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Winner of the 2020 European Union Prize for Literature, Lana Bastašić's powerful debut novel Catch the Rabbit is an emotionally rich excavation of the complicated friendship between two women in a fractured, post-war Bosnia as they venture into the treacherous terrain of the Balkan wonderlands and their own history.It's been twelve years since inseparable childhood friends Lejla and Sara have spoken, but an unexpected phone call thrusts Sara back into a world she left behind, a language she's buried, and painful memories that rise unbidden to the surface. Lejla's magnetic pull hasn't lessened despite the distance between Dublin and Bosnia or the years of silence imposed by a youthful misunderstanding, and Sara finds herself returning home, driven by curiosity and guilt. Embarking on a road trip from Bosnia to Vienna in search of Lejla's exiled brother Armin, the two travel down the rabbit hole of their shared past and question how they've arrived at their present, disparate realities.As their journey takes them further from their homeland, Sara realizes that she can never truly escape her past or Lejla—the two are intrinsically linked, but perpetually on opposite sides of the looking glass. As they approach their final destination, Sara contends with the chaos of their relationship. Lejla's conflicting memories of their past, further complicated by the divisions brought on by the dissolution of Yugoslavia during their childhoods, forces Sara to reckon with her own perceived reality. Like Elena Ferrante's My Brilliant Friend, Catch the Rabbit lays bare the intricacies of female friendship and all the ways in which two people can hurt, love, disappoint, and misunderstand one another.

Long-term continuous datasets that record fishery catch are key to predicting and managing changes in fisheries. Unfortunately, long-term datasets are rare for recreational fisheries, which hinders our ability to understand long-term changes within these fisheries. Here we use several unconventional long-term datasets, including tournament and tagging program data, to assess changes in catch composition over time in the Australian east coast marlin fishery. We found significant changes to the species and size composition of species within the fishery over time. In the 1930s, catch was solely comprised of striped (Kajikia audax) and black (Istiompax indica) marlin. Black marlin proportionally dominated the fishery in the 1940s to 1980s, but the proportions of blue (Makaira nigricans) and striped marlin increased significantly from the 1980s until present. Currently, the fishery is comprised of primarily striped and black, and to a lesser extent blue marlin. Declines in the mean weight of black and striped marlin were also evident from the 1930s to 1980s. Technological advances improving offshore access may have driven changes in species composition. Our results demonstrate a potential change in technology and gear reshaping species composition within a fishery. This highlights how recreational fisheries, particularly those offshore, have changed with the technology over time, and the potential for future technological to dramatically alter recreational fisheries globally.Graphic abstract:

Purpose: To analyze the relationship between normal horizontal vestibular-ocular reflex (VOR) gain with catch-up saccades (CS) in patients reporting recurrent or chronic vestibular symptoms of unknown causes.Methods: A prospective study involving 34 patients suffering from vestibular symptoms of unknown origin; all subjects presented bilateral normal horizontal VOR gain and CS on at least one side. Data collection regarded onset and duration of vestibular symptoms. vHIT parameters were analyzed.Results: Patients complained of episodic spontaneous vertigo in 54.54% of cases, dizziness in 12.12%, and unsteadiness in 33.33% respectively. The study of VOR gain evidenced a mean gain of 0.92 ± 0.08 for the right and of 0.89 ± 0.07 for the left horizontal semicircular canal (HSC) (p = 0.11). A weak inverse correlation between age and VOR gain (r=-0.007232, p = 0.954) was found. CS were observed bilaterally in 66.66% of subjects, with overt saccades in 78.78% of HSC. All detected CS presented a peak velocity between 100 and 200 °/s with a scattered pattern of saccade distribution in 75.86% of cases. HSC with a VOR gain between 0.8 and 0.89 exhibited the highest prevalence (84.37%) of overt saccades (p = 0.01). No relationship was found between CS laterality, the clusterization of saccades, and different vertigo symptoms.Conclusion: Patients suffering from vertigo of unknown origin with a normal VOR gain and CS displayed a CS pattern that was mainly represented by overt saccades with a scattered pattern that may be an indirect sign of an underlying vestibular dysfunction; clinicians should include a careful analysis of CS patterns and metrics to better explore vestibular function.

Growing catch crops in autumn after the main crop is known to reduce nitrate leaching and improve soil fertility. Residual effects of growing catch crops repeatedly for several years on the grain yield and grain nitrogen (N) of the following main crop, and nitrate leaching are less known. We conducted field experiments with spring barley and catch crops, including an herbicide treated bare treatment, from 2015 to 2022 at two sites in Denmark, differing in soil type and climatic conditions. The spring barley was fertilized at four N levels (0–150 % of the recommended amount). The residual effect of the repeated catch crops was measured in 2021 for barley grain yield and grain N, and for nitrate leaching in the percolation periods of 2020–21 and 2021–22. During the repeated catch crop periods the average aboveground biomass N ranged between 20 and 61 kg N ha⁻¹ yr⁻¹. A residual effect of the repeated catch crops on grain yield and grain N was only observed in unfertilized barley. Catch crops significantly reduced nitrate leaching compared to the bare soil, with a reduction of 38–91 % per percolation period. After discontinuing the catch crops, there was no residual effect on nitrate leaching. Repeated catch crops for four percolation periods did not have measurable residual effects on the following main crop, nor on nitrate leaching after their discontinuation. More research is needed on N immobilization and mineralization processes, and the factors that influence them to better understand the residual effects of catch crops.

