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Latin America and COVID-19: Shutting Down in a World of Informal and Tiny Firms

Economía
Employment losses in 2020 were larger in Latin America than in any other region. We show that the prevalence of informality, micro-entrepreneurship, and jobs-not-fit for remote work in nonessential sectors accounts for this outcome in both simulations ...
Laura Alfaro, Oscar Becerra, Marcela Eslava   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Environmental and Genetic Effects on the Composition of Palm Oil From Hybrid Plant Clones of Caiaué and Oil Palm

Journal of the American Oil Chemists' Society, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The interspecific hybrids (IEH OxG) obtained from the crossing of Elaeis oleifera (Eo) and Elaeis guineensis (Eg) are resistant to some diseases that affect Eg in some regions of South America, and commercial growing in several countries has been established.
Rosemar Antoniassi, Ricardo Lopes, Sidney Pacheco, Allan Eduardo Wilhelm, Rui Alberto Gomes Junior, Adelia Ferreira de Faria‐Machado, Raimundo Nonato Vieira Cunha   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Rabies transmitted from vampires to cattle: An overview.

PLoS ONE
Rabies is a zoonotic infectious disease of global distribution that impacts human and animal health. In rural Latin America, rabies negatively impacts food security and the economy due to losses in livestock production.
Diego Soler-Tovar, Luis E Escobar
doaj   +1 more source

Religiosity and Life Satisfaction Across Latin America

Religions
Although a myriad of cross-national studies featuring European countries, Asia, sub-Saharan Africa, the United States, and many other nations around the world support the contention that religiosity is associated with life satisfaction (both positively ...
Rubia R. Valente, Ryan A. Smith
doaj   +1 more source

Latin American immigrants have limited access to health insurance in Japan: a cross sectional study

BMC Public Health, 2012
Background Japan provides universal health insurance to all legal residents. Prior research has suggested that immigrants to Japan disproportionately lack health insurance coverage, but no prior study has used rigorous methodology to examine this issue ...
Suguimoto S Pilar, Ono-Kihara Masako, Feldman Mitchell D, Kihara Masahiro   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Revisiting paravertebral muscles in European rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus) and European brown hares (Lepus europaeus) (Leporidae; Lagomorpha)

The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.
Abstract Domesticated European rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus) have long been chosen as laboratory model organisms. Despite this, there has been no definitive study of the vertebral musculature of wild rabbits. Relevant descriptions of well‐studied veterinary model mammals (such as dogs) are generally applicable, but not appropriate for a species ...
Nuttakorn Taewcharoen, Emma Sherratt, Philip Stott, Rachel Norris   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Higher Education Crossing Borders in Latin America and the Caribbean

International Higher Education, 2015
In reality, while some private deemed universities are innovative and entrepreneurial, meeting market demands, they are also susceptible to cutting corners on infrastructure or staffing and indulging in unfair practices in matters of fees and admissions—to increase profits.
Sylvie Didou Aupetit, Lisa Jokivirta
openaire   +2 more sources

Wally and the Major [picture] : at cross purposes /

, 1967
Part of the Stan Cross Archive of cartoons and drawings, 1912-1974.; Inscription: "Stan Cross 7/87"--In ink, lower right. "8335 Thur Apr 13 At Cross Purposes"--In ink, right margin; "8335"--In pencil, upper right corner.; Also available in an electronic ...
Cross, Stan, 1888-1977.
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Segmental composition and nerve distribution of the brachial plexus in Galictis cuja

The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.
Abstract Galictis cuja is a neotropical mustelid with terrestrial locomotor habits, yet the anatomy of its brachial plexus has remained undescribed. This study characterizes the origin, organization, and distribution of the brachial plexus nerves in 15 adult specimens (30 antimeres).
Natan da Cruz de Carvalho, Thais Mattos Estruc, Ingrid Bete Palmeira, Julia Fagundes Franco, Emillin Reis Bermudez, Paulo de Souza‐Junior, Marcelo Abidu‐Figueiredo   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Crossing the Andes: Challenges and opportunities for digital pathology in Latin America

Journal of Pathology Informatics
The most widely accepted and used type of digital pathology (DP) is whole-slide imaging (WSI). The USFDA granted two WSI system approvals for primary diagnosis, the first in 2017. In Latin America, DP has the potential to reshape healthcare by enhancing diagnostic capabilities through artificial intelligence (AI) and standardizing pathology reports ...
Renata A. Coudry, Emilio A.C.P. Assis, Fernando Pereira Frassetto, Angela Marie Jansen, Leonard Medeiros da Silva, Rafael Parra-Medina, Mauro Saieg   +6 more
openaire   +3 more sources