‎let $mathcal{a}$ be a unital banach algebra‎, ‎$mathcal{m}$ be a left $mathcal{a}$-module‎, ‎and $w$ in $mathcal{z}(mathcal{a})$ be a left separating point of $mathcal{m}$‎. ‎we show that if $mathcal{m}$ is a unital left $mathcal{a}$-module and $delta$ is a linear mapping from $mathcal{a}$ into $mathcal{m}$‎, ‎then the following four conditions are equivalent‎: ‎(i) $delta$ is a jordan left de...

Jacob L. slusser works for the Environmental leadership and Training initiative (ElTi), smithsonian Tropical research institute (sTri), ancón, panama city, panama; Alicia Calle is at the university of california-santa cruz, santa cruz, usa; and eva Garen works for the Environmental leadership and Training initiative (ElTi), Yale university, new haven, connecticut, usa. 1.2 sustainable ranching ...

Control of the Panama Canal Basin transfers from the United States of America to the Republic of Panama on the last day of 1999. The Panamanian and United States governments are concerned that the rapid deforestation of the Panama Canal Basin will jeopardize the future operation of the Panama Canal, the capacity and quality of potable water supplied to Panama City, and the diverse rain forest e...

Instituto de Productos Naturales y Agrobiologia del CSIC, Avenida Astrofisico F. Sanchez, 3, 38206 La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain, Universidad de Magallanes, Avenida Bulnes 01855, and Centro de Estudios del Cuaternario, Casilla 113-D, Punta Arenas, Chile, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI), P.O. Box 2072, Balboa, Panama, and Departamento de Biologia Marina y Limnologia, Estafeta Univers...

The Panama grunt is an abundant and commercially important species in the southeastern Gulf of California, but the research undertaken on this species is scarce despite its ecological and economic importance. We studied the feeding habits of Panama grunt through stomach content analyses as a first step towards understanding the biology of this species in the study area. Our results indicate tha...

trends within the forest, intraand interspecific trait variability, and taxonomic signals Gunnar Petter*, Katrin Wagner, Wolfgang Wanek, Eduardo Javier S anchez Delgado, Gerhard Zotz, Juliano Sarmento Cabral and Holger Kreft Biodiversity, Macroecology & Conservation Biogeography Group, University of G€ ottingen, G€ ottingen, Germany; Functional Ecology Group, Institute of Biology and Environmen...

Panama remains free of zoonotic tuberculosis caused by Mycobacterium bovis. However, DNA fingerprinting of 7 M. bovis isolates from a 2013 bovine tuberculosis outbreak indicated minimal homology with strains previously circulating in Panama. M. bovis dispersion into Panama highlights the need for enhanced genotype testing to track zoonotic infections.

Venezuelan equine encephalitis (VEE) is a reemerging, mosquito-borne viral disease of the neotropics that is severely debilitating and sometimes fatal to humans. Periodic epidemics mediated by equine amplification have been recognized since the 1920s, but interepidemic disease is rarely recognized. We report here clinical findings and genetic characterization of 42 cases of endemic VEE detected...

‎Let $mathcal{A}$ be a unital Banach algebra‎, ‎$mathcal{M}$ be a left $mathcal{A}$-module‎, ‎and $W$ in $mathcal{Z}(mathcal{A})$ be a left separating point of $mathcal{M}$‎. ‎We show that if $mathcal{M}$ is a unital left $mathcal{A}$-module and $delta$ is a linear mapping from $mathcal{A}$ into $mathcal{M}$‎, ‎then the following four conditions are equivalent‎: ‎(i) $delta$ is a Jordan left de...