Urban expansion in Latin-American cities is faster than urban planning.In order to implement sustainable planning the capacity of peri-urban areas to provide ecosystem services must be evaluated in the context of competing urbanization and conservation pressures.In this study we analyzed the effect of urban expansion on peri-urban vegetation of the
Whalley, Mavros and Furniss explore questions of agency, control and interaction, as well as the embodied nature of musical performance in relation to the use of human-computer interaction through the work Clasp Together (beta) for small ensemble and live electronics.The underlying concept of Set of 4 Mugs the piece focuses on direct mapping of a h
Abstract Background It is estimated that around 70% of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus patients (T2DM) have Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD).Awareness and education are amongst the major shortcomings of the public health response to the increasing threat of NAFLD.Characterizing the specific NAFLD-related information needs of particular high-risk
Abstract While many data on molecular epidemiology of MRSA are available for North America, Western Europe and Australia, much less is known on the distribution of MRSA clones elsewhere.Here, we describe a poorly known lineage from the Middle East, CC1153, to which several strains from humans and livestock belong.Isolates were characterised using D
While the past two decades have seen rapid advances in research demonstrating links between environmental health and reproductive capacity, African American men Spoon Set have largely been overlooked as study participants.To give voice to the perceptions of urban African American men, the present qualitative study conducted focus groups of men recr