Biosafety Evaluation of Equine Umbilical Cord-Derived Mesenchymal Stromal Cells (UC-MSCs) by Systematic Pathogen Screeni...
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Genomic epidemiology in filarial nematodes : transforming the basis for elimination program decisions
Onchocerciasis and lymphatic filariasis are targeted for elimination, primarily using mass drug administration at the country and community levels. Elimination of transmission is the onchocerciasis target and global elimination as a public health problem is the end point for lymphatic filariasis. Where program duration, treatment coverage, and comp...
A map of African humid tropical forest aboveground biomass derived from management inventories
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Forest biomass is key in Earth carbon cycle and climate system, and thus under intense scrutiny in the context of international climate change mitigation initiatives (e.g. REDD+). In tropical forests, the spatial distribution of aboveground biomass (AGB) remains, however, highly uncertain. There is increasing recognition that progress is strongly l...
Remote sensing products and services in support of agricultural public policies in Africa : overview and challenges
In the last decade, governments, international institutions, donors, the private sector, etc. have shown a renewed interest in agricultural issues in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). This interest came with a strong need for information in countries where the lack of reliable and timely basic information can be a problem. Thanks to its capacity to observe...
Leveraging signatures of plant functional strategies in wood density profiles of African trees to correct mass estimatio...
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Wood density (WD) relates to important tree functions such as stem mechanics and resistance against pathogens. This functional trait can exhibit high intraindividual variability both radially and vertically. With the rise of LiDAR-based methodologies allowing nondestructive tree volume estimations, failing to account for WD variations related to tr...
Modos de apropiación territorial en Belice : una genealogía institucional de la propiedad / Saberes territoriales en Amé...
En Belice, la propiedad de la tierra se instituye en contextos coloniales marcados por una gran precariedad jurídica que desemboca en una gran complejidad político-territorial. El proceso de institución de la propiedad se da en varias fases que corresponden a etapas de la construcción colonial, cada una de las cuales genera distintos modelos de neg...
Recenser et évaluer les pratiques agricoles qui stockent le carbone des sols, premier pas vers une agriculture à faible ...
In French Guiana, the general environmental context and the growing need for energy and food products, linked to population growth, are responsible for increasing pressure on natural resources through land use changes. Low impact practices are emerging in the aim of reconciling production and environmental objectives. In French Guiana slash and bur...
Inverse estuaries in West Africa : evidence of the rainfall recovery ?
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In West Africa, as in many other estuaries, enormous volumes of marine water are entering the continent. Fresh water discharge is very low, and it is commonly strongly linked to rainfall level. Some of these estuaries are inverse estuaries. During the Great Sahelian Drought (1968-1993), their hyperhaline feature was exacerbated. This paper aims to ...
Temporally consistent species differences in parasite infection but no evidence for rapid parasite-mediated speciation i...
Parasites may have strong eco-evolutionary interactions with their hosts. Consequently, they may contribute to host diversification. The radiation of cichlid fish in Lake Victoria provides a good model to study the role of parasites in the early stages of speciation. We investigated patterns of macroparasite infection in a community of 17 sympatric...
Is deoxygenation detectable before warming in the thermocline ?
Anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions cause ocean warming and oxygen depletion, with adverse impacts on marine organisms and ecosystems. Warming is one of the main indicators of anthropogenic climate change, but, in the thermocline, changes in oxygen and other biogeochemical tracers may emerge from the bounds of natural variability prior to warmin...
