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ABSTRACT Objective Social comparison has been widely implicated in the etiology and maintenance of body dissatisfaction and eating disorders. At the same time, however, the magnitude of this relationship remains unclear, with existing studies varying widely in methodology, measurement, and sample characteristics.
Fidan Turk +5 more
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Gone with the Wind: Estimating Hurricane and Climate Change Costs in the Caribbean
This paper studies the economic costs of hurricanes in the Caribbean by constructing a novel dataset that combines a detailed record of tropical cyclones’ characteristics with reported damages.
Sebastian Acevedo Mejia
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Correlative species distribution models (SDMs) are quantitative tools in biogeography and macroecology. Building upon the ecological niche concept, they correlate environmental covariates to species presence to model habitat suitability and predict species distributions.
Moritz Klaassen +3 more
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La integración de la Inteligencia Artificial en los procesos educativos representa una oportunidad significativa para transformar las prácticas educativas, aunque también plantea importantes desafíos. En el Centro Universitario Regional de la Bluefields
Pastora del Carmen Mondragón Marín +2 more
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Afro-Caribbean immigrants have been an integral part of the history and shaping of the United States since the early 1900s. This current study explores the experiences of five Afro-Caribbean faculty members at traditionally White institutions of higher ...
Louis, Dave A. +4 more
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The scaling of seed‐dispersal specialization in interaction networks across levels of organization
Natural ecosystems are characterized by a specialization pattern where few species are common while many others are rare. In ecological networks involving biotic interactions, specialization operates as a continuum at individual, species, and community levels. Theory predicts that ecological and evolutionary factors can primarily explain specialization.
Gabriel M. Moulatlet +3 more
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The rapid adoption of environmental DNA (eDNA) methods has drastically changed biodiversity monitoring efforts. It is often claimed that eDNA methods are more sensitive and efficient than conventional biodiversity monitoring methods, but it is often unclear what metrics support this claim.
Nicholas J. Iacaruso +4 more
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En las cuencas de los ríos Escondido y Kukra River de Nicaragua se utiliza, para las actividades agropecuarias. cantidades considerables de plaguicidas que confluyen en \a Laguna de Bluefields, principalmente por los escurrimientos d agua.
Billy Francis Ebanks Mongalo +7 more
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PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH IN THE CARIBBEAN: A MEASURE OF KEY COMPONENTS [PDF]
Productivity growth is decomposed into two components: technical change and efficiency change. This assesses their relative importance to the international competitiveness of the agricultural sectors of selected Caribbean countries.
Hutchinson, Sharon D., Langham, Max R.
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A phenomap of TTR amyloidosis to aid diagnostic screening
Abstract Cardiac amyloidosis due to transthyretin (ATTR) remains an underdiagnosed cause of cardiomyopathy. As awareness of the disease grows and referrals for ATTR increase, clinicians are likely to encounter more atypical forms of the condition in clinical practice.
Alexios S. Antonopoulos +4 more
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