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University of Costa Rica
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About: University of Costa Rica is a education organization based out in San José, Costa Rica. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Population & Venom. The organization has 9817 authors who have published 16781 publications receiving 238208 citations. The organization is also known as: UCR & Universidad de Costa Rica.
Topics: Population, Venom, Antivenom, Snake venom, Context (language use)
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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors conceptualized a cultural model of parenting, arguing that cultural models are expressed in the degree of familism, which informs socialization goals that are embodied in parenting ethnotheories.
Abstract: This study conceptualizes a cultural model of parenting. It is argued that cultural models are expressed in the degree of familism, which informs socialization goals that are embodied in parenting ethnotheories. Three cultural models were differentiated a priori: independent, interdependent, and autonomous-related. Samples were recruited that were expected to represent these cultural models: German, Euro-American, and Greek middle-class women representing the independent cultural model; Cameroonian Nso and Gujarati farming women representing the interdependent cultural model; and urban Indian, urban Chinese, urban Mexican, and urban Costa Rican women representing the autonomous-related model. These a priori classifications were confirmed with data that addressed different levels of the cultural models of parenting. The authors further confirmed that socialization goals mediate between broader sociocultural orientations (familism) and parenting ethnotheories concerning beliefs about good parenting. The dat...
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TL;DR: In this article, a series of tests were performed by means of an automated hollow cylindrical torsional shear apparatus on undrained monotonic loading triaxial compression and extension tests on Toyoura sand.
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Dalhousie University1, Scripps Institution of Oceanography2, Autonomous University of Baja California3, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration4, Joint Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Research5, Charles Darwin Foundation6, James Cook University7, United Nations University8, University of Queensland9, University of Technology, Sydney10, Tel Aviv University11, University of California, Santa Barbara12, Institut de recherche pour le développement13, University of Costa Rica14, Simón Bolívar University15, University of Guadalajara16, University of Hawaii17, University of Tasmania18, Leibniz Center for Tropical Marine Ecology19, University of Sheffield20, Blue Ventures21, The Nature Conservancy22, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute23, University of La Réunion24, McGill University25, Wildlife Conservation Society26, Kōchi University27, Newcastle University28, Microsoft29, United Nations Environment Programme30, WorldFish31, Department of Environment and Conservation32, University of Valle33
TL;DR: A global survey of reef fishes shows that the consequences of biodiversity loss are greater than previously anticipated as ecosystem functioning remained unsaturated with the addition of new species.
Abstract: Difficulties in scaling up theoretical and experimental results have raised controversy over the consequences of biodiversity loss for the functioning of natural ecosystems. Using a global survey of reef fish assemblages, we show that in contrast to previous theoretical and experimental studies, ecosystem functioning (as measured by standing biomass) scales in a nonsaturating manner with biodiversity (as measured by species and functional richness) in this ecosystem. Our field study also shows a significant and negative interaction between human population density and biodiversity on ecosystem functioning (i.e., for the same human density there were larger reductions in standing biomass at more diverse reefs). Human effects were found to be related to fishing, coastal development, and land use stressors, and currently affect over 75% of the world’s coral reefs. Our results indicate that the consequences of biodiversity loss in coral reefs have been considerably underestimated based on existing knowledge and that reef fish assemblages, particularly the most diverse, are greatly vulnerable to the expansion and intensity of anthropogenic stressors in coastal areas.
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University of Basel1, Griffith University2, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna3, Kangwon National University4, Peking University5, Beijing Normal University6, India Meteorological Department7, Tarbiat Modares University8, Moscow State University9, Ankara University10, University of Costa Rica11, Universidad del Norte, Colombia12, Federal University of Mato Grosso do Sul13, Pontifical Catholic University of Chile14, École Normale Supérieure15, University of Fort Hare16, Université catholique de Louvain17, Agricultural Research Service18
TL;DR: The first ever Global Rainfall Erosivity Database was used to develop a global erosivity map at 30 arc-seconds based on a Gaussian Process Regression(GPR), where the tropical climate zone has the highest mean rainfall erosivities followed by the temperate whereas the lowest mean was estimated in the cold climate zone.
Abstract: The exposure of the Earth’s surface to the energetic input of rainfall is one of the key factors controlling water erosion. While water erosion is identified as the most serious cause of soil degradation globally, global patterns of rainfall erosivity remain poorly quantified and estimates have large uncertainties. This hampers the implementation of effective soil degradation mitigation and restoration strategies. Quantifying rainfall erosivity is challenging as it requires high temporal resolution(<30 min) and high fidelity rainfall recordings. We present the results of an extensive global data collection effort whereby we estimated rainfall erosivity for 3,625 stations covering 63 countries. This first ever Global Rainfall Erosivity Database was used to develop a global erosivity map at 30 arc-seconds(~1 km) based on a Gaussian Process Regression(GPR). Globally, the mean rainfall erosivity was estimated to be 2,190 MJ mm ha−1 h−1 yr−1, with the highest values in South America and the Caribbean countries, Central east Africa and South east Asia. The lowest values are mainly found in Canada, the Russian Federation, Northern Europe, Northern Africa and the Middle East. The tropical climate zone has the highest mean rainfall erosivity followed by the temperate whereas the lowest mean was estimated in the cold climate zone.
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TL;DR: The burden of human suffering caused by snake bite remains un-recognised, invisible, and unheard by the global public health community, forgotten by development agencies and governments alike.
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Name | H-index | Papers | Citations |
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Alberto Ascherio | 136 | 462 | 69578 |
Gervasio Gomez | 133 | 1844 | 99695 |
Myron M. Levine | 123 | 789 | 60865 |
Hong-Cai Zhou | 114 | 489 | 66320 |
Edward O. Wilson | 101 | 406 | 89994 |
Mary Claire King | 100 | 336 | 47454 |
Olga Martín-Belloso | 86 | 384 | 23428 |
José María Gutiérrez | 84 | 607 | 26779 |
Cesare Montecucco | 84 | 382 | 27738 |
Rodolphe Clérac | 78 | 506 | 22604 |
Kim R. Dunbar | 74 | 470 | 20262 |
Paul J. Hanson | 70 | 251 | 19504 |
Hannia Campos | 69 | 210 | 15164 |
Jean-Pierre Gorvel | 67 | 231 | 15005 |
F. Albert Cotton | 66 | 1023 | 27647 |