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End stage kidney disease is an important health issue worldwide. Some risk factors such as hypertension, diabetes mellitus and the presence of glomerulonephritis can lead to progression towards end stage disease. There a...

This study explores parent perspectives on how time spent in nature and natural settings, including their own experiences with the natural world, might influence their child’s play, learning and holistic development an...

Burn injuries represent a major public health concern worldwide, with a disproportionately high burden observed in developing nations. The healing of second-degree burns engages a series of intricate cellular and molecul...

Fil: Surtayeva, Sofya. Universidad Nacional de San Martín; Argentina. La investigación de esta tesis caracteriza y analiza las políticas implementadas en Argentina durante el período 2003-2015 con el propósito de de...

OBJECTIVE: The goal of this study was to estimate the prevalence of diabetes and the number of people of all ages with diabetes for years 2000 and 2030. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS: Data on diabetes prevalence by age and...

Understanding the evolutionary history of living organisms is a central problem in biology. Until recently the ability to infer evolutionary relationships was limited by the amount of DNA sequence data available, but new...

The global burden of cancer continues to increase largely because of the aging and growth of the world population alongside an increasing adoption of cancer-causing behaviors, particularly smoking, in economically develo...

The global food and agricultural system holds the potential to nourish the planet’s growing population, sustain livelihoods and employment, and support climate and nature-related goals. However, hunger has become a cri...

Shigella is one of the most important waterborne and foodborne bacterial pathogens in the world. The species most commonly isolated from shigellosis patients is Shigella flexneri, which is found predominantly in developi...

Fil: Salomon, Jean-Jacques. Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers. Centre Science, Technologie et Societé. Francia. Este trabajo analiza la modificación de las relaciones entre científicos y el arte de la guerra...

Fil: Fushimi, Marcela. Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Instituto de Investigaciones en Humanidades y Ciencias Sociales; Argentina. El objetivo de este trabajo es investigar la evolución y el proceso de construcción d...

"Esta tesis tiene como objetivo analizar la factibilidad del desarrollo de una red eléctrica inteligente o "smart grid" en Argentina. Para lograr este objetivo, en primer lugar se analiza la red eléctrica actual, iden...

El Protocolo de Montreal relativo a las sustancias que agotan la capa de ozono, firmado el 16 de septiembre de 1987, ajustado y enmendado en 1990, 1992, 1995 y 1997 es un modelo de concertación entre todos los grupos in...

Uniform Resource Identifiers are an integral part of the current Architecture of the World Wide Web. This work analyzes the implications and possibilities of using Universal Resource Names as unique and persistent identi...

Fil: Daher, Antonio. Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. Instituto de Estudios Urbanos y Territoriales; Chile. Las políticas poscrisis de austeridad fiscal, servicio de deuda y competitividad, involucran alta mov...

En el trabajo se analizan los cambios recientes producidos en los mercados laborales y en las instituciones que los caracterizan. Se consideran un conjunto de factores que pueden constituir una explicación parcial de la...

Esta investigación se centra en el aumento del poder de negociación comercial que los países en desarrollo, agrupados en el G-20, alcanzaron en las negociaciones sobre agricultura durante ...

Con el avance de la tecnología y el creciente desarrollo de las comunicaciones móviles, de redes de área local (LAN) inalámbricas con diversas tecnologías como WIFI (Wireless Fidelity), WMAX (Interoperabilidad Mundi...

The failure of the Fifth Ministerial Conference in Cancun2 was not only a setback for the Doha Round, but also for the World Trade Organization’s efforts to enhance international trade as means to growth and developmen...

Se estima que el 60% de la población mundial vive a menos de 60 km de la costa y que esa proporción aumentará a 75% en los próximos 30 años. Mientras la situación mundial se encuentra en niveles de alarma y acción...

Bowling Alone: America’s Declining Social Capital Robert D. Putnam (bio) Many students of the new democracies that have emerged over the past decade and a half have emphasized the importance of a strong and active civi...

BACKGROUND: Global and regional projections of mortality and burden of disease by cause for the years 2000, 2010, and 2030 were published by Murray and Lopez in 1996 as part of the Global Burden of Disease project. These...