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    • Why avoid naming diseases after animals? The case of “Molluscum contagiosum” 

      Machado, Fabrizio M.; Salvador, Rodrigo Brincalepe (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2024-03-06)
      For over 200 years, the name molluscum contagiosum—a dermatological disease—has unfairly associated molluscs (the second largest group of animals on the planet) with this highly contagious infectious disease. Herein, arguments are presented demonstrating the serious problem of continuing to use this name, including animal welfare concerns. Thus, to minimize any unnecessary impacts on the biodiversity ...

    • Women and Children First: the Gendered and Generational Social-ecology of Smaller-scale Fisheries in Newfoundland and Labrador and Northern Norway 

      Neis, Barbara; Gerrard, Siri; Power, Nicole (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2013)
      The resilience of small-scale fisheries in developed and developing countries has been used to provide lessons to conventional managers regarding ways to transition toward a social-ecological approach to understanding and managing fisheries. We contribute to the understanding of the relationship between management and the resilience of small-scale fisheries in developed countries by looking at ...

    • Woolfian Border Poetics and Contemporary Circadian Novels 

      Ryall, Anka (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2014)

    • The World Amphipoda Database: History and Progress 

      Horton, Tammy; De Broyer, Claude; Bellan-santini, Denise; Coleman, Charles Oliver; Copilas-Coicianu, Denis; Corbari, Laure; Daneliya, Mikhail E.; Dauvin, Jean-Claude; Decock, Wim; Fanini, Lucia; Fiser, Cene; Gasca, Rebeca; Grabowski, Michał; Guerra-Garcia, Jose M.; Hendrycks, Ed; Hughes, Lauren E.; Jaume, Damià; Kim, Young-Hyo; King, Rachael; Brutto, Sabrina Lo; Lörz, Anne-Nina; Mamos, Tomasz; Serejo, Cristiana S.; Senna, Andre; Souza-Filho, Jesser F.; Tandberg, Anne Helene Solberg; Thurston, Michael H; Vader, Wim; Väinölä, Risto; Domedel, Georgiana Valls; Vandepitte, Leen; Vanhoorne, Bart; Vonk, Ronald; WHite, Kristine N; Zeidler, Wolfgang (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2023-12-06)
      We provide an overview of the World Amphipoda Database (WAD), a global speciesdatabase that is part of the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS). Launched in 2013, the databasecontains entries for over 10,500 accepted species names. Edited currently by 31 amphipod taxonomists,following WoRMS priorities, the WAD has at least one editor per major group. All accepted speciesare checked by the editors, ...

    • Yoik experiences and possible positive health outcomes: An explorative pilot study 

      Hämäläinen, Soile; Musial, Frauke; Graff, Ola; Olsen, Torjer Andreas; Salamonsen, Anita (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2017-01-19)
      Background: Yoik is an old vocal music tradition of Sami, the indigenous people inhabiting Northern Fennoscandia and Kola peninsula in Russia. Studies of music therapy (MT) and especially singing have documented improvements in social and overall functioning in people With severe mental disorders and positive effect on depressive symptoms and sleep quality. Possible connections between yoik and ...