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Beauty and Health: Anthropological Perspectives [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
This essay, written as a 'teaser' for an up-coming symposium, reflects on how human beauty can be understood from an anthropological and medical anthropological perspective.
Edmonds, Alexander
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Métodos de superação de dormência de sementes de Schinopsis brasiliensis

open access: yesRevista Verde de Agroecologia e Desenvolvimento Sustentável, 2016
Schinopsis brasiliensis é uma das espécies ameaçadas de extinção na Caatinga do nordeste brasileiro. Assim, objetivou-se avaliar diferentes tratamentos pré-germinativos afim de superar a dormência em  sementes de Schinopsis brasiliensis.
M. F. B. Coelho   +4 more
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Promoción de la emergencia en urape (Bauhinia monandra Kurz) y retama (Thevetia peruviana (Pers) Schum), especies potenciales para la arboricultura urbana Pre-germinative treatments to promote emergency in pink orchid tree (Bauhinia monandra Kurz) and yellow oleander (Thevetia peruviana (Pers) Schum), species for the urban arboriculture

open access: yesBioagro, 2009
La selección de la especie adecuada es fundamental para la forestación de las ciudades; sin embargo, la oferta de árboles ornamentales para las condiciones tropicales es escasa, por lo que existe la necesidad de desarrollar las técnicas de producción más
Florángel Yépez, María Elena Arboleda
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Cues for shelter use in a phytophagous insect [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
Many insects spend a large proportion of their life inactive, often hiding in shelters. The presence of shelters may, therefore, influence where insects feed.
Björklund, Niklas
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Stable incidence rates of tuberculosis (TB) among human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-negative South African gold miners during a decade of epidemic HIV-associated TB.

open access: yes, 2003
During the last decade, annual tuberculosis (TB) case-notification rates increased 4-fold, to >4000 cases/100000 person-years, in the study workforce, among whom prevalence of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) was 30% in 2000.
Charalambous, Salome   +6 more
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Evaluation of methods to overcome dormancy in the germination of Ormosia arborea (Vell.) Harms [PDF]

open access: yesBiotemas, 2011
The work aimed to evaluate the effect of different methods to overcome dormancy in the germination of Ormosia arborea. The following treatments were used: 72h of water immersion; chemical scarification with 100% sulfuric acid; mechanical scarification ...
Walquíria Fernanda Teixeira   +4 more
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Germinabilidad y metabolismo antioxidante en semillas de Passiflora caerulea L. expuestas a estrés salino [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
P. caerulea es la especie Passiflora con más amplia distribución en Argentina. Si bien es necesario implementar prácticas de cultivo para disminuir el impacto debido a su extracción indiscriminada, la información sobre cómo los factores ambientales ...
Causin, Humberto Fabio   +1 more
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Disturbance in boreal spruce forest : immediate dynamics from stand to understorey level [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
The immediate effects of two human-related vegetation disturbances, (1) green tree retention (GTR) patch felling and scarification by harrowing and (2) experimental understorey vegetation layer removal, were examined in boreal forest stands in Finland.
Hautala, Harri
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Establishment of Desmodium ovalifolium on an ultisol [PDF]

open access: yes, 1982
The effect of various scarification treatments on the germination of seeds of Desmodium ovalifolium (Prain) was studied. Following this a pot trial was conducted to evaluate the effects of lime, phosphorus and Rhizobium inaculation on the dry matter ...
Abd Halim, Mohd Ridzwan, Othman, Sariam
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Les scarifications à l’adolescence : un autre regard

open access: yesNeuropsychiatrie de l'Enfance et de l'Adolescence, 2019
Resume Objectif Les scarifications, en tant que coupures cutanees superficielles et repetees, souvent effectuees en secret a l’adolescence, sont frequemment presentees comme une maniere de pallier un deficit de l’enveloppe psychique par une enveloppe de souffrance.
A. Cascarino, A.-L. Sébert
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