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Stable Isotope Analysis as a Tool to Prevent Illicit Wildlife Trade of Songbirds in Brazil

Animal Conservation, EarlyView.
Feather isotopes provide clear differences between wild and captive songbirds in Brazil. Combining multiple isotopes improved classification accuracy and revealed individuals falsely declared as captive‐bred. These results demonstrate the potential of isotope analysis to detect wildlife laundering in the bird trade.
Luiza Brasileiro, Fábio J. V. Costa, Paulo R. R. Ramos, Vladimir E. Costa, Gabriela B. Nardoto   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

The New Federalism of Mexico’s Party System El Nuevo Federalismo en el Sistema de Partidos Mexicano

Journal of Politics in Latin America, 2012
Federalism is widely lauded for its ability to manage deep social divisions and promote efficient policy in democratic systems, but it has been criticized for its impact on party system nationalization.
Francisco Cantú, Scott Desposato
doaj  

Applying “El Sistema”: An Analysis of The People’s Music School in Chicago, Illinois [PDF]

, 2019
Founded in 1975 by José Antonio Abreu in Venezuela, El Sistema is a music education program that gives underprivileged children the opportunity to learn to play a string instrument in a youth orchestra setting.
Schmidt, Elizabeth
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Bringing Nuance to Real Estate Financialisation: Insights From Brazil

Area, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Real estate has re‐emerged as an object of inquiry in geography and urban studies in recent years, particularly through the lens of the financialisation debate. The literature on financialisation has extensively documented how finance has reshaped real estate markets, often prioritising short‐term rent extraction in ways that can undermine ...
Stefano Pagin, Daniel Sanfelici
wiley   +1 more source

Control de la pudrición apical del fruto y secamiento del árbol mediante manejo integral del cultivo del guayabo (psidium guajava l.) Control of stylar end rot and plant wilting by integrated pest management in guava (Psidium guajava L. )

Bioagro, 2003
El cultivo del guayabo tiene un gran potencial en el estado Zulia; sin embargo, el manejo que se le da al cultivo parece ser una de las principales causas de los bajos rendimientos. En este estudio se evaluó una forma integrada de prácticas agronómicas y
Glady Castellano, Osmar Quijada, N. Guanipa, R. Camacho, Y. Fonseca   +4 more
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Sistema de Predicción para la Asistencia en el Seguimiento del Aprendizaje [PDF]

, 2015
El objetivo final de cualquier modelo docente es maximizar los resultados de aprendizaje de cada estudiante. A este objetivo, poco contribuye un proceso de enseñanza-aprendizaje de talla única, basado en una evaluación únicamente informativa, limitada a ...
Gallego-Durán, Francisco J., Llorens Largo, Faraón, Molina-Carmona, Rafael, Villagrá-Arnedo, Carlos-José   +3 more
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Universities Fostering Financially Healthy Competencies: Mitigating Domestic Bias for Optimal Decision‐Making

Bulletin of Economic Research, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study explores the relationship between financial capability and domestic bias in investment decisions among economics and business students at the University of Santiago de Compostela. Financial capability is defined as the combination of knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors that enable individuals to make informed financial decisions and
Marcos Álvarez‐Espiño, María‐Celia López‐Penabad, Leandro Benito‐Torres   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Exploración de sistemas de reconocimiento de habla "end-to-end" para nuevos idiomas

, 2018
Speech recognition is a subfield of computational linguistics which develops methodologies and technologies to enable machines the recognition and translation of spoken language into text. Traditionally, speech recognition systems have employed Hidden Markov Models (HMMs) to capture the time variability in a speech signal and Gaussian Mixture Models ...
openaire   +2 more sources

International Monetary Fund: From Stabiliy to Instability (The Washington Consensus and Structural Reforms in Latin America [PDF]

, 2008
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) was created to set a standard for development and to facilitate the exchange transactions of the lnternational Financial System (IFS) in the framework of the established international economic order.
Girón, Alicia
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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, Candace Stenzel, Alexandra Anderson, Jessica Howell, Richard B. Lanctot, Marley Aikens, Joaquín Aldabe, Liam A. Berigan, Joël Bêty, Erik Blomberg, Juliana Bosi de Almeida, Andy J. Boyce, David W. Bradley, Stephen Brown, Jay Carlisle, Edward Cheskey, Katherine Christie, Sylvain Christin, Rob Clay, Ashley Dayer, Jill L. Deppe, Willow English, Scott A. Flemming, Olivier Gilg, Christine Gilroy, Susan Heath, Jason M. Hill, J. Mark Hipfner, James A. Johnson, Luanne Johnson, Bart Kempenaers, Paul Knaga, Eunbi Kwon, Benjamin J. Lagassé, Jean‐François Lamarre, Christopher Latty, Don‐Jean Léandri‐Breton, Nicolas Lecomte, Pam Loring, Laura A. McDuffie, Rebecca McGuire, Scott Moorhead, Juan G. Navedo, David Newstead, Erica Nol, Alina Olalla‐Kerstupp, Bridget Olson, Elizabeth Olson, Julie Paquet, Allison K. Pierce, Jennie Rausch, Kevin Regan, Matthew E. Reiter, Amber M. Roth, Mike Russell, Daniel Ruthrauff, Sarah T. Saalfeld, Amy L. Scarpignato, Shiloh Schulte, Nathan R. Senner, Joseph A. M. Smith, Paul A. Smith, Zach Spector, Kelly Srigley Werner, Michelle L. Stantial, Audrey R. Taylor, T. Lee Tibbitts, Mihai Valcu, Nils Warnock, Walter Wehtje, Brad Winn, Michael B. Wunder   +71 more
wiley   +1 more source