Trajectories of body mass index and waist circumference in four Peruvian settings at different level of urbanisation: the CRONICAS Cohort Study [PDF]
BACKGROUND: Studies have reported the incidence/risk of becoming obese, but few have described the trajectories of body mass index (BMI) and waist circumference (WC) over time, especially in low/middle-income countries.
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Spillover of Peste des Petits Ruminants Virus from Domestic to Wild Ruminants in the Serengeti Ecosystem, Tanzania [PDF]
We tested wildlife inhabiting areas near domestic livestock, pastures, and water sources in the Ngorongoro district in the Serengeti ecosystem of northern Tanzania and found 63% seropositivity for peste des petits ruminants virus. Sequencing of the viral
Eblate, E +9 more
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Contribution of modifiable risk factors for hypertension and type-2 diabetes in Peruvian resource-limited settings. [PDF]
BACKGROUND: It is important to understand the local burden of non-communicable diseases including within-country heterogeneity. The aim of this study was to characterise hypertension and type-2 diabetes profiles across different Peruvian geographical ...
Bernabé-Ortiz, Antonio +6 more
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Triatomines (Hemiptera, Reduviidae) prevalent in the northwest of Peru: species with epidemiological vectorial capacity [PDF]
: The development of strategies for the adequate control of the vector transmission of Chagas disease depends on the availability of updated data on the triatomine species present in each region, their geographical ...
Cuba, César Augusto Cuba +2 more
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In the present research, satellite images have been used, which with the appropriate processing have allowed to evaluate the existing vegetation cover in the territorial space of the protected natural area The Mangroves of Tumbes National Sanctuary – Peru and that was verified with a face-to-face tour.
Jeison Dioses Puelles +2 more
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Practical Full Resolution Learned Lossless Image Compression
We propose the first practical learned lossless image compression system, L3C, and show that it outperforms the popular engineered codecs, PNG, WebP and JPEG 2000.
Agustsson, Eirikur +4 more
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Water privatisation and restructuring in Latin America, 2007 [PDF]
A detailed survey of developments in water in south America, including the retreat of the multinationals, the development of public sector alternatives, and persistent problems with compensation claims and development bank ...
Hall, David, Lobina, Emanuele
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The article deals with the tumba (or tomba) and with the diffusion of this building type in the medieval rural territory of Rimini. By tumba we normally mean a fortified settling of modest dimensions, built on high ground in order to protect cultivated areas: its characteristics are well described into the De Agricoltura, a treatise written by Pietro ...
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Gossypium survey. Collecting in Peru (III), collecting in Mexico (IV), present survival of sub-spontaneous cotton [PDF]
Ces dernières années, le CIRP a organisé avec le concours de l'Institut français de recherches du coton et textiles exotiques (IRCT) une mission en plusieurs phases pour récolter des spécimens de cotonniers subspontanés.
Ano, Georges, Schwendiman, Jacques
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