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Cercarial Dermatitis Transmitted by Exotic Marine Snail

open access: yesEmerging Infectious Diseases, 2010
Cercarial dermatitis (swimmer’s itch) is caused by the penetration of human skin by cercariae of schistosome parasites that develop in and are released from snail hosts.
Sara V. Brant   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Bay Area Smart Growth Scorecard [PDF]

open access: yes, 2006
The Bay Area Smart Growth Scorecard is a landmark assessment of the planning policies of all 110 cities and counties of the San Francisco Bay Area.Although a city's current development is apparent to anyone who visits it, the policies that guide a city's
Carey Knecht   +3 more
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Intersectional Discrimination Is Associated with Housing Instability among Trans Women Living in the San Francisco Bay Area. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
Trans women face numerous structural barriers to health due to discrimination. Housing instability is an important structural determinant of poor health outcomes among trans women.
Allen, Amani M   +5 more
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The Edification of Manuela Xiqués: Slavery, Finance, Biography, and the Construction of Modern Barcelona

open access: yesGender &History, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT An analysis of the dual biographies, economic and domestic, of Manuela Xiqués, an enslaver from nineteenth‐century Cuba and Spain, deepens our understanding of the role of European and Creole women in the nineteenth‐century Atlantic. This essay foregrounds the role of literature, namely family biography, as a locus of the processes of ...
Lisa Surwillo, Martín Rodrigo Alharilla
wiley   +1 more source

The Pacific Herring resource of Tomales and San Francisco Bays: its size and structure [PDF]

open access: yes, 1976
The spawning biomass of Pacific herring, Clupea harengus pallasii was estimated for Tomales Bay and San Francisco Bay during the 1973-74 and 1974-75 spawning seasons.
Spratt, Jerome D.
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HYPERSCALING HOUSING: Venture Capital, Real Estate Start‐Ups and the Race to Build a Global Residential Brand

open access: yesInternational Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract What happens when venture capitalists try to reinvent housing in their own image? Synonymous with the rise of Big Tech, venture capitalists (VCs) are asset managers that invest in early‐stage companies, pursuing aggressive growth and market domination. Since the 2008 financial crisis, VCs have poured huge sums into real estate start‐ups.
Tim White
wiley   +1 more source

Control of drywood termites: Infestation or reinfestation after eradication prevented by treatment with inert dusts nontoxic to humans or animals

open access: yesCalifornia Agriculture, 1959
Drywood termites–about as important in southern California as subterranean termites–have spread north to the San Francisco Bay region and Sacramento.
W Ebeling, R Wagner
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Save the Bay [PDF]

open access: yes, 2004
This organization is dedicated to protecting and restoring San Francisco Bay. Materials presented here cover current environmental issues affecting the bay, opportunities for citizens to become invloved in campaigns and programs, press releases and ...

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THE LEGITIMACY TRAP: Street Vending Heterogeneity and Selective Enforcement in San Francisco

open access: yesInternational Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract Literature on street vending regulation often emphasizes the challenges in enforcing legal frameworks due to unclear laws or insufficient state capacity. However, it tends to overlook diversity among vendors themselves along crucial parameters such as spatial location, community ties and processes of goods procurement.
Irene Farah
wiley   +1 more source

Philanthropic Case Study: The Civic Engagement Fund for Arab, Middle Eastern, Muslim, and South Asian Communities - Bay Area Demonstration Project [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
In September 2006, the Civic Engagement Fund for Arab, Middle Eastern, Muslim, and South Asian (Fund) approved its first cycle of seventeen capacity building grants totaling $129,000 to support Arab, Middle Eastern, Muslim, and South Asian (AMEMSA ...

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