Abstract The Covid-19 pandemic is a powerful reminder that there only one humanity and all individuals are subject to infections illness. However, news media the internet overflowing with data reminds us of fact we living in an unequal world which even neighbors close their borders observe how other countries faring battle against virus. Literature no stranger these opposing orientations, betwe...

The possession of a suitable spot on the wintering grounds may be important for an individual's survival in migrant species showing territoriality in the nonbreeding season (e.g., Rappole et al. 1989, Winker et al. 1990). If the earliest arrivals are favored in securing the best winter territories (e.g., Smallwood 1988), then selection might favor individuals who quickly return to wintering are...

BACKGROUND Neighborhood characteristics have been associated with poor maternal and child health outcomes, yet conceptualization of potential mechanisms is still needed. Census data have long served as proxies for area level socioeconomic influences. Unique information captured by neighborhood inventories, mostly conducted in northern US and Canadian urban areas, has shown important aspects of ...

African lions, Panthera leo, engage in many cooperative activities including hunting, care of young, and group territoriality, but the contribution of juvenile lions to these activities has never been documented. Here we present experimental evidence that juvenile lionesses make a gradual transition to group-territorial defence between weaning (8 months) and sexual maturity (42 months). When ch...

The existing border-less cyberspace is mainly the result of the open network architecture of IPv4. This structure does not obey principles of territorial jurisdiction of states. The Yahoo! case demonstrates needs of states and existing limits of IPv4. IPv6 offers extensive geographic tracking allowing a nationalisation of cyberspace. In the future, content filtering may be replaced by blocking ...

Most studies of nationalism are based on an understanding of the nation as a cultural collectivity that can be located in historical terms in the passage from the pre-modern to the modern era. Rather less attention is paid to spatial considerations. In this light, the paper argues that we cannot fully understand nationalism and its relationship to the nation unless we take into account territor...

Abstract The territoriality principle stipulates that minority communities in a given territory should be linguistically accommodated. What are the economic effects of this principle? In paper, we argue recognition multiple languages confers respect on group; it allows people to engage and participate meaningfully society – thereby facilitating well-being. There is, however, caveat: when happen...