Quinoa crop biodiversity in Chile: an ancient plant cultivated with sustainable agricultural practices and producing grains of outstanding and diverse nutritional values [PDF]
, 2011 Quinoa crop (Chenopodium quinoa) has been cultivated since the last seven thousand years in Latin America. However the nutritional and functional properties have been diffused only since the last decade.
Bazile, Didier +7 more
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A uniform isotopic and chemical signature of dust exported from Patagonia: Rock sources and occurrence in southern environments [PDF]
, 2007 Patagonia is considered to be the most important source of dust from South America that is deposited in surrounding areas, and we present here a systematic Sr and Nd isotopic study of sediment currently being exported.
Brunet, Frédéric +3 more
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Egyptian Journal of Forensic Sciences, 2016 We selected four types of forestal areas with different botanical compositions and an anthropised prairie in a region of Chile to identify insects that participate in the decomposition of pig carcasses and that can be used as bioindicators in Chilean ...
Alexander Ortloff +3 more
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Breeding Biology of the Southern House Wren on Chiloé Island, Southern Chile
The Wilson Journal of Ornithology, 2012 Abstract We studied the breeding biology of a Southern House Wren (Troglodytes aedon chilensis) population using nest boxes on Chiloe Island, southern Chile (41° S) to make latitudinal comparisons at the intraspecific level. There were no significant differences in body size between adult males and females, although wings were significantly longer in ...
Ippi, Silvina +4 more
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Aerosol-related effects on the occurrence of heterogeneous ice formation over Lauder, New Zealand ∕ Aotearoa [PDF]
Atmospheric Chemistry and PhysicsThe presented study investigates the efficiency of heterogeneous ice formation in natural clouds over Lauder, New Zealand / Aotearoa. Aerosol conditions in the middle troposphere above Lauder are subject to huge contrasts. Clean, pristine air masses from
J. Hofer +9 more
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VST - VLT Survey Telescope Integration Status
, 2005 The VLT Survey Telescope (VST) is a 2.6m aperture, wide field, UV to I facility, to be installed at the European Southern Observatory (ESO) on the Cerro Paranal Chile.
Belfiore, C. +22 more
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Rates of Influenza-like Illness and Winter School Breaks, Chile, 2004–2010
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2014 To determine effects of school breaks on influenza virus transmission in the Southern Hemisphere, we analyzed 2004–2010 influenza-like–illness surveillance data from Chile. Winter breaks were significantly associated with a two-thirds temporary incidence
Gerardo Chowell +4 more
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Acari, Laelapidae (ectoparasitic mites), central and southern Chile
Check List, 2010 Laelapidae mites include ectoparasites of small mammals. The fauna of mites of many Neotropical areas is still understudied, and such is the case of Chile. We report the results of a survey carried out in central and southern Chile: Acanthochela chilensis Ewing 1933 is reported from Dromiciops gliroides Thomas 1894; Lukoschus maresi Radovsky and ...
Lareschi, Marcela +1 more
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Chile's Peso: Better Than (Just) Living with the Dollar? [PDF]
The choice between maintaining or giving up the national currency is determined by putting on balance the benefits of macroeconomic flexibility derived from a floating exchange rate and an independent monetary policy, and the microeconomic benefits ...
Felipe Morandé, Klaus Schmidt-Hebbel
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Detection of Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis in a cattle/pudu interface
Arquivo Brasileiro de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia, 2015 Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis (Map) is the etiological agent of paratuberculosis. In Chile, information about Map isolation from both domestic ruminant and wildlife species has been accumulating, but it has to be extended to other species ...
M. Salgado +3 more
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