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Four challenges to an effective national nature assessment
Conservation Biology, Volume 37, Issue 5, October 2023., 2023 Abstract Comprehensive biodiversity assessments play an essential role in strengthening global and national conservation strategies. The recently announced first U.S. National Nature Assessment (NNA) provides an unparalleled opportunity to comprehensively review status and trends of biodiversity at all levels.
Carlos Carroll +4 more
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Food Science &Nutrition, Volume 11, Issue 6, Page 3320-3328, June 2023., 2023 Ber has been cultivated in Asia for many years, and it has been introduced to the American tropic in recent years. We studied the characteristics and benefits of the cultivation of this fruit in Central America. We found out it produces higher antioxidant levels than many other reports, and also shows antimicrobial properties.
Eric Cubero‐Román +4 more
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Economic costs of protecting islands from invasive alien species
Conservation Biology, Volume 37, Issue 2, April 2023., 2023 Abstract Biological invasions represent a key threat to insular systems and have pronounced impacts across environments and economies. The ecological impacts have received substantial focus, but the socioeconomic impacts are poorly synthesized across spatial and temporal scales.
Thomas W. Bodey +8 more
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A quantitative global review of species population monitoring
Conservation Biology, Volume 36, Issue 1, February 2022., 2022 Abstract Species monitoring, defined here as the repeated, systematic collection of data to detect long‐term changes in the populations of wild species, is a vital component of conservation practice and policy. We created a database of nearly 1200 schemes, ranging in start date from 1800 to 2018, to review spatial, temporal, taxonomic, and ...
Caroline Moussy +17 more
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Obesity Reviews, Volume 22, Issue S5, Octubre 2021., 2021 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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Medicinal Plants from Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean Used as Immunostimulants
Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Volume 2016, Issue 1, 2016., 2016 A literature review was undertaken by analyzing distinguished books, undergraduate and postgraduate theses, and peer‐reviewed scientific articles and by consulting worldwide accepted scientific databases, such as SCOPUS, Web of Science, SCIELO, Medline, and Google Scholar.
Angel Josabad Alonso-Castro +3 more
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International Journal of Microbiology, Volume 2014, Issue 1, 2014., 2014 Shiga toxin producing Escherichia coli (STEC), Salmonella spp., and Yersinia species was investigated in humans, animals, and foods in San Luis, Argentina. A total of 453 samples were analyzed by culture and PCR. The antimicrobial susceptibility of all the strains was studied, the genomic relationships among isolates of the same species were determined
Gabriela Isabel Favier +4 more
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International Journal of Rheumatology, Volume 2013, Issue 1, 2013., 2013 Objective. The present systematic review of RA registry data was undertaken to analyse the time on treatment of licensed TNF inhibitors in patients with RA in Europe. Methods. English language European registry studies comparing TNF inhibitors were searched using MEDLINE, Embase, Cochrane, and WHO: ICTRP up to 16 April 2012 and proceedings of three ...
Anamika Arora +5 more
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Escribir en comunidad: Construcción de relaciones y responsabilidad en la producción de conocimiento
American Anthropologist, Volume 127, Issue 3, Page 447-465, September 2025.ABSTRACT As anthropology reckons with its past, present, and future, anthropologists increasingly seek to challenge inequities within the discipline and academia more broadly. Anthropology, regardless of subdiscipline, is a social endeavor. Yet research often remains an isolating (though not necessarily solitary) process, even within research teams and
Jordi Armani Rivera Prince +16 more
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The Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Anthropology, Volume 29, Issue 4, Page 352-363, December 2024.Abstract This paper explores selective aspects of the historical processes of organization of the kichwa peasantry in the Andes of Ecuador. Based on the analysis of two representative cases of confrontation between peasants and landowners over access to land in the province of Chimborazo, it discusses the relevance of the concept of “gamonalismo” as ...
Víctor Bretón
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