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Immunoevasion and immunosuppression of the macrophage by Mycobacterium tuberculosis by Hmama, Zakaria, Peña-Díaz, Sandra, Joseph, Sunil, Av-Gay, Yossef

“…Summary By virtue of their position at the crossroads between the innate and adaptive immune response, macrophages play an essential role in the control of…”
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Fine-root traits in the global spectrum of plant form and function by Carmona, Carlos P., Bueno, C. Guillermo, Toussaint, Aurele, Träger, Sabrina, Díaz, Sandra, Moora, Mari, Munson, Alison D., Pärtel, Meelis, Zobel, Martin, Tamme, Riin

“…Plant traits determine how individual plants cope with heterogeneous environments. Despite large variability in individual traits, trait coordination and…”
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Global climatic drivers of leaf size by Wright, Ian J., Dong, Ning, Maire, Vincent, Prentice, I. Colin, Westoby, Mark, Díaz, Sandra, Gallagher, Rachael V., Jacobs, Bonnie F., Kooyman, Robert, Law, Elizabeth A., Leishman, Michelle R., Niinemets, Ülo, Reich, Peter B., Sack, Lawren, Villar, Rafael, Wang, Han, Wilf, Peter

“…Leaf size varies by over a 100,000-fold among species worldwide. Although 19th-century plant geographers noted that the wet tropics harbor plants with…”
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Why protect nature? Rethinking values and the environment by Chan, Kai M. A., Balvanera, Patricia, Benessaiah, Karina, Chapman, Mollie, Díaz, Sandra, Gómez-Baggethun, Erik, Gould, Rachelle, Hannahs, Neil, Jax, Kurt, Klain, Sarah, Luck, Gary W., Martín-López, Berta, Muraca, Barbara, Norton, Bryan, Ott, Konrad, Pascual, Unai, Satterfield, Terre, Tadaki, Marc, Taggart, Jonathan, Turner, Nancy

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Biodiversity and the challenge of pluralism by Pascual, Unai, Adams, William M., Díaz, Sandra, Lele, Sharachchandra, Mace, Georgina M., Turnhout, Esther

“…The lack of progress in reversing the declining global trend in biodiversity is partly due to a mismatch between how living nature is conceived and valued by…”
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Linking the influence and dependence of people on biodiversity across scales by Isbell, Forest, Gonzalez, Andrew, Loreau, Michel, Cowles, Jane, Díaz, Sandra, Hector, Andy, Mace, Georgina M., Wardle, David A., O'Connor, Mary I., Duffy, J. Emmett, Turnbull, Lindsay A., Thompson, Patrick L., Larigauderie, Anne

“…Biodiversity enhances many of nature's benefits to people, including the regulation of climate and the production of wood in forests, livestock forage in…”
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A Rosetta Stone for nature's benefits to people by Díaz, Sandra, Demissew, Sebsebe, Joly, Carlos, Lonsdale, W Mark, Larigauderie, Anne

“…After a long incubation period, the Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) is now underway. Underpinning all its activities…”
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Cyanidin-3-O-glucoside: Physical-Chemistry, Foodomics and Health Effects by Olivas-Aguirre, Francisco J, Rodrigo-García, Joaquín, Martínez-Ruiz, Nina Del R, Cárdenas-Robles, Arely I, Mendoza-Díaz, Sandra O, Álvarez-Parrilla, Emilio, González-Aguilar, Gustavo A, de la Rosa, Laura A, Ramos-Jiménez, Arnulfo, Wall-Medrano, Abraham

“…Anthocyanins (ACNs) are plant secondary metabolites from the flavonoid family. Red to blue fruits are major dietary sources of ACNs (up to 1 g/100 g FW), being…”
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Technological Application of Maltodextrins According to the Degree of Polymerization by Saavedra-Leos, Zenaida, Leyva-Porras, César, Araujo-Díaz, Sandra B, Toxqui-Terán, Alberto, Borrás-Enríquez, Anahí J

“…Maltodextrin (MX) is an ingredient in high demand in the food industry, mainly for its useful physical properties which depend on the dextrose equivalent (DE)…”
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Soil-borne polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in El Paso, Texas: Analysis of a potential problem in the United States/Mexico border region by De La Torre-Roche, Roberto J., Lee, Wen-Yee, Campos-Díaz, Sandra I.

“…Ultrasonic extraction followed by Stir Bar Sorptive Extraction (SBSE) and thermal desorption inline coupled with Gas Chromatography and Mass Spectrometry…”
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People have shaped most of terrestrial nature for at least 12,000 years by Gauthier, Nicolas, Goldewijk, Kees Klein, Bird, Rebecca Bliege, Boivin, Nicole, Díaz, Sandra, Gill, Jacquelyn L., Kaplan, Jed O., Kingston, Naomi, Locke, Harvey, McMichael, Crystal N. H., Ranco, Darren, Rick, Torben C., Shaw, M. Rebecca, Stephens, Lucas, Svenning, Jens-Christian, Watson, James E. M.

