Estructura genética en cinco especies de flebótomos (Lutzomyia spp.) de la serie townsendi, grupo verrucarum, en Colombia (Diptera: Prychodidae) by Claribel Hernández, Manuel Ruiz-García, Leonard Munstermann, Cristina Ferro

“…A spatial autocorrelation analysis (Moran´s I index) revealed a very weak, or inexistent spatial structure, which means that the speciation events between these species were independent from the geographic distances from where they currently live. …”
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Country-wide data of ecosystem structure from the third Dutch airborne laser scanning survey by W. Daniel Kissling, Yifang Shi, Zsófia Koma, Christiaan Meijer, Ou Ku, Francesco Nattino, Arie C. Seijmonsbergen, Meiert W. Grootes

“…The raster layers make use of the Dutch projected coordinate system (EPSG:28992 Amersfoort / RD New), are each ∼1 GB in size, and can be readily used by ecologists in a geographic information system (GIS) or analytical open-source software such as R and Python. …”
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Estimating the costs and perceived benefits of oral pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) delivery in ten counties of Kenya: a costing and a contingent valuation study by Steven Forsythe, Urbanus Kioko, Guy Mahiane, Robert Glaubius, Abednego Musau, Anthony Gichangi, Jason Reed, Daniel Were

“…This costing also allowed for a comparison of various models of service delivery in different geographic regions from the perspective of service providers in Kenya. …”
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GEOCHEMICAL EVALUATION OF THE MIDDLE MAGDALENA BASIN, COLOMBIA by J. C RAMON, L DZOU, B GIRALDO

“…Each group occur in different geographic locations. Oils were mainly derived from calcareous, siliciclastic and mixture of these two fades of the Upper Cretaceous La Luna Formation. …”
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Global patterns and drivers of phosphorus fractions in natural soils by X. He, X. He, L. Augusto, D. S. Goll, B. Ringeval, Y.-P. Wang, J. Helfenstein, J. Helfenstein, Y. Huang, E. Hou

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Species-specific herbivore grazing of type-specific grassland can assist with promotion of shallow layer of soil carbon sequestration by Jie Li, Hua Chai, Shiwen Ding, Jinsong Wang, Xincheng Li, Yinong Li, Tianyun Li, Jushan Liu, Hongjun Wang, Cunzhu Liang, Chengjie Wang, Yuan Liu, Yiqi Luo, Ling Wang, Deli Wang

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Synoptic analysis of extremely heavy rains and its effect on the peak discharge of Dez river floods (floods of 1993 and 2005) by Sara Bani Naeimeh, Hassan Lashkari, Jibril Ghorbanian, Jafar Morshedi

“…Materials and Methods In terms of geographic location, the Dez basin is limited between 48°10' to 50°21' east longitude and 31°34' to 33°7' north latitude. …”
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Ligand based-design of potential schistosomiasis inhibitors through QSAR, homology modeling, molecular dynamics, pharmacokinetics, and DFT studies by Saudatu C. Ja'afaru, MChem, Adamu Uzairu, PhD, Anshuman Chandra, PhD, Muhammed S. Sallau, PhD, George I. Ndukwe, PhD, Muhammad T. Ibrahim, PhD, Imteyaz Qamar, PhD

“…Abstract: Objectives: Schistosomiasis, a neglected tropical disease, is a leading cause of mortality in affected geographic areas. Currently, because no vaccine for schistosomiasis is available, control measures rely on widespread administration of the drug praziquantel (PZQ). …”
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The Impact of Photography on the Visual Evolution of Lacquer Works in Qajar Period by Sakineh Khatoun Mahmoudi, Alireza Baharlou

“…Photographers in Iran can be divided into three broad categories: first, those belonging to the European documentary and geographic tradition, who explored cultural and physical differences throughout the world; second, indigenous photographers, who experimented with the new technical discoveries for enjoyment, without a defined mission; and third, commercial photographers, who discovered that images could be sold. …”
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Phytochemical Composition, Antibacterial Activity, and Antioxidant Properties of the <i>Artocarpus altilis</i> Fruits to Promote Their Consumption in the Comoros Islands as Potenti... by Toilibou Soifoini, Dario Donno, Victor Jeannoda, Danielle Doll Rakoto, Ahmed Msahazi, Saidi Mohamed Mkandzile Farhat, Mouandhoime Zahahe Oulam, Gabriele Loris Beccaro

