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Pérez V, Lebrero R, Muñoz R, Pérez R. The fundamental role of pH in CH4 bioconversion into polyhydroxybutyrate in mixed methanotrophic cultures. Chemosphere 2024; 355:141832. [PMID: 38570044 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2024.141832] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/27/2023] [Revised: 03/13/2024] [Accepted: 03/26/2024] [Indexed: 04/05/2024]
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Climate change and plastic pollution are likely the most relevant challenges for the environment in the 21st century. Developing cost-effective technologies for the bioconversion of methane (CH4) into polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs) could simultaneously mitigate CH4 emissions and boost the commercialization of biodegradable polymers. Despite the fact that the role of temperature, nitrogen deprivation, CH4:O2 ratio or micronutrients availability on the PHA accumulation capacity of methanotrophs has been carefully explored, there is still a need for optimization of the CH4-to-PHA bioconversion process prior to becoming a feasible platform in future biorefineries. In this study, the influence of different cultivation broth pH values (5.5, 7, 8.5 and 10) on bacterial biomass growth, CH4 bioconversion rate, PHA accumulation capacity and bacterial community structure was investigated in a stirred tank bioreactor under nitrogen deprivation conditions. Higher CH4 elimination rates were obtained at increasing pH, with a maximum value of 50.4 ± 2.7 g CH4·m-3·h-1 observed at pH 8.5. This was likely mediated by an increased ionic strength in the mineral medium, which enhanced the gas-liquid mass transfer. Interestingly, higher PHB accumulations were observed at decreasing pH, with the highest PHB contents recorded at a pH 5.5 (43.7 ± 3.4 %w·w-1). The strong selective pressure of low pH towards the growth of Type II methanotrophic bacteria could explain this finding. The genus Methylocystis increased its abundance from 34 % up to 85 and 90 % at pH 5.5 and 7, respectively. On the contrary, Methylocystis was less abundant in the community enriched at pH 8.5 (14 %). The accumulation of intracellular PHB as energy and carbon storage material allowed the maintenance of high CH4 biodegradation rates during 48 h after complete nitrogen deprivation. The results here obtained demonstrated for the first time a crucial and multifactorial role of pH on the bioconversion performance of CH4 into PHA.
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- V Pérez
- Institute of Sustainable Processes, Valladolid University, Dr. Mergelina s/n, Spain; Department of Chemical Engineering and Environmental Technology, Valladolid University, Prado de la Magdalena 5, Valladolid, Spain
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- Institute of Sustainable Processes, Valladolid University, Dr. Mergelina s/n, Spain; Department of Chemical Engineering and Environmental Technology, Valladolid University, Prado de la Magdalena 5, Valladolid, Spain
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- Institute of Sustainable Processes, Valladolid University, Dr. Mergelina s/n, Spain; Department of Chemical Engineering and Environmental Technology, Valladolid University, Prado de la Magdalena 5, Valladolid, Spain
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- Institute of Sustainable Processes, Valladolid University, Dr. Mergelina s/n, Spain; Department of Chemical Engineering and Environmental Technology, Valladolid University, Prado de la Magdalena 5, Valladolid, Spain.
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van Breugel M, Bongers F, Norden N, Meave JA, Amissah L, Chanthorn W, Chazdon R, Craven D, Farrior C, Hall JS, Hérault B, Jakovac C, Lebrija-Trejos E, Martínez-Ramos M, Muñoz R, Poorter L, Rüger N, van der Sande M, Dent DH. Feedback loops drive ecological succession: towards a unified conceptual framework. Biol Rev Camb Philos Soc 2024. [PMID: 38226776 DOI: 10.1111/brv.13051] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2023] [Revised: 12/29/2023] [Accepted: 12/29/2023] [Indexed: 01/17/2024]
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The core principle shared by most theories and models of succession is that, following a major disturbance, plant-environment feedback dynamics drive a directional change in the plant community. The most commonly studied feedback loops are those in which the regrowth of the plant community causes changes to the abiotic (e.g. soil nutrients) or biotic (e.g. dispersers) environment, which differentially affect species availability or performance. This, in turn, leads to shifts in the species composition of the plant community. However, there are many other PE feedback loops that potentially drive succession, each of which can be considered a model of succession. While plant-environment feedback loops in principle generate predictable successional trajectories, succession is generally observed to be highly variable. Factors contributing to this variability are the stochastic processes involved in feedback dynamics, such as individual mortality and seed dispersal, and extrinsic causes of succession, which are not affected by changes in the plant community but do affect species performance or availability. Both can lead to variation in the identity of dominant species within communities. This, in turn, leads to further contingencies if these species differ in their effect on their environment (priority effects). Predictability and variability are thus intrinsically linked features of ecological succession. We present a new conceptual framework of ecological succession that integrates the propositions discussed above. This framework defines seven general causes: landscape context, disturbance and land-use, biotic factors, abiotic factors, species availability, species performance, and the plant community. When involved in a feedback loop, these general causes drive succession and when not, they are extrinsic causes that create variability in successional trajectories and dynamics. The proposed framework provides a guide for linking these general causes into causal pathways that represent specific models of succession. Our framework represents a systematic approach to identifying the main feedback processes and causes of variation at different successional stages. It can be used for systematic comparisons among study sites and along environmental gradients, to conceptualise studies, and to guide the formulation of research questions and design of field studies. Mapping an extensive field study onto our conceptual framework revealed that the pathways representing the study's empirical outcomes and conceptual model had important differences, underlining the need to move beyond the conceptual models that currently dominate in specific fields and to find ways to examine the importance of and interactions among alternative causal pathways of succession. To further this aim, we argue for integrating long-term studies across environmental and anthropogenic gradients, combined with controlled experiments and dynamic modelling.
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- Michiel van Breugel
- Department of Geography, National University of Singapore, Arts Link, #03-01 Block AS2, 117570, Singapore
- Yale-NUS College, 16 College Avenue West, Singapore, 138527, Singapore
- Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Roosevelt Ave. Tupper Building - 401, Panama City, 0843-03092, Panama
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- Forest Ecology and Forest Management Group, Wageningen University & Research, PO Box 47, 6700 AA, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Centro de Estudios Socioecológicos y Cambio Global, Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt, Avenida Circunvalar #16-20, Bogotá, Colombia
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- Departamento de Ecología y Recursos Naturales, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. Circuito Exterior s/n, Ciudad Universitaria, Coyoacán, Ciudad de México, C.P. 04510, Mexico
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- CSIR-Forestry Research Institute of Ghana, UPO Box 63, Kumasi, Ghana
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- Department of Environmental Technology and Management, Faculty of Environment, Kasetsart University, 50 Ngamwongwan Road, Jatujak District, 10900, Thailand
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- Forest Research Institute, University of the Sunshine Coast, 90 Sippy Downs Dr, Sippy Downs, Queensland, 4556, Australia
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- Center for Genomics, Ecology & Environment, Universidad Mayor, Camino La Piramide 5750, Huechuraba, Santiago, 8580745, Chile
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- Department of Integrative Biology, University of Texas at Austin, 2415 Speedway, Stop C0930, Austin, Texas, 78705, USA
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- Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Roosevelt Ave. Tupper Building - 401, Panama City, 0843-03092, Panama
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- CIRAD, UPR Forêts et Sociétés, F-34398 Montpellier, France & Forêts et Sociétés, Univ Montpellier, CIRAD, Montpellier, France
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- Departamento de Fitotecnia, Centro de Ciências Agrárias, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Rod. Admar Gonzaga, 1346, 88034-000, Florianópolis, Brazil
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- Department of Biology and Environment, University of Haifa-Oranim, Tivon, 36006, Israel
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- Instituto de Investigaciones en Ecosistemas y Sustentabilidad, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Campus Morelia, Antigua Carretera a Pátzcuaro # 8701, Col. Ex-Hacienda de San José de la Huerta, CP 58190, Morelia, Michoacán, Mexico
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- Forest Ecology and Forest Management Group, Wageningen University & Research, PO Box 47, 6700 AA, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Forest Ecology and Forest Management Group, Wageningen University & Research, PO Box 47, 6700 AA, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Roosevelt Ave. Tupper Building - 401, Panama City, 0843-03092, Panama
- German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Puschstr. 4, 04103, Leipzig, Germany
- Department of Economics, Institute of Empirical Economic Research, University of Leipzig, Grimmaische Str. 12, 04109, Leipzig, Germany
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- Forest Ecology and Forest Management Group, Wageningen University & Research, PO Box 47, 6700 AA, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Roosevelt Ave. Tupper Building - 401, Panama City, 0843-03092, Panama
- ETH Zürich, Department of Environmental Systems Science, Institute for Integrative Biology, Universitätstrasse 16, 8092, Zürich, Switzerland
- Max Planck Institute for Animal Behavior, Am Obstberg 1, 78315 Radolfzell, Germany
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Ogundeji Y, Abubakar H, Ezeh U, Hussaini T, Kamau N, Love E, Muñoz R, Ongboche P, Opuni M, Walker DG, Gilmartin C. An assessment of primary health care costs and resource requirements in Kaduna and Kano, Nigeria. Front Public Health 2023; 11:1226145. [PMID: 38239799 PMCID: PMC10794985 DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2023.1226145] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/20/2023] [Accepted: 11/27/2023] [Indexed: 01/22/2024] Open
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Introduction The availability of quality primary health care (PHC) services in Nigeria is limited. The PHC system faces significant challenges and the improvement and expansion of PHC services is constrained by low government spending on health, especially on PHC. Out-of-pocket (OOP) expenditures dominate health spending in Nigeria and the reliance on OOP payments leads to financial burdens on the poorest and most vulnerable populations. To address these challenges, the Nigerian government has implemented several legislative and policy reforms, including the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) Act enacted in 2022 to make health insurance mandatory for all Nigerian citizens and residents. Our study aimed to determine the costs of providing PHC services at public health facilities in Kaduna and Kano, Nigeria. We compared the actual PHC service delivery costs to the normative costs of delivering the Minimum Service Package (MSP) in the two states. Methods We collected primary data from 50 health facilities (25 per state), including PHC facilities-health posts, health clinics, health centers-and general hospitals. Data on facility-level recurrent costs were collected retrospectively for 2019 to estimate economic costs from the provider's perspective. Statewide actual costs were estimated by extrapolating the PHC cost estimates at sampled health facilities, while normative costs were derived using standard treatment protocols (STPs) and the populations requiring PHC services in each state. Results We found that average actual PHC costs per capita at PHC facilities-where most PHC services should be provided according to government guidelines-ranged from US$ 18.9 to US$ 28 in Kaduna and US$ 15.9 to US$ 20.4 in Kano, depending on the estimation methods used. When also considering the costs of PHC services provided at general hospitals-where approximately a third of PHC services are delivered in both states-the actual per capita costs of PHC services ranged from US$ 20 to US$ 30.6 in Kaduna and US$ 17.8 to US$ 22 in Kano. All estimates of actual PHC costs per capita were markedly lower than the normative per capita costs of delivering quality PHC services to all those who need them, projected at US$ 44.9 in Kaduna and US$ 49.5 in Kano. Discussion Bridging this resource gap would require significant increases in expenditures on PHC in both states. These results can provide useful information for ongoing discussions on the implementation of the NHIA Act including the refinement of provider payment strategies to ensure that PHC providers are remunerated fairly and that they are incentivized to provide quality PHC services.
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- Health Strategy and Delivery Foundation, Abuja, Nigeria
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- Health Strategy and Delivery Foundation, Abuja, Nigeria
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- Health Strategy and Delivery Foundation, Abuja, Nigeria
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- Kano State Primary Health Care Management Board, Kano, Nigeria
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Alebachew A, Abdella E, Abera S, Dessie E, Mesele T, Mitiku W, Muñoz R, Opuni M, Teplitskaya L, Walker DG, Gilmartin C. Costs and resource needs for primary health care in Ethiopia: evidence to inform planning and budgeting for universal health coverage. Front Public Health 2023; 11:1242314. [PMID: 38174077 PMCID: PMC10762776 DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2023.1242314] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/19/2023] [Accepted: 11/15/2023] [Indexed: 01/05/2024] Open
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Introduction The Government of Ethiopia (GoE) has made significant progress in expanding access to primary health care (PHC) over the past 15 years. However, achieving national PHC targets for universal health coverage will require a significant increase in PHC financing. The purpose of this study was to generate cost evidence and provide recommendations to improve PHC efficiency. Methods We used the open access Primary Health Care Costing, Analysis, and Planning (PHC-CAP) Tool to estimate actual and normative recurrent PHC costs in nine Ethiopian regions. The findings on actual costs were based on primary data collected in 2018/19 from a sample of 20 health posts, 25 health centers, and eight primary hospitals. Three different extrapolation methods were used to estimate actual costs in the nine sampled regions. Normative costs were calculated based on standard treatment protocols (STPs), the population in need of the PHC services included in the Essential Health Services Package (EHSP) as per the targets outlined in the Health Sector Transformation Plan II (HSTP II), and the associated costs. PHC resource gaps were estimated by comparing actual cost estimates to normative costs. Results On average, the total cost of PHC in the sampled facilities was US$ 11,532 (range: US$ 934-40,746) in health posts, US$ 254,340 (range: US$ 68,860-832,647) in health centers, and US$ 634,354 (range: US$ 505,208-970,720) in primary hospitals. The average actual PHC cost per capita in the nine sampled regions was US$ 4.7, US$ 15.0, or US$ 20.2 depending on the estimation method used. When compared to the normative cost of US$ 38.5 per capita, all these estimates of actual PHC expenditures were significantly lower, indicating a shortfall in the funding required to deliver an expanded package of high-quality services to a larger population in line with GoE targets. Discussion The study findings underscore the need for increased mobilization of PHC resources and identify opportunities to improve the efficiency of PHC services to meet the GoE's PHC targets. The data from this study can be a critical input for ongoing PHC financing reforms undertaken by the GoE including transitioning woreda-level planning from input-based to program-based budgeting, revising community-based health insurance (CBHI) packages, reviewing exempted services, and implementing strategic purchasing approaches such as capitation and performance-based financing.
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- Abebe Alebachew
- Breakthrough International Consultancy, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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- Breakthrough International Consultancy, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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- Strategic Affairs Executive Office, Ministry of Health, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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- Strategic Affairs Executive Office, Ministry of Health, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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- Strategic Affairs Executive Office, Ministry of Health, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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- Breakthrough International Consultancy, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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- Management Sciences for Health, Arlington, VA, United States
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Poorter L, Amissah L, Bongers F, Hordijk I, Kok J, Laurance SGW, Lohbeck M, Martínez-Ramos M, Matsuo T, Meave JA, Muñoz R, Peña-Claros M, van der Sande MT. Successional theories. Biol Rev Camb Philos Soc 2023; 98:2049-2077. [PMID: 37455023 DOI: 10.1111/brv.12995] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/11/2023] [Revised: 06/28/2023] [Accepted: 06/29/2023] [Indexed: 07/18/2023]
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Succession is a fundamental concept in ecology because it indicates how species populations, communities, and ecosystems change over time on new substrate or after a disturbance. A mechanistic understanding of succession is needed to predict how ecosystems will respond to land-use change and to design effective ecosystem restoration strategies. Yet, despite a century of conceptual advances a comprehensive successional theory is lacking. Here we provide an overview of 19 successional theories ('models') and their key points, group them based on conceptual similarity, explain conceptual development in successional ideas and provide suggestions how to move forward. Four groups of models can be recognised. The first group (patch & plants) focuses on plants at the patch level and consists of three subgroups that originated in the early 20th century. One subgroup focuses on the processes (dispersal, establishment, and performance) that operate sequentially during succession. Another subgroup emphasises individualistic species responses during succession, and how this is driven by species traits. A last subgroup focuses on how vegetation structure and underlying demographic processes change during succession. A second group of models (ecosystems) provides a more holistic view of succession by considering the ecosystem, its biota, interactions, diversity, and ecosystem structure and processes. The third group (landscape) considers a larger spatial scale and includes the effect of the surrounding landscape matrix on succession as the distance to neighbouring vegetation patches determines the potential for seed dispersal, and the quality of the neighbouring patches determines the abundance and composition of seed sources and biotic dispersal vectors. A fourth group (socio-ecological systems) includes the human component by focusing on socio-ecological systems where management practices have long-lasting legacies on successional pathways and where regrowing vegetations deliver a range of ecosystem services to local and global stakeholders. The four groups of models differ in spatial scale (patch, landscape) or organisational level (plant species, ecosystem, socio-ecological system), increase in scale and scope, and reflect the increasingly broader perspective on succession over time. They coincide approximately with four periods that reflect the prevailing view of succession of that time, although all views still coexist. The four successional views are: succession of plants (from 1910 onwards) where succession was seen through the lens of species replacement; succession of communities and ecosystems (from 1965 onwards) when there was a more holistic view of succession; succession in landscapes (from 2000 onwards) when it was realised that the structure and composition of landscapes strongly impact successional pathways, and increased remote-sensing technology allowed for a better quantification of the landscape context; and succession with people (from 2015 onwards) when it was realised that people and societal drivers have strong effects on successional pathways, that ecosystem processes and services are important for human well-being, and that restoration is most successful when it is done by and for local people. Our review suggests that the hierarchical successional framework of Pickett is the best starting point to move forward as this framework already includes several factors, and because it is flexible, enabling application to different systems. The framework focuses mainly on species replacement and could be improved by focusing on succession occurring at different hierarchical scales (population, community, ecosystem, socio-ecological system), and by integrating it with more recent developments and other successional models: by considering different spatial scales (landscape, region), temporal scales (ecosystem processes occurring over centuries, and evolution), and by taking the effects of the surrounding landscape (landscape integrity and composition, the disperser community) and societal factors (previous and current land-use intensity) into account. Such a new, comprehensive framework could be tested using a combination of empirical research, experiments, process-based modelling and novel tools. Applying the framework to seres across broadscale environmental and disturbance gradients allows a better insight into what successional processes matter and under what conditions.
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- Lourens Poorter
- Forest Ecology and Forest Management Group, Wageningen University & Research, PO Box 342, 6700 AA, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Council for Scientific and Industrial Research-Forestry Research Institute of Ghana, PO Box UP63, KNUST, Kumasi, Ghana
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- Forest Ecology and Forest Management Group, Wageningen University & Research, PO Box 342, 6700 AA, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Forest Ecology and Forest Management Group, Wageningen University & Research, PO Box 342, 6700 AA, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Forest Ecology and Forest Management Group, Wageningen University & Research, PO Box 342, 6700 AA, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Centre for Tropical Environmental and Sustainability Science (TESS), James Cook University, 14-88 McGregor Rd, Smithfield, 4878, Queensland, Australia
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- Forest Ecology and Forest Management Group, Wageningen University & Research, PO Box 342, 6700 AA, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Instituto de Investigaciones en Ecosistemas y Sustentabilidad, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Morelia, CP 58190, Michoacán, Mexico
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- Forest Ecology and Forest Management Group, Wageningen University & Research, PO Box 342, 6700 AA, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Departamento de Ecología y Recursos Naturales, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, 04510, Mexico
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- Forest Ecology and Forest Management Group, Wageningen University & Research, PO Box 342, 6700 AA, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Forest Ecology and Forest Management Group, Wageningen University & Research, PO Box 342, 6700 AA, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Forest Ecology and Forest Management Group, Wageningen University & Research, PO Box 342, 6700 AA, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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León P, Gabrielli M, Quezada N, Crovari F, Muñoz R. Bariatric Surgery Before and After the SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic: a Comparative Study of Cases Before the Onset of the Pandemic in a High-Volume Academic Center. Obes Surg 2023; 33:3431-3436. [PMID: 37672115 DOI: 10.1007/s11695-023-06677-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/12/2022] [Revised: 05/27/2023] [Accepted: 06/08/2023] [Indexed: 09/07/2023]
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INTRODUCTION At the beginning of the pandemic, studies showed a higher risk of severe surgical complications and mortality among patients with perioperative SARS-CoV-2 infection, which led to the suspension of elective surgery. Confinement and lockdown measures were shown to be associated with weight gain and less access to medical and surgical care in patients with obesity, with negative health consequences. To evaluate the safety of bariatric surgery during the pandemic, we compared 30-day complications between patients who underwent bariatric surgery immediately before with those who underwent bariatric surgery during the opening phase of the pandemic. METHODS Observational analytical study of a non-concurrent cohort of patients who underwent bariatric surgery in 2 periods: pre-pandemic March 1 to December 31, 2019, and pandemic March 1 to December 31, 2020. Surgical complications were defined using the Clavien-Dindo classification. RESULTS Pre-pandemic and pandemic groups included 256 and 202 patients who underwent primary bariatric surgery, respectively. The mean age was 37.6 + 10.3 years. The overall complication rate during the first 30 days of discharge was 7.42%. No differences between groups were observed in severe complications (pre-pandemic 1.56% vs. pandemic 1.98%, p: 0.58). No mortality was reported. Overall 30-day readmission was 3.28% with no differences between groups. CONCLUSION The findings of this study did not find a difference in the rate of severe complications, nor also we report severe COVID-19 complications in this high-risk population. During the pandemic, with appropriately implemented protocol, the resumption of bariatric surgery is possible with no increased risk for patients.
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- Paula León
- Master in Research in Health Sciences, School of Medicine, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Department of Digestive Surgery, School of Medicine, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Diagonal Paraguay 362, Santiago, Region Metropolitana, Chile
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- Department of Digestive Surgery, School of Medicine, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Diagonal Paraguay 362, Santiago, Region Metropolitana, Chile
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- Department of Digestive Surgery, School of Medicine, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Diagonal Paraguay 362, Santiago, Region Metropolitana, Chile
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- Department of Digestive Surgery, School of Medicine, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Diagonal Paraguay 362, Santiago, Region Metropolitana, Chile.
