Derechos reproductivos y políticas demográficas en América Latina by Karina Felitti

“…This article examines the context in which early experiences of family planning appeared in Latin America in the sixties. The debates about birth control brought together different actors in a discussion of lasting consequences. …”
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CONSTITUTIONAL AND LEGAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES AND PECULIARITGIES OF THE 1987 CONSTITUTION by A. N. Pankov

“…The author shows that the U.S. attempts to impose its former colony model of American state and legal institutions that would facilitate the establishment of the South- East Asia "window of Western democracy", and could serve as a role model for the layout of other countries, not only in South-East Asia but also in Africa and Latin America, suffered a fiasco.…”
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Scale-dependent responses to environmental fluctuations in tropical tree species’ crown temperatures by Shannon L. J. Bayliss, Eben N. Broadbent, Angélica M. Almeyda Zambrano, Susan Cordell, Stephanie Pau

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Method for Determining the Model Order for Model Order Reduction of the Linear Parameter Varying Heat Conduction Model using the Monte Carlo Method by Akiyasu MIYAMOTO

“…We utilized the conceptual idea of the Monte Carlo method with Latin Hypercube Sampling to randomly and comprehensively generate boundary conditions. …”
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Stosunek religii do nauki. Punkt widzenia prawosławnego by Henryk Paprocki

“…As regards culture, we need to consider the fascinating relation of the Latin words cultus and cultura, which points to the fact that culture developed originally within the cult, and it was there where its source was (Fr. …”
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Three Cases of West Nile Encephalitis over an Eight-Day Period at a Downtown Los Angeles Community Hospital by Adam Puchalski, Antonio K. Liu, Byron Williams

“…Since its introduction in New York City in 1999, the virus has spread throughout the entire North American continent and continues to spread into Central and Latin America. Our report discusses the signs and symptoms, diagnostics, and treatment of West Nile disease. …”
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Serum Uric Acid Is Associated with Metabolic Syndrome and Insulin Resistance among Health Personnel from Peru by Brenda M. Galindo-Yllu, Ricardo Rojas-Humpire, Carlos J. Toro-Huamanchumo, Rosmery Gutierrez-Ajalcriña, Anderson N. Soriano

“…MetS was defined according to Latin American Diabetes Association (ALAD) criteria and IR with surrogate IR markers, triglyceride-to-HDL-C ratio (TG/HDL-C), and triglyceride-to-glucose index (TyG). …”
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Por una política de defensa común latinoamericana: la propuesta venezolana by Adriana Suzart de Pádua, Suzeley Kalil Mathias

“…AbstractThe search for integration among Latin American countries is at a unique point, with economic matters transcended in importance by discussion of the creation of defense policies for the region. …”
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Dynamic characteristic analysis and load design of large floating structures based on experimental design by Guofeng Zhao, Shifan Zhu

“…The experimental design method based on the plane Monte Carlo method and Latin hypercube sampling method and the fitting method based on the moving least squares and Kriging methods can effectively evaluate the influence of wave parameters on the dynamic response of structures. …”
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Feasibility study for the collection of wasted vegetable oils in the Canton of Baños De Agua Santa and proposal for the incorporation of a biodiesel production plant as a strategy... by Luna Radharani Alzate, Mena Alfredo, Setiadi Rukuh

“…Baños de Agua Santa, is one of the most visited tourist locations in Latin America and does not have a waste recycling plan. …”
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Are Believers Happier than Atheists? Well-being Measures in a Sample of Atheists and Believers in Puerto Rico by Juan Aníbal González-Rivera, Adam Rosario-Rodríguez, Eduardo L. Rodríguez-Ramos, Idania Hernández-Gato, Lourdes M. Torres-Báez

“…Currently, not much has been written about the empirical psychological well-being of the atheist community in Puerto Rico and Latin America. The objective of the present study is to analyze if there are statistically significant differences in the levels of life satisfaction and psychological flourishing between believers in God and self-identified atheists. …”
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Optimization of Flexible Rotor for Ultrasonic Motor Based on Response Surface and Genetic Algorithm by Bo Chen, Jiyue Yang, Haoyu Tang, Yahang Wu, Haoran Zhang

“…The Kriging response surface model is constructed using Latin hypercube sampling, and an MOGA is employed to optimize this model, allowing the selection of the optimal balanced solution from multiple candidate designs. …”
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Peritoneal Equilibration Test in Costa Rica: Discrepancies from Other Populations by Marta Avellan-Boza, Fabio Hernández, Allan Ramos-Esquivel

“…Peritoneal permeability among Costa Rican CAPD patients is different from the original population described by Twardowski et al. and from other Latin-American population. This supports the theory that ethnical differences could be responsible for such variations and they validate our statement that each region should possess value references of their own.…”
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Modeling and Control of the Public Opinion: An Agree-Disagree Opinion Model by Sara Bidah, Omar Zakary, Mostafa Rachik

“…Finally, a global sensitivity analysis is carried out based on the partial rank correlation coefficient method and the Latin hypercube sampling to study the influence of various parameters on the objective functional and to identify the most influential parameters.…”
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RUKUN NASUTION (1928-1998) AND HIS POETRY CORPUS: A Preliminary Study by Hasan Asari, Yusnaili Budianti

“…This corpus includes three types: 1) his orinigal compositions; 2) translations from Malay to vernacular Mandailing language; and 3) translation of poetries written in Malay script into Latin script. Rukun Nasution's creativity could be considered unique and extraordinary based on his limited education and external environment. …”
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Mathematical Analysis of Malaria Epidemic: Asymptotic Stability With Cost-Effectiveness Study by Sacrifice Nana-Kyere, Baba Seidu, Kwara Nantomah

“…Furthermore, sensitivity analysis was investigated to quantify the amount of influence each parameter has on R0. With the Latin hypercube sampling and partial rank correlation coefficient method, the uncertainty in R0 is computed with a 95% confidence interval, with the mean, and 5th and 95th percentiles, respectively, simulated as 0.143788, 0.01545, and 0.41491. …”
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Mutations in Mycobacterium tuberculosis Isolates with Discordant Results for Drug-Susceptibility Testing in Peru by L. Solari, D. Santos-Lazaro, Z. M. Puyen

“…This is the first study in Latin America addressing mutations present in strains with discordant results between genotypic and phenotypic methods to rifampicin and isoniazid. …”
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Effect of whole-crop corn conserved with different methods on kuminal fermentation in sheep by Fuat Gürdoğan, I. Halil Çerçi

“…For this purpose, the study was conducted using 6x6 Latin Square trial in 6 Ivesi lambs at the age of 6 monlhs and at the same weights. …”
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The Status of Childhood Lead Poisoning and Prevention in Nevada, USA by Anne M. Rothweiler, Elena E. Cabb, Shawn L. Gerstenberger

“…Emerging data indicates that Nevada is an area of rapid population growth, characterized by increasing immigration from Latin America, increasing numbers of children from low-income families with no health insurance. …”
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Early Childhood Education in Times of Pandemic: The lived experience of children in Latinamerican countries by Marlene Fermín-González, Carolina Caffarena-Barcenilla, Blanca Barco, Ada Echenique-Arguinzones

“…The primary aim of this research was to interpret the educational experiences of young children in Latin America during the Covid-19 health emergency. …”
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