XSL Version: xslver | JobID: JobID | Title: journal-title | Copyright Year 2 | Volume 87 | | Issue issue | pub-date pub-date Bull World Health Organ 2015;93:817 | doi: http://dx.doi.org/12.2471/BLT.15.001215 Environmental impacts of tobacco Thomas E Novotny et al. (877–880) highlight the environmental impacts of tobacco production and use. Rapid tests for malaria Theodoor Visser et al. (862–866...

One of the great challenges of modern molecular biology is the integration of new genetic information into procedures that can be implemented in rapid, cost effective and reliable methods to genotype, phenotype, identify gene function, and development treatment for the disease. One of the major impacts of such methods and procedures is the increase of our knowledge and understanding of human bi...

Introduction Rapid predicted worldwide growth in demand for animal products to 2020—the so-called “next food revolution” in animal agriculture—portends complex interactions among people, biological and geophysical resources, and economic objectives. A restructuring of global food demands is expected: in contrast to current patterns, most (>60%) global production of meat and milk will be consume...

Agriculture will need to significantly intensify in the next decades to continue providing essential nutritive food to a growing global population.However, it can have harmful environmental impacts, due to the use of natural and synthetic resources and the emission of greenhouse gases, which alter the water, carbon and nitrogen cycles, and threaten the fertility, health and biodiversity of land...

Although mining has undeniable importance to the Brazilian economy, the environmental degradation it causes can generate profound impacts on ecosystems and landscapes. Contrary to some expectations (or intentional advertising), that they are only related to pitches and their immediate surroundings, mining impacts indeed reach much further (e.g., Fernandes et al., 2014; Ross et al., 2016; Santos...

Although mining has undeniable importance to the Brazilian economy, the environmental degradation it causes can generate profound impacts on ecosystems and landscapes. Contrary to some expectations (or intentional advertising), that they are only related to pitches and their immediate surroundings, mining impacts indeed reach much further (e.g., Fernandes et al., 2014; Ross et al., 2016; Santos...