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Olago A, Suharlim C, Hussein S, Njuguna D, Macharia S, Muñoz R, Opuni M, Castro H, Uzamukunda C, Walker D, Birse S, Wangia E, Gilmartin C. The costs and financing needs of delivering Kenya's primary health care service package. Front Public Health 2023; 11:1226163. [PMID: 37900028 PMCID: PMC10613057 DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2023.1226163] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/20/2023] [Accepted: 09/19/2023] [Indexed: 10/31/2023] Open
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Introduction For many Kenyans, high-quality primary health care (PHC) services remain unavailable, inaccessible, or unaffordable. To address these challenges, the Government of Kenya has committed to strengthening the country's PHC system by introducing a comprehensive package of PHC services and promoting the efficient use of existing resources through its primary care network approach. Our study estimated the costs of delivering PHC services in public sector facilities in seven sub-counties, comparing actual costs to normative costs of delivering Kenya's PHC package and determining the corresponding financial resource gap to achieving universal coverage. Methods We collected primary data from a sample of 71 facilities, including dispensaries, health centers, and sub-county hospitals. Data on facility-level recurrent costs were collected retrospectively for 1 year (2018-2019) to estimate economic costs from the public sector perspective. Total actual costs from the sampled facilities were extrapolated using service utilization data from the Kenya Health Information System for the universe of facilities to obtain sub-county and national PHC cost estimates. Normative costs were estimated based on standard treatment protocols and the populations in need of PHC in each sub-county. Results and discussion The average actual PHC cost per capita ranged from US$ 9.3 in Ganze sub-county to US$ 47.2 in Mukurweini while the normative cost per capita ranged from US$ 31.8 in Ganze to US$ 42.4 in Kibwezi West. With the exception of Mukurweini (where there was no financial resource gap), closing the resource gap would require significant increases in PHC expenditures and/or improvements to increase the efficiency of PHC service delivery such as improved staff distribution, increased demand for services and patient loads per clinical staff, and reduced bypass to higher level facilities. This study offers valuable evidence on sub-national cost variations and resource requirements to guide the implementation of the government's PHC reforms and resource mobilization efforts.
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- Agatha Olago
- Kenya Ministry of Health, Department of Primary Health Care, Nairobi, Kenya
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- Management Sciences for Health, Medford, MA, United States
- Management Sciences for Health, Health Economics and Financing, Arlington, VA, United States
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- Kenya Ministry of Health, Department of Primary Health Care, Nairobi, Kenya
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- Kenya Ministry of Health, Health Economist, Nairobi, Kenya
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- Kenya Ministry of Health, Director of Planning, Chief Economist and Head of Planning, Nairobi, Kenya
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- Management Sciences for Health, Medford, MA, United States
- Management Sciences for Health, Health Economics and Financing, Arlington, VA, United States
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- Management Sciences for Health, Medford, MA, United States
- Independent Consultant, Kigali, Rwanda
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- Management Sciences for Health, Medford, MA, United States
- Management Sciences for Health, Health Economics and Financing, Arlington, VA, United States
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- Management Sciences for Health, Medford, MA, United States
- Management Sciences for Health, Health Economics and Financing, Arlington, VA, United States
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- Kenya Ministry of Health, Department of Health Financing, Nairobi, Kenya
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- Management Sciences for Health, Medford, MA, United States
- Management Sciences for Health, Health Economics and Financing, Arlington, VA, United States
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Arroyo-Rodríguez V, Rito KF, Farfán M, Navia IC, Mora F, Arreola-Villa F, Balvanera P, Bongers F, Castellanos-Castro C, Catharino ELM, Chazdon RL, Dupuy-Rada JM, Ferguson BG, Foster PF, González-Valdivia N, Griffith DM, Hernández-Stefanoni JL, Jakovac CC, Junqueira AB, Jong BHJ, Letcher SG, May-Pat F, Meave JA, Ochoa-Gaona S, Meirelles GS, Muñiz-Castro MA, Muñoz R, Powers JS, Rocha GPE, Rosário RPG, Santos BA, Simon MF, Tabarelli M, Tun-Dzul F, van den Berg E, Vieira DLM, Williams-Linera G, Martínez-Ramos M. Landscape-scale forest cover drives the predictability of forest regeneration across the Neotropics. Proc Biol Sci 2023; 290:20222203. [PMID: 36629117 PMCID: PMC9832557 DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2022.2203] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/02/2022] [Accepted: 12/05/2022] [Indexed: 01/12/2023] Open
Abstract
Abandonment of agricultural lands promotes the global expansion of secondary forests, which are critical for preserving biodiversity and ecosystem functions and services. Such roles largely depend, however, on two essential successional attributes, trajectory and recovery rate, which are expected to depend on landscape-scale forest cover in nonlinear ways. Using a multi-scale approach and a large vegetation dataset (843 plots, 3511 tree species) from 22 secondary forest chronosequences distributed across the Neotropics, we show that successional trajectories of woody plant species richness, stem density and basal area are less predictable in landscapes (4 km radius) with intermediate (40-60%) forest cover than in landscapes with high (greater than 60%) forest cover. This supports theory suggesting that high spatial and environmental heterogeneity in intermediately deforested landscapes can increase the variation of key ecological factors for forest recovery (e.g. seed dispersal and seedling recruitment), increasing the uncertainty of successional trajectories. Regarding the recovery rate, only species richness is positively related to forest cover in relatively small (1 km radius) landscapes. These findings highlight the importance of using a spatially explicit landscape approach in restoration initiatives and suggest that these initiatives can be more effective in more forested landscapes, especially if implemented across spatial extents of 1-4 km radius.
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- Víctor Arroyo-Rodríguez
- Instituto de Investigaciones en Ecosistemas y Sustentabilidad, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, 58190 Morelia, Michoacán, Mexico
- Escuela Nacional de Estudios Superiores, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, 97357 Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico
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- Instituto de Investigaciones en Ecosistemas y Sustentabilidad, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, 58190 Morelia, Michoacán, Mexico
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- Departamento de Ingeniería Geomática e Hidráulica, División de Ingenierías, Universidad de Guanajuato, 36000 Guanajuato, Guanajuato, Mexico
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- Instituto Nacional de los Pueblos Indígenas, 58219 Morelia, Michoacán, Mexico
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- Instituto de Investigaciones en Ecosistemas y Sustentabilidad, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, 58190 Morelia, Michoacán, Mexico
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- Instituto de Investigaciones en Ecosistemas y Sustentabilidad, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, 58190 Morelia, Michoacán, Mexico
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- Instituto de Investigaciones en Ecosistemas y Sustentabilidad, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, 58190 Morelia, Michoacán, Mexico
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- Forest Ecology and Forest Management Group, Wageningen University, 6700 AA Wageningen, Netherlands
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- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269, USA
- Tropical Forests and People Research Centre, University of the Sunshine Coast, 90 Sippy Downs Road, Sippy Downs, QLD 4556, Australia
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- Centro de Investigación Científica de Yucatán, Unidad de Recursos Naturales, 97205 Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico
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- El Colegio de la Frontera Sur, 29290 San Cristóbal de las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico
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- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA
- Bijagual Ecological Reserve, Apdo. 35-3069, Puerto Viejo de Sarapiquí, Heredia 41001, Costa Rica
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- Tecnológico Nacional de México, Instituto Tecnológico de Chiná, Departamento de Ingenierías, 24520 Chiná, Campeche, Mexico
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- Departamento de Ciencias Biológicas y Agropecuarias, EcoSs Lab, Universidad Técnica Particular de Loja, CP 1101608, Loja, Ecuador
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- Departamento de Fitotecnia, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, 88040-900 Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil
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- Institut de Ciencia i Tecnologia Ambientals, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, 08193 Bellatera, Barcelona, Spain
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- Departmento de Ciencias de la Sustentabilidad, El Colegio de la Frontera Sur, 24500 Lerma, Campeche, Mexico
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- Centro de Investigación Científica de Yucatán, Unidad de Recursos Naturales, 97205 Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico
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- Departamento de Ecología y Recursos Naturales, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Mexico, Coyoacán 04510 Ciudad de México, Mexico
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- Departmento de Ciencias de la Sustentabilidad, El Colegio de la Frontera Sur, 24500 Lerma, Campeche, Mexico
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- Departamento de Ecologia e Conservação, Instituto de Ciências Naturais, Universidade Federal de Lavras, 37200-900 Lavras, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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- Centro Universitario de Ciencias Biológicas y Agropecuarias, Universidad de Guadalajara, 45200 Zapopan, Jalisco, Mexico
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- Forest Ecology and Forest Management Group, Wageningen University, 6700 AA Wageningen, Netherlands
- Departamento de Ecología y Recursos Naturales, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Mexico, Coyoacán 04510 Ciudad de México, Mexico
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- Departments of Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior and Plant and Microbial Biology, University of Minnesota, 55108 Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA
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- Departamento de Botânica, Universidade de Brasília, 70919-970 Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brazil
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- Faculdade de Direito, Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie, 01302-907 São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Departamento de Sistemática e Ecologia, Universidade Federal da Paraíba, 58051-900 João Pessoa, Paraíba, Brazil
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- Embrapa Recursos Genéticos e Biotecnologia, 70770-917 Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brazil
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- Departamento de Botanica, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, 50670-901 Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil
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- Centro de Investigación Científica de Yucatán, Unidad de Recursos Naturales, 97205 Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico
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- Departamento de Ecologia e Conservação, Instituto de Ciências Naturais, Universidade Federal de Lavras, 37200-900 Lavras, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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- Departamento de Sistemática e Ecologia, Universidade Federal da Paraíba, 58051-900 João Pessoa, Paraíba, Brazil
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- Instituto de Investigaciones en Ecosistemas y Sustentabilidad, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, 58190 Morelia, Michoacán, Mexico
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van der Sande MT, Powers JS, Kuyper TW, Norden N, Salgado-Negret B, Silva de Almeida J, Bongers F, Delgado D, Dent DH, Derroire G, do Espirito Santo MM, Dupuy JM, Fernandes GW, Finegan B, Gavito ME, Hernández-Stefanoni JL, Jakovac CC, Jones IL, das Dores Magalhães Veloso M, Meave JA, Mora F, Muñoz R, Pérez-Cárdenas N, Piotto D, Álvarez-Dávila E, Caceres-Siani Y, Dalban-Pilon C, Dourdain A, Du DV, García Villalobos D, Nunes YRF, Sanchez-Azofeifa A, Poorter L. Soil resistance and recovery during neotropical forest succession. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci 2023; 378:20210074. [PMID: 36373919 PMCID: PMC9661943 DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2021.0074] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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The recovery of soil conditions is crucial for successful ecosystem restoration and, hence, for achieving the goals of the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration. Here, we assess how soils resist forest conversion and agricultural land use, and how soils recover during subsequent tropical forest succession on abandoned agricultural fields. Our overarching question is how soil resistance and recovery depend on local conditions such as climate, soil type and land-use history. For 300 plots in 21 sites across the Neotropics, we used a chronosequence approach in which we sampled soils from two depths in old-growth forests, agricultural fields (i.e. crop fields and pastures), and secondary forests that differ in age (1-95 years) since abandonment. We measured six soil properties using a standardized sampling design and laboratory analyses. Soil resistance strongly depended on local conditions. Croplands and sites on high-activity clay (i.e. high fertility) show strong increases in bulk density and decreases in pH, carbon (C) and nitrogen (N) during deforestation and subsequent agricultural use. Resistance is lower in such sites probably because of a sharp decline in fine root biomass in croplands in the upper soil layers, and a decline in litter input from formerly productive old-growth forest (on high-activity clays). Soil recovery also strongly depended on local conditions. During forest succession, high-activity clays and croplands decreased most strongly in bulk density and increased in C and N, possibly because of strongly compacted soils with low C and N after cropland abandonment, and because of rapid vegetation recovery in high-activity clays leading to greater fine root growth and litter input. Furthermore, sites at low precipitation decreased in pH, whereas sites at high precipitation increased in N and decreased in C : N ratio. Extractable phosphorus (P) did not recover during succession, suggesting increased P limitation as forests age. These results indicate that no single solution exists for effective soil restoration and that local site conditions should determine the restoration strategies. This article is part of the theme issue 'Understanding forest landscape restoration: reinforcing scientific foundations for the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration'.
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- Masha T. van der Sande
- Forest Ecology and Forest Management Group, Wageningen University & Research, P.O. Box 47, 6700 AA Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Ecology, Evolution, & Behavior and Plant & Microbial Biology, University of Minnesota, Saint Paul, MN 55108, USA
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- Soil Biology Group, Wageningen University & Research, P.O. Box 47, 6700 AA Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Programa Ciencias Básicas de la Biodiversidad, Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humbold,Colombia
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- Departamento de Botânica, Centro de Biociências, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife, Pernambuco CEP 50670-901, Brazil
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- Forest Ecology and Forest Management Group, Wageningen University & Research, P.O. Box 47, 6700 AA Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- CATIE-Centro Agronómico Tropical de Investigación y Enseñanza, Turrialba, Costa Rica
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- Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Roosevelt Ave. 401 Balboa, Ancon, Panama,Max Planck Institute for Animal Behaviour, Konstanz, 78315, Germany,Department of Environmental Systems Science, ETH Zürich, 8902, Switzerland
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- Cirad, UMR EcoFoG (AgroParistech, CNRS, Inrae, Université des Antilles, Université de la Guyane), Campus Agronomique, Kourou, French Guiana
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- Centro de Investigación Científica de Yucatán A.C. Unidad de Recursos Naturales, Calle 43 # 130(32 y 34, Colonia Chuburná de Hidalgo, C.P. 97205 Mérida, Yucatán, México
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- Departamento de Genética, Ecologia & Evolução, ICB, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, 30161-901 Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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- CATIE-Centro Agronómico Tropical de Investigación y Enseñanza, Turrialba, Costa Rica
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- Instituto de Investigaciones en Ecosistemas y Sustentabilidad, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, CP 58190 Morelia, Michoacán, México
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- Centro de Investigación Científica de Yucatán A.C. Unidad de Recursos Naturales, Calle 43 # 130(32 y 34, Colonia Chuburná de Hidalgo, C.P. 97205 Mérida, Yucatán, México
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- Forest Ecology and Forest Management Group, Wageningen University & Research, P.O. Box 47, 6700 AA Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Stirling, Stirling FK9 4LA, UK
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- Departamento de Ecología y Recursos Naturales, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Coyoacán, Mexico City CP 04510, México
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- Instituto de Investigaciones en Ecosistemas y Sustentabilidad, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, CP 58190 Morelia, Michoacán, México
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- Forest Ecology and Forest Management Group, Wageningen University & Research, P.O. Box 47, 6700 AA Wageningen, The Netherlands,Departamento de Ecología y Recursos Naturales, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Coyoacán, Mexico City CP 04510, México
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- Instituto de Investigaciones en Ecosistemas y Sustentabilidad, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, CP 58190 Morelia, Michoacán, México
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- Centro de Formação em Ciências Agroflorestais, Universidade Federal do Sul da Bahia, Itabuna-BA 45613-204, Brazil
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- Cirad, UMR EcoFoG (AgroParistech, CNRS, Inrae, Université des Antilles, Université de la Guyane), Campus Agronomique, Kourou, French Guiana
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- Cirad, UMR EcoFoG (AgroParistech, CNRS, Inrae, Université des Antilles, Université de la Guyane), Campus Agronomique, Kourou, French Guiana
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- Department of Soil and Water Systems, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID 83843, USA
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- Programa Ciencias Básicas de la Biodiversidad, Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humbold,Colombia
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- Departamento de Biologia Geral, Universidade Estadual de Montes Claros, Montes Claros-MG CEP 39401-089, Brazil
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- Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Centre for Earth Observation Sciences (CEOS), University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6G2E3
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- Forest Ecology and Forest Management Group, Wageningen University & Research, P.O. Box 47, 6700 AA Wageningen, The Netherlands
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Marra M, Ribeiro M, Muñoz R, Richter E. Fast and Environmentally Friendly Method for Simultaneous Determination of Hydrochlorothiazide, Losartan and Potassium by Capillary Electrophoresis with Capacitively Coupled Contactless Conductivity Detection. J BRAZIL CHEM SOC 2023. [DOI: 10.21577/0103-5053.20230033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/12/2023] Open
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Losartan potassium and hydrochlorothiazide are often combined in pharmaceutical formulations for the treatment of hypertension. Therefore, the determination of these compounds in a single run is highly desirable for rapid quality control applications. The present study describes an ultra-fast (ca. 85 injections h−1) and environmentally friendly method based on capillary electrophoresis (CE) with capacitively coupled contactless conductivity detection for simultaneous quantification of potassium, losartan and hydrochlorothiazide. Cation (potassium) and anions (losartan and hydrochlorothiazide) were analyzed in a single run using a background electrolyte composed by 10.0 mmol L-1 boric acid (pH = 9.0, adjusted with sodium hydroxide). The limits of detection were 4.0, 3.0 and 10.0 μmol L-1 for potassium, losartan and hydrochlorothiazide, respectively. The proposed method is simple, fast, with minimal waste generation, and accurate (recovery values between 98 and 102%). The results obtained with the CE method were statistically similar (95% confidence level) to those obtained by high-performance liquid chromatography (losartan and hydrochlorothiazide) and flame photometry (potassium).
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Corrochano M, Acosta-Isaac R, Plaza M, Muñoz R, Mojal S, Moret C, Souto JC. Impact of increased kidney function on clinical and biological outcomes in real-world patients treated with Direct Oral Anticoagulants. PLoS One 2022; 17:e0278693. [PMID: 36490245 PMCID: PMC9733869 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0278693] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/02/2022] [Accepted: 11/21/2022] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Renal excretion of direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs) varies depending on the drug. Hypothetically, an increased glomerular filtration rate (GFR) may lead to suboptimal dosing and a higher thromboembolic events incidence. However, real-world patient data do not support the theoretical risk. The aim is to analyse DOAC outcomes in patients with normal and high (≥90 mL/min) GFR, focusing on biological parameters and thrombotic/haemorrhagic events. METHODS Observational prospective single-centre study and registry of patients on DOACs. Follow-up was 1,343 patient-years. A bivariate analysis was performed of baseline variables according to GFR (<90 mL/min vs ≥90 mL/min). Anti-Xa activity before and after drug intake (HemosIL, Liquid Anti-Xa, Werfen) was measured for edoxaban, apixaban, and rivaroxaban; diluted thrombin time for dabigatran (HEMOCLOT); and additionally, plasma concentrations in edoxaban (HemosIl, Liquid Anti-Xa suitably calibrated). RESULTS 1,135 patients anticoagulated with DOACs were included and 152 patients with GFR ≥90 mL/min. Of 18 serious thrombotic complications during follow-up, 17 occurred in patients with GFR <90 mL/min, and 1 in a patient with GFR ≥90 mL/min. A higher incidence of complications was observed in patients with normal GFR, but the difference was not statistically significant (p>0.05). No statistically significant differences with clinical relevance were observed between the normal or supranormal groups in anti-Xa activity or in edoxaban plasma concentrations. CONCLUSIONS There was no increased incidence of thrombotic/haemorrhagic complications in our patients treated with DOACs, including 66% treated with edoxaban, and patients with GFR ≥90 mL/min. Likewise, drug anti-Xa activity and edoxaban plasma concentration did not seem to be influenced by GFR.
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- Mariana Corrochano
- Thrombosis and Haemostasis Unit, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Barcelona, Spain
- Intitut d’Investigacions Biomèdiques Sant Pau (IIB-Sant Pau), Barcelona, Spain
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- Thrombosis and Haemostasis Unit, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Barcelona, Spain
- Intitut d’Investigacions Biomèdiques Sant Pau (IIB-Sant Pau), Barcelona, Spain
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- Intitut d’Investigacions Biomèdiques Sant Pau (IIB-Sant Pau), Barcelona, Spain
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- Intitut d’Investigacions Biomèdiques Sant Pau (IIB-Sant Pau), Barcelona, Spain
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- Intitut d’Investigacions Biomèdiques Sant Pau (IIB-Sant Pau), Barcelona, Spain
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- Thrombosis and Haemostasis Unit, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Barcelona, Spain
- Intitut d’Investigacions Biomèdiques Sant Pau (IIB-Sant Pau), Barcelona, Spain
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- Thrombosis and Haemostasis Unit, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Barcelona, Spain
- Intitut d’Investigacions Biomèdiques Sant Pau (IIB-Sant Pau), Barcelona, Spain
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Marta-Enguita J, Rubio-Baines I, Aymerich N, Herrera M, Zandio B, Mayor S, Roncal C, Mendioroz M, Orbe J, Muñoz R. Analysis of the prognostic value of emergency blood tests in ischaemic stroke. Neurologia 2022:S2173-5808(22)00176-6. [PMID: 36402398 DOI: 10.1016/j.nrleng.2022.03.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/08/2021] [Accepted: 03/03/2022] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVES This study aims to evaluate the prognostic value of emergency blood test results in patients with acute ischaemic stroke. METHODS We evaluated 592 prospectively patients with neuroimaging-confirmed ischaemic stroke admitted to our stroke unit between 2015 and 2018. We gathered emergency blood test results and calculated the neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio and the neutrophil-to-platelet ratio (neutrophils × 1.000/platelets). The association between blood test results and functional prognosis (as measured with the modified Rankin Scale) and such complications as haemorrhagic transformation was evaluated by logistic regression analysis. The additional predictive value of blood test parameters was assessed with receiver operating characteristic curves and the net reclassification index. RESULTS An neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio ≥ 3 at admission was associated with a two-fold increase in the risk of functional dependence at 3 months (OR: 2.24; 95% CI: 1.35-3.71) and haemorrhagic transformation (OR: 2.11; 95% CI: 1.09-4.05), while an neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio ≥ 3.86 resulted in an increase of 2.4 times in the risk of mortality at 3 months (OR: 2.41; 95% CI: 1.37-4.26) after adjusting for the traditional predictors of poor outcomes. Patients with neutrophil-to-platelet ratio ≥ 32 presented 3 times more risk of haemorrhagic transformation (OR: 3.17; 95% CI: 1.70-5.92) and mortality at 3 months (OR: 3.07; 95% CI: 1.69-5.57). Adding these laboratory parameters to standard clinical-radiological models significantly improved discrimination and prognostic accuracy. CONCLUSIONS Basic blood test parameters provide important prognostic information for stroke patients and should therefore be analysed in combination with standard clinical and radiological parameters to optimise ischaemic stroke management.
