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Perhaps it is not possible to experience all the mysterious sounds, the unfamiliar smells, and the spectacular sights of a tropical rainforest without ever visiting one. But this exhilarating and honest book comes wondrously close to taking the reader on such a journey. Bruce M. Beehler, a widely traveled expert on birds and tropical ecology, recounts fascinating details from twelve field trips he has taken to the tropics over the past three decades. As a researcher, he brings to life the exotic rainforests and the people who inhabit them; as a conservationist, he makes a plea for better ways of managing rainforests-"a resource that the world cannot do without." Drawing on his experiences in Papua New Guinea, India, Madagascar, Indonesia, the Philippines, Panama, and the Ivory Coast, Beehler describes the surprises-both pleasant and unpleasant-of doing science and conservation in the field. He explains the role that rainforests play in the lives of indigenous peoples and the crucial importance of understanding local cultures, customs, and politics. The author concludes with simple but tough solutions for maintaining rainforest health, expressing fervent hope that his great-grandchildren and others may one day also hear the rainforest whisper its secrets.

Birds --- Ornithologists --- Naturalists --- Vertebrates --- Zoology --- Health & Biological Sciences --- Historians, Natural --- Natural historians --- Scientists --- Aves --- Avian fauna --- Avifauna --- Wild birds --- Amniotes --- Ornithology --- Beehler, Bruce McP. --- Beehler, Bruce M. --- Travel.

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Uncertainty quantification (UQ) is a mainstream research topic in applied mathematics and statistics. To identify UQ problems, diverse modern techniques for large and complex data analyses have been developed in applied mathematics, computer science, and statistics. This Special Issue of Mathematics (ISSN 2227-7390) includes diverse modern data analysis methods such as skew-reflected-Gompertz information quantifiers with application to sea surface temperature records, the performance of variable selection and classification via a rank-based classifier, two-stage classification with SIS using a new filter ranking method in high throughput data, an estimation of sensitive attribute applying geometric distribution under probability proportional to size sampling, combination of ensembles of regularized regression models with resampling-based lasso feature selection in high dimensional data, robust linear trend test for low-coverage next-generation sequence data controlling for covariates, and comparing groups of decision-making units in efficiency based on semiparametric regression.

Kullback–Leibler divergence --- geometric distribution --- accuracy --- AUROC --- allele read counts --- mixture model --- low-coverage --- entropy --- gene-expression data --- SCAD --- data envelopment analysis --- LASSO --- high-throughput --- sandwich variance estimator --- adaptive lasso --- semiparametric regression --- ?1 lasso --- Laplacian matrix --- elastic net --- feature selection --- sea surface temperature --- gene expression data --- Skew-Reflected-Gompertz distribution --- lasso --- next-generation sequencing --- BH-FDR --- stochastic frontier model --- ?2 ridge --- geometric mean --- resampling --- Gompertz distribution --- adapative lasso --- group efficiency comparison --- sensitive attribute --- MCP --- probability proportional to size (PPS) sampling --- randomization device --- SIS --- Yennum et al.’s model --- ensembles

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The global food supply chain relies on engineered systems, operational practices, and logistics to preserve, protect, process, and deliver agricultural crops along complex supply lines from farmers in low-, middle-, and high-income countries to markets around the world. Food and nutrition security is compromised by post-harvest losses (and food waste) that have been estimated to be as high as 20% in durable and 40% in perishable crops. Preserving crops using technologies and practices such as timely harvesting, evaporative cooling, cold and frozen storage, drying, and dehydrating, and protecting crops using technologies and practices such as damage-less handling, controlled and modified atmosphere storage, non-chemical heat and gas treatment, plant-derived protective films for individual fruits and vegetables, and improved packaging containers are critical to preserving nutrients, improving livelihoods, and realizing an efficient food system. This Special Issue aims to cover recent progress and innovations in science, technology, engineering, operational practices, and logistics related to post-harvest preservation and protection of durable and perishable agricultural crops. It seeks contributions that improve effectiveness, efficiency, reliability and sustainability in post-harvest handling of crops from field to end use that preserve product quality and result in foods and feeds which are nutritious and safe for human and animal consumption.

Research & information: general --- cold storage --- fresh arils --- dried methods --- total soluble solids --- total phenolic content --- storage stability --- maize --- storage systems --- financial profitability --- aeration --- finite element modeling --- stored products --- temperature sensors --- chlorophyll --- fluorescence --- storage atmosphere --- superficial scald --- rootstock --- 1-MCP --- cost-effectiveness of technology --- controlled atmosphere --- ORAC --- TSS --- acidity --- firmness --- biomass utilization --- economic analysis --- grain dryer --- maize drying --- technical performance --- postharvest technologies --- mango postharvest loss --- Yieldwise Initiative --- IRIV --- LS-SVM --- Korla fragrant pear --- quality parameter --- evaluation --- maize grain storage --- hermetic storage bags --- polypropylene storage bags --- quality attributes --- pesticide residues --- grapes --- cluster fruits --- packaging materials --- transportation and placing --- excitation --- vibration --- signals --- postharvest loss --- shelf stable --- nutrition --- bioactive --- byproducts --- n/a

