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The collective application of shorebird tracking data to conservation
Conservation Biology, EarlyView.Abstract Addressing urgent conservation issues, such as the drastic declines of North American migratory birds, requires creative, evidence‐based, efficient, and collaborative approaches. The abundance of over 50% of monitored North American shorebird populations has declined by over 50% since 1980. To address these declines, we developed a partnership
Autumn‐Lynn Harrison +71 more
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Functional polymeric materials for hard water treatment a comprehensive review
Discover MaterialsHard water, characterized by elevated concentrations of calcium (Ca²⁺) and magnesium (Mg²⁺) ions, poses substantial challenges to domestic, industrial, and environmental systems. Conventional treatment methods—such as chemical precipitation, ion exchange,
Olivia Hernández-Cruz +2 more
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Repertorio de Medicina y Cirugía, 2021 Introducción: desde la identificación de los primeros casos de enfermedad por coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) originada por el síndrome respiratorio agudo severo coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) en diciembre 2019, la pandemia resultante ha dado lugar a más de 130 ...
Jorge Enrique Díaz Pinzón
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Intact coastal nursery rearing amid climate‐driven phenological shifts in threatened salmon
Conservation Biology, EarlyView.Abstract Literature linking phenology to climate has proliferated in recent decades and shows that climate change has reorganized seasonal opportunities worldwide. However, this literature often quantifies changes in point measures of timing (e.g., beginnings and peaks) without context about duration (e.g., rearing season length) or performance (e.g ...
Stuart H. Munsch +8 more
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La educación secundaria: evaluación, pruebas estandarizadas y dinámicas institucionales
RECIE Revista Electrónica Científica de Investigación Educativa, 2012 El presente trabajo contiene los resultados de un estudio etnográfico, apoyado por el Fondo Mixto CONACYT-Gobierno del Estado de Chihuahua, que se llevó a cabo en ocho escuelas secundarias federalizadas –cuatro generales y cuatro técnicas-, ubicadas en ...
David Manuel Arzola Franco
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How endorser attributes influence conservation communication
Conservation Biology, EarlyView.Abstract Conservation communication often uses the celebrity endorsement strategy. However, robust evidence regarding its effectiveness is still limited. More importantly, practitioners do not have guidelines for selecting an ideal endorser because there is no clear consensus on what endorser attributes are most critical.
Xia He, Tien Ming Lee
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FUsaM: Framework, con base en una SPL, para la medición de usabilidad en aplicaciones móviles
Uniciencia, 2016 El uso masivo de los dispositivos móviles, asociado a la heterogeneidad de estos y también de los usuarios, implica un desafío al momento de evaluar la usabilidad de las aplicaciones móviles.
Juan G. Enríquez, Sandra I. Casas
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The obsolescence of protected area categories in a polycrisis world
Conservation Biology, EarlyView.Abstract Current global conservation models face significant limitations in addressing the global polycrisis, and the constraints of the International Union for Conservation of Nature protected area (PA) classification system are part of the issue. The principles of the new conservation paradigm—governance, equity, and interculturality—are not viable ...
Pamela Esther Degele
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Participation in learning assessments in the developing world, 1960-2009
Education Policy Analysis Archives, 2014 This paper examines annual changes in the participation of developing countries in different kinds of learning assessments over the past three decades.
David H. Kamens, Aaron Benavot
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Risk reduction, rangeland use, and the future of human–carnivore coexistence
Conservation Biology, EarlyView.Abstract Efforts to reduce livestock losses to large carnivores are widely regarded as essential for promoting human–carnivore coexistence. Predator‐proof enclosures, compensation programs, improved livestock guarding, and real‐time predator alert systems can reduce depredation and retaliatory killing while enhancing pastoralist livelihoods.
Craig Packer
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