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Families, schools, and primary-school learning : evidence for Argentina and Colombia in an international perspective [PDF]

This paper estimates the relationshipbetween family background, school characteristics, and student achievement in primary school in two Latin American countries, Argentina and Colombia, as well as several comparison countries.
Woessmann, Ludger, Fuchs, Thomas
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Bank Income Smoothing, Societal Patriarchy and Policy Uncertainty

International Journal of Finance &Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Using a sample of 745 banks from 26 OECD countries over the period 1997–2023, we investigate the moderating effects of societal patriarchy on bank income smoothing (IS), amidst policy uncertainty (PU). Results indicate that in periods of high PU, banks operating in highly patriarchal societies tend to curtail the use of loan loss provisions ...
Tanveer Ahsan, Saqib Aziz, Akanksha Jalan, Fazal Muhammad, Dhoha Trabelsi   +4 more
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Fluoridation in Chile: historical context, current programs, challenges, and future directions. [PDF]

Front Oral Health
Mariño R, Münzenmayer M, Zaror C.
europepmc   +1 more source

Patient and public involvement in randomized trials of lifestyle intervention among pregnant women with obesity: An umbrella review

International Journal of Gynecology &Obstetrics, EarlyView.
Abstract Background Obesity increases the risk of obstetric and neonatal complications, and adherence to lifestyle interventions during pregnancy presents a challenge. Patient and public involvement (PPI) in trials may foster a more patient‐centered approach, potentially improving compliance with intervention and follow up.
Elisabeth Garcia Vilaplana, Andrea Vigaray Galera, Carmen Amezcua‐Prieto, Khalid Saeed Khan, Aurora Bueno‐Cavanillas, Begoña Martínez de Tejada, Naomi Cano‐Ibáñez   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Perceptions of Abortion and Sexual and Reproductive Health in Chilean Medical and Midwifery Education: Protocol for a Mixed Methods Study. [PDF]

JMIR Res Protoc
Casas-Becerra L, Ramm A, Pérez B, Kaune H, Carrasco-Portiño M, Montero A, Bustos-Ibarra C, Castro-Arias H, López-Labarca C, Reyes-Torres L.   +9 more
europepmc   +1 more source

The FemTech revolution: Unlocking the potential of new technology for optimizing pregnancy outcomes in low‐ and middle‐income countries and remote areas

International Journal of Gynecology &Obstetrics, EarlyView.
Abstract Maternal and neonatal mortality and morbidity rates uncover major global health disparities. Despite ongoing efforts, the rates of maternal and neonatal complications remain substantially higher in low‐ and middle‐income countries (LMICs) compared to high‐income countries (HICs). These high rates are the result of several unmet needs in LMICs,
Nir Melamed, Hema Divakar, Mahesh Choolani, Fionnuala M. McAuliffe, Lin Foo, Hassan Shehata, Gabriel Jones, Vyta Senikas, Eline M. Van der Beek, Nandita Palshetkar, Gabriele Saccone, Vincenzo Berghella, Mauricio A. Cuello, Justin Konje, Bhaskar Bhatt, Augusto Cam, Moses Obimbo, Aris Papageorghiou, Moshe Hod, on behalf of the FIGO Committee on Women's Health and Technology   +19 more
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State Abstinence Education Programs and Teen Fertility in the U.S. [PDF]

Title V, section 510 of the Social Security Act, passed in 1996 and implemented in 1998, appropriates funding to states for the purpose of educating minors on the benefits of abstinence before marriage.
Colin Cannonier
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Gender, violence, and killing: Revisiting femicide, and the overlooked realities of male victimization

International Journal of Gynecology &Obstetrics, EarlyView.
Abstract The term femicide, widely used in reference to the “killing of a woman because she is a woman,” has been questioned on the ground that it implies unequal dignity of men and women victims of gender related death. This position called for an analysis of the terminology used to describe and define the various forms of killing of women and men. We
Giuseppe Benagiano, Kristina Gemzell‐Danielsson, Marwan Habiba, Sekaren Shantha‐Kumari   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Functional foods and their potential impact on women's health in Chile. [PDF]

Front Nutr
Mansilla ML, Cabezas BH, Villegas PB, Romero LQ, Torres-Farfán C, Salazar-Petres E.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Enviromics crosstalk between internal and external plant environments for enhanced adaptation and de novo domestication

iMeta, EarlyView.
Climate change demands accelerated plant adaptation and de novo domestication. Yet current enviromics focuses disproportionately on external environments, neglecting internal dynamics—gene expression, metabolic flux, and signal transduction—within predictive envirotyping frameworks.
Lin‐An Zhang, Xuan Dong, Kai Liu, Nicolas Gonzalez, Jose Manuel Estevez, Wen‐Xue Li, Xing Wang Deng, Feng Yu, Yunbi Xu   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source