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Defensive Behaviour in Intertidal Crabs

open access: yesEthology, Volume 131, Issue 4, April 2025.
Mangrove swimming crab showing defensive behaviour by raising its chelae; ruler and grey card are also shown. ABSTRACT Despite a long roster of prey defences against predators now documented by biologists, any given species utilises only some of them, and we have few a priori predictions as to if, when or where they will be employed.
Manisha Koneru, Tim Caro
wiley   +1 more source

Parerga the the Stadiasmus Patarensis (3) The inscription of Köybaşı in Central Lycia

open access: yesGephyra, 2010
In this contribution, the content of the below mentioned article by C. Schuler is criticized. The inscription published by Schuler comes from the ancient settlement of Köybaşı, which lies on the Claudian road to Neisa from Xanthos, on a mountain pass ...
Sencer Şahin
doaj  

Challenges of regulating commercial use of marine elapid snakes in the Indo‐Pacific

open access: yesConservation Biology, Volume 38, Issue 5, October 2024.
Abstract Marine elapid snakes are a diverse, predominantly Indo‐West Pacific species group. The persistent removal of some species has an unquantified but potentially dire impact on populations. We conducted the first comprehensive review of the trade in marine elapid snakes based on published literature (1974–2022) and trade data from the only species
Mark Auliya   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Parerga to the Stadiasmus Patarensis (6): Route 54 (Patara – Phellos) and new inscriptions

open access: yesGephyra, 2011
In the field survey of the Stadiasmus Patarensis (SP) in 2009, the route between Patara and Phellos was investigated. The distance between Patara and Phellos in the SP was restored as 240 stadia (45–46 km) by the editors.
Fatih Onur, Mehmet Alkan
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Distortion risk measures: Prudence, coherence, and the expected shortfall

open access: yesMathematical Finance, Volume 34, Issue 4, Page 1291-1327, October 2024.
Abstract Distortion risk measures (DRM) are risk measures that are law invariant and comonotonic additive. The present paper is an extensive inquiry into this class of risk measures in light of new ideas such as qualitative robustness, prudence and no reward for concentration, and tail relevance.
Massimiliano Amarante   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

A policy portfolio approach to plastics throughout their life cycle: Supranational and national regulation in the European Union

open access: yesEnvironmental Policy and Governance, Volume 34, Issue 4, Page 427-441, August 2024.
Abstract The environmental and health problems caused by plastics throughout their life cycle have attracted considerable public attention over the past decade, triggering policy responses in many constituencies. Similarly, interdisciplinary research on plastics has been burgeoning in the past few years, and political science contributions have covered
Sandra Eckert   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The strong Fatou property of risk measures

open access: yesDependence Modeling, 2018
In this paper, we explore several Fatou-type properties of risk measures. The paper continues to reveal that the strong Fatou property,whichwas introduced in [19], seems to be most suitable to ensure nice dual representations of risk measures.
Chen Shengzhong   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Nutritional profile, bioactive properties and potential health benefits of buckwheat: A review

open access: yeseFood, Volume 5, Issue 4, August 2024.
1. Buckwheat is a high‐protein, fiber‐rich food rich in important amino acids, antioxidants, and minerals including magnesium, copper, and iron. 2. Buckwheat has been linked to a number of health advantages, including better blood sugar control, reduced cholesterol levels, and improved digestion.
Sangram Sonawane   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Perinatal cardiac failure from the eyes of the pathologist

open access: yesJournal of Pediatric and Neonatal Individualized Medicine, 2014
Cardiac abnormalities in neonates are often underdiagnosed and require an high index of suspicion by the perinatal pathologist. Perinatal conditions, such as preterm birth, infection and asphyxia can affect newborn health and disease, and in particular ...
Armando Faa   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Midnight siesta: Bimodal temporal activity observed in an endangered marsupial predator

open access: yesAustral Ecology, Volume 49, Issue 4, April 2024.
Understanding animal behavioural patterns can provide insight into how populations and communities are adapting to broader environmental shifts. Using time‐stamped camera trap imagery and fine‐scale accelerometer data, our study explores the diel activity patterns of northern quolls across their range in northern Australia. Contrary to the conventional
Harry A. Moore   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

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