Search results for "CITES"

The rational use of albumin in patients with cirrhosis and ascites

2004

Abstract Background. Ascites is one of the most frequent severe complications in patients with liver cirrhosis. The treatment of this chronic disease usually requires the prolonged use of albumin, frequently continued even after patients’ discharge from the hospital. Aims. Aim of the study was to define a consensus among Italian physicians with regard to the use of albumin in patients with decompensated cirrhosis and ascites. Methods. The study adopted the Delphi technique to conduct the consensus activities. All controversial issues related to the use of albumin were identified by the experts’ board and proposed to the 68 participating hepatology centres through two subsequent questionnair…

Regulating Internet Trade in CITES Species

2013

International trade in species that are or may be endangered by collection from the wild is regulated under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of wild fauna and flora (CITES) for 176 member States (Parties). Internet commerce is a relatively new route for such trade. In 2007, the CITES Secretariat asked Parties to collect information on internet wildlife trade and report problems and implemented regulations. The reports indicated it was difficult to even approximate the influence of e-commerce on CITES-listed species (CITES Secretariat 2009). We report a case study in which we quantified international transactions over an internet auction site of CITES-listed cacti …

Circulatory response to volume expansion and transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt in refractory ascites: Relationship with diastolic dysfunc…

2015

Abstract Background Cirrhotic cardiomyopathy may lead to heart failure in stressful circumstances, such as after transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS) placement. Aim To examine whether acute volume expansion predicts haemodynamic changes after TIPS and elicits signs of impending heart failure. Methods We prospectively evaluated refractory ascites patients (group A) and compensated cirrhotics (group B), who underwent echocardiography, NT-proBNP measurement, and heart catheterization before and after volume load; group A repeated measurements after TIPS. Results 15 patients in group A (80% male; 54 ± 12.4 years) and 8 in group B (100% male; 56 ± 6.2 years) were enrolled. Echoca…

Quality of life in patients with malignant ascites during catumaxomab treatment: Results from the CASIMAS trial.

2012

e13095^ Background: Malignant Ascites (MA) is associated with a poor prognosis and limited palliative treatment options. To demonstrate the value of a new treatment the assessment of quality of life (QoL) is of particular importance. Following the demonstration of catumaxomab’s potential to stabilize QoL and prolong the time to first deterioration of QoL, results from CASIMAS give evidence that the QoL of patients remains unaffected during catumaxomab treatment Methods: In a two-arm, open-label, multicentre phase II/III study 219 patients were randomized to catumaxomab plus premedication of 25 mg prednisolone (111 pts) or to catumaxomab alone (108 pts) QoL was measured using the EQ-5D visu…

Will legal international rhino horn trade save wild rhino populations?

2020

Wild vertebrate populations all over the globe are in decline, with poaching being the second-most-important cause. The high poaching rate of rhinoceros may drive these species into extinction within the coming decades. Some stakeholders argue to lift the ban on international rhino horn trade to potentially benefit rhino conservation, as current interventions appear to be insufficient. We reviewed scientific and grey literature to scrutinize the validity of reasoning behind the potential benefit of legal horn trade for wild rhino populations. We identified four mechanisms through which legal trade would impact wild rhino populations, of which only the increased revenue for rhino farmers cou…

우리말 번역: 국립생물자원관 (Cites and Cacti: a user's guide)

2018

이 책자는 CITES에 대한 슬라이드와 상세 설명으로 이루어져 있다. 다섯 개의 소주제(서론, 부속서 I 등재 선인 장류, 부속서 II 등재 선인장류, CITES의 적용을 받지 않는 선인장류, 선인장 거래와 CITES 이행)를 다루어 관심 분야와필요에따라내용을쉽게찾고이용할수있다.또한본책자가장기간사용될수있도록최대한일반적인 용어를 사용하였다. 매 슬라이드마다 2012년 7월 기준으로 적용되고 있는 상세한 설명을 수록하였다(역자 주 2018년 12월 현재 적용되 는 주요 변경 사항은 역자 주로 추가 설명하였다.). 저자들은 이 책자의 독자들이 본 슬라이드의 내용을 적정하게 편집, 이용하여 필요에 맞게 활용할 수 있기를 기대한다. 예를 들어 독자들이 본 책자의 슬라이드에 자신의 경험이 나 이미지를 추가하여 고유의 슬라이드를 만들어 자신의 발표에 사용할 수 있으며, 참고 자료로 청중들에게 배포 할 수 있을 것이다. 이를 위하여 슬라이드가 담긴 파워포인트 프레젠테이션과 슬라이드와 설명이 모두 담긴 pdf 파 일을 동봉된 USB에 담아 제공하였다.

Succulents and CITES

2009

La utilización de la historia de las ciencias en la enseñanza de la física y la química

1996

Most recently we have assisted to a considerable increase of investigations on cons tructivi Stic approaches to Science teaching, but among all these works we rarely found detailed proposals for including the History and Philosophy of Science. In this paper we consider how to initiate this trend and which should be the aims in order to get a better Science teaching. We consider basically which the pupils’ perceptions of Science in a High School level are in order to show how we can modify them by means of introducing the History of Science under a new perspective.

The diffusion and influence of theoretical models of information behaviour : the case of Savolainen's ELIS model

2020

PurposeTo ascertain the diffusion and influence of Savolainen's ELIS model and its use as a theoretical and/or methodological basis for research.Design/methodology/approachA context citation analysis was made of the work where this researcher published his model. Analysis covered the year of publication, the type of work and the subject matter of the citing documents concerned. In-context citations were analysed for their frequency in each citing text, style, location and content cited.FindingsThe ELIS model received 18.5 cites/year. 20.2 per cent of them corresponded to papers published in journals in other areas, mainly computer science. The average of cites per paper was 1.8; 64.5 percen…

Re-examining the rare and the lost : a review of fossil Tortricidae (Lepidoptera)

2018

We re-evaluate eleven fossils that have previously been assigned to the family Tortricidae, describe one additional fossil, and assess whether observable morphological features warrant confident assignment of these specimens to this family. We provide an overview of the age and origin of the fossils and comment on their contribution towards understanding the phylogeny of the Lepidoptera. Our results show that only one specimen, Antiquatortia histuroides Brown & Baixeras gen. and sp. nov., shows a character considered synapomorphic for the family. Six other fossils ( Electresia zalesskii Kusnezov, 1941; Tortricidrosis inclusa Skalski, 1973; Tortricites skalskii Kozlov, 1988; Tortricibaltia d…