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Improving conservation strategies of raptors through landscape ecology analysis: The case of the endemic Cuban Black Hawk. [PDF]

open access: yesEcol Evol, 2019
A landscape ecology perspective was used to determine the nesting habitat selection and breeding success at different scales of endemic and endangered Cuban Black Hawk. All nests were located in mangrove swamp in sites with low soil–vegetation moisture and low soil reflectance, and at the landscape level they selected low shape complexity of patches ...
Ferrer-Sánchez Y   +3 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Intra-lesional injections of recombinant human epidermal growth factor promote granulation and healing in advanced diabetic foot ulcers: multicenter, randomised, placebo-controlled, double-blind study. [PDF]

open access: yesInt Wound J, 2009
Fernández‐Montequín JI, Valenzuela‐Silva CM, González Díaz O, Savigne W, Sancho‐Soutelo N, Rivero‐Fernández F, Sánchez‐Penton P, Morejón‐Vega L, Artaza‐Sanz H, García‐Herrera A, González‐Benavides C, Hernández‐Cañete CM, Vázquez‐Proenza A, Berlanga‐Acosta J, López‐Saura PA, for the Cuban Diabetic Foot Study Group.
Fernández-Montequín JI   +15 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Machine and deep learning approaches to understand and predict habitat suitability for seabird breeding

open access: yesEcology and Evolution, Volume 13, Issue 9, September 2023., 2023
Understanding seabird breeding habitat selection and suitability is often complex due to the integration of land and sea features across multiple spatial scales. A complementarity approach between convolutional neural network (CNN) and random forest (RF) models was applied to predict and explain the selection pattern of tropical larids breeding ...
Antonio Garcia‐Quintas   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Comparison of physicochemical properties, amino acids, mineral elements, total phenolic compounds, and antioxidant capacity of Cuban fruit and rice wines

open access: yesFood Science &Nutrition, Volume 9, Issue 7, Page 3673-3682, July 2021., 2021
Physicochemical properties, amino acids, mineral elements, total phenolic compounds, and antioxidant capacity of 10 Cuban wines elaborated from different raw materials. Abstract Physicochemical characterization, amino acids contents, minerals composition, total phenolic compounds, and antioxidant capacity of Cuban wines from different raw materials ...
Lázaro Núñez   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

[Retracted] A Review of the Phytochemistry, Ethnobotany, Toxicology, and Pharmacological Potentials of Crescentia cujete L. (Bignoniaceae)

open access: yesEvidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Volume 2021, Issue 1, 2021., 2021
Crescentia cujete is an economical and medicinal plant of wide indigenous uses including hypertension, diarrhea, respiratory ailments, stomach troubles, infertility problems, cancer, and snakebite. Despite these attributes, C. cujete is largely underutilized, notwithstanding the few progresses made to date.
Fatai Oladunni Balogun   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Migration and Ethnobotanical Practices: The Case of Tifey Among Haitian Immigrants in Cuba [PDF]

open access: yes
Ethnobotanical knowledge and practices are dynamic and they change as they are transferred and appropriated by people who are adapting to new surroundings and changing environments.
Beyra, A., Godinez, D., Volpato, G.
core   +4 more sources

Ophiolite-Related Ultramafic Rocks (Serpentinites) in the Caribbean Region : a Review of their Occurrence, Composition, Origin, Emplacement and Ni-Laterite Soil Formation [PDF]

open access: yes, 2006
Ultramafic rocks, mainly serpentinized peridotites of mantle origin, are mostly associated with the ophiolites of Mesozoic age that occur in belts along three of the margins of the Caribbean plate. The most extensive exposures are in Cuba. The ultramafic-
Draper, G.   +4 more
core   +4 more sources

El enigma de la leontina: Flora Díaz Parrado [PDF]

open access: yes, 2005
Irony, black humor, the cruel grimace --the theatre of Flora Díaz Parrado anticipates themes and theatrical forms of the vanguard, and it shares certain points and mysteries with the theatre of Carlos Felipe. With El velorio de Pura (1941) she cultivated
Boudet, Rosa Ileana
core   +2 more sources

Cuba : medio físico e infraestructura económica [PDF]

open access: yes, 1997
El trabajo compendia lo más relevante del medio geográfico de Cuba. Ofrece, en apretada síntesis, una caracterización de los recursos naturales, así como las formas que asume la explotación de la tierra y el desempeño del sector agropecuario de la Isla ...
Díaz Vásquez, Julio A.
core   +3 more sources

Grain Amaranth Is Associated with Improved Hepatic and Renal Calcium Metabolism in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus of Male Wistar Rats

open access: yesEvidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Volume 2018, Issue 1, 2018., 2018
Background. Dysregulation of calcium signaling is a hallmark of diabetes mellitus (DM) and grain amaranth (AG) has antidiabetic properties. Information on the mechanism of action of AG on blood, renal, and hepatic tissues is sparse, although it continues to be an important alternative medicinal plant in several developing countries.
Keneth Iceland Kasozi   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

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