Species with large distributions provide unique opportunities to test how geography has influenced biotic diversification. In this work, we aimed explore the effect of geographic barriers on distribution phenotypic and genetic variation a spider species that is widespread in continental insular America. We obtained an alignment mitochondrial locus Cytochrome Oxidase I (COI) for 408 individuals ...

The ERC-funded research project »Embedding Conquest«, based at Leiden University, studies the mechanics by which early Islamic rule took root in a tapestry of diverse territories and different social contexts. Based on large corpus documentary literary texts, especially letters, team has identified elements political, territorial, institutional cohesion stemming from interpersonal ties loyalt...

Archaeological textiles are often highly fragmented, and solving a puzzle is needed to recover the original composition respective motifs. The lack of ground truth unknown number artworks that fragments come from complicate this process. We clustered RGB images Viking Age Oseberg Tapestry based on their texture features. Classical descriptors as well modern deep learning were used construct fea...

While buzzwords fade from policy speeches, everyday aid talk and conceptual attention, they usually retain a place in discourse practice. To explore the afterlife of buzzwords, this article offers an analytical framework for exploring journey Rights-based approaches (RBA) through humanitarian sector. Through study RBA Norwegian Norwegian-funded Colombia, Palestine, Myanmar Pakistan, analyses ho...

This paper provides some of the conceptual and methodological underpinnings being developed in ongoing TAPESTRY project which is part Transformations to Sustainability (T2S) Programme. We debate how notion transformation may be conceptualized from ‘below’ marginal environments that are especially marked by high levels climate-related uncertainties. propose as praxis — where focus on bottom-up c...

Northern Ireland and possess interlinked human rights frameworks that create a complex tapestry. Brexit has shown the scope depth of these provisions orders but also difficulties associated with disentangling single thread. The intertwined operate across two jurisdictions, within UK, at regional international levels more generally are multifaceted, developing over considerable period often in a...