Predation Rate on Olive Riley Sea Turtle () Nests with Solitary Nesting Activity from 2008 to 2021 at Corozalito, Costa Rica.

In Corozalito beach, Costa Rica, Olive Ridley turtles () nest both solitarily and in arribadas. The predation of solitary nests was monitored from 2008 to 2021, recording date, time, sector of the beach, zone, status of nest (predated or partially predated) and predator when possible. We recorded 4450 predated nests in total (N = 30,148 nesting events); predation rates showed a fluctuating trend, with recent percentages reaching up to 30%, with four distinctive dips in 2010, 2014, 2016 and 2017.

Dynamics of human take and animal predation on sea turtle nests in Northwest Costa Rica.

Many conservation projects relocate sea turtle eggs to hatcheries to protect the sea turtle nests from the anthropogenic and natural threats they face in the early stages of development. The Rescue Center for Endangered Marine Species (CREMA) manages four sea turtle conservation projects on the nesting beaches of the Southern Nicoya Peninsula in Costa Rica, where the predominant nesting activity is from olive ridley turtles (). Two of these nesting projects are based in Costa de Oro and San Miguel, which are adjacent beaches divided by an estuary.

Corozalito: a nascent arribada nesting beach in Costa Rica.

Costa Rica hosts two renowned olive ridley () arribada beaches: Nancite and Ostional. In addition, the country hosts a third nascent arribada beach in Corozalito. We documented the frequency of arribada events in Corozalito (9°50'55.

MRI Screening of Mutation Carriers: Comparison of Standard Protocol and Abbreviated Protocols With and Without T2-Weighted Images.

Increasing evidence supports the role of abbreviated MRI protocols for breast cancer detection. However, abbreviated protocols have been poorly studied in patients who are or mutation carriers. Furthermore, the need for T2-weighted sequences in abbreviated protocols remains controversial.

Multidimensional Diffusion Magnetic Resonance Imaging for Characterization of Tissue Microstructure in Breast Cancer Patients: A Prospective Pilot Study.

Diffusion-weighted imaging is a non-invasive functional imaging modality for breast tumor characterization through apparent diffusion coefficients. Yet, it has so far been unable to intuitively inform on tissue microstructure. In this IRB-approved prospective study, we applied novel multidimensional diffusion (MDD) encoding across 16 patients with suspected breast cancer to evaluate its potential for tissue characterization in the clinical setting.