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Adaptation to Aymara language and analysis of the psychometric properties of the Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9) in Peruvian and Bolivian populations [PDF]
BMC PsychologyObjective To culturally adapt the Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9) for Aymara-speaking populations in Peru and Bolivia and to evaluate its psychometric properties.
Julio Cjuno +9 more
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Perceptions of Cancer Risks Among Indigenous Women in Bolivia: A Qualitative Study. [PDF]
Health Sci RepABSTRACT Background and Aims Cancer is responsible for nearly 20% of all deaths in Bolivia. This study explored sociocultural factors, risk perceptions, and healthcare‐seeking behaviors associated with cancer among Aymara women in a high‐altitude community in rural Bolivia.
Christensen EG +6 more
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Human adaptation to high-altitude: A contemporary comparison of the oxygen cascade in Andean, Tibetan and Ethiopian highlanders. [PDF]
Exp PhysiolAbstract Human populations native to high altitude have evolved distinct physiological adaptations to chronic hypoxia. This adaptation is evident in the O2 transport cascade. In this review, with brief inclusion of the related genetic adaptations, we compare the O2 cascade across three well‐characterized high‐altitude populations: Andeans (Aymara and ...
Getu AA +5 more
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Alternatively spliced NFKB1 transcripts enriched in Andean Aymara modulate inflammation, HIF and hemoglobin [PDF]
Nature CommunicationsThe molecular basis of increased hemoglobin in Andean Aymara highlanders is unknown. We conducted an integrative analysis of whole-genome-sequencing and granulocytes transcriptomics from Aymara and Europeans in Bolivia to explore genetic basis of the ...
Jihyun Song +9 more
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Designing a communication strategy to promote Alzheimer's disease prevention: The CULTIVAMENTE campaign. [PDF]
Alzheimers DementAbstract INTRODUCTION Awareness of Alzheimer's disease (AD) prevention remains limited in community settings, contributing to low adoption of evidence‐based recommendations. This study aimed to design a context‐tailored communication strategy for older adults and health‐care providers.
Aravena JM +10 more
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Abstract This chapter offers a grammatical description of Aymara [ISO 639-3: ayc, Glottocode: sout2996]. Aymara is an is agglutinative, suffix-only Aymaran language, spoken mainly in Peru and Bolivia. After providing an overview of the Aymaran family, I describe the complex phonology and phonotactics, with a special focus on ...
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Susti, Alejandro (ed.). Abelardo Oquendo: la crítica literaria como creación.
Metáfora, 2021 Uno de los ejercicios literarios menos atendidos por la esfera pública es el de la crítica a través de las reseñas. A menudo, esta se confina en las arcas —casi siempre cerradas— de la universidad. Y en estas, se ubica en las revistas académicas con una
Alex Hurtado Lazo
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International Journal of American Linguistics, 2018 Aymara (ISO aym) is spoken by about two million people, more than half of whom are Bolivian. The other half are mainly Peruvian, with small communities in Chile and Argentina. The Aymaran family (Aymara and Kawki/Jaqaru) is a language isolate, although the Quechuan family is erroneously believed to be related.
Banegas-Flores, Edwin, Coler, Matt
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Estudios Atacameños, 2014 Este artículo analiza las investigaciones antropológicas del pentecostalismo aymara y mapuche en Chile. En concreto, se analizan los presupuestos teóricos presentes en los conceptos de comunidad, sujetos, y su imbricación, presentes en estas ...
Miguel Ángel Mansilla +2 more
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Aymara Gender and Kinship. Bolivian Female Mobilities, and Political Horizons
Mana, 2023 This article has two central objectives. First, to present a review of anthropological studies on gender and kinship in Aymara communities, focusing on the literature produced in Bolivia, Chile, and Peru.
Menara Guizardi +2 more
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