Targeted conservation actions are essential to prevent wildlife extinctions, but more efforts are needed to fully recover biodiversity, according to a study published March 18 in the open-access journal PLOS Biology by Ashley Simkins of the…
Category: Social Sciences
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The momentum of gender and the SDGs: a corpus-assisted study of Norwegian development aid discourse
At first encounter, our analysis suggests that the NDAC subcorpus consisting of all policy, strategy, and programme documents produced after 2015 is profoundly influenced by the introduction of the SDGs. AntConc’s frequency list functionality…
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Wolves make a rapid recovery in Europe
Wolf populations in Europe increased by nearly 60% in a decade, according to a study led by Cecilia Di Bernardi and Guillaume Chapron at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, published in the open-access journal PLOS Sustainability and…
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Exploring the spatial distribution characteristics and formation mechanisms of Hakka folk settlements: a case study of Hakka traditional architecture in southeastern China
Analysis of spatial distribution of Hakka traditional buildings
Considering Hakka traditional buildings as point features in space, the distribution of each point in each administrative unit was counted and summarized (Fig. 2). The results show…
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Positive empowerment or freedom trap? Female companions’ voice attractiveness capitalization, gender roles, and gamer identity
The in-depth interviews confirm the conclusions from the previous review, providing deeper insight into voice-based embodied practices and the dynamics within the framework of sexualized labor in the auditory domain. In the context of game…
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Navigating the landscape of AI literacy education: insights from a decade of research (2014–2024)
The overarching pattern in AI literacy education research between 2014 to 2023 (RQ1)
Figure 2 illustrates the temporal distribution of AI literacy education publications over time during the period 2014–2023 (Because there are so few articles…
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Emoji-mediated comments in Chinese vlogs: pragmatic and rhetorical perspectives
Before we present an overview of emoji research, we need to clarify a few key terms. First, according to Herring (1996), Kern et al. (2016), computer-mediated communication (CMC), which emerged in the 1960s and gained popularity in the 1990s,…
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Sharks are dying at alarming rates, mostly due to fishing. Retention bans may help
Despite the fear they may inspire in humans, sharks have far more reason to fear us. Nearly one-third of sharks are threatened with extinction globally, mostly as a result of fishing.
A team led by researchers at UC Santa Barbara discovered that…
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As next hurricane season nears, study explores impacts of 2024’s storms
When major storms hit Houston last spring and summer, losing power was a nightmare for residents, but for many, the financial fallout was just as devastating. A new report from Rice University’s Kinder Institute for Urban Research finds that more…
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The digital activism of marginalized South African gen z in higher education
Content analysis revealed five key themes for trending tweets: (1) education rights, (2) calls for assistance, (3) calls for inclusive solutions, (4) responses to activism, and 5) reactions of activism critiques. To our knowledge, this study is…
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