Hanseniasis in the municipality of Western Amazon (Acre, Brazil): are we far from the goal of the World Health Organization?: Hansen and Western Amazon. [PDF]
Braz J Infect Dis, 2021 Araújo FA +5 more
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Criminology, EarlyView.Abstract We investigate how the affordances of an online context shape the processes of social learning. Using a dataset of more than 11,000 posts from the fraud subdread on the dark web forum Dread, we examine how affordances of platform governance, connectivity, anonymity, invisibility, asynchronicity, and limited oversight influence the components ...
Fangzhou Wang, Timothy Dickinson
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The Neotropical whale catfishes (Siluriformes: Cetopsidae: Cetopsinae), a revisionary study
Neotropical IchthyologyThe catfishes of the subfamily Cetopsinae of the Neotropical family Cetopsidae are revised. Four genera, Cetopsidium new genus, Cetopsis, Denticetopsis, and Paracetopsis Bleeker are recognized as valid. Bathycetopsis, Hemicetopsis, and Pseudocetopsis are
Richard P. Vari +2 more
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Diurnal variability of tropical rainfall retrieved from combined GOES and TRMM satellite information [PDF]
, 2002 Recent progress in satellite remote-sensing techniques for precipitation estimation, along with more accurate tropical rainfall measurements from the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) Microwave Imager (TMI) and precipitation radar (PR ...
Gao, X +6 more
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Ocular paracoccidioidomycosis in the Western Amazon: a case report
Journal of Human Growth and DevelopmentParacoccidioidomycosis (PCM), a systemic mycosis related to agricultural activities, is prevalent in Brazil. Its insidious evolution can have serious consequences when not diagnosed and treated early. This endemic disease affects several organs, but ocular lesions are uncommon. A bibliographic search on Scielo and Medline found very few confirmed cases.
Sebastião Afonso Viana Macedo Neves +6 more
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Network Structure and the Efficiency Gains from Mergers: Evidence from U.S. Freight Railroads
The RAND Journal of Economics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The trade‐off between market power and efficiency gains is central to antitrust analyses of mergers, but empirical evidence quantifying efficiencies remains limited. Using transaction‐level data from U.S. freight railroads (1985–2005), this article quantifies merger‐induced cost efficiencies, driven mainly by eliminating inter‐railroad ...
Yanyou Chen
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Journal of African Christian Biography: v. 2, no. 2 [PDF]
, 2017 A publication of the Dictionary of African Christian Biography with U.S. offices located at the Center for Global Christianity and Mission at Boston University. This issue focuses on: 1. Four Trailblazers of the Aladura Movement in Nigeria. 2.
Agbaje, Albert Aduloju +4 more
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From Human Hands to Machine Minds: Financing AI‐Driven Entrepreneurship in Reward‐Based Crowdfunding
Accounting &Finance, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study examines the effect of artificial intelligence (AI) adoption on financing performance in reward‐based crowdfunding. Using Kickstarter data from US projects, we find that AI projects have lower pledged amounts, receive fewer donations and attract fewer backers.
Zirui Song, Yihui Lan, Yuan George Shan
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Chlorophyll Fluorescence Imaging as a Tool for Evaluating Disease Resistance of Common Bean Lines in the Western Amazon Region of Colombia. [PDF]
Plants (Basel), 2022 Suárez JC +6 more
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Animal Conservation, EarlyView.This study highlights the importance of the unprotected Yabassi Key Biodiversity Area, Cameroon, for primate conservation in the Gulf of Guinea biodiversity hotspot. We modelled primate distribution patterns and found that historically overlooked parts of the landscape have high species richness and are critical for some threatened species.
Vianny Rodel Vouffo Nguimdo +4 more
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