Influence of the COVID-19 pandemic on the prevalence of depression in U.S. adults: evidence from NHANES by Yun Jiang, Wusheng Deng, Mei Zhao

“…Subgroups such as females, Mexican Americans, and young adults experienced particularly pronounced increases. …”
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Comparative Studies of Synthesized Copper Oxide Nanoparticles using Aqueous Extract of Leaves by Emmanuel Oyetola, Friday Nwosu, Gboyega Oluwaseun Oyeleke, Ismaila Olawale, Bosede Mofoluwake Adegoke, Usman Afolabi

“…In this study, we compared the percentage yields of copper oxide (CuO) nanoparticles synthesized using aqueous leaf extracts of Psidium guajava (guava), Terminalia catappa (tropical almond), Cymbopogon citratus (lemon grass), and Tithonia diversifolia (mexican sunflower) at varying volume-ratios with copper sulphate standard solutions. …”
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Antimicrobial, Anti-Inflammatory, Antiparasitic, and Cytotoxic Activities of Laennecia confusa by María G. Martínez Ruiz, Melissa Richard-Greenblatt, Zaida N. Juárez, Yossef Av-Gay, Horacio Bach, Luis R. Hernández

“…The current paper investigated the potential benefit of the traditional Mexican medicinal plant Laennecia confusa (Cronquist) G. …”
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Antioxidant and Antimicrobial Properties of Cactus Pear (Opuntia) Seed Oils by Esther Ramírez-Moreno, Raquel Cariño-Cortés, Nelly del Socorro Cruz-Cansino, Luis Delgado-Olivares, José Alberto Ariza-Ortega, Vanessa Yelina Montañez-Izquierdo, María Manuela Hernández-Herrero, Tomás Filardo-Kerstupp

“…Seed oils from two Mexican varieties of cactus pear (green: Opuntia albicarpa and red: Opuntia ficus indica) were extracted with different solvents (hexane, ethanol, and ethyl acetate) to evaluate their antioxidant activity. …”
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Vaginal Dysbiosis in Infertility: A Comparative Analysis Between Women with Primary and Secondary Infertility by Iliana Alejandra Cortés-Ortíz, Gustavo Acosta-Altamirano, Rafael Nambo-Venegas, Jesús Alejandro Pineda-Migranas, Oscar Giovanni Ríos-Hernández, Eduardo García-Moncada, Alejandra Yareth Bonilla-Cortés, Mónica Sierra-Martínez, Juan Carlos Bravata-Alcántara

“…Objective: The aim of this study was to characterize the vaginal microbiota of 136 Mexican women diagnosed with infertility—primary (n = 58) and secondary (n = 78)—by evaluating the presence of pathogenic bacterial species and their associations with infertility conditions. …”
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L’Arbre des rues de Mexico : une ressource au-delà de son exploitabilité by Nora Itri

“…Analyzing this particularity in the physical and historical constitution of the Mexican megalopolis allows us to renew the meaning that is conventionally attributed to the notion of resource. …”
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Le maïs et la mémoire bioculturelle de Mésoamérique by Víctor M. Toledo, Narciso Barrera-Bassols

“…This extensive territory where maize – which today constitutes the staple food in Mexican and Central American kitchens – finds its origin has become a symbolic point of reference, forming the core nucleus of a cosmic matrix. …”
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Hydrothermal decomposition of industrial jarosite in alkaline media: The rate determining step of the process kinetics by González-Ibarra A.A., Nava-Alonso F., Fuentes-Aceituno J.C., Uribe-Salas A.

“…This work examines the role of NaOH and Ca(OH)2 on the hydrothermal decomposition of industrial jarosite deposited by a Mexican company in a tailings dam. The industrial jarosite is mainly composed by natrojarosite and contains 150 g Ag/t, showing a narrow particle size distribution, as revealed by XRD, fire assay, SEM-EDS and laser-diffraction analysis. …”
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The Role of Helicobacter pylori Seropositivity in Insulin Sensitivity, Beta Cell Function, and Abnormal Glucose Tolerance by Lou Rose Malamug, Rudruidee Karnchanasorn, Raynald Samoa, Ken C. Chiu

“…We examined data from 4,136 non-Hispanic white (NHW), non-Hispanic black (NHB), and Mexican Americans (MA) aged 18 and over from the NHANES 1999-2000 cohort. …”
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Geriatric Syndromes and Abandonment by Abel Pérez Pavón, Alejandra Villegas Villegas, Yamileth del Socorro López Franco, Donovan Casas Patiño, Alejandra Rodríguez Torres

“…<br /><strong>Methods:</strong> a cross-sectional, descriptive, analytical and correlational study was carried out in the Family Medicine Unit No. 33 of the Mexican Social Security Institute of Tabasco. The sample was made up of 203 patients aged 60 and over, who attended Family Medicine and Continuing Medical Care consultations. …”
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Inflammatory Cytokine Profile Associated with Metabolic Syndrome in Adult Patients with Type 1 Diabetes by Aldo Ferreira-Hermosillo, Mario Molina-Ayala, Claudia Ramírez-Rentería, Guadalupe Vargas, Baldomero Gonzalez, Armando Isibasi, Irma Archundia-Riveros, Victoria Mendoza

