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Antimicrobial resistance profiles of microorganisms isolated from hospitalized patients in Dominican Republic

open access: yesRevista 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
doaj   +1 more source

Qualitative study of the use of electronic cigarettes in university students

open access: yesCiencia 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
doaj   +1 more source

Contextualising the Last Survivors: Population Structure of Marine Turtles in the Dominican Republic.

open access: yesPLoS 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
doaj   +1 more source

Reading comprehension precursors: Evidence of the simple view of reading in a transparent orthography

open access: yesFrontiers 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
doaj   +1 more source

Impact of Tourist Areas on the Electrical Grid: A Case Study of the Southern Dominican Republic

open access: yesUrban 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
doaj   +1 more source

Functional connectivity of the motor system in dystonia due to PKAN

open access: yeseNeurologicalSci, 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
doaj   +1 more source

Toward Reading Success in Vulnerable Contexts: Psycholinguistic Precursors and the Simple View of Reading

open access: yesEducation Sciences
In a low-reading-achievement context, this study examines the applicability of the Simple View of Reading in the Dominican Republic, a Spanish-speaking country, assessing elementary students across the first seven years of formal schooling, and it ...
Daniel Cubilla-Bonnetier   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Development, racism, and discrimination in the Dominican Republic [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
From an analysis of recent empirical research in the Dominican Republic, this article addresses the ways in which racism underpins elements of governance, and explores organisational and individual responses to racialised discrimination initiated by the ...
Howard, David, David Howard
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Prognostic of NT-proBNP in heart failure patients with preserved, mid and reduced ejection fraction

open access: yesCiencia y Salud, 2021
Objective. The prognostic value of N-terminal procerebral natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) in patients with heart failure (HF) is well established. In contrast, its role as an early predictor of mortality in patients hospitalized for heart failure with ...
Reynie Leonel Reinoso Gonella   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Community research on older women in the Dominican Republic [PDF]

open access: yes, 2000
This article looks at action-research into the interests and needs of older women in 11 urban communities in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. The research was instigated by Aquelarre (CEAPA), with help from International Co-operation for Development ...
Cheetham, Jacquie, Alba, Wendy
core   +1 more source

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