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Permafrost conditions in the Mediterranean region since the Last Glaciation
Oliva, Marc; Žebre, M.; Guglielmin, M.; Hughes, P.D.; Çiner, A.; Vieira, Gonçalo; Bodin, X.; Andrés, N.; Colucci, R.R.; García-Hernández, C.The relatively warm climate conditions prevailing today in the Mediterranean region limit cold geomorphological processes only to the highest mountain environments. However, climate variability during the Late Pleistocene and Holocene has led to significant spatio-temporal variations of the glacial and periglacial domain in these mountains, including permafrost conditions. Here, we examine the distribution and ...
Building bridges for innovation in ageing: synergies between action groups of t...
Bousquet, J.; Bewick, M.; Cano, A.; Eklund, P.; Fico, G.; Goswami, N.; Guldemond, N. A.; Henderson, D.; Hinkema, M. J.; Liotta, G.; Mair, A.The Strategic Implementation Plan of the European Innovation Partnership on Active and Healthy Ageing (EIP on AHA) proposed six Action Groups. After almost three years of activity, many achievements have been obtained through commitments or collaborative work of the Action Groups. However, they have often worked in silos and, consequently, synergies between Action Groups have been proposed to strengthen the tri...
The effect of data analysis strategies in density estimation of mountain ungula...
Pérez, J. M.; Sarasa, M.; Moço, G.; Granados, J. E.; Crampe, J.-P.; Serrano, E.; Maurino, L.; Meneguz, P.-G.; Afonso, A.; Alpizar-Jara, R.Distance sampling is being extensively used to estimate the abundance of animal populations. Nevertheless, the great variety of ways in which data can be analyzed may limit comparisons due to the lack of standardization of such protocols. In this study, the influence of analytical procedures for distance sampling data on density estimates and their precision was assessed. We have used data from 21 surveys of mo...
ARIA 2016: care pathways implementing emerging technologies for predictive medi...
Bousquet, J.; Hellings, P. W.; Agache, I.; Bedbrook, A.; Bachert, C.; Bergmann, K. C.; Bewick, M.; Bindslev-Jensen, C.; Bosnic-Anticevitch, S.The Allergic Rhinitis and its Impact on Asthma (ARIA) initiative commenced during a World Health Organization workshop in 1999. The initial goals were (1) to propose a new allergic rhinitis classification, (2) to promote the concept of multi-morbidity in asthma and rhinitis and (3) to develop guidelines with all stakeholders that could be used globally for all countries and populations. ARIA-disseminated and im...
Spatial and temporal variability of periglaciation of the Iberian Peninsula
Oliva, Marc; Serrano, E.; Gómez-Ortiz, A.; González-Amuchastegui, M.J.; Nieuwendam, Alexandre; Palacios, D.; Pérez-Alberti, A.; Pellitero-Ondicol, R.Active periglacial processes are currently marginal in the Iberian Peninsula, spatially limited to the highest mountain ranges. However, a wide variety of periglacial deposits and landforms are distributed in low and mid-altitude environments, which shows evidence of past periods of enhanced periglacial activity. The purpose of this paper is to summarize the present knowledge of past periglacial activity in the...
The effect of data analysis strategies in density estimation of mountain ungula...
Pérez, J. M.; Sarasa, M.; Moço, G.; Granados, J. E.; Crampe, J. -P.; Serrano, E.; Maurino, L.; Meneguz, P. -G.; Afonso, A.; Alpizar-Jara, R.Distance sampling is being extensively used to estimate the abundance of animal populations. Nevertheless, the great variety of ways in which data can be analyzed may limit comparisons due to the lack of standardization of such protocols. In this study, the influence of analytical procedures for distance sampling data on density estimates and their precision was assessed. We have used data from 21 surveys of mo...
Climate warming and permafrost dynamics in the Antarctic Peninsula region
Bockheim, J.; Vieira, Goncalo; Ramos, M.; López-Martínez, J.; Serrano, E.; Guglielmin, M.; Wilhelm, K.; Nieuwendam, A.Dramatic warming of the climate over the last several decades has influenced the properties and distribution of permafrost in the Antarctic Peninsula region. Five approaches were used to estimate the distribution of permafrost in the region: (1) correlation of permafrost distribution with mean annual air temperature isotherms, (2) mapping the distribution of periglacial features indicative of permafrost, (3) su...
A half a century of measuring ungulate body condition using indices: is it time...
Serrano, E.; Alpizar-Jara, R.; Morellet, N.; Hewison, M.A.J.From a literature review of five wildlife ecology journals since 1937, we document how using indices to monitor ungulate body condition is common practice, with the kidney fat index (KFI = weight of fat around the kidneys/weight of kidneys without fat × 100) as the favoured tool (82% of studies). In this context, we highlight the problems of using indices when underlying statistical assumptions are not met (iso...
On the distribution of proportions and ratios as indicators of ungulate body co...
Alpizar-Jara, R.; Quintino, H.; Serrano, E.In the wildlife literature various studies have shown that the amount of fat around the kidneys is often a good indicator of body condition and health of ungulate species ([1],[2]). Wildlife biologies often measure the weights of fat around the kidneys and the kidneys themselves (without fat), comparing these two quantities and transforming them into a ratio or a proportion as surrogates of body condition of de...
Sobre a distribuição de proporções e razões como indicadores da condição dos un...
Alpizar-Jara, R.; Quintino, H.; Serrano, E.Desde 1955 um procedimento comum para estudar a condi¸c˜ao corporal em ungulados, depois de mortos, consiste em pesar o rim com e sem a sua gordura associada. Calcula-se depois a raz˜ao entre o peso da gordura do rim e o peso do rim sem gordura, ou a propor¸c˜ao de gordura do rim relativamente ao total do peso do rim mais gordura. Os investigadores encontram discrepˆancias na an´alise estat´ıstica quando a vari...