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Beyond PES and REDD+: Costa Rica on the way to climate-smart landscape management?

Ecology and Society, 2019
Costa Rica has a strong international reputation for conservation and sustainable management of forests, including through its national payments for environmental services (PES) system and reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation ...
Linda Wallbott, Giuseppina Siciliano, Markus Lederer   +2 more
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Diffusion Spectrum Imaging Maps Early Axonal Loss and a Unique Progressive Signal in Neuronal Intranuclear Inclusion Disease

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective To delineate specific in vivo white matter pathology in neuronal intranuclear inclusion disease (NIID) using diffusion spectrum imaging (DSI) and define its clinical relevance. Methods DSI was performed on 42 NIID patients and 38 matched controls.
Kaiyan Jiang, Yixiu Pei, Xiaobao Hu, Ying Xiong, Fang Wang, Yanyan Yu, Min Zhu, Dandan Tan, Meihong Zhou, Daojun Hong, Fuqing Zhou   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

The use of crowdsourced geographic information for spatial evaluation of cultural ecosystem services in the agricultural landscape: the case of Chianti Classico (Italy)

New Medit, 2019
The use of geo-tagged photographs seems to be a promising alternative to assess Cultural Ecosystem Services CESs in respect to the traditional investigation when focusing on the study of the aesthetic appreciation of a protected area or natural landscape.
Elena Barbierato, Iacopo Bernetti, Irene Capecchi, Sara Fabbrizzi, Silvio Menghini, Veronica Alampi Sottini   +5 more
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CX3CL1 in Early Detection of Alzheimer's Disease: Plasma Dynamics Across Age and Disease Stages

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Backgrounds Alzheimer's disease (AD) is characterized by amyloid‐beta plaques, tau tangles, and neuroinflammation. C‐X3‐C motif chemokine ligand 1 (CX3CL1, also known as fractalkine), a neuroimmune chemokine implicated in AD pathogenesis, shows inconsistent alterations in plasma/serum across studies.
Ling Wang, Yujie Liu, Fei Li, Xuelin Li, Lanlan Li, Jie Zhang, Yali Xu   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

The relative dependence of Spanish landscape pattern on environmental and geographical variables over time

, 2008
The analysis of the dependence of landscape patterns on environment was carried out in order to investigate the landscape structure evolution of Spain. The underlying concept was that the dependence between landscape spatial structure and environmental ...
Ortega Quero, Marta, Bunce, R. G. H., García del Barrio, José, García del Barrio, J. M., Bunce, Robert, Elena-Rosselló, Ramón, Ortega, M., Barrio, J.M.G., del, del Barrio, J.M.G., Bunce, R.G.H., Ortega, Marta, Elena-Rossello, R., Bunce, R. G.H., García Del Barrio, José Manuel   +13 more
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Female Phalangium opilio use fellatio to compensate sexual avoidance

Scientific Reports
Sexual conflict arises from differences in reproductive interests between the sexes. We allowed the female harvestman Phalangium opilio to sequentially mate with two different males to examine female sexual receptivity in this species.
Pavol Prokop, Juraj Litavský, Zuzana Provazník   +2 more
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Agricultural Land-Use Structure Across Hierarchical Classification Levels in Kosovo

Land
Fine-grain heterogeneity in agricultural landscapes is often obscured by coarse land-use classification schemes. This study provides a structural characterization of agricultural land use in selected sites within the Dukagjini and Kosova Plains of Kosovo
Labinot Kryeziu, Arben Mehmeti, Rainer Waldhardt   +2 more
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Feasibility and Tolerability of Performing Portable MRI for Neurological Disorders in an Outpatient Neurology Clinic: A Prospective Cohort

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Accessing brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) can be challenging, especially for underserved patients, which may lead to disparities in neurological diagnosis. Method This mixed‐methods study enrolled adults with one of four neurological disorders: mild cognitive impairment or dementia of the Alzheimer type, multiple sclerosis ...
Maya L. Mastick, Nomin Enkhtsetseg, Joseph Sadok, Matheus Mochetti, Annabel Sorby Adams, Jennifer Guo, Cristina Trapaga Hacker, Isabella Gomez Hjerthen, Seungwon Lee, Siddharth Satish, Andrew S. Ham, Justin Hill, Denis Balaban, Kevin Kyle, Rebecca L. Gillani, Marcelo Matiello, Aleksandar Videnovic, Eric C. Klawiter, W. Taylor Kimberly, Farrah J. Mateen   +19 more
wiley   +1 more source

Simplifying management plans

, 1983
Edited by J.O. Taylor.A report of the proceedings of a block course which was designed " To demonstrate a simplified technique of management planning to assist in the completion of plans particularly for small recreation reserves and to highlight major ...
Department of Horticulture, Landscape and Parks
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Soil carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus distribution in grassland systems, important for landscape and environment

Journal of Environmental Engineering and Landscape Management, 2013
The accumulation of organic carbon (SOC), nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) in the soils of protected areas and agrarian lands in Central Lithuania was assessed.
Alvyra Šlepetienė, Inga Liaudanskienė, Jonas Šlepetys, Vaclovas Stukonis, Ieva Jokubauskaitė   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source