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Evolution of the Concept of Vagrancy in Russian Legislation (from the Second Half of the 17th to the First Half of the 19th Centuries)

open access: yesУченые записки Казанского университета: Серия Гуманитарные науки
This article focuses on the evolution of the concept of vagrancy in Russia during the period between the second half of the 17th to the first half of the 19th centuries. A set of legislative acts defining vagrants as a separate social group are analyzed.
K. V. Lukoyanov, D. M. Usmanova
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Records of vagrant and visitor bird species in the Fildes Region, King George Island, Maritime Antarctic, between 1980 and 2023

open access: yesУкраїнський антарктичний журнал, 2023
We provide information on vagrant and visitor bird species recorded in the Fildes Region (King George Island, South Shetlands, Antarctic) during the long-term bird monitoring programme between the 1979–1980 and 2022–2023 seasons.
C. Braun, H. Grämer, H.-U. Peter
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The state of knowledge on four families of Syngnathoidei fishes (Teleostei: Syngnathiformes): Aulostomidae, Centriscidae, Fistulariidae and Solenostomidae

open access: yesJournal of Fish Biology, EarlyView.
Abstract Knowledge on the ecology and life‐history traits of coastal marine species is vital to inform their conservation and management, especially as their coastal habitats come under increasing threats. However, such data have never been collated for four of the five families in the suborder Syngnathoidei—the close relatives of the better‐studied ...
Syd J. Ascione   +3 more
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Citizen science reveals host‐switching in louse flies and keds (Diptera: Hippoboscidae) during a period of anthropogenic change

open access: yesMedical and Veterinary Entomology, EarlyView.
A study of louse flies in the United Kingdom, Isle of Man, and Ireland found 212 different interactions between Hippoboscidae and their hosts, of which 70 were previously unrecorded. No louse flies were found on aquatic species of birds. Host‐switching to gulls (Laridae) has occurred during a period in which these species have started relying on ...
Denise C. Wawman   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

IUCN Red List Regional Assessment of the Flora of Niue Utilising Indigenous Local Knowledge and Botanical Information

open access: yesJournal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, Volume 56, Issue 2, April 2026.
A regional assessment of the indigenous vascular plants of Niue is presented using the IUCN Red List criteria. The assessment was undertaken during a community workshop that drew on the indigenous local knowledge and scientific information. The assessment comprised 197 named taxa and 8 indeterminate entities, with 4 (2.0%) taxa assessed as Extinct and ...
Peter B. Heenan   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Racialized Labour in the Colonial Food Regime: The Whitening of England's Farmworkers

open access: yesJournal of Agrarian Change, Volume 26, Issue 2, April 2026.
ABSTRACT The crystallization of a colonial food regime in the 1870s centred around Britain is key to historical accounts of agrarian political economy. Yet such accounts have neglected the role of the agrarian proletariat in shaping this regime from below and its basis in racialized hierarchy.
Ben Richardson
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Vagrants and visitors in the avifauna of the Haswell archipelago, East Antarctica

open access: yesPolish Polar Research, 2020
The purpose of the work is to provide a comprehensive review of the available historical and current records of vagrant and visiting individuals sighted at the Haswell archipelago, near the Russian Antarctic station Mirny (Davis Sea, southern Indian ...
Golubev Sergey
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Historical Institutionalism and Transnational Influence: Social Policy Responses to the Great Depression in the United States and Canada

open access: yesPolitics &Policy, Volume 54, Issue 2, April 2026.
ABSTRACT The Great Depression was a turning point in the development of social programming in North America. This paper explores the politics of social policy expansion during the Great Depression in the United States and Canada through an analytical lens that combines the insights of historical institutionalism and the analysis of transnational ...
Daniel Béland   +2 more
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Where We Go From Here: Harnessing Queer Perspectives to Advance Practice in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

open access: yesEcology and Evolution, Volume 16, Issue 3, March 2026.
Science and society continuously shape one another; this relationship determines what science is funded, which inquiries are pursued, and whose voices are included in the production and dissemination of knowledge. Here, we draw on our queer lived experiences to outline six principles to confront existing biases and produce better science: (1) recognize
Madeline G. Eppley   +7 more
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La Figure de l’enfant viator chez Le Clézio, un nouveau type de pícaro

open access: yesQuêtes Littéraires, 2014
The first short story in the volume Mondo and Other Stories serves as a model for the other stories in the collection in terms of the themes, the representation of the child’s portrait and the stylistic peculiarities of the text.
Diana Presadă
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