Initial constraints on triggering mechanisms of the eruption of Fuego volcano (Guatemala) from 3 June 2018 using IASI satellite data
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2019.03.014
Abstract: Abstract On 3 June 2018 Volcan de Fuego (Guatemala) erupted explosively with unusual intensity, producing wide-spread ash dispersal and pyroclastic flows of >11 km length, which destroyed a community on Fuego's flanks, causing hundreds of fatalities.… read more here.
Keywords: satellite; guatemala; fuego; eruption ... See more keywords
A STORY OF AWE AND CLAY: MOLD-MADE HIEROGLYPHS FROM ALTA VERAPAZ, GUATEMALA
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DOI: 10.1017/s095653612000053x
Abstract: The recent discovery of an ancient Late Classic ceramic production facility in a valley floor, east of the current capital of Cobán in Guatemala, reveals a new ceramic form and provides data concerning regional chronology.… read more here.
Keywords: alta verapaz; guatemala; mold made; awe clay ... See more keywords
Emission Performance and User Acceptance of a Catalytic Biomass Cookstove in Rural Guatemala
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DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.8b03596
Abstract: A catalytic rocket stove was developed to reduce emissions and improve efficiency compared to open cooking fires or traditional semienclosed cookstoves, called poyos, typical of rural Guatemala. Traditional stoves often emit particulate matter and carbon… read more here.
Keywords: guatemala; rural guatemala; field trial; user acceptance ... See more keywords
De-colonizing study abroad: social workers confronting racism, sexism and poverty in Guatemala
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DOI: 10.1080/02615479.2020.1770719
Abstract: ABSTRACT The danger of U.S. or Global North study abroad programs is that students confirm and reinforce colonial notions of culture that privilege Western perspectives. If such experiences are not carefully framed from a human… read more here.
Keywords: study abroad; study; guatemala; colonizing study ... See more keywords
Translating instruments into multiple Mayan languages for a hypertension T4 study in Guatemala
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DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckaa166.1160
Abstract: Guatemala is a culturally and linguistically diverse country. Mayan languages are primarily spoken languages; few people know their written form. Health features and outcomes are difficult to assess due to the lack of validated instruments… read more here.
Keywords: methodology; study; guatemala; culturally adapted ... See more keywords
A neglected among the neglected: a review of cutaneous leishmaniasis in Guatemala.
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DOI: 10.1093/trstmh/trad024
Abstract: Cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) is a parasitic vector-borne disease affecting mostly low- and middle-income countries. CL is endemic in Guatemala, where an increase in the number of cases and incidence and a changing disease distribution in… read more here.
Keywords: review; disease; control; cutaneous leishmaniasis ... See more keywords
Qualitative study of pathways to care among adults with diabetes in rural Guatemala
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DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-056913
Abstract: Objective The burden of diabetes mellitus is increasing in low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs). Few studies have explored pathways to care among individuals with diabetes in LMICs. This study evaluates care trajectories among adults with… read more here.
Keywords: pathways care; diabetes care; care among; care ... See more keywords
P2.43 Gender differences in risk factors and clinical outcomes of patients receiving antiretroviral therapy at an hiv clinic in guatemala city over a 9-year period
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DOI: 10.1136/sextrans-2017-053264.219
Abstract: Introduction There is no consensus on gender differences in clinical outcomes of HIV-infected patients. Immunologic, virologic, and survival data for patients receiving antiretroviral therapy (ART) show an inconsistent presence and direction of a gender gap.… read more here.
Keywords: gender differences; gender; year; hiv ... See more keywords
Ceracis tzotzilicus sp. nov. (Coleoptera: Tenebrionoidea: Ciidae) from Guatemala and Mexico.
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DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4780.2.10
Abstract: Ceracis tzotzilicus sp. nov. is described on the basis of 200 specimens collected in San Cristóbal de las Casas (Mexico) and Yepocapa (Guatemala), at an altitude above 2000 m. Ceracis tzotzilicus resembles members of the… read more here.
Keywords: tzotzilicus nov; ceracis tzotzilicus; ceracis; guatemala ... See more keywords
La red que crece: Platform Politics and Social Struggle in Neoliberal Guatemala
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DOI: 10.1177/0094582x221128536
Abstract: Free-trade policies have opened the Guatemalan economy to international forces and sparked massive internal and international migration, creating new forms of social struggle produced by and engaging with these processes. A review of the 2008… read more here.
Keywords: platform; crece platform; red que; social struggle ... See more keywords
Red zone blues: Violence and nostalgia in Guatemala City
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DOI: 10.1177/1466138118795975
Abstract: Based on ethnographic research in a Guatemala City mara territory, this article examines the place of nostalgia in residents’ accounts of spiralling insecurity and gang violence. Anchoring many depictions of their circumstances past and present,… read more here.
Keywords: violence; zone blues; red zone; guatemala ... See more keywords