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Do CITES trade restrictions work? Some evidence from the markets for sawfish trophies

Aquatic Living Resources, 2022
The durability of animal parts that are collected and traded as trophies has an impact on species sustainability, especially when animals are slow-growing, have low fecundity, or are particularly vulnerable to capture.
Gómez-Rodríguez Santiago, Wilson James R.   +1 more
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Análisis de la categorización del estado de conservación de las orquídeas en el Perú:

Revista Peruana de Biología, 2020
Aunque la familia de las orquídeas es uno de los grupos de plantas mejor representados en los listados de conservación a nivel mundial, aun este número de representantes es pequeño considerando su alta diversidad y vulnerabilidad. Esto es particularmente
Carlos Martel
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CITES as an International Instrument Against Pandemics that Threaten Human Life

İstanbul Hukuk Mecmuası, 2022
The COVID-19 pandemic caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus requires revisiting many global issues, One of these being is the wildlife trade and its adverse effects.
Ali Kerem Kayhan
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The wisdom of citing scientists [PDF]

Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, 2013
This Brief Communication discusses the benefits of citation analysis in research evaluation based on Galton's “Wisdom of Crowds” (1907). Citations are based on the assessment of many which is why they can be considered to have some credibility. However, we show that citations are incomplete assessments and that one cannot assume that a high number of ...
Lutz Bornmann, Werner Marx
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European Standard Clinical Practice Guideline and EXPeRT Recommendations for the Diagnosis and Management of Gastroenteropancreatic Neuroendocrine Neoplasms in Children and Adolescents

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Pediatric gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine neoplasms (GEP‐NENs) are extremely rare and clinically heterogeneous. Management has largely been extrapolated from adult practice. This European Standard Clinical Practice Guideline (ESCP), developed by the EXPeRT network in collaboration with adult NEN experts, provides (adult) evidence ...
Michaela Kuhlen, Calogero Virgone, Antje Redlich, Michael Abele, Ricardo Lopez‐Almaraz, Tal Ben‐Ami, Ewa Bien, Gianni Bisogno, Maja Mazic Cesen, Andrea Ferrari, Malgorzata A. Krawczyk, Yves Reguerre, Dominik T. Schneider, Ines B. Brecht, Charlotte Rigaud, Bilgehan Yalcin, Rainer Claus, Christian Vokuhl, Constantin Lapa, Jörg Fuchs, Segolene Hescot, Thomas Walter, Julien Hadoux, Daniel Orbach   +23 more
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Non-Ideal Push–Pull Converter Model: Trade-Off between Complexity and Practical Feasibility in Terms of Topology, Power and Operating Frequency

Applied Sciences
Power converters are the basic elements of any power electronics system in many areas and applications. Among them, the push–pull converter topology is one of the most widespread due to its high efficiency, versatility, galvanic isolation, reduced number
Francisco José Vivas, José Manuel Andújar, Francisca Segura   +2 more
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Utility of mitochondrial DNA in wildlife forensic science: reliable identification of confiscated materials from Eastern India

Mitochondrial DNA. Part B. Resources, 2019
The poachers adopted various cunning ways to modify the wildlife materials before commercialization. Thus, the confiscated wildlife materials is often a crime with no eyewitness and difficult for identification.
Vikas Kumar, Kailash Chandra, Shantanu Kundu, Kaomud Tyagi, Boni Amin Laskar, Devkant Singha, Rajasree Chakraborty, Avas Pakrashi   +7 more
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Health‐Related Social Needs in Children With Sickle Cell Disease Are Associated With Worse Health‐Related Quality of Life

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Children with sickle cell disease (SCD) face multiple acute and chronic medical complications that may impact their quality of life as reported by patients themselves. Health‐related social needs (HRSNs), such as food and housing insecurity, are common in people with SCD, but the association between HRSNs and patient‐reported ...
Sarah J. Marks, Molly Sonenklar, Cerelia Donald, Cecelia Valrie, Wally Smith, India Sisler   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

An Open-Source Urban Digital Twin for Enhancing Outdoor Thermal Comfort in the City of Huelva (Spain)

Smart Cities
Climate change and urbanization are intensifying the urban heat island effect and negatively impacting outdoor thermal comfort in cities. Innovative planning strategies are required to design more livable and resilient urban spaces.
Victoria Patricia Lopez-Cabeza, Marta Videras-Rodriguez, Sergio Gomez-Melgar   +2 more
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Conservation Status of Marine Biota Sold in Restaurants in Pangandaran Regency, West Java

Al-Hayat, 2022
One of most potential activity regarding fisheries business in Pangandaran Regency is seafood restaurants which holds prospect for tourists. However, there are still many restaurants that sell conservationally-important biota.
Rega Permana, Syintyah Widayani
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