We provide our five visions and contributions that the young tropical restoration science community can make for an impactful beneficial UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration. Protecting ecosystems, in their current extent function, is no longer sufficient to meet global conservation sustainable development goals: we must also restore ecosystems remedy past degradation (Gann et al., 2019; Leclère ...

Color of tomato products is due to the pigments content of fruit together with browning compounds originated during processing. To get a final product with a good is color is necessary to use fruits with an appropriated coloration and to avoid the degradation of pigments during post-harvest and processing. Final color should be bright and characteristic of each fruit. Lycopene, a liposoluble th...

See related article by Pitot and Heidelberger, Cancer Res 1963;23: 1694–700. It is a virtually universal rule in science that if we step back to reflect upon a field currently viewed as extremely dynamic and novel, we find ourselves standing on the shoulders of thosewhose seminal observations gave birth to it far earlier. For those of us working in the fields of signal transduction and epigenet...

The objective of this study was to identify the optimal timing of sampling during the menstrual cycle for assessment of interindividual variation in exposure to endogenous sex hormones, including estradiol, progesterone, and the free androgen index. Twenty-four healthy premenopausal women with regular periods were recruited, and alternate day venous blood samples were taken in the morning throu...

Mining has been, and remains, an integral part of human existence from Stone Age quarries through to the iron coal that fueled industrial revolution, new materials needed support shift renewable energy. mining products are major contributors national economies with value tripling in past two decades. As 2020, global footprint was 57,000 km2 growing at a faster rate now than any other time histo...

This paper presents an algorithmic approach to design rationalization that supports physical production as well as surface production of design models. Our approach is an alternative to conventional rapid prototyping that builds objects by assembly of laterally sliced contours from a solid model. We explored an improved product description for rapid manufacture as bi-lateral contouring for stru...

Catastrophic declines in biodiversity and habitat degradation have led scientists to debate both a sixth mass extinction the dawn of Anthropocene epoch, where humans are main driver environmental change (Chapin et al., 2000; Dirzo 2014). The loss keystone species, including seed dispersers, grazers apex predators, is particular concern as they cascading effects on ecosystems, disrupting process...

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Optimal foraging theory predicts that carnivores select prey species based on intrinsic factors, such as body size, vulnerability, and abundance. Prey abundance can vary significantly, especially when move in out of an area en masse search food. However, little is known about how these resource pulses influence the profiles large carnivores. Using data lion (Panthera leo) cheetah (Acinonyx juba...