| 1. |
- Hudson, Lawrence N., et al.
(författare)
-
The PREDICTS database : a global database of how local terrestrial biodiversity responds to human impacts
- 2014
-
Ingår i: Ecology and Evolution. - : Wiley. - 2045-7758. ; 4:24, s. 4701-4735
-
Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Biodiversity continues to decline in the face of increasing anthropogenic pressures such as habitat destruction, exploitation, pollution and introduction of alien species. Existing global databases of species' threat status or population time series are dominated by charismatic species. The collation of datasets with broad taxonomic and biogeographic extents, and that support computation of a range of biodiversity indicators, is necessary to enable better understanding of historical declines and to project - and avert - future declines. We describe and assess a new database of more than 1.6 million samples from 78 countries representing over 28,000 species, collated from existing spatial comparisons of local-scale biodiversity exposed to different intensities and types of anthropogenic pressures, from terrestrial sites around the world. The database contains measurements taken in 208 (of 814) ecoregions, 13 (of 14) biomes, 25 (of 35) biodiversity hotspots and 16 (of 17) megadiverse countries. The database contains more than 1% of the total number of all species described, and more than 1% of the described species within many taxonomic groups - including flowering plants, gymnosperms, birds, mammals, reptiles, amphibians, beetles, lepidopterans and hymenopterans. The dataset, which is still being added to, is therefore already considerably larger and more representative than those used by previous quantitative models of biodiversity trends and responses. The database is being assembled as part of the PREDICTS project (Projecting Responses of Ecological Diversity In Changing Terrestrial Systems - ). We make site-level summary data available alongside this article. The full database will be publicly available in 2015.
|
|
| 2. |
- Brito, Fernanda, et al.
(författare)
-
Subgingival microflora in inflammatory bowel disease patients with untreated periodontitis.
- 2013
-
Ingår i: European Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepathology. - 0954-691X .- 1473-5687. ; 25:2, s. 239-245
-
Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- OBJECTIVE: To analyze the subgingival microflora composition of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) patients with untreated chronic periodontitis and compare them with systemically healthy controls also having untreated chronic periodontitis.METHOD: Thirty IBD patients [15 with Crohn's disease (CD) and 15 with ulcerative colitis (UC)] and 15 control individuals participated in the study. All patients had been diagnosed with untreated chronic periodontitis. From every patient, subgingival plaque was collected from four gingivitis and four periodontitis sites with paper points. Samples from the same category (gingivitis or periodontitis) in each patient were pooled together and stored at -70 °C until analysis using a checkerboard DNA-DNA hybridization technique for 74 bacterial species.RESULTS: Multiple-comparison analysis showed that the groups differed in bacterial counts for Bacteroides ureolyticus, Campylobacter gracilis, Parvimonas micra, Prevotella melaninogenica, Peptostreptococcus anaerobius, Staphylococcus aureus, Streptococcus anginosus, Streptococcus intermedius, Streptococcus mitis, Streptococcus mutans, and Treponema denticola (P<0.001). CD patients had significantly higher levels of these bacteria than UC patients either in gingivitis or in periodontitis sites (P<0.05). CD patients harbored higher levels of P. melaninogenica, S. aureus, S. anginosus, and S. mutans compared with controls both at gingivitis and at periodontitis sites (P<0.05). UC patients harbored higher levels of S. aureus (P=0.01) and P. anaerobius (P=0.05) than controls only in gingivitis sites.CONCLUSION: Our study showed that even with similar clinical periodontal parameters, IBD patients harbor higher levels of bacteria that are related to opportunistic infections in inflamed subgingival sites that might be harmful for the crucial microbe-host interaction.
|
|
| 3. |
- Arias, M. C., et al.
(författare)
-
Permanent Genetic Resources added to Molecular Ecology Resources Database 1 February 2013-31 March 2013
- 2013
-
Ingår i: Molecular Ecology Resources. - : Wiley. - 1755-098X .- 1755-0998. ; 13:4, s. 760-762
-
Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- This article documents the addition of 142 microsatellite marker loci to the Molecular Ecology Resources database. Loci were developed for the following species: Agriophyllum squarrosum, Amazilia cyanocephala, Batillaria attramentaria, Fungal strain CTeY1 (Ascomycota), Gadopsis marmoratus, Juniperus phoenicea subsp. turbinata, Liriomyza sativae, Lupinus polyphyllus, Metschnikowia reukaufii, Puccinia striiformis and Xylocopa grisescens. These loci were cross-tested on the following species: Amazilia beryllina, Amazilia candida, Amazilia rutila, Amazilia tzacatl, Amazilia violiceps, Amazilia yucatanensis, Campylopterus curvipennis, Cynanthus sordidus, Hylocharis leucotis, Juniperus brevifolia, Juniperus cedrus, Juniperus osteosperma, Juniperus oxycedrus, Juniperus thurifera, Liriomyza bryoniae, Liriomyza chinensis, Liriomyza huidobrensis and Liriomyza trifolii.
|
|
| 4. |
- Rodrigues, Clarinda, et al.
(författare)
-
Multi-sensory brand-experience : towards a strategic sensorial approach
- 2011
-
Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- This paper is mainly conceptual in nature. It aims at developing a strategic sensorial brand approach for firms on the basis of three issues: 1) branding as a process of value co-creation, 2) the multi-sensory brand-experience, and 3) sensorial strategies in relation to brand experiences and brand as image.
|
|
| 5. |
- Rodrigues, Clarinda, et al.
(författare)
-
Sensorial brand strategies for value co-creation
- 2011
-
Ingår i: Innovative Marketing. - Sumy : Business Perspectives. - 1814-2427. ; 7:2, s. 40-47
-
Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- This research investigates the potential benefits of a fair co-branding operation. Two major corporate brands are fictitiously allied with a Fair Trade labeling organization brand. The sample for the first study is composed by 540 interviews, and by 350 for the second study; it is representative of the French population. Besides showing that the paradigm of co-branding is consistent to evaluate brand alliances between corporate and Fair Trade brands, the PLS model implemented in this research first investigates how do classical variables (attitudes, fit, similarity) are antecedents of co-branding relevancy and customers’ evaluation of the alliance. Second, this study introduces a new explicative variable based on the similarity-dissimilarity of the brands on FairTrade related aspects. The results obtained through the test of a PLS (Partial Least Square) model are a first step to better understand co-branding between corporate and labeling brands. This study also provides findings concerning the whole paradigm of cooperation between profit and non-profit organizations. In this type of brand alliance, the corporate brand provides the alliance with its leading position, and the Fair Trade brand provides the ethical attribute.
|
|