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- J Marta-Enguita
- Servicio de Neurología, Complejo Hospitalario de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain; Laboratorio Aterotrombosis, CIMA-Universidad de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain; Servicio de Neurología, Hospital Universitario Donostia, San Sebastián, Spain; Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria Navarra, IdiSNA, Pamplona, Spain; RICORS-Enfermedades Cerebrovasculares, ISCIII, Madrid, Spain
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- Servicio de Neurología, Complejo Hospitalario de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain
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- Servicio de Neurología, Complejo Hospitalario de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain; RICORS-Enfermedades Cerebrovasculares, ISCIII, Madrid, Spain
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- Servicio de Neurología, Complejo Hospitalario de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain; Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria Navarra, IdiSNA, Pamplona, Spain; RICORS-Enfermedades Cerebrovasculares, ISCIII, Madrid, Spain
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- Servicio de Neurología, Complejo Hospitalario de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain; Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria Navarra, IdiSNA, Pamplona, Spain; RICORS-Enfermedades Cerebrovasculares, ISCIII, Madrid, Spain
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- Servicio de Neurología, Complejo Hospitalario de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain
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- Laboratorio Aterotrombosis, CIMA-Universidad de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain; Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria Navarra, IdiSNA, Pamplona, Spain; CIBERCV, ISCIII, Madrid, Spain
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- Servicio de Neurología, Complejo Hospitalario de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain; Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria Navarra, IdiSNA, Pamplona, Spain; RICORS-Enfermedades Cerebrovasculares, ISCIII, Madrid, Spain; Laboratorio de Neuroepigénetica, NavarraBiomed, Pamplona, Spain
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- Laboratorio Aterotrombosis, CIMA-Universidad de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain; Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria Navarra, IdiSNA, Pamplona, Spain; RICORS-Enfermedades Cerebrovasculares, ISCIII, Madrid, Spain
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- Servicio de Neurología, Complejo Hospitalario de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain; Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria Navarra, IdiSNA, Pamplona, Spain; RICORS-Enfermedades Cerebrovasculares, ISCIII, Madrid, Spain.
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Jucker T, Fischer FJ, Chave J, Coomes DA, Caspersen J, Ali A, Loubota Panzou GJ, Feldpausch TR, Falster D, Usoltsev VA, Adu‐Bredu S, Alves LF, Aminpour M, Angoboy IB, Anten NPR, Antin C, Askari Y, Muñoz R, Ayyappan N, Balvanera P, Banin L, Barbier N, Battles JJ, Beeckman H, Bocko YE, Bond‐Lamberty B, Bongers F, Bowers S, Brade T, van Breugel M, Chantrain A, Chaudhary R, Dai J, Dalponte M, Dimobe K, Domec J, Doucet J, Duursma RA, Enríquez M, van Ewijk KY, Farfán‐Rios W, Fayolle A, Forni E, Forrester DI, Gilani H, Godlee JL, Gourlet‐Fleury S, Haeni M, Hall JS, He J, Hemp A, Hernández‐Stefanoni JL, Higgins SI, Holdaway RJ, Hussain K, Hutley LB, Ichie T, Iida Y, Jiang H, Joshi PR, Kaboli H, Larsary MK, Kenzo T, Kloeppel BD, Kohyama T, Kunwar S, Kuyah S, Kvasnica J, Lin S, Lines ER, Liu H, Lorimer C, Loumeto J, Malhi Y, Marshall PL, Mattsson E, Matula R, Meave JA, Mensah S, Mi X, Momo S, Moncrieff GR, Mora F, Nissanka SP, O'Hara KL, Pearce S, Pelissier R, Peri PL, Ploton P, Poorter L, Pour MJ, Pourbabaei H, Dupuy‐Rada JM, Ribeiro SC, Ryan C, Sanaei A, Sanger J, Schlund M, Sellan G, Shenkin A, Sonké B, Sterck FJ, Svátek M, Takagi K, Trugman AT, Ullah F, Vadeboncoeur MA, Valipour A, Vanderwel MC, Vovides AG, Wang W, Wang L, Wirth C, Woods M, Xiang W, Ximenes FDA, Xu Y, Yamada T, Zavala MA. Tallo: A global tree allometry and crown architecture database. Glob Chang Biol 2022; 28:5254-5268. [PMID: 35703577 PMCID: PMC9542605 DOI: 10.1111/gcb.16302] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/15/2022] [Revised: 05/12/2022] [Accepted: 06/06/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
Abstract
Data capturing multiple axes of tree size and shape, such as a tree's stem diameter, height and crown size, underpin a wide range of ecological research-from developing and testing theory on forest structure and dynamics, to estimating forest carbon stocks and their uncertainties, and integrating remote sensing imagery into forest monitoring programmes. However, these data can be surprisingly hard to come by, particularly for certain regions of the world and for specific taxonomic groups, posing a real barrier to progress in these fields. To overcome this challenge, we developed the Tallo database, a collection of 498,838 georeferenced and taxonomically standardized records of individual trees for which stem diameter, height and/or crown radius have been measured. These data were collected at 61,856 globally distributed sites, spanning all major forested and non-forested biomes. The majority of trees in the database are identified to species (88%), and collectively Tallo includes data for 5163 species distributed across 1453 genera and 187 plant families. The database is publicly archived under a CC-BY 4.0 licence and can be access from: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6637599. To demonstrate its value, here we present three case studies that highlight how the Tallo database can be used to address a range of theoretical and applied questions in ecology-from testing the predictions of metabolic scaling theory, to exploring the limits of tree allometric plasticity along environmental gradients and modelling global variation in maximum attainable tree height. In doing so, we provide a key resource for field ecologists, remote sensing researchers and the modelling community working together to better understand the role that trees play in regulating the terrestrial carbon cycle.
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Affiliation(s)
- Tommaso Jucker
- School of Biological SciencesUniversity of BristolBristolUK
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- Laboratoire Évolution et Diversité Biologique (EDB)UMR 5174 (CNRS/IRD/UPS)Toulouse Cedex 9France
- Université ToulouseToulouse Cedex 9France
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- Conservation Research InstituteUniversity of CambridgeCambridgeUK
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- Institute of Forestry and ConservationUniversity of TorontoTorontoOntarioCanada
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- Forest Ecology Research Group, College of Life SciencesHebei UniversityBaodingHebeiChina
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- Université de Liège, Gembloux Agro‐Bio TechGemblouxBelgium
- Laboratoire de Biodiversité, de Gestion des Ecosystèmes et de l'Environnement (LBGE), Faculté des Sciences et TechniquesUniversité Marien NgouabiBrazzavilleRepublic of Congo
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- College of Life and Environmental SciencesUniversity of ExeterExeterUK
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- Evolution & Ecology Research CentreUniversity of New South Wales SydneySydneyNew South WalesAustralia
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- Department of ForestryUral State Forest Engineering UniversityYekaterinburgRussia
- Department of Forest DynamicsBotanical Garden of the Ural Branch of Russian Academy of SciencesYekaterinburgRussia
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- Forestry Research Institute of Ghana, Council for Scientific and Industrial ResearchUniversityKumasiGhana
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- Center for Tropical Research, Institute of the Environment and SustainabilityUniversity of California Los AngelesLos AngelesCaliforniaUSA
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- Natural Recourses and Watershed Management Office, West Azerbaijan ProvinceUrmiaIran
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- Institut National pour l'Etude et la Recherche AgronimiquesDemocratic Republic of the Congo
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- Center for Crop Systems AnalysisWageningen UniversityWageningenThe Netherlands
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- AMAP LabMontpellier University, IRD, CIRAD, CNRS, INRAEMontpellierFrance
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- Research Division of Natural Resources, Kohgiluyeh and Boyerahmad Agriculture and Natural Resources Research and Education Center, AREEOYasoujIran
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- Departamento de Ecología y Recursos Naturales, Facultad de CienciasUniversidad Nacional Autónoma de México, CoyoacánCiudad de MéxicoMexico
- Forest Ecology and Forest Management GroupWageningen UniversityWageningenThe Netherlands
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- Instituto de Investigaciones en Ecosistemas y Sustentabilidad, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de MéxicoMoreliaMichoacánMexico
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- AMAP LabMontpellier University, IRD, CIRAD, CNRS, INRAEMontpellierFrance
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- Service of Wood BiologyRoyal Museum for Central AfricaTervurenBelgium
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- Laboratoire de Biodiversité, de Gestion des Ecosystèmes et de l'Environnement (LBGE), Faculté des Sciences et TechniquesUniversité Marien NgouabiBrazzavilleRepublic of Congo
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- Pacific Northwest National LaboratoryJoint Global Change Research InstituteCollege ParkMarylandUSA
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- Forest Ecology and Forest Management GroupWageningen UniversityWageningenThe Netherlands
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- School of GeoSciencesUniversity of EdinburghEdinburghUK
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- School of GeoSciencesUniversity of EdinburghEdinburghUK
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- Yale‐NUS CollegeSingapore
- ForestGEOSmithsonian Tropical Research InstituteApartadoPanamaRepublic of Panama
- Department of GeographyNational University of SingaporeSingapore
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- Division Forest OfficeMinistry of ForestDhangadhiSudurpashchim ProvinceNepal
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- College of Urban and Environmental Sciences and MOE Laboratory for Earth Surface ProcessesPeking UniversityBeijingChina
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- Research and Innovation Centre, Fondazione Edmund MachSan Michele all'AdigeItaly
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- Institut des Sciences de l'Environnement et du Développement Rural (ISEDR)Université de DédougouDédougouBurkina Faso
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- Bordeaux Sciences Agro‐UMR ISPA, INRAEBordeauxFrance
- Nicholas School of the EnvironmentDuke UniversityDurhamNCUSA
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- Departamento de Ecología y Recursos Naturales, Facultad de CienciasUniversidad Nacional Autónoma de México, CoyoacánCiudad de MéxicoMexico
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- Department of Geography and Planning, Queen's UniversityKingstonOntarioCanada
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- CIRAD, UPR Forêts et SociétésMontpellierFrance
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- Institute of Space Technology, Islamabad HighwayIslamabadPakistan
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- Swiss Federal Research Institute WSLBirmensdorfSwitzerland
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- ForestGEOSmithsonian Tropical Research InstituteApartadoPanamaRepublic of Panama
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- Spatial Ecology Lab, School of Life SciencesSouth China Normal UniversityGuangzhouGuangdongChina
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- Department of Plant SystematicsUniversity of BayreuthBayreuthGermany
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- Gilgit‐Baltistan Forest Wildlife and Environment DepartmentGilgitPakistan
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- Research Institute for the Environment & LivelihoodsCharles Darwin UniversityCasuarinaNorthern TerritoryAustralia
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- Faculty of Agriculture and Marine ScienceKochi UniversityNankokuKochiJapan
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- Forestry and Forest Products Research InstituteTsukubaIbarakiJapan
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- Spatial Ecology Lab, School of Life SciencesSouth China Normal UniversityGuangzhouGuangdongChina
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- Faculty of Desert Studies Semnan UniversitySemnanIran
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- Japan International Research Center for Agricultural SciencesTsukubaIbarakiJapan
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- Department of Geosciences and Natural ResourcesWestern Carolina UniversityCullowheeNorth CarolinaUSA
- Graduate School and ResearchWestern Carolina UnversityCullowheeNorth CarolinaUSA
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- Faculty of Environmental Earth ScienceHokkaido UniversitySapporoJapan
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- Division Forest OfficeMinistry of ForestDhangadhiSudurpashchim ProvinceNepal
- Department of Forest Resources Management, College of ForestryNanjing Forestry UniversityNanjingJiangsuChina
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- Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT)NairobiKenya
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- Department of Forest Botany, Dendrology and Geobiocoenology, Faculty of Forestry and Wood TechnologyMendel University in BrnoBrnoCzech Republic
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of High Technology for Plant Protection, Plant Protection Research InstituteGuangdong Academy of Agricultural SciencesGuangzhouGuangdongChina
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- Department of GeographyUniversity of CambridgeCambridgeUK
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- College of Urban and Environmental Sciences and MOE Laboratory for Earth Surface ProcessesPeking UniversityBeijingChina
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- Department of Forest and Wildlife EcologyUniversity of Wisconsin‐MadisonMadisonWisconsinUSA
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- Laboratoire de Biodiversité, de Gestion des Ecosystèmes et de l'Environnement (LBGE), Faculté des Sciences et TechniquesUniversité Marien NgouabiBrazzavilleRepublic of Congo
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- Environmental Change Institute, School of Geography and the EnvironmentUniversity of OxfordOxfordUK
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- Faculty of ForestryUniversity of British ColumbiaVancouverBritish ColumbiaCanada
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- IVL Swedish Environmental Research InstituteGöteborgSweden
- Gothenburg Global Biodiversity Centre (GGBC), GothenburgSweden
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- Faculty of Forestry and Wood SciencesCzech University of Life Sciences Prague, Prague 6SuchdolCzech Republic
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- Departamento de Ecología y Recursos Naturales, Facultad de CienciasUniversidad Nacional Autónoma de México, CoyoacánCiudad de MéxicoMexico
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- Laboratoire de Biomathématiques et d'Estimations Forestières, Faculté des Sciences AgronomiquesUniversité d'Abomey CalaviCotonouBenin
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- State Key Laboratory of Vegetation and Environmental Change, Institute of BotanyChinese Academy of SciencesBeijingChina
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- AMAP LabMontpellier University, IRD, CIRAD, CNRS, INRAEMontpellierFrance
- Laboratoire de Botanique systématique et d'Ecologie, Département des Sciences Biologiques, Ecole Normale SupérieureUniversité de Yaoundé IYaoundéCameroon
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- Fynbos Node, South African Environmental Observation NetworkClaremontSouth Africa
- Centre for Statistics in Ecology, Environment and Conservation, Department of Statistical SciencesUniversity of Cape TownRondeboschSouth Africa
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- Instituto de Investigaciones en Ecosistemas y Sustentabilidad, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de MéxicoMoreliaMichoacánMexico
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- Department of Crop Science, Faculty of AgricultureUniversity of PeradeniyaPeradeniyaSri Lanka
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- AMAP LabMontpellier University, IRD, CIRAD, CNRS, INRAEMontpellierFrance
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- Universidad Nacional de la Patagonia Austral (UNPA) ‐ Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA) ‐ CONICETRío GallegosSanta CruzArgentina
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- AMAP LabMontpellier University, IRD, CIRAD, CNRS, INRAEMontpellierFrance
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- Forest Ecology and Forest Management GroupWageningen UniversityWageningenThe Netherlands
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- Department of Forestry, Faculty of Natural ResourcesUniversity of GuilanSomehsaraIran
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- Centro de Investigación Científica de Yucatán A.C., Unidad de Recursos NaturalesMéridaYucatánMexico
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- Centro de Ciências Biológicas e da NaturezaUniversidade Federal do Acre, Campus UniversitárioRio BrancoBrazil
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- School of GeoSciencesUniversity of EdinburghEdinburghUK
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- Systematic Botany and Functional Biodiversity, Institute of BiologyLeipzig UniversityLeipzigGermany
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- Department of Natural Resources, Faculty of Geo‐information Science and Earth Observation (ITC)University of TwenteEnschedeThe Netherlands
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- UMR EcoFoG, CNRSKourouFrench Guiana
- Department of Natural SciencesManchester Metropolitan UniversityManchesterUK
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- Environmental Change Institute, School of Geography and the EnvironmentUniversity of OxfordOxfordUK
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- Laboratoire de Botanique systématique et d'Ecologie, Département des Sciences Biologiques, Ecole Normale SupérieureUniversité de Yaoundé IYaoundéCameroon
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- Forest Ecology and Forest Management GroupWageningen UniversityWageningenThe Netherlands
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- Department of Forest Botany, Dendrology and Geobiocoenology, Faculty of Forestry and Wood TechnologyMendel University in BrnoBrnoCzech Republic
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- Field Science Center for Northern BiosphereHokkaido UniversityHoronobeJapan
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- Department of GeographyUniversity of California Santa BarbaraSanta BarbaraCaliforniaUSA
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- Forest Ecology Research Group, College of Life SciencesHebei UniversityBaodingHebeiChina
- Department of Forest Resources Management, College of ForestryNanjing Forestry UniversityNanjingJiangsuChina
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- Department of Forestry and The Center for Research and Development of Northern Zagros ForestryUniversity of KurdistanErbilIran
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- School of Geographical and Earth SciencesUniversity of Glasgow, East QuadrangleGlasgowUK
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- State Key Laboratory of Vegetation and Environmental Change, Institute of BotanyChinese Academy of SciencesBeijingChina
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- Department of Forest Resources Management, College of ForestryNanjing Forestry UniversityNanjingJiangsuChina
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- Systematic Botany and Functional Biodiversity, Institute of BiologyUniversity of LeipzigLeipzigGermany
- German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle‐Jena‐LeipzigLeipzigGermany
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- Ontario Ministry of Natural ResourcesNorth BayOntarioCanada
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- Faculty of Life Science and TechnologyCentral South University of Forestry and TechnologyChangshaHunanChina
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- State Key Laboratory of Aquatic Botany and Watershed EcologyWuhan Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of SciencesWuhanChina
- Center of Conservation Biology, Core Botanical GardensChinese Academy of SciencesWuhanChina
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- Graduate School of Integrated Sciences of LifeHiroshima UniversityHiroshimaJapan
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- Forest Ecology and Restoration Group (FORECO), Departamento de Ciencias de la VidaUniversidad de AlcaláMadridSpain
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Osman M, Budree S, Kelly CR, Panchal P, Allegretti JR, Kassam Z, Ramakrishna B, Dubois N, O'Brien K, Fischer M, Stollman N, Hays RA, Kelly CP, Amaratunga K, Qazi T, Crothers JW, Abend A, Bougas M, Burns L, Decaille-Hodge I, Dickens M, Edelstein C, Gabdrakhmanova D, Landry R, Ling K, Martin D, Medina G, Mendolia G, Muñoz R, Rao S, Seng M, Smith M, Stehler L, Yoder K, Zellmer C. Effectiveness and Safety of Fecal Microbiota Transplantation for Clostridioides Difficile Infection: Results From a 5344-Patient Cohort Study. Gastroenterology 2022; 163:319-322. [PMID: 35398345 DOI: 10.1053/j.gastro.2022.03.051] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/17/2022] [Accepted: 03/24/2022] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa; Finch Therapeutics, Somerville, Massachusetts
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- Department of Medicine, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts; Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Finch Therapeutics, Somerville, Massachusetts
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Jakovac CC, Meave JA, Bongers F, Letcher SG, Dupuy JM, Piotto D, Rozendaal DMA, Peña-Claros M, Craven D, Santos BA, Siminski A, Fantini AC, Rodrigues AC, Hernández-Jaramillo A, Idárraga A, Junqueira AB, Zambrano AMA, de Jong BHJ, Pinho BX, Finegan B, Castellano-Castro C, Zambiazi DC, Dent DH, García DH, Kennard D, Delgado D, Broadbent EN, Ortiz-Malavassi E, Pérez-García EA, Lebrija-Trejos E, Berenguer E, Marín-Spiotta E, Alvarez-Davila E, de Sá Sampaio EV, Melo F, Elias F, França F, Oberleitner F, Mora F, Williamson GB, Colletta GD, Cabral GAL, Derroire G, Fernandes GW, van der Wal H, Teixeira HM, Vester HFM, García H, Vieira ICG, Jiménez-Montoya J, de Almeida-Cortez JS, Hall JS, Chave J, Zimmerman JK, Nieto JE, Ferreira J, Rodríguez-Velázquez J, Ruíz J, Barlow J, Aguilar-Cano J, Hernández-Stefanoni JL, Engel J, Becknell JM, Zanini K, Lohbeck M, Tabarelli M, Romero-Romero MA, Uriarte M, Veloso MDM, Espírito-Santo MM, van der Sande MT, van Breugel M, Martínez-Ramos M, Schwartz NB, Norden N, Pérez-Cárdenas N, González-Valdivia N, Petronelli P, Balvanera P, Massoca P, Brancalion PHS, Villa PM, Hietz P, Ostertag R, López-Camacho R, César RG, Mesquita R, Chazdon RL, Muñoz R, DeWalt SJ, Müller SC, Durán SM, Martins SV, Ochoa-Gaona S, Rodríguez-Buritica S, Aide TM, Bentos TV, de S Moreno V, Granda V, Thomas W, Silver WL, Nunes YRF, Poorter L. Strong floristic distinctiveness across Neotropical successional forests. Sci Adv 2022; 8:eabn1767. [PMID: 35776785 PMCID: PMC10883372 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.abn1767] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
Abstract
Forests that regrow naturally on abandoned fields are important for restoring biodiversity and ecosystem services, but can they also preserve the distinct regional tree floras? Using the floristic composition of 1215 early successional forests (≤20 years) in 75 human-modified landscapes across the Neotropic realm, we identified 14 distinct floristic groups, with a between-group dissimilarity of 0.97. Floristic groups were associated with location, bioregions, soil pH, temperature seasonality, and water availability. Hence, there is large continental-scale variation in the species composition of early successional forests, which is mainly associated with biogeographic and environmental factors but not with human disturbance indicators. This floristic distinctiveness is partially driven by regionally restricted species belonging to widespread genera. Early secondary forests contribute therefore to restoring and conserving the distinctiveness of bioregions across the Neotropical realm, and forest restoration initiatives should use local species to assure that these distinct floras are maintained.
