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Open AccessEast meets west: using ethnobotany in ethnic urban markets of Barcelona metropolitan area (Catalonia) as a tool for biocultural exchange
Ethnobotanical studies in metropolitan areas and urban ethnic markets have grown considerably in recent years as large cities have demonstrated to be significantly rich in biocultural diversity and in driving ...
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Open AccessBiocultural conservation systems in the Mediterranean region: the role of values, rules, and knowledge
The Mediterranean Basin is a global biodiversity hotspot, but formal conservation approaches have not been wholly effective to halt species and ecosystem losses in this world region. There is wide agreement th...
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Landscape products for sustainable agricultural landscapes
Landscape products link to low-input practices and traditional ecological knowledge, and have multiple functions supporting human well-being and sustainability. Here we explore seven landscape products worldwi...
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Which plants matter? A comparison of academic and community assessments of plant value and conservation status in the Moroccan High Atlas
As interest in including local communities and their knowledge in biodiversity conservation increases, challenges to do so become clear. One of them is to harmonize local and academic assessments of conservati...
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Diagnostic accuracy and interobserver variability of CO-RADS in patients with suspected coronavirus disease-2019: a multireader validation study
To conduct a multireader validation study to evaluate the interobserver variability and the diagnostic accuracy for the lung involvement by COVID-19 of COVID-19 Reporting and Data System (CO-RADS) score.
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Ethnoveterinary Practices in the Maghreb
The Maghreb, the north-western tip of Africa, is a geographically, floristically, and culturally rich area with a long history of animal husbandry. Local ethnoveterinary practices reflect Maghrebi beliefs abou...
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Correction to: Third release of the plant rDNA database with updated content and information on telomere composition and sequenced plant genomes
Unfortunately in page 116, second paragraph, the sentence that starts with “Other exceptions include…” was incorrectly published. The complete correct sentence is given below.
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Third release of the plant rDNA database with updated content and information on telomere composition and sequenced plant genomes
Here we present the third release of the plant rDNA database (March 2017), an open access online resource with information on numbers, locations and structure of 5S and 18S-5.8S-26S (35S) ribosomal DNA (rDNA) ( ...
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Open AccessWild food plants and minor crops in the Ripollès district (Catalonia, Iberian Peninsula): potentialities for develo** a local production, consumption and exchange program
Wild food plants (WFP) have always been consumed by humans, first as the main basis of their food and, since the origins of agriculture, as ingredients of normal diets or as an alternative during situations of...
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A Matter of Taste: Local Explanations for the Consumption of Wild Food Plants in the Catalan Pyrenees and the Balearic Islands1
A Matter of Taste: Local Explanations for the Consumption of Wild Food Plants in the Catalan Pyrenees and the Balearic Islands. Previous research has documented different trends in the co...
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Open AccessFoodways in transition: food plants, diet and local perceptions of change in a Costa Rican Ngäbe community
Indigenous populations are undergoing rapid ethnobiological, nutritional and socioeconomic transitions while being increasingly integrated into modernizing societies. To better understand the dynamics of these...
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Ultrasound evaluation of liver fibrosis: preliminary experience with acoustic structure quantification (ASQ) software
The aim of our study was to assess the diagnostic accuracy of acoustic structure quantification (ASQ) ultrasound software in estimating the degree of hepatic fibrosis compared to Fibroscan and liver biopsy.
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Applicazioni dell’ecografia con mezzo di contrasto nel rene trapiantato
Il trapianto renale è ormai considerato un efficace trattamento per pazienti allo stadio terminale nell’ insufficienza renale [1]. Durante gli anni ’70 e ’80, il tasso di successo, dei trapianti da cadavere è sal...
