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Regional trends and controlling factors of fatal landslides in Latin America and the Caribbean [PDF]

, 2015
A new data set of landslides that caused loss of life in Latin America and the Caribbean in the 10-year period from 2004 and 2013 inclusive has been compiled, providing new insight into the impact of landslides in this key part of the world.
Petley, D. N., Sepúlveda, S. A.
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The impacts of biological invasions

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The Anthropocene is characterised by a continuous human‐mediated reshuffling of the distributions of species globally. Both intentional and unintentional introductions have resulted in numerous species being translocated beyond their native ranges, often leading to their establishment and subsequent spread – a process referred to as biological
Phillip J. Haubrock, Teun Everts, Neil Angelo S. Abreo, Jamie Bojko, Victor Deklerck, James W. E. Dickey, Ana Clara S. Franco, Emili García‐Berthou, Stelios Katsanevakis, Natalia I. Kirichenko, Stefano Mammola, Martin A. Nuñez, Ben Parker, Riccardo Scalera, Ismael Soto, Diederik Strubbe, Ali Serhan Tarkan, Lorenzo Vilizzi, Tim Adriaens, Paride Balzani, Dagmara Błońska, Elizabeta Briski, Rein Brys, Amy L. Burgess, James E. Byers, Carlos Cano‐Barbacil, Giuseppe Castaldelli, Jaimie T.A. Dick, Victoria Dominguez Almela, Romina D. Dimarco, Margarita Florencio, Antonín Kouba, Melina Kourantidou, Irmak Kurtul, Irene Martín‐Forés, Olivier Morissette, Julian D. Olden, Bruno E. Soares, Jakub Truszkowski, Hugo Verreycken, Marc Kenis, Ronaldo Sousa, J. Robert Britton   +42 more
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Status of the national immunization technical advisory groups in the Americas: recommendations for improvement

Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública
Objectives. To evaluate the structure and operation of national immunization technical advisory groups (NITAGs) in Latin America and the Caribbean and to make recommendations for improvement. Methods.
Miguel Betancourt-Cravioto, Ruby Trejo Varón, Francisco Becerra-Posada, Carlos Espinal   +3 more
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Cetoniinae (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae) from the Colombian Caribbean: annotated species list and distribution notes [PDF]

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We present an updated inventory of flower chafers (Cetoniinae, Scarabaeidae) from the Colombian Caribbean, where knowledge of the group remains limited. Our study combines field collections, literature, and reviews of scientific collections, documenting ...
María José García-Lora, Valentina Tovar-Redondo, Iván Andrés Mendoza-Pérez, Sandy García-Atencia, Héctor J. Gasca-Álvarez   +4 more
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A Performance-Based Design Framework for Enhanced Asphalt Concrete in the Caribbean Region [PDF]

, 2023
Lee P. Leon, Karishma Roopnarine, Hazi Mohammad Azamathulla, Aaron Anil Chadee, Upaka Rathnayake   +4 more
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Prospects for the Oil-importing Countries of the Caribbean [PDF]

As a region the Caribbean countries are net exporters of hydrocarbons. However, all exports of natural gas and crude oil are concentrated in one country, Trinidad and Tobago. The rest of the region taken as a whole is net importer of hydrocarbons.
Ramón Espinasa
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Two Distinct, Geographically Overlapping Lineages of the Corallimorpharian Ricordea Florida (Cnidaria: Hexacorallia: Ricordeidae) [PDF]

, 2011
We examined the genetic variation of the corallimorpharian Ricordea florida; it is distributed throughout the Caribbean region and is heavily harvested for the marine aquarium trade. Eighty-four distinct individuals of R. florida were sequenced from four
Lado-Insua, T., Rhyne, Andrew L., Rodríguez-Matos, L., Schizas, N. V., Torres-Pratts, H.   +4 more
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Is the Devil in the Details? The Impact of ESG Controversy Materiality on Firm Performance

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study explores the consequences of material and immaterial environmental, social, and governance (ESG) controversies on a firm's financial performance and examines whether a country's regulatory quality contextually moderates this relationship.
Angela Karr, Jangwoon Kim, Taewoo Roh
wiley   +1 more source

LAS LENGUAS CRIOLLAS DEL CARIBE: ORÍGENES Y SITUACIÓN SOCIOLINGÜÍSTICA, UNA APROXIMACIÓN THE CREOLE LANGUAGES OF THE CARIBBEAN: AN APPROACH TO THEIR ORIGINS AND SOCIOLINGUISTIC SITUATIONS

Forma y Función, 2011
En este artículo se presenta de manera general una descripción de la situación sociolingüística de las lenguas criollas habladas en la región del Caribe.
David Leonardo García León
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Labor Market Regulation and Employment in the Caribbean [PDF]

This research project focuses on the demand side of the labor market by examining the impact which labor market regulations have had on employment creation in the English-speaking Caribbean countries of Barbados, Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago. Although
Andrew S. Downes, Nlandu Mamingi, Rose-Marie Belle Antoine   +2 more
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