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- Catarina C Jakovac
- Departamento de Fitotecnia, Centro de Ciências Agrárias, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Rod. Admar Gonzaga, 1346, 88034-000 Florianópolis, Brazil
- Forest Ecology and Forest Management Group, Wageningen University & Research, P.O. Box 47, 6700 AA Wageningen, Netherlands
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- Departamento de Ecología y Recursos Naturales, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Coyoacán, Mexico City, CP 04510, México
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- Forest Ecology and Forest Management Group, Wageningen University & Research, P.O. Box 47, 6700 AA Wageningen, Netherlands
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- College of the Atlantic, 105 Eden St., Bar Harbor, ME 04609, USA
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- Centro de Investigación Científica de Yucatán A.C., Unidad de Recursos Naturales, Calle 43 # 130 x 32 y 34, Chuburná de Hidalgo, C.P. 97205, Mérida, Yucatán, México
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- Centro de Formação em Ciências Agroflorestais, Universidade Federal do Sul da Bahia, Itabuna-BA, 45613-204, Brazil
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- Centre for Crop Systems Analysis, Wageningen University & Research, Wageningen, Netherlands
- Plant Production Systems Group, Wageningen University & Research, Wageningen, Netherlands
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- Forest Ecology and Forest Management Group, Wageningen University & Research, P.O. Box 47, 6700 AA Wageningen, Netherlands
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- Centro de Modelacion y Monitoreo de Ecosistemas, Universidad Mayor, Jose Toribio Medina 29, Santiago, Chile
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- Postgraduate Program in Agricultural and Natural Ecosystems-PPGEAN, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Curitibanos-SC, Brazil
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- Departamento de Fitotecnia, Centro de Ciências Agrárias, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Rod. Admar Gonzaga, 1346, 88034-000 Florianópolis, Brazil
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- Associação para a Conservação da Biodiversidade - PROBIODIVERSA-BRASIL, Viçosa, MG, Brazil
- Botany Graduate Program, Departamento de Biologia Vegetal, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, 36570-900 Viçosa, Brazil
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- Fundación Jardín Botánico de Medellín, Herbario JAUM, Medellín, Colombia
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- Institut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 08193 Cerdanyola del Vallès, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Sustainability Science, El Colegio de la Frontera Sur, Av. Rancho Polígono 2-A, Ciudad Industrial, Lerma 24500, Campeche, Mexico
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- Departamento de Botânica, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Pernambuco, CEP 50670-901, Brazil
- AMAP, Univ Montpellier, INRAe, CIRAD, CNRS, IRD, Montpellier, France
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- CATIE-Centro Agronómico Tropical de Investigación y Enseñanza, Turrialba, Costa Rica
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- Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt, 16-20 Avenida Circunvalar, Bogotá, Colombia
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- Departamento de Fitotecnia, Centro de Ciências Agrárias, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Rod. Admar Gonzaga, 1346, 88034-000 Florianópolis, Brazil
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- Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Stirling, Stirling FK9 4LA, UK
- Max Planck Institute for Animal Behavior, Konstanz, Germany
- Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Roosevelt Ave. 401 Balboa, Ancon, Panama
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- Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt, 16-20 Avenida Circunvalar, Bogotá, Colombia
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- Department of Physical and Environmental Sciences, Colorado Mesa University, 1100 North Avenue, Grand Junction, CO 81501, USA
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- CATIE-Centro Agronómico Tropical de Investigación y Enseñanza, Turrialba, Costa Rica
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- Spatial Ecology and Conservation Lab, School of Forest Resources and Conservation, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA
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- Instituto Tecnológico de Costa Rica, Escuela de Ingeniería Forestal, Cartago, Costa Rica
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- Departamento de Ecología y Recursos Naturales, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Coyoacán, Mexico City, CP 04510, México
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- Department of Biology and the Environment, Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of Haifa-Oranim, Tivon 36006, Israel
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- Environmental Change Institute, School of Geography and the Environment, University of Oxford, OX1 3QY Oxford, UK
- Lancaster Environment Centre, Lancaster University, LA1 4YQ Lancaster, UK
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- Department of Geography, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 550 North Park St, Madison, WI 53706, USA
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- Departamento de Energia Nuclear-CTG, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Av. Prof. Luis Freire 1000, 50740-540 Pernambuco, Brazil
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- Departamento de Botânica, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Pernambuco, CEP 50670-901, Brazil
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- Universidade Federal do Pará, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ecologia, Pará, Brazil
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- School of Biological Sciences, University of Bristol, 24 Tyndall Ave, Bristol BS8 1TQ, UK
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- Department of Ecology, University of Innsbruck, Sternwartestraße 15, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria
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- Instituto de Investigaciones en Ecosistemas y Sustentabilidad, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, CP 58089 Morelia, Michoacán, México
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- Biological Dynamics of Forest Fragments Project, Environmental Dynamics Research Coordination, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazonia, Manaus, Amazonas CEP 69067-375, Brazil
- Department of Biological Sciences, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803-1705, USA
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- Institute of Biology, University of Campinas-UNICAMP, Cidade Universitária Zeferino, Vaz-Barão Geraldo, Campinas-SP 13083-970, Brazil
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- Departamento de Botânica, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Pernambuco, CEP 50670-901, Brazil
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- CIRAD, UMR EcoFoG (AgroParistech, CNRS, Inrae, Université des Antilles, Université de la Guyane), Campus Agronomique, Kourou, French Guiana
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- Ecologia Evolutiva e Biodiversidade/DBG, ICB, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
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- Departamento de Agricultura, Sociedad y Ambiente, El Colegio de la Frontera Sur - Unidad Villahermosa, 86280 Centro, Tabasco, México
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- Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics (IBED), University of Amsterdam, P.O. Box 94248, 1090 GE Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt, 16-20 Avenida Circunvalar, Bogotá, Colombia
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- Museu Paraense Emilio Goeldi, C.P. 399, CEP 66040-170 Belém, Pará, Brazil
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- SI ForestGEO, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Roosevelt Ave. 401 Balboa, Ancon, Panama
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- Laboratoire Evolution et Diversité Biologique, UMR5174, CNRS/Université Paul Sabatier Bâtiment 4R1, 118 Route de Narbonne, F-31062 Toulouse Cedex 9, France
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- Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus, San Juan, PR 00936, USA
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- Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt, 16-20 Avenida Circunvalar, Bogotá, Colombia
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- Embrapa Amazônia Oriental, Belém, Pará 66095-903, Brazil
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- Instituto de Investigaciones en Ecosistemas y Sustentabilidad, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, CP 58089 Morelia, Michoacán, México
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- Programa de Estudios de Posgrado en Geografia, Convenio Universidad Pedagogica y Tecnológica de Colombia-Instituto Geografico Agustin Codazzi, Bogotá, Colombia
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- Lancaster Environment Centre, Lancaster University, LA1 4YQ Lancaster, UK
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- Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt, 16-20 Avenida Circunvalar, Bogotá, Colombia
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- Centro de Investigación Científica de Yucatán A.C., Unidad de Recursos Naturales, Calle 43 # 130 x 32 y 34, Chuburná de Hidalgo, C.P. 97205, Mérida, Yucatán, México
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- AMAP, IRD, CIRAD, CNRS, Université de Montpellier, INRA, Boulevard de la Lironde, TA A-51/PS2, F-34398 Montpellier Cedex 5, France
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- Environmental Studies Program, Colby College, 4000 Mayflower Hill, Waterville, ME 04901, USA
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- Departamento de Ecologia, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS 91540-000, Brazil
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- Forest Ecology and Forest Management Group, Wageningen University & Research, P.O. Box 47, 6700 AA Wageningen, Netherlands
- Centre for International Forestry Research and World Agroforestry (CIFOR-ICRAF), United Nations Avenue, Gigiri, Nairobi, Kenya
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- Departamento de Botânica, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Pernambuco, CEP 50670-901, Brazil
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- Departamento de Ecología y Recursos Naturales, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Coyoacán, Mexico City, CP 04510, México
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- Department of Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Biology, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027, USA
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- Departamento de Biologia Geral, Universidade Estadual de Montes Claros, Montes Claros, Minas Gerais CEP 39401-089, Brazil
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- Departamento de Biologia Geral, Universidade Estadual de Montes Claros, Montes Claros, Minas Gerais CEP 39401-089, Brazil
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- Forest Ecology and Forest Management Group, Wageningen University & Research, P.O. Box 47, 6700 AA Wageningen, Netherlands
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- Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Roosevelt Ave. 401 Balboa, Ancon, Panama
- Yale-NUS College, 16 College Avenue West, Singapore 138610, Singapore
- Department of Biological Sciences, National University of Singapore, 14 Science Drive 4, Singapore 117543, Singapore
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- Instituto de Investigaciones en Ecosistemas y Sustentabilidad, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, CP 58089 Morelia, Michoacán, México
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- Department of Geography, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z2, Canada
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- Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt, 16-20 Avenida Circunvalar, Bogotá, Colombia
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- Instituto de Investigaciones en Ecosistemas y Sustentabilidad, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, CP 58089 Morelia, Michoacán, México
- University of Zürich, Department of Geography, Winterthurerstrasse 190, 8057 Zürich, Switzerland
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- Departamento de Ingenierías, Instituto Tecnológico de Chiná, Tecnológico Nacional de México, Calle 11 s/n entre 22 y 28, Chiná, 24520 Campeche, México
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- CIRAD, UMR EcoFoG (AgroParistech, CNRS, Inrae, Université des Antilles, Université de la Guyane), Campus Agronomique, Kourou, French Guiana
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- Instituto de Investigaciones en Ecosistemas y Sustentabilidad, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, CP 58089 Morelia, Michoacán, México
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- Biological Dynamics of Forest Fragments Project, Environmental Dynamics Research Coordination, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazonia, Manaus, Amazonas CEP 69067-375, Brazil
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- Department of Forest Sciences, "Luiz de Queiroz" College of Agriculture, University of São Paulo, Av. Pádua Dias, 11, 13418-900 Piracicaba, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Botany Graduate Program, Departamento de Biologia Vegetal, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, 36570-900 Viçosa, Brazil
- Fundación para la Conservación de la Biodiversidad (PROBIODIVERSA), CP 5101 Mérida, Mérida, Venezuela
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- Institute of Botany, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Biology, University of Hawaii at Hilo, Hilo, HI 96720, USA
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- Universidad Distrital Francisco José de Caldas, Facultad de Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturales, Carrera 5 este # 15-82, Bogotá, Colombia
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- Department of Forest Sciences, "Luiz de Queiroz" College of Agriculture, University of São Paulo, Av. Pádua Dias, 11, 13418-900 Piracicaba, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Biological Dynamics of Forest Fragments Project, Environmental Dynamics Research Coordination, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazonia, Manaus, Amazonas CEP 69067-375, Brazil
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- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Connecticut, U-43, 75 North Eagleville Road, Storrs, CT 06269, USA
- Tropical Forests and People Research Centre, University of the Sunshine Coast, Maroochydore DC, QLD 4558, Australia
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- Forest Ecology and Forest Management Group, Wageningen University & Research, P.O. Box 47, 6700 AA Wageningen, Netherlands
- Departamento de Ecología y Recursos Naturales, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Coyoacán, Mexico City, CP 04510, México
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Clemson University, 132 Long Hall, Clemson, SC 29634, USA
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- Departamento de Ecologia, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS 91540-000, Brazil
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- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN 55455, USA
- Earth and Atmospheric Sciences Department, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2EG, Canada
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- Laboratório de Restauração Florestal, Departamento de Engenharia Florestal, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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- Department of Sustainability Science, El Colegio de la Frontera Sur, Av. Rancho Polígono 2-A, Ciudad Industrial, Lerma 24500, Campeche, Mexico
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- Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt, 16-20 Avenida Circunvalar, Bogotá, Colombia
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- Department of Biology, University of Puerto Rico, P.O. Box 23360, San Juan, PR 00931-3360, USA
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- Biological Dynamics of Forest Fragments Project, Environmental Dynamics Research Coordination, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazonia, Manaus, Amazonas CEP 69067-375, Brazil
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- Department of Forest Sciences, "Luiz de Queiroz" College of Agriculture, University of São Paulo, Av. Pádua Dias, 11, 13418-900 Piracicaba, São Paulo, Brazil
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- CATIE-Centro Agronómico Tropical de Investigación y Enseñanza, Turrialba, Costa Rica
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- Institute of Systematic Botany, The New York Botanical Garden, 2900 Southern Blvd., Bronx, NY 10458-5126, USA
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- Ecosystem Science Division, Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94707, USA
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- Departamento de Biologia Geral, Universidade Estadual de Montes Claros, Montes Claros, Minas Gerais CEP 39401-089, Brazil
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- Forest Ecology and Forest Management Group, Wageningen University & Research, P.O. Box 47, 6700 AA Wageningen, Netherlands
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Marta-Enguita J, Rubio-Baines I, Aymerich N, Herrera M, Zandio B, Mayor S, Roncal C, Mendioroz M, Orbe J, Muñoz R. Análisis del valor pronóstico de la analítica urgente en el ictus isquémico. Neurologia 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.nrl.2022.03.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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Silva M, Blamey R, Ceballos ME, Araya X, Bastías C, Twele L, Muñoz R, Sciaraffia A, Piñera C. Infección por SARS-CoV-2 en personas viviendo con VIH. Tópicos del panorama mundial y en Chile. Rev Chilena Infectol 2022; 39:294-303. [DOI: 10.4067/s0716-10182022000200294] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/01/2022] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Veas N, Winter J, Soriano F, Valdebenito M, Piccaluga E, Nava S, Muñoz R, Cruz-González I, Puentes A, Lindefjeld D. [Use of anticoagulants in patients with atrial fibrillation undergoing transcatheter aortic valve implantation]. Rev Med Chil 2022; 150:618-624. [PMID: 37906762 DOI: 10.4067/s0034-98872022000500618] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/11/2021] [Accepted: 11/04/2021] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
Abstract
BACKGROUND Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation (TAVI) is beneficial in patients with symptomatic severe Aortic Stenosis (AS). There is no consensus about the best anticoagulation strategy for patients with a recent TAVI and with atrial fibrillation (AF). Direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs) are effective to prevent embolic events with a significant lower incidence of bleeding. There is scarce evidence about the use of these drugs in patients undergoing TAVI. AIM To assess the management of anticoagulation at the moment of discharge of patients with AF and TAVI. MATERIAL AND METHODS A four question survey was sent to cardiologists involved in TAVI programs in different international centers. RESULTS The survey was answered by 72 interventional cardiologists. Even with the lack of randomized evidence, in most of the scenarios DOACs are prescribed at discharge in patients with indication for anticoagulation. Also, in patients with high bleeding risk, most cardiologists would perform a left atrial appendage closure. In patients with concomitant coronary artery disease, if a stent was recently implanted, prescription of the combination of a DOAC and one antiplatelet drug was the most common answer. In patients with a former coronary angioplasty, DOAC or Warfarin was the therapy of choice. CONCLUSIONS In the absence of randomized data, interventional cardiologists prescribe DOACs at discharge to patients with AF and TAVI, without following current guidelines in most cases.
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- Gran Ospedale Metropolitano Niguarda, Milán, Italia
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Muñoz R, Saez Hidalgo J, Canales F, Dujovne D, Céspedes S. SCHC over LoRaWAN Efficiency: Evaluation and Experimental Performance of Packet Fragmentation. Sensors (Basel) 2022; 22:1531. [PMID: 35214429 PMCID: PMC8874547 DOI: 10.3390/s22041531] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/27/2021] [Revised: 02/05/2022] [Accepted: 02/10/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Low Power Wide Area Networks (LPWAN) are expected to enable the massive connectivity of small and constrained devices to the Internet of Things. Due to the restricted nature of both end devices and network links, LPWAN technologies employ network stacks where there is no interoperable network layer as a general case; instead, application data are usually placed directly into technology-specific two-layer frames. Besides not being able to run standard IP-based protocols at the end device, the lack of an IP layer also causes LPWAN segments to operate in an isolated manner, requiring middleboxes to interface non-IP LPWAN technologies with the IP world. The IETF has standardized a compression and fragmentation scheme, called Static Context Header Compression and Fragmentation (SCHC), which can compress and fragment IPv6 and UDP headers for LPWAN in a way that enables IP-based communications on the constrained end device. This article presents a model to determine the channel occupation efficiency based on the transmission times of SCHC messages in the upstream channel of a LoRaWAN™ link using the ACK-on-Error mode of standard SCHC. The model is compared against experimental data obtained from the transmission of packets that are fragmented using a SCHC over LoRaWAN implementation. This modeling provides a relationship between the channel occupancy efficiency, the spreading factor of LoRa™, and the probability of an error of a SCHC message. The results show that the model correctly predicts the efficiency in channel occupation for all spreading factors. Furthermore, the SCHC ACK-on-Error mode implementation for the upstream channel has been made fully available for further use by the research community.
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- Rodrigo Muñoz
- Department of Electrical Engineering, Universidad de Chile, Santiago 8370451, Chile;
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- NIC Chile Research Labs, Universidad de Chile, Santiago 8320000, Chile; (J.S.H.); (F.C.)
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- NIC Chile Research Labs, Universidad de Chile, Santiago 8320000, Chile; (J.S.H.); (F.C.)
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- Faculty of Engineering, Universidad Diego Portales, Santiago 8370191, Chile;
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- Department of Electrical Engineering, Universidad de Chile, Santiago 8370451, Chile;
- Department of Computer Science and Software Engineering, Concordia University, Montreal, QC H3G 1M8, Canada
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Lylyk I, Scrivano E, Nella Castro R, Lundquist J, Perez N, Veloso S, Federico D, Cardenas A, Diaz Figueroa JI, Roussell M, Muñoz R, Lylyk PN, Bleise C, Lylyk P. Abstract TMP3: Long-term Outcomes From The Pipeline Embolization Devices For The Treatment Of Intracranial Aneurysms (PEDESTRIAN) Registry With Ped Shield Sub-analysis. Stroke 2022. [DOI: 10.1161/str.53.suppl_1.tmp3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
Abstract
Background:
Prospective studies have established the safety and efficacy of the Pipeline
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Embolization Device (PED) for treatment of intracranial aneurysms (IA).
Objective:
To investigate long-term outcomes from the Pipeline Embolization Devices for the Treatment of Intracranial Aneurysms (PEDESTRIAN) Registry.
Methods:
The PEDESTRIAN registry data was retrospectively reviewed, which included patients (March 2006-July2019) with complex IAs treated with PED. The primary angiographic endpoint was complete occlusion and long-term stability. Clinical and radiological follow-up was performed at 3-6 months, 12 months, and yearly thereafter.
Results:
A total of 835 patients (mean age 55.9±14.7 years; 80.0% female) with 1,000 aneurysms were included. Aneurysms varied in size: 64.6% were small (≤10mm), 25.6% were large (11-24mm), and 9.8% were giant (≥25mm). A total of 1,214 PEDs were deployed. Follow-up angiography was available for 85.1% of patients with 776 aneurysms at 24.6±25.0 months (mean). Complete occlusion was demonstrated in 75.8% of aneurysms at 12-months, 92.9% at 2-4 years, and 96.4% at >5 years. During the post-procedural period, mRS remained stable or improved in 96.2% of patients, with stability or improvement in 99.1% of patients >5 years. The overall major morbidity and neurological mortality rate was 5.8%. At multivariate analysis, age (HR 1.04; 95% CI 1.01-1.07, p=0.002) and non-saccular morphology (HR 2.91; 95% CI 1.06-7.97, p=0.038) were identified as independent predictors of mRs worsening. We found a trend towards lower rates of thromboembolic complications since the implementation of prasugrel, with 26 (4.4%) patients on clopidogrel developing stroke compared with 4 (1.6%) patients on prasugrel (OR 2.74; 95% CI 0.95-7.95, p=0.06). Trend towards less thromboembolic complications with PED Shield N= 3/213 (1,4%) OR 0.38 (95% CI o.12; 1.27), p value=0.11
Conclusion:
This study demonstrated high rates of long-term complete aneurysm occlusion, stable or improved functional outcomes, and low rates of complications and mortality. Clinical and angiographic outcomes improved over long-term follow-up, demonstrating endovascular treatment of IA with PED is safe and effective.
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- Ivan Lylyk
- Instituto Medico ENERI-Clinica La Sagrada Familia, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Instituto Medico ENERI-Clinica La Sagrada Familia, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Instituto Medico ENERI-Clinica La Sagrada Familia, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Instituto Medico ENERI-Clinica La Sagrada Familia, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Instituto Medico ENERI-Clinica La Sagrada Familia, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Instituto Medico ENERI-Clinica La Sagrada Familia, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Instituto Medico ENERI-Clinica La Sagrada Familia, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Instituto Medico ENERI-Clinica La Sagrada Familia, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Instituto Medico ENERI-Clinica La Sagrada Familia, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- ENERI CLINICA LA SAGRADA FAMILIA, Caba, Argentina
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Lee F, Desravines N, Recknagel J, Singleton M, Muñoz R, Rahangdale L. History of Surgical Treatment for Cervical Intraepithelial Neoplasia. J Gynecol Surg 2022. [DOI: 10.1089/gyn.2021.0138] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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- Fan Lee
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
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- Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
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Veas N, Winter JL, Valdebenito M, Honorato F, Muñoz R, Lindefjeld D, Méndez M. Abordaje del implante valvular aórtico transcateter durante la pandemia por COVID-19 con alta prevoz: reporte de una serie de casos. Rev Med Chil 2022; 150:183-189. [DOI: 10.4067/s0034-98872022000200183] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/03/2020] [Accepted: 10/12/2021] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Inoque N, de Faria L, Muñoz R. Additive Manufacturing towards the Fabrication of Greener Electrochemical Sensors for Antioxidants. J BRAZIL CHEM SOC 2022. [DOI: 10.21577/0103-5053.20220025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022] Open
Abstract
Additive manufacturing is an emerging tool that has contributed to the sustainable fabrication of devices in several areas based on the concept of “zero waste”. Considering extrusionbased manufacturing (or 3D printing), polylactic acid (PLA) has been highlighted due to its biodegradability, obtention from renewable sources, and compatibility for 3D printing. Composites of PLA with conducting fillers, such as carbon-black (CB/PLA), are commercially-available and compatible with extrusion-based 3D printers and 3D pen. Herein, we investigate the electrochemical behavior of several antioxidant species (catechol, hydroquinone, propyl-gallate, octyl-gallate, dopamine, gallic acid and pyrogallol (PY)) on 3D-printed electrodes. Experiments by cyclic voltammetry demonstrated that electrochemical surface treatment in NaOH aqueous solution is an important strategy to improve the response of all antioxidants. Thus, PY was selected to evaluate the analytical performance of the proposed 3D-printed sensor. For this, a fast and simple method using batch-injection analysis with amperometric detection (BIA-AD) has been developed, which showed a limit of detection of 0.15 µmol L-1, wide linear range (0.5 to 300 µmol L-1), good precision (relative standard deviation (RSD) < 3.4%) and selectivity. This method was applied in biodiesel samples, after dilution (400-fold) in electrolyte. Recovery percentages ranging from 82 to 119% attested absence of matrix effect and good accuracy.
