Daniel A. Friess, Erik S. Yando, Guilherme M.O. Abuchahla, Janine B. Adams et al.
Mangrove forests are found along the shorelines of more than 100 countries, and provide a wide range of ecosystem services that support the livelihoods and wellbeing of tens of millions of people. Despite their importance, loss of global mangrove area has been so substantial that twelve years ago ac...
Pamela J. Goodwin, Wendy R. Parulekar, Karen A. Gelmon, Lois E. Shepherd et al.
BACKGROUND: Metformin may improve metabolic factors (insulin, glucose, leptin, highly sensitive C-reactive protein [hs-CRP]) associated with poor breast cancer outcomes. The NCIC Clinical Trials Group (NCIC CTG) MA.32 investigates effects of metformin vs placebo on invasive disease-free survival and...
Adrian Leftwich
Click to increase image sizeClick to decrease image size Notes 1. Atul Kohli, ‘State, society and development’, in: Ira Katnelson & Helen V. Milner (eds), Political Science: The State of the Discipline (W. W. Norton & Co., 2002), p. 117. 2. Dani Rodrik, ‘Growth strategies’, in: Philippe Aghion & Ste...
Xibei Dang, Jenna Scotcher, Si Wu, Rosalie Chu et al.
Pilot Project #1--the identification and characterization of human histone H4 proteoforms by top-down MS--is the first project launched by the Consortium for Top-Down Proteomics (CTDP) to refine and validate top-down MS. Within the initial results from seven participating laboratories, all reported ...
von Grebmer, Klaus; Ringler, Claudia; Rosegrant, Mark W.; Olofinbiyi, Tolulope; Wiesmann, Doris; Fritschel, Heidi; Badiane, Ousmane; Torero, Maximo; Yohannes, Yisehac; Thompson, Jennifer; von Oppeln, Constanze; Rahall, Joseph, http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0061-3400 Badiane, Ousmane; http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3591-000X Fritschel, Heidi; http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6371-6127 Rosegrant, Mark; http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4863-3371 Torero, Maximo; http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6908-5773 von Grebmer, K.; http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1269-4041 Olofinbiyi, Tolulope; http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7932-1816 Yohannes, Yisehac
World hunger, according to the 2012 Global Hunger Index (GHI), has declined somewhat since 1990 but remains “serious.” The global average masks dramatic differences among regions and countries. Regionally, the highest GHI scores are in South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa. South Asia reduced its GHI sc...
Jennifer Thompson
A cornerstone of feminist scholarship, intersectionality theory and method explore how gender intersects with other forms of social difference such as race and class. However, in light of the entangled relationships between nature and society, this article argues that human experience cannot be unde...
Emily E. Puckett, Isis S. Davis, Dawn C. Harper, Kazumasa Wakamatsu et al.
Color variation is a frequent evolutionary substrate for camouflage in small mammals, but the underlying genetics and evolutionary forces that drive color variation in natural populations of large mammals are mostly unexplained. The American black bear, Ursus americanus (U. americanus), exhibits a r...
Taj Azarian, Patrick K. Mitchell, Maria Georgieva, Claudette M. Thompson et al.
Abstract Streptococcus pneumoniae serotype 3 remains a significant cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide, despite inclusion in the 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV13). Serotype 3 increased in carriage since the implementation of PCV13 in the United States, while invasive disease ra...
Emily E. Puckett, Isis S. Davis, Dawn C. Harper, Kazumasa Wakamatsu et al.
SUMMARY Color variation is a frequent evolutionary substrate for camouflage in small mammals but the underlying genetics and evolutionary forces that drive color variation in natural populations of large mammals are mostly unexplained. The American black bear, Ursus americanus , exhibits a range of ...
Samuel Brazys, Arusha Cooray, Åshild Kolås, Krishna Chaitanya Vadlamannati
We were honoured to be selected as the new editorial team for the Journal of International Development (JID) and look forward to maintaining the journal's strong tradition as a leading outlet for multi-methodological and transdisciplinary development scholarship. We hope to receive submissions from ...
von Grebmer, Klaus; Ringler, Claudia; Rosegrant, Mark W.; Olofinbiyi, Tolulope; Wiesmann, Doris; Fritschel, Heidi; Badiane, Ousmane; Torero, Maximo; Yohannes, Yisehac; Thompson, Jennifer; von Oppeln, Constanze; Rahall, Joseph, http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0061-3400 Badiane, Ousmane; http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3591-000X Fritschel, Heidi; http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6371-6127 Rosegrant, Mark; http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4863-3371 Torero, Maximo; http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6908-5773 von Grebmer, K.; http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1269-4041 Olofinbiyi, Tolulope; http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7932-1816 Yohannes, Yisehac
Selon l’Indice de la faim dans le monde 2012 (GHI), la faim dans le monde a quelque peu diminué depuis 1990 mais reste « grave ». La moyenne mondiale masque des écarts importants entre les régions et les pays. A l’échelle régionale, ce sont l’Asie du Sud et l’Afrique subsaharienne qui obtiennent les...
Khondoker M.G. Dastogeer, Jennifer B. Thompson, Kenzo Esquivel, Hannah Waterhouse et al.
Soils harbor a significant proportion of Earth’s biodiversity, especially microorganisms. Yet understanding the drivers of soil microbial diversity, community composition, and interactions remains far from complete, especially in agricultural landscapes where management at multiple scales could stro...
Kristin A. Shimano, Amanda B. Grimes, Shipra Kaicker, Sanjay Shah et al.
Importance: Eltrombopag, a thrombopoietin receptor agonist, is approved by the US Food and Drug Administration for children with chronic immune thrombocytopenia. Efficacy of eltrombopag during the newly diagnosed phase of pediatric immune thrombocytopenia is unknown. Objective: To determine if the p...
Jennifer A. Wagner-Lawlor, Kirsten Harris, Christian P. Haines, Stephanie Peebles Tavera et al.
This issue of Utopian Studies represents a journal milestone: thirty-five years of publication. Our gift to ourselves is the expansion of our editorial team, with Associate Editor Christian P. Haines overseeing the CRITICAL FORUM section of the journal. He is already at work on the FORUM for the upc...
Arthur M. Eckstein, Thomas N. Bisson, James A. Brundage, John E. Wills et al.
PETER S. WELLS. The Barbarians Speak: How the Conquered. Peoples Shaped Roman Europe. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1999. Pp. xii, 335. $29.95 (US). Reviewed by Arthur M. Eckstein DAVID ABULAFIA, ed. The New Cambridge Medieval History: V: c. 1198–c. 1300. New York: Cambridge University Pres...