“…Archaeological and paleoecological evidence shows that by 10,000 BCE, all human societies employed varying degrees of ecologically transformative land use…”
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Plant trait responses to grazing - a global synthesis by DÍAZ, SANDRA, LAVOREL, SANDRA, McINTYRE, SUE, FALCZUK, VALERIA, CASANOVES, FERNANDO, MILCHUNAS, DANIEL G, SKARPE, CHRISTINA, RUSCH, GRACIELA, STERNBERG, MARCELO, NOY-MEIR, IMANUEL, LANDSBERG, JILL, ZHANG, WEI, CLARK, HARRY, CAMPBELL, BRUCE D

“…Herbivory by domestic and wild ungulates is a major driver of global vegetation dynamics. However, grazing is not considered in dynamic global vegetation…”
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Does functional trait diversity predict above‐ground biomass and productivity of tropical forests? Testing three alternative hypotheses by Finegan, Bryan, Peña‐Claros, Marielos, Oliveira, Alexandre, Ascarrunz, Nataly, Bret‐Harte, M. Syndonia, Carreño‐Rocabado, Geovana, Casanoves, Fernando, Díaz, Sandra, Eguiguren Velepucha, Paul, Fernandez, Fernando, Licona, Juan Carlos, Lorenzo, Leda, Salgado Negret, Beatriz, Vaz, Marcel, Poorter, Lourens, Canham, Charles

“…Tropical forests are globally important, but it is not clear whether biodiversity enhances carbon storage and sequestration in them. We tested this…”
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Plural valuation of nature for equity and sustainability: Insights from the Global South by Zafra-Calvo, Noelia, Balvanera, Patricia, Pascual, Unai, Merçon, Juliana, Martín-López, Berta, van Noordwijk, Meine, Mwampamba, Tuyeni Heita, Lele, Sharachchandra, Ifejika Speranza, Chinwe, Arias-Arévalo, Paola, Cabrol, Diego, Cáceres, Daniel M., O'Farrell, Patrick, Subramanian, Suneetha Mazhenchery, Devy, Soubadra, Krishnan, Siddhartha, Carmenta, Rachel, Guibrunet, Louise, Kraus-Elsin, Yoanna, Moersberger, Hannah, Cariño, Joji, Díaz, Sandra

“…•Plural valuation (PV) can be used to reveal the diverse values of nature.•Outcomes from PV depend on its purpose, approach and social-ecological…”
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Working landscapes need at least 20% native habitat by Garibaldi, Lucas A., Oddi, Facundo J., Miguez, Fernando E., Bartomeus, Ignasi, Orr, Michael C., Jobbágy, Esteban G., Kremen, Claire, Schulte, Lisa A., Hughes, Alice C., Bagnato, Camilo, Abramson, Guillermo, Bridgewater, Peter, Carella, Dulce Gomez, Díaz, Sandra, Dicks, Lynn V., Ellis, Erle C., Goldenberg, Matías, Huaylla, Claudia A., Kuperman, Marcelo, Locke, Harvey, Mehrabi, Zia, Santibañez, Fernanda, Zhu, Chao‐Dong

“…International agreements aim to conserve 17% of Earth's land area by 2020 but include no area‐based conservation targets within the working landscapes that…”
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Global priority areas for ecosystem restoration by Strassburg, Bernardo B. N., Iribarrem, Alvaro, Beyer, Hawthorne L., Cordeiro, Carlos Leandro, Crouzeilles, Renato, Jakovac, Catarina C., Braga Junqueira, André, Lacerda, Eduardo, Latawiec, Agnieszka E., Balmford, Andrew, Brooks, Thomas M., Butchart, Stuart H. M., Chazdon, Robin L., Erb, Karl-Heinz, Brancalion, Pedro, Buchanan, Graeme, Cooper, David, Díaz, Sandra, Donald, Paul F., Kapos, Valerie, Leclère, David, Miles, Lera, Obersteiner, Michael, Plutzar, Christoph, de M. Scaramuzza, Carlos Alberto, Scarano, Fabio R., Visconti, Piero

“…Extensive ecosystem restoration is increasingly seen as being central to conserving biodiversity 1 and stabilizing the climate of the Earth 2 . Although…”
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Incorporating Plant Functional Diversity Effects in Ecosystem Service Assessments by Díaz, Sandra, Lavorel, Sandra, de Bello, Francesco, Quétier, Fabien, Grigulis, Karl, Robson, T. Matthew

“…Global environmental change affects the sustained provision of a wide set of ecosystem services. Although the delivery of ecosystem services is strongly…”
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Ga2O3/TiO2 semiconductors free of noble metals for the photocatalytic hydrogen production in a water/methanol mixture by Navarrete, Michelle, Cipagauta‐Díaz, Sandra, Gómez, Ricardo

“…Background Hydrogen gas (H2) has been identified as a potential energy source to reduce the dependence on fossil fuels. Titanium dioxide (TiO2) semiconductor…”
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Biodiversity loss threatens human well-being by Díaz, Sandra, Fargione, Joseph, Chapin, 3rd, F Stuart, Tilman, David

“…At least among species within the same trophic level (e.g., plants), rarer species are likely to have small effects at any given point in time. [...]in natural…”
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The Insulin-like Growth Factor Signalling Pathway in Cardiac Development and Regeneration by Díaz Del Moral, Sandra, Benaouicha, Maha, Muñoz-Chápuli, Ramón, Carmona, Rita

“…Insulin and Insulin-like growth factors (IGFs) perform key roles during embryonic development, regulating processes of cell proliferation and survival. The IGF…”
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