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West Nile Virus Transmission in Resident Birds, Dominican Republic
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2003 We report West Nile virus (WNV) activity in the Dominican Republic for the first time. Specific anti-WNV antibodies were detected in 5 (15%) of 33 resident birds sampled at one location in November 2002. One seropositive bird was
Oliver Komar +10 more
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Risk factors associated with preterm birth in the Dominican Republic: a case-control study
BMJ Open, 2021 Objectives This study aimed to identify the risk factors associated with preterm birth, and to determine the prevalence of preterm births in the Dominican Republic.Design Case-control study.Settings Seven National Reference Hospitals from different ...
Agustín Díaz-Rodríguez +2 more
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Tourism, Sexuality and Power in the Spanish Caribbean
European Review of Latin American and Caribbean Studies, 2010 – Economies of Desire: Sex and Tourism in Cuba and the Dominican Republic, by Amalia L. Cabezas. Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 2009. – The Devil behind the Mirror: Globalization and Politics in the Dominican Republic, by Steven Gregory. Berkeley
Rivke Jaffe
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Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública, 2021 Objective. Estimate the acceptability and adoption by health care workers of clinical practice guidelines and treatment protocols for women with preeclampsia/eclampsia and identify the facilitating factors and barriers to their implementation. Methods. A
Andelys De la Rosa +6 more
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Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública, 2020 Objective. To define the antimicrobial resistance profiles of the microorganisms most commonly isolated from hospitalized adult patients in Dominican Republic (DR). Methods.
David de Luna +11 more
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Frontiers in Education, 2022 The Simple View of Reading (SVR) proposes that reading comprehension depends on two general processes –language comprehension and word recognition– and that the contribution of these known processes to reading comprehension varies in time.
Laura V. Sánchez-Vincitore +4 more
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Qualitative study of the use of electronic cigarettes in university students
Ciencia y Salud, 2023 Objective: The purpose of this research was to determine the level of knowledge, beliefs, perception, and practices associated with consuming electronic cigarettes among university students.
Fernando Mateo +4 more
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Impact of Tourist Areas on the Electrical Grid: A Case Study of the Southern Dominican Republic
Urban Science, 2023 The growing integration of tourist areas and complexes increases the demand for electrical power systems. This increased demand may represent a vulnerability to voltage and frequency stability in electrical grids, where these parameters are essential for
Miguel Aybar-Mejía +7 more
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PLoS ONE, 2013 Nesting by three species of marine turtles persists in the Dominican Republic, despite historic threats and long-term population decline. We conducted a genetic survey of marine turtles in the Dominican Republic in order to link them with other rookeries
Carlos Carreras +6 more
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Functional connectivity of the motor system in dystonia due to PKAN
eNeurologicalSci, 2021 Purpose: To demonstrate deviations of functional connectivity within the motor system in dystonic patients suffering from Pantothenate Kinase Associated Neurodegeneration, a genetic and metabolic disease, which is characterized by a primary lesion in the
Peter Stoeter +5 more
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