Intersexual relationships in mandrills: dominance, sexual conflict and the influence of social integration by Nikolaos Smit

“…Yet, smaller female size might allow females to escape from males and female philopatry might promote female-female social support allowing females to resist or retaliate against males. The study of such intersexual conflicts is highly relevant in mandrills (Mandrillus sphinx) as they form large polygynandrous groups and exhibit extreme male-biased sexual dimorphism in size and ornaments, higher social integration of females than males, and female coalitions against males. …”
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Effectiveness of the Palestinian Civil Police’s Accountability and Complaint System by Mustafa Abdelbaqi

“… Objectives: This study aims to assess the effectiveness of the Palestinian Police’s accountability and complaints system, especially in light of the existing paradox in assessing the nature and role of the police. …”
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Management of Ocular Diseases Using Lutein and Zeaxanthin: What Have We Learned from Experimental Animal Studies? by Chunyan Xue, Richard Rosen, Adrienne Jordan, Dan-Ning Hu

“…In these animal models, lutein and zeaxanthin have been reported to have beneficial effects in protecting ocular tissues and cells (especially the retinal neurons) against damage caused by different etiological factors. …”
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The Heart Is Not an Animated Body: Machines of Nature, Functional Organs and Monadic Domination in Leibniz by Christopher P Noble

“…On this account, organs are not equivalent to individual subordinate substances, and are, in fact, aggregates of such substances. I thereby shed light on the metaphysical relationships of domination between substances as well as the mechanical structure of Leibnizian organic body. …”
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Jesus talks to the Samaritan woman by P. Rule

“…Jesus’ encounter with the Samaritan woman (John 4:1-42) sheds light on his attitude towards, and his engagement with her as a conventional “other” for Jews. …”
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Vers une interprétation sociale de l'art celtique : l'exemple de la céramique estampée en Bretagne au second âge du Fer by Gadea Cabanillas de la Torre

“…However, it has evolved considerably in recent years. « Celtic » art from the La Tène period has often been compared to a form of language, but this approach comes up against many practical problems, raising the questions of context and meaning. …”
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To belong or not to belong : variations autour du mythe associatif chez Virginia Woolf by Stéphanie Ravez

“…This article proposes to confront both texts and read them in the light of her celebrated feminist essays published in the thirties where she openly rejects the membership of any society or club.…”
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Rethinking Moses Òkè on the Recolonisation Project by David A. Oyedola

“…Nevertheless, Òkè can be seen in the light of his consistency in maintaining the same fundamental principles that made him to reject decolonisation, and propose recolonisation as the alternative. …”
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À la recherche des « voix » des fallāhīn dans un dossier d’archives judiciaires égyptiennes by Anne Clément

“…Through the study of the legal file of Mikhīmar (a young fallāh or Egyptian peasant sentenced to death for murder in 1893), this article shows that an approach to the archives focusing on the material traces left by the process of composing and recomposing the file makes it possible to partially reconstruct the performance of the different actors of the legal process, and thereby helps to shed a new light on the colonial justice system at the turn of the 20th century. …”
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« Knocking on Mrs Grundy’s door with a bomb of dynamite » : peur(s) des femmes dans quelques New Woman novels des années 1893-1895 by Nathalie Saudo

“…Such a reading of these novels with a purpose throws a new light on Thomas Hardy’s Jude the Obscure, in which fear is pervasive and ambivalent.…”
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Development and Optimization of a Nanoparticle-Based Imidacloprid Insecticide for Effective Control of Blattella germanica by Ismael Saba, Amir Amani, Mozhgan Baniardalani, Hamidreza Basseri

“…The purpose of this research was to develop and optimize a nanoparticle-based imidacloprid insecticide and evaluate its effectiveness against the German cockroach. Methods: A bioassay was conducted to determine the LC50 and LC90 of imidacloprid technical against adult German cockroaches. …”
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SYNTHESIS, CHARACTERIZATION AND ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY OF RUTHENIUM NITROSYL COMPLEXES CONTAINING POLYPYRIDYL LIGANDS by Dayana P. S. Penha, Thuanny M. de Sousa, Dayane C. de Oliveira, Maria R. H. da Silva, Verônica da S. Oliveira, Daniel de L. Pontes, Ana C. F. de B. Pontes, Tércio de F. Paulo, Francisco O. N. da Silva

“…The photochemical behavior of these complexes was studied, and NO release was observed upon blue light irradiation. The antibacterial activity of the complexes was tested against the bacteria Staphylococus aureus, Staphylococcus epidermidis and Pseudomonas aeruginosa, based on minimum inhibitory concentration measurements, in which no or moderate activity was observed against Gram-positive bacteria. …”
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A Secure Object Detection Technique for Intelligent Transportation Systems by Jueal Mia, M. Hadi Amini

“…Furthermore, this hybrid algorithm provides robust security against data poisoning-based model replacement and inference attacks throughout the training phase. …”
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Employee attendance system using face recognition and GPS using local binary pattern histogram by Narahari Vigraha Prasada, Ikrimach

“…We chose the LBPH algorithm since it has a higher flexibility against changes of light, which means that we can use it in many situations like indoor or outdoor cases. …”
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Evaluation of the Synergistic Antimicrobial Activity of Essential Oils and Cecropin A Natural Peptide on Gram-Negative Bacteria by Filippo Fratini, Chiara Pecorini, Ilaria Resci, Emma Copelotti, Francesca Paola Nocera, Basma Najar, Simone Mancini

“…In an era dominated by the phenomenon of antibiotic resistance, it is increasingly important to look for alternatives to synthetic antibiotics. In light of these considerations, the synergistic use of essential oils and Antimicrobial Peptides (AMPs) seems a viable strategy. …”
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Introduction by J. Mokhoathi, L. Sutton

“…In fact, theology and religion have in some ways coalesced against transformation. The question mark in the theme is therefore very significant. …”
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Just Who Was Wearing the Trousers in Victorian Britain? Violent Wives and Violent Women by Anne-Marie Kilday

“…Evidence from nineteenth century Scottish and English church and court records suggest that abusive behaviour by wives against their husbands was not uncommon, and indeed, more often than not, the violence meted out by these women was in a physical sense, more ‘damaging’ than that inflicted by their male counterparts.The intention of this paper therefore, is to examine—through a balanced gendered perspective—the ways in which domestic violence was carried out, the apparent reasons for this behaviour and the consequences of this type of aggressive activity for both offender and victim, regardless of sex.In doing this, it is hoped that the paper will shed new light on a traditionally one-sided argument.…”
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Documenter la crise agraire haïtienne sous la dictature duvaliériste by Adeline Bouvard, Ariane Degroote

“…At the end of the 1970s, against a backdrop of dictatorship and extreme poverty in rural Haiti, Canadian film-makers Gérald and Paule Belkin set up a "video communication" project to shed light on the Haitian agrarian crisis. …”
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From action to transaction: some implications of pragmatism and its concept of agency for development research and practice by Pablo Garcés-Velástegui

“…Perhaps, because of this emphasis on application, relatively less attention has been given to philosophical issues, although shedding more light on the latter can contribute to the former. …”
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Leibniz on Slavery and the Ownership of Human Beings by Julia Jorati

“…Leibniz puts forward an intriguing argument against the moral permissibility of chattel slavery in a text from 1703. …”
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