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Urban Legends about Movies

, 2021
This project covers urban legends that surround the creation, reception, and legacy of movies.https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/wfa_finalprojects/1204/thumbnail ...
Goulding, Matt
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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
wiley   +1 more source

Sewer Alligators: Urban Legends as Cognitive Maps

Etnoantropološki Problemi, 2007
Following the reports of sewer alligators in the 1930s, the story has built up over the decades and become a bona fide urban legend. These (reports) are based upon stories of alligator, and other wild animal sightings in rather unorthodox locations ...
Ljubomir Hristić
doaj   +1 more source

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
wiley   +1 more source

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
doaj   +1 more source

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
wiley   +1 more source

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
wiley   +1 more source

Opportunities for Australia Amid China's Carbon‐Neutral Transition: Input–Output Approach With Analysis of Australian Renewable Potential

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT A major transformation in China's energy mix is underway as the country pursues carbon neutrality by 2060, posing significant structural challenges for Australia as a major exporter of carbon‐intensive resources. This study examines the economic impacts of China's decarbonisation on Australia by applying static and dynamic input–output (IO ...
Jinyong (Edward) Sung
wiley   +1 more source

How Brazilian Public Universities Are Operationalizing The SDGs: Strategic Plans Analysis

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Despite the importance of universities for Sustainable Development, only a handful of studies have evaluated the implementation levels of SDGs in HEIs in Latin America. To fill this void, this study examines the strategic plans of 70 Brazilian public universities, which account for 92.8% of Federal Universities.
Carolina Grano, Walter Leal Filho, Marly Monteiro de Carvalho, Lucas Veiga Ávila, José Carlos Curvelo Santana, Delmo Alves de Moura, Vanderli Correia   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Defining Urban Legends

Etnoantropološki Problemi, 2016
Urban legends are friend-of-a-friend stories (FOAFS) that are told to describe strange, but supposedly real events, when in fact they are fictional through word of mouth invention or distortion.
Ljubomir Hristić
doaj