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The major barriers to evidence-informed conservation policy and possible solutions
Conservation policy decisions can suffer from a lack of evidence, hindering effective decision-making. In nature conservation, studies investigating why policy is often not evidence-informed have tended to focus on Western democracies, with relatively small samples. To understand global variation and challenges better, we established a global survey aimed at identifying top barriers and solutions to the use of conservation science in policy. This obtained the views of 758 people in policy, practice, and research positions from 68 countries across six languages. Here we show that, contrary to popular belief, there is agreement between groups about how to incorporate conservation science into policy, and there is thus room for optimism. Barriers related to the low priority of conservation were considered to be important, while mainstreaming conservation was proposed as a key solution. Therefore, priorities should focus on convincing the public of the importance of conservation as an issue, which will then influence policy-makers to adopt pro-environmental long-term policies.NERC (1653183)
Grantham Foundation for the Protection of the Environment
Kenneth Miller Trust (unknown)
NERC (1653183)
NERC (NE/L002507/1)
European Commission (308454
Comparative safety of serotonin (5-HT3) receptor antagonists in patients undergoing surgery: a systematic review and network meta-analysis
Hospital Website Rankings in the United States: Expanding Benchmarks and Standards for Effective Consumer Engagement
Pterocarpus angolensis D.C.: field survival strategies, growth, root pruning and fertilization in the nursery
Quality control processes in allografting: A twenty-year retrospective review of a hospital-based bone bank in Taiwan
Cognitive function assessment in idiopathic Parkinson's disease Avaliação da função cognitiva em doença de Parkinson idiopática
Idiopathic Parkinson’s disease (PD) is characterized by reduced nigrostriatal and cortical dopaminergic influence, with changes in movement and, subsequently, behavioral and cognitive disturbances. We studied cognitive impairment in Parkinson’s disease by assessing a group of 30 idiopathic Parkinson’s disease patients with an average age of 64.23 years (PG group) and compared our findings with those for a control group of 30 patients (CG group). All the patients were submitted to the following assessments: motor function, using the UPDRS; staging, using the Hoehn-Yahr scales (PG group only); depression, using the Montgomery-Asberg scale; attention impairment; verbal fluency (FAR and animals); cognitive function, using the Mini Mental State Examination; visuospatial and executive functions; and clock drawing. In addition to altered motor function in PD patients, we found statistically significant differences between PD patients and controls in terms of cognitive function, verbal, executive and visuospatial functions, and attention deficits. Depression was more prevalent in the PG group.<br>A doença de Parkinson idiopática (DP) caracteriza-se pela redução da influĂŞncia dopaminĂ©rgica nigroestriatal e cortical, com alterações em movimentos e posteriormente, comportamentais e cognitivas. Estudamos o comprometimento cognitivo de pacientes portadores de DP, avaliando 30 pacientes com doença de Parkinson idiopática (GP) com mĂ©dia de idade de 64,23 anos e os comparamos com um grupo controle (GC) de 30 pacientes. Todos os pacientes foram submetidos as seguintes avaliações: motora pela escala de UPDRS; estadiamento pela escala de Hoehn-Yahr (somente GP); depressĂŁo pela escala de Montgomery-Asberg; comprometimento da atenção; fluĂŞncia verbal (FAR e animais); função cognitiva pelo Mini Exame do Estado Mental; funções visuoespaciais e executivas e desenho do relĂłgio. ConcluĂmos que na DP os pacientes apresentam alĂ©m das alterações motoras diferenças estatisticamente significativas a nĂvel cognitivo, na função verbal, funções executivas, visuoespaciais e distĂşrbios de atenção. DepressĂŁo foi mais prevalente no GP