Are neotropical predictors of forest epiphyte–host relationships consistent in Indonesia?

predictors of difficult intubation among malay patients in indonesia

conclusions the tmd, with a cut-off point of 65 mm, had superior diagnostic value compared with the hmdr and mallampati score. therefore, the tmd could be used in malay patients to predict the difficulty of larynx visualization during laryngoscopy. results difficulty in visualizing the larynx was found in 28 (10.1%) patients. the auc, sensitivity, and specificity for the three airway predictors...

APPLIED ISSUES Relationships between deforestation, riparian forest buffers and benthic macroinvertebrates in neotropical headwater streams

1. Few studies have evaluated the effectiveness of riparian buffers in the tropics, despite their potential to reduce the impacts of deforestation on stream communities. We examined macroinvertebrate assemblages and stream habitat characteristics in small lowland streams in southeastern Costa Rica to assess the impacts of deforestation on benthic communities and the influence of riparian forest...

Dengue infection in neotropical forest mammals.

In South America, dengue is the arbovirus-transmitted disease with the highest incidence. Unlike other arboviruses, wild mammals have no confirmed role in the cycle of dengue in the neotropics, although serological studies have suggested a possible secondary amplification cycle involving mammals other than nonhuman primates. In French Guiana, where all four serotypes (DENV-1, DENV-2, DENV-3, DE...

Short-Term Dynamics of a Neotropical Forest

Simulating forest productivity along a neotropical elevational

31 32 A better understanding of the mechanisms controlling the magnitude and sign of carbon components in 33 tropical forest ecosystems is important for reliable estimation of this important regional component of the 34 global carbon cycle. We used the JULES vegetation model to simulate all components of the carbon balance 35 at six sites along an Andes-Amazon transect across Peru and Brazil an...