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Cuicatec ethnozoology: traditional knowledge, use, and management of fauna by people of San Lorenzo Pápalo, Oaxaca, Mexico by Solís, Leonor, Casas, Alejandro

“…The Tehuacán-Cuicatlán Valley is a region of outstanding biocultural diversity, harboring eight indigenous ethnic groups and a remarkable biodiversity in a…”
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COPD Underdiagnosis and Misdiagnosis in a High-Risk Primary Care Population in Four Latin American Countries. A Key to Enhance Disease Diagnosis: The PUMA Study by Casas Herrera, Alejandro, Montes de Oca, Maria, López Varela, Maria Victorina, Aguirre, Carlos, Schiavi, Eduardo, Jardim, José R

“…Acknowledgement of COPD underdiagnosis and misdiagnosis in primary care can contribute to improved disease diagnosis. PUMA is an international primary care…”
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Roads traveled and roads ahead: the consolidation of Mexican ethnobotany in the new millennium. An essay by Vibrans, Heike, Casas, Alejandro

“…This work examines the development of ethnobotany, focusing on Mexico in this millennium. How has the discipline grown? What is the relative importance of…”
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Morphological and genetic divergence between Agave inaequidens, A. cupreata and the domesticated A. hookeri. Analysis of their evolutionary relationships by Figueredo-Urbina, Carmen J, Casas, Alejandro, Torres-García, Ignacio

“…Agave inaequidens and A. cupreata are wild species with some populations under incipient management, while A. hookeri is exclusively cultivated, used for…”
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Gathering, agriculture, and exchange: an ethnoecological approach to the study of food patterns and feedstuff sources in communities of the Central Andes, Peru by Pancorbo-Olivera, Marggiori, Parra-Rondinel, Fabiola, Torres-Guevara, Juan, Cruz-Soriano, Aldo, Casas, Alejandro

“…Historically, the Andean people have experienced uncertainty in terms of the availability of food resources because of climatic and ecological variations that…”
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Low phase angle is associated with 60‐day mortality in critically ill patients with COVID‐19 by Osuna‐Padilla, Iván Armando, Rodríguez‐Moguel, Nadia Carolina, Rodríguez‐Llamazares, Sebastián, Aguilar‐Vargas, Adriana, Casas‐Aparicio, Gustavo Alejandro, Ríos‐Ayala, Martin Armando, Hernández‐Cardenas, Carmen Margarita

“…Background Malnutrition status, body composition indicators, and bioelectrical impedance analysis (BIA) parameters have been associated with increased risk of…”
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Adaptation and biocultural conservation of traditional agroforestry systems in the Tehuacán Valley: access to resources and livelihoods strategies by Vázquez-Delfin, Paola, Casas, Alejandro, Vallejo, Mariana

“…Traditional agroforestry systems (TAFS) are important areas for conserving biodiversity, ecosystems benefits and biocultural heritage, outstandingly local…”
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Clinical Applications and Factors Involved in Validating Thermal Windows Used in Infrared Thermography in Cattle and River Buffalo to Assess Health and Productivity by Mota-Rojas, Daniel, Pereira, Alfredo M F, Wang, Dehua, Martínez-Burnes, Julio, Ghezzi, Marcelo, Hernández-Avalos, Ismael, Lendez, Pamela, Mora-Medina, Patricia, Casas, Alejandro, Olmos-Hernández, Adriana, Domínguez, Adriana, Bertoni, Aldo, Geraldo, Ana de Mira

“…Infrared thermography (IRT) is a non-ionizing, non-invasive technique that permits evaluating the comfort levels of animals, a topic of concern due to the…”
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Adherence to inhaled therapies of COPD patients from seven Latin American countries: The LASSYC study by Montes de Oca, Maria, Menezes, Ana, Wehrmeister, Fernando C, Lopez Varela, Maria Victorina, Casas, Alejandro, Ugalde, Luis, Ramirez-Venegas, Alejandra, Mendoza, Laura, López, Ana, Surmont, Filip, Miravitlles, Marc

“…This study assessed the adherence profiles to inhaled therapies and the agreement between two patient self-report adherence methods in stable COPD lpatients…”
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The dawn of ethnomicrobiology: an interdisciplinary research field on interactions between humans and microorganisms by Ojeda-Linares, César, Casas, Alejandro, González-Rivadeneira, Tania, Nabhan, Gary P

