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Assessing Agricultural Green Total Factor Productivity in Latin America

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The agricultural sector in Latin America plays a vital role in ensuring food security while impacting the environment. However, there remains a lack of analysis regarding the inputs responsible for pollution within its sub‐technologies. Hence, this article aims to assess agricultural green total factor productivity (TFP) through a novel ...
Tianxiang Li, Vanessa Ormeño‐Candelario, Xueli Chen   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Validation of the Kidney Failure Risk Equation in the Colombian Population

International Journal of Nephrology
Introduction. Chronic kidney disease prevention programs must identify patients at risk of early progression to provide better treatment and prolong kidney replacement therapy-free survival.
C. Larrarte, J. Vesga, F. Ardila, A. Aldana, D. Perea, M. Sanabria   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

The invisible frontline: experiences of public health workers during the COVID-19 pandemic and health emergencies in Colombia

Frontiers in Public Health
BackgroundDuring the COVID-19 pandemic, frontline workers were widely recognized for their efforts, with an emphasis largely placed on clinical personnel providing individual care.
Sandra Martínez-Cabezas, Adriana Díaz del Castillo, Johana Linares-García, Natalia Niño-Machado, Alvaro J. Idrovo, Myriam Ruiz-Rodríguez, Catalina González-Uribe   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Latin America in the rearview mirror [PDF]

Latin American countries are the only Western countries that are poor and that aren't gaining ground on the United States. This paper evaluates why Latin America has not replicated Western economic success.
Alvaro Riascos, Harold L. Cole, James A. Schmitz, Jr., Lee E. Ohanian   +3 more
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Untitled: An exploration of anonymity in the Dominican Republic [PDF]

, 2018
Brittany Fulgione \u2718 has traveled to Central America and the Caribbean three times to contextualize social justice work in Latin America.
Fulgione, Brittany
core   +1 more source

The Power of Unity: Collective Action and Smallholder Agricultural Performance in West Africa

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We analyze the impact of collective action through farmer‐based organizations (FBOs) on smallholders' farm performance and income inequality in Ghana, Benin, The Gambia, and Mali. We find that FBO membership increases cereal yield in Ghana and The Gambia, legume yield in Mali, ruminant numbers in Benin and The Gambia, and total farm income in ...
Emmanuel Donkor, Bright Owusu Asante, David Boansi, Victor Owusu   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Latin-American Civilization, Colonial Period [PDF]

, 1946
H. K. L., Bailey W. Diffie
openalex   +3 more sources

Flexible Memory: Progress, Challenges, and Opportunities

Advanced Intelligent Discovery, EarlyView.
Flexible memory technology is crucial for flexible electronics integration. This review covers its historical evolution, evaluates rigid systems, proposes a flexible memory framework based on multiple mechanisms, stresses material design's role, presents a coupling model for performance optimization, and points out future directions.
Ruizhi Yuan, Sen Chen, Minghui Guo, Ziliang Cui, Yujie Du, Jing Liu   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Cassava for the future: embryogenic liquid cultures suitable for new biotech techniques

BioTechniques
Cassava, a crop of importance for subsistence farming in Africa, Asia, and Latin America, has the potential to benefit from global economic integration as a versatile industrial resource.
Beata Dedičová, Luis Augusto Becerra Lopez-Lavalle   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Machine Learning‐Assisted Infectious Disease Detection in Low‐Income Areas: Toward Rapid Triage of Dengue and Zika Virus Using Open‐Source Hardware

Advanced Intelligent Discovery, EarlyView.
This study introduces an affordable machine learning platform for simultaneous dengue and zika detection using fluorine‐doped tin oxide thin films modified with gold nanoparticles and DNA aptamers. Designed for low‐cost, hardware‐limited devices (< $25), the model achieves 95.3% accuracy and uses only 9.4 kB of RAM, demonstrating viability for resource‐
Marina Ribeiro Batistuti Sawazaki, Bassam Bachour Junior, Marcelo Mulato, José Ilton de Oliveira Filho   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source