Bioclimatic and Landscape Factors drive the Potential Distribution of Philaenus spumarius, Neophilaenus campestris and N. lineatus (Hemiptera, Aphrophoridae) in Southeastern Iberian Peninsula

Philaenus spumarius and Neophilaenus campestris are the main vectors of the invasive bacteria Xylella fastidiosa and key threats to European plant health. Previous studies of the potential distribution of P. spumarius reveal that climatic factors are the main drivers of its distribution on the Mediterranean Basin scale. Other local studies reveal that the landscape could also have a role in the distribution of both species of P. spumarius and N. campestris. Our work is aimed at understanding the role and importance of bioclimatic and landscape environmental factors in the distributions of the vector and potential vector species P. spumarius, N. campestris, N. lineatus and L. coleoptrata on a regional scale across the Autonomous Community of Murcia (SE Spain), a region with relevant environmental gradients of thermality and crop intensity. We used sweeping nets for sampling 100 points during eight months in 2020. Using bioclimatic landscape composition and topographical variables, we carried out habitat suitability models for each species using the maximum entropy algorithm (MaxEnt). Distribution results for P. spumarius, N. campestris and N. lineatus indicate a gradient in habitat suitability, with the optimum in the coldest and wettest areas in landscapes with a high proportion of forest. All three species are absent from the southern third of the study region, the hottest, driest and most intensively cultivated area. These results are useful and should be considered in contingency plans against possible invasions of X. fastidiosa in Mediterranean regions.This research was funded by Dirección General de Producción Agrícola, Ganadera, Pesca y del Medio Marino (Comunidad Autónoma de la Región de Murcia)

Novedades para la flora de la Región de Murcia, II

Se ponen en conocimiento de la comunidad científica nuevas refe-rencias corológicas para la flora de la Región de Murcia: Chei-lanthes hispanica, Dipsacus sativus, Sideritis stachydiodes

Novedades para la flora de la Región de Murcia, III

New records for the Murcian flora are shown to the scientific community: Athamanta vayredana, Bupleurum ranunculoides, Epilobium angustifolium, Kleinia anteuphorbium, Ononis spinosa subsp. antiquorum, Orobanche schultzii, Platanthera algeriensis, Senna artemisioides, Valerianella multidentata and Valerianella microcarpa.Se ponen en conocimiento de la comunidad científica nuevas referencias corológicas para la flora vascular de la Región de Murcia: Athamanta vayredana, Bupleurum ranunculoides, Epilobium angustifolium, Kleinia anteuphorbium, Ononis spinosa subsp. antiquorum, Orobanche schultzii, Platanthera algeriensis, Senna artemisioides, Valerianella multidentata y Valerianella microcarpa

APICAMPUS, a project on Urban beekeeping developed at the University of Malaga

Urban beekeeping has ourished in the last years, with many institutions interested in creating colonies on their roofs. Bees and other animal pollinators contribute to increase food production, making bees essential for agriculture and plant life, in general. And, as bee populations decline, the need for secondary sources of pollinators for agricultural production grows. The Vice-rectorate of Smart-Campus of the University of Malaga focuses on two fundamen tal aspects: understanding the UMA campus as a Smart City in itself and marking new lines of action at the academic level that will make the UMA an international benchmark in Sustainability. Framed in the program above mentioned, APICAMPUS is a pilot and interdisciplinary project that involves researchers and students belonging to 4 departments of 2 university faculties together with Bee Garden Malaga, a multi-disciplinary environmental company with thematic areas on beekeeping. The project aims to promote the development of beekeeping in urban environments, raising awareness about the importance of the bees as pollinating insects, as well as the use of the beehive products. For the above mentioned, two beehives Langstroth type, were installed at the roof of the Faculty of Science, a traditional wooden one, and another made of polystyrene. The main interest of this project lies in the monitoring of the hives by means of temperature and humidity sensors, electronic scales for weight control, video cameras located inside and outside of them, together with the use of bee-marking systems. Additionally, analysis for characterizing and study the origin and the properties of the beehive products will be carried out, as well as field monitoring to highlight the situation of pollinators at the University Campus of Teatinos. Although the samplings have barely begun, this communication intends to be the offcial presentation of the project APICAMPUS to the scientific community.Universidad de Málaga. Campus de Excelencia Internacional Andalucía Tech

Risk profiles and one-year outcomes of patients with newly diagnosed atrial fibrillation in India: Insights from the GARFIELD-AF Registry.

