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Nutritional Composition and Uses of Chia (Salvia hispanica) in Guatemala

Proceedings, 2020
Salvia hispanica L. (chia) is a seed native to Mexico and Central America; in Guatemala it is known as “chan”. It is cultivated in small quantities and sold in neighborhood markets in different areas of the country.
Elsa Julieta Salazar de Ariza, Ana Ruth Belloso Archila, Ingrid Odete Sanabria Solchaga, Sandra Beatriz Morales Pérez   +3 more
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How Does Vulnerability Framing by Microfinance Institutions Leverage Funding Success in Crowdfunding?

International Journal of Finance &Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study draws on framing theory to investigate how microfinance institutions (MFIs) strategically construct a vulnerability‐oriented organisational identity and how this framing influences their funding decisions during the pre‐campaign phase of prosocial crowdfunding.
Ana Paula Matias Gama, Ricardo Emanuel‐Correia, Fábio Duarte, Mário Augusto   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Guatemala: An Intercultural Perspective [PDF]

, 2004
In July 2001, a group of 14 bilingual/ESL educators from Illinois traveled to Guatemala as participants in a Fulbright-Hays Group Projects Aborad Program.
Delany-Barmann, Gloria, Schwieter, John W.   +1 more
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Intrapartum oral azithromycin for maternal infection prophylaxis and the risk of postpartum hemorrhage: A secondary analysis of the A‐PLUS trial

International Journal of Gynecology &Obstetrics, EarlyView.
Abstract Objective A single oral dose of azithromycin (AZM) given during labor to women planning a vaginal delivery reduced maternal infections including sepsis, with a stronger effect in sub‐Saharan Africa than South Asia. Since maternal infection contributes to labor dysfunction and postpartum hemorrhage (PPH), we evaluated the effect of AZM on the ...
Larissa Sidze, Janet L. Moore, Waldemar A. Carlo, Musaku Mwenechanya, Elwyn Chomba, Jennifer J. Hemingway‐Foday, Avinash Kavi, Mrityunjay C. Metgud, Shivaprasad S. Goudar, Richard Derman, Adrien L. Lokangaka, Antoinette K. Tshefu, Melissa S. Bauserman, Carl L. Bose, Poonam Shivkumar, Manjushri Waikar, Archana B. Patel, Patricia L. Hibberd, Paul Nyongesa, Fabian Esamai, Osayame A. Ekhaguere, Sherri L. Bucher, Saleem Jessani, Shiyam Sunder Tikmani, Sarah Saleem, Robert L. Goldenberg, Sk Masum Billah, Ruth Lennox, Rashidul Haque, William A. Petri, Lester Figueroa, Manolo Mazariegos, Nancy F. Krebs, Tracy L. Nolen, Marion Koso‐Thomas, Elizabeth M. McClure, Alan T. N. Tita, for the A‐PLUS Trial Group   +37 more
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Insights into the transmission cycle of cutaneous leishmaniasis from an endemic community in rural Guatemala

Current Research in Parasitology and Vector-Borne Diseases
Cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) is a parasitic vector-borne disease prevalent in 90 countries. Despite its endemicity in Guatemala, key transmission factors are still unknown.
Yaimie Lopez, Aitor Casas-Sanchez, Byron Arana, Nidia Rizzo, Erick Duran, Norma Padilla, Andrea de la Vega, Esteban Bustamante, Álvaro Acosta-Serrano, Renata Mendizabal-Cabrera   +9 more
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They Soon Forgot Their Words - Documentary [PDF]

, 2019
This documentary film, They Soon Forgot Their Words, is about the language issues that threaten the Kaqchikel Mayan language spoken in Guatemala. It is one of 21 Mayan languages spoken in the country and is one of the most widely used with more than 500 ...
Paulk, Karen
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AIDS-defining illnesses at initial diagnosis of HIV in a large Guatemalan cohort [PDF]

, 2017
BackgroundAnecdotal evidence suggests that a high proportion of patients diagnosed with HIV in Guatemala present with AIDS. There remain limited data on the epidemiology of AIDS-defining illnesses (ADIs) in Central America.MethodsWe conducted a ...
Cordon, Andrea Alonzo, Melendez, Johanna, Powderly, William G, Reinhardt, Samuel W, Ross, Ian, Spec, Andrej, Villatoro, Carlos Mejia   +6 more
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Evaluation and treatment of mental health symptoms among unaccompanied migrant children and adolescents in the United States: A systematic review

JCPP Advances, EarlyView.
Abstract Background Unaccompanied migrant youths are at elevated risk for exposure to trauma and related mental health challenges, but there is minimal evidence guiding best practices. We conducted a systematic review of quantitative studies that examined mental health evaluation and treatment services for unaccompanied migrant youths resettled in the ...
Natan J. Vega Potler, Sebastian Villegas, Dorice Vieira, Sarah M. Horwitz   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Years of Potential Life Lost Because of Breast and Cervical Cancers in Guatemala

JCO Global Oncology, 2020
PURPOSE Worldwide cervical and breast cancers are among the most commonly diagnosed cancers and are leading cause of cancer deaths among females in low- and middle-income countries.
Alba J. Kihn-Alarcón, Juan F. Alvarado-Muñoz, Loida I. Orozco-Fuentes, Erwin Calgua-Guerra, Vicky Fuentes-de Falla, Angel Velarde   +5 more
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Carbon dioxide emissions intensity convergence: Evidence from central American countries [PDF]

, 2020
This paper extends the literature on the convergence of carbon dioxide emissions intensity and its determinants (energy intensity and the carbonization index) for six Central American countries over the period 1971 to 2014.
Apergis, Nicholas, Payne, James
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