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Frontiers in Amphibian and Reptile ScienceMarine vertebrates, particularly green sea turtles, are especially vulnerable to plastic pollution through ingestion or entanglement. This study investigated wild juvenile green sea turtles (Chelonia mydas) from two Ecuadorian national parks (Galápagos ...
Juan Pablo Muñoz-Pérez +42 more
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Questioning calls to consensus in conservation: a Q study of conservation discourses on Galápagos [PDF]
, 2013 Efforts to frame conservation interventions in terms of idealized outcomes that benefit both human well-being and biodiversity, and the rhetoric of consensus that often accompanies these, have been criticized.
Cairns, Rose +2 more
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Environmental Toxicology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT A comprehensive screening of different environmental contaminants (total metals, thermostable metal fractions associated with detoxification, and persistent organic pollutants) was conducted in an endangered common thresher shark (Alopias vulpinus ) individual incidentally captured in southeastern Brazil.
Sidney Fernandes Sales Junior +10 more
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Wildlife Biology, EarlyView.Drones equipped with thermal infrared (TIR) cameras offer significant time and labor savings in estimating wild ungulate populations. However, accurately monitoring forest‐dwelling ungulates remains challenging due to their elusive behavior and complex habitat.
Jinhwi Kim, Donggul Woo
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Revista Eureka sobre Enseñanza y Divulgación de las Ciencias, 2013 Compartimos la experiencia y el análisis del Club de Lectura "El camarote de Darwin", realizado durante una semana en la isla Floreana, Galápagos, en un ámbito de educación no formal, para promover la alfabetización literaria y científica.
Nicolás Cuvi +3 more
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Alimentary Pharmacology &Therapeutics, EarlyView.We used an administrative claims dataset to evaluate the relationship between hepatitis B virus (HBV) low‐level viraemia and subsequent liver‐related outcomes in patients with chronic HBV. We found that individuals with HBV low‐level viraemia have an increased risk for liver‐related events (i.e., cirrhosis, decompensation, and hepatocellular carcinoma)
Paul Y. Kwo +11 more
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Archaeometry, EarlyView.Abstract Cultural and natural values form the core of World Heritage designation. Properties displaying both values, however, comprise a fraction of inscriptions (currently c. 3%) to the World Heritage List. In 1992, when that fraction stood at c. 5%, adoption of the popular ‘cultural landscapes’ category of cultural heritage in 1992 was therefore ...
Ryan J. Rabett
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Short and complex—Telomeres and genomes in CLL
British Journal of Haematology, EarlyView.Chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (CLL) with complex karyotype (CK) represents a high‐risk subgroup, often associated with refractory disease. In a patient cohort enriched for CK CLL, short telomeres were found to be associated with poor‐risk characteristics such as unmutated immunoglobulin heavy chain variable region (IGHV), del(11q)/del(17p), CK/genomic ...
Billy Michael Chelliah Jebaraj +1 more
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Novel approaches for drug development against chronic primary pain: A systematic review
British Journal of Pharmacology, EarlyView.Abstract Chronic primary pain (CPP) persisting for more than 3 months, associated with significant emotional distress without any known underlying cause, is an unmet medical need. Traditional or adjuvant analgesics do not provide satisfactory pain relief for a great proportion of these patients.
Valéria Tékus +5 more
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Alien species pathways to the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador.
PLoS ONE, 2017 Alien species, one of the biggest threats to natural ecosystems worldwide, are of particular concern for oceanic archipelagos such as Galápagos. To enable more effective management of alien species, we reviewed, collated and analysed all available ...
M Verónica Toral-Granda +9 more
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