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‘Work locally but think globally’: The Alliance Against Women's Oppression and transnational multiracial grassroots activism in the 1980s

open access: yesGender &History, EarlyView.
Abstract This article examines the transnational history of the Alliance Against Women's Oppression (AAWO), a multiracial and Marxist US women's organisation founded in California in 1979. By focusing on the political connection between the AAWO, the so‐called ‘Third World’ and other international organisations such as the Women International ...
Bruno Walter Renato Toscano
wiley   +1 more source

Plusiotis ericsmithi (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) : a new metallic species from eastern Guatemala [PDF]

open access: yes, 1999
Se describe Plusiotis ericsmithi sp. nov. de un bosque nuboso de baja altitud (1100 msnm) en la Sierra del Merend6n, Guatemala, cerca de la front era con Honduras.
Cano, Enio B., Monzón Sierra, José
core  

Genetic engineering for SIT application: a fruit fly‐focused review

open access: yesInsect Science, EarlyView.
Abstract Sterile insect technique (SIT) has become a key component of efficient pest control. Fruit fly pests from the Drosophilidae and Tephritidae families pose a substantial and overwhelmingly increasing threat to the agricultural industry, aggravated by climate change and globalization among other contributors.
Serafima Davydova   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

A machete blow injury to the forehead causes a Chorioretinitis Sclopetaria: A case report

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Ophthalmology Case Reports
Purpose: To report a case of Chorioretinitis Sclopetaria after a forehead machete trauma. Observations: A 28-year-old male patient was referred to the ophthalmology department in Guatemala City due to a laceration on the forehead caused by a machete. The
Hanna Plotnitskaya   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Effect of male age at the time of irradiation on the sexual performance of sterile Ceratitis capitata males: insights from remating female offspring

open access: yesInsect Science, EarlyView.
Abstract The Sterile Insect Technique (SIT) is an effective strategy for controlling insect pests, such as the Mediterranean fruit fly (Ceratitis capitata, Wiedemann). The effectiveness of the SIT depends on the ability of the sterile males to mate and their capacity to induce sterility in wild females.
Edwin Mauricio Ramírez‐Santos   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Review of the family Bochicidae : with new species and records (Arachnida: Pseudoscorpionida) [PDF]

open access: yes, 1998
A history of the family is presented. All of the genera and species previously assigned to the family are reviewed, and 4 new species are described: Leucohya par va from Venezuela and Guyana, Mexobisium venii from Belize and Guatemala, M.
Muchmore, William B.
core   +1 more source

Selection, counterselection, and conditional gene expression for genetic biocontrol of insects

open access: yesInsect Science, EarlyView.
Selection, counterselection, and conditional expression can be used for sex separation. Selection (S) and counterselection (CS) genes are linked to the sex chromosomes (e.g., the X and Y chromosomes) to confer sex‐specific selection or counterselection based on the presence or absence of the S or CS genes.
Melanie Hempel, Zhijian Tu
wiley   +1 more source

First report of Echinococcus canadensis (G7) in backyard pigs from the western highlands of Guatemala

open access: yesParasitology
Echinococcus granulosus sensu lato is the causative agent of cystic echinococcosis (CE), a globally distributed zoonotic infection. In Guatemala, no new data have been reported for the past 80 years on CE.
Roderico Hernández-Chea   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Fragmentation, income, gender and poverty linkages: The case of the Maquila Industry in Guatemala [PDF]

open access: yes
This article addresses the participation of Guatemala in the world apparel chain of production and its likely impact on income, gender and poverty levels.
Calfat, Germán, Rivas, Ana
core   +1 more source

Market orientation and national homicide rates

open access: yesCriminology, EarlyView.
Abstract We studied the influence of market orientation on national homicide rates. Multiple theoretical traditions equate the development and dominance of markets with higher crime rates. Some traditional sociological theoretical claims, however, suggest market expansion should reduce violence.
William Alex Pridemore, Meghan L. Rogers
wiley   +1 more source

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