Biodiversity of Lecanosticta pine-needle blight pathogens suggests a Mesoamerican Centre of origin by Ariska van der Nest, Michael J. Wingfield, Paulo C. Ortiz, Irene Barnes

“…These are described here as Lecanosticta jani sp. nov. from Guatemala and Nicaragua, L. pharomachri sp. nov. from Guatemala and Honduras, L. tecunumanii sp. nov. from Guatemala and L. variabilis sp. nov. from Guatemala, Honduras, and Mexico. …”
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Addressing the Oncologist Shortage in Latin America: Insights From a Survey of Medical Oncology Fellowship Programs by Mauricio Zegarra-López, Alejandro Aranda-Gutierrez, Jose Felipe Muñoz Lozano, Cynthia Villarreal-Garza

“…Only Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Mexico, and Peru have more than five active fellowship programs. Honduras and Nicaragua did not report any fellowship programs. These nations—along with Colombia, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, and Peru—depend on foreign education for the training of their medical oncologists. …”
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Severe Postpartum Hemorrhage from Uterine Atony: A Multicentric Study by Carlos Montufar-Rueda, Laritza Rodriguez, José Douglas Jarquin, Alejandra Barboza, Maura Carolina Bustillo, Flor Marin, Guillermo Ortiz, Francisco Estrada

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Prevalence and factors associated with water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) facilities deprivation among children in Nigeria by Chima Victor, Joseph Ayodeji Kupoluyi, Funmilola Folasade Oyinlola, Victor Ojoajogwu Sule

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Calidad del agua para consumo humano y protección de la vida acuática en el embalse Los Laureles de Tegucigalpa (2002-2016) by German Onil Rodríguez Cruz

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Linking a distal ejecta with its source crater: a probabilistic approach applied to tektites by Rochette, Pierre, Baratoux, David, Braucher, Regis, Cornec, Jean, Debaille, Vinciane, Devouard, Bertrand, Gattacceca, Jerome, Gounelle, Matthieu, Jourdan, Fred, Moustard, Fabien, Nomade, Sébastien

“…We exemplify this approach in the case of three tektite strewn fields related to three known impact structures—the belizites, related to Pantasma (Nicaragua), the ivorites, related to Bosumtwi (Ghana), the moldavites, related to Ries (Germany), as well as on Manson crater ejecta. …”
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Escasez de agua en Tegucigalpa, Honduras: ¿Está siendo afectada la subcuenca Guacerique por la variabilidad climática y el arrastre de sedimentos? by German Onil Rodríguez Cruz

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Modulatory effect of Echium plantagineum oil on the n-3 LC-PUFA biosynthetic capacity of chicken (Gallus gallus) by Jesús Villora, José Antonio Pérez, Nieves Guadalupe Acosta, Deiene Rodríguez-Barreto, Pedro Juan Alonso, Mónica B. Betancor, Alexandr Torres, Sergio Álvarez, Covadonga Rodríguez

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Geoconservation in Latin America and the Caribbean by Maria Da Gloria Motta Garcia, Marcos Antonio Leite Do Nascimento

“…Currently, twelve UNESCO Global Geoparks (UGGp) comprise the network: five in Brazil, two in Mexico, and one each in Nicaragua, Ecuador, Peru, Chile and Uruguay (Fig. 1). …”
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