Michael Hoffmann, Craig Hilton‐Taylor, Ariadne Angulo, Monika Böhm et al.
Assessing Biodiversity Declines Understanding human impact on biodiversity depends on sound quantitative projection. Pereira et al. (p. 1496 , published online 26 October) review quantitative scenarios that have been developed for four main areas of concern: species extinctions, species abundances a...
Monika Böhm, Ben Collen, Jonathan Baillie, Philip Bowles et al.
Effective and targeted conservation action requires detailed information about species, their distribution, systematics and ecology as well as the distribution of threat processes which affect them. Knowledge of reptilian diversity remains surprisingly disparate, and innovative means of gaining rapi...
Monika Karmin, Lauri Saag, Mário Vicente, Melissa A. Wilson Sayres et al.
It is commonly thought that human genetic diversity in non-African populations was shaped primarily by an out-of-Africa dispersal 50-100 thousand yr ago (kya). Here, we present a study of 456 geographically diverse high-coverage Y chromosome sequences, including 299 newly reported samples. Applying ...
Martin O’Donnell, Andrew Mente, Sumathy Rangarajan, Matthew McQueen et al.
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the joint association of sodium and potassium urinary excretion (as surrogate measures of intake) with cardiovascular events and mortality, in the context of current World Health Organization recommendations for daily intake (<2.0 g sodium, >3.5 g potassium) in adults. DESIGN:...
Axel Hochkirch, Melanie Bilz, Catarina Ferreira, Anja Danielczak et al.
Biodiversity loss is a major global challenge and minimizing extinction rates is the goal of several multilateral environmental agreements. Policy decisions require comprehensive, spatially explicit information on species' distributions and threats. We present an analysis of the conservation status ...
Madhav Joshi, SungYong Lee, Roger Mac Ginty
AbstractThis article assesses the extent to which the liberal peace (the dominant form of internationally supported peacemaking) actually deserves the sobriquet 'liberal peace'. In recent years, an intense debate emerged on this question as critics of the critique of the liberal peace have sought to...
Han Meng, Jamie Carr, Joe Beraducci, Phil Bowles et al.
Assessments of biodiversity patterns and threats among African reptiles have lagged behind those of other vertebrate groups and regions. We report the first systematic assessment of the distribution, threat status, and climate change vulnerability for the reptiles of Tanzania. A total of 321 reptile...
Myrtle Hill
Abstract Focusing on the archives of Irish Protestant missionary societies, this article aims to contribute to the growing feminist literature on a female missionary subculture which provided unique opportunities for women in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Stressing diversity of ...
Peter Radan, Aleksandar Pavković
Contents: Preface Introduction: what is secession?, Aleksandar Pavkovic and Peter Radan Part I Introduction to Secession: Secession and international order, James Mayall The history of secession: an overview, Bridget L. Coggins Explaining secession, David S. Siroky Changing borders by secession: nor...
Marc Lipman, Christopher Finn McQuaid, Ibrahim Abubakar, Mishal Khan et al.
March 24 is World Tuberculosis (TB) Day. In many countries, events marking World TB Day in 2020 were cancelled as national lockdowns began. This was not due to TB, but the ‘other pandemic’ and the year will be remembered as one where the virus SARS-CoV-2 and its disease COVID-19 dominated global hea...
Christi Linardich, Gina M. Ralph, Kent E. Carpenter, Neil A. Cox et al.
The greater Caribbean biogeographic region covered in this report (representing 38 countries and territories) encompasses an outstanding marine bony shorefish richness of approximately 1,360 species, with many (53%) being endemic. This report provides an overview of the conservat...
Andrew J. Plumptre, Zoltán Waliczky, Daniele Baisero, Olivia Crowe et al.
Key Biodiversity Areas (KBAs) are sites of significance for the global persistence of biodiversity. Based on the Global Standard for the Identification of Key Biodiversity Areas (KBA Standard), published in 2016, sites are currently being assessed for KBA designation in a growing number of countries...
Alysha S. Thompson, Martina Gaggl, Nicola P. Bondonno, Amy Jennings et al.
Abstract Background Plant-rich dietary patterns may protect against negative health outcomes among individuals with chronic kidney disease (CKD), although aspects of plant-based diet quality have not been studied. This study aimed to examine associations between healthful and unhealthful plant-based...
C Rutherford, S Winward, S Towell, I Lawrie et al.
Transbronchial lung cryobiopsy (TBLC) is a promising new technique that is rapidly developing as a standard diagnostic procedure in the diagnosis of interstitial lung disease. However there continues to be a variety of non-standardised approaches taken to its implementation . We performed a retrospe...
Hamad Ahmed, Matthew Alderton, R A Amos, D O Ariyanto et al.