Land Degradation &Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Urban expansion has exerted both direct and indirect impacts on natural land and ecosystem services it supports, driven by increasing population and food demand, yet these underlying pathways remain insufficiently distinguished. Here, we quantified the losses of soil conservation services (water erosion regulation and sandstorm prevention) and
Shuai Liu +4 more
wiley +1 more source
Exploring the relationship between built environment and multidimensional street market vitality: Insights from urban villages in Shenzhen using multi-source data. [PDF]
PLoS OneTan Y, Song J, Bai Y.
europepmc +1 more source
Drive‐Efficient GHz‐Rate Binary‐State Updates Enabled by VCSEL Polarization Switching
Laser &Photonics Reviews, EarlyView.Photonic computing needs a compact node that can hold a binary state and update it fast. A vertical‐cavity surface‐emitting laser biased at its polarization‐switching point could serve as one: its two orthogonal linear polarizations are the two states, and a small electrical drive is enough to move the output from one state to the other at gigahertz ...
Zifeng Yuan +6 more
wiley +1 more source
Characterizing the escalation of pyrethroid resistance and its impact on bed nets efficacy alongside molecular basis in Anopheles funestus from Cameroon. [PDF]
Malar JTazokong HR +8 more
europepmc +1 more source
Mobilizing Presence across Borders: Devotion to Papua New Guinea's Blessed Peter To Rot in Australia
Oceania, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This article engages with the conjunctures between migration and religion by focusing on the celebration of Papua New Guinea's ‘National Patron Saint’, the Blessed Peter To Rot, in the Australian diaspora. Both in Sydney and Brisbane, Catholic Papua New Guinea (PNG) migrants have been ‘relocating’ PNG shrines, regalia, relics and ritual ...
Anna‐Karina Hermkens
wiley +1 more source
Social and psychological capital, and organizational performance among smallholders in Henan, China: serial mediating roles of innovation capability and technology adoption. [PDF]
Front SociolLi K, Ayupp K, Md Yusoff IY.
europepmc +1 more source
Interplanetary frontiers: terraforming from an invasion science perspective
Oikos, EarlyView.The pursuit of a multi‐planetary existence represents one of humanity's greatest frontiers. If applied justly, it offers an opportunity to extend its civilization's lifespan amid escalating sustainability crises on Earth. One approach increasingly gaining traction is terraforming, a hitherto theoretical ecological and evolutionary experiment revolving ...
Teun Everts +2 more
wiley +1 more source
Formulating sustainable planning for Goulan Yao Village based on the integration of cultural landscape gene theory and spatial analysis. [PDF]
Sci RepGu M, Wang Y, Wu Y, Dai Y, Fan W.
europepmc +1 more source
Public Administration and Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The reform of public institutions has attracted sustained attention in both scholarship and policymaking. Increasingly, however, there is growing recognition that reforms are rarely implemented in an institutional vacuum. Instead, new reforms are layered onto existing arrangements, producing hybrid institutional landscapes shaped by prior ...
Edidiong Bassey
wiley +1 more source
Urban memory narratives on social media, place attachment among internal migrants, and life satisfaction: a case study of Dongguan. [PDF]
Front PsycholYe Y, Liu H, Kuang W, Chen W.
europepmc +1 more source