Are Past Sea-Ice Reconstructions Based on Planktonic Foraminifera Realistic? Study of the Last 50 ka as a Test to Validate Reconstructed Paleohydrography Derived from Transfer Functions Applied to Their Fossil Assemblages

Since its existence, paleoceanography has relied on fossilized populations of planktonic foraminifera.Except for pussy-pumps some extreme environments, this calcareous protist group composes most of the silty-to-sandy fraction of the marine sediments, i.e., the foraminiferal oozes, and its extraction is probably the simplest among the currently exi

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Why Parents Say No to Having Their Children Vaccinated against Measles: A Systematic Review of the Social Determinants of Parental Perceptions on MMR Vaccine Hesitancy

Ongoing outbreaks of measles threaten its elimination status in the United States.Its resurgence points to lower parental vaccine confidence and local pockets of unvaccinated and undervaccinated individuals.The geographic clustering of hesitancy to MMR indicates the presence of social drivers that shape parental perceptions and decisions on immuniz

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