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Ground vegetation (GV) is an important component from which many forest biodiversity indicators can be estimated. To formulate policies at European level, taking into account biodiversity, European National Forest Inventories (NFIs) are one of the most important sources of forest information. However, for monitoring GV, there are several definitions, data collection methods, and different possible indicators. Even though it must be considered that natural conditions in different countries form very different understory types, each one has its own cost-efficient monitoring design, and they can hardly be compared. Therefore, the development of general guidelines is a particularly complex issue. This paper is a review of data collection methods and consequently a selection of the best available methods for the set of indicators with an emphasis on GV sampling methodologies in NFIs. As a final result, recommendations on GV definitions and classifications, sampling methodologies, and indicators are formulated for NFIs. Different sampling areas are recommended for each life form (shrubs, herbs, etc.). Inventory cycles and sampling seasons (depending on the phonological stages) should be specially considered and evaluated in the results. The proposed indicators are based on composition at different levels of sampling intensity for each life form and on coverage measurements.
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Biodiversity , Environmental Monitoring/methods , Plants , TreesABSTRACT
We report a new case of supraglottic primary laryngeal lymphoma. The tumor was a B-cell, non-Hodgkin lymphoma with good response to polychemotherapy and radiotherapy. Although the head and neck region is a frequent site of origin of extranodal non-Hodgkin lymphomas, laryngeal involvement is exceptional. Including this case, 88 primary laryngeal lymphomas have been reported in the literature.
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Laryngeal Neoplasms , Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin , Female , Humans , Laryngeal Neoplasms/diagnosis , Laryngeal Neoplasms/therapy , Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin/diagnosis , Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin/therapy , Magnetic Resonance Imaging , Middle Aged , Tomography, X-Ray ComputedABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE: To identify the defining characteristics of Primary (PC) and Specialist Care (SC), along with the level of concordance between managers in both sectors in the definition of these characteristics. SETTING: Intermediate course in Administration of the Andalucian School of Public Health, Granada. DESIGN: By means of the Philips 66 technique, followed by consensus construction, the enumeration of the characteristics of care sectors was requested of the managers, who had been previously selected for an Administration course. The procedure was repeated on five different occasions between 1991 and 1993. For each technique four groups were created (two formed by PC and two by SC professionals), in order to obtain self-referred (PC professionals assess PC and the SC ones, SC) and crossed assessments (PC professionals assess SC and vice versa). PARTICIPANTS: 116 professionals in all took part, 55 from the PC sphere, 45 SC and 16 in provincial and/or central services. RESULTS: There was dissonance in the expectations that managers placed in each sector of the health care system. PC managers' views of SC and SC managers' of PC did not coincide with the views of each group of managers on their own health care sector. CONCLUSIONS: When designing activities to coordinate between sectors, a period of clarification, both on the characteristics of each sector and on the expectations placed on each one, should be included. The subsequent negotiation of these can assist the development and maintenance of joint activities to improve coordination.