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Cadeado A, Machado C, Oliveira G, e Silva D, Muñoz R, Silva S. Internet of Things as a Tool for Sustainable Analytical Chemistry: A Review. J BRAZIL CHEM SOC 2022. [DOI: 10.21577/0103-5053.20220048] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022] Open
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Sustainable analytical methods are highly demanded in the modern society. Within the green principles, novel procedures that attend the sustainable development goals have been proposed and the internet of things (IoT) can play key role to achieve this goal. The association of IoT with analytical chemistry enables the real-time obtaining of analytical data to control industrial processes as well as for monitoring different environmental scenarios and human health by accessing remotely analytical information. In this context, this review presents the main IoT technologies used for analytical chemistry as well as a tutorial for beginners in the field.
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Squissato A, Claro A, Lourenço R, Fioroto A, Nascimento A, Muñoz R. DETERMINATION OF TOTAL AND BIOACCESSIBLE ELEMENTS IN TEMPORARY ADHESIVE TATTOOS USED BY CHILDREN AND ADULTS. QUIM NOVA 2022. [DOI: 10.21577/0100-4042.20170917] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022] Open
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The presence of bioaccessible potentially-toxic elements in five different brands of temporary tattoos (packaged with bubble gums) aimed at children and three product brands used by young and adult audiences were analyzed in accordance with the Brazilian Organization of Technical Standards (ABNT) and International Organization for Standardization (ISO) for toy’s safety standards. Bioaccessible barium, copper and strontium were found in the concentration range between 1.78–11.1 μg g–1, 0.0364–0.875 μg g–1, 0.155–9.9 μg g–1, respectively. Bioaccessible lead (2.6 ± 0.1 μg g–1 – 4.36 ± 0.06 μg g–1) and boron (2.14 ± 0.07 – 3.54 ± 0.07 μg g–1) were found in two samples whereas chromium (0.403 ± 0.004 μg g–1) in one sample aimed at children. Bioaccessible aluminum was found in six samples, mostly at products used by children. Other elements whose bioaccessibility was evaluated were Mo (< LOD), Cd (< LOD), V (0.148 ± 0.003 μg g–1) and Co (0.003 – 1.756 μg g–1). All samples met the upper limits permitted by the national toy safety standard, however, chromium, lead, cobalt and barium presented higher bioaccessibility levels than the allowed values by cosmetic regulation that controls products applied directly to the skin.
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Poorter L, Craven D, Jakovac CC, van der Sande MT, Amissah L, Bongers F, Chazdon RL, Farrior CE, Kambach S, Meave JA, Muñoz R, Norden N, Rüger N, van Breugel M, Almeyda Zambrano AM, Amani B, Andrade JL, Brancalion PHS, Broadbent EN, de Foresta H, Dent DH, Derroire G, DeWalt SJ, Dupuy JM, Durán SM, Fantini AC, Finegan B, Hernández-Jaramillo A, Hernández-Stefanoni JL, Hietz P, Junqueira AB, N'dja JK, Letcher SG, Lohbeck M, López-Camacho R, Martínez-Ramos M, Melo FPL, Mora F, Müller SC, N'Guessan AE, Oberleitner F, Ortiz-Malavassi E, Pérez-García EA, Pinho BX, Piotto D, Powers JS, Rodríguez-Buriticá S, Rozendaal DMA, Ruíz J, Tabarelli M, Teixeira HM, Valadares de Sá Barretto Sampaio E, van der Wal H, Villa PM, Fernandes GW, Santos BA, Aguilar-Cano J, de Almeida-Cortez JS, Alvarez-Davila E, Arreola-Villa F, Balvanera P, Becknell JM, Cabral GAL, Castellanos-Castro C, de Jong BHJ, Nieto JE, Espírito-Santo MM, Fandino MC, García H, García-Villalobos D, Hall JS, Idárraga A, Jiménez-Montoya J, Kennard D, Marín-Spiotta E, Mesquita R, Nunes YRF, Ochoa-Gaona S, Peña-Claros M, Pérez-Cárdenas N, Rodríguez-Velázquez J, Villanueva LS, Schwartz NB, Steininger MK, Veloso MDM, Vester HFM, Vieira ICG, Williamson GB, Zanini K, Hérault B. Multidimensional tropical forest recovery. Science 2021; 374:1370-1376. [PMID: 34882461 DOI: 10.1126/science.abh3629] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 20.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/02/2022]
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Affiliation(s)
- Lourens Poorter
- Forest Ecology and Forest Management Group, Wageningen University, Wageningen, Netherlands
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- Centro de Modelación y Monitoreo de Ecosistemas, Universidad Mayor, Santiago, Chile
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- Forest Ecology and Forest Management Group, Wageningen University, Wageningen, Netherlands.,Departamento de Fitotecnia, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina. Rod. Admar Gonzaga, Florianópolis, SC, Brazil
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- Forest Ecology and Forest Management Group, Wageningen University, Wageningen, Netherlands
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- CSIR-Forestry Research Institute of Ghana, KNUST, Kumasi, Ghana
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- Forest Ecology and Forest Management Group, Wageningen University, Wageningen, Netherlands
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- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, USA.,Tropical Forests and People Research Centre, University of the Sunshine Coast, Maroochydore DC, QLD, Australia
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- German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
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- Departamento de Ecología y Recursos Naturales, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Coyoacán, Mexico City, Mexico
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- Forest Ecology and Forest Management Group, Wageningen University, Wageningen, Netherlands.,Departamento de Ecología y Recursos Naturales, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Coyoacán, Mexico City, Mexico
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- Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt, Bogotá, Colombia
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- German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany.,Department of Economics, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany.,Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Ancón, Balboa, Panama
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- SI ForestGEO, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Ancón, Balboa, Panama.,Yale-NUS College, Singapore, Singapore.,Department of Biological Sciences, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
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- UFR Agroforesterie, Université Jean Lorougnon Guédé Daloa, Daloa, Côte d'Ivoire
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- Centro de Investigación Científica de Yucatán A.C. Unidad de Recursos Naturales, Colonia Chuburná de Hidalgo, Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico
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- Department of Forest Sciences, "Luiz de Queiroz" College of Agriculture, University of São Paulo, Piracicaba, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Spatial Ecology and Conservation Lab, School of Forest Resources and Conservation, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA
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- UMR AMAP, Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD), Montpellier, France
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- Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Ancón, Balboa, Panama.,Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Stirling, Stirling, UK
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- CIRAD, UMR EcoFoG (AgroParistech, CNRS, INRAE, Université des Antilles, Université de la Guyane), Campus Agronomique, Kourou, French Guiana
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Clemson University, Clemson, SC, USA
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- Centro de Investigación Científica de Yucatán A.C. Unidad de Recursos Naturales, Colonia Chuburná de Hidalgo, Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico
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- Earth and Atmospheric Sciences Department, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada.,Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN, USA
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- CATIE-Centro Agronómico Tropical de Investigación y Enseñanza, Turrialba, Costa Rica
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- Centro de Investigación Científica de Yucatán A.C. Unidad de Recursos Naturales, Colonia Chuburná de Hidalgo, Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico
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- Institute of Botany, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, Austria
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- Institut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Cerdanyola del Vallès, Barcelona, Spain
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- Departement of Bioscience, University Felix Houphouet-Boigny, Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire
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- Forest Ecology and Forest Management Group, Wageningen University, Wageningen, Netherlands.,World Agroforestry Centre, ICRAF, United Nations Avenue, Gigiri, Nairobi, Kenya
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- Universidad Distrital Francisco José de Caldas, Facultad de Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturales, Bogotá, Colombia
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- Instituto de Investigaciones en Ecosistemas y Sustentabilidad, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Morelia, Michoacán, Mexico
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- Departamento de Botânica, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil
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- Instituto de Investigaciones en Ecosistemas y Sustentabilidad, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Morelia, Michoacán, Mexico
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- Departamento de Ecologia, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
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- Departement of Bioscience, University Felix Houphouet-Boigny, Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire
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- Instituto Tecnológico de Costa Rica, Escuela de Ingeniería Forestal, Cartago, Costa Rica
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- Departamento de Ecología y Recursos Naturales, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Coyoacán, Mexico City, Mexico
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- Departamento de Botânica, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil
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- Centro de Formação em Ciências Agroflorestais, Universidade Federal do Sul da Bahia, Itabuna, BA, Brazil
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- Department of Ecology, Evolution and Behavior, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN, USA.,Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN, USA
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- Plant Production Systems Group, Wageningen University and Research, Wageningen, Netherlands.,Centre for Crop Systems Analysis, Wageningen University and Research, Wageningen, Netherlands
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- Programa de Estudios de Posgrado en Geografia, Convenio Universidad Pedagogica y Tecnológica de Colombia-Instituto Geografico Agustin Codazzi, Bogotá, Colombia
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- Departamento de Botânica, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil
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- Plant Production Systems Group, Wageningen University and Research, Wageningen, Netherlands.,Farming Systems Ecology, Wageningen University, Wageningen, Netherlands.,Copernicus Institute, Utrecht University, Utrecht, Netherlands
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- Departamento de Agricultura, Sociedad y Ambiente, El Colegio de la Frontera Sur - Unidad Villahermosa, Centro, Tabasco, México
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- Program of Botany, Departamento de Biologia Vegetal, Laboratório de Ecologia e Evolução de Plantas, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil.,Fundación para la Conservación de la Biodiversidad (PROBIODIVERSA), Mérida, Mérida, Venezuela
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- Ecologia Evolutiva e Biodiversidade/DBG, ICB, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
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- Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt, Bogotá, Colombia
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- Instituto de Investigaciones en Ecosistemas y Sustentabilidad, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Morelia, Michoacán, Mexico
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- Instituto de Investigaciones en Ecosistemas y Sustentabilidad, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Morelia, Michoacán, Mexico
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- Departamento de Botânica, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil
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- Department of Sustainability Science, El Colegio de la Frontera Sur, Lerma, Campeche, Mexico
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- Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt, Bogotá, Colombia
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- Departamento de Biologia Geral, Universidade Estadual de Montes Claros, Montes Claros, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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- Fondo Patrimonio Natural para la Biodiversidad y Areas Protegidas, Bogota, Colombia
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- Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt, Bogotá, Colombia
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- SI ForestGEO, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Ancón, Balboa, Panama
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- Fundación Jardín Botánico de Medellín, Herbario JAUM, Medellín, Colombia
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- Department of Physical and Environmental Sciences, Colorado Mesa University, Grand Junction, CO, USA
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- Biological Dynamics of Forest Fragments Project, Environmental Dynamics Research Coordination, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazonia, Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil
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- Departamento de Biologia Geral, Universidade Estadual de Montes Claros, Montes Claros, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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- Department of Sustainability Science, El Colegio de la Frontera Sur, Lerma, Campeche, Mexico
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- Forest Ecology and Forest Management Group, Wageningen University, Wageningen, Netherlands
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- Instituto de Investigaciones en Ecosistemas y Sustentabilidad, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Morelia, Michoacán, Mexico
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- Instituto de Investigaciones en Ecosistemas y Sustentabilidad, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Morelia, Michoacán, Mexico
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- Centro de Investigación Científica de Yucatán A.C. Unidad de Recursos Naturales, Colonia Chuburná de Hidalgo, Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico.,Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnologia, Centro del Cambio Global y la Sustentabilidad, Tabasco, Mexico
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- Department of Geography, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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- Department of Geographical Sciences, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA
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- Departamento de Biologia Geral, Universidade Estadual de Montes Claros, Montes Claros, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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- Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics (IBED), University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Biological Dynamics of Forest Fragments Project, Environmental Dynamics Research Coordination, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazonia, Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil.,Department of Biological Sciences, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, USA
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- Departamento de Ecologia, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
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- CIRAD, UPR Forêts et Sociétés, Yamoussoukro, Côte d'Ivoire.,Forêts et Sociétés, Université Montpellier, CIRAD, Montpellier, France.,Institut National Polytechnique Félix Houphouët-Boigny, INP-HB, Yamoussoukro, Côte d'Ivoire
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Poorter L, Rozendaal DMA, Bongers F, Almeida DJS, Álvarez FS, Andrade JL, Arreola Villa LF, Becknell JM, Bhaskar R, Boukili V, Brancalion PHS, César RG, Chave J, Chazdon RL, Dalla Colletta G, Craven D, de Jong BHJ, Denslow JS, Dent DH, DeWalt SJ, Díaz García E, Dupuy JM, Durán SM, Espírito Santo MM, Fernandes GW, Finegan B, Granda Moser V, Hall JS, Hernández-Stefanoni JL, Jakovac CC, Kennard D, Lebrija-Trejos E, Letcher SG, Lohbeck M, Lopez OR, Marín-Spiotta E, Martínez-Ramos M, Meave JA, Mora F, de Souza Moreno V, Müller SC, Muñoz R, Muscarella R, Nunes YRF, Ochoa-Gaona S, Oliveira RS, Paz H, Sanchez-Azofeifa A, Sanaphre-Villanueva L, Toledo M, Uriarte M, Utrera LP, van Breugel M, van der Sande MT, Veloso MDM, Wright SJ, Zanini KJ, Zimmerman JK, Westoby M. Functional recovery of secondary tropical forests. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2021; 118:e2003405118. [PMID: 34845017 PMCID: PMC8670493 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2003405118] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 09/15/2021] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
Abstract
One-third of all Neotropical forests are secondary forests that regrow naturally after agricultural use through secondary succession. We need to understand better how and why succession varies across environmental gradients and broad geographic scales. Here, we analyze functional recovery using community data on seven plant characteristics (traits) of 1,016 forest plots from 30 chronosequence sites across the Neotropics. By analyzing communities in terms of their traits, we enhance understanding of the mechanisms of succession, assess ecosystem recovery, and use these insights to propose successful forest restoration strategies. Wet and dry forests diverged markedly for several traits that increase growth rate in wet forests but come at the expense of reduced drought tolerance, delay, or avoidance, which is important in seasonally dry forests. Dry and wet forests showed different successional pathways for several traits. In dry forests, species turnover is driven by drought tolerance traits that are important early in succession and in wet forests by shade tolerance traits that are important later in succession. In both forests, deciduous and compound-leaved trees decreased with forest age, probably because microclimatic conditions became less hot and dry. Our results suggest that climatic water availability drives functional recovery by influencing the start and trajectory of succession, resulting in a convergence of community trait values with forest age when vegetation cover builds up. Within plots, the range in functional trait values increased with age. Based on the observed successional trait changes, we indicate the consequences for carbon and nutrient cycling and propose an ecologically sound strategy to improve forest restoration success.
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- Lourens Poorter
- Forest Ecology and Forest Management Group, Wageningen University & Research, Wageningen 6700 AA, The Netherlands;
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- Forest Ecology and Forest Management Group, Wageningen University & Research, Wageningen 6700 AA, The Netherlands
- Plant Production Systems Group, Wageningen University & Research, Wageningen 6700 AK, The Netherlands
- Centre for Crop Systems Analysis, Wageningen University & Research, Wageningen 6700 AK, The Netherlands
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- Forest Ecology and Forest Management Group, Wageningen University & Research, Wageningen 6700 AA, The Netherlands
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- Departamento de Botânica, Centro de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife 50670-901, Brazil
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- Forests, Biodiversity and Climate Change Programme, Centro Agronómico Tropical de Investigación y Enseñanza, 30501 Turrialba, Costa Rica
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- Centro de Investigación Científica de Yucatán A.C., Unidad de Recursos Naturales 97205 Mérida, México
| | - Luis Felipe Arreola Villa
- Instituto de Investigaciones en Ecosistemas y Sustentabilidad, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México 58089 Morelia, México
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- Instituto de Investigaciones en Ecosistemas y Sustentabilidad, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México 58089 Morelia, México
- College of Design, Engineering, and Commerce, Philadelphia University, Philadelphia, PA 19144
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- Department of Forest Sciences, "Luiz de Queiroz" College of Agriculture, University of São Paulo, Piracicaba 13418-900, Brazil
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- Department of Forest Sciences, "Luiz de Queiroz" College of Agriculture, University of São Paulo, Piracicaba 13418-900, Brazil
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- Laboratoire Evolution et Diversité Biologique, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Université Paul Sabatier, Toulouse F-31062, France
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- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269
- Tropical Forests and People Research Centre, University of the Sunshine Coast, Sippy Downs QLD 4556, Australia
- International Institute for Sustainability, Rio de Janeiro 22460-320, Brazil
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- Institute of Biology, University of Campinas, Cidade Universitária Zeferino Vaz, Campinas 13083-970, Brazil
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- Centro de Modelacion y Monitoreo, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Mayor, Santiago, Chile
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- Department of Sustainability Science, El Colegio de la Frontera Sur 24500 Campeche, Mexico
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- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA 70118
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- Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Ancon 0843-03092, Panamá
- Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Stirling, Stirling FK9 4LA, United Kingdom
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634
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- Department of Forest Sciences, "Luiz de Queiroz" College of Agriculture, University of São Paulo, Piracicaba 13418-900, Brazil
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- Centro de Investigación Científica de Yucatán A.C., Unidad de Recursos Naturales 97205 Mérida, México
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- Department of Ecology, Evolution and Behavior, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN 55104
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- Departamento de Biologia Geral, Universidade Estadual de Montes Claros, Montes Claros 39401-089, Brazil
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- Forests, Biodiversity and Climate Change Programme, Centro Agronómico Tropical de Investigación y Enseñanza, 30501 Turrialba, Costa Rica
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- Forests, Biodiversity and Climate Change Programme, Centro Agronómico Tropical de Investigación y Enseñanza, 30501 Turrialba, Costa Rica
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- Smithsonian Institute Forest Global Earth Observatory, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Ancon 0843-03092, Panamá
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- Forest Ecology and Forest Management Group, Wageningen University & Research, Wageningen 6700 AA, The Netherlands
- Departamento de Fitotecnia, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Florianópolis 88034-000, Brazil
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- Department of Physical and Environmental Sciences, Colorado Mesa University, Grand Junction, CO 81501
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- Department of Biology and Environment, Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of Haifa, Tivon 36006, Israel
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- Forest Ecology and Forest Management Group, Wageningen University & Research, Wageningen 6700 AA, The Netherlands
- World Agroforestry, Nairobi 00100, Kenya
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- Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Ancon 0843-03092, Panamá
- Instituto de Investigaciones Científicas y Servicios de Alta Tecnología, Panama City 0843-01103, Panamá
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- Instituto de Investigaciones en Ecosistemas y Sustentabilidad, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México 58089 Morelia, México
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- Departamento de Ecología y Recursos Naturales, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México 04510 Ciudad de México, Mexico
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- Instituto de Investigaciones en Ecosistemas y Sustentabilidad, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México 58089 Morelia, México
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- Department of Forest Sciences, "Luiz de Queiroz" College of Agriculture, University of São Paulo, Piracicaba 13418-900, Brazil
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- Departamento de Ecologia, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre 91540-000, Brazil
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- Forest Ecology and Forest Management Group, Wageningen University & Research, Wageningen 6700 AA, The Netherlands
- Departamento de Ecología y Recursos Naturales, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México 04510 Ciudad de México, Mexico
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- Department of Plant Ecology and Evolution, Uppsala University SE-752 36 Uppsala, Sweden
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- Departamento de Biologia Geral, Universidade Estadual de Montes Claros, Montes Claros 39401-089, Brazil
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- Department of Sustainability Science, El Colegio de la Frontera Sur 24500 Campeche, Mexico
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- Department of Plant Biology, Instituto de Biologia, University of Campinas, Campinas 13083-970, Brazil
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- Instituto de Investigaciones en Ecosistemas y Sustentabilidad, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México 58089 Morelia, México
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- Earth and Atmospheric Sciences Department, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2E3, Canada
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- Centro de Investigación Científica de Yucatán A.C., Unidad de Recursos Naturales 97205 Mérida, México
- Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnologia, Centro del Cambio Global y la Sustentabilidad A.C. 86080 Villahermosa, Mexico
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- Facultad de Ciencias Agrícolas, Universidad Autónoma Gabriel René Moreno, Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia
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- Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Environmental Biology, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027
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- Forests, Biodiversity and Climate Change Programme, Centro Agronómico Tropical de Investigación y Enseñanza, 30501 Turrialba, Costa Rica
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- Smithsonian Institute Forest Global Earth Observatory, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Ancon 0843-03092, Panamá
- Yale-NUS College, Singapore 138610
- Department of Biological Sciences, National University of Singapore 117543 Singapore
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- Forest Ecology and Forest Management Group, Wageningen University & Research, Wageningen 6700 AA, The Netherlands
- Institute for Global Ecology, Florida Institute of Technology, Melbourne, FL 32901
- Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics, University of Amsterdam 1012 WX Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Departamento de Biologia Geral, Universidade Estadual de Montes Claros, Montes Claros 39401-089, Brazil
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- Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Ancon 0843-03092, Panamá
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- Departamento de Ecologia, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre 91540-000, Brazil
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- Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico 00936
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW 2109, Australia
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Crovari F, Inzunza M, Irarrázaval MJ, Romero C, Achurra P, Quezada N, Gabrielli M, Muñoz R. Safety of Bariatric Surgery During the Opening Phase After the First Wave of the COVID-19 Pandemic: Experience at an Academic Center. Obes Surg 2021; 31:5376-5382. [PMID: 34482520 PMCID: PMC8418454 DOI: 10.1007/s11695-021-05695-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/16/2021] [Revised: 08/26/2021] [Accepted: 08/29/2021] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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INTRODUCTION Increased morbimortality in patients with COVID-19 infection who had undergone surgery has raised concerns about bariatric surgery safety during the current COVID-19 pandemic. Currently, there is scarce literature on safety outcomes after bariatric surgery during the COVID-19 pandemic. OBJECTIVES To determine the risk of symptomatic COVID-19 infection and associated complications during the first 30 days after bariatric surgery. MATERIALS AND METHODS Prospective observational cohort study including all patients who consecutively underwent primary bariatric surgery between August and December 2020. RESULTS A total of 189 patients were included. Median age and BMI were 36 (17-70) years and 38 (35-41) kg/m2, respectively. Forty percent of patients were women (n = 76), 59.3% (n = 112) underwent sleeve gastrectomy (SG), and 40.7% (n = 77) underwent Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB). All surgeries were performed laparoscopically. The median length of postoperative stay was 2 (0-5) days. Postoperative COVID-19 infection was detected in two patients (1.1%): one patient was readmitted without the need of intermediate or ICU care, and the other was managed as an outpatient. Major complications occurred in three patients (1.6%); none of them was COVID-19 related. Two patients required an unplanned reoperation. No patient required intermediate or ICU care, no severe COVID-19 complications were observed, and no mortality was reported. CONCLUSION Bariatric surgery can be safely performed during the ongoing pandemic, albeit a low risk of COVID-19 symptomatic infection. Rigorous perioperative COVID-19 institutional protocols are required to perform bariatric surgery safely during the current pandemic.
