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Convergencia de la diplomacia ambiental maoísta y latinoamericana en Estocolmo, 1972

Iberoamericana. América Latina - España - Portugal
Este artículo plantea que la Conferencia de Naciones Unidas sobre el Medio Ambiente Humano realizada en Estocolmo en 1972 dio forma a un nuevo régimen ambiental global que venía emergiendo desde la década de 1950 en el contexto de la post Guerra Fría ...
Frank Molano Camargo
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The Ilocos Norte Communities against Rabies Exposure Elimination Project in the Philippines: Epidemiological and Economic Aspects

Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 2017
As canine rabies control in Africa and Asia transitions from research-led proof-of-concept studies to government-led programs for elimination, experience and evidence of their impact and costs must be shared for the benefit of future programs. The Ilocos
Anna Charinna B. Amparo, Loida M. Valenzuela, Sarah I. Jayme, Louise H. Taylor, Maria Pinky Z. Dela Cruz, Dianne A. Licuan, Rosebelle Gamal-Bitao, Louis H. Nel, Louis H. Nel   +8 more
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Calibrating p‐values in ecology: a practical framework for integrating prior plausibility into statistical inference

Oikos, EarlyView.
Misinterpretation of p‐values, coupled with insufficient consideration of the prior plausibility of ecological hypotheses, leads to overconfident and often unreliable inference in ecological research. To address this issue, we present a methodological framework for p‐value calibration that reinterprets conventional p‐values through minimum Bayes ...
Rafael Dettogni Guariento, Anderson da Rocha Gripp, Adriano Caliman   +2 more
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Where Have I Seen You Before? Networks, Trust and Reciprocity as a Source of Collaboration in the Public Service

Public Administration and Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Although some studies focus on how bureaucrats' interactions with one another affect performance, they rarely focus on why these public servants collaborate. Bureaucrats' collaboration matters because it can significantly contribute to achieving policy goals.
Nathalie Mendez
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A Case Report of Multibacillary Leprosy Presenting with Multiple Outbreaks of Erythema Nodosum Leprosum

Revista da Sociedade Portuguesa de Dermatologia e Venereologia, 2019
Leprosy is a chronic granulomatous disease with a long incubation period caused by Mycobacterium leprae that mainly affects the skin, mucous membranes and the peripheral nervous system.
R. Bouceiro-Mendes, A. Ortins-Pina, T. Marques, M. Viveiros, D. Machado, L. Lito, J. Ferreira, L. Soares-de-Almeida, J. P. Freitas, P. Filipe   +9 more
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Enforcing environmental law in the Amazon

People and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract This article identifies the underlying obstacles to enforcement of laws against environmental crimes such as illegal logging, mining and ranching. With four departments (provinces) from Colombia as case studies, it assesses enforcement of the country's main environmental law, Law 2111, which is one of Latin America's strongest. The article has
Mark Ungar, Juan Corredor‐Garcia
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Brazil seed transfer zones: Supporting seed sourcing for climate‐resilient ecosystem restoration

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Brazil has tens of millions of hectares of degraded land that must be restored to meet national and global biodiversity and climate goals. Sowing genetically diverse native seeds is key to restoring degraded lands to climate‐resilient landscapes, but we still lack guidance on how to effectively match seed sources to restoration sites across broad ...
Mateus Silva, André Braga Junqueira, Pedro Guimarães, Danielle Celentano, Beatriz Murer, Tobias Fremout, Evert Thomas, Christopher Kettle, Edjane Damasceno, Adler Medeiros, Rodrigo Dutra‐Silva, Fabian Borghetti, Fatima Piña‐Rodrigues, Anabele Gomes, Veronica Maioli, R. Toby Pennington, Lucy Rowland, Eduardo Malta   +17 more
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Management and incipient domestication of Chamaedorea tepejilote in agroforestry systems in Mexico

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Native wild plants are key elements in addressing global biodiversity loss and supporting sustainable food systems. We investigated how rural communities in Mexico manage Chamaedorea tepejilote, a wild palm with edible male inflorescences, by combining ethnobotanical, genetic, morphological and ecological approaches.
Viviana Andrade, Alejandro Casas, Edna Arévalo‐Marín, Gonzalo D. Álvarez‐Ríos, Hernán Alvarado‐Sizzo, Vanessa Guerrero‐Hernández, Paola Ubiergo‐Corvalán, Maite Lascurain‐Rangel   +7 more
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Vírus Zika: Revisão para Clínicos

Acta Médica Portuguesa, 2015
O vírus Zika é um flavivírus filogeneticamente relacionado com o vírus dengue, vírus da febre-amarela e vírus do Nilo Ocidental. É considerado uma arbovirose emergente transmitida por mosquitos do género Aedes.
Vitor Laerte Pinto Junior, Kleber Luz, Ricardo Parreira, Paulo Ferrinho   +3 more
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17‐epi‐Melianodiol, a new protolimonoid from Melia azedarach fruits, exhibits larvicidal activity and is associated with oxidative imbalance and midgut epithelial damage in Aedes aegypti larvae

Pest Management Science, EarlyView.
The bio‐guided phytochemical study resulted in the new compound 17‐epi‐melianodiol. The compound eliminated 100% of Aedes aegypti larvae at 100 ppm, causing pronounced morphological changes, cuticular damage, and extensive vacuolization. Abstract BACKGROUND In Brazil, Aedes aegypti is the primary vector of arboviruses such as dengue, chikungunya ...
Kethleen Duarte Crespo Soares, Thalya Soares Ribeiro Nogueira, Maria Aparecida Aride Bertonceli, Renata Rodrigues da Silva Robaina, Leticia Oliveira da Rocha, Francisco José Alves Lemos, Kátia Valevski Sales Fernandes, Raimundo Braz‐Filho, Ivo José Curcino Vieira   +8 more
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