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Original Source: Surnames in Bolivia: A study of the population of Bolivia through isonymy.
In Bolivia, the Hispanic dual surname system is used. To describe the isonymic structure of Bolivia, the surname distribution of 12,139,448 persons registered in the 2006 census data was studied in 9 districts and 112 provinces of the nation, for a total of 23,244,064 surnames. The number of different surnames found was 174,922. Matrices of isonymic distances between the administrative units (districts and provinces) were constructed and tested for correlation with geographic distance. In the 112 provinces,...
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Local Antimony Shots Effective Against Cutaneous Leishmaniasis
Intralesional injections of antimony are significantly more effective than cryotherapy or placebo in dealing with single lesions caused by Bolivian Leishmania (Viannia) braziliensis. Reuters Health...
'Universal' personality traits don't necessarily apply to isolated indigenous people
Five personality traits widely thought to be universal across cultures might not be, according to a study of an isolated Bolivian society.
WCS photo of rare cat in Bolivia wins BBC prize
(Wildlife Conservation Society) A photograph taken by Wildlife Conservation Society scientists of a little known Bolivian cat species called an oncilla has won a BBC Wildlife camera-trap photo competi...
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Working on a remote, barren peak in the Bolivian Andes, Ryan Paterson and his fellow emergency room doctors came face-to-face with everything from altitude sickness to appendicitis to complications of...
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The search for medical technologies through 'medical travel' can change the lives of patients and their family members, according to medical anthropologists Cecilia Vindrola-Padros and Linda M. Whitef...
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The search for medical technologies through 'medical travel' can change the lives of patients and their family members, according to medical anthropologists Cecilia Vindrola-Padros and Linda M. Whitef...
'Universal' personality traits don't necessarily apply to isolated indigenous people
WASHINGTON – Five personality traits widely thought to be universal across cultures might not be, according to a study of an isolated Bolivian society. Researchers who spent two years looking at 1,...
Contacts, collisions, sutures, belts, and margins -- new GSA Bulletin content
(Geological Society of America) GSA Bulletin articles posted online ahead of print over the last month study a Carboniferous collision in central Asia; crystal xenoliths in the Bolivian Altiplano; The...
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Surnames in Albania: A Study of the Population of Albania through Isonymy.
In order to describe the isonymic structure of Albania, the distribution of 3,068,447 surnames was studied in the 12 prefectures and their administrative subdivisions: the 36 districts and 321 commune...
Surnames in Bolivia: A study of the population of Bolivia through isonymy.
In Bolivia, the Hispanic dual surname system is used. To describe the isonymic structure of Bolivia, the surname distribution of 12,139,448 persons registered in the 2006 census data was studied in 9...
Equity in health: tuberculosis in the Bolivian immigrant community of São Paulo, Brazil.
Objectives To analyse the profile of tuberculosis (TB) among Bolivian immigrants, investigate the impact that this population has on the trends of TB and assess equity in access to TB treatment, in...
The objectives of this work were to assess the mtDNA diversity of Bolivian South American camelid (SAC) populations and to shed light on the evolutionary relationships between the Bolivian camelids an...
Functional foods and nutraceuticals in a market of bolivian immigrants in Buenos Aires (Argentina).
This paper presents the results of a research in urban ethnobotany, conducted in a market of Bolivian immigrants in the neighborhood of Liniers, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires (Argentina). Functiona...