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- Fernando Crovari
- Department of Digestive Surgery, School of Medicine, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Department of Digestive Surgery, School of Medicine, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Department of Digestive Surgery, School of Medicine, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Department of Digestive Surgery, School of Medicine, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Department of Digestive Surgery, School of Medicine, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Department of Digestive Surgery, School of Medicine, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Department of Digestive Surgery, School of Medicine, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Department of Digestive Surgery, School of Medicine, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile.
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Torres-Franco A, Figueredo C, Barros L, Gücker B, Boëchat I, Muñoz R, Mota C. Assessment of a deep, LED-enhanced high-rate algal pond for the treatment of digestate. ALGAL RES 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.algal.2021.102444] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Santana Peralta J, Polanco Mora T, Cornelio A, Cruz Y, Rodriguez Bautista E, Valdez T, Muñoz R, Feriz A. AB0326 USEFULNESS OF THE INTIMA-MEDIA THICKNESS INDEX BY CAROTID DOPPLER IN PATIENTS WITH SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS OF HOSPITAL DOCENTE PADRE BILLINI, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC. Ann Rheum Dis 2021. [DOI: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2021-eular.2750] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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Background:Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a multisistemic autoimmune disease. 1There are studies where the increase in the thickness of the intimate/media average in carotid (IMT) is valued, most have shown increase2. Cardiovascular disease is one of the leading causes of morbidity, especially due to its precocity, which occurs in women during the fertile potential, is associated with a higher prevalence of cardiovascular disease (CVD), due to accelerated atherosclerosis3,4,5. Patients with rheumatic diseases have an increased cardiovascular risk due to systemic inflammation and endothelial dysfunction, which promotes accelerated atherosclerosis2. Values below 0.9mm of IMT are considered normal.Objectives:Evaluate the thickness of the intimate/media average in carotid in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus.Methods:Prospective, Observational, cross-sectional study. Carotid Doppler was performed on patients in the outpatient clinic with a diagnosis of SLE from November 2019 to 2020 of the rheumatology service of the Hospital Docente Padre Billini and healthy controls. Inclusion criteria: > 18 years old, SLE diagnosis with ACR 2007 classification criteria, carotid Doppler, measurement of IMT. Controls without disease, matched by sex and age. The data was analyzed with SPSS V23.Results:116 patients with SLE. 95 patients met inclusion criteria;95 healthy controls were included. 97.8% female. Average disease of 6.23 years. 71. 57% (68) use glucocorticoids, antimalarials 70.52% (67), 38.94% (37) mofetil mycophenolate, 20% (19) methotrexate, 11. 57% (11) rituximab, 5.26% (5) azathioprine, 1.05% (1) cyclosporine, 1.05% (1) cyclophosphamide and 0.86% (1) tacrolimus. Dyslipidemia (63.1%) (73), obesity 34.7% (33), high blood pressure 23.1% (22), diabetes 3.44% (4), smokers 0% (0). The carotid doppler with SLE showed 17.89% (17) atheromatous plates, 29.4% (5) calcified plates, Carotid Doppler in healthy controls showed 20% (19) atheromatous plates, 36.84% (7) calcified plates. The activity rate using SLEDAI showed 68.96% (80) without activity, 13.79% (16) low, 11.20% (13) moderate, 6.03% (7) high activity. 78% (75) patients with SLE had increased IMT mean (SD) 2.15mm (0.99). About control 71.57% (68) had an increase of IMT, mean (SD) 1.27mm (1.07) (p-0.046).Conclusion:Our study found that most patients with SLE had IMT increase. The activity ratio of SLE showed that the vast majority of our patients are in low activity. Alterations in IMT were associated with low SLEDAI and glucocorticoid use. There was no significant difference in the intima-media carotid thickness index with respect to the control group. We suggest the realization of Doppler in patients with SLE despite being in low activity for evaluation and monitoring of cardiovascular risk.References:[1]Hernández Muñiz, Y, Guibert Toledano, Z. and Reyes Llerena, G., 2015. Correlation of C Reactive Protein Figures and Atherosclerosis in Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus.[2]Saldarriaga Rivera, L., Ventura Ríos, L., Hernández Díaz, C. and Pineda Villaseñor, C., 2016. Measurement of the thickness of the intimate-half carotid: utility and ultrasound diagnosis of subcline atherosclerosis in rheumatic diseases. Literature review. Rev Col Reum, 23(2), pp.92-101.[3]Telles, R., Lanna, C., Ferreira, G., Souza, A., Navarro, T. and Ribeiro, A., 2008. Carotid atherosclerotic alterations in systemic lupus erythematosus patients treated at a Brazilian university setting. Lupus, 17(2), pp.105-113.[4]Nienhuis, H., by Leeuw, K., Bijzet, J., van Doormaal, J., van Roon, A., Smit, A., Graaff, R., Kallenberg, C. and Bijl, M., 2010. Small artery elasticity is decreased in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus without increased intima media thickness. Arthritis Research & Therapy, 12(5), p.R181.[5]Frerix et al. Arthritis Research & Therapy 2014, 16: R54Disclosure of Interests:None declared
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Santana Peralta J, Polanco Mora T, Cornelio A, Cruz Y, Rodriguez Bautista E, Valdez T, Muñoz R, Feriz A. AB0325 FREQUENCY OF ATHEROMATOUS PLAQUES IN CAROTID ARTERIES BY DOPPLER IN PATIENTS WITH SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SANTO DOMINGO, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC. Ann Rheum Dis 2021. [DOI: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2021-eular.2745] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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Background:Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a multisystemic autoimmune disease. 1 Atherosclerosis is considered an alteration of the arteries by the abnormal deposit of lipids and fibrous tissue. 2 Cardiovascular disease is one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality, especially due to its precocity, which occurs in women during childbearing age, is associated with a higher prevalence of cardiovascular disease (CVD), due to accelerated atherosclerosis3,4,5. Patients with rheumatic diseases have an increased cardiovascular risk due to systemic inflammation and endothelial dysfunction, which promotes accelerated atherosclerosis2.Objectives:Evaluate the frequency of atheromatous plaques in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus.Methods:Observational, prospective, cross-sectional study. Carotid Doppler was performed on patients with SLE from the external consultation of the rheumatology service from November 2019 to 2020. Inclusion criteria: > 18 years old, diagnosis SLE with the classification criteria ACR 2007, realization of Doppler. Controls: no disease, equated by age and sex. The data was analyzed with SPSS V23.Results:116 patients met inclusion criteria, including 116 female controls. Mean sick time was 6.23 years. 14.65% (17) had atheromaus plates, 29.4% calcified plates (5). 34.7% Dyslipidemia (63.1%) (73), obesity 34.7% (33), high blood pressure 23.1% (22), diabetes 3.44% (4), smokers 0% (0). The activity rate using SLEDAI showed 68.96% (80) without activity, 13.79% (16) low, 11.20% (13) moderate, 6.03% (7) high activity. About control group (116), 19.82% (23) showed atheromatous plates, 39.13% (9) calcified plates.Conclusion:Our study shows that less than a quarter of patients have atheromatous plaques in the carotid Doppler. In relation to LES activity, the vast majority are in low activity. We suggest the realization of Carotid Doppler in patients with low activity SLE for evaluation and monitoring of cardiovascular risk. Our study showed that there is no increased risk of atheroma plaque formation in SLE patients, compared to the general population.References:[1]Hernández Muñiz, Y., Guibert Toledano, Z. and Reyes Llerena, G., 2015. Correlation of C Reactive Protein Figures and Atherosclerosis In Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus.[2]Saldarriaga Rivera, L., Ventura Ríos, L., Hernández Díaz, C. and Pineda Villaseñor, C., 2016. Measurement of the thickness of the intimate-half carotid: utility and ultrasound diagnosis of subcline atherosclerosis in rheumatic diseases. Literature review. Rev Col Reum, 23(2), pp.92-101.[3]Telles, R., Lanna, C., Ferreira, G., Souza, A., Navarro, T. and Ribeiro, A., 2008. Carotid atherosclerotic alterations in systemic lupus erythematosus patients treated at a Brazilian university setting. Lupus, 17(2), pp.105-113.[4]Nienhuis, H., by Leeuw, K., Bijzet, J., van Doormaal, J., van Roon, A., Smit, A., Graaff, R., Kallenberg, C. and Bijl, M., 2010. Small artery elasticity is decreased in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus without increased intima media thickness. Arthritis Research & Therapy, 12(5), p.R181.[5]Frerix et al. Arthritis Research & Therapy 2014, 16: R54.[6]Marta, M., Joan T., Stefano B., Chapt 2 - Assessment of Disease Activity in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic Lupus Erythematosus, Mosby, 2007.Disclosure of Interests:None declared
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Polanco Mora T, Santana Peralta J, Cornelio A, Cruz Y, Rodriguez Bautista E, Valdez T, Muñoz R, Feriz A. POS0550 EVALUATION OF THE INTIMA-MEDIA THICKNESS INDEX BY CAROTID DOPPLER IN PATIENTS WITH RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS AT HOSPITAL DOCENTE PADRE BILLINI, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC. Ann Rheum Dis 2021. [DOI: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2021-eular.2743] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Background:Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is an autoimmune disease systemic, affects 0.5 - 1% of the world population, predominantly female. (1) Carotid Doppler is used to detect endothelial dysfunction by measuring intima-media thickening, flow velocities, subclinical atherosclerosis markers, and vascular tone.(2,3) Measurement of carotid intima-media thickness (cIMT) is useful in assessing cerebrovascular disease and cardiovascular risk in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (4) Intima-media thickness value> 0.9mm and presence of plaques Atheromatous cells in the carotid artery are predictive of increased cardiovascular risk and silent heart disease. (5.6)Objectives:To evaluate the carotid intima-media thickness in patients with rheumatoid arthritisMethods:A prospective, observational, cross-sectional study. Carotid Doppler was performed on outpatient patients with a diagnosis of rheumatoid arthritis from November 2019 to 2020 of the rheumatology service of the Hospital Docente Padre Billini and healthy controls. Inclusion criteria:> 18 years, diagnosis of RA according to ACR / EULAR 2010 classification criteria, carotid Doppler with measurement of the carotid intima-media thickness. Controls without disease, matched by sex and age. The data were analyzed with SPSS V23.Results:Of 251 patients with a diagnosis of RA, 100 met criteria inclusion, 96.2% female, 100 healthy controls were included. Average evolution of the disease 7.5 years, 88%(88) Positive rheumatoid factor, 33% (33) Positive anti-CCP. 82% (82) concomitant scDMARD, 70% (70) bDMARD, 18% (18) ctDMARD. 53% (53) Dyslipidemia, 23% (23) obesity, 10% (10) hyperglycemia, 8% (8) smokers. DAS28 showed 57% (57) low activity, 20% (20) moderate activity, 15% (15) remission, 8% (8) high activity. Carotid Doppler in patients with RA showed 32% (32) atheromatous plaques, 18.75% (6) calcified plaques, 1.44% (1) stenosis bilateral carotid. C-reactive protein and erythrocyte sedimentation rate high 35% (35) / 58% (58) respectively. Carotid Doppler in healthy controls revealed 17% (17) atheromatous plaques, 47.05% (8) calcified plaques. 69% (69) of RA patients had increased cIMT, mean (SD) cIMT 3.82mm (1.11), controls 58% (58) increase in cIMT, Mean (SD) 3.12mm (0.93) (p = 0.0435).Conclusion:Our study showed that 69% of patients with Arthritis Rheumatoid featured increased intima-media thickness associated with low DAS28, we recommend assessing cardiovascular risk using carotid Doppler in patients with low to moderate activity. It was observed that in patients with RA and healthy controls more than half present increased carotid intima-media thickness.References:[1]JAMA. 2018;320(13):1360-1372.[2]Villa-Forte, B.F. Mandell / Rev Esp Cardiol. 2011;64(9):809–817.[3]Meune, C., Touzé, E., Trinquart, L., Allanore, Y. Trends in cardiovascular mortality in patients with rheumatoid arthritis over 50 years: A systematic review and meta-analysis of cohort studies. Rheumatology 2009; 48 (10): 1309-13.[4]Choi, HK., Rho, Y-H., Zhu, Y., Cea-Soriano, L., Aviña-Zubieta, JA., Zhang, Y. The risk of pulmonary embolism and deep vein thrombosis in rheumatoid arthritis: A UK population-based outpatient cohort study. Ann Rheum Dis. 2013; 72 (7): 1182-7.[5]Gkaliagkousi, E., Gavriilaki, E., Doumas, M., Petidis, K., Aslanidis, S., Stella, D. Cardiovascular risk in rheumatoid arthritis: Pathogenesis, diagnosis, and management. J Clin Rheumatol Pract Rep Rheum Musculoskelet Dis. 2012; 18 (8): 422-30.[6]Corrales, A., González-Juanatey, C., Peiró, ME., Blanco, R., Llorca, J., González-Gay, MA. Carotid ultrasound is useful for the cardiovascular risk stratification of patients with rheumatoid arthritis: Results of a population-based study. Ann Rheum Dis. 2013.Disclosure of Interests:None declared
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Cornelio A, Santana Peralta J, Polanco Mora T, Cruz Y, Rodriguez Bautista E, Valdez T, Muñoz R, Feriz A. AB0635 EVALUATION OF THE INTIMA-MEDIA THICKNESS INDEX BY CAROTID DOPPLER IN PATIENTS WITH MONOSODIUM URATE DEPOSITION ARTHRITIS OF THE HOSPITAL DOCENTE PADRE BILLINI, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC. Ann Rheum Dis 2021. [DOI: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2021-eular.2747] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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Background:Hyperuricemia and gout are risk factors for atherosclerosis subclinical and cardiovascular complications. (1) However, it is still debated whether uric acid is an independent predictor of cardiovascular risk. (2) Vascular Doppler and in particular the measurement of the intima-media thickness and the detection of plaques are useful in the evaluation of cerebrovascular disease and cardiovascular risk. (3) An intima-media thickness greater than 0.9 mm and / or the presence of atheromatous plaques in the carotid are predictive of high cardiovascular risk and silent heart disease. (4) Gouty arthritis has been associated with alteration of the carotid intima media thickness (cIMT) and subclinical atherosclerosis. Cukurova et al studied patients with gout, finding an increase in cIMT compared to patients with asymptomatic hyperuricemia. (5)Objectives:Assess the carotid intima-media thickness in patients with monosodium urate deposits arthritisMethods:Prospective, observational, cross-sectional study. Carotid Doppler was performed on patients in the outpatient clinic with a diagnosis of gout from November 2019 to 2020 of the rheumatology service of the Hospital Docente Padre Billini and healthy controls. Inclusion criteria, patients> 18 years, diagnosis of monosodium urate deposits arthritis according to the ACR / EULAR 2015 classification criteria, carotid Doppler, measurement of the cIMT. Controls without disease, matched by sex and age. The data was analyzed with SPSS V23 for Windows 10.Results:Of 37 patients with a diagnosis of arthritis due to deposition of monosodium urate crystals, (34) met inclusion criteria, 100% male, 34 healthy controls. Average of 61.5 years. Average of the disease 8.2 years. Distribution 61% (21) intercritical gout, 32% (11) chronic tophaceous gout, 0.5% (2) acute gouty arthritis. Comorbidities 67% (23) dyslipidemia, 35% (12) hyperglycemia. 26% (9) presented arterial hypertension. 20% (7) have diabetes mellitus. 58% (20) are alcohol drinkers, 11% (4) smokers. Mean uric acid 8.6 mg / dl at Doppler, 52% (18) elevated serum creatinine. Carotid Doppler in patients with gout showed a 55% (19) increase in the cIMT > 0.9mm, with a mean of 2.03mm (1.95 SD). Carotid Doppler in healthy controls 17% (6) increased cIMT, mean of 1.8mm (2.2 SD) (P = 0.040). Patients with gout had 29% (10) atheromatous plaques, 17% (6) calcified plaques versus 14% (5) atheromatous plaques, 8% (3) calcified in healthy controls.Conclusion:Our study showed that half of the patients with gout had increased cIMT compared to a third of the healthy controls. The presence of atheromatous and calcified plaques was mainly associated with dyslipidemia, so we can conclude that the evaluation of the intima-media thickness by carotid Doppler allows it to be a predictor of cardiovascular disease in patients with gout.References:[1]Choi HK, Curhan G (2007) Independent impact of gout on mortality and risk for coronary heart disease. Circulation 116:894–900[2]Feig DI, Kang DH, Johnson RJ (2008) Uric acid and cardiovascular risk. N Engl J Med 359:1811–1821[3]Choi, HK. Rho, Y-H., Zhu, Y., Cea-Soriano, L., Aviña-Zubieta, JA. Zhang, Y. The risk of pulmonary embolism and deep vein thrombosis in rheumatoid arthritis: A UK population-based outpatient cohort study. Ann Rheum Dis. 2013; 72 (7): 1182-7[4]Gkaliagkousi, E., Gavriilaki, E., Doumas, M., Petidis, K., Aslanidis, S., Stella, D. Cardiovascular risk in rheumatoid arthritis: Pathogenesis, diagnosis, and management. J ClinRheumatolPract Rep Rheum Musculoskelet Dis. 2012; 18 (8): 422-30[5]Cukurova S, Pamuk ÖN, Ünlü E, Pamuk GE, C¸ akir N. Subclinical atherosclerosis in gouty arthritis patients: a comparative study. Rheumatol Int. 2012; 32(6):1769–73.Disclosure of Interests:None declared.
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González-Puelma J, Aldridge J, Montes de Oca M, Pinto M, Uribe-Paredes R, Fernández-Goycoolea J, Alvarez-Saravia D, Álvarez H, Encina G, Weitzel T, Muñoz R, Olivera-Nappa Á, Pantano S, Navarrete MA. Mutation in a SARS-CoV-2 Haplotype from Sub-Antarctic Chile Reveals New Insights into the Spike's Dynamics. Viruses 2021; 13:883. [PMID: 34064904 PMCID: PMC8151058 DOI: 10.3390/v13050883] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/26/2021] [Revised: 05/01/2021] [Accepted: 05/07/2021] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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The emergence of SARS-CoV-2 variants, as observed with the D614G spike protein mutant and, more recently, with B.1.1.7 (501Y.V1), B.1.351 (501Y.V2) and B.1.1.28.1 (P.1) lineages, represent a continuous threat and might lead to strains of higher infectivity and/or virulence. We report on the occurrence of a SARS-CoV-2 haplotype with nine mutations including D614G/T307I double-mutation of the spike. This variant expanded and completely replaced previous lineages within a short period in the subantarctic Magallanes Region, southern Chile. The rapid lineage shift was accompanied by a significant increase of cases, resulting in one of the highest incidence rates worldwide. Comparative coarse-grained molecular dynamic simulations indicated that T307I and D614G belong to a previously unrecognized dynamic domain, interfering with the mobility of the receptor binding domain of the spike. The T307I mutation showed a synergistic effect with the D614G. Continuous surveillance of new mutations and molecular analyses of such variations are important tools to understand the molecular mechanisms defining infectivity and virulence of current and future SARS-CoV-2 strains.
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- Jorge González-Puelma
- Escuela de Medicina, Universidad de Magallanes, Punta Arenas 6210427, Chile; (J.G.-P.); (M.P.); (D.A.-S.); (H.Á.); (R.M.)
- Centro Asistencial Docente y de Investigación, Universidad de Magallanes, Punta Arenas 6210005, Chile
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- Departamento de Ingeniería en Computación, Universidad de Magallanes, Punta Arenas 6210427, Chile; (J.A.); (M.M.d.O.); (R.U.-P.)
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- Departamento de Ingeniería en Computación, Universidad de Magallanes, Punta Arenas 6210427, Chile; (J.A.); (M.M.d.O.); (R.U.-P.)
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- Escuela de Medicina, Universidad de Magallanes, Punta Arenas 6210427, Chile; (J.G.-P.); (M.P.); (D.A.-S.); (H.Á.); (R.M.)
