The goal of this paper is to improve our understanding of the role of institutional arrangements and ecological factors that facilitate the emergence and sustainability of successful collective action in small-scale fishing ...

There are considerable efforts by governments, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), and academia to integrate customary practices, such as taboos that limit resource use and marine conservation. However, these efforts ...

During recent years, it has become clear that ammonia is an important gas in relation to different environmental issues, such as acidification, eutrophication, human health and climate change (through particle formation). ...

HIV triply-diagnosed adults (those with chronic mental illness and substance abuse disorders) must rely heavily on public insurance to cover high annual medical costs (similar to$50,000). This study examines the nature and ...

Background: Patients with chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection have high rates of alcohol consumption, which is associated with progression of fibrosis and lower response rates to HCV treatment. Aims: This prospective ...

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Background: Integrated vector management (IVM) is increasingly being recommended as an option for sustainable malaria control. However, many malaria-endemic countries lack a policy framework to guide and promote the approach. ...

Cryptococcus neoformans is a prevalent human fungal pathogen that must survive within various tissues in order to establish a human infection. We have identified the C. neoformans Rim101 transcription factor, a highly ...

Three aerosol spectrometers measuring the number concentration distribution of particles in the diameter range 0.01 to 2.5 mum were compared by running them side-by-side for 385 h under ambient air conditions in Erfurt, ...

Eukaryotic genomes are mostly composed of noncoding DNA whose role is still poorly understood. Studies in several organisms have shown correlations between the length of the intergenic and genic sequences of a gene and the ...