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Environmental pollution and health in Chilean older adults: Impact on quality of life and functional autonomy. [PDF]
Health Sci RepAbstract Background and Aims Due to increased urbanization and industry, environmental pollution is a serious public health concern. Globally, the quality of life is particularly lowered by exposure to high amounts of particulate matter (PM). Chile has five industrial zones with high pollution levels, called “sacrifice zones.” However, the effect of ...
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The Modern Language Journal, Volume 107, Issue 2, Page 479-508, Summer 2023., 2023 Abstract Although most children learn to communicate in their first language (L1), there is normal and expected variation in their rate of acquisition across all components of the language system. Until recently, most second language acquisition and second language (L2) researchers have assumed that individual differences (IDs) in L1 acquisition are ...
Richard L. Sparks +2 more
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Courts as an arena for socioenvironmental change: Lessons from the Argentine courts
European Law Journal, Volume 29, Issue 3-6, Page 294-311, May-November 2023., 2023 Abstract Trends in the Argentine courts indicate a judicial preference towards flexibility in light of possibly serious environmental consequences, particularly in relation to mining. Through a liberal interpretation of constitutional provisions where collective environmental rights are threatened, the courts have expanded access to justice, leading ...
Asmaa Khadim
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The Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Anthropology, Volume 27, Issue 4, Page 564-574, December 2022., 2022 Abstract Rich in raw materials, the state of Guerrero, Mexico, is one of the main enclaves of opium production, mineral extraction, and a focus for the multiplication of armed actors in Latin America, which, together with the overlapping of counterinsurgent violence in the past, post‐colonial violence and the militarization of the policies of the so ...
Inés Giménez Delgado
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Fear, violence, inequality, and stunting in Guatemala
American Journal of Human Biology, Volume 34, Issue 2, February 2022., 2022 Abstract Background Stunting is defined by the public health community as a length‐ or height‐for‐age <−2 SD of a growth standard or reference and is claimed to be caused by poor nutrition, repeated infection, and inadequate psychosocial stimulation. Material and Methods Stunting is common at all income levels in middle‐ and low‐income countries.
Barry Bogin
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A multi‐scale approach to rural depopulation in Mexico
Regional Science Policy &Practice, Volume 13, Issue 4, Page 1328-1347, August 2021., 2021 Abstract This paper aims to sketch rural population decline in Mexico. A comprehensive multi‐scale documentation of Mexico's urban and rural fabric and its depopulation dynamics is undertaken. This paper does not identify the causes and effects of rural depopulation, but aims to detect its geographical presence in a manner which other approaches are ...
Liliana Castillo‐Rivero +2 more
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Serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels in hospitalized adults with community-acquired pneumonia [PDF]
, 2018 Introduction: Community‐acquired pneumonia (CAP) is the infectious disease with the highest number of deaths worldwide. Several studies have shown an association between vitamin D deficiency and increases susceptibility to respiratory tract infections ...
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Accountability social en Lima-Perú: la iniciativa Habla Castañeda
Ciencia Política, 2021 El mecanismo de accountability permite fortalecer la gestión del gobierno y legitimar la democracia en cualquier instancia. Para ello, es necesario que las diversas instituciones y la sociedad sean partícipes de este instrumento y que su aplicación ...
Adriana Farfán +2 more
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Design Exchanges in Mid-Twentieth Century Buenos Aires: The Programme Parque Almirante Brown and its Process of Creative Appropriation [PDF]
, 2017 The file attached to this record is the author's final peer reviewed version. The Publisher's final version can be found by following the DOI link.This article offers a critical analysis of planning and housing design in mid-twentieth century Buenos ...
Massidda, Adriana Laura
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Earth and Space Science, Volume 7, Issue 4, April 2020., 2020 Abstract Elves are a class of transient luminous events, with a radial extent typically greater than 250 km, that occur in the lower ionosphere above strong electrical storms. We report the observation of 1,598 elves, from 2014 to 2016, recorded with unprecedented time resolution (100 ns) using the fluorescence detector (FD) of the Pierre Auger Cosmic ...
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