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The Fight to Save the Embattled Monarch Butterfly
In the depths of the Californian winter, an ember of hope has flickered for the monarch butterfly, the charismatic and beloved visitor that has seemingly been on a graceful descent into oblivion. The annual mass migration of the orange and black butterflies to the coast of California, as well as a separate odyssey the creatures take each year to the mountains of central Mexico, is among the grandest of spectacles in the natural world. Images of butterflies adorn t-shirts, pottery, and confectionery sold at tourist hotspots that have sprouted up in places where the butterflies gather in such numbers that they cause the boug...
Source: TIME: Science - March 21, 2022 Category: Science Authors: Oliver Milman Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: news

Factors associated with inflammatory biomarkers in adolescents: analysis by structural equation modeling
Cad Saude Publica. 2021 Nov 22;37(11):e00212220. doi: 10.1590/0102-311X00212220. eCollection 2021.ABSTRACTThe study aimed to analyze factors associated with inflammatory biomarkers in adolescents. This was a cross-sectional study in 391 adolescents 17-18 years of age in public schools in São Luís, Maranhão State, Brazil. Three-stage random cluster sampling was performed in schools, classes, and students. Food consumption was studied with a food frequency questionnaire, and dietary patterns were extracted by principal components factor analysis. Assessment of factors associated with inflammatory biomarkers used structura...
Source: Cadernos de Saude Publica - November 24, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Eduarda Gomes Bogea Maylla Luanna Barbosa Martins Cadidja Dayane Sousa do Carmo Joelma Ximenes Prado Teixeira Nascimento Soraia Pinheiro Machado Arruda Cec ília Claudia Costa Ribeiro Ana Karina Teixeira da Cunha Fran ça Ant ônio Augusto Moura da Silva Source Type: research

Environmental characteristics, nutritional and executive functions in children of 6 to 7 years
This study aimed to analyze the socio-environmental characteristics, executive and nutritional functions in children aged 6 to 7 years, from public schools in Alagoas, Brazil. A quantitative, cross-sectional and descriptive study was performed involving 64 children of the mentioned age group, from public schools located in Alagoas: Maceió, on the coast; Major Isidoro, in the hinterland and Palmeira dos Índios, in the country. Such analyzes were made through the application of neuropsychological tests and anthropometric assessment with children and food and socio-environmental surveys with their parents. As for the type o...
Source: Braz J Biol - October 20, 2021 Category: Biology Authors: S R G Silva P V M Azevedo C J Dos Santos J únior J G da Costa J M S J Pav ão A F Dos Santos G C Ferreira-J únior M A Souza M G Dos S Cavalcanti M E O Pereira E C Souza G A Costa C R M Marinho A O G Ilha R S Pinto T J Matos-Rocha Source Type: research