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Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies: Recent submissions
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Diversity within Unity: Import Laws of Islamic Countries on Haram (Forbidden) Products
(The International Lawyer, 2014-05-15)How do Muslim countries treat importation of goods that Islamic Law (Sharı’a) considers Haram (forbidden), namely, alcoholic beverages and pork products? Why do they do so? What might Muslim countries do, in accordance ... -
Programa Ibermedia: Cine Transnacional Ibero-Americano O Relaciones Públicas Para España?
(Universidad de Costa Rica, 2012)El Programa Ibermedia (de aquí en adelante, Ibermedia) es un fondo de co-producción de films auspiciado por España, Portugal y dieciocho países miembros en Latino América. Su propósito es promover el desarrollo de proyectos ... -
Utilization of Time-Based Techniques in Research and Teaching
(Multi-Science Publishing, 2009-07-29)This article describes how computer animations, combined with cinematic techniques, have served as a teaching and research tool in architecture. Animations were used in the following areas: case studies of precedents in ... -
Crossing the Interspecies Barrier: Opening the Door to Zoonotic Pathogens
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Speciation in Western Scrub-Jays, Haldane’s rule, and genetic clines in secondary contact
(2014-06-17)Background Haldane’s Rule, the tendency for the heterogametic sex to show reduced fertility in hybrid crosses, can obscure the signal of gene flow in mtDNA between species where females are heterogametic. Therefore, it ... -
A Tale of Two Mam Children: Contact-Induced Language Change in Mayan Child Language
(University of Chicago Press, 2013-10)Mayan languages have been in contact with Spanish for nearly 500 years and yet maintain much of their structural integrity. The arrival of bilingual schools and television has now altered the circumstance of language use ... -
The potential distribution of the Vulnerable African lion Panthera leo in the face of changing global climate
(Cambridge University Press, 2014-06-03)The objective of this study is to estimate possible impacts of global climate change on the geographical distribution of the African lion Panthera leo in the coming decades. Current lion population occurrence data across ... -
Distributional potential of the Triatoma brasiliensis species complex at present and under scenarios of future climate conditions
(Biomed Central, 2014-05-22)BACKGROUND: The Triatoma brasiliensis complex is a monophyletic group, comprising three species, one of which includes two subspecific taxa, distributed across 12 Brazilian states, in the caatinga and cerrado biomes. Members ... -
The Use of Ecological Niche Modeling to Infer Potential Risk Areas of Snakebite in the Mexican State of Veracruz
(Public Library of Science, 2014-06-24)Background Many authors have claimed that snakebite risk is associated with human population density, human activities, and snake behavior. Here we analyzed whether environmental suitability of vipers can be used as an ... -
In memoriam: Wallace Edmund LaBerge (1927-2013)
(University of Kansas, 2013-09-09)A brief account of the life and career of Wallace Edmund LaBerge (1927–2013) is presented along with a compilation of his publications and taxa proposed. In total 326 publications and 1 family-group, 46 genus-group, and ... -
A minute stingless bee in Eocene Fushan amber from northeastern China (Hymenoptera: Apidae)
(University of Kansas, 2013-07-29)The first fossil bee in Eocene amber of the Fushan Coalfield, Liaoning, China is described and figured. Exebotrigona velteni Engel & Michener, new genus and species (Apinae: Meliponini) is based on a stingless bee worker ... -
Review of "Cuban Cinema" by Michael Chanan
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Los hijos de Menem: The New Independent Argentine Cinema, 1995-1999
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The question of sex identification in specimens housed in research collections
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Lida Abdul – White House , 2005
(Spencer Museum of Art, University of Kansas, 2006-05)Broadcast Transcript: I’m David Cateforis with another art minute from the Spencer Museum of Art. Lida [Leeda] Abdul begins her 2005 video “White House” by training her camera on several bombed structures near Kabul, ... -
Integrating fundamental concepts of ecology, biogeography, and sampling into effective ecological niche modeling and species distribution modeling
(Plant Biosystems - An International Journal Dealing with all Aspects of Plant Biology: Official Journal of the Societa Botanica Italiana, 2012-10-30)Correlative techniques for estimating environmental requirements of species – variably termed ecological niche modeling or species distribution modeling – are becoming very popular tools for ecologists and biogeographers ... -
Weaving Indigenous and Sustainability Sciences: Diversifying our Methods (WIS2DOM) Workshop
(2014-05-27)This report summarizes the findings of the February 13-16, 2013 workshop, entitled Weaving Indigenous and Sustainability Sciences to Diversify our Methods (WIS2DOM), held in Olympia, Washington at The Evergreen State ... -
Fahrenholz's Rule and Resource Tracking: A Study of Host-Parasite Coevolution
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Murciélagos Neotropicales que Acampan en Hojas: Neotropical Tent-roosting Bats
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Distribution, Natural History, and Parasites of Mammals of Cook County, Minnesota
(Bell Museum of Natural History, University of Minnesota, 1975-12-30)Natural history, distributions, and parasites of mammals of Cook County, Minnesota, were studied from the summer of 1971 through the summer of 1973. The purposes of this research were twofold. First, to determine species ...