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Effects of Parasitism on the Population Growth of Toumeyella martinezae (Coccidae) in the Presence of Its Mutualistic Ant Liometopum apiculatum (Formicidae) in an Arid Region of Central Mexico [PDF]

Insects
The soft scale Toumeyella martinezae infests the arborescent cactus Myrtillocactus geometrizans. This scale is, in turn, parasitized by the wasp Mexidalgus toumeyellus and forms a mutualistic relationship with the ant Liometopum apiculatum.
Alicia Callejas-Chavero, Carlos Fabián Vargas-Mendoza, Humberto González-Villa, Arturo Flores-Martínez   +3 more
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Pubertal growth in height, sitting height and leg length in achondroplasia

Annals of Human Biology, 2021
Background: Children with achondroplasia (ACH) appear to lack a pubertal growth spurt in height. Aim To explore the growth spurt in height and its segments sitting height and leg length, in a large sample of ACH cases using growth curve modelling ...
T. J. Cole, M. del Pino, P. Adamo, V. Fano   +3 more
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Small area variation in child undernutrition across 640 districts and 543 parliamentary constituencies in India

Scientific Reports, 2021
In India, districts serve as central policy unit for program development, administration and implementation. The one-size-fits-all approach based on average prevalence estimates at the district level fails to capture the substantial small area variation.
Sunil Rajpal, Julie Kim, William Joe, Rockli Kim, S. V. Subramanian   +4 more
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Associations between elementary and middle school teachers’ physical activity promoting practices and teacher- and school-level factors

International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, 2021
Background Few studies have evaluated teacher- and school-level characteristics associated with implementation of recommended physical activity (PA) promoting practices.
Ann Pulling Kuhn, Edward Kim, Hannah G. Lane, Yan Wang, Rachel Deitch, Lindsey Turner, Erin R. Hager, Elizabeth A. Parker   +7 more
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Improving nutrition budgeting in health sector plans: Evidence from India's anaemia control strategy

Maternal and Child Nutrition, 2022
In India, 15 nutrition interventions are delivered and financed through the National Health Mission (NHM). Programmatic know‐how, however, on tracking nutrition budgets in health sector plans is limited.
Avi Saini, Ritwik Shukla, William Joe, Avani Kapur   +3 more
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Laws of population growth [PDF]

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2008
An important issue in the study of cities is defining a metropolitan area, because different definitions affect conclusions regarding the statistical distribution of urban activity. A commonly employed method of defining a metropolitan area is the Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs), based on rules attempting to capture the notion of city as a ...
Rozenfeld, Hernan D., Rybski, Diego, Andrade Jr., Jose S., Batty, Michael, Stanley, H. Eugene, Makse, Hernan A.   +5 more
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Malthusianism of the 21st century

Environmental and Sustainability Indicators, 2020
This paper has arisen from a reflection of the current reality in terms of the postulations about what is known as the Malthusian economy. Since the Industrial Revolution to the present day, despite there having been a high increase in world population ...
Borja Montano, Marcos García-López
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Giardia lamblia infection is associated with lower body mass index values

Journal of Infection in Developing Countries, 2010
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Carmen Duran, Glida Hidalgo, William Aguilera, Alfonso J. Rodriguez-Morales, Carlos Albano, Jackeline Cortez, Sara Jimenez, Marietta Diaz, Renzo Nino Incani   +8 more
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Why market orientation matters for agriculture and fishery workers? Unravelling the association between households’ occupational background and caloric deprivation in India

BMC Public Health, 2021
Background Developmental policies in low- and middle-income countries pose immense potential within the agriculture sectors to escalate economic growth and development.
Smita, Sunil Rajpal, Shiau-Yun Lu, William Joe   +3 more
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How Zakat Affects Economic Growth In Three Islamic Countries

Journal of Islamic Economic Laws, 2023
Zakat as a pillar of development in Islamic economics contributed to the economic development applied in all Caliphate in the Islamic history. By then, this study aims to analyze the effect of zakah on economic growth of three Muslim countries.
Afief El Ashfahany, Awalul Dini Nur Hidayah, Lukmanul Hakim, Mohd Shahid Bin Mohd Noh   +3 more
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