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Gilbert C FAURE
November 24, 2016 12:01 PM
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Remotely piloted aircraft help to assess needs of people fleeing conflicts and persecution in Mali, Nigeria and South Sudan.
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November 17, 2016 8:37 AM
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À l'occasion de la rénovation d'une chambre à sable, un dispositif d'assainissement situé à Orléans, des chercheurs ont pu accéder aux dépôts des eaux usées et pluviales transformés en sédiments et accumulés depuis 1942. Grâce à leurs analyses, ils espèrent reconstruire plus de 70 ans de l’histoire locale.
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November 4, 2016 3:15 PM
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On World Cities Day, UN secretary-general Ban Ki-moon calls for investing on planned urbanisation to maximise the potential of cities.
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September 14, 2016 4:43 AM
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With more than half of the world's population already living in cities and further growth expected, the health of urban dwellers is crucial to global well-being. This Nature Outlook explores some of the obstacles to a healthy, happy urban life – and the development of strategies to overcome them. Free full access Cover art: Jan Kallwejt
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August 18, 2016 11:55 AM
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The International Council for Science is pleased to extend an invitation to its National Scientific Members, International Scientific Union Members, Scientific Associates and Interdisciplinary Bodies (IBs) to attend its Extraordinary General Assembly on 24 October 2016, as part of a joint General Assembly with the International Social Science Council (ISSC). This event is hosted by the Research Council of Norway, a member of the ISSC.
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August 9, 2016 2:47 PM
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Earth Overshoot Day 2016: August 8
As of today, we humans have used as much from nature in 2016 as our planet can renew in a whole year.
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August 8, 2016 10:00 AM
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CDC's Center for Global Health works 24/7 to save lives, reduce disease, and improve health around the world.
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August 8, 2016 9:56 AM
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August 8, 2016 9:49 AM
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IBRO is a global union of neuroscience organizations with the aim to promote and support neuroscience training, teaching, collaborative research and advocacy around the world. More than 80 international, national and regional scientific organizations constitute IBRO's Governing Council which, together with the five IBRO Regional Committees, address the needs and advance the work of individual scientists and research communities everywhere. In addition, IBRO has partnerships with like-minded scientific societies and organizations to identify priorities and help bridge gaps in knowledge, investment and resources in the field of brain research.
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August 8, 2016 7:55 AM
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A partir de lundi, l’humanité puisera dans les réserves naturelles de la Terre de façon irréversible.
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August 6, 2016 5:26 AM
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Without diagnostics, medicine is blind. And yet, diagnostics receive much less attention than vaccines and drugs.
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July 31, 2016 4:12 AM
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Concentrated populations are often seen as a boon for the environment because resources can be easily shared. But so can pathogens. How can cities…
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April 20, 2016 9:20 AM
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The American College of Physicians is urging doctors to raise their voices to help combat the health problems associated with climate change.
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November 22, 2016 4:18 AM
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The 200 years that it took to industrialise the world and seep damaging carbon into the atmosphere can be mitigated within the next three decades, but only if funds are made available to kick-start a rapid decarbonisation process that revolves...
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November 14, 2016 8:44 AM
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Research by Ecosystem Marketplace shows a dramatic surge in payments for watershed services across the United States and around the world.
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October 3, 2016 1:21 PM
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Building more strategic links between urban innovation and global governance will help to tackle today's grand challenges, argues Michele Acuto.
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September 8, 2016 1:59 PM
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August 11, 2016 2:50 PM
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A daily news, jobs, rfp service of the Foundation Center. Philanthropy-related articles and features culled from print and electronic media outlets nationwide.
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August 8, 2016 10:19 AM
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ICSU, together with NASAC and the ISSC, will support 10 research projects across Africa. These projects are expected to generate new solutions-oriented knowledge that will help develop new urban paradigms in Africa and make African cities more resilient, adaptable and healthier. This is the first call in a five-year, 5 million EUR project that seeks to increase the production of high quality, integrated (inter- and transdisciplinary), solutions-oriented research on global sustainability by early career scientists in Africa.
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August 8, 2016 9:57 AM
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August 8, 2016 9:51 AM
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IUMS International Union of Microbiological Societies - Bacteriology, Mycology, Virology
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August 8, 2016 9:43 AM
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Background In response to the interest of a number of its Members, and particularly a large group of Unions, Health and Wellbeing was included as a new priority in the 1st ICSU Strategic Plan, 2006-2011. An initial scoping exercise identified urban areas and systems analysis approaches as two key foci for a potential interdisciplinary programme that could build on ICSU’s unique strengths and fit with its overall mission. Urban Health and Wellbeing and Systems analysis Over half of the World’s population lives in urban areas and the urban population is increasing by about 2% annually. Urbanization presents opportunities and risks, as well as enormous challenges for maintain and improving human health and wellbeing. Systems analysis, which is explicitly designed to deal with complexity, and which draws on insights and inputs from diverse scientific disciplines, is an approach that has unique potential to address these issues. It is an approach that can enable the scientific community to generate and communicate knowledge in a way that can usefully inform policy choices based on the realities of urban environments.
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August 7, 2016 5:12 AM
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Introduction Since 1947, Zika virus has been identified sporadically in humans in Africa and Asia; however, clinically consequential Zika virus disease had not been documented prior to the current outbreak in the Americas. Considering 6 decades have passed since the first identification of the virus, it is perhaps unexpected that Zika virus was recognised only recently as capable of causing disease epidemics. Substantial work on understanding the epidemiology of Zika virus has been conducted since the virus' first outbreak in 2007 in Micronesia; however, there has been little study of the earlier data on Zika virus.
Methods A systematic literature search was conducted to identify evidence of Zika virus infection in humans from 1947 to 2007. Data extracted included seroprevalence of Zika virus infection, age distributions of positive test results and serologic test modalities used. Country-level and age-specific seroprevalence was calculated. Estimates of seroprevalence by different serologic test modalities were compared.
Results 12 026 citations were retrieved by the literature search, and 76 articles were included in this review. Evidence of Zika virus infection in humans was found in 29 countries in Africa, 8 countries in Asia and 1 country in Europe. Country-level seroprevalence of Zika virus infection ranged from 0.4% to 53.3%. Seroprevalence of Zika virus infection was found to increase across the lifespan; 15–40% of reproductive-age individuals may have been previously infected. No significant difference was found between estimates of seroprevalence by different serologic test modalities.
Discussion Zika virus has likely been endemic for decades in certain regions of the world; however, the majority of reproductive-age individuals have likely not been infected. Historical evidence of Zika virus infection exists regardless of the serologic test modality used.
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July 31, 2016 4:15 AM
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April 22, 2016 9:30 AM
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IUBS is a non-governmental, non-profit organisation, established in 1919. IUBS promotes the study of biological sciences, initiates, facilitates and coordinates research and other scientific activities necessitating international, interdisciplinary cooperation.
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