TESTING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF AN INTERNATIONAL CONSERVATION AGREEMENT: MARKETPLACE FORENSICS AND CITES CAVIAR TRADE REGULATION.

Testing the effectiveness of an international conservation agreement: marketplace forensics and CITES caviar trade regulation.

BACKGROUND: The international wildlife trade is a key threat to biodiversity.Temporal genetic marketplace monitoring can determine if wildlife trade regulation efforts such as the Convention on arrethe bush balm International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) are succeeding.Protected under CITES effective 1997, sturgeons and paddlefishes, the pro

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A Layered Control Architecture of Sleep and Arousal

Sleep and wakefulness are promoted not by a single neural pathway but via wake or sleep-promoting nodes distributed across layers of the brain.We equate each layer with a brain region in proposing a layered subsumption model for arousal based on a computational architecture.Beyond the brainstem the layers include the diencephalon (hypothalamus, tha

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A study protocol of a randomised controlled trial to investigate if a community based strength training programme improves work task performance in young adults with Down syndrome

Abstract Background Muscle strength is important for young people with Down syndrome as they make the transition to adulthood, because their workplace activities typically emphasise physical rather than cognitive skills.Muscle strength is reduced up to 50% in people with Down syndrome compared to their peers without disability.Progressive resistanc

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Gesundheit & Bewegung

Non-communicable, chronic diseases like type 2 diabetes, cardio-vascular diseases and cancer are meanwhile the most frequent causes of death and contribute to the rising costs in health care.The current focus on arrethe bush balm therapeutic procedures and medication requires more health promoting, preventive approaches to improve public health and

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