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Indigenous and local knowledge inclusion in forest fauna research : A systematic review in the tropics

Indigenous and Local Knowledge (ILK) is an expression of biocultural diversity and is vital for inclusive and sustainable forest management and epistemic justice. We examine how researchers studying tropical forest fauna engage with ILK and the Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities (IPLC) who are holders of this knowledge. We conducted a systematic review of 62 articles that focus on tropical f

Radiomics-based ultrasOund Model for differentiating Uterine Sarcomas from leiomyomas (ROMUS) : a retrospective pilot Multicenter Italian Trials in Ovarian Cancer (MITO) study

Objective: To develop machine-learning models that incorporate clinical information and radiomics features extracted from ultrasound images to distinguish uterine sarcomas from leiomyomas. Methods: This retrospective, multicenter, pilot case–control study included 200 patients (100 with a uterine sarcoma and 100 with a usual-type leiomyoma, i.e. including no benign leiomyoma variants) who underwen

Proportion of time vocalising as a metric of vocal activity

A fundamental aspect of describing vocal activity is to quantify its overall level. For instance, everyone agrees that animals become more vocal when they are excited or stressed, but what does it mean to be ‘more vocal’? Increased duration of individual calls and their repetition rate are the most commonly reported temporal markers of arousal, but proportion of time [spent] vocalising (PTV) appea

Changes in Long-Term Survival After Stroke Between 2013 and 2020 : A Nationwide Cohort Study from the Swedish Stroke Register

IntroductionChanges in long-term survival after stroke at the population level are incompletely characterized, particularly using recent data and stratified by stroke type.Patients and MethodsThis nationwide, register-based cohort study used data from the Swedish Stroke Register (Riksstroke) and the Swedish Causes of Death Register. Adults (≥18 years) hospitalized with ischemic stroke or intracere

Rebuilding Public Reason in the Age of AI : Rhetorical Citizenship and Critical Doxic Literacy for Higher Education

Democracies face a crisis of public reason grounded in a disintegration of shared epistemic ground and amplified by digital polarisation and AI-mediated disinformation. Current pedagogy, focused on deconstructive critique or fact-checking skills, fails to address how algorithmic systems engineer plausibility at scale. Higher education must cultivate discerning judgement alongside critique. Drawing

Ultrasmall Cinemas of the North Atlantic : Greenland and the Faroe Islands

This chapter explores the emerging cinemas of Greenland and the Faroe Islands, two ultrasmall national film industries navigating the complexities of cultural identity, transnational collaboration, and economic constraints. While Greenlandic cinema has evolved through two distinct waves, first marked by national television productions and later by internationally recognized feature films, the Faro

Essays in Dynamic Panel Data Econometrics

This thesis consists of three essays in dynamic panel data econometrics. It studies the estimation of persistent dynamic relationships in panel models with unobserved heterogeneity and predetermined regressors, combining methodological contributions with an application in growth empirics.The first paper analyzes structural breaks in persistence in a dynamic panel first-order autoregressive model w

Values, Processes and Decision-Making in Boards of Directors

This thesis aims to advance our understanding of how directors’ values influence board decision-making and firm behavior by developing and testing a model that integrates insights from behavioral perspectives on boards of directors and corporate governance. Ideally, boards engage in intensive and open discussions that utilize the full cognitive capacity of their members. However, in practice, they

Conclusion: “Mapping the Europeanisation of the Universities in the 1980s and 1990s”

This special issue aims to deepen the understanding of the Europeanisation of universities from 1980 to the mid-1990s. By focussing on five universities situated in different European contexts, we aim to provide insight into how Europeanisation has taken place and changed higher education. The geographical diversity and the main differences between universities provide the opportunity to show both

The visible and invisible drivers of biocultural loss in the Amazon

The Amazon is rapidly approaching an ecological tipping point driven by deforestation, forest degradation and global climate change. These are visible issues that receive increasing political and public attention.However, the accelerating biocultural loss in the Amazon, including the extinction of Indigenous languages, the disruption of Indigenous and local knowledge systems, and the disintegratio

Variation in seed abundance predicts yolk fatty acid composition in a wild population of birds

Bird embryos develop inside eggs, which contain maternal substances that can shape offspring phenotype and fitness. Yolk fatty acids are a key energy source for the developing embryo, with omega-6 (ω-6) and omega-3 (ω-3) polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) obtained exclusively from the diet. Therefore, food availability during the breeding season is expected to influence yolk fatty acid compositio