefeng Liu   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Maritime Small Target Image Detection Algorithm Based on Improved YOLOv11n. [PDF]

Sensors (Basel)
Liu Z, Sun Y, He P, Liu N, Wang Z.
europepmc   +1 more source

Automated Process Planning for Embossing and Functionally Grading Materials via Site-Specific Control in Large-Format Metal-Based Additive Manufacturing. [PDF]

Materials (Basel), 2022
Borish M, Gibson BT, Adkins C, Mhatre P.
europepmc   +1 more source

What's Wrong With Self‐Censorship?

Philosophy &Public Affairs, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In recent years, discourse on freedom of speech has shifted away from exclusive focus on the state and towards societal threats to speech. Amidst this change, the notion of “self‐censorship” has gained increased prominence. Not only has self‐censorship emerged as a common reference point, several recent studies identify it as embodying a ...
Gideon Elford
wiley   +1 more source

Comprehensive experimental study on the key performance of a semi-submersible aquaculture cage. [PDF]

iScience
Kong W, Wang Z, Yang S, Yang R, Zhou C, Ding W, Chen M, Yang X, Wang K, Wang L.   +9 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Coalition Breakdown and Subsystem Exit

Policy Studies Journal, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Why actors choose to work together (or not) to advance policy has been the central area of inquiry within the Advocacy Coalition Framework (ACF). Existing research has mainly emphasized the pathway towards coalition formation and evolution, underscoring the stable patterns of allies and opponents observable in policy processes over a decade or
Charlie F. Thompson
wiley   +1 more source