El efecto del partido político del alcalde sobre variables de gasto municipal by Hector Acuña, Diego Carrasco, Martín Carrasco, Andrés Soto

“…Sin embargo, los contextos en los que se han llevado a cabo estas investigaciones son muy diferentes a los de Chile. En particular, respecto de los países que la literatura ha analizado, en los que las primarias son la norma y cualquier candidato es capaz de desafiar al alcalde incumbente, en Chile los líderes partidistas tienen mayor discreción para decidir dónde hacer las primarias.Metodología: Mediante el uso de un panel que incluye datos de 2001 a 2016, estimamos los resultados con un diseño de regresión discontinua (RD). …”
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Addressing Shortcomings in Contingency Standards of Care by Alexander Quan

“…International Journal of Nursing Studies, 120, 103950. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2021.103950 [23] Brooks Carthon, M., Brom, H., McHugh, M., Sloane, D. M., Berg, R., Merchant, R., Girotra, S., & Aiken, L. …”
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Protecting the Autonomy of Patients with Severe Mental Illness Through Psychiatric Advance Directive Peer-Facilitation by Nicholas Karasik

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Editorial by Stefan Vogenauer

“…Sie stammen aus bedeutenden digitalen Sammlungen der Nationalbibliotheken in Madrid und Santiago de Chile, der John Carter Brown Library (Providence) und der California State University, Monterey Bay. …”
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Entrepreneurship perception in higher education. A comparative study among Students, Faculty Members and Directors by Mauricio Castillo-Vergara, Alejandro Álvarez-Marín

“…Nuestro objetivo en este estudio es evaluar las percepciones que tienen los sujetos estudiantes, los equipos académico y el personal directivo de los Centros de Educación Superior en la región de Coquimbo, Chile, respecto al emprendimiento, considerando diversas variables a fin de poder establecer la existencia de diferencias significativas en dichas percepciones, que pueden incidir en las políticas de estas instituciones o en las acciones al interior de ellas, las que finalmente impactan en el desarrollo regional. …”
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Prevalence of Keratoconus in a Refractive Surgery Population by Abdulrahman Mohammed Al-Amri

“…An additional 479 subjects (21%) were candidates for refractive surgery, but chose not to undergo a procedure. Conclusion. The incidence of keratoconus in Saudi Arabian refractive surgery prospects was 18.7%. …”
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Endovascular Treatment of Infrarenal Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm with Short and Angulated Neck in High-Risk Patient by Stylianos Koutsias, Georgios Antoniou, Christos Karathanos, Vassileios Saleptsis, Konstantinos Stamoulis, Athanasios D. Giannoukas

“…It is, therefore, unclear whether aneurysms with a challenging proximal neck should be offered EVAR or OR (Cox et al. 2006, Choke et al. 2006, Robbins et al. 2005, Sternbergh III et al. 2002, Dillavou et al. 2003, and Greenberg et al. 2003). …”
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Measuring self-control in a wild songbird using a spatial discounting task by Ella McCallum, Rachael C. Shaw

“…We used a spatial discounting task resembling natural foraging decisions to measure self-control in wild toutouwai (Petroica longipes), a songbird endemic to New Zealand. Birds chose between a near, low-quality food item and a high-quality food item further away. …”
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Employee attendance system using face recognition and GPS using local binary pattern histogram by Narahari Vigraha Prasada, Ikrimach

“…Conventional approaches such as manual sign-ins and RFID cards or fingerprint scanning have shown important weaknesses, especially with regard to proxy attendance (buddy punching). We chose the LBPH algorithm since it has a higher flexibility against changes of light, which means that we can use it in many situations like indoor or outdoor cases. …”
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Estructura factorial de la Brief Self-Control Scale en español by María Isabel Rendón, Lorena Muñoz, Jorge Mario Jaramillo, Mirjam Weis

“…El objetivo del estudio fue explorar la estructura factorial de la Brief Self-Control Scale (BSCS; Tangney, Baumeister y Boone, 2004) aplicada como autorreporte a una muestra de 151 participantes en Colombia (edad promedio de 8.2 años, 50.33 % niñas y 49.66 % niños) y 115 participantes en Chile (edad promedio de 7.3 años, 53.04 % niñas y 49.95 % niños). …”
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Carcinogenic and non-carcinogenic health risks of arsenic exposure in drinking water in the rural environment by D. Mahan, O. Waissbluth, D. Caceres

