Mapping forest-agroforest frontiers in the Peruvian Amazon with deep learning and PlanetScope satellite data by Wanting Yang, Daniel Ortiz-Gonzalo, Xiaoye Tong, Dimitri Gominski, Rasmus Fensholt

“…Monitoring complex and dynamic land systems such as tropical agroforests using remote sensing presents a significant challenge in ecological research. …”
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Limites de la cooperación internacional ambiental: el caso del Programa Piloto para la Protección de los Bosques Tropicales de Brasil by Elimar Pinheiro do Nascimento, Joseph S. Weiss

“…Beyond its many achievements, an analysis of the green alliances of the Pilot Program for the Protection of the Tropical Forests of Brazil (PPG7, Portuguese acronym), as well as the conflicts present in its creation and implementation, of the results achieved, and of the circumstances in which it came to an end, demonstrate that the PPG7 contributed little to the conservation of the forest, the institutional strengthening of the Amazon region, or its sustainable development. …”
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Fruto de naidi (Euterpe oleracea) y su perspectiva en la seguridad alimentaria colombiana by Sandra Patricia Montenegro-Gómez, Maité Rosales-Escarria

“…Euterpe oleracea es una palma originaria de Suramérica, su distribución es netamente tropical y subtropical. Su fruto es altamente aprove - chado en Brasil, donde se conoce como açai. …”
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Six new species of zombie-ant fungi from Yunnan in China by Dexiang Tang, Ou Huang, Weiqiu Zou, Yuanbing Wang, Yao Wang, Quanying Dong, Tao Sun, Gang Yang, Hong Yu

“…They are widespread within tropical forests worldwide, with relatively few reports from subtropical monsoon evergreen broad-leaf forest. …”
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Optimization of meropenem continuous infusion based on Monte Carlo simulation integrating with degradation study. by Nguyen Tran Nam Tien, Vu Ngan Binh, Pham Thi Thanh Ha, Dang Thi Ngoc Lan, Yong-Soon Cho, Nguyen Phuoc Long, Jae-Gook Shin, Nguyen Hoang Anh, Truong Anh Quan, Do Ngoc Tuan, Nguyen Khac Tiep, Pham The Thach, Nguyen Hoang Anh, Vu Dinh Hoa

“…<h4>Conclusion</h4>Meropenem CI with 8 h of renewal infusion, considering stability even in tropical areas, was feasible to maximize the efficacy to difficult-to-treat pathogens.…”
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Defining indicators for disease burden, health outcomes, policies and barriers and facilitators to health services for migrant populations in the Middle East and North African regi... by Charles Agyemang, Ali Ardalan, Farah Seedat, Bouchra Assarag, Nuria Casamitjana, Kolitha Wickramage, Sally Hargreaves, Ana Requena-Mendez, Fouad M Fouad, Dominik Zenner, Anna Deal, Stella Evangelidou, Wafa Saidi, Chiaki Ito, Oumnia Bouaddi, Moudrick Abdellatifi, Alba Cuxart-Graell, Hassan Edries, Eman Elafef, Taha Maatoug, Anissa Ouahchi, Liv Mathilde Pampiri, Sara Arias, Adel Abdelkhalek, Ahmed Hamed Arisha, Ibrahim Ahmed Bani, Aasmaa Chaoui, Wafa Chemao-Elfihri, Kenza Hassouni, Mahmoud Hilali, Mohamed Khalis, Wejdene Mansour, Ali Mtiraoui, MENA Migrant Health Working Group, Asad Adam, Adnene Ben Haj Aissa, Salma Altyib, Hanen Ben Belgacem, Imane Belkhammar, Thomas Calvot, Luciana Ceretti, Nelly Chavassieux, Hassan Chrifi, Mohamed Douagi, Algdail Elnil, Gonzalo Fanjul, Ahmed Hamed, Abdedayem Khelifi, Lora Makhlouf, Maissa Mokni, Davide Olchini, Tarik Oufkir, Nasong Park, Giuseppe Raffa, Sandra Santafé, Alice Sironi, Fatma Temimi, Zeineb Turki

