Resultados de búsqueda - "Humanism"

Camel Streptococcus agalactiae populations are associated with specific disease complexes and acquired the tetracycline resistance gene tetM via a Tn916-like element por Fischer, A., Liljander, Anne M., Kaspar, H., Muriuki, C., Fuxelius, H.H., Bongcam-Rudloff, E., Villiers, Etienne P. de, Huber, C.A., Frey, J., Daubenberger, C.A., Bishop, Richard P., Younan, M., Jores, Joerg

“…We analysed the GBS using Bayesian linkage, phylogenetic and minimum spanning tree analyses and compared them with human GBS from East Africa in order to investigate the level of genetic exchange between GBS populations in the region. …”
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Planning and management of irrigation in Sub-Saharan Africa: reducing the environmental and health costs por McCartney, Matthew P., Boelee, Eline, Cofie, Olufunke O., Mutero, Clifford M.

“…Development of irrigation can result in negative environmental and human health impacts. Irrigation undertaken without full consideration of these impacts can have serious adverse repercussions, not only undermining the investment but also worsening poverty and contributing considerably to peoples? …”
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Estimating environmental flow requirements downstream of the Chara Chara weir on the Blue Nile River por McCartney, Matthew P., Shiferaw, A., Seleshi, Y.

“…The most conspicuous impact of these human interventions has been significantly reduced flows over the Tis Issat Falls. …”
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Characterization of the novel Trypanosoma brucei inosine 5′-monophosphate dehydrogenase por Tomoaki Bessho, Shoko Morii, Toshihide Kusumoto, Takahiro Shinohara, Masanori Noda, Susumu Uchiyama, Satoshi Shuto, Shigenori Nishimura, Duszenko, M., Martin, S.K., Takashi Inui, Kubata, K.B.

“…There is an alarming rate of human African trypanosomiasis recrudescence in many parts of sub-Saharan Africa. …”
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Co-infections determine patterns of mortality in a population exposed to parasite infection por Woolhouse, Mark E.J., Thumbi, Samuel M., Jennings, A., Chase-Topping, M., Callaby, R., Kiara, Henry K., Oosthuizen, M.C., Mbole-Kariuki, Mary N., Conradie, I., Handel, Ian G., Poole, Elizabeth J., Njiiri, E., Collins, N.E., Murray, G., Tapio, M., Auguet, O.T., Weir, W., Morrison, W. Ivan, Kruuk, L.E.B., Bronsvoort, B.M. de C., Hanotte, Olivier H., Coetzer, K., Toye, Philip G.

“…These findings can be generalized to many other infectious diseases, including human malaria, and illustrate how co-infections can play a key role in determining population-level patterns of morbidity and mortality due to parasite infections.…”
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The Role of Latin America’s Land and Water Resources for Global Food Security: Environmental Trade-Offs of Future Food Production Pathways. por Flachsbarth, I., Willaarts, B., Xie, Hua, Pitois, G., Mueller, N.D., Ringler, Claudia, Garrido, A.

“…One of humanity’s major challenges of the 21st century will be meeting future food demands on an increasingly resource constrained-planet. …”
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Microbial hazards in irrigation water: standards, norms, and testing to manage use of water in fresh produce primary production por Uyttendaele, M., Jaykus, L.-A., Amoah, Philip, Chiodini, A., Cunliffe, D., Jacxsens, L., Holvoet, K., Korsten, L., Lau, M., McClure, Pe., Medema, G., Sampers, I., Rao Jasti, P.

“…However, access to safe water is becoming increasingly difficult in many parts of the world, and thiscan lead to the production of fresh produce contaminated with pathogenic microorganisms, resulting in increased riskof human disease. Water, an important raw material in the fresh produce chain, is used in considerable amounts inmany operations, including irrigation and application of pesticides and fertilizers, but also as a transport medium andfor cooling and washing in postharvest practices. …”
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One hundred and six diploids to unravel the genetics of traits in banana: a panel for genome-wide association study and its application to the seedless phenotype por Sardos, J., Rouard, M., Hueber, Y., Cenci, A., Hyma, K., Houwe, Ines van den, Hribova, E., Courtois, Brigitte, Roux, N.

“…The GWAS method was developed to perform association studies between phenotypes such as diseases and genotypes in Humans and is now successfully applied to many plants and animals to support the breeding process. …”
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Mapping climate change adaptive capacity and vulnerability of smallholder agricultural livelihoods in Central America: ranking and descriptive approaches to support adaptation stra... por Bouroncle, Claudia, Imbach, Pablo, Rodríguez Sánchez, Beatriz, Medellín, Claudia, Martínez Valle, Armando Isaac, Läderach, Peter R.D.

“…We use the IPCC definition of vulnerability, and address the potential impact of climate change on suitability for major crops and adaptive capacity using indicators of basic human needs, as well as resources for innovation and action framed in a livelihoods approach. …”
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Genomic analysis identified a potential novel molecular mechanism for high-altitude adaptation in sheep at the Himalayas por Gorkhali, N.A., Kunzhe Dong, Min Yang, Shen Song, Kader, A., Shrestha, B.S., Xiaohong He, Qian-Jun Zhao, Yabin Pu, Xiangchen Li, Kijas, J., Weijun, Guan, Han Jianlin, Lin Jiang, Yuehui Ma

“…Third, the electrophoretic mobility shift assays (EMSA) analysis using human lung cancer cells revealed the allele-specific DNA-protein interactions. …”
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Planteome: A resource for common reference ontologies and applications for plant biology por Jaiswal, P., Cooper, Laurel D., Elser, J.L., Meier, A., Laporte, Marie-Angélique, Mungall, C., Smith, B., Johnson, E.K.S., Seymour, M., Preece, J., Xu, X., Kitchen, R.S., Qu, B., Zhang, E., Arnaud, Elizabeth, Carbon, S., Todorovic, S., Stevenson, D.W.

