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Uexküll and the post-modern evolutionism
Jakob von Uexküll’s evolutionary views are described and analysed in the context of changes in semiotic and biological thinking at the end of Modern age.
Kalevi Kull
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Effects of liming on soil physical and chemical properties in Europe and North America: A review
Abstract Soil acidity is one of the major constraints limiting crop production worldwide. About 50% of the global arable land is acidic. Liming remains an effective strategy for soil acidity amelioration and improvement of soil fertility. The objective of this review was to summarize information on liming effects on soil physical and chemical ...
Priscillar Wenyika +3 more
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INSECT LIFE AND LETTERS: THE STUDIES OF HANNS HEINZ EWERS AND OTTO AND ROSE HECHT
ABSTRACT This article argues that vast histories of war and displacement in the twentieth century are connected to the small and almost unnoticeable lives of insects, and that philology has much to gain from paying attention to insect worlds. We examine two case studies: the work of the German entomologist Otto Hecht and his wife, Rose Caro Hecht, and ...
Alice Christensen, Ina Linge
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ABSTRACT Iron (Fe) is an essential element for plants, but an excess supply can have detrimental effects. Fe toxicity induces complex physiological and genetic responses, and due to this complexity, the knowledge of transcriptional regulatory mechanisms under Fe toxicity is very limited.
Yoshiaki Ueda +2 more
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Money, Debt, People and Planet
The widespread failure to understand money creation plays a key role in the current policy impasse. In a world ruled by money, this failure disempowers and prevents serious consideration of alternatives.
Jakob von Uexkull
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ABSTRACT Climate change exacerbates fragility and security risks; however, the intersectional vulnerabilities arising from climate and conflict in fragile regions remain insufficiently studied, particularly from local perspectives. While development practices have increasingly shifted towards capacity‐building approaches, traditional aid distribution ...
Laurence L. Delina +3 more
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VON UEXKÜLL, Jacob Johann: Cartas Biológicas a una dama
Se trata de un pequeño texto de reciente traducción al español en el que puede darse cuenta de lo interesante y original de las ideas de Uexküll, al que algunos declaran como el pionero de la ecología y de la biosemiótica. Las páginas de este texto, sin
María Belén Campero
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Image, imagination et cinématographie dans l’œuvre de Jacob von Uexküll
In the second half of the nineteenth century, photography widens the gap between scientific and artistic images. In the twentieth century, cinema change the situation: the nearly magical power of film experience questions the subjective/objective and art/
Yannick Campion
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The circle and the maze: Two images of ecosemiotics
This article compares the work of Jakob von Uexküll and Charles S. Peirce to elucidate two contrasting yet connected images of ecosemiotics. The intent is not simply to oppose their work, but to explore a tension which has implications for the ethical ...
Matthew Clements
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Funktionskreis e Gestaltkreis: la metafora del circolo nella biologia teoretica
This paper aims to examine the use of the circle metaphor within the functionalist perspective by Jakob von Uexküll and the morphological perspective by Viktor von Weizsäcker.
Salvatore Tedesco
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