The COVID-19 pandemic has had a considerable impact on mundane daily tasks and significant cultural practices, including funerals and burials.Growing up, I observed that death in my family is a well-respected cultural process.It is believed that those who departed into the spirit world will be joining the living dead in the afterlife.For the deceas
Tropospheric delay is one of the main errors affecting high-precision positioning and navigation and is a key parameter of water vapor detection in the Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS).The second Modern-Era Retrospective analysis for Research and Applications (MERRA-2) is the latest generation of reanalysis data collected by the National A
New distributional data are reported on Tall Freezer the rare phanaeine dung beetle, Oxysternon pteroderum Nevinson, 1892, based on five specimens recently collected between 1985 and 2010.Before the present study, Oxysternun pteroderum had been reported Eye Color solely from the super-moist Atlantic coastal forests of southeastern Brazil.We now bel
Abstract Alien species are organisms introduced into an area outside of their natural range and are considered a major cause of biodiversity loss in the marine environment.The aim of this work is to report on the alien crustacean species observed in Ecuador.A bibliographic review was conducted using a digital search in the scientific literature.A t
This commentary discusses the role of the Social and Solidarity Economy (SSE) in the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the UN.The fast pace of urbanization has caused many social and environmental problems on our planet.Instead of following the profit-maximization approach for development, SSE is regarded as one of the P