Identifying food environment policies and research needs in Latin America and the Caribbean: insights from the Community of Practice in Nutrition and Health in Latin America and the Caribbean (COLANSA) [PDF]
Background Nutrition-related health issues remain a significant public health challenge in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), where rapid transformations in food systems have contributed to increasing obesity and diet-related noncommunicable diseases.
Natalia Elorriaga +6 more
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Examining sex differences in the completeness of Peruvian CRVS data and adult mortality estimates
The production, compilation, and publication of death registration records is complex and usually involves many institutions. Assessing available data and the evolution of the completeness of the data compiled based on demographic techniques and other ...
Helena Cruz Castanheira +1 more
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A qualitative approach for a situation analysis of AMR risks in the food animal production sector
In response to the need to manage Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR), countries have produced National Action Plans (NAPs), which require detailed information of the AMR situation in all sectors. Considering the limited information that is publicly available
Marisa Caipo +3 more
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Biological nitrification inhibition by rice root exudates in two different soils of Uruguay
Rice root exudates can control nitrification by releasing biological nitrification inhibitors (BNIs), reducing nitrogen losses in agricultural soils. However, the inhibitory effect on nitrification and the abundance of ammonia oxidisers in different soil
Gabriela Illarze +3 more
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Identifying relevant variables for multidimensional poverty analysis depends on how different dimensions complement or substitute each other, given the existence of attributes highly correlated with household income.
Luis Felipe López Calva +1 more
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Several studies have been conducted worldwide to develop effective and affordable methods to degrade pharmaceuticals and their metabolites/intermediates/oxidation products found in surface water, wastewater and drinking water. In this work, acetaminophen
Miguel Ángel López Zavala +4 more
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On the Normalized Herfindahl-Hirschman Index: A Technical Note
We compare the application of two different normalization procedures for the Herfindahl-Hirschman Index. We show that structural differences exist between the two indices and derive the conditions for which these differences are more or less substantial.
Daniel Cracau, José E. Durán Lima
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Alice Amsden's impact on Latin America
On March 15 2012, we lost Professor Alice Amsden, a great intellectual power in development economics. Her work was systematically marked by creativity, originality, relevance and her fearless commitment to always speak truth to power both in academic as
Helen Shapiro, Juan Carlos Moreno-Brid
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Harnessing the opportunities of inclusive technologies in a global economy
In this paper the authors propose that G20 countries endorse and facilitate the creation of a T20 digital platform for “Accelerating the Jobs of the Future”.
Beliz Gustavo +2 more
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Regional trends and controlling factors of fatal landslides in Latin America and the Caribbean [PDF]
A new data set of landslides that caused loss of life in Latin America and the Caribbean in the 10-year period from 2004 and 2013 inclusive has been compiled, providing new insight into the impact of landslides in this key part of the world.
Petley, D. N., Sepúlveda, S. A.
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