Socioeconomic inequalities in the population influence access to health services and constitute a challenge for health systems, especially in low- and middle-income countries. In Peru, an increase in the use of medical services has been estimated; however, the study of inequalities in the use of...
Previous research has found that different cooking methods have a dissimilar effect on the concentration of Hg on wet weight compared to concentrations in raw tissue. An increase in Hg concentration in cooked fish muscle has been attributed to the loss of moisture55,56. However, we included the...
The lahars compared to main social issues and other kind of natural hazards Our results show that the respondents estimate that natural hazards are more important that the corruption and the fact of living with less than 5 Soles per day (Fig. 2). First of all, this ranking can be explained...
those living in the highlands, and those living in rural areas reported greater inequalities compared to non-native speakers, those with higher educational attainment, those living in areas other than the highlands, and those living in urban settings (see panel D, panel E, panel H, and panel ...
Table 6 compares the frequency of the types of cancer diagnosed among the study population compared to national data from the INEN [17]. Table 6 New cancer cases during 2014 by the institution Full size table Cervical cancer had the highest percentage among patients seen at INEN in 2014, wh...
There are some pros and cons when you decide to sell your car for cash in Tornillo, Texas. The biggest pro of selling your car is that you can receive a lump sum of cash. This can be helpful for freeing up some extra money in your budget or for using as a down payment on a new...
Peru TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY John HornerJohn Janovec RepaskyRebecca ElaineA study of orchids was carried out in a cloud forest in southeastern Peru, in the department of Cusco, between September 2005 and August 2006. A systematic collection found 239 different morphospecies of orchids which was ...
Rebecca R. Stone,Art of the Andes: From Chavín to Inca(London: Thames & Hudson 2012) Rebecca R. Stone,The Jaguar Within: Shamanic Trance in Ancient Central and South American Art(Austin: University of Texas Press, 2011) Rebecca R. Stone and William B. Size,Seeing with New Eyes: Highlig...
it is necessary to demonstrate how well the analysis represents the original (dis)similarity matrix. To this end, the tree matrix was transformed into a matrix of ultrametric distances and the latter matrix was statistically compared with the original (dis)similarity matrix. The resulting correlation...
Bird feathers derive some of their color from the size, shape and arrangement of nanoscale structures known as melanosomes. The researchers compared melanosomes recovered from the fossil to their extensive library of those from living birds to recreate the colors of the fossil penguin’s feathers...