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Risk-talk: the politics of risk and its representation [PDF]

, 2000
Looking at the concept of risk from a cross-cultural perspective, the contributors challenge the Eurocentric frameworks within which notions of risk are more commonly considered. They argue that perceptions of danger, and sources of anxiety, are far more
Vera-Sanso, Penny
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How much sampling is enough? Four decades of understorey bird mist‐netting across Amazonia define the minimum effort to uncover species assemblage structure

Ibis, EarlyView.
Mist‐net sampling comprises a key methodological component of assemblage‐wide avifaunal studies, particularly in the understorey of closed‐canopy tropical forests. To investigate mist‐net bird captures and species assemblage structure, we compiled data from 312 sites across the Pan‐Amazon.
Pilar L. Maia‐Braga, Anderson S. Bueno, Richard G. Davies, Marina F. A. Maximiano, Torbjørn Haugaasen, Marina Anciães, John G. Blake, Bette A. Loiselle, Sergio H. Borges, Juliana Menger, Sidnei Dantas, Ramiro D. Melinski, Fernando H. T. de Abreu, Roberta L. Boss, Carlos A. Peres   +14 more
wiley   +1 more source

UN ACERCAMIENTO A LOS DESARROLLOS INVESTIGATIVOS EN LA AUDITORÍA FORENSE

Tendencias, 2014
El presente artículo, está enfocado a responder ¿Cuáles son los desarrollos investigativos relacionados con la auditoría forense?; y está sujeto a la tesis de grado de maestría “Enseñanza de la auditoría en el Programa de Contaduría Pública de la ...
Diego Felipe Arbeláez C., Lucelly Correa Cruz, Johana Silva Silva   +2 more
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Factores determinantes de la sostenibilidad en sistemas agropecuarios de la Amazonia colombiana

Revista Virtual Universidad Católica del Norte
La sostenibilidad es un concepto multidimensional que involucra variables socioeconómicas, políticas y ambientales. La investigación tuvo como objetivo identificar los factores determinantes de la sostenibilidad en sistemas agropecuarios de la Amazonia ...
Yelly Yamparli Pardo Rozo, Claritza Marlés Betancourt, Parcival Peña Torres   +2 more
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Empty forest or empty rivers? A century of commercial hunting in Amazonia

Science Advances, 2016
Trend analysis of the massive international hide trade in Amazonia reveals differential resilience to hunting for aquatic and terrestrial wildlife.
A. Antunes, R. Fewster, E. Venticinque, C. Peres, Taal Levi, F. Rohe, G. Shepard   +6 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Not everyone is shrinking: increases in body mass and wing length in a Sand Martin (Riparia riparia) population in northwestern Italy over two decades

Ibis, EarlyView.
In recent decades, vertebrates, particularly birds, have exhibited notable morphological changes in response to climate change. In birds, these temporal trends usually entail a decrease in body mass and an increase in wing length, sometimes interpreted as a compensatory strategy to maintain migration.
Giulia Masoero, Alberto Tamietti
wiley   +1 more source

Effect of land use change on Melolonthidae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea) beetle communities in the deforestation arc of the Brazilian Amazon

Insect Conservation and Diversity, EarlyView.
Habitat transformation in Amazon due to agriculture expansion impairs Melolonthidae diversity. Assemblage response towards habitat transformation are group‐dependent. Although highly disturbed, Amazon arc of deforestation region dwells sensitive insect assemblages. Abstract Although the Amazon provides crucial goods and ecosystem services for humanity,
Kleyton Rezende Ferreira, Elio Cesar Guzzo, Renato Portela Salomão, Fernando Zagury Vaz‐de‐Mello, César Murilo de Albuquerque Correa   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Natural waters in Amazonia. III. Ammonium molybdate-reactive silica

, 1970
Natural waters of the Amazonian Tertiary formations along the Manaus-Itacoatjara Road were studied with respect to variations in average seasonal and yearly soluble silica content.
Brinkmann, W., Dos Santos, A.
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N‐Acetylcysteine Reduces Alveolar Bone Loss and Mitigates Systemic Oxidative Damage in Rats With Apical Periodontitis

International Endodontic Journal, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Aim This study aimed to evaluate the effects of N‐acetylcysteine (NAC) supplementation in apical periodontitis (AP) induced in rats. Methodology Eighteen male Wistar rats were randomly assigned to three groups: control, AP, and AP plus NAC.
Ian Wesley Rocha dos Santos, Deiweson Souza‐Monteiro, Deborah Ribeiro Frazão, Zuleni Alexandre Lisboa da Silva, João Daniel Mendonça de Moura, Jorddy Neves Cruz, Fabrício Mezzomo Collares, Renata Duarte de Souza‐Rodrigues, Luciano Tavares Ângelo Cintra, Rafael Rodrigues Lima   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

EL CONCEPTO DE DESARROLLO EN TIEMPOS DE POSTMODERNIDAD

Revista de la Facultad de Ciencias Agropecuarias, 2018
El desarrollo surge en la necesidad de medir el avance hacia el mejoramiento, el progreso y el crecimiento económico, con la idea de superar la condición nombrada desde occidente como subdesarrollo; estando por ende bastante relacionado con la ...
Verenice Sánchez Castillo, Carlos Alberto Gómez Cano, Libardo Ramón Polanía   +2 more
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