- Enfermedades Infecciosas, Hospital Clínico de Magallanes, Punta Arenas 6210005, Chile
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- Departamento de Ingeniería en Computación, Universidad de Magallanes, Punta Arenas 6210427, Chile; (J.A.); (M.M.d.O.); (R.U.-P.)
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- Escuela de Medicina, Universidad de Magallanes, Punta Arenas 6210427, Chile; (J.G.-P.); (M.P.); (D.A.-S.); (H.Á.); (R.M.)
- Centro Asistencial Docente y de Investigación, Universidad de Magallanes, Punta Arenas 6210005, Chile
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- Escuela de Medicina, Universidad de Magallanes, Punta Arenas 6210427, Chile; (J.G.-P.); (M.P.); (D.A.-S.); (H.Á.); (R.M.)
- Centro Asistencial Docente y de Investigación, Universidad de Magallanes, Punta Arenas 6210005, Chile
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- Centro de Genética y Genómica, Instituto de Ciencias e Innovación en Medicina, Facultad de Medicina Clínica Alemana, Universidad del Desarrollo, Santiago 7610658, Chile;
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- Laboratorio Clínico, Clínica Alemana de Santiago, Facultad de Medicina Clínica Alemana, Universidad del Desarrollo, Santiago 7610658, Chile;
- Instituto de Ciencias e Innovación en Medicina (ICIM), Universidad del Desarrollo, Santiago 7610658, Chile
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- Escuela de Medicina, Universidad de Magallanes, Punta Arenas 6210427, Chile; (J.G.-P.); (M.P.); (D.A.-S.); (H.Á.); (R.M.)
- Enfermedades Infecciosas, Hospital Clínico de Magallanes, Punta Arenas 6210005, Chile
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- Centre for Biotechnology and Bioengineering, Universidad de Chile, Santiago 8370456, Chile;
- Facultad de Ciencias, Físicas y Matemáticas, Universidad de Chile, Santiago 8370456, Chile
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- Biomolecular Simulations Group, Institut Pasteur de Montevideo, Montevideo 11400, Uruguay
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- Escuela de Medicina, Universidad de Magallanes, Punta Arenas 6210427, Chile; (J.G.-P.); (M.P.); (D.A.-S.); (H.Á.); (R.M.)
- Centro Asistencial Docente y de Investigación, Universidad de Magallanes, Punta Arenas 6210005, Chile
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Morgan HK, Winkel AF, Standiford T, Muñoz R, Strand EA, Marzano DA, Ogburn T, Major CA, Cox S, Hammoud MM. The Case for Capping Residency Interviews. J Surg Educ 2021; 78:755-762. [PMID: 32943370 PMCID: PMC7489264 DOI: 10.1016/j.jsurg.2020.08.033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/10/2020] [Revised: 08/19/2020] [Accepted: 08/24/2020] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To determine 2020 residency cycle application practices and to model potential consequences in the 2021 cycle if (1) applicants scheduled an uncapped number of interviews; (2) applicants were capped to schedule 12 interviews; (3) residency programs kept their number of interview offers unchanged; and (4) programs increased their interview offers by 20%. DESIGN AND SETTING The authors sent an anonymous survey to all obstetrics and gynecology applicants registered through the Electronic Residency Application Service in February 2020 asking respondents to share demographics and number of interview offers received and completed. Based on prior estimates that 12 interviews are needed to match in obstetrics and gynecology, respondents were divided into Group 12+ (those receiving ≥12 interview offers) and Group <12 (those receiving <12 offers). Model assumptions were (1) applicants can complete all interviews they are offered because they are virtual; (2) interview offers that applicants in Group 12+ decline are subsequently offered to applicants in Group <12; (3) the proportions of interviews offered to Group 12+ and Group <12 will remain the same if programs chose to increase their total number of interview spots. PARTICIPANTS Among 2508 applicants, 750 (30%) provided the number of interview offers received and completed: 417 (56%) in Group 12+ and 333 (44%) in Group <12. RESULTS In models where applicants are uncapped in the number of interviews, Group <12 applicants receive <1 interview offer, even if programs increase the number of interviews offered and performed. If applicants are capped at 12 interviews, Group <12 applicants will receive 9 interview offers on average and will reach 12 if programs increase the number of interviews offered by 20%. CONCLUSIONS This work highlights how current inefficiencies may lead to negative consequences with virtual interviews. Interview caps and preference signaling systems need to be urgently considered.
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- Helen Kang Morgan
- University of Michigan, Departments of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Learning Health Sciences, Ann Arbor, Michigan.
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- New York University Grossman School of Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Institute for Innovations in Medical Education, New York, New York
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- University of North Carolina, Hospitals Residency Program in Obstetrics and Gynecology, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
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- Washington University, School of Medicine, Division of General Obstetrics and Gynecology, St. Louis, Missouri
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- University of Michigan, Departments of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Learning Health Sciences, Ann Arbor, Michigan
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- University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Edinburg, Texas
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- University of California, Irvine School of Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Division of Maternal Fetal Medicine, Irvine, California
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- University of Texas at Austin Dell Medical School, Austin, Texas
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- University of Michigan, Departments of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Learning Health Sciences, Ann Arbor, Michigan
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Pedrero AA, Uribe IP, Muñoz R, Reina N, Llorens M, Palacin A, Membrives S, Monreal J, Vidal DP. Evaluation of tava program to improve the quality of life in young adults with autism spectrum disorders (ASD). Eur Psychiatry 2021. [PMCID: PMC9480141 DOI: 10.1192/j.eurpsy.2021.1633] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Introduction Autism spectrum disorders (ASD), is a population that does not usually receive specific treatment. Objectives The main objective of the present study is to evaluate whether specific interventions within the TAVA program (transition program to adult life for patients with ADS), produce significant improvements in the quality of life of young adults with ASD. Methods This is a prospective randomized clinical study of patients with ASD (according to DSM-5 criteria) seen in outpatient of the Parc Tauli University Hospital in Sabadell (Barcelona) since September 2017. We compared the quality of life, functionality, caregiver burden, and comorbidity of patients in TAVA program (beneficiaries of group therapy and specific medical and psychosocial interventions), with that of control patients (treatment as usual), after 2 years of intervention. Results Our sample is composed of 12 patients with ASD. The average age is 18.4 years. 83% of the sample are men (n = 10). 5 of the patients belonged to TAVA and the other 7 were controls. Overall, TAVA patients presented improvement in the ZARIT and BAI scales compared to control patients. The control patients evolved less favorably in the AAA, SRS and RAAS levels compared to TAVA. Conclusions Specific interventions in adults with ASD, improve the caregiver’s feeling of overload and the patients anxiety, compared to the usual interventions. The lack of regulated interventions produces an unfavorable evolution of the core symptoms of autism. More studies are needed to specify efficient interventions to improve the quality of life of adults with ASD. Disclosure No significant relationships.
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Inzunza M, Romero C, Irarrázaval MJ, Ruiz-Esquide M, Achurra P, Quezada N, Crovari F, Muñoz R. Morbidity and Mortality in Patients with Perioperative COVID-19 Infection: Prospective Cohort in General, Gastroesophagic, Hepatobiliary, and Colorectal Surgery. World J Surg 2021; 45:1652-1662. [PMID: 33748925 PMCID: PMC7982273 DOI: 10.1007/s00268-021-06068-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 03/06/2021] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Background Severe acute respiratory syndrome due to coronavirus 2 has rapidly spread worldwide in an unprecedented pandemic. Patients with an ongoing COVID-19 infection requiring surgery have higher risk of mortality and complications. This study describes the mortality and morbidity in patients with perioperative COVID-19 infection undergoing elective and emergency surgeries. Methods Prospective cohort of consecutive patients who required a general, gastroesophageal, hepatobiliary, colorectal, or emergency surgery during COVID-19 pandemic at an academic teaching hospital. The primary outcome was 30-day mortality and major complications. Secondary outcomes were specific respiratory mortality and complications. Results A total of 701 patients underwent surgery, 39 (5.6%) with a perioperative COVID-19 infection. 30-day mortality was 12.8% and 1.4% in patients with and without COVID-19 infection, respectively (p < 0.001). Major surgical complications occurred in 25.6% and 6.8% in patients with and without COVID-19 infection, respectively (p < 0.001). Respiratory complications occurred in 30.8% and 1.4% in patients with and without COVID-19 infection, respectively (p < 0.001). Mortality due to a respiratory complication was 100% and 11.1% in patients with and without COVID-19 infection, respectively (p < 0.006). Conclusions 30-day mortality and surgical complications are higher in patients with perioperative COVID-19 infection. Indications for elective surgery need to be reserved for non-deferrable procedures in order to avoid unnecessary risks of non-urgent procedures.
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- Martin Inzunza
- Department of Digestive Surgery, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile.,School of Medicine, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Department of Digestive Surgery, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile.,School of Medicine, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Department of Digestive Surgery, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile.,School of Medicine, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Department of Digestive Surgery, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile.,School of Medicine, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Department of Digestive Surgery, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile.,School of Medicine, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Department of Digestive Surgery, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile. .,School of Medicine, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile.
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Ceballos ME, Ross P, Lasso M, Dominguez I, Puente M, Valenzuela P, Enberg M, Serri M, Muñoz R, Pinos Y, Silva M, Noguera M, Dominguez A, Zamora F. Clinical characteristics and outcomes of people living with HIV hospitalized with COVID-19: a nationwide experience. Int J STD AIDS 2021; 32:435-443. [PMID: 33533294 DOI: 10.1177/0956462420973106] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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In this prospective, multicentric, observational study, we describe the clinical characteristics and outcomes of people living with HIV (PLHIV) requiring hospitalization due to COVID-19 in Chile and compare them with Chilean general population admitted with SARS-CoV-2. Consecutive PLHIV admitted with COVID-19 in 23 hospitals, between 16 April and 23 June 2020, were included. Data of a temporally matched-hospitalized general population were used to compare demography, comorbidities, COVID-19 symptoms, and major outcomes. In total, 36 PLHIV subjects were enrolled; 92% were male and mean age was 44 years. Most patients (83%) were on antiretroviral therapy; mean CD4 count was 557 cells/mm3. Suppressed HIV viremia was found in 68% and 56% had, at least, one comorbidity. Severe COVID-19 occurred in 44.4%, intensive care was required in 22.2%, and five patients died (13.9%). No differences were seen between recovered and deceased patients in CD4 count, HIV viral load, or time since HIV diagnosis. Hypertension and cardiovascular disease were associated with a higher risk of death (p = 0.02 and 0.006, respectively). Compared with general population, the HIV cohort had significantly more men (OR 0.15; IC 95% 0.07-0.31) and younger age (OR 8.68; IC 95% 2.66-28.31). In PLHIV, we found more intensive care unit admission (OR 2.31; IC 95% 1.05-5.07) but no differences in the need for mechanical ventilation or death. In this cohort of PLHIV hospitalized with COVID-19, hypertension and cardiovascular comorbidities, but not current HIV viro-immunologic status, were the most important risk factors for mortality. No differences were found between PLHIV and general population in the need for mechanical ventilation and death.
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- Maria Elena Ceballos
- Department of Infectious Diseases, School of Medicine, 28033Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, 28033Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- 60703Hospital Sótero del Río, Puente Alto, Chile
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- 560955Hospital Regional de Antofagasta Dr Leonardo Guzmán, Antofagasta, Chile
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- Hospital FACH and Clínica Tabancura, Las Condes, Chile
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- 388532Hospital Clínico Magallanes, Punta Arenas, Chile
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- 28033Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Faculty of Medicine, Department of Public Health, 28033Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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Irarrázaval MJ, Inzunza M, Muñoz R, Quezada N, Brañes A, Gabrielli M, Soto P, Dib M, Urrejola G, Varas J, Valderrama S, Crovari F, Achurra P. Telemedicine for postoperative follow-up, virtual surgical clinics during COVID-19 pandemic. Surg Endosc 2020; 35:6300-6306. [PMID: 33140151 PMCID: PMC7605475 DOI: 10.1007/s00464-020-08130-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/24/2020] [Accepted: 10/21/2020] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Summary and background data Recent coronavirus outbreak and “stay at home” policies have accelerated the implementation of virtual healthcare. Many surgery departments are implementing telemedicine to enhance remote perioperative care. However, concern still arises regarding the safety of this modality in postoperative follow-up after gastrointestinal surgery. The aim of the present prospective study is to compare the use of telemedicine clinics to in-person follow-up for postoperative care after gastrointestinal surgery during COVID-19 outbreak. Methods Prospective study that included all abdominal surgery patients operated since the COVID-19 outbreak. On discharge, patients were given the option to perform their postoperative follow-up appointment by telemedicine or by in-person clinics. Demographic, perioperative, and follow-up variables were analyzed. Results Among 219 patients who underwent abdominal surgery, 106 (48%) had their postoperative follow-up using telemedicine. There were no differences in age, gender, ASA score, and COVID-19 positive rate between groups. Patients who preferred telemedicine over in-person follow-up were more likely to have undergone laparoscopic surgery (71% vs. 51%, P = 0.037) and emergency surgery (55% vs. 41%; P = 0.038). Morbidity rate for telemedicine and in-person group was 5.7% and 8%, (P = 0.50). Only 2.8% of patients needed an in-person visit following the telemedicine consult, and 1.9% visited the emergency department. Conclusions In the current pandemic, telemedicine follow-up can be safely and effectively performed in selected surgical patients. Patients who underwent laparoscopic and emergency procedures opted more for telemedicine than in-person follow-up.
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- María J Irarrázaval
- Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Diagonal Paraguay 362, 8330077, Santiago, Region Metropolitana, Chile
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- Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Diagonal Paraguay 362, 8330077, Santiago, Region Metropolitana, Chile
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- Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Diagonal Paraguay 362, 8330077, Santiago, Region Metropolitana, Chile
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- Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Diagonal Paraguay 362, 8330077, Santiago, Region Metropolitana, Chile
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- Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Diagonal Paraguay 362, 8330077, Santiago, Region Metropolitana, Chile
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- Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Diagonal Paraguay 362, 8330077, Santiago, Region Metropolitana, Chile
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- Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Diagonal Paraguay 362, 8330077, Santiago, Region Metropolitana, Chile
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- Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Diagonal Paraguay 362, 8330077, Santiago, Region Metropolitana, Chile
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- Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Diagonal Paraguay 362, 8330077, Santiago, Region Metropolitana, Chile
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- Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Diagonal Paraguay 362, 8330077, Santiago, Region Metropolitana, Chile
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- Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Diagonal Paraguay 362, 8330077, Santiago, Region Metropolitana, Chile
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- Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Diagonal Paraguay 362, 8330077, Santiago, Region Metropolitana, Chile
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- Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Diagonal Paraguay 362, 8330077, Santiago, Region Metropolitana, Chile.
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Quezada N, Maturana G, Irarrázaval MJ, Muñoz R, Morales S, Achurra P, Azócar C, Crovari F. Bariatric Surgery in Cirrhotic Patients: a Matched Case-Control Study. Obes Surg 2020; 30:4724-4731. [PMID: 32808168 DOI: 10.1007/s11695-020-04929-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/09/2020] [Revised: 08/06/2020] [Accepted: 08/11/2020] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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INTRODUCTION Laparoscopic bariatric surgery (LBS) in liver end-stage organ disease has been proven to improve organ function and patients' symptoms. A series of LBS in patients with cirrhosis have shown good results in weight loss, but increased risk of complications. Current literature is based on clinical series. This paper aims to compare LBS (69% gastric bypass) between patients with cirrhosis and without cirrhosis. METHODS We conducted a retrospective 1:3 matched case-control study including bariatric patients with cirrhosis and without cirrhosis. Demographics, operative variables, postoperative complications, long-term weight loss, and comorbidity resolution were compared between groups. RESULTS Sixteen Child A patients were included in the patients with cirrhosis (PC) group and 48 in patients without cirrhosis (control) group. Mean age was 50 years; preoperative BMI was 39 ± 6.8 kg/m2. Laparoscopic gastric bypass and laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy were performed in 69% and 31%, respectively. Follow-up was 81% at 2 years for both groups. PC group had a higher rate of overall (31% vs. 6%; p < 0.05) and severe (Clavien-Dindo ≥ III; 13% vs. 0%; p = 0.013) complications than that of the control group. Mean %EWL of PC at 2 years of follow-up was 84.9%, without differences compared with that of the control group (83.1%). Comorbidity remission in PC was 14%, 50%, and 85% for hypertension, type 2 diabetes, and dyslipidemia, respectively. Patients without cirrhosis had a higher resolution rate of hypertension (65% vs. 14%, p = 0.03). CONCLUSION LBS is effective for weight loss and comorbidity resolution in patients with obesity and Child A liver cirrhosis. However, these results are accompanied by significantly increased risk of complications.
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- Nicolás Quezada
- Department of Digestive Surgery, Upper Gastrointestinal and Hernia surgery division, Faculty of Medicine, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile, 362 Diagonal Paraguay, 4th Floor - Office 410, Santiago, Región Metropolitana, Chile.
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- Faculty of Medicine, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile, Avda. Libertador Bernando O'Higgins 340, Santiago, Chile
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- Faculty of Medicine, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile, Avda. Libertador Bernando O'Higgins 340, Santiago, Chile
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- Department of Digestive Surgery, Upper Gastrointestinal and Hernia surgery division, Faculty of Medicine, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile, 362 Diagonal Paraguay, 4th Floor - Office 410, Santiago, Región Metropolitana, Chile
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- Faculty of Medicine, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile, Avda. Libertador Bernando O'Higgins 340, Santiago, Chile
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- Department of Digestive Surgery, Upper Gastrointestinal and Hernia surgery division, Faculty of Medicine, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile, 362 Diagonal Paraguay, 4th Floor - Office 410, Santiago, Región Metropolitana, Chile
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- Faculty of Medicine, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile, Avda. Libertador Bernando O'Higgins 340, Santiago, Chile
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- Department of Digestive Surgery, Upper Gastrointestinal and Hernia surgery division, Faculty of Medicine, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile, 362 Diagonal Paraguay, 4th Floor - Office 410, Santiago, Región Metropolitana, Chile
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Hameau D R, Soriano F, Oreglia J, Muñoz R, Winter JL, Valdebenito M, Quitral J, Lindefjeld D, Veas N. [Combined use of left ventricular assist devices in cardiogenic shock. Report of one case]. Rev Med Chil 2020; 148:409-413. [PMID: 32730388 DOI: 10.4067/s0034-98872020000300409] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/03/2019] [Accepted: 03/11/2020] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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We report a 55-year-old woman with a history of hypothyroidism and type 2 diabetes mellitus who consulted at the emergency room because of intermittent oppressive chest discomfort. At admission, electrocardiogram showed a complete atrioventricular block. A transthoracic echocardiogram disclosed severe left ventricular dysfunction. The patient developed cardiogenic shock that required the installation of the Impella system. An emergency coronary angiography showed an ostial occlusion of the anterior descending artery. Despite successful primary angioplasty, she persisted with refractory shock and progressive hypoxemia. A concomitant connection to the extracorporeal membrane oxygenation system (ECMO) was decided. The support of both devices allowed the stabilization of the patient and the improvement of perfusion parameters.
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- Programa de Cardiología Intervencional, Escuela de Postgrado, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Dipartimento Cardiotoracovascolare, Gran Ospedale Metropolitano Niguarda, Milán, Italia
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- Dipartimento Cardiotoracovascolare, Gran Ospedale Metropolitano Niguarda, Milán, Italia
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- Departamento de Cardiología, Unidad de Cardiología Intervencional, Hospital Sótero del Río, Santiago, Chile
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- Departamento de Cardiología, Unidad de Cardiología Intervencional, Hospital Sótero del Río, Santiago, Chile
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- Departamento de Cardiología, Unidad de Cardiología Intervencional, Hospital Sótero del Río, Santiago, Chile
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- Programa de Cardiología Intervencional, Escuela de Postgrado, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Departamento de Cardiología, Unidad de Cardiología Intervencional, Hospital Sótero del Río, Santiago, Chile
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- Departamento de Cardiología, Unidad de Cardiología Intervencional, Hospital Sótero del Río, Santiago, Chile
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Chaparro J, Acosta AR, Muñoz R, Sánchez RM, Leyva L. Assessment of the adequacy and adaptation of a local network document management system to gmp annex 11. Cytotherapy 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jcyt.2020.03.354] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Vasconcellos M, Rocha D, Castro S, Silva L, Muñoz R, Freitas M, Ferreira R. Electroanalytical Method for Determination of Trace Metals in Struvite Using Electrochemically Treated Screen-Printed Gold Electrodes. J BRAZIL CHEM SOC 2020. [DOI: 10.21577/0103-5053.20200081] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022] Open
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Elias A, Castro S, Muñoz R, Silva S. Voltammetric Determination of Free and Total Manganese in Tea Infusions. J BRAZIL CHEM SOC 2020. [DOI: 10.21577/0103-5053.20200035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022] Open
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Ribeiro E, Rodrigues G, Assunção R, Ferreira M, Royer B, Reis F, Cerqueira D, Muñoz R. EFEITO DO TEOR DE GLICEROL NO TRANSPORTE DE VAPOR D’ÁGUA ATRAVÉS DE FILMES DE TRIACETATO DE CELULOSE PRODUZIDOS A PARTIR DO APROVEITAMENTO DA PALHA DE MILHO (ZEA MAYS L.). QUIM NOVA 2020. [DOI: 10.21577/0100-4042.20170662] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022] Open
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EFFECT OF GLYCEROL CONTENT ON WATER VAPOR TRANSPORT THROUGH CELLULOSE TRIACETATE FILMS PRODUCED FROM THE USE OF CORN (Zea mays L.) STRAW. Glycerol is a plasticizer widely used due to its good plasticization efficiency, great availability, biocompatibility and low exudation. It is a renewable raw material that, when introduced in biodegradable films, promotes significant changes in its properties and, thus, guarantees a wide spectrum of application. In this work, corn straw was used to produce cellulose triacetate films from mixtures with glycerol (10%, 20% and 30%). The films were characterized by X-Ray Diffraction, Scanning Electron Microscopy, Thermogravimetric Analysis, Water Vapor Transport Rate and Water Vapor Permeation. The cellulose triacetate films produced with 20% glycerol have high barrier properties, when compared to films with concentrations 0, 10 and 30%.
