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A simple index for assessing cumulative human impacts on mountain lakes
Limnology and Oceanography: Methods, EarlyView.Abstract Mountain lakes are highly sensitive ecosystems and effective sentinels of environmental change, yet the exposure and magnitude of the human footprint remain poorly quantified. In this study, we develop a simple and non‐invasive abiotic index to assess cumulative pressures on mountain lakes. The proposed index integrates eight variables grouped
Clara Sáez +3 more
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Complementary and Integrative Medicine for the Treatment of Tourette's Syndrome
Movement Disorders Clinical Practice, EarlyView.Abstract Background There is widespread interest in complementary and integrative medicine (CIM) among people with Tourette's syndrome (TS). Objective To perform a systematic review of evidence on the use of CIM to reduce tics and improve tic‐related quality of life.
Tamara Pringsheim +21 more
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Zulia en el contexto económico de la primera guerra mundial y la Gran Depresión
América Latina en la Historia Económica, 2018 Los objetivos del artículo son explicar la crisis económica en el estado de Zulia en el contexto de la primera guerra mundial y la Gran Depresión y analizar la relación entre el Estado y el sector privado durante esas crisis.
Leonardo Favio Osorio
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Movement Disorders, EarlyView.Abstract Background Parkinson's disease is mainly characterized by dopaminergic neurodegeneration in the substantia nigra pars compacta (SNc) and α‐synuclein accumulation. The locus coeruleus (LC) is also affected in Parkinson's disease and linked to some nonmotor symptoms, but the extent and timing of its degeneration remain unclear.
Megan Carrillo +6 more
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The visible and invisible drivers of biocultural loss in the Amazon
People and Nature, EarlyView.Abstract The Amazon is rapidly approaching an ecological tipping point driven by deforestation, forest degradation and global climate change. These are visible issues that receive increasing political and public attention. However, the accelerating biocultural loss in the Amazon, including the extinction of Indigenous languages, the disruption of ...
Torsten Krause +5 more
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Balancing tracks and trees: Assessing railroad impact on Brazilian biodiversity
PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.The Brazilian West–East Integration Railway (FIOL) aims to boost the national economy by improving commodity transport; however, it crosses three of Brazil's most biodiverse and fragile regions: the Caatinga, Cerrado and Atlantic Forest. Using digitised plant records and land‐use analyses, our study reveals significant vegetation loss within the ...
Ana Luiza Silva Rocha +3 more
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Asymmetrical treatment and revenue from regional protest [PDF]
, 2017 This study seeks to empirically determine to what extent continual protest by regionalist parties may generate revenue for their regions. To this end, we perform an econometric estimation using the collaboration agreements between Spanish governments and
Atienza Montero, Pedro +2 more
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Sustainable Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Sustainable debt bond is an emerging instrument aiming at providing companies and governments with extra resources for financing social and environmental policies and attempting to make progress on the Sustainable Development Goals. Regional governments in Spain have issued sustainable bonds in recent years to finance different spending ...
Alberto Turnes +2 more
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Revista de Ciencias Economicas, 2010 El artículo que aquí presentamos es resultado del estudio de caso de la economía local de Pérez Zeledón y forma parte de la investigación que en economía regional hemos venido realizando en el Instituto de Investigaciones en Ciencias Económicas (IICE ...
Rafael Arias Ramírez +1 more
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