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The evidence of a "voracity effect" of revenue windfalls reducing growth by fostering rent-seeking and corruption is widely documented by the literature.
Cariolle, Joël
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The Mutable Original: How Chinese Counterfeits Become Nigerian Originals in African Markets
ABSTRACT Affordable Chinese copies of Western brands are ubiquitous in African markets. Despite democratizing consumer access, these goods appear to cement hegemonic value hierarchies that rank Chinese or local products as inferior to Western goods.
Jing Jing Liu
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Acts of Noticing: Resisting Desensitisation in the Neoliberal Academy
ABSTRACT This article explores the role of sensitivity within geographical research, teaching and methodological practice. It emerged from a shared desire to reclaim sensitivity, deployed here not in a reactive sense (i.e., a propensity to be easily provoked or offended), but rather a responsive sense: to be alive to the lived experiences of others ...
Madeline Routon, Matt Varco
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ABSTRACT Background Children with cerebral palsy (CP) are at increased risk of malnutrition due to feeding difficulties, higher nutritional requirements and the additional caregiving demands associated with disability. Households caring for children with CP may therefore experience greater vulnerability to food insecurity, particularly in low‐resource ...
Tiya Vala, Radia Ameen, Skye Nandi Adams
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Eating to live/Eating until death. Subjectivity and voracity
Tomando como base de reflexión La grande bouffe, de Ferreri (1973), el presente artículo se propone mostrar hasta qué punto el comer constituye en el mundo contemporáneo un perfecto emblema de la sociedad de consumo y de la propia subjetividad.
Moreno Márquez, César +1 more
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Consensus‐based follow‐up and treatment registry for GNAO1‐associated disorder
This original article is commented on by Domínguez‐Carral and Ortigoza‐Escobar on pages 1182–1183 of this issue. Abstract Aim To establish consensus‐based recommendations on relevant domains of functioning and assessment instruments for an GNAO1‐associated disorder follow‐up and treatment registry.
Larissa R. Heideman +9 more
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ABSTRACT The pear psyllid Cacopsylla pyri is a major pest of European pear orchards, responsible for significant yield losses. Its management is increasingly challenged by restrictions on synthetic active ingredients, resistance development, and the shift towards sustainable production systems.
Laura Depalo +3 more
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Udgivelsesdato: 2010Laboratory experiments were performed with adult female Anthocoris nemorum (Linnaeus) (Heteroptera: Anthocoridae) at 20°C ± 1°C, L16:D8, 60–70% RH to determine voracity and preference on cabbage aphids (Brevicoryne brassicae L ...
Bang, Camilla Nordborg +3 more
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Exploration of Overlooked Aduncodinium‐Like (Pfiesteriaceae, Dinophyceae) Diversity
ABSTRACT The dinoflagellate genus Aduncodinium was erected to encompass Katodinium glandula, belonging to the family Pfiesteriaceae. Other described species, like K. asymmetricum, show Aduncodinium‐like characters and probably belong to this genus. These two species are commonly reported in the literature.
Albert Reñé +4 more
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Intracerebroventricular injection of neuropeptide Y suppresses luteinizing hormone pulses in mice
Abstract Stress impairs reproduction, at least in part, by inhibition of Kisspeptin/Neurokinin B/Dynorphin (KNDy) cells and suppression of gonadotropin secretion. However, the mechanism for this inhibition is not clear. Neuropeptide Y (NPY) is a pleiotropic molecule that is produced in neurons throughout the brain and mediates several physiological ...
Lauren A. Young +5 more
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