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Unmet needs of women with epilepsy living in rural low‐ and middle‐income countries: The experience of the Bolivian Chaco

Epilepsia Open, EarlyView.
Abstract Objective Epilepsy affects approximately 70 million people worldwide, with 80% living in low‐ and middle‐income countries (LMICs), where many people with epilepsy (PWE) go undiagnosed or untreated. Over the last few decades, many efforts have been made worldwide to reduce the treatment gap (TG) in LMICs.
Alessandra Nicoletti, Gianluca Latino, Calogero Edoardo Cicero, Anna Barbiero, Chiara Aguzzoli, Bianca Ribelli, Valentina Petrini, Maria Micieli, Sandra Padilla, Estela Vilte, Francesco Cosmi, Elizabeth Blanca Crespo Gomez, Alessandro Bartoloni, Loretta Giuliano   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Roles of Renewable Energy and Natural Resources in Shaping a Greener Switzerland: A Consumption‐Side Perspective

Geological Journal, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This research intends to examine how renewable energy (REN) consumption and natural resource (RES) rents affect the environmental impact of consumption in Switzerland. Along with REN and RES, the study considers Information and Communication Technology (ICT) and participatory democracy as other independent variables of interest.
Muhammad Khalid Anser, Magdalena Radulescu, Zulfiqar Khan, Abdelmohsen A. Nassani   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Articulating Differences and Inequalities Paid Domestic Workers’ and Housewives’ Struggles for Rights in Uruguay and Paraguay

, 2019
Housewives and paid domestic workers perform – to a certain extent – the same kinds of tasks. They also tend to share interest in the valorisation of domestic work: If this activity were recognised as such – as work – housewives could claim retirement ...
R. Rojas
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Monitoring and modeling of household air quality related to use of different Cookfuels in Paraguay

Indoor Air: International Journal of Indoor Environment and Health, 2019
In Paraguay, 49% of the population depends on biomass (wood and charcoal) for cooking. Residential biomass burning is a major source of fine particulate matter (PM 2.5) and carbon monoxide (CO) in and around the household environment. In July 2016, cross‐
M. Tagle, A. Pillarisetti, M. Hernandez, K. Troncoso, Agnes Soares, Ricardo Torres, Aida Galeano, P. Oyola, J. Balmes, Kirk R. Smith   +9 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Increase in CH4 Emissions in a Pantanal Wetland Lagoon Due to Extreme Drought and Sediment Exposure

International Review of Hydrobiology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The Pantanal, one of the largest wetlands on Earth, stores substantial carbon in its diverse ecosystems but faces increasing threats, such as fires, poor soil management, deforestation, and climate change impacts that may elevate CH₄ emissions.
João Paulo Mariano Godinho, Ricardo Hideo Taniwaki, André Renan Costa‐Silva, Célia Regina Montes, Adolpho José Melfi, Janaina Braga do Carmo   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Mass balances of major solutes, nutrients and particulate matter as water moves through the floodplains of the Pantanal (Paraguay River, Brazil)

RBRH, 2019
In the upper Paraguay River basin, which includes the Pantanal, one of the largest wetlands in the world, rivers connection the surrounding upland plateaus with lowland floodplains.
Marcia D. Oliveira, D. F. Calheiros, S. Hamilton   +2 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Coordination Effect of Oligopolists' Multimarket Contact

International Studies of Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In this article, we examine the coordination effect of oligopolists' multimarket contact with asymmetric cost. We extend a model of infinitely repeated multimarket contact games with “symmetric advantage” in the seminal paper of Bernheim and Whinston (The RAND Journal of Economics 1990; 21(1): 1–26).
Zuo Yu, Tianyu Luo
wiley   +1 more source

Molecular Characterization of Staphylococcus aureus Isolates Obtained from Hemodialyzed Patients at the Hospital de Clínicas of Paraguay: A pilot study

International Journal of Medical Students, 2017
Background: Patients undergoing hemodialysis are susceptible to the nasal carriage of Staphylococcus aureus, increasing the risk of developing infections associated with higher morbidity and mortality.
Rubén Arturo Silvero Isidre,, Fátima Rodríguez Acosta, César Rodrigo Cristaldo Vargas, Genaro Américo Velázquez Romero, José Félix Plans Perrota, Rosa María Guillén Fretes   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Identifying Smart Strategies for Economic Diversification and Inclusive Growth in Developing Economies. The Case of Paraguay

Social Science Research Network, 2019
A country’s productive structure determines its future path of economic diversification, economic growth, and income inequality. In this article, we identify Paraguay’s structural constraints and opportunities for economic diversification and inclusive ...
D. Hartmann, Mayra Bezerra, Flávio L. Pinheiro   +2 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Soil carbon storage or sustainable conservation agriculture practices—Which should be our goal?

Journal of Environmental Quality, EarlyView.
Abstract Practices such as no‐tillage, cover crops, or diversification of crop rotation are thought to be capable of addressing climate change challenges while ensuring food security. Public and private sectors at national and international levels are currently incentivizing farmers to adopt these practices to increase soil carbon (C) levels, thus ...
Manbir Rakkar, Leonardo Deiss, Warren A. Dick   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source