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Frugivorous bats in the Colombian Caribbean region are reservoirs of the rabies virus

Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials, 2019
Background Bats are an important ecological group within ecosystems. The rabies virus is a Lyssavirus, and haematophagous bats are the principal reservoir; however, the virus has also been detected in non-haematophagous bats.
Alfonso Calderón, Camilo Guzmán, Salim Mattar, Virginia Rodríguez, Arles Acosta, Caty Martínez   +5 more
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Revisiting the Load Capacity Curve for Sustainable Development: The Roles of Plastic Waste Trade, Digital Trade, and BioTrade in OECD Countries

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines the validity of the Load Capacity Curve (LCC) hypothesis and assesses the environmental implications of emerging trade structures, focusing on BioTrade, digital trade, and plastic waste trade. Using a balanced panel of 36 OECD countries from 2011 to 2023, the analysis investigates how income dynamics and trade composition ...
Ugur Korkut Pata, Mustafa Naimoglu, Selin Karlilar Pata   +2 more
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Sea breeze in the Colombian Caribbean coast

ATMÓSFERA, 2018
Circulation of sea breeze is a well-known and important mesoscale system, boosted by different properties of reception and storage of solar heat between land and sea during one day, and its effect on waves, currents, and transport of atmospheric contaminants, among others, has been proven.
Pérez R., Ascario, Ortíz R., Juan, Bejarano A., Luis F., Otero D., Luis, Restrepo L., Juan C., Franco H., Andrés   +5 more
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Water, Sanitation and Health: The World Bank's Financing of Sustainable Development Goal 6

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The World Bank has an explicit commitment to financing projects aimed at ensuring access to drinking water and sanitation (SDG 6), given their implications for countries' development. The objective of this study is to analyse its performance over the past decades, in order to understand the evolution of the allocated amount and the ...
Cristina Martínez‐Gómez, Leticia Gallego‐Valero, Encarnación Moral‐Pajares   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Marine Macroalgae Affected by Shrimp Trawling Fleet in the Caribbean Sea of Colombia / Marine Macroalgae Affected by Shrimp Trawling on the Caribbean Sea, Colombia

, 2007
The bycatch from shrimp trawling has become a matter of concern due to the impact of fisheries on marine ecosystems. Several studies have emphasized the impacts of shrimp trawling on fish and invertebrates, but very little is known about the effects on
Flórez-Leiva, Lennin, Duarte, Luis Orlando, Manjarrés-Martínez, Luis, Gómez-Canchong, Paúl, Diaz-Pulido, Guillermo   +4 more
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Analysis of delays and cost overruns of road construction projects in the Colombian Caribbean Region

, 2023
Construction projects are constantly threatened by delays and cost overruns that might compromise their viability. Th us, identifying the leading causes of these issues based on the experience of experienced professionals is essential to planning and ...
Canales, Fausto A., Moreno Natera, Aníbal, Mora, Otto, Canales, Fausto Alfredo, Almeida Del Savio, Alexandre, Arrieta Castro, Marco   +5 more
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“Anytime, Anywhere”: Online Language Tutoring Platforms and the Rise of the (Im)Mobile Language Teacher

TESOL Quarterly, EarlyView.
Abstract This article examines how online tutoring platforms (OTPs) have facilitated new forms of (im)mobility—and discourses of (im)mobility—among online English tutors. Drawing on semi‐structured interviews with online tutors, the article critically interrogates OTPs' primary selling point: that online tutors can work “anytime, anywhere.” While OTPs ...
Nate Ming Curran
wiley   +1 more source

Sea-level variability in the Caribbean Sea over the last century

, 2013
Mean sea level rise exposes coasts to increasing risks. For the Caribbean Sea, the regional and local sea-level behaviour is not well known. This study has investigated the sea level behavior in the region at different frequencies during the last century,
Torres Parra, R. Ricardo
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Reassessing sixteenth and seventeenth century written accounts of hurricanes in the North Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean Sea

Weather, EarlyView.
Abstract While the North Atlantic’s five‐century hurricane history is among the most complete globally, the earliest centuries are poorly documented in the written record. This study reassesses a subset of sixteenth to seventeenth‐century tropical cyclones (TCs) through a systematic review of archival evidence, mainly from Spain’s colonial archive, the
William Gomez Pretel, Michael Chenoweth
wiley   +1 more source

Economic assessment of hatchery production of Argopecten nucleus spat to support the development of scallop aquaculture in the wider Caribbean

Aquaculture Reports, 2016
Many communities of fishermen throughout the Caribbean are facing economic difficulties due to the decline of marine resources following decades of overexploitation and poor governance of fish stocks.
Diego Valderrama, Luz A. Velasco, Niver Quiroz   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source