First national assessment of wildlife mortality in Ecuador: An effort from citizens and academia to collect roadkill data at country scale. [PDF]
The first national assessment of wildlife mortality caused by road traffic in Ecuador. A comprehensive roadkill dataset with more than 5000 roadkill records in Ecuador that includes threatened and poorly known species. A joint effort of citizens and academia to collect roadkill data at a country scale.
Medrano-Vizcaíno P +8 more
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Entorno social y obesidad infantil: implicaciones para la investigación y la práctica en Estados Unidos y en los países latinoamericanos. [PDF]
Resumen El entorno en el que viven los niños influye en su riesgo de sufrir obesidad debido, entre otros factores, a los comportamientos relacionados con el peso (es decir, a la dieta y la actividad física). En este artículo presentaremos evidencia sobre los factores socioambientales asociados a la dieta y la actividad física de los niños y, de forma ...
Ayala GX +4 more
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Desafíos de medición para la investigación de la obesidad infantil en y entre América Latina y Estados Unidos. [PDF]
Resumen La obesidad infantil es un grave problema de salud pública en Latinoamérica y Estados Unidos y para luchar contra ella se precisan instrumentos de medición válidos y fiables y que tengan en cuenta los aspectos culturales. Para avanzar en este campo sería útil mejorar las mediciones en los distintos grupos de edades y países del continente ...
Berrigan D +11 more
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El desarrollo científico-tecnológico de instrumentos ópticos en España tuvo una época de florecimiento en la década de los cuarenta y cincuenta del siglo XX.
Sergio Barbero Briones +1 more
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Climate‐driven ‘species‐on‐the‐move’ provide tangible anchors to engage the public on climate change
Abstract Over recent decades, our understanding of climate change has accelerated greatly, but unfortunately, observable impacts have increased in tandem. Both mitigation and adaptation have not progressed at the level or scale warranted by our collective knowledge on climate change.
Gretta T. Pecl +25 more
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Abbe’s Theory and its Introduction in Spain: The Use of Instruments for Scientific Demonstrations
The theory of image formation in a microscope proposed by Ernst Abbe changed the scientific approach to microscopy. Though the theory had many detractors, his new approach led to a technological revolution in the design and construction of high-quality ...
Gómez Esteban Moreno +1 more
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How green are our laws? Presenting a normative coherence for sustainable development methodology
Abstract Policy coherence for sustainable development (PCSD) has become a pillar of supranational sustainable development agendas, promoting “whole of government approaches.” The concept of normative coherence for sustainable development (NCSD) has emerged as a new stage of policy coherence for sustainable development analysis.
Harlan Koff +4 more
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Abstract Rich in raw materials, the state of Guerrero, Mexico, is one of the main enclaves of opium production, mineral extraction, and a focus for the multiplication of armed actors in Latin America, which, together with the overlapping of counterinsurgent violence in the past, post‐colonial violence and the militarization of the policies of the so ...
Inés Giménez Delgado
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El propósito de este artículo es esbozar los componentes de una cultura política poscovid, que permitiría a las personas ciudadanas disponer de herramientas para nueva praxis política.
Jorge Antonio Balladares Burgos
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INSURGENT HERITAGE: Mobilizing Memory, Place‐based Care and Cultural Citizenships
Abstract Bridging critical heritage studies with insurgent planning theory, this article proposes the notion of ‘insurgent heritage’ to discuss heritage preservation's role in constructing urban citizenship in Latin America. Critical heritage scholars have pointed to the European dominant heritage discourse deployed worldwide that excludes subordinated
Magdalena Novoa
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