BACKGROUND: The Global Anticoagulant Registry in the FIELD-Atrial Fibrillation (GARFIELD-AF) is an ongoing prospective noninterventional registry, which is providing important information on the baseline characteristics, treatment patterns, and 1-year outcomes in patients with newly diagnosed non-valvular atrial fibrillation (NVAF). This report describes data from Indian patients recruited in this registry. METHODS AND RESULTS: A total of 52,014 patients with newly diagnosed AF were enrolled globally; of these, 1388 patients were recruited from 26 sites within India (2012-2016). In India, the mean age was 65.8 years at diagnosis of NVAF. Hypertension was the most prevalent risk factor for AF, present in 68.5% of patients from India and in 76.3% of patients globally (P < 0.001). Diabetes and coronary artery disease (CAD) were prevalent in 36.2% and 28.1% of patients as compared with global prevalence of 22.2% and 21.6%, respectively (P < 0.001 for both). Antiplatelet therapy was the most common antithrombotic treatment in India. With increasing stroke risk, however, patients were more likely to receive oral anticoagulant therapy [mainly vitamin K antagonist (VKA)], but average international normalized ratio (INR) was lower among Indian patients [median INR value 1.6 (interquartile range {IQR}: 1.3-2.3) versus 2.3 (IQR 1.8-2.8) (P < 0.001)]. Compared with other countries, patients from India had markedly higher rates of all-cause mortality [7.68 per 100 person-years (95% confidence interval 6.32-9.35) vs 4.34 (4.16-4.53), P < 0.0001], while rates of stroke/systemic embolism and major bleeding were lower after 1 year of follow-up. CONCLUSION: Compared to previously published registries from India, the GARFIELD-AF registry describes clinical profiles and outcomes in Indian patients with AF of a different etiology. The registry data show that compared to the rest of the world, Indian AF patients are younger in age and have more diabetes and CAD. Patients with a higher stroke risk are more likely to receive anticoagulation therapy with VKA but are underdosed compared with the global average in the GARFIELD-AF. CLINICAL TRIAL REGISTRATION-URL: http://www.clinicaltrials.gov. Unique identifier: NCT01090362

Gestión del conocimiento. Perspectiva multidisciplinaria. Volumen 17

El libro “Gestión del Conocimiento. Perspectiva Multidisciplinaria”, Volumen 17 de la Colección Unión Global, es resultado de investigaciones. Los capítulos del libro, son resultados de investigaciones desarrolladas por sus autores. El libro es una publicación internacional, seriada, continua, arbitrada, de acceso abierto a todas las áreas del conocimiento, orientada a contribuir con procesos de gestión del conocimiento científico, tecnológico y humanístico. Con esta colección, se aspira contribuir con el cultivo, la comprensión, la recopilación y la apropiación social del conocimiento en cuanto a patrimonio intangible de la humanidad, con el propósito de hacer aportes con la transformación de las relaciones socioculturales que sustentan la construcción social de los saberes y su reconocimiento como bien público

Geolingüística de especies leñosas de la Península Ibérica : implicaciones en biogeografía histórica y paleoecologia / Antonio Félix Carrillo López, directores Santiago Fernández Jiménez, Juan Luis Román del Cerro y José Sebastián Carrión García

Tesis-Universidad de Murcia.Consulte la tesis en: BCA. GENERAL. ARCHIVO UNIVERSITARIO. T.M. 3687

La Higuera: el primer árbol cultivado en el entorno mediterráneo mediante reproducción vegetativa

Los árboles frutales no han jugado un papel importante en la comprensión de la interacción hombre-planta, dandose mas relevancia a la de las herbáceas, a pesar de que el olivo, la palmera y la  higuera han sido utilizados como frutal desde los albores del ser humano. Y es sobre esta última que haremos un estudio desde aspectos muy diversos,  tales como origen, presencia en yacimientos,valor ecológico y medicinal, incluso en la mitología, la literatura y las tradiciones populares, sin olvidar su papel en la economía y los cultivos en la zona mediterranea, entre ellos Cieza

La Higuera: el primer árbol cultivado en el entorno mediterráneo mediante reproducción vegetativa

Los árboles frutales no han jugado un papel importante en la comprensión de la interacción hombre-planta, dandose mas relevancia a la de las herbáceas, a pesar de que el olivo, la palmera y la  higuera han sido utilizados como frutal desde los albores del ser humano. Y es sobre esta última que haremos un estudio desde aspectos muy diversos,  tales como origen, presencia en yacimientos,valor ecológico y medicinal, incluso en la mitología, la literatura y las tradiciones populares, sin olvidar su papel en la economía y los cultivos en la zona mediterranea, entre ellos Cieza