Contributions to Science

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  Año 2012, Vol. 8, Número 1

  • Margalef Prize Lecture 2011

    • Conservation and social-ecological systems in the 21st century of the Anthropocene era

      Juan Carlos Castilla

      • Resumen
      • Texto completo

      págs. 11-21

      

  • Focus

    • Rachel Carson, sensitive and perceptive interpreter of nature

      Joan Domènec Ros

      • Resumen
      • Texto completo

      págs. 23-32

      

    • The theme of Earth Day and the social perception of what is really happening to our planet

      Tomàs Molina

      • Resumen
      • Texto completo

      págs. 33-40

      

    • Recent large earthquakes from a geophysical perspective

      Emma Suriñach Cornet

      • Resumen
      • Texto completo

      págs. 41-46

      

    • Sea and sky: The marine biosphere as an agent of change

      Rafel Simó Martorell

      • Resumen
      • Texto completo

      págs. 47-52

      

    • What can we learn from past warm periods?

      Raymond S. Bradley

      • Resumen
      • Texto completo

      págs. 53-59

      

  • The Nobel Prizes of 2011

    • Dendritic cells (DC) and their Toll-like receptors (TLR): Vital elements at the core of all individual immune responses. On the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2011 awarded to Bruce A. Beutler, Jules A. Hoffmann, and Ralph M. Steinman

      Manel Juan Otero

      • Resumen
      • Texto completo

      págs. 61-68

      

    • The accelerated universe: On the Nobel Prize in Physics 2011 awarded to Saul Perlmutter, Brian P. Schmidt, and Adam G. Riess

      Eduard Masso i Soler

      • Resumen
      • Texto completo

      págs. 69-75

      

  • Research articles

    • Ethnobotanical study of the sages used in traditional Valencian medicine and as essential oil: Characterization of an endemic Salvia and its contribution to local development

      Vanessa Martínez-Francés, Emeline Hahn, Jorge Juan Vicedo, Roser Vila Casanovas, Segundo Ríos Ruiz, Salvador Cañigueral Folcará

      • Resumen
      • Texto completo

      págs. 77-84

      

  • Forum

    • The Museu Blau, a natural history museum for the 21st century

      Mercè Piqueras, Ricardo Guerrero Lemus, Anna Omedes

      • Texto completo

      págs. 85-91

      

    • A transition from indigenous to European technology in colonial Mexico: The case of tequila

      José María Murià Rouret

      • Texto completo

      págs. 93-98

      

  • Historical Corner

    • Fighting against smallpox around the world: The vaccination expeditions of Xavier de Balmis (1803–1806) and Josep Salvany (1803–1810)

      Francesc Asensi i Botet

      • Texto completo

      págs. 99-105

      

  • Biography and Bibliography

    • Professor Creu Casas i Sicart (1913–2007

      Xavier Llimona Pàges

      • Texto completo

      págs. 107-117