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Population genetics and ecology of rare bumblebee species in the UK
No full textThe population genetic structure of three rare and declining bumblebee species, Bombus muscorum, B. humilis, and B. sylvarum was examined using microsatellite markers. We find evidence of significant genetic structuring in both oceanic island populations of B. muscorum and in fragmented mainland populations of B. jumilis and B. Sylvarum. In the former species we find that all populations greater than 10km apart are significantly differentiated from one another suggesting dispersal above this distance is infrequent. Evidence of genetic bottlenecks was found in populations of both B. muscorum and B. humilis. All three species show reduced genetic diversity relative to the common B. pascuorum and fragmented UK populations of B. sylvarum show reduced genetic diversity relative to a continental population. Effective population sizes were found to be low in B. humilis and B. sylvarum, especially so in the latter species. Diploid male production was observed in all three rare species, but was infrequent. We propose that diploid male production is not an appropriate measure of inbreeding depression for social Hymenoptera. Why some bumblebee species have declined in the face of agricultural intensification while others have not is not well understood. Diet breadth of rare species was examined as a possible explanation of this. To some extent all three rare species studied show a narrow diet breadth. We hypothesize that this is because as these species emerge late, they must specialize on plants with higher quality pollen in order to raise the brood more quickly. Following losses of floral diversity, agricultural intensification has than affected these species more greatly.</p
Neuroetica sotto tortura
No full textCosa spinge una studiosa di
Nietzsche della New York
University a definire in modo
fazioso i più affermati psicologi
e neuroscienziati morali
del momento (Paul Bloom,
Jonathan Haidt, Steven Pinker, Joshua
Greene) su un noto bisettimanale culturale
americano, New York Review of Books,
«servi del potere»? Nel numero del 25 febbraio
2016 della rivista, la filosofa Tamsin
Shaw pubblicava un lungo articolo incendiario
dal titolo The Psychologists take
power in cui recensendo i libri di questi studiosi
li accusava di collusione – quantomeno
concettuale – con le torture della CIA. Tuttavia, gli autori citati
dalla Shaw con tutto questo non c’entrano
nulla
Private law, private international law and public interest litigation
No full textPrivate actors and institutions, and by extension private law itself, are increasingly being forced to reckon with a multiplicity of challenges that extend beyond the domain of private law as it is traditionally conceived. They reflect threats to the global constitutional order and liberal constitutionalism, and threats to individual and collective fundamental rights and constitutional values. As a result, the role of private law in framing and facilitating the development of the global economy and globalization often does not fall within the direct purview of public international lawyers. This editorial aims to examine the role of private law in the litigation and enforcement of public interests against the background of the public/private divide. This is done in light of the increasing role adopted by private actors, including corporations, beyond the private realm.</p
Father Andrew Mullen 1790-1818: a study in early nineteenth century spirituality
No full textThis thesis is laid out in three parts: Part I. The life and death of Andrew Mullen. The life is based, to a large extent, on a long letter to his mother, Catherine Mullen, dated 7 January 1810. The letter gives a definite insight into his spirituality based on his membership of the Archconfraternity of the Blessed Sacrament. There is a hint that he had a premonition of an early death. Part II. The burial of Andrew Mullen and the immediate cult to him This is based on documentary evidence. Part III. Most of this part is a catalogue of testimonies taken from 1993 onwards. Then there is the conclusion on the popular devotion to Andrew Mullen stressing the theological aspect of the subject. In the course of writing the thesis it was decided to separate the documentary evidence from the oral tradition. This was advantageous in developing the thesis, and the documents provided a secure basis for the oral tradition. Two pieces of information were found in March 1997. They are death notices: 2 January 1819, The Leinster Journal and 7 January 1819, The Car low Morning Post. There is a slight discrepancy between the two on the date of his death. Also this discrepancy shows a slight difference from the date of the tombstone
The pendulum swings back: New authoritarian threats to liberal democratic constitutionalism
No full textSalix diazii M. Idrees & J. M. H. Shaw 1015, nom. nov.
No full textSalix × diazii M. Idrees & J.M.H. Shaw, nom. nov. Replaced name:— Salix × longissima T.E.Díaz & J.Andrés (1987: 132), nom. illeg., non S. longissima P.Wessel (1855: 140). Type:— SPAIN. Léon Province: La Martina, 490 m, 29TPH91, 16 June 1985, T.E. Díaz et al. s.n. (holotype, LEB29538!, isotypes LEB29539!, LEB30605!). Etymology:— The specific epithet honours Prof. Dr. Tomás Emilio Díaz González (University of Oviedo, Oviedo, Spain), author of the replaced name, for his tremendous contributions to the taxonomy of the genus Salix. Distribution:— Spain, Léon Province (La Martina).Published as part of Idrees, Muhammad & Shaw, Julian M. H., 2022, A new name for extant Salix × longissima T. E. Díaz & J. Andrés (Salicaceae), pp. 213-214 in Phytotaxa 550 (2) on page 213, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.550.2.11, http://zenodo.org/record/664103
Climate change and the challenge to liberalism
No full textIn this editorial, we consider the ways in which liberal constitutionalism is challenged by and presents challenges to the climate crisis facing the world. Over recent decades, efforts to mitigate the climate crisis have generated a new set of norms for states and non-state actors, including regulatory norms (emission standards, carbon regulations), organising principles (common but differentiated responsibility) and fundamental norms (climate justice, intergenerational rights, human rights). However, like all norms, these remain contested. Particularly in light of their global reach, their specific behavioural implications and interpretations and the related obligations to act remain debatable and the overwhelming institutionalization of the neoliberal market economy makes clear and effective responses to climate change virtually impossible within liberal societies.</p
sj-pdf-1-tae-10.1177_20420188221083518 – Supplemental material for Examining the factors contributing to the association between non-albuminuric CKD and a low rate of kidney function decline in diabetes
No full textSupplemental material, sj-pdf-1-tae-10.1177_20420188221083518 for Examining the factors contributing to the association between non-albuminuric CKD and a low rate of kidney function decline in diabetes by Oyunchimeg Buyadaa, Agus Salim, Jedidiah I. Morton, Karin Jandeleit-Dahm, Dianna J. Magliano and Jonathan E. Shaw in Therapeutic Advances in Endocrinology and Metabolism</p
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