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Redistributive land reforms, agricultural productivity, and structural change: New cross‐national evidence

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract Large‐scale land reforms constitute a substantial redistribution of wealth and reallocation of agricultural land, which is a major form of asset and production input in developing countries. While land redistribution (from the rich to the poor) remains a highly controversial issue, extensive evidence on its effect is limited.
Devashish Mitra   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Efectividad del ejercicio más suplementación con vitamina D3 sobre la masa y fuerza muscular de pacientes con artritis reumatoidea

open access: yesRevista Colombiana de Medicina Física y Rehabilitación, 2023
Introducción. La artritis reumatoidea es una enfermedad autoinmune con un proceso inflamatorio crónico de las articulaciones y con una respuesta catabólica incrementada que predispone a una elevada pérdida de la masa muscular. Objetivo.
Ana Virginia del Carmen Santiago Peña   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

A revision of the Sclerocoelus galapagensis group (Diptera: Sphaeroceridae: Limosininae) [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
The Sclerocoelus galapagensis group is defined and revised, including the description of S. galapagensis new species from the Galapagos Islands; S. caribensis new species from the Caribbean and adjacent areas; S.
Marshall, Stephen A.
core  

Skeletal pathologies in extant crocodilians as a window into the paleopathology of fossil archosaurs

open access: yesThe Anatomical Record, EarlyView.
Abstract Crocodilians, together with birds, are the only extant relatives to many extinct archosaur groups, making them highly important for interpreting paleopathological conditions in a phylogenetic disease bracketing model. Despite this, comprehensive data on osteopathologies in crocodilians remain scarce.
Alexis Cornille   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Cephalopod Resources of Venezuela [PDF]

open access: yes, 1989
The cephalopod resources of Venezuela are reviewed, based on previous literature and observations from commercial catches. The history of the squid and octopus fishery in the major fishing grounds is presented along with information on the catches and ...
Arocha, Freddy
core  

Chern-Simons Gravity: From 2+1 to 2n+1 Dimensions [PDF]

open access: yes, 2000
These lectures provide an elementary introduction to Chern Simons Gravity and Supergravity in $d=2n+1$ dimensions.Comment: 17 pages, two columns, latex, no figures, Lectures presented at the XX Encontro de Fisica de Particulas e Campos, Sao Lourenco ...
Zanelli, Jorge
core   +4 more sources

Extent, characteristics and policy applications of Key Biodiversity Areas

open access: yesBiological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT A global standard for the identification of Key Biodiversity Areas (KBAs) was published 10 years ago to provide a unified set of criteria for identifying ‘sites of significance for the global persistence of biodiversity’. We review the initiative's origins, the KBA identification process, characteristics of the current network, threats, policy
Stuart H. M. Butchart   +57 more
wiley   +1 more source

Explicaciones para la crisis actual en Venezuela

open access: yesDiscursos del Sur, 2019
Son cinco los discursos que pretenden explicar, desde distintas posiciones políticas, la causa fundamental de la “crisis humanitaria” en Venezuela: 1.- la hostilidad implacable de adversarios internos y externos que culminó en sanciones internacionales y
Steve Ellner
doaj   +1 more source

Population Structure and Genetic Diversity among Isolates of Coccidioides posadasii in Venezuela and Surrounding Regions

open access: yesmBio, 2019
Valley Fever is a fungal disease caused by two species of fungi: Coccidioides immitis and C. posadasii. These fungi are found throughout the arid regions of North and South America; however, our understanding of genetic diversity and disease in South ...
M. Teixeira   +10 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Humans are not unique: difficult birth is common in placental mammals

open access: yesBiological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Human childbirth is widely presumed to be uniquely difficult and dangerous compared to birth in other mammals. Tight fetopelvic proportions can result in obstructed labour and contribute to high rates of maternal and neonatal mortality. Ideas summarised under the ‘obstetrical dilemma’ have contributed to this assumption by explaining difficult
Nicole D. S. Grunstra
wiley   +1 more source

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