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Pesticide Residues and Health Risk Assessment in Tomatoes and Lettuces from Farms of Metropolitan Region Chile

Sebastian Elgueta,
Marcela Valenzuela,
Marcela Fuentes,
Pablo Meza,
Juan Pablo Manzur,
Shaofeng Liu,
Guoqing Zhao and
Arturo Correa

Molecules2020, 25(2), 355;https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules25020355

15 January 2020

Over the last years, the detection of pesticide residues in the official food surveillance programs of Chile has been increased, mainly in fresh vegetables such as tomatoes and lettuces. The Metropolitana Region of Chile presents the highest detectio...

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Risk Factors for Positivity to Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia coli and Salmonella enterica in Backyard Production Systems Animals from Metropolitana Region, Chile: A Threat to Public Health?

Erika Pavez-Muñoz,
Bastián Fernández-Sanhueza,
Constanza Urzúa-Encina,
Nicolás Galarce and
Raúl Alegría-Morán

Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health2021, 18(20), 10730;https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph182010730

13 October 2021

In the Metropolitana region of Chile there are 3836 backyard production systems (BPS), characterized as small-scale systems. They act as a source of zoonotic pathogens, such as Salmonella enterica and Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC), wh...

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Spatio-Temporal Behavior of Land Surface Temperatures (LSTs) in Central Chile, Using Terra MODIS Images

Pedro Muñoz-Aguayo,
Luis Morales-Salinas,
Roberto Pizarro,
Alfredo Ibáñez,
Claudia Sangüesa,
Guillermo Fuentes-Jaque,
Cristóbal Toledo and
Pablo A. Garcia-Chevesich

Hydrology2024, 11(7), 103;https://doi.org/10.3390/hydrology11070103

12 July 2024

Land surface temperature (LST) is one of the most important variables in the physical processes of surface energy and water balance. The temporal behavior of LST was analyzed between the latitudes 32°00′ S and 34°24′ S (Valpara&ia...

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Epidemiological Characterization of Isolates of Salmonella enterica and Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia coli from Backyard Production System Animals in the Valparaíso and Metropolitana Regions

Constanza Urzúa-Encina,
Bastián Fernández-Sanhueza,
Erika Pavez-Muñoz,
Galia Ramírez-Toloza,
Mariela Lujan-Tomazic,
Anabel Elisa Rodríguez and
Raúl Alegría-Morán

Animals2023, 13(15), 2444;https://doi.org/10.3390/ani13152444

28 July 2023

Backyard production systems (BPS) are distributed worldwide, rearing animals recognized as reservoirs of Salmonella enterica and Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC), both zoonotic pathogens. The aim of this study was to characterize isolate...

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Oil Content and Fatty Acid Composition in Castor Bean Naturalized Accessions under Mediterranean Conditions in Chile

Celián Román-Figueroa,
Mara Cea,
Manuel Paneque and
María Eugenia González

Agronomy2020, 10(8), 1145;https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy10081145

6 August 2020

Castor bean is found in Chile between the Arica and Parinacota and Maule regions and is one the most important industrial crops worldwide because of the presence of ricinoleic acid in its oil. However, there is little information about it in our coun...

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Hydrological Early Warning System Based on a Deep Learning Runoff Model Coupled with a Meteorological Forecast

Alberto de la Fuente,
Viviana Meruane and
Carolina Meruane

Water2019, 11(9), 1808;https://doi.org/10.3390/w11091808

30 August 2019

The intensification of the hydrological cycle because of global warming raises concerns about future floods and their impact on large cities where exposure to these events has also increased. The development of adequate adaptation solutions such as e...

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