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Fact, Fiction, and Legend: Writing Urban History and Identity in Medieval and Renaissance Siena

Religions
Beginning in the 13th century, rivalry among Italian city-states intensified, transforming cultural competition into a strategic tool for asserting identity.
Ming Yin
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The European honey buzzard (Pernis apivorus) as an ally for the control of the invasive yellow‐legged hornet (Vespa velutina nigrithorax)

Pest Management Science, Volume 81, Issue 4, Page 2237-2247, April 2025.
The predatory effect of the honey‐buzzard affects the reproductive performance of Asian‐hornet colonies, decreasing the density of workers over distance and time. The foraging distances of the honey‐buzzard concentrates within the first 2000 m from nest, which supports the results observed.
Jorge Ángel Martín‐Ávila, Luisa María Díaz‐Aranda, José Manuel Fernández‐Pereira, Salvador Rebollo   +3 more
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Urban Legends – American and/or Global Folklore

Etnoantropološki Problemi, 2016
Development of modern technology, foremostly that of the Internet, has made feasible and, up to now, unimaginable reciprocity in the field of anthropological research.
Ivan Kovačević
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A framework to evaluate and identify development requirements for land‐surface models at km‐scale resolution: Application to a semi‐arid and mountainous region

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, EarlyView.
This article provides a first evaluation of land‐surface models at the km‐scale resolutions at which they are used in weather and Earth‐system models. At these resolutions, the lateral transfers of water that organize landscapes play an important role in predicting evaporation correctly. Riparian processes and human water management for irrigation need
Jan Polcher, Julie Collignan, Juan Pablo Sierra Perez, Gabriele Arduini, Sophie Bastin, Martin Best, Aaron Boone, Manel Bravo, Francesca Covella, Jasper M. C. Denissen, Cenlin He, Simon Munier, Marc Prange, Elena Shevliakova   +13 more
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Climate Crisis, Human Mobility and Security Challenges in the MENA Region: Implications for Sustainable Development and Regional Stability

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines the interplay between climate change, violent conflict and forced migration in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), focusing on asylum flows to the European Union (EU). By integrating high‐resolution climate, conflict and socioeconomic data spanning 2000 to 2023, we develop a comprehensive empirical framework to ...
Shifa Mathbout, George Boustras, Pierantonios Papazoglou, Javier Martin‐Vide, Joan A. Lopez‐Bustins   +4 more
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Providing a Gender Perspective on Sustainability Competences and Pedagogical Approaches: Experiences of Students From 17 International Case Studies

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT During the last three decades, higher education institutions (HEIs) have integrated sustainability into their curricula. Recent research has focused on sustainability competences and pedagogical approaches, and how the latter foster the development of the former. Previous studies have examined the connections between pedagogical approaches and
Gabriela Ortiz‐Martínez, Maria Barreiro‐Gen, Jordi Segalàs, Alberto Mendoza, Sandra Caeiro, João Simão, Claudio Favi, Bartłomiej Gładysz, María Alló, Carmen Gago‐Cortés, Ubiratã Tortato, Ferenc Mónus, Sevket Bostanci, Márta Dobróné Tóth, Javier Benayas, María Teresa Jiménez Munguía, Déborah Xanat Flores Cervantes, René Alejandro Lara Díaz, Nelly Ramírez Corona, Cheryl Desha, Rob Hales, Jennifer Boddy, Ilija Djekic, Savindi Caldera, Orlando Sáenz, Leyla Azizi, Remmer Sassen, Rodrigo Lozano   +27 more
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Urban river narratives as mediators of urban practices and normative interactions

RUDN journal of Sociology
This article considers the role of urban legends and narratives centered on rivers in shaping urban practices, social interactions and normative regimes.
A. V. Markov, O. A. Shtayn
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Endocrine disruption: Fact or urban legend?

Toxicology Letters, 2013
Endocrine disruptors (EDs) are substances that cause adverse health effects via endocrine-mediated mechanisms in an intact organism or its progeny or (sub) populations. Purported EDCs in personal care products include 4-MBC (UV filter) or parabens that showed oestrogenic activity in screening tests, although regulatory toxicity studies showed no ...
Nohynek, Gerhard J., Borgert, Christopher J., Dietrich, Daniel R., Rozman, Karl K.   +3 more
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Evaluation of Sustainable Urban Design With a Focus on Spatial Organization and Climatic Analysis

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The urban heat island (UHI) effect increases with the growth of cities and population. This situation triggers global climate change, and cities are negatively affected by this situation. In this study, five provinces (Antalya, Gaziantep, Bursa, Kayseri, and Erzurum) located in different climate zones in Turkey were selected as samples ...
Ahmet Salih Günaydın, Murat Yücekaya
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Analysis of the suitability for ecotourism in Beira Baixa region using a spatial decision support system based on a geographical information system

Regional Science Policy &Practice, EarlyView., 2022
Abstract Ecotourism can contribute to the conservation of environmental values, as well as to the development of positive synergies between agents in the tourism sector, tourists and the local population. The growing interest in tourism offers with low environmental impact, which support the local economy, translates into a competitive advantage for ...
Luís Quinta‐Nova, Dora Ferreira
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