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Harnessing the opportunities of inclusive technologies in a global economy

Economics: Journal Articles, 2019
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, Basco Ana Inés, de Azevedo Belisario   +2 more
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Alice Amsden's impact on Latin America

Brazilian Journal of Political Economy, 2014
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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Reducing the equity gap in child health care and health system reforms in Latin America

International Journal for Equity in Health, 2022
Background During the first decade of the current century, Latin American countries have shown high and consistent economic growth rates, increasing per capita GDP and reducing poverty.
Daniel Maceira, Luisa Brumana, Joaquín González Aleman   +2 more
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Improvement of Wastewater Treatment Performance and Power Generation in Microbial Fuel Cells by Enhancing Hydrolysis and Acidogenesis, and by Reducing Internal Losses

Energies, 2018
In this study, biodegradation performance and power generation in MFCs were improved. Domestic wastewater was biodegraded in a dual-chamber MFC system equipped with a DupontTM Nafion® 117 proton exchange membrane, graphite electrodes (8.0 cm × ...
Miguel Ángel López Zavala, Pamela Renée Torres Delenne, Omar Israel González Peña   +2 more
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Socioeconomic inequalities in HIV knowledge, HIV testing, and condom use among adolescent and young women in Latin America and the Caribbean

Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública, 2021
Objective. To appraise the presence and magnitude of inter- and intra-country health inequalities related to HIV in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) among young females. Methods.
Juan Pablo Gutiérrez, Alejandra Trossero   +1 more
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Telemedicine for the provision of medication abortion to pregnant people at up to twelve weeks of pregnancy: a systematic literature review and meta-analysis

Reproductive Health
Background Telemedicine represents an important strategy to facilitate access to medication abortion (MAB) procedures, reduces distance barriers and expands coverage to underserved communities. The aim is evaluating the self-managed MAB (provided through
Leonardo Cely-Andrade, Karen Cárdenas-Garzón, Luis Carlos Enríquez-Santander, Biani Saavedra-Avendano, Guillermo Antonio Ortiz Avendaño   +4 more
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Labor productivity and remuneration across Mexico's manufacturing industry: A spatial approach

Estudios Económicos
This document investigates the relationship between wages and labor productivity in Mexico, considering the territorial dimension and, within it, the impact that the productivity of neighboring entities has on local wages, given the geographical ...
Jesús Antonio López Cabrera, Enrique González Mata, René Cabral Torres   +2 more
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Use of Cyclic Voltammetry to Describe the Electrochemical Behavior of a Dual-Chamber Microbial Fuel Cell

Energies, 2019
Cyclic voltammetry (CV) was used in this work to describe the electrochemical behavior of a dual-chamber microbial fuel cell (MFC). The system performance was evaluated under vacuum and non-pressurized conditions, different reaction times, two sweep ...
Miguel Ángel López Zavala, Omar Israel González Peña, Héctor Cabral Ruelas, Cristina Delgado Mena, Mokhtar Guizani   +4 more
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Educational pairings and fertility decline in Brazil: An analysis using cohort fertility

Demographic Research, 2022
Background: Brazil's fertility transition was the result of multiple socioeconomic transformations that started during the second quarter of the 20th century.
José Henrique Costa Monteiro da Silva, Everton Emanuel Campos de Lima, Maria Coleta Ferreira Albino de Oliveira   +2 more
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Magnesium sulfate is not used for pre-eclampsia and eclampsia in Mexico and Thailand as much as it should be

Bulletin of the World Health Organization
OBJECTIVE: In the past ten years effective treatments for pre-eclampsia and eclampsia have been evaluated and identified following large trials and systematic reviews. We investigated the extent of those effective interventions’ implementation.
Pisake Lumbiganon, A Metin Gülmezoglu, Gilda Piaggio, Ana Langer, Jeremy Grimshaw   +4 more
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