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International Biological Flora: Ceratonia siliqua

Journal of Ecology, Volume 112, Issue 8, Page 1885-1922, August 2024.
The carob tree (Ceratonia siliqua) has a long traditional history in Mediterranean cultures providing food for humans and domestic animals. Its remarkable tolerance of drought, salt and fire, with an ability to thrive in poor, dry soils, makes it ideal for a warming Mediterranean climate.
Peter A. Thomas, Xavier Garcia‐Martí, Tarek A. Mukassabi, Joan Tous   +3 more
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Principales sistemas de entrega de antígenos en Medicina Veterinaria y Humana [PDF]

, 2014
Las vacunas modernas se basan generalmente en proteínas recombinantes altamente purificadas. Esta alta pureza representa uno de los mayores avances en términos de seguridad, en comparación a las estrategias de vacunación tradicionales basadas en ...
Siel, Daniela, Sáenz, Leonardo, Vidal, Sonia   +2 more
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Risk and protective factors for meningococcal disease in adolescents: matched cohort study [PDF]

, 2006
Objective: To examine biological and social risk factors for meningococcal disease in adolescents. Design: Prospective, population based, matched cohort study with controls matched for age and sex in 1:1 matching.
Booth, C., Booy, R., Coen, P.G., Kaczmarski, E., Klein, N., Peckham, C., Stuart, J.M., Tully, J., Viner, R.M., Zambon, M.   +9 more
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Human influenza A H5N1 in Indonesia: health care service-associated delays in treatment initiation [PDF]

BMC Public Health, 2013
Indonesia has had more recorded human cases of influenza A H5N1 than any other country, with one of the world's highest case fatality rates. Understanding barriers to treatment may help ensure life-saving influenza-specific treatment is provided early enough to meaningfully improve clinical outcomes. Data for this observational study of humans infected
Wiku Adisasmito, Dewi Nur Aisyah, Tjandra Yoga Aditama, Rita Kusriastuti, Trihono, Agus Suwandono, Ondri Dwi Sampurno, Prasenohadi Prasenohadi, Nurshanty A Sapada, MJN Mamahit, Anna Swenson, Nancy A Dreyer, Richard Coker   +12 more
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The widespread keeping of wild pets in the Neotropics: An overlooked risk for human, livestock and wildlife health

People and Nature, Volume 6, Issue 3, Page 1023-1035, June 2024.
Abstract Zoonoses constitute a major risk to human health. Comprehensive assessments on the potential emergence of novel disease outbreaks are essential to ensure the effectiveness of sanitary controls and to establish mitigating actions. Through a continental‐scale survey of rural human settlements conducted over 13 years in 15 Neotropical countries ...
Pedro Romero‐Vidal, Guillermo Blanco, Jomar M. Barbosa, Martina Carrete, Fernando Hiraldo, Erica C. Pacífico, Abraham Rojas, Alan O. Bermúdez‐Cavero, José A. Díaz‐Luque, Rodrigo León‐Pérez, José L. Tella   +10 more
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The benefits of prototypes: The case of medical concepts [PDF]

, 2017
In the present paper, we shall discuss the notion of prototype and show its benefits. First, we shall argue that the prototypes of common-sense concepts are necessary for making prompt and reliable categorisations and inferences.
Amoretti, Cristina, Frixione, Marcello, Lieto, Antonio   +2 more
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Modularity Enhances the Rate of Evolution in a Rugged Fitness Landscape

, 2015
Biological systems are modular, and this modularity affects the evolution of biological systems over time and in different environments. We here develop a theory for the dynamics of evolution in a rugged, modular fitness landscape.
Chen, Man, Deem, Michael W., Park, Jeong-Man, Wang, Dong   +3 more
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Critical Clinical forms of influenza AH1N1: What we have learned from assisting the ill in Cienfuegos.

Medisur, 2009
We currently possess a growing information level on the effects of the influenza AH1N1epidemics in a range of countries in the world. Much of that information refers to statistical data and recommendations for dealing with it.
Grupo Operativo Provincial de Atención Médica a los enfermos adultos hospitalizados
doaj   +2 more sources

Serological characterization of guinea pigs infected with H3N2 human influenza or immunized with hemagglutinin protein [PDF]

Virology Journal, 2010
AbstractBackgroundRecent and previous studies have shown that guinea pigs can be infected with, and transmit, human influenza viruses. Therefore guinea pig may be a useful animal model for better understanding influenza infection and assessing vaccine strategies.
Ruth V. Bushnell, John K. Tobin, Jinxue Long, Stacey Schultz‐Cherry, Abhijit Chaudhuri, Peter L. Nara, Gregory J. Tobin   +6 more
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Welcoming the foreigner: Notes on the possibility of multispecies hospitality

American Anthropologist, Volume 126, Issue 1, Page 109-119, March 2024.
Abstract What do the welcome and the refusal mean when the one who arrives is not human? By examining the moral attitude created through the acceptance of European racing pigeons in Pakistan and the capture of Pakistani “spy pigeons” at the India‐Pakistan border, this article unknots multiple meanings of arrival and explores how shared values of ...
Muhammad A. Kavesh
wiley   +1 more source