“…Around the world, a small number of plant species serve as the primary source of food for the human population, yet these crops are vulnerable to multiple stressors, such as diseases, nutrient deficiencies and unfavorable environmental conditions. …”
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Tropical forest-transition landscapes: a portfolio for studying people, tree crops and agro-ecological change in context por Dewi, Sonya, Noordwijk, Meine van, Zulkarnain, Muhammad Thoha, Dwiputra, Adrian, Hyman, Glenn G., Prabhu, Ravi, Gitz, Vincent, Nasi, Robert

“…We evaluated three portfolios of tropical landscape observatories and quantified extrapolation domains across ecological zones, stages of forest transition, human development index (HDI), population density and potential prominence of four dominant tropical tree crops (arabica coffee, cacao, rubber and oil palm). …”
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The challenges of applying planetary boundaries as a basis for strategic decision-making in companies with global supply chains por Clift, R., Sim, S., King, H., Chenoweth, J.L., Christie, I., Clavreul, J., Mueller, C., Boulay, A., Chaplin-Kramer, Rebecca, Chatterton, J., DeClerck, Fabrice A.J., Druckman, A., France, C., Franco, A., Gerten, D., Goedkoop, M., Hauschild, M.Z., Huijbregts, M.A.J., Koellner, T., Lambin, E.F.B., Lee, J., Mair, S, Marshall, S., Mila i Canals, L., Mitchell, C., Posthuma, L., Price, E., Rockström, Johan, Suckling, J., Murphy, R.

“…The Planetary Boundaries (PB) framework represents a significant advance in specifying the ecological constraints on human development. However, to enable decision-makers in business and public policy to respect these constraints in strategic planning, the PB framework needs to be developed to generate practical tools. …”
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Distilling the role of ecosystem services in the Sustainable Development Goals por Wood, S.L.R., Jones, S.K., Johnson, J.A., Brauman, Kate A., Chaplin-Kramer, Rebecca, Fremier, Alexander K., Girvetz, Evan Hartunian, Gordon, L.J., Kappel, K.V., Mandle, L., Mulligan, M., O'Farrell, P., Smith, W.K., Willemen, L., Zhang, Wei, DeClerck, Fabrice A.J.

“…Here we present the results of an expert survey on the contributions of 16 ecosystem services to achieving SDG targets linked to environment and human well-being, and review the capacity of modelling tools to evaluate SDG-relevant ecosystem services interactions. …”
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Food system consequences of a fungal disease epidemic in a major crop por Godfray, H. Charles J., Mason-D'Croz, Daniel, Robinson, Sherman

“…Fungal diseases are major threats to the most important crops upon which humanity depends. Were there to be a major epidemic that severely reduced yields, its effects would spread throughout the globalized food system. …”
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Integrating the social, hydrological and ecological dimensions of freshwater health: the freshwater health index por Vollmer, D., Shaad, K., Souter, N.J., Farrell, T., Dudgeon, D., Sullivan, C.A., Fauconnier, I., MacDonald, G.M., McCartney, Matthew P., Power, A.G., McNally, A., Andelman, Sandy J., Capon, T., Devineni, N., Apirumanekul, C., Nam Ng, C., Shaw, M.R., Wang, R.Y., Lai, C., Wang, Z., Regan, H.M.

“…This paper suggests that management for sustainability of freshwater systems needs to consider the linkages between human water uses, freshwater ecosystems and governance. …”
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Data from: Resequencing of common bean identifies regions of inter-gene pool introgression and provides comprehensive resources for molecular breeding por Lobaton, Juan David, Miller, Tamara, Gil, Juanita, Ariza, Daniel, Hoz, Juan Fernando de la, Soler Garzón, Alvaro, Beebe, Stephen E., Duitama, Jorge, Gepts, Paul L., Raatz, Bodo

“…Common bean is the most important grain legume for human consumption and a main nutrition source in the tropics. …”
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Five challenges to reconcile agricultural land use and forest ecosystem services in Southeast Asia por Carrasco, Luis Roman, Papworth, S.K., Reed, J.D., Symes, W.S., Ickowitz, A., Clements, T., Peh, K.S.H., Sunderland, Terry C.H.

“…These challenges include lack of accessible ES valuation techniques; limited knowledge of the links between forests, food security, and human well‐being; weak demand and political will for the integration of ES in economic activities and environmental regulation; a disconnect between decision makers and ES valuation; and lack of transparent discussion platforms where stakeholders can work toward consensus on negotiated land‐use management decisions. …”
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Trees, forests and water: Cool insights for a hot world por Ellison, D., Morris, C.E., Locatelli, Bruno, Sheil, D., Cohen, J., Murdiyarso, Daniel, Gutiérrez, V., Noordwijk, M. van, Creed, I.F., Pokorny, J., Gaveau, D.L.A., Spracklen, D.V., Tobella, A B., Ilstedt, Ulrik, Teuling, A.J., Gebrehiwot, S.G., Sands, D.C., Muys, B., Verbist, B., Springgay, E., Sugandi, Y., Sullivan, C.A.

“…Forest-driven water and energy cycles are poorly integrated into regional, national, continental and global decision-making on climate change adaptation, mitigation, land use and water management. This constrains humanity’s ability to protect our planet’s climate and life-sustaining functions. …”
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Identification of potential areas in México for intervention with biofortified high-zinc maize por Ramírez Jaspeado, Rocío, Palacios Rojas, Natalia, Funes, José, Pérez, Salomón, Donnet, M. Laura

“…Malnutrition is a problem that affects human growth, development and general health, particularly on children under 5 years of age and pregnant women. …”
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