Results 41 to 50 of about 964 (155)

State of the Field: Royal Studies and Court Studies

open access: yesHistory, EarlyView.
Abstract Monarchy, as the world's oldest and most enduring form of political organization, is an area that has attracted the attention of scholars from a range of disciplines. Two connected and complementary fields embody this interdisciplinary study of monarchy and monarchies: royal studies, which takes an all‐encompassing approach to monarchy, and ...
Jonathan Spangler, Elena Woodacre
wiley   +1 more source

An Economic and Environmental Analysis of Virtual Fencing for Precision Grazing

open access: yesJournal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The UK grazing livestock sector is challenged by declining farm profitability and stringent environmental policy. Innovative technologies such as virtual fencing could enable a balanced economic and environmental performance of beef production. Virtual fencing is a livestock management tool relying on invisible boundaries perceived as auditory,
Elias Maritan   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Affordances, dread, and online fraud: Exploring and advancing social learning theory in online contexts

open access: yesCriminology, EarlyView.
Abstract We investigate how the affordances of an online context shape the processes of social learning. Using a dataset of more than 11,000 posts from the fraud subdread on the dark web forum Dread, we examine how affordances of platform governance, connectivity, anonymity, invisibility, asynchronicity, and limited oversight influence the components ...
Fangzhou Wang, Timothy Dickinson
wiley   +1 more source

Cost-Benefit for Virtual Fence

open access: yes
Cost/Benefit Analysis of the Virtual Fence using NoFence Technology. It is suitable for Dairy and Meat Sheep/Goat and the study was carried out in Norway. This study was part of the H2020 EU funded project “Small Ruminant Technologies”.
de BOER, Anna, GROVA, Lise
openaire   +3 more sources

Harnessing edge computing and citizen science: A new prototype design for continental‐scale acoustic monitoring in Australia and beyond

open access: yesMethods in Ecology and Evolution, EarlyView.
Abstract Inadequate monitoring of biodiversity is a characteristic of conservation the world over. The potential of acoustic monitoring is compelling, although the challenges remain substantial. Effective solutions require transdisciplinary collaboration among stakeholders, a focus on open‐source development, and flexible, multipronged technical ...
Andrea S. Griffin   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

"Buzz" on virtual fencing: Livestock behavior in response to audio cues and electronic stimulation

open access: yes, 2023
Before the introduction of widescale ranching and European settlement in the new world, bison would graze freely across the landscape without manmade barriers like fencing.
Hays, Kendall
core  

The Late Agricultural Development of Central Arabian Oases—Archaeobotanical and Archaeozoological Studies of the al‐Kharj Oasis

open access: yesArabian Archaeology and Epigraphy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT While oasis settlements emerged during the Bronze Age in Eastern and Northern Arabia, the settlement process in Central Arabia was different. Excavations at al‐Yamāma—main ancient settlement of the al‐Kharj oasis (Riyadh Province, KSA)—suggest that the latter did not emerge before the second half of the first millennium BCE.
Elora Chambraud   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Visual Cues for Logical Reasoning about Text Enhance Metacognitive Sensitivity

open access: yesComputer Graphics Forum, EarlyView.
Abstract An important part of critical thinking is analyzing the logical structure of inferences made in text, such as checking whether if–then rules appearing in legal regulations or scientific arguments are applied correctly. Metacognitive sensitivity, defined as feeling confident about one's correct answers and uncertain about incorrect ones, is an ...
A. Schlieder, J. Rummel, F. Sadlo
wiley   +1 more source

Bone Grafts: Everything You Need to Know

open access: yesJournal of Periodontal Research, EarlyView.
This review classifies bone grafts (autograft, allograft, xenograft, synthetic) by source and osteogenic/inductive/conductive potential, linking material properties and mechanisms to clinical indications in periodontal and dental regeneration. Key challenges—limited osteoinduction, poor vascularisation, unbalanced resorption, handling difficulties, and
Håvard Jostein Haugen   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Beyond the Adult Mind: A Developmental Framework for Predictive Processing in Infancy

open access: yesTopics in Cognitive Science, EarlyView.
Abstract Predictive Processing has been proposed as the single unifying computation underlying all of cognition, and proponents argue that all psychological phenomena can be explained as consequences of this principle. This theoretical framework has inspired many cognitive scientists and neuroscientists, but it currently has no developmental mechanism ...
Emma K. Ward   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Home - About - Disclaimer - Privacy