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Abstract After establishing secondary contact, recently diverged populations may remain reproductively isolated or may hybridize to a varying extent depending on factors such as hybrid fitness and the strength of assortative mating. Here, we used genomic and phenotypic data from three independent contact zones between subspecies of the variable ...
Diego Ocampo+4 more
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Critical pedagogy of place to enhance ecological engagement activities
Abstract Scientists in higher education institutions around the globe recognize the importance of engaging with public stakeholders to share their enthusiasm, explain their science, and encourage primary and secondary students to enter the sciences. However, without direct consideration of students’ and teachers’ perspectives and interests, scientists ...
Amanda S. Cicchino+3 more
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Abstract Conditional cash transfers (CCT) have become a common solution aiming to reduce poverty by increasing the human capital of children. In 2006, the Government of Costa Rica introduced Avancemos, a nationwide CCT program, with the premise that a monetary subsidy, conditional on school attendance, would offset adolescents' opportunity cost from ...
Jaime A. Meza‐Cordero+1 more
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Objective. Self‐reported body silhouette is an anthropometric instrument that has been utilized as a screening tool for underweight, overweight, obesity, and other abnormal anthropometric variables. Herein, we analyzed the risk associated with the self‐reported body silhouette in the scope of dyslipidemias, hyperglycemia, hyperuricemia, and ...
Ruben Blachman-Braun+7 more
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Parental Posttraumatic Stress and School Performance in Refugee Children
Abstract Refugee children in the Nordic countries have been reported to perform poorly in school and carry a high burden of familial posttraumatic stress. The present study aimed to investigate the impact of maternal and paternal posttraumatic stress on the school performance of refugee children.
Lisa Berg+4 more
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Resumen Prevenir la obesidad entre los jóvenes latinos que viven en Estados Unidos y en países latinoamericanos requiere reconocer la especificidad de los contextos y las interacciones entre actividad física (AF) y entorno construido (EC). El objetivo de este artículo es avanzar en la agenda de investigación sobre el EC y la AF con el fin de prevenir ...
Olga L. Sarmiento+11 more
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Se reporta una investigación cuyo objetivo fue evaluar la influencia de la enseñanza por descubrimiento en el aprendizaje de la biodiversidad en estudiantes de secundaria, así como su motivación por la observación y estudio de la biodiversidad en su ...
Margarita Villalvazo Palacios+1 more
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Estudio codisciplinar de la Matemática en la escuela secundaria: análisis de la gestión de una propuesta de aula para el estudio del crecimiento de plantas [PDF]
This paper presents the results of the management of a didactic device formulated by a Mathematics male and Biology female teacher from a secondary school in which they sought a codisciplinary study.
Emanuel Berardi, Ana Rosa Corica
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Resumen El entorno en el que viven los niños influye en su riesgo de sufrir obesidad debido, entre otros factores, a los comportamientos relacionados con el peso (es decir, a la dieta y la actividad física). En este artículo presentaremos evidencia sobre los factores socioambientales asociados a la dieta y la actividad física de los niños y, de forma ...
Guadalupe X. Ayala+4 more
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School outcomes of adolescents with cerebral palsy in Sweden
Aim To study school outcomes of adolescents with cerebral palsy (CP) compared with a matched comparison group from the general population, and to observe to what extent sociodemographic and disability‐specific factors are associated with school outcomes.
Johan Jarl, Ann Alriksson‐Schmidt
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