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Abstract Reptiles are increasingly of conservation concern due to their susceptibility to habitat loss, emerging disease, and harvest in the wildlife trade. However, reptile populations are often difficult to monitor given the frequency of crypsis in their life history.
Kathleen E. Kyle +8 more
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Abstract Objective A trial comparing prenatal with postnatal open spina bifida (OSB) repair established that prenatal surgery was associated with better postnatal outcome. However, in the trial, fetal surgery was carried out through hysterotomy. Minimally invasive approaches are being developed to mitigate the risks of open maternal–fetal surgery.
D. A. Lapa +9 more
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Resumen Aunque se han hecho avances en el desarrollo y aplicación a gran escala de intervenciones eficaces contra la obesidad infantil, los retos siguen siendo importantes. Nuestro objetivo era comprender las causas del éxito de Estados Unidos y los países latinoamericanos en la implementación de políticas y programas (PYP) contra la obesidad e ...
Rafael Pérez‐Escamilla +6 more
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Resumen La obesidad infantil es un grave problema de salud pública en Latinoamérica y Estados Unidos y para luchar contra ella se precisan instrumentos de medición válidos y fiables y que tengan en cuenta los aspectos culturales. Para avanzar en este campo sería útil mejorar las mediciones en los distintos grupos de edades y países del continente ...
David Berrigan +11 more
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Digital data sources and methods for conservation culturomics
Abstract Ongoing loss of biological diversity is primarily the result of unsustainable human behavior. Thus, the long‐term success of biodiversity conservation depends on a thorough understanding of human–nature interactions. Such interactions are ubiquitous but vary greatly in time and space and are difficult to monitor efficiently at large spatial ...
Ricardo A. Correia +12 more
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En el periodo del 2005 al 2015 en Cuba, la energía en las redes de distribución ha tenido un crecimiento del 25%, debido a múltiples factores como son la eliminación de las interrupciones en el 2006, la incorporación de nuevos clientes y el incremento de
Daniel Pérez García +2 more
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Responses of New Zealand forest birds to management of introduced mammals
Abstract Over the past 1000 years New Zealand has lost 40–50% of its bird species, and over half of these extinctions are attributable to predation by introduced mammals. Populations of many extant forest bird species continue to be depredated by mammals, especially rats, possums, and mustelids.
Nyree Fea +2 more
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Una aproximación a la medición de pérdidas de alimento en la cadena de la papa en Ecuador y Perú
espanolLa produccion de papa y sus relaciones comerciales y tecnicas en la cadena de valor, es una de las fuentes mas importantes de ingresos y de seguridad alimentaria para miles de pequenos agricultores andinos, quienes se enfrentan cada vez mas a las ...
C. Velasco, M. Ordinola, A. Dévaux
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Minimally invasive and robotic techniques for oesophagectomy are associated with reduced perioperative morbidity and length of hospital stay, with no compromise of oncological outcomes but no improvement in perioperative mortality. There are suggestions of improved long‐term survival with minimally invasive oesophagectomy and robotic minimally invasive
K. Siaw‐Acheampong +5 more
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This study highlights the impact of MRI pelvimetry in predicting surgical difficulty in laparoscopic rectal surgery. Multivariable analysis identified that surgical difficulty was significantly associated with four variables: BMI, tumour size, anorectal angle and pelvic outlet.
T. Yamamoto +6 more
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