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Predation risk in tree squirrels: implications of the presence of free‐ranging dogs
In this study, we used camera trapping to investigate the activity patterns of three different squirrel species of the genus Sciurus, two species from Mexico (Sciurus aureogaster and S. oculatus) and one from the Iberian Peninsula (S. vulgaris). We compared their activity patterns with the potential predator community and their most important predators,
J. Tobajas +3 more
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Determining the non‐breeding distribution and activity patterns of migratory animals is essential to understand the trade‐offs across breeding, moulting and migratory periods and to evaluate the differential levels of exposure of these animals to threats throughout the year.
Teresa Militão +3 more
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Managing, now becoming, refugees: Climate change and extractivism in the Republic of Nauru
Abstract The Republic of Nauru, the world's smallest island state, was almost entirely economically dependent on the phosphate industry in the twentieth century as part of a colonial extractive arrangement. After the wealth Nauru derived was depleted by the 1990s, the by then sovereign state resurged on the back of the refugee industry, agreeing to ...
Julia Morris
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Flood impact on income inequality in the Itapocu River basin, Brazil
Abstract Disasters worldwide tend to affect the poorest more severely and increase inequality. Brazil is one of the countries with high income‐inequality rates and has unplanned urbanization issues and an extensive disaster risk profile with little knowledge on how those disasters affect people's welfare.
Rafael Silva Araújo +3 more
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Semiotic Disruption and Negotiations of Authenticity among Argentine Fans of Anglophone Media
This paper investigates how subtitling and dubbing of foreign language media can be interpreted as cases of semiotic disruption, and how this interpretive frame comes to index a cosmopolitan identity among Argentine fans of Anglophone pop culture. The naturalization of voice/body/language assemblages allows fans to frame preferences for subtitles as an
Mary‐Caitlyn Valentinsson
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Abstract When in 2010 the world's governments pledged to increase protected area coverage to 17% of the world's land surface, several Central African countries had already set aside 25% of their northern savannas for conservation. To evaluate the effectiveness of this commitment, we analyzed the results of 68 multispecies surveys conducted in the seven
Paul Scholte +9 more
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Resumen Partiendo de los postulados de Piore y Sabel (1984) sobre especialización flexible, se critica la unilateralidad del discurso de la Industria 4.0 contrastando este modelo de digitalización de las manufacturas con hallazgos empíricos sobre las redes de fábricas B2B mediadas por plataformas, cuya flexibilidad se deriva de la interconexión digital
Florian BUTOLLO, Lea SCHNEIDEMESSER
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Resumen El entorno alimentario es un factor importante que contribuye a las dietas poco saludables en la niñez y, por tanto, a las crecientes tasas de obesidad. Los países de Latinoamérica han recibido el reconocimiento internacional por su liderazgo en la implementación de políticas dirigidas a distintos aspectos del entorno alimentario.
Ana Clara Duran +7 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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