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Secularism, Gender and Masculinity in Nineteenth‐Century Cremation in Europe and the USA

open access: yesGender &History, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This essay explores, from transnational perspectives, the early history of modern cremation, which developed in the long nineteenth century with secularist connotations. I argue that the beginnings of modern cremation were shaped by bourgeois men who claimed certain identifiers for themselves in a gendering and Othering way.
Carolin Kosuch
wiley   +1 more source

“This is an age for news”: A corpus-based analysis of the word NEW(E)S in the spoken discourse of Early Modern English society (1560-1760)

open access: yesNJES: Nordic Journal of English studies, 2017
In my paper, I shall be examining how the voracity for news which characterises Tudor and―to a larger extent―Stuart England can be mapped on the spoken discourse of society in Early Modern England.
Elisabetta Cecconi
doaj   +1 more source

Voracity of toe Haddock [PDF]

open access: yesNature, 1888
A SMALL haddock (Gadus aeglefinus), alive when purchased on the fish quay this morning, was so much distended that curiosity prompted an investigation of the cause. In the stomach were found fourteen young whiting (G. merlangus) from 4 to 5 inches long, and a small crab (Carcinus maenas), with hard carapace, about I inch in diameter, all quite fresh ...
openaire   +2 more sources

THE URBANOLOGISTS COME TO TOWN: Professional Life and Work in the Urban Solutions Industry

open access: yesInternational Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract This article charts the upsurge of an eclectic global community of professionals new to the field of urban policy and governance, animated by playful and celebratory attitudes towards cities and urbanization: the urbanologists. It contributes to debates in critical urban theory and critical ethnographies of technology to problematize ...
Rachel Bok
wiley   +1 more source

Cannibalism in Tityus metuendus Pocock, 1897 (Scorpiones: Buthidae) from the Brazilian Amazon

open access: yesRevista Chilena de Entomología
Scorpions are an important predator group in the habitats where they live, due to their voracity. However, their predatory habits are not well recorded, particularly in Amazonian species.
Jonas G. Martins   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

A preventive strategy for the control of aphids in sweet pepper using lacewings and micrococcinelid beetles

open access: yesInsect Science, EarlyView.
Aphids pose a serious risk to horticultural crops. Current biocontrol strategies often fail due to the poor establishment of natural enemies when aphids are scarce. We evaluated the potential of two aphidophagous predators, Micromus variegatus and Scymnus interruptus, to be used as preventive biocontrol agents, released before aphid infestation.
Jesica Pérez‐Rodríguez   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Stimulation of Insect Herbivory by Elevated Temperature Outweighs Protection by the Jasmonate Pathway

open access: yesPlants, 2020
Rising global temperatures are associated with increases in the geographic range, population size, and feeding voracity of insect herbivores. Although it is well established that the plant hormone jasmonate (JA) promotes durable resistance to many ...
Nathan E. Havko   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Society Bites: Phenomenological Aesthetics of the Ordinary and the Ordinary Cannibal

open access: yesOpen Philosophy, 2023
Drawing on phenomenological aesthetics and on the haptic aesthetics of eating as a form of everyday aesthetics, I examine the phenomenon of eating our own as meaningful in three dimensions: vital/natural, somatic/individual, and cross-cultural.
Molina Garcia Erika Natalia
doaj   +1 more source

TESTING FOR RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN ANIMAL PERSONALITY TRAITS, ACTIVITY LEVEL AND VORACITY, AND THE UNDERLYING INFLUENCE OF BODY SIZE IN THE DRAGONFLY PREDATOR, EPITHECA CANIS

open access: yes, 2023
Animal personality, defined as among-individual variation in behavior, is taxonomically widespread, but its ecological implications remain unclear. While associations between animal personality and ecological traits have been examined, methodological ...
Gorman, Flynn
core  

Occipital lobe epilepsy presenting as content‐specific reading‐induced seizures

open access: yes
Epileptic Disorders, EarlyView.
Christopher M. Kyper   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

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