A practical tool for assessing ecosystem services enhancement and degradation associated with invasive alien species.

Current approaches for assessing the effects of invasive alien species (IAS) are biased toward the negative effects of these species, resulting in an incomplete picture of their real effects. This can result in an inefficient IAS management. We address this issue by describing the INvasive Species Effects Assessment Tool (INSEAT) that enables expert elicitation for rapidly assessing the ecological consequences of IAS using the ecosystem services (ES) framework.

Evaluation of a follow up protocol of infants born to mothers with antithyroid antibodies during pregnancy.

Aim: To evaluate the usefulness of a follow up intervention of newborns to mothers with antithyroid antibodies during pregnancy.

Results: We evaluated a 72 mother-infant pairs. Two to three blood tests were done at least in 50% of the infants included in the study during the follow up.