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da Silva F, Rocha D, Silva M, Nossol E, Muñoz R, Semaan F, Dornellas R. Chemically Reduced Graphene Oxide on Gold Electrodes from Recordable CDs: Characterization and Potential Sensing Applications. J BRAZIL CHEM SOC 2020. [DOI: 10.21577/0103-5053.20190200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022] Open
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Norero E, Quezada JL, Cerda J, Ceroni M, Martinez C, Mejía R, Muñoz R, Araos F, González P, Díaz A. RISK FACTORS FOR SEVERE POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS AFTER GASTRECTOMY FOR GASTRIC AND ESOPHAGOGASTRIC JUNCTION CANCERS. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2019; 32:e1473. [PMID: 31859926 PMCID: PMC6918748 DOI: 10.1590/0102-672020190001e1473] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/19/2019] [Accepted: 10/01/2019] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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BACKGROUND Gastrectomy is the main treatment for gastric and Siewert type II-III esophagogastric junction (EGJ) cancer. This surgery is associated with significant morbidity. Total morbidity rates vary across different studies and few have evaluated postoperative morbidity according to complication severity. AIM To identify the predictors of severe postoperative morbidity. METHODS This was a retrospective cohort study from a prospective database. We included patients treated with gastrectomy for gastric or EGJ cancers between January 2012 and December 2016 at a single center. Severe morbidity was defined as Clavien-Dindo score ≥3. A multivariate analysis was performed to identify predictors of severe morbidity. RESULTS Two hundred and eighty-nine gastrectomies were performed (67% males, median age: 65 years). Tumor location was EGJ in 14%, upper third of the stomach in 30%, middle third in 26%, and lower third in 28%. In 196 (67%), a total gastrectomy was performed with a D2 lymph node dissection in 85%. Two hundred and eleven patients (79%) underwent an open gastrectomy. T status was T1 in 23% and T3/T4 in 68%. Postoperative mortality was 2.4% and morbidity rate was 41%. Severe morbidity was 11% and was mainly represented by esophagojejunostomy leak (2.4%), duodenal stump leak (2.1%), and respiratory complications (2%). On multivariate analysis, EGJ location and T3/T4 tumors were associated with a higher rate of severe postoperative morbidity. CONCLUSION Severe postoperative morbidity after gastrectomy was 11%. Esophagogastric junction tumor location and T3/T4 status are risk factors for severe postoperative morbidity.
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- Enrique Norero
- Hospital Dr. Sotero del Rio, Esophagogastric Surgery Unit, Digestive Surgery Department, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, Chile
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- Hospital Dr. Sotero del Rio, Esophagogastric Surgery Unit, Digestive Surgery Department, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, Chile
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- Epidemiology Department, Department of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, Chile
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- Hospital Dr. Sotero del Rio, Esophagogastric Surgery Unit, Digestive Surgery Department, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, Chile
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- Hospital Dr. Sotero del Rio, Esophagogastric Surgery Unit, Digestive Surgery Department, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, Chile
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- Hospital Dr. Sotero del Rio, Esophagogastric Surgery Unit, Digestive Surgery Department, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, Chile
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- Hospital Dr. Sotero del Rio, Esophagogastric Surgery Unit, Digestive Surgery Department, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, Chile
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- Hospital Dr. Sotero del Rio, Esophagogastric Surgery Unit, Digestive Surgery Department, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, Chile
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- Hospital Dr. Sotero del Rio, Esophagogastric Surgery Unit, Digestive Surgery Department, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, Chile
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- Hospital Dr. Sotero del Rio, Esophagogastric Surgery Unit, Digestive Surgery Department, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, Chile
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Briones X, Villalobos V, Queneau Y, Danna CS, Muñoz R, Ríos HE, Pavez J, Páez M, Cabrera R, Tamayo L, Urzúa MD. Surfaces based on amino acid functionalized polyelectrolyte films towards active surfaces for enzyme immobilization. Mater Sci Eng C Mater Biol Appl 2019; 104:109938. [PMID: 31499948 DOI: 10.1016/j.msec.2019.109938] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/22/2019] [Revised: 05/14/2019] [Accepted: 07/02/2019] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Surface based on polyelectrolytes functionalized with amino acids onto amino-terminated solid surfaces of silicon wafers was prepared, with the purpose of evaluate the chemical functionality of the polyelectrolyte films in adsorption and catalytic activity of an enzyme. In this work, the adsorption of the enzyme glucose 6-phosphate dehydrogenase from Leuconostoc mesenteroides (LmG6PD) was studied as model. The polyelectrolytes were obtained from poly (maleic anhydride-alt-vinylpyrrolidone) [poly(MA-alt-VP)] and functionalized with amino acids of different hydropathy index: glutamine (Gln), tyrosine (Tyr) and methionine (Met). The polyelectrolytes were adsorbed onto the amino-terminated silicon wafer at pH 3.5 and 4.5 and at low and high ionic strength. At low ionic strength and pH 3.5, the largest quantity of adsorbed polyelectrolyte was on the films containing glutamine moiety as the most hydrophilic amino acid in the side chain of polymer chain (5.88 mg/m2), whereas at high ionic strength and pH 4.5, the lowest quantity was in films containing tyrosine moiety in the side chain (1.88 mg/m2). The films were characterized by ellipsometry, contact angle measurements and atomic force microscopy (AFM). The polyelectrolyte films showed a moderate degree of hydrophobicity, the methionine derivative being the most hydrophobic film. With the aim of evaluate the effect of the amino acid moieties on the ability of the surface to adsorb enzymes, we study the activity of the enzyme on these surfaces. We observed that the polarity of the side chain of the amino acid in the polyelectrolyte affected the quantity of LmG6PD adsorbed, as well as its specific activity, showing that films prepared from poly(MA-alt-VP) functionalized with Met provide the best enzymatic performance. The results obtained demonstrated that the surfaces prepared from polyelectrolytes functionalized with amino acids could be an attractive and simple platform for the immobilization of enzymes, which could be of interest for biocatalysis applications.
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- Ximena Briones
- Departamento de Química, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Chile, Las Palmeras 3425, Casilla 653, Santiago 7800003, Chile; Centro de Química Médica, Facultad de Medicina, Clínica Alemana Universidad del Desarrollo, Las Condes 12438 Lo Barnechea, Santiago 7710162, Chile
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- Universidad Autónoma de Chile, Instituto de Ciencias Químicas Aplicadas, Facultad de Ingeniería, El Llano Subercaseaux 2801, San Miguel, Chile des 12438 Lo Barnechea, Santiago 7710162, Chile
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- Institut de Chimie et Biochimie Moléculaires et Supramoléculaires, Univ Lyon, ICBMS, UMR 5246 CNRS, Université Lyon 1, INSA Lyon, CPE Lyon, 1 rue Victor grignard, Bâtiment Lederer, Université Claude Bernard, 69622 Villeurbanne cedex, France
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- Departamento de Química, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Chile, Las Palmeras 3425, Casilla 653, Santiago 7800003, Chile
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- Departamento de Biología, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Chile, Las Palmeras 3425, Casilla 653, Santiago, Chile
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- Departamento de Química, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Chile, Las Palmeras 3425, Casilla 653, Santiago 7800003, Chile
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- Departamento de Química de los Materiales, Facultad de Química y Biología, Universidad de Santiago de Chile, Soft Matter Research-Technology Center, SMAT-C, Av. B. O'Higgins 3363, Santiago, Chile
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- Departamento de Química de los Materiales, Facultad de Química y Biología, Universidad de Santiago de Chile, Soft Matter Research-Technology Center, SMAT-C, Av. B. O'Higgins 3363, Santiago, Chile
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- Departamento de Biología, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Chile, Las Palmeras 3425, Casilla 653, Santiago, Chile.
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- Departamento de Química, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Chile, Las Palmeras 3425, Casilla 653, Santiago 7800003, Chile.
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- Departamento de Química, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Chile, Las Palmeras 3425, Casilla 653, Santiago 7800003, Chile.
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Rozendaal DMA, Bongers F, Aide TM, Alvarez-Dávila E, Ascarrunz N, Balvanera P, Becknell JM, Bentos TV, Brancalion PHS, Cabral GAL, Calvo-Rodriguez S, Chave J, César RG, Chazdon RL, Condit R, Dallinga JS, de Almeida-Cortez JS, de Jong B, de Oliveira A, Denslow JS, Dent DH, DeWalt SJ, Dupuy JM, Durán SM, Dutrieux LP, Espírito-Santo MM, Fandino MC, Fernandes GW, Finegan B, García H, Gonzalez N, Moser VG, Hall JS, Hernández-Stefanoni JL, Hubbell S, Jakovac CC, Hernández AJ, Junqueira AB, Kennard D, Larpin D, Letcher SG, Licona JC, Lebrija-Trejos E, Marín-Spiotta E, Martínez-Ramos M, Massoca PES, Meave JA, Mesquita RCG, Mora F, Müller SC, Muñoz R, de Oliveira Neto SN, Norden N, Nunes YRF, Ochoa-Gaona S, Ortiz-Malavassi E, Ostertag R, Peña-Claros M, Pérez-García EA, Piotto D, Powers JS, Aguilar-Cano J, Rodriguez-Buritica S, Rodríguez-Velázquez J, Romero-Romero MA, Ruíz J, Sanchez-Azofeifa A, de Almeida AS, Silver WL, Schwartz NB, Thomas WW, Toledo M, Uriarte M, de Sá Sampaio EV, van Breugel M, van der Wal H, Martins SV, Veloso MDM, Vester HFM, Vicentini A, Vieira ICG, Villa P, Williamson GB, Zanini KJ, Zimmerman J, Poorter L. Biodiversity recovery of Neotropical secondary forests. Sci Adv 2019; 5:eaau3114. [PMID: 30854424 PMCID: PMC6402850 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aau3114] [Citation(s) in RCA: 106] [Impact Index Per Article: 21.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/28/2018] [Accepted: 01/25/2019] [Indexed: 05/07/2023]
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Old-growth tropical forests harbor an immense diversity of tree species but are rapidly being cleared, while secondary forests that regrow on abandoned agricultural lands increase in extent. We assess how tree species richness and composition recover during secondary succession across gradients in environmental conditions and anthropogenic disturbance in an unprecedented multisite analysis for the Neotropics. Secondary forests recover remarkably fast in species richness but slowly in species composition. Secondary forests take a median time of five decades to recover the species richness of old-growth forest (80% recovery after 20 years) based on rarefaction analysis. Full recovery of species composition takes centuries (only 34% recovery after 20 years). A dual strategy that maintains both old-growth forests and species-rich secondary forests is therefore crucial for biodiversity conservation in human-modified tropical landscapes.
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- Danaë M. A. Rozendaal
- Forest Ecology and Forest Management Group, Wageningen University, P.O. Box 47, 6700 AA Wageningen, Netherlands
- Department of Biology, University of Regina, 3737 Wascana Parkway, Regina, SK S4S 0A2, Canada
- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269, USA
- Laboratory of Geo-Information Science and Remote Sensing, Wageningen University, P.O. Box 47, 6700 AA Wageningen, Netherlands
- Corresponding author.
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- Forest Ecology and Forest Management Group, Wageningen University, P.O. Box 47, 6700 AA Wageningen, Netherlands
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- Department of Biology, University of Puerto Rico, P.O. Box 23360, San Juan, PR 00931-3360, Puerto Rico
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- Escuela ECAPMA, UNAD, Calle 14 Sur No. 14-23, Bogotá, Colombia
- Fundación Con Vida, Avenida del Río # 20-114, Medellín, Colombia
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- Instituto Boliviano de Investigación Forestal (IBIF), Km 9 Carretera al Norte, El Vallecito, FCA-UAGRM, Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia
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- Instituto de Investigaciones en Ecosistemas y Sustentabilidad, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, CP 58190, Morelia, Michoacán, México
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- Biological Dynamics of Forest Fragments Project, Coordenação de Dinâmica Ambiental, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia, Manaus, AM CEP 69067-375, Brazil
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- Department of Forest Sciences, “Luiz de Queiroz” College of Agriculture, University of São Paulo, Av. Pádua Dias, 11, 13418-900 Piracicaba, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Departamento de Botânica-CCB, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Pernambuco, CEP 50670-901, Brazil
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- Earth and Atmospheric Sciences Department, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2EG, Canada
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- Laboratoire Evolution et Diversité Biologique, UMR5174, CNRS/Université Paul Sabatier, Bâtiment 4R1, 118 route de Narbonne, F-31062 Toulouse cedex 9, France
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- Department of Forest Sciences, “Luiz de Queiroz” College of Agriculture, University of São Paulo, Av. Pádua Dias, 11, 13418-900 Piracicaba, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269, USA
- International Institute for Sustainability, Estrada Dona Castorina 124, Horto, Rio de Janeiro, RJ 22460-320, Brazil
- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Ramaley N122, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309, USA
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- SI ForestGEO, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Roosevelt Ave., 401 Balboa, Ancon, Panama
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- Laboratory of Geo-Information Science and Remote Sensing, Wageningen University, P.O. Box 47, 6700 AA Wageningen, Netherlands
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- Department of Sustainability Science, El Colegio de la Frontera Sur, Av. Rancho Polígono 2-A, Ciudad Industrial, Lerma 24500, Campeche, Mexico
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- Departamento de Ecologia, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade de São Paulo, Rua do Matão, Travessa 14, no. 321, São Paulo CEP 05508-090, Brazil
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- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA 70118, USA
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- Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Roosevelt Ave., 401 Balboa, Ancon, Panama
- Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Stirling, Stirling FK9 4LA, UK
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Clemson University, 132 Long Hall, Clemson, SC 29634, USA
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- Centro de Investigación Científica de Yucatán A.C. Unidad de Recursos Naturales, Calle 43 # 130 x 32 y 34, Colonia Chuburná de Hidalgo, C.P. 97200 Mérida, Yucatán, México
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- Earth and Atmospheric Sciences Department, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2EG, Canada
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- Laboratory of Geo-Information Science and Remote Sensing, Wageningen University, P.O. Box 47, 6700 AA Wageningen, Netherlands
- National Commission for the Knowledge and Use of Biodiversity (CONABIO), Mexico City, C.P. 14010, México
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- Departamento de Biologia Geral, Universidade Estadual de Montes Claros, Montes Claros, Minas Gerais, CEP 39401-089, Brazil
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- Fondo Patrimonio Natural para la Biodiversidad y Areas Protegidas, Calle 72 No. 12-65 piso 6, Bogotá, Colombia
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- Ecologia Evolutiva & Biodiversidade/DBG, ICB/Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG 30161-901, Brazil
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- Forests, Biodiversity and Climate Change Programme, CATIE – Centro Agronómico Tropical de Investigación y Enseñanza, Turrialba, Costa Rica
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- Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt, Calle 28A No. 15-09 Bogotá, Colombia
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- Departamento de Ingenierías, Instituto Tecnológico de Chiná, Tecnológico Nacional de México, Calle 11 s/n, entre 22 y 28, Chiná, 24520 Campeche, México
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- Graduate School, Tropical Agricultural Centre for Research and Higher Education (CATIE), Turrialba, Costa Rica
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- SI ForestGEO, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Roosevelt Ave., 401 Balboa, Ancon, Panama
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- Centro de Investigación Científica de Yucatán A.C. Unidad de Recursos Naturales, Calle 43 # 130 x 32 y 34, Colonia Chuburná de Hidalgo, C.P. 97200 Mérida, Yucatán, México
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- SI ForestGEO, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Roosevelt Ave., 401 Balboa, Ancon, Panama
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- Biological Dynamics of Forest Fragments Project, Coordenação de Dinâmica Ambiental, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia, Manaus, AM CEP 69067-375, Brazil
- International Institute for Sustainability, Estrada Dona Castorina 124, Horto, Rio de Janeiro, RJ 22460-320, Brazil
- Centre for Conservation and Sustainability Science (CSRio), Department of Geography and the Environment, Pontificial Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt, Calle 28A No. 15-09 Bogotá, Colombia
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- International Institute for Sustainability, Estrada Dona Castorina 124, Horto, Rio de Janeiro, RJ 22460-320, Brazil
- Centre for Conservation and Sustainability Science (CSRio), Department of Geography and the Environment, Pontificial Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Department of Soil Quality, Wageningen University, P.O. Box 47, 6700 AA, Wageningen, Netherlands
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- Department of Physical and Environmental Sciences, Colorado Mesa University, 1100 North Avenue, Grand Junction, CO 81501, USA
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- Direction Générale Déléguée aux Musées et aux Jardins botaniques et zoologiques (DGD-MJZ), Direction des Jardins Botaniques, Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, 43 rue Buffon, 75005 Paris, France
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- Department of Environmental Studies, Purchase College (SUNY), 735 Anderson Hill Road, Purchase, NY 10577, USA
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- Instituto Boliviano de Investigación Forestal (IBIF), Km 9 Carretera al Norte, El Vallecito, FCA-UAGRM, Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia
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- Department of Biology and the Environment, Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of Haifa-Oranim, Tivon 36006, Israel
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- Department of Geography, University of Wisconsin–Madison, 550 North Park St., Madison, WI 53706, USA
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- Instituto de Investigaciones en Ecosistemas y Sustentabilidad, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, CP 58190, Morelia, Michoacán, México
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- Biological Dynamics of Forest Fragments Project, Coordenação de Dinâmica Ambiental, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia, Manaus, AM CEP 69067-375, Brazil
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- Departamento de Ecología y Recursos Naturales, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, C.P. 04510, México
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- Biological Dynamics of Forest Fragments Project, Coordenação de Dinâmica Ambiental, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia, Manaus, AM CEP 69067-375, Brazil
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- Instituto de Investigaciones en Ecosistemas y Sustentabilidad, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, CP 58190, Morelia, Michoacán, México
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- Graduate Program in Ecology, Departamento de Ecologia, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
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- Departamento de Ecología y Recursos Naturales, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, C.P. 04510, México
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- Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt, Calle 28A No. 15-09 Bogotá, Colombia
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- Departamento de Biologia Geral, Universidade Estadual de Montes Claros, Montes Claros, Minas Gerais, CEP 39401-089, Brazil
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- Department of Sustainability Science, El Colegio de la Frontera Sur, Av. Rancho Polígono 2-A, Ciudad Industrial, Lerma 24500, Campeche, Mexico
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- Instituto Tecnológico de Costa Rica, Escuela de Ingeniería Forestal, Cartago, Costa Rica
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- Department of Biology, University of Hawai’i at Hilo, Hilo, HI 96720, USA
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- Forest Ecology and Forest Management Group, Wageningen University, P.O. Box 47, 6700 AA Wageningen, Netherlands
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- Departamento de Ecología y Recursos Naturales, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, C.P. 04510, México
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- Centro de Formação em Ciências Agroflorestais, Universidade Federal do Sul da Bahia, Itabuna-BA, 45613-204, Brazil
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- Departments of Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior and Plant Biology, University of Minnesota, Saint Paul, MN 55108, USA
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- Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt, Calle 28A No. 15-09 Bogotá, Colombia
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- Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt, Calle 28A No. 15-09 Bogotá, Colombia
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- Instituto de Investigaciones en Ecosistemas y Sustentabilidad, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, CP 58190, Morelia, Michoacán, México
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- Departamento de Ecología y Recursos Naturales, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, C.P. 04510, México
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- School of Social Sciences, Geography Area, Universidad Pedagogica y Tecnologica de Colombia (UPTC), Tunja, Colombia
- Department of Geography, 4841 Ellison Hall, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, USA
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- Earth and Atmospheric Sciences Department, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2EG, Canada
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- Ecosystem Science Division, Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
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- Department of Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Biology, Columbia University, New York, NY, 10027, USA
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- Institute of Systematic Botany, The New York Botanical Garden, 2900 Southern Blvd., Bronx, NY 10458-5126, USA
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- Instituto Boliviano de Investigación Forestal (IBIF), Km 9 Carretera al Norte, El Vallecito, FCA-UAGRM, Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia
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- Department of Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Biology, Columbia University, New York, NY, 10027, USA
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- Departamento de Energia Nuclear -CTG, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Av. Prof. Luis Freire 1000, Recife, Pernambuco, CEP 50740-540, Brazil
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- SI ForestGEO, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Roosevelt Ave., 401 Balboa, Ancon, Panama
- Yale-NUS College, 16 College Avenue West, Singapore 138610, Singapore
- Department of Biological Sciences, National University of Singapore, 14 Science Drive 4, Singapore 117543, Singapore
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- Departamento de Agricultura, Sociedad y Ambiente, El Colegio de la Frontera Sur, Unidad Villahermosa, 86280 Centro Tabasco, México
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- Departamento de Biologia Geral, Universidade Estadual de Montes Claros, Montes Claros, Minas Gerais, CEP 39401-089, Brazil
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- Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics (IBED), University of Amsterdam, P.O. Box 94248, 1090 GE Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Biological Dynamics of Forest Fragments Project, Coordenação de Dinâmica Ambiental, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia, Manaus, AM CEP 69067-375, Brazil
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- Museu Paraense Emilio Goeldi, C.P. 399, CEP 66040-170, Belém, Pará, Brazil
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- Program of Botany, Departamento de Biologia Vegetal, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil
- Fundación para la Conservación de la Biodiversidad (ProBiodiversa), 5101 Mérida, Mérida, Venezuela
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- Biological Dynamics of Forest Fragments Project, Coordenação de Dinâmica Ambiental, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia, Manaus, AM CEP 69067-375, Brazil
- Department of Biological Sciences, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803-1705, USA
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- Graduate Program in Ecology, Departamento de Ecologia, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
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- Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus, San Juan, PR 00936, Puerto Rico
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- Forest Ecology and Forest Management Group, Wageningen University, P.O. Box 47, 6700 AA Wageningen, Netherlands
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