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Equity Logics in Networked Improvement Communities: Comparative Case Studies Across Two School Districts
Publication · October 14, 2025
SpatVeg : diverse plant communities in landscape evolution modelling
Plant communities play a critical role in modulating earth surface process from aeolian dune stabilisation to deflecting near-bank flows, reducing experienced shear stresses in fluvial environments. These vegetation effects and feedbacks are gener...
Project · October 13, 2025
Coxiella burnetii in ticks, livestock, pets and wildlife: A mini-review
Abstract
Coxiella burnetii is a zoonotic bacterium with an obligatory intracellular lifestyle and has a worldwide distribution. Coxiella burnetii is the causative agent of Q fever in humans and coxiellosis in animals. Since its discovery in 1935...
Publication · October 13, 2025
Impatiens glandulifera: Roots and plant invasions
Plant roots play a crucial role in nutrient competition by anchoring in place and enables access to soil resources. Root systems can form complex networks can give a competitive advantaged over other plants for soil resources. Additionally, roots ...
Project · October 13, 2025
First Detection of SARS-CoV-2 in White Rhinoceros during a Small-Scale Coronavirus Surveillance in the Bandia Reserve, Senegal
Abstract
Simple Summary This study focuses on the molecular surveillance of coronaviruses in wildlife in Senegal. Fecal samples were collected from various species of wild animals, both in the Bandia Reserve and Ngaparou. The results revealed th...
Publication · October 13, 2025
Re-Emergence of BTV-4 in Sheep Farms in Kosovo, 2020: A Retrospective Study
Abstract
Kosovo has previously seen two bluetongue (BT) epizootics, each caused by a different serotype, BTV-9 in 2001 and BTV-4 in 2014. Since 2014, no clinical cases of BT have been reported in Kosovo. In September, 2020, clinical signs sugges...
Publication · October 13, 2025