“…This protocol describes a suite of seven systematic reviews that aim to identify, appraise and synthesise the available evidence on the burden and health outcomes, policies and access (barriers and facilitators) related to these mobile populations in the region.Methods Seven systematic reviews will cover three questions to explore the: (1) burden and health outcomes, (2) policies and (3) healthcare barriers and facilitators for the following seven disease areas in migrants in the MENA region: tuberculosis, HIV and hepatitis B and C, malaria and neglected tropical diseases, diabetes, mental health, maternal and neonatal health, and vaccine-preventable diseases. …”
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Dengue’s climate conundrum: how vegetation and temperature shape mosquito populations and disease outbreaks by Nur Athen Mohd Hardy Abdullah, Nazri Che Dom, Siti Aekball Salleh, Rahmat Dapari, Nopadol Precha

“…Abstract Introduction Dengue, a prevalent mosquito-borne viral disease in tropical regions, is influenced by environmental factors such as rainfall, temperature, and urbanization. …”
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PrevenSoft, una herramienta para la preparación de estudiantes de las ciencias médicas ante desastres naturales by Michel Torres Leyva, Margarita Montes de Oca Carmenaty, Lianay Mercedes Suárez Sotomayor, Inalvis Alfonseca Miranda, Luis Alberto Lazo Herrera

“… Introducción: Cuba es un país tropical, asediado por disimiles fenómenos naturales, que cada vez son más frecuentes y agresivos; la confección de una multimedia como material de apoyo en la disciplina Preparación para la Defensa, tiene gran impacto desde el punto de vista económico y social. …”
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Screening for schistosomiasis in a non-endemic setting: Accuracy of a rapid antibody test using finger prick blood by Margherita Ortalli, Bianca Granozzi, Michele Bacchiega, Concettina Di Lillo, Greta Roncarati, Silvia Stefania Longoni, Cristina Mazzi, Elisa Vanino, Zeno Bisoffi, Stefania Varani

“…Human schistosomiasis is a chronic neglected tropical disease caused by blood flukes of the genus Schistosoma, infecting 250 million people worldwide, mostly in sub-Saharan Africa. …”
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El (auto) tropicalismo en Costa Rica: Un análisis de la marca-país del Instituto Costarricense de Turismo dentro de la geopolítica del turismo by Santiago Navarro

“…Este proceso refleja una división global del sistema mundo (Wallerstein, 2005), en la cual los centros mundiales conforman “periferias del placer” (Ash y Turner, 1999), donde algunas se encuentran dentro del circuito geográfico tropical del planeta bajo imaginarios de exotismo (Beltrán, 2008) específicos, los cuales podríamos denominar como “tropicalismo”. …”
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Macrophage Activation Syndrome/Secondary Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis in Adult‐Onset Still's Disease: An Uncommon Initial Presentation in a Young Nepalese Female: A Case Repo... by Kanchan Bishwakarma, Kajal Bishwakarma, Sunil Bogati, Saket Jha

“…ESR/CRP and lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) were elevated, and ferritin was 38,291 ng/mL. Tropical disease screening, blood culture, viral serologies, imaging for malignancies, and autoimmune disease panels were negative. …”
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Spacetime modeling of mortality by infectious and parasitic diseases in Brazil: a 20-year ecological and population-based study by Lucas Almeida Andrade, Carlos Dornels Freire de Souza, Wandklebson Silva da Paz, Danilo de Gois Souza, José Augusto Passos Góes, Emerson Lucas Silva Camargo, Álvaro Francisco Lopes de Sousa, Liliane Moretti Carneiro, Isabel Amélia Costa Mendes, Karina Machado Araújo, Allan Dantas dos Santos, Márcio Bezerra-Santos

