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Seasonal dynamics of terrestrial vertebrate abundance between Amazonian flooded and unflooded forests [PDF]

open access: yesPeerJ, 2018
The flood pulse is the main factor structuring and differentiating the ecological communities of Amazonian unflooded (terra firme) and seasonally-flooded (várzea) forests as they require unique adaptations to survive the prolonged annual floods ...
Hugo C.M. Costa   +2 more
doaj   +5 more sources

Depth and temperature profiles reflect individual differences in the daytime diving behaviours of pelagic thresher sharks

open access: yesFrontiers in Marine Science, 2023
We used acoustic telemetry to investigate the roles of depth and temperature in the daytime foraging behaviours of 13 tagged pelagic thresher sharks by monitoring their fine scale vertical movements in the Philippines.
Simon P. Oliver   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

Water commons as a socioenvironmental project for the 21st century in Chile

open access: yesWater Policy, 2023
We describe how the water commons agenda has been mobilized by different social groups of Chilean society, including water social movements and indigenous people, and the way it was included in the constitutional debate (2021–2022).
Robinson Torres-Salinas   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

The challenges of developing a textile-based device for recognizing swallowing movements during different swallowing tasks

open access: yesFinnish Journal of eHealth and eWelfare, 2023
Swallowing difficulty, also known as dysphagia, is a fairly common symptom that may lead to malnutrition, dehydration, pulmonary complications, and a reduced quality of life.
Tiina Ihalainen   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Role of Water and Weathering Processes in Landslides in Hungarian Loess Sediments

open access: yesHydrology, 2023
Loess-paleosol bluffs can be unstable, but in the course of urbanization, houses may be built in such locations to take advantage of the view. One factor affecting the stability of such bluffs is water, the role of which in mass movements is well ...
Csilla Király   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

River Commoning and the State: A Cross‐Country Analysis of River Defense Collectives

open access: yesPolitics and Governance, 2023
Grassroots initiatives that aim to defend, protect, or restore rivers and riverine environments have proliferated around the world in the last three decades.
Jaime Hoogesteger   +10 more
doaj   +1 more source

Real-time imaging of pulvinus bending in Mimosa pudica [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
Mimosa pudica is a plant that rapidly shrinks its body in response to external stimuli. M. pudica does not perform merely simple movements, but exhibits a variety of movements that quickly change depending on the type of stimuli.
Lee, SJ, Song, K, Yeom, E
core   +1 more source

Invited perspectives: Integrating hydrologic information into the next generation of landslide early warning systems [PDF]

open access: yesNatural Hazards and Earth System Sciences
Although rainfall-triggered landslides are initiated by subsurface hydro-mechanical processes related to the loading, weakening, and eventual failure of slope materials, most landslide early warning systems (LEWSs) have relied solely on rainfall event ...
B. B. Mirus   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Decoding the aquatic motor behavior: description and reflection on the functional movement

open access: yesActa Scientiarum. Health Sciences, 2020
Aquatic environment is widely used for recreational, sporting, and therapeutic activities. However, human motor functional behavior in immersion has not been sufficiently described.
Dielise Debona Iucksch   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Orientation of the opposition axis in mentally simulated grasping [PDF]

open access: yes, 2001
Five normal subjects were tested in a simulated grasping task. A cylindrical container filled with water was placed on the center of a horizontal monitor screen.
Frak, Victor   +2 more
core   +2 more sources

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