“…This study estimated the risk associated with chronic consumption of water with high concentrations of arsenic in children and adults living in six Andean locations, in Chile. Concentrations of arsenic in the drinking water were analyzed between 2014 and 2017 based on health authority reports and data collected during this study. …”
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Frequency of Trypanosoma cruzi Infection in Synanthropic and Wild Rodents Captured in a Rural Community in Southeast of Mexico by Ivonne Hernández-Cortazar, Karla Cecilia Amaya Guardia, Marco Torres-Castro, Karla Acosta-Viana, Eugenia Guzmán-Marín, José Israel Chan-Pérez, Antonio Ortega-Pacheco, Roger I. Rodríguez-Vivas, Rodrigo Medina-Pinto, Matilde Jiménez-Coello

“…The protozoan parasite Trypanosoma cruzi is the causative agent of the Chagas disease, which is endemic in southeastern Mexico and is transmitted by the vector Triatoma dimidiata (triatomide). …”
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Hooded crows (Corvus cornix) manufacture objects relative to a mental template by Anna A. Smirnova, Leia R. Bulgakova, Maria A. Cheplakova, Sarah A. Jelbert

“…Crows were exposed to pre-made template objects, varying first in colour and then in size, and were rewarded only if they chose pre-made objects that matched the template. …”
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RISCURILE LA ADRESA SECURITĂȚII REPUBLICII MOLDOVA ŞI STRATEGIILE DE POLITICĂ EXTERNĂ ÎN CONDIŢIILE ACTUALE by USM ADMIN

“…De asemenea, aceasta este nevoită să facă față riscurilor de ordin social, economic și politic care pot afecta securitatea națională a statului și bunăstarea geneală a cetățenilor, precum și să întreprindă măsurile necesare pentru a ține situația sub control. Cuvinte-cheie: riscuri și amenințări, strategii, politică externă, măsuri. …”
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Preference for daily (1HP) vs. weekly (3HP) isoniazid-rifapentine among people living with HIV in Uganda by A. Musinguzi, H. E. Aschmann, J. L. Kadota, J. Nakimuli, F. Welishe, J. Kakeeto, C. Namale, L. Akello, A. Nakitende, C. Berger, A. Katamba, J. Tumuhamye, N. Kiwanuka, D. W. Dowdy, A. Cattamanchi, F. C. Semitala

“…Participants rated their level of perceived intention and confidence to complete treatment using a 0–10 Likert scale, and chose between 1HP and 3HP. RESULTS: Among 429 respondents (median age: 43 years, 71% female, median time on ART: 10 years), intention and confidence were rated high for both regimens. …”
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El rol del Anticiclón Pacífico en la caída de nieve en los Andes Áridos by Arnobio Germán Poblete, Mariela Carina Hryciw

“…La metodología consistió en la evaluación del ASPSO mediante un índice construido por los autores, basado en la Presión atmosférica medida en Santiago de Chile (PSGO) para el análisis temporal de la variabilidad de la presión. …”
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Caracterización de la gestión estratégica de las grandes empresas del Valle de Sugamuxi del departamento de Boyacá, Colombia by José Javier González-Millán, Miryam Teresa Rodríguez-Díaz, Luis Alfonso Moreno-Corredor

“…El instrumento de recolección de información, aplicado a los gerentes de las compañías, fue la encuesta estructurada con base en el modelo aplicado por el Instituto Nacional de Estadística de Chile (INE) y la Universidad Veracruzana de México. …”
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REVIZUIREA PROCESULUI PENAL ÎNTEMEIATĂ PE INCONCILIABILITATEA HOTĂRÂRILOR JUDECĂTOREȘTI IREVOCABILE by USM ADMIN

“…Mai mult ca atât, starea de inconciliabilitate trebuie în mod obligatoriu să se refere la împrejurările esențiale ale cauzei și exclusiv la situații contradictorii de fapt, nu de drept. Cuvinte-cheie: revizuirea procesului penal, temeiuri de revizuire, condiții de revizuire, hotărâri judecătorești irevocabile, cale extraordinară de atac, inconciliabilitate, hotărâri contradictorii. …”
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Free mobility across group boundaries promotes intergroup cooperation by Jörg Gross, Martin Götz, Katharina Reher, Filippo Toscano

“…Crucially, in the free-mobility treatment – where participants could choose whether to meet an in-group or an out-group member in the enforcement stage – intergroup cooperation was significantly higher than when participants were forced to interact only with in-group members, even though most participants endogenously chose to interact with in-group members. A few ‘mobile individuals’ were sufficient to enforce intergroup cooperation by selectively choosing out-group members, enabling indirect reciprocity to transcend group boundaries. …”
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The Book of Ruth as intra-biblical critique on the Deuteronomic law by Georg Braulik

“…The driving force for its meta-legal stance and critique, but also for its objective, lies in the portrayel of the 'loving-kindness, love' (chesed) of Yahweh and in calling forth the 'loving-kindness' of his people through the narrated praxis of the stranger Ruth. …”
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