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An education module for enhancing clinical awareness of Chagas disease [PDF]
BACKGROUND: Although Chagas disease is not an endemic health concern in the United States, it is prevalent with estimates of approximately 300,000 infected individuals.
Bernardo, Nathaniel
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Impact of migration on the occurrence of new cases of Chagas disease in Buenos Aires city, Argentina [PDF]
Chagas disease, also known as American Trypanosomiasis, is endemic in the Americas, especially Central and South America. Chagas disease is a zoonotic disease caused by the parasite Trypanosoma cruzi.
Altcheh, Jaime Marcelo+12 more
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Motherhood amidst reprimands and advice: Parenting and class in Rio de Janeiro
Abstract The article explores how the moralization of women mothers in contemporary Brazil reinforces structural inequalities. The analysis focuses on two forms of communication: reprimands and advice directed from experts toward mothers or circulated between mothers of young children in two different social contexts in the city of Rio de Janeiro ...
Laura Lowenkron, Camila Fernandes
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Population models with singular equilibrium [PDF]
A class of models of biological population and communities with a singular equilibrium at the origin is analyzed; it is shown that these models can possess a dynamical regime of deterministic extinction, which is crucially important from the biological standpoint.
arxiv
A numerical method for a class of nonlinear fractional advection-diffusion equations [PDF]
In this note, a numerical method based on finite differences to solve a class of nonlinear advection-diffusion fractional differential equation is proposed. The fractional operator considered here is the fractional Riemann-Liouville derivative or the fractional Riesz derivative of order $\alpha$.
arxiv
Contemporary characteristics and outcomes in chagasic heart failure compared with other nonischemic and ischemic cardiomyopathy [PDF]
Background: Chagas’ disease is an important cause of cardiomyopathy in Latin America. We aimed to compare clinical characteristics and outcomes in patients with heart failure (HF) with reduced ejection fraction caused by Chagas’ disease, with other ...
Claudio R. Gimpelewicz+17 more
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ABSTRACT Aim(s) To replicate a study conducted twenty years ago regarding difficulties associated with spiritual care at an oncology clinic. Compare the results against societal changes, educational changes and changes at the clinic. Design Mixed‐method, longitudinal, descriptive and comparative design.
Mikael Lundmark
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FUNDAMENTO: Dados da literatura sobre a concomitância da doença de Chagas e hipertensão arterial são controversos e, quando presentes, não se referem à repercussão da simultaneidade na história natural da doença de Chagas ou na hipertensão.
Cristina Brandt Friedrich Martin Gurgel+1 more
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e-Science initiatives in Venezuela [PDF]
Within the context of the nascent e-Science infrastructure in Venezuela, we describe several web-based scientific applications developed at the Centro Nacional de Calculo Cientifico Universidad de Los Andes (CeCalCULA), Merida, and at the Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Cientificas (IVIC), Caracas.
arxiv
Ants can orienteer a thief in their robbery [PDF]
The Thief Orienteering Problem (ThOP) is a multi-component problem that combines features of two classic combinatorial optimization problems: Orienteering Problem and Knapsack Problem. The ThOP is challenging due to the given time constraint and the interaction between its components.
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