“…The leading causes of death included acute respiratory infections ( n  = 1,130,069; 52.49%), septicemia ( n  = 289,817; 13.46%), human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome ( n  = 232,892; 10.82%), tuberculosis ( n  = 104,121; 4.84%), and neglected tropical diseases such as Chagas disease ( n  = 94,788; 4.40%) and schistosomiasis ( n  = 10,272; 0.48%). …”
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Forecasting models for leprosy cases: a scoping review protocol by Bruna Oliveira Ascef, Gustavo Laine Araújo de Oliveira, Carmelita Ribeiro Filha Coriolano, Haliton Alves De Oliveira Junior

“…Introduction Leprosy is a neglected tropical disease caused by Mycobacterium leprae that mainly affects the skin, the peripheral nerves, the mucosa of the upper respiratory tract and the eyes. …”
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Dysregulation of Metabolic Peptides Precedes Hyperinsulinemia and Inflammation Following Exposure to Rotenone in Rats by Vandana Zaman, Denise Matzelle, Naren L. Banik, Azizul Haque

“…Rotenone, a naturally occurring compound derived from the roots of tropical plants, is used as a broad-spectrum insecticide, piscicide, and pesticide. …”
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Phylogeny and taxonomy of Nigroporus (Polyporales, Basidiomycota) with four new species from Asia and Oceania by Xiang-Lin Li, Yu-Cheng Dai, Zhan-Bo Liu, Yu-Han Jiang, Hong-Gao Liu, Yuan Yuan

“…Nigroporus austroasianus is characterized by smaller pores measuring 10–13 per mm, generative hyphae dominant in the tube trama, small basidiospores measuring 3–4.1 × 1.5–2 μm and a distribution in Malaysia and tropical to subtropical regions of China. Nigroporus subvinosus is characterized by skeletal hyphae with thin to slightly thick walls, barrel- to pear-shaped basidia, and long cystidioles measuring 10–18 µm and is common in Asia. …”
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Prevalence, aetiology, and service mapping of dementia in rural Uganda. Part of DEPEND Uganda (Dementia Epidemiology, unmet Need and co-Developing Solutions in Uganda). [version 2;... by Joseph Mugisha, Nicholas J Ashton, Claire J Steves, Racheal Alinaitwe, Josephine Prynn, Tunde Peto, Beatrice Kimono, Martin Prince

“…Methods The study is nested within the General Population Cohort run by the Medical Research Council/Uganda Virus Research Institute & London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine Research Unit. All adults aged 60+ (around 1400) are undergoing brief cognitive screening. …”
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The international multi-system OSEs/OSSEs by the UN Ocean Decade Project SynObs and its early results by Yosuke Fujii, Yosuke Fujii, Elisabeth Remy, Magdalena Alonso Balmaseda, Shoichiro Kido, Jennifer Waters, K. Andrew Peterson, Gregory C. Smith, Ichiro Ishikawa, Kamel Chikhar

“…For example, impacts of the altimetry data on the assimilated sea surface height (SSH) field are generally large in the westerly boundary current regions and around Antarctic Circumpolar Currents where SSH has large variability but are small in the tropical regions, despite the relatively large SSH variability there. …”
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Ecological Drivers of Molt‐Breeding Overlap, an Unusual Life‐History Strategy of Small‐Island Birds? by Christopher C. De Ruyck, Nicola Koper

“…We evaluated three hypotheses explaining drivers of molt‐breeding overlap (constraints on molt rate, unpredictable food abundance, and limited duration of food abundance), and suggest that widespread overlap in small‐island tropical communities may be the result of generalist foraging adaptations and restricted time periods of sufficient invertebrate availability for successful breeding and molt to occur. …”
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Effect of Population Growth on Climate Change in Nyakishenyi Sub-County Rukungiri District Uganda. by Arinda, Nicholus

“…The study concluded that climate change impacts, including increased frequency and intensity of tropical cyclones, rising sea levels, decreased crop yields, and water shortages during dry seasons, are already prevalent rather than future threats. …”
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SCoralDet: Efficient real-time underwater soft coral detection with YOLO by Zhaoxuan Lu, Lyuchao Liao, Xingang Xie, Hui Yuan

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