Recent Advances in Understanding the Inflammatory Response in Malaria: A Review of the Dual Role of Cytokines by Gabriela Loredana Popa, Mircea Ioan Popa

“…It predominantly occurs in tropical areas where it is transmitted through the bite of an infected Anopheles mosquito. …”
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Failure evidences of reduced span bridges in case of extreme rainfalls The case of Livorno by Marco Lucio Puppio, Sara Novelli, Mauro Sassu

“…These events were due to: (1) improper land-use; (2) aging of infrastructures, (3) insufficient maintenance and protection; (4) climate changes causing rainstorms similar to tropical events. The failure of small bridges in road networks plays a key role in this sense. …”
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ATP-binding cassette transporters and drug resistance in cutaneous leishmaniasis by Marina B.R. de Santana, Giulia O. Miranda, Lucas P. Carvalho

“…Recognized as a neglected tropical disease affecting millions of people around the world, this affliction represents a major public health problem. …”
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Cryptococcus gattii: Emergence in Western North America: Exploitation of a Novel Ecological Niche by Kausik Datta, Karen H. Bartlett, Kieren A. Marr

“…C. gattii can survive wide climatic variations and colonize the environment in tropical, subtropical, temperate, and dry climates. …”
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Unusual and persistent easterlies restrained the 2023/24 El Niño development after a triple-dip La Niña by Ji-Won Kim, Baijun Tian, Jin-Yi Yu

“…Here, we show through observational analyses that unusual easterly anomalies over the tropical western-central Pacific, persisting after the end of the preceding La Niña, significantly contributed to this slowdown. …”
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Dynamical imprints on precipitation cluster statistics across a hierarchy of high-resolution simulations by C. C. Stephan, B. Stevens

“…<p>Tropical precipitation cluster area and intensity distributions follow power laws, but the physical processes responsible for this macroscopic behavior remain unknown. …”
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Investigation of Viral, Bacterial and Parasitic Zoonotic Diseases in Rodents in Turkey by Mehmet Ozkan Timurkan, Esin Guven, Seyda Cengiz, Hakan Aydın, Ridvan Kirman, Hamza Avcioglu

“…ABSTRACT Background Rodents are reservoir hosts for zoonotic pathogens that cause tropical diseases, many of which have been overlooked. …”
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2019–2020 Florida Citrus Production Guide: Root Health Management by Evan G. Johnson, James H. Graham, Kelly T. Morgan

“…The root system also acts as an anchor for the tree, which is important during high wind conditions, such as thunderstorms and tropical systems. At the same time, the leaves provide carbohydrates to grow and maintain a functional root system. …”
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Invasive macroalgae shape chemical and microbial waterscapes on coral reefs by Chloé Pozas-Schacre, Hugo Bischoff, Delphine Raviglione, Slimane Chaib, Camille Clerissi, Isabelle Bonnard, M. Nugues Maggy

“…Abstract Over the past decades, human impacts have changed the structure of tropical benthic reef communities towards coral depletion and macroalgal proliferation. …”
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Nutritional and Therapeutic Potential of Soursop by Muhammad Afzaal, Farhan Saeed, Aasma Asghar, Yasir Abbas Shah, Ali Ikram, Huda Ateeq, Muzzamal Hussain, Chigozie E. Ofoedu, James S. Chacha

“…Soursop (Annona muricata) has been one of the most studied fruits in recent years, owing to its potential medicinal benefits, as evidenced by many studies. Soursop is a tropical and subtropical fruit having great versatility and is quite sensitive to drastic temperature fluctuations. …”
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Re-connecting ecosystems: Integrating coral reefs into monitoring of island restoration by Cassandra E. Benkwitt, Kalia S.I. Bistolas, Jayna L. DeVore, Simon Ducatez, Jazmín Prado Gómez, Rosalie Wright, Mayalen Zubia, Pierrick Harnay, Teva Beguet, Lisa M. Wedding, Deron E. Burkepile, Frank Murphy, Nicholas A.J. Graham, Rebecca Vega Thurber, Hannah E. Epstein

