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Factors associated with elevated low-density lipoprotein cholesterol levels among hill tribe people aged 30 years and over in Thailand: a cross-sectional study

BMC Public Health, 2021
Background Low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) is one of the most important types of cholesterol and has an impact on health. Certain lifestyle and dietary habits in different populations may leads to increased levels of LDL-C, particularly among
Niwed Kullawong, Tawatchai Apidechkul, Panupong Upala, Ratipark Tamornpark, Vivat Keawdounglek, Chanyanut Wongfu, Fartima Yeemard, Siriyaporn Khunthason, Chalitar Chomchoei   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Biodiversity Strategies in Action—Empirical Evidence From the Food Value Chain

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT There is an increasing need for better understanding of firm activities that contribute to biodiversity preservation. Panwar, Ober, and Pinkse offer a valuable typology of corporate biodiversity protection strategies based on temporal and spatial dimensions, namely, the preloss (proactive) strategies of conservation and compensation, and the ...
Joanna Scott‐Kennel, Sini Laari, Asta Salmi   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Role of the Aspire Alliance's Regional Collaboratives (RCs) in STEM Faculty Pathways

New Directions for Community Colleges, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article addresses a critical challenge in postsecondary education: the persistent lack of diversity and limited pathways into STEM faculty roles, particularly at community colleges. We examine how the Aspire Alliance's Regional Collaboratives (RCs) model works to create sustainable two‐year and four‐year partnerships to advance and ...
Lorenzo Baber, Karla Velasco, Jeongsan Hwang, Gianina Baker, Jess Gregg, Chandra Turpen, Craig Ogilvie   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Sexual behaviors and seroprevalence of HIV, HBV, and HCV among hill tribe youths of Northern Thailand

BMC Public Health, 2019
Background Sexual behaviors reflect the degree of exposure to human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), hepatitis B virus (HBV), and hepatitis C virus (HCV), especially in people in sexually active stages, such as youths.
Tawatchai Apidechkul
doaj   +1 more source

Habitat characteristics along spring migration routes of elk, mule deer, and pronghorn in the southern San Juan Mountains

The Journal of Wildlife Management, EarlyView.
We evaluated habitat characteristics of spring migration routes and stopover sites for adult female elk (Cervus canadensis), mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus), and pronghorn (Antilocapra americana) in the San Juan Mountains (2021–2022) and found species‐specific differences in vegetation structure, terrain, and proximity to land cover types relative to ...
Joanna R. Ennis, Nicole M. Tatman, Steven E. Sesnie, James W. Cain III   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Pulmonary function and factors associated with current smoking among the hill tribe populations in northern Thailand: a cross-sectional study

BMC Public Health, 2020
Background Smoking is considered one of the major poor health behaviors leading to several health problems. Individuals with a poor education and economic status are vulnerable to smoking, particularly the hill tribe people in Thailand.
Anongnad Mee-inta, Ratipark Tamornpark, Fartima Yeemard, Panupong Upala, Tawatchai Apidechkul   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Mapping landowners' willingness to allow recreational deer harvest on their property for managing chronic wasting disease

The Journal of Wildlife Management, EarlyView.
We demonstrate an approach for mapping the probability of landowners' willingness to allow wildlife management actions on their property using chronic wasting disease as a case study. Larger property sizes were associated with higher landowner willingness. We mapped predictions across the contiguous United States at the census tract level.
Eric C. Palm, Matthew A. Williamson, Nathan P. Snow, Sonja Christensen   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Note on the age of the Tribes Hill Formation [PDF]

American Journal of Science, 1910
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openaire   +1 more source

Two new species of Calea ser. Multiplinerviae (Asteraceae: Neurolaeneae) from Brazil

Nordic Journal of Botany, EarlyView.
Detailed studies of specimens from Rondônia and Mato Grosso do Sul showed that two new species have been misidentified: Calea micropappa resembles Calea pilosa, but differs by leaf apex obtuse to acuminate (versus acute), paleae present (versus paleae absent), disc corolla lobes 1.2–1.3 mm long (versus 0.7–0.8 mm), and pappus scales 0.1–0.25 mm long ...
Vinícius Resende Bueno, Maria Luiza Campos Almeida, Jimi Naoki Nakajima   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Mechanisms and impacts of future plant invasions: research agendas and management needs under disruptive social‐ecological change scenarios

Oikos, EarlyView.
No‐analogue futures are characteristic of the Anthropocene, but how global change, and societies' responses, will affect plant invasions remains unclear. Conducting research now to address future needs is crucial for guiding invasion management and policy.
Jennifer L. Bufford, Angela J. Brandt, Rowan Sprague, Christopher E. Buddenhagen, Richard P. Duncan, Nichola Harcourt, Philip E. Hulme, Hao Ran Lai, Kate G. McAlpine, Chris McGrannachan, Fiona J. Thomson, Vincent van Uitregt, Duane A. Peltzer   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source