Plasmonics is a research area merging the fields of optics and nanoelectronics by confining
light with relatively large free‐space wavelength to the nanometer scale‐thereby enabling a …

This review examines the social, economic, and political effects of environmental
conservation projects as they are manifested in protected areas. We pay special attention to …

Enhancing the resilience of ecosystem services (ES) that underpin human well-being is
critical for meeting current and future societal needs, and requires specific governance and …

Increasing population and consumption are placing unprecedented demands on agriculture
and natural resources. Today, approximately a billion people are chronically malnourished …

Several studies have shown that global crop production needs to double by 2050 to meet
the projected demands from rising population, diet shifts, and increasing biofuels …

Context There is insufficient information about the effectiveness of medical team training on
surgical outcomes. The Veterans Health Administration (VHA) implemented a formalized …

Many studies have examined the role of mean climate change in agriculture, but an
understanding of the influence of inter-annual climate variations on crop yields in different …

In the coming decades, continued population growth, rising meat and dairy consumption
and expanding biofuel use will dramatically increase the pressure on global agriculture …

Atomic force microscopy is an amazing technique that allies a versatile methodology (that
allows measurement of samples in liquid, vacuum or air) to imaging with unprecedented …

This article presents a critical review of recent writings that argue that people-oriented
approaches to conservation have largely failed to achieve their main goal--the protection of …