“…Ethnobiologists commonly analyze local knowledge systems related to plants, animals, fungi, and ecosystems. However, microbes (bacteria, yeasts, molds,…”
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Does commercialization lead to more intensive management strategies? Decision-making for the utilization of non-timber forest products in a Nahua area of the Sierra Negra, Mexico by Miranda-Gamboa, Myriam A, Martínez-Ballesté, Andrea, Ricker, Martin, Casas, Alejandro, Blancas, José

“…The commercialization of non-timber forest products (NTFPs) provides income for rural indigenous households. The integration of NTFPs into formal markets tends…”
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Biocultural salient birds: which biological and cultural factors define them? by Ortega-Álvarez, Rubén, Casas, Alejandro

“…People’s interests and needs, as well as biological characteristics of species, determine human perception and interaction with biodiversity. Thus, both…”
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Genetic analyses and dispersal patterns unveil the Amazonian origin of guava domestication by Arévalo-Marín, Edna, Casas, Alejandro, Alvarado-Sizzo, Hernán, Ruiz-Sanchez, Eduardo, Castellanos-Morales, Gabriela, Jardón-Barbolla, Lev, Fermin, Gustavo, Padilla-Ramírez, José S., Clement, Charles R.

“…Guava ( Psidium guajava L.) is a semi-domesticated fruit tree of moderate importance in the Neotropics, utilized for millennia due to its nutritional and…”
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Management, morphological and genetic diversity of domesticated agaves in Michoacán, México by Álvarez-Ríos, Gonzalo D, Pacheco-Torres, Fernando, Figueredo-Urbina, Carmen Julia, Casas, Alejandro

“…Pulque is a fermented beverage prepared with sap of Agave species in Mexico. Management of agaves for this purpose has motivated domestication of some species…”
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Cultural, economic, and ecological factors influencing management of wild plants and mushrooms interchanged in Purépecha markets of Mexico by Farfán-Heredia, Berenice, Casas, Alejandro, Rangel-Landa, Selene

“…Traditional markets outstandingly contribute to conservation of biocultural diversity, social relations, and cultural values. These markets reflect life…”
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Nahua biocultural richness: an ethnoherpetological perspective by Linares-Rosas, Miriam Itzel, Gómez, Benigno, Aldasoro-Maya, Elda Miriam, Casas, Alejandro

“…Mexico harbours one of the greatest biocultural diversities of the world, where multiple social and natural elements and systems form complex networks of…”
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Review of different methods used for clinical recognition and assessment of pain in dogs and cats by Hernandez-Avalos, Ismael, Mota-Rojas, Daniel, Mora-Medina, Patricia, Martínez-Burnes, Julio, Casas Alvarado, Alejandro, Verduzco-Mendoza, Antonio, Lezama-García, Karina, Olmos-Hernandez, Adriana

“…In light of the need to perform surgical techniques and the importance of animal welfare because of acute pain, the objectives of the veterinary anaesthetists…”
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Efficacy and Function of Feathers, Hair, and Glabrous Skin in the Thermoregulation Strategies of Domestic Animals by Mota-Rojas, Daniel, Titto, Cristiane Gonçalves, de Mira Geraldo, Ana, Martínez-Burnes, Julio, Gómez, Jocelyn, Hernández-Ávalos, Ismael, Casas, Alejandro, Domínguez, Adriana, José, Nancy, Bertoni, Aldo, Reyes, Brenda, Pereira, Alfredo M F

“…The objective of this review is to describe and analyze the effect of feathers, hair, and glabrous (hairless) skin on the thermoregulation of domestic and…”
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Species delimitation in the Stenocereus griseus (Cactaceae) species complex reveals a new species, S. huastecorum by Alvarado-Sizzo, Hernán, Casas, Alejandro, Parra, Fabiola, Arreola-Nava, Hilda Julieta, Terrazas, Teresa, Sánchez, Cristian

“…The Stenocereus griseus species complex (SGSC) has long been considered taxonomically challenging because the number of taxa belonging to the complex and their…”
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Development of a simple screening tool for opportunistic COPD case finding in primary care in Latin America: The PUMA study by López Varela, Maria Victorina, Montes de Oca, Maria, Rey, Alejandra, Casas, Alejandro, Stirbulov, Roberto, Di Boscio, Valentina

“…Background and objective Opportunistic chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) case finding approaches for high‐risk individuals with or without symptoms…”
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