“…We show that island restoration status had consistent effects on populations of tropical seabirds across spatial scales from 100 m to entire islands. …”
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Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled, Randomized Study Comparing 0.0003% Calcitriol with 0.1% Tacrolimus Ointments for the Treatment of Endemic Pityriasis Alba by Berenice Moreno-Cruz, Bertha Torres-Álvarez, Diana Hernández-Blanco, Juan Pablo Castanedo-Cazares

“…Pityriasis alba (PA) is a frequent cause of consultation in tropical areas due to its chronic course, frequent relapses, and notorious hypopigmented lesions in pediatric dark skin populations. …”
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A Simulation Tool for Hurricane Evacuation Planning by Daniel J. Fonseca, Gary P. Moynihan, Jordan Johnston, Jordan Jennings

“…Atlantic hurricanes and severe tropical storms are a serious threat for the communities in the Gulf of Mexico region. …”
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Condición humana y condición animal: antropogénesis en dos novelas del Período Especial en Cuba by René Camilo García-Rivera

“… Las novelas Las bestias (2006) y Animal tropical (2001), escritas respectivamente por Ronaldo Menéndez y Pedro Juan Gutiérrez, constituyen ejemplos del protagonismo de la cuestión animal en la narrativa cubana contemporánea: en ambas obras, la condición animal resulta clave para la construcción del devenir de las tramas y la conformación de la condición humana. …”
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Optimal control of chikungunya disease: Larvae reduction, treatment and prevention by Djamila Moulay, M. A. Aziz-Alaoui, Hee-Dae Kwon

“…The nature of these arboviruses is complex since it conjugates human, environmental, biological and geographical factors.Recent researchs have suggested, in particular during the Réunion Island epidemic in 2006, that the transmission by Aedes albopictus (an Aedes genus specie) has been facilitated by genetic mutations of the virus and the vector capacity to adapt to non tropical regions.In this paper we formulate an optimal control problem, based on biological observations. …”
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Nutritional and Health Benefits of Jackfruit (Artocarpus heterophyllus Lam.): A Review by R. A. S. N. Ranasinghe, S. D. T. Maduwanthi, R. A. U. J. Marapana

“…., which is commonly known as jackfruit is a tropical climacteric fruit, belonging to Moraceae family, is native to Western Ghats of India and common in Asia, Africa, and some regions in South America. …”
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2019–2020 Florida Citrus Production Guide: Root Health Management by Evan G. Johnson, James H. Graham, Kelly T. Morgan

“…The root system also acts as an anchor for the tree, which is important during high wind conditions, such as thunderstorms and tropical systems. At the same time, the leaves provide carbohydrates to grow and maintain a functional root system. …”
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Structural Health Monitoring of a Reinforced Concrete Building during the Severe Typhoon Vicente in 2012 by Sin-Chi Kuok, Ka-Veng Yuen

“…Vicente was the eighth tropical storm developed in the Western North Pacific Ocean and the South China Sea in 2012. …”
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GIS Based Approach for Vulnerability Assessment of the Karnataka Coast, India by Akshaya Beluru Jana, Arkal Vittal Hegde

“…In recent times, increased events of tropical cyclones and the devastating impact of the December 2004 tsunami have brought forth the importance of assessing the vulnerability of the coast to hazard-induced flooding and inundation in coastal areas. …”
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Small Scale Ecology and Society: Forest-Culture of Papua Nutmeg (Myristica argentea Warb.) by Antoni Ungirwalu, San Afri Awang, Ahmad Maryudi, Priyono Suryanto

“…This study found that adaptive resource management has been applied to the Papua nutmeg, which is called henggi in Iha language and endemic to the tropical forest of the western part of Papua. The treatment of Papua nutmeg consists of three stages, namely pre-harvest, harvest, and post-harvest, all of which form a holistic unity which is sustainable until today. …”
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