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The global food supply chain relies on engineered systems, operational practices, and logistics to preserve, protect, process, and deliver agricultural crops along complex supply lines from farmers in low-, middle-, and high-income countries to markets around the world. Food and nutrition security is compromised by post-harvest losses (and food waste) that have been estimated to be as high as 20% in durable and 40% in perishable crops. Preserving crops using technologies and practices such as timely harvesting, evaporative cooling, cold and frozen storage, drying, and dehydrating, and protecting crops using technologies and practices such as damage-less handling, controlled and modified atmosphere storage, non-chemical heat and gas treatment, plant-derived protective films for individual fruits and vegetables, and improved packaging containers are critical to preserving nutrients, improving livelihoods, and realizing an efficient food system. This Special Issue aims to cover recent progress and innovations in science, technology, engineering, operational practices, and logistics related to post-harvest preservation and protection of durable and perishable agricultural crops. It seeks contributions that improve effectiveness, efficiency, reliability and sustainability in post-harvest handling of crops from field to end use that preserve product quality and result in foods and feeds which are nutritious and safe for human and animal consumption.

cold storage --- fresh arils --- dried methods --- total soluble solids --- total phenolic content --- storage stability --- maize --- storage systems --- financial profitability --- aeration --- finite element modeling --- stored products --- temperature sensors --- chlorophyll --- fluorescence --- storage atmosphere --- superficial scald --- rootstock --- 1-MCP --- cost-effectiveness of technology --- controlled atmosphere --- ORAC --- TSS --- acidity --- firmness --- biomass utilization --- economic analysis --- grain dryer --- maize drying --- technical performance --- postharvest technologies --- mango postharvest loss --- Yieldwise Initiative --- IRIV --- LS-SVM --- Korla fragrant pear --- quality parameter --- evaluation --- maize grain storage --- hermetic storage bags --- polypropylene storage bags --- quality attributes --- pesticide residues --- grapes --- cluster fruits --- packaging materials --- transportation and placing --- excitation --- vibration --- signals --- postharvest loss --- shelf stable --- nutrition --- bioactive --- byproducts --- n/a

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Iodine, a key component of thyroid hormones, is considered an essential micronutrient for proper health at all life stages. Indeed, an inadequate dietary intake of iodine is responsible for several functional and developmental abnormalities. The most serious consequences of iodine deficiency include hypothyroidism, early abortion, low birth weight, preterm delivery, neurocognitive impairment, and mental retardation. On the other hand, the consequences of mild-to-moderate iodine deficiency, such as goiter, are less well understood but represent an important priority for research and public health practice. Over the last several decades, many countries across the globe have introduced mandatory salt iodization programs, which have dramatically reduced the number of iodine-deficient countries. However, despite substantial progress worldwide, mild-to-moderate deficiency is still prevalent even in many developed countries. Thus, the ongoing monitoring of the population iodine status remains crucially important, and attention may need to be paid to vulnerable life stage groups.

Humanities --- Social interaction --- iodine deficiency --- schoolchildren --- pregnancy --- iodine prophylaxis --- iodine deficiency disorders --- goiter --- hypothyroidism --- nutraceuticals --- thyroid function --- dietary supplements --- urinary iodine concentration --- iodine --- thyroid hormones --- thyroglobulin --- thyroid stimulating hormone --- preterm birth --- small for gestational age --- iodine nutrition status --- thyroid disease --- thyrotropin --- urine iodine --- epidemiologic studies --- Korean --- Republic of Moldova --- salt --- sodium --- potassium --- population --- Iodine Status --- Food Frequency Questionnaire --- iodized salt --- iodine intake --- dairy intake --- adults --- iodine status --- human milk --- lactation --- infant growth --- iodine schoolchildren --- goitre --- iodised salt --- water iodine --- iodine pregnant women --- cadmium --- myo-inositol --- seleno-L-methionine --- thyroid --- MCP-1 --- CXCL10 --- carnitine --- flavonoids --- melatonin --- omega-3 --- resveratrol --- selenium --- vitamins --- zinc --- perchlorate --- Natrium/Iodide symporter --- endocrine disruptors --- review --- drinking and Food --- Hypothyroidism --- iodine deficiency --- schoolchildren --- pregnancy --- iodine prophylaxis --- iodine deficiency disorders --- goiter --- hypothyroidism --- nutraceuticals --- thyroid function --- dietary supplements --- urinary iodine concentration --- iodine --- thyroid hormones --- thyroglobulin --- thyroid stimulating hormone --- preterm birth --- small for gestational age --- iodine nutrition status --- thyroid disease --- thyrotropin --- urine iodine --- epidemiologic studies --- Korean --- Republic of Moldova --- salt --- sodium --- potassium --- population --- Iodine Status --- Food Frequency Questionnaire --- iodized salt --- iodine intake --- dairy intake --- adults --- iodine status --- human milk --- lactation --- infant growth --- iodine schoolchildren --- goitre --- iodised salt --- water iodine --- iodine pregnant women --- cadmium --- myo-inositol --- seleno-L-methionine --- thyroid --- MCP-1 --- CXCL10 --- carnitine --- flavonoids --- melatonin --- omega-3 --- resveratrol --- selenium --- vitamins --- zinc --- perchlorate --- Natrium/Iodide symporter --- endocrine disruptors --- review --- drinking and Food --- Hypothyroidism