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Compulsory voting increases men's turnout most

American Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.
Abstract Equal turnout fosters equal representation. As such, researchers have long sought to understand what causes gender differences in voter participation. I argue that compulsory voting increases men's turnout relative to that of women. This is because men are particularly receptive to external incentives, while women are more intrinsically ...
Shane P. Singh
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First report of Echinococcus canadensis (G7) in backyard pigs from the western highlands of Guatemala

Parasitology
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, Américo Yoel Aragón-Méndez, Alejandro Hun, Paola Morales-Ramírez, Ilde Silva, Federico Villatoro, Marion Wassermann   +6 more
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International Guideline on the Diagnosis and Management of Pediatric Patients With Hereditary Angioedema

Allergy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Hereditary angioedema (HAE) with C1 inhibitor deficiency is a rare disease characterized by unpredictable episodes of tissue swelling (angioedema), which, in most cases, occur first under the age of 18 years, and entail a significant burden of disease not only for the patients but also for their families.
Henriette Farkas, Inmaculada Martinez‐Saguer, Konrad Bork, Anastasios E. Germenis, Anete S. Grumach, Hanga Réka Horváth, Andrea Luczay, Andrea Zanichelli, Markus Magerl, Stephen Betschel, Emel Aygören‐Pürsün, Jonathan A. Bernstein, Isabelle Boccon‐Gibod, Teresa Caballero, Mauro Cancian, Sandra Christiansen, Danny M. Cohn, Francisco Contreras, Sansanee Craig, Camelia Isaic, Ankur Jindal, Constance H. Katelaris, Hilary J. Longhurst, Andrew MacGinnitie, Jonny Peter, Grzegorz Porebski, Avner Reshef, Dinh Van Nguyen, Bruce Zuraw, Anthony J. Castaldo, Henrik Balle Boysen, Timothy Craig, the Hereditary Angioedema Working Group (HAWK Group), Adil Adatia, Fiorella Adrianzen, Shimalee Andarawewa, Sladjana Andrejevic, Gabriel Emmanuel Arce‐Estrada, Ecem Ay, Adil Bahadir, Noemi Anna Bara, Marko Barešić, Krasimira Baynova, Shira Benor, Juliette Besson, Dharmagat Bhattarai, Patricia Bigas, Alexis Bocquet, Laurence Bouillet, Nicholas Brodszki, Thomas Buttgereit, Rosario Cabañas, Regis Campos, Asuman Çamyar, Orlane Chol, Stefan Cimbollek, Monica Colque Bayona, Cascia Day, Mats de Lange, Alex Fam, Davide Firinu, Tomas Freiberger, Johana Gil‐Serrano, Delphine Gobert, Dawn Goodyear, Maria del Mar Guilarte Clavero, Svetlana Hadvabova, David Hagin, Roman Hakl, George Harmat, Mensuda Hasanhodzic, Gocki Jacek, Joshua Jacobs, Rashmi Jain, Milos Jesenak, Amin Kanani, Daniela Kapustová, Boris Karanovic, Paul Keith, Tamar Kinaciyan, Pavlina Kralickova, Marcin Kurowski, Krzysztof Kuziemski, Rolando Laurel‐Laurel, Iris Leibovich‐Nassi, Gabriela Leon Zambrana, Ramon Lleonart, Lorena Lorenzo, Ferhat Maksudov, Ania Manson, Dusanka Markovic, Jayne McGucken, Nihal Mete Gokmen, Radovan Mijanovic, Vania Maria Miranda Saavedra, Irene Modestou, Sandra Nieto, Nora Nilsson, Patrik Nordenfelt, Francesca Perego, Angelica Petraroli, Elsa Phillips‐Angles, Alicia Prieto‐García, Michel Raguet, Marc Riedl, Matija Rijavec, Solange Rodrigues Valle, Yaryna Romanyshyn, Antoine Saut, Riccardo Senter, Branislav Šlenker, Marta Sobotkova, Peter J. Spaeth, Marcin Stobiecki, Linda Sundler Björkman, Mireille‐Maria Suttle, Agnes Szilágyi, Paola Triggianese, Kassiani Tzeli, Martina Vachová, Anna Valerieva, Solange Valle, Lilian Varga, Walter A. Wuillemin, Patrick Yong, Zhi Yuxiang, Liudmyla Zabrodska, Radana Zachova, Julia Zharankova   +128 more
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Declaraciones de Deseo y Declaraciones de Realidad : State-Indigenous Relations and Intercultural-Bilingual Education in Peru and Guatemala [PDF]

, 2011
Ethnic diversity has historically created conflict in many nation-states throughout the globe. From the era of nation-state formation to the present, states have had various strategies for dealing with this diversity. These strategies can be divided into
Christie, Emily
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Global Apparel Value Chain in the Post‐MFA Era: Exploring Bangladesh's Competitive Edge

Asian-Pacific Economic Literature, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study revisits Bangladesh's competitive edge by examining patterns of global apparel trade during the post‐Multi‐Fibre Arrangement (MFA) era using a large bilateral panel of 27 leading apparel exporters trading with 163 destinations with coverage of 90% of the world apparel exports.
Abul Bashar Mohammed Fakhruzzaman
wiley   +1 more source

What Makes a Difference in Achieving Higher Labor Productivity?: The Case of Low-Income Countries in Latin America [PDF]

This paper uses firm level surveys from Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua to estimate the determinants of labor productivity. This study started out with the hypothesis that the adverse external business conditions that firms in poor Latin ...
Osvaldo Nina
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Fecal Steroids as Tracers of Human Population and Waste Management Practices at the Ancient Maya City of Ucanal, Guatemala

Archaeometry, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Geochemical data compiled from dried sediments from three water reservoirs at the ancient Maya city of Ucanal, Petén, Guatemala, reveal low to undetectable fecal biomarker concentrations. These low concentrations may be the result of the aerobic decay of sterols combined with well‐managed waste disposal practices.
Jean D. Tremblay, Peter M. J. Douglas, Christina T. Halperin, Yves Gélinas   +3 more
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Prosperous futures inspired by prosperous pasts: Fostering imagination of radical food system alternatives in Guatemala

Current Research in Environmental Sustainability
Transformations imply the need for radical alternatives to current realities. This requires a fundamental reimagination of current systems. Different future-oriented practices specifically designed for the imagination of transformations have emerged in ...
Lucas Rutting, Marieke Veeger, Randolph von Breymann, Ubaldino Garcia, Norma Sancir, Sandra Calel, Fredy Canek, Miriam Suyuk, Joost Vervoort   +8 more
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Access to land and rural poverty in developing countries: theory and evidence from Guatemala [PDF]

The lack of consensus on the social and economic impact from access to land continues to generate heated political and academic debates. The existing empirical literature does not consider possible opportunity costs, factors that can affect this impact ...
Bandeira, Pablo, Sumpsi, Jose Maria
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Condición ambiental y biológica en las Isletas de Granada [PDF]

, 1999
Para valorar la situación ambiental de las Isletas de Granada se analizó la estructura comunitaria y la densidad poblacional del fitoplancton, zooplancton y bentos en los meses de Julio y Noviembre de 1995.
Guatemala Herrera, Jorge Luís, Saavedra Chamorro, Rafaela   +1 more
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