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Tropical Forests and Sustainability: The Role of Multilateral Financing in Latin America

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The challenge of slowing deforestation and degradation in the tropical regions of Latin America requires financing mechanisms (public and private) that can enable actions to preserve and sustainably manage forest integrity. This paper begins by examining the strategy implemented by the World Bank to protect forest cover in tropical countries ...
Ángela Andrea Caviedes Conde, Encarnación Moral Pajares, Leticia Gallego Valero   +2 more
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Chinese Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Surgical Treatment of Adult Obstructive Sleep Apnea (2024)

World Journal of Otorhinolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is a common chronic disorder characterized by abnormal breathing during sleeping. OSA can damage various organs throughout the body and is burdensome, both socially and economically. Moreover, as OSA has been increasingly studied in recent years, new evidence‐based guidelines for its diagnosis and surgical ...
Working Group of Guideline for the Diagnosis and Surgical Treatment of Adult OSA, Subspecialty Group of Laryngopharyngology, Society of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Chinese Medical Association, Subspecialty Group of Voice, Society of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Chinese Medical Association, Editorial Board of Chinese Journal of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery   +7 more
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Positional Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Periodic Limb Movements During Sleep: A Large Multicenter Study [PDF]

Clinical and Experimental Otorhinolaryngology
Objectives. The relationships among positional obstructive sleep apnea (POSA), obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), and periodic limb movements during sleep (PLMS) remain unclear.
Jae Hyun Soh, Yun Jin Kang, Won-Hyuck Yoon, Chan-Soon Park, Hyun-Woo Shin   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Ethnic Group Migration Within Britain During 2000-01: A District Level Analysis [PDF]

, 2008
Using data from the 2001 Census Special Migration Statistics, this paper explores how migration volumes, propensities and patterns vary between ethnic groups at the local authority district level in Great Britain.
Hussain, S., Stillwell, J.
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Deep learning and computer vision for image‐based high‐throughput phenotyping of canning quality traits in dry beans

The Plant Phenome Journal, Volume 9, Issue 1, December 2026.
Abstract Canning color retention is a key quality trait in dry bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) breeding, influencing consumer acceptance and commercial value. Public breeding programs maintain canning quality as a selection trait of importance, but existing color evaluation methods such as visual rating are subjective, while instrument colorimetry is ...
Lovepreet Singh, Om Sai Krishna Madhav Lella, Evan M. Wright, Karen Cichy, Valerio Hoyos‐Villegas   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Salted Peat: The Forgotten Casualty of Rising Sea Level in Freshwater Coastal Tropical Peatlands

Global Change Biology Communications, Volume 1, Issue 2, June 2026.
This paper invites reflection on the largely overlooked risk that rising sea levels may salinize coastal tropical peatlands, potentially destabilizing vegetation, carbon cycling, and livelihoods. By synthesizing emerging evidence, it highlights a critical blind spot in climate models and adaptation frameworks that warrant urgent scientific and policy ...
Lupascu Massimo, Kartika Anggi Hapsari
wiley   +1 more source

Slow exposure and the surfacing of the mask

piano b, 2016
The so-called “bulb mode” is the possibility a photographer has to slow down the shutter speed when in need of a very long exposure. Starting from this technical element typical of the photographic language, the paper compares two experiences linked to ...
Federica Muzzarelli
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Post-Optimum Sensitivity Analysis with Automatically Tuned Numerical Gradients Applied to Swept Wind Turbine Blades

Energies, 2022
Post-Optimum Sensitivity Analysis (POSA) extends numerical design optimization to provide additional information on how the design and performance would change if various parameters and constraints were varied.
Michael K. McWilliam, Antariksh C. Dicholkar, Frederik Zahle, Taeseong Kim   +3 more
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Local Population Structure and Patterns of Western Hemisphere Dispersal for Coccidioides spp., the Fungal Cause of Valley Fever. [PDF]

, 2016
UnlabelledCoccidioidomycosis (or valley fever) is a fungal disease with high morbidity and mortality that affects tens of thousands of people each year. This infection is caused by two sibling species, Coccidioides immitis and C.
Arathoon, Eduardo, Barker, Bridget, Chiller, Tom, Driebe, Elizabeth M, Engelthaler, David M, Gade, Lalitha, Hepp, Crystal M, Keim, Paul, Komatsu, Kenneth, Litvintseva, Anastasia P, Logemann, Heidi, Roe, Chandler C, Schupp, James M, Teixeira, Marcus, Thompson, George R, Waddell, Victor   +15 more
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Long‐term patient‐reported outcomes of open urorectal fistula repair after prostate cancer treatment

BJU International, Volume 137, Issue 6, Page 1067-1075, June 2026.
Objectives To evaluate long‐term outcomes of open urorectal fistula (URF) repair, including URF recurrence, need for re‐intervention, and patient‐reported outcomes. Patients and Methods This retrospective study included men undergoing open URF repair between 2014 and 2024.
Max C. Wagner, Jakob Klemm, Navid Roessler, Robert J. Schulz, Dejan K. Filipas, Margit Fisch, Roland Dahlem, Malte W. Vetterlein   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source