“…We found a high prevalence of MS in Mexican patients with T1D. The increased level of resistin may be related to the increased fat mass and could be involved in the development of insulin resistance.…”
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Spatial Variability of Heavy Metals in Soils and Sediments of “La Zacatecana” Lagoon, Mexico by Sergio A. Covarrubias, Juan Armando Flores de la Torre, María Maldonado Vega, Francisco Javier Avelar González, Juan José Peña Cabriales

“…Site VIII accumulated the highest amount of Pb (3070 mg·kg−1) sevenfold more than the limit established by the Mexican standards for agricultural soils (i.e., 400 mg·kg−1). …”
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Theory of Planned Behavior in predicting condom use in Latin-American Women by David Javier Enríquez-Negrete, Ricardo Sánchez-Medina, Susana Xóchitl Bárcena-Gaona, Itzel Guadalupe Chávez-Santos

“…Method: A set of variables were evaluated in two samples of Latina women (Mexican and Argentine): consistency of condom use, intention to use condoms in the next sexual encounter, the subjective norm of friends and parents, attitudes towards condoms, and perceived behavioral control to use condoms. …”
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Tilapia Lake Virus (TiLV): a Globally Emerging Threat to Tilapia Aquaculture by Lowia Al-Hussinee, Kuttichantran Subramaniam, Win Surachetpong, Vsevolod Popov, Kathleen Hartman, Katharine Starzel, Roy Yanong, Craig Watson, Hugh Ferguson, Salvatore Frasca Jr, Thomas Waltzek

“…TiLV has not yet been found in the USA or Canada, but it has most recently been reported in 20 aquaculture production facilities across six Mexican states (Chiapas, Jalisco, Michoacán, Sinaloa, Tabasco and Veracruz). …”
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Evaluation of Energy Potential in a Landfill Through the Integration of a Biogas–Solar Photovoltaic System by Héctor Alfredo López-Aguilar, Guadalupe Kennedy Puentes, Luis Armando Lozoya Márquez, Oscar Chávez Acosta, Humberto Alejandro Monreal Romero, Claudia López Meléndez, Antonino Pérez-Hernández

“…Using the LandGEM and MMB models (Landfill Gas Emission Model and the Mexican Biogas Model), biogas generation was estimated by considering the composition of the landfill gas and the characteristics of the cover in each cell, revealing notable differences due to their operational periods and waste deposition. …”
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Detection of mental disorders other than depression with the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale in a sample of pregnant women in northern Mexico by Cosme Alvarado-Esquivel, Antonio Sifuentes-Alvarez, Carlos Salas-Martinez

“…The EPDS can be considered for screening mental disorders other than depression in Mexican pregnant women whenever a cut-off score of 8/9 is used. …”
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Elevated GGT to HDL ratio as a marker for the risk of NAFLD and liver fibrosis by Yanyan Xuan, Fangfang He, Qing Liu, Dandan Dai, Dingting Wu, Yanmei Shi, Qi Yao

“…Subgroup analyses revealed a significant correlation between the risk of NAFLD and the GGT/HDL-C ratio among Mexican Americans and young people in the 20–40 age range. …”
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Risk Assessment of Dyslipidemias, Hyperglycemia, Hyperuricemia, and Hypertension Utilizing Self-Reported Body Silhouettes by Ruben Blachman-Braun, Juan O. Talavera, Marcela Pérez-Rodríguez, Ivonne Roy-García, Rodolfo Rivas-Ruiz, Gerardo Huitrón-Bravo, Jorge Salmerón

“…Self-reported body silhouette is a useful risk assessment tool for dyslipidemias, hyperglycemia, hyperuricemia, and hypertension in Mexican adults. Applications of questioners containing this silhouette might be considered a valuable public health instrument due to their low cost, relative simplicity, and absence of specialized equipment, training, or respondent knowledge.…”
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Tilapia Lake Virus (TiLV): a Globally Emerging Threat to Tilapia Aquaculture by Lowia Al-Hussinee, Kuttichantran Subramaniam, Win Surachetpong, Vsevolod Popov, Kathleen Hartman, Katharine Starzel, Roy Yanong, Craig Watson, Hugh Ferguson, Salvatore Frasca Jr, Thomas Waltzek

“…TiLV has not yet been found in the USA or Canada, but it has most recently been reported in 20 aquaculture production facilities across six Mexican states (Chiapas, Jalisco, Michoacán, Sinaloa, Tabasco and Veracruz). …”
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Empresarios españoles de ida y vuelta  en el México porfiriano y en la España de la Restauración by Carlos Marichal

“…He was a director of the most important Mexican bank of the day, Banco Nacional de México, but later also became the founder in 1901 of the Banco Hispano Americano in Madrid, an institution that would soon become one of the most powerful commercial banks in Spain. …”
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