A love story perfect for fans of Nina LaCour and Jandy Nelson about a girl who moves cross country and finds herself falling for someone new who throws her whole life out of order.'Beautifully captured, like a photograph of a stolen moment. I ached for Marigold in her journey to move forward while not forgetting her past. Kate Sweeney's Catch the Light overflows with grief, love, and growing up.'--Amy Spalding, bestselling author of We Used to Be FriendsNine months after the death of her father, Marigold is forced to pick up and move from sunny Los Angeles all the way across the country to rural upstate New York. According to her mom, living with her aunt in a big old house in the woods is the fresh start Marigold and her little sister need. But Mary aches for the things she's leaving behind—her best friend, her older sister, her now-long-distance boyfriend, and the senior year that felt like her only chance at making things feel normal again. On top of everything, Mary has a troubling secret: she's starting to forget her dad. The void he's left in her memory is quickly getting filled with bonfires, house parties, and hours in the darkroom with Jesse, a fellow photographer and kindred spirit whom she can't stop thinking about. As the beauty of Mary's new world begins to sink in and her connection with Jesse grows stronger, she feels caught between her old life and her new one. Mary might just be losing her grip on the pieces of her life that she's tried so hard to hold together. When the two finally come crashing together, Mary will have to decide what she really wants and come to terms with the ways that the loss of her dad has changed who she is. Even if she can't hold on to her past forever, maybe she can choose what to keep.

Archie has stolen Charlie's prize hat – the race is on to get it back. Catch that chicken!This picture book targets the /ch/ sound and is part of Speech Bubbles 2, a series of picture books that target specific speech sounds within the story.The series can be used for children receiving speech therapy, for children who have a speech sound delay/disorder, or simply as an activity for children's speech sound development and/or phonological awareness. They are ideal for use by parents, teachers or caregivers.Bright pictures and a fun story create an engaging activity perfect for sound awareness.Picture books are sold individually, or in a pack. There are currently two packs available – Speech Bubbles 1 and Speech Bubbles 2. Please see further titles in the series for stories targeting other speech sounds.

The rapid advancement of Chinese complex products and systems (CoPSs) enterprises marks their transition into a post-catch-up phase, challenging the conventional theories of catch-up. In this article, we employ a configurational approach to explore the intricate relationships between catch-up environments and strategies, specifically focusing on the distinct paths of state-owned enterprises (SOEs) and non-state-owned enterprises (non-SOEs) within the CoPS sector. Utilizing fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis with data sourced from the EU industrial research and development (R&D) investment scoreboard (2017–2020) and corresponding Chinese-listed companies, our research identifies diverse catch-up configurations for SOEs, characterized by “complexity adoption” and “complexity decipher” models. In contrast, non-SOEs encounter challenges in strategically adapting to environmental shifts, which affects their catch-up strategies. Our findings emphasize the critical role of strategic alignment with external conditions, technological learning, and resource utilization in achieving successful catch-up in CoPS. These configurations enable SOEs to effectively align internal resources with external opportunities, resulting in superior catch-up performance. In contrast, non-SOEs encounter significant obstacles in adapting to environmental changes and optimizing resource utilization, which hinders their ability to attain similar successes. Moreover, our study sheds light on specific challenges faced by non-SOEs in responding to environmental shifts. This enriched understanding provides valuable theoretical insights into the catch-up of latecomer CoPS enterprises and has practical implications for both policymakers and business practitioners.

In this article, we put forward a conceptual framework for understanding latecomer's successful technological catch-up strategy in an industry segmented by technological generations. To do this, we observe and compare the technological trajectory, network centrality, technology quality, and technology growth of latecomers seeking technological catch-up in the telecommunication equipment industry. This research aims to empirically verify how accumulation and reconfiguration affect the evolution of a firm's technology competencies toward achieving technological dominance. In conclusion, we confirm that technological dominance can only be achieved if technology competencies go through accumulation and reconfiguration simultaneously. From the accumulation perspective, technological catch-up failed when only quantitative improvement was successful. Regarding reconfiguration, path creation was related to the existing core technology and brought positive results when coordinated and aligned.

Existing literature highlights the relevance of technology uncertainty and processes in latecomers’ catch-up but largely ignores the potential interplay between the two as well as the catch-up cycle. Thus, the purpose of this study is to answer the research question of how process patterns throughout the various stages of the catch-up cycle hinge on technological uncertainty. Based on observations of the manufacturing industries of general equipment, pharmaceuticals, home appliances, and electronic device manufacturing in China, our findings reveal that the patterns differ in the early and late stages of the catch-up cycle, due to different technological uncertainties. We demonstrate the features of patterns in conjunction with the catch-up cycle: predictive or explanatory patterns as fundamental ones in the early stage; and convergent and divergent hybrid modes comprised of the aforementioned fundamental patterns in the late stage. Our results provide fresh insights into the catch-up process literature and offer valuable practical implications for latecomers.

The contribution of needlefishes from the Gulf of Mannar coast has been remarkable and is presently exploited by pelagic longlines. The J hook is extensively used in longline fishing in the Indian region to capture carnivore fishes, including needlefish. Catch rate significantly differed between the hook numbers. In this context, three hook numbers of 10 J, 11 J, and 12 J were studied from January to May 2022. Results showed that the Ablennes hians was the dominant fish caught (47.9%), followed by Tylosurus crocodiles (22.2%), T. choram (16.6%), and Strongylura strongylura (13.3%); weight-based catches of T. crocodiles (39.7%) were dominantly higher, followed by A. hians (35.9%), T. choram (13.8%), and S. strongylura (10.6%). The two-way ANOVA results revealed that a significant ( p p

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