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Tropical roots and tubers (TRT) are important staple foods in the tropics. TRT are produced by small farmers and have received only limited attention. The objective of this paper was to evaluate nutritionally important carbohydrate fractions and proximal composition of cooked cassava (Manihot esculenta), cocoyam - or tannia- (Xantosoma sp) and yam (Dioscorea alata) grown in Costa Rica. Twenty boil
INTRODUCTION: Poliomyelitis is currently a rare disease in developed countries, where only vaccinal strains seem to be in circulation, which replace wild poliovirus. Nevertheless, it is still a serious disease for children in underdeveloped countries of Asia and Africa.PATIENTS AND METHODS: We analysed nine strains of poliovirus type 2 isolated from the faecal matter of patients with vaccine assoc
Public and private policies typically consider the construction of infrastructure the most appropriate response to the problems of water scarcity and water disputes. However, infrastructure in itself not always is the solution. In this context we have the following questions: What are the logics behind the construction and implementation of water infrastructure? Why water infrastructures are not a
This doctoral thesis uses a meta-critical method with an epistemological approach. The corpus consists of the doctoral theses presented in the United States about the novels of the Peruvian-Spanish writer and Nobel Prize winner in 2010 Mario Vargas Llosa, one of the most outstanding Spanish-speaking authors, with an extensive literary production. The study covers the 56 doctoral theses presented b
I dag har de flesta arbetstagare förvandlats till medarbetare, åtminstone i teorin. Arbetsgivare söker numera "medarbetare" och kallar sina anställda så. Det låter trevligare - att "arbeta med", istället för det mera passiva "att ta arbete".Allt fler företag och organisationer har uppmärksammat vikten av medarbetarskap, i syfte att utveckla ansvarstagande och förändri
In this thesis I analyse civilizations in South America. I construct civilizational narratives through the method of emplotment, to build a historic continuity, which I subsequently connect to the theoretical framework. The theory emphasise that, when confronted with globalization and free market capitalism, civilizations embark on different strategies to challenge the power of transnational m
Originalidad y periferia. Existe una forma de "originalidad" que nada tiene que ver con la forma de interpretar los hechos culturales. Según esta manera de ver la cultura, lo que hace a ésta original es su carácter único, su particularidad antropológica e histórica. Del mismo modo que cada ser vivo es portador de un banco genético único, es cada forma de la cultura portadora de una herencia cult