“…The present study aimed to evaluate the health-promoting potential of breadfruit (<i>Artocarpus altilis</i> (Parkinson) Fosberg, Moraceae family), a traditional Comorian food, considering the sample variability according to geographic localisation. Moreover, the main aims of this research were also to promote its consumption in the Comoros Islands as potential health-promoting food and evaluate it as a source of bioactive molecules for the food industry thanks to its antioxidant and antibacterial properties. …”
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Satellite determining dominant sources of particulate organic carbon across different eutrophic waters by Guangjia Jiang, Wen Su, Chunchao Zhang, Wei Deng, Xinrui Wang, Zhenxiong Yang, Xiangli Lv, Chuqian Lu, Shengyong Li, Ronghua Ma, Xiaohan Huang, Lijin Ye, Meng Wang, Wei Yu

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Uncertainty in United States coastal wetland greenhouse gas inventorying by James R Holmquist, Lisamarie Windham-Myers, Blanca Bernal, Kristin B Byrd, Steve Crooks, Meagan Eagle Gonneea, Nate Herold, Sara H Knox, Kevin D Kroeger, John McCombs, J Patrick Megonigal, Meng Lu, James T Morris, Ariana E Sutton-Grier, Tiffany G Troxler, Donald E Weller

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Marco geológico y tectónico de la Isla del Coco y la región marítima circunvecina, Costa Rica Geological and geotectonic framework of Isla del Coco and the marine zone off the cent... by Wilfredo Rojas, Guillermo E. Alvarado

“…The Cocos Ridge is a well defined linear bathymetric height, issued from the active volcanism of the Galápagos hotspot during the last 15 million years (Ma); it is the largest geographic feature of Costa Rica, as a volcanic range of 780km long in its territorial seawaters. …”
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Prevalência de colonização por Streptococcus agalactiae em gestantes atendidas em maternidade do Ceará, no Brasil, correlacionando com os resultados perinatais Prevalence of the co... by José Juvenal Linhares, Pedro Gomes Cavalcante Neto, Janssen Loiola Melo Vasconcelos, Thiago de Vasconcelos Saraiva, Amélia Mayara Frota Ribeiro, Tamises Melo Siqueira, Francisco Ruliglésio Rocha

“…Since there are no studies on the prevalence of Group B streptococcus in Ceará, we cannot perform a comparative analysis of the population, and further studies are needed with geographically similar groups to validate these results.…”
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İKLİM DEĞİŞİKLİĞİ MÜLTECİLERİ’NİN BİRLEŞMİŞ MİLLETLER VE TÜRKİYE'DEN BEKLEDİKLERİ YASAL DÜZENLEMELER by Şeyma KARAMEŞE

“…The growing influence of environmental disasters will also affect Turkey because of its geographic location and no doubt it will face with such applications soon. …”
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Chromosomes of Cichlasoma istlanum (Perciformes: Cichlidae) and karyotype comparison of two presumed subspecies by Manuel Uribe-Alcocer, Carlos Téllez-Vargas, Píndaro Díaz-Jaimes

“…The lack of population divergence might have been brought about by an abated geographic isolation caused by gene flow among contiguous populations along their continuous distribution in the Balsas Basin regions, by the relatively small divergence time since their distribution in these regions, and/or, less probably, by a recent historical replacement of one population by the other. …”
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Evaluating Carbon Monoxide and Aerosol Optical Depth Simulations from CAM-Chem Using Satellite Observations by Débora Souza Alvim, Júlio Barboza Chiquetto, Monica Tais Siqueira D’Amelio, Bushra Khalid, Dirceu Luis Herdies, Jayant Pendharkar, Sergio Machado Corrêa, Silvio Nilo Figueroa, Ariane Frassoni, Vinicius Buscioli Capistrano, Claudia Boian, Paulo Yoshio Kubota, Paulo Nobre

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Unexpectedly high concentrations of atmospheric mercury species in Lhasa, the largest city in the Tibetan Plateau by H. Lin, Y. Tong, Y. Tong, L. Chen, C. Yu, Z. Chu, Q. Zhang, X. Yin, Q. Zhang, Q. Zhang, S. Kang, S. Kang, J. Liu, J. Schauer, J. Schauer, B. de Foy, X. Wang

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In This Issue: Planners Coming to the Table by Duncan Hilchey

“…One of the powerful analytical tools planners can bring to the table is geographic information systems. Giombolini et al., Ruelle et al., Nixon and Doud, and Hu et al., use spatial analysis to explore the potential for diversification, foodshed development, food security infrastructure, and spatial characteristics of food deserts. …”
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Prevalence of consumption and nutritional content of breakfast meal among adolescents from the Brazilian National Dietary Survey by Jaqueline L. Pereira, Michelle A. de Castro, Sinead Hopkins, Carolyn Gugger, Regina M. Fisberg, Mauro Fisberg

“…Results: Breakfast was consumed by 93% of adolescents and it was associated with age, income, geographic region and household area. The most frequently consumed foods at breakfast were white bread, coffee, butter/margarine, refined cookies and crackers, and whole milk. …”
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