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REPAIR AND RECONSTRUCTION FOR URBAN COMMONING: The Making of the Liberated Spaces in Naples

open access: yesInternational Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract Commoning requires repair. Where capitalist logics of accumulation, enclosure and exclusion produce abandoned space through the city, urban commoners remake that space to serve the needs of inhabitants. Without hiding the paradoxes and risks of repair, based on years‐long ethnography in the Liberated Spaces in Naples, Italy, we demonstrate how
Martina Locorotondo, Adam Fishwick
wiley   +1 more source

Stable Isotope Analysis as a Tool to Prevent Illicit Wildlife Trade of Songbirds in Brazil

open access: yesAnimal Conservation, EarlyView.
Feather isotopes provide clear differences between wild and captive songbirds in Brazil. Combining multiple isotopes improved classification accuracy and revealed individuals falsely declared as captive‐bred. These results demonstrate the potential of isotope analysis to detect wildlife laundering in the bird trade.
Luiza Brasileiro   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Ventures in Social Media [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
Academic libraries are actively involved in social media platforms as part of their campus communities. They have moved past the debate of whether to participate in social media and are focusing on strategies to develop engaging content and assessment of
Burgert, Lisa   +2 more
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Faith, gender and financial investment: Providence and Presbyterianism in Scotland and abroad

open access: yesAsia‐Pacific Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract Mid‐nineteenth century fictional representations of misdirected investment by widows and clergy position them as ignorant in financial matters and hence pitiable. While scholars have recognised female agency in nineteenth century commerce, insufficient attention has been paid to religious belief in financial decision‐making.
Jennifer Jones, Susan Poole
wiley   +1 more source

Long Run Health Impacts of Income Shocks: Wine and Phylloxera in 19th Century France [PDF]

open access: yes
This paper provides estimates of the long-term effects on height and health of a large income shock experienced in early childhood. Phylloxera, an insect that attacks the roots of grape vines, destroyed 40% of French vineyards between 1863 and 1890 ...
Abhijit Banerjee   +3 more
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Inhibition of HMGA2 Leads to Reduced Cell Proliferation and Increased Apoptosis in Human Embryonal Carcinoma Cell Lines

open access: yesAndrology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background The most prevalent solid tumors in young men are testicular germ cell tumors (TGCTs), and embryonal carcinoma is the most common subtype among non‐seminomatous germ cell tumors (NSGCTs). Despite the excellent cure rates of cisplatin‐based chemotherapy, resistance develops in 15%–30% of patients with metastatic cancer, which results ...
Marco De Martino   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Problem of Prayerlessness (Chapter 35 of Giving Ourselves to Prayer)

open access: yes, 2008
Prayer is probably the core spiritual practice of the Christian faith. Yet, despite the example of Jesus and the early church it is often an anemic part of our lives.
Morse, MaryKate
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The sustainability performance of agricultural cooperatives: A systematic literature review

open access: yesAnnals of Public and Cooperative Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract This study examines how the literature addresses the sustainability performance of agricultural cooperatives through four key dimensions: economic and financial, environmental, social and governance. As key entities within the social economy, agricultural cooperatives play a crucial role in advancing sustainable development goals due to their ...
Pierre Chollet   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Why sharecropping? : explaining its presence and absence in Europe's vineyards, 1750-1950 [PDF]

open access: yes
The traditional view that sharecropping was a cause of low productivity in European agriculture prior to the Second World War has been challenged by economic historians, and today the contact is often considered as efficient at reducing the monitoring ...
James Simpson, Juan Carmona
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Review: Adolescents' perspectives on and experiences with post‐primary school‐based suicide prevention as end‐users, co‐creators and peer helpers – a systematic review meta‐ethnography

open access: yesChild and Adolescent Mental Health, EarlyView.
Background Suicide is the fourth leading cause of death in adolescents globally. Post‐primary school‐based suicide prevention (PSSP) interventions are an evidence‐based suicide prevention strategy. However, adolescents' experiences with PSSP interventions are not well understood but are arguably critical to ensuring PSSP interventions have their ...
Eibhlin H. Walsh   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

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