Since 2011, the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has maintained the Better Life Initiative, which proposes a quality-of-life index called Better Life Index (BLI), consisting of 11 dimensions.This paper presents a multivariate analysis approach that aims to reduce the BLI dimensions.For this purpose, we applied factor ex
Aphis gossypii is a cosmopolitan aphid species able to colonize hundreds of plant species from various families [1].It causes serious damage to a wide range of crops and it is considered a major pest of cucurbits and cotton [2].It reproduces clonally, by obligate parthenogenesis, on secondary hosts present throughout the year in the intertropical a
A cultivation-dependent approach revealed that highly diverse populations of Streptomyces TRANQUIL SLEEP were present in atmospheric precipitations from a hailstorm event sampled in February 2016 in the Cantabrian Sea coast, North of Spain.A total of 29 bioactive Streptomyces strains isolated from small samples of hailstone and rainwater, collected
Background Of the 14 low- and middle-income countries with the Brow Brush greatest number of smokers, nine countries implemented improved packaging laws between 2015 and 2017.Using the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) as a global benchmark, we compared in-country legislation from nine countries with Article 11 recommendations, assesse