Nonnative English researchers take 91% longer in reading: study
TOKYO -- Non-English-speaking environmental researchers take nearly twice as long to read English-language papers, compared with native English speakers, according to a study published in the scientific journal Plos Biology last week. The subjects of the study had varying levels of English…#tokyo #plosbiology #nepal #bolivia #ukraine #spain #nigeria #bolivian #spanish #bangladeshi (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - July 29, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Bolivia is the latest South American nation to use China ’s yuan for trade in challenge to the dollar
LA PAZ--Bolivia is now using the yuan to pay for imports and exports, becoming the latest country in South America to regularly use the Chinese currency in a small but growing challenge to the hegemony of the U.S. dollar for international financial transactions in the region. Between May and July…#lapaz #bolivia #southamerica #marcelomontenegro #montenegro #bananazinc #bancounión #brazil #argentina #latinamerica (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - July 29, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Bolivia is the latest South American nation to use China's yuan for trade in challenge to the dollar
Bolivia is now using the yuan to pay for imports and exports, becoming the latest country in South America to regularly use the Chinese currency in a small but growing challenge to the hegemony of the U.S. dollar for international financial transactions in the region. Between May and July of this…#bolivia #southamerica #marcelomontenegro #montenegro #bananazinc #bancounión #brazil #argentina #latinamerica #caribbean (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - July 28, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Cases Of Severe Tropical Disease Exploding With No End In Sight: WHO
Authored by Jack Phillips via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), This transmission electron microscopic image depicts a number of round dengue virus particles that were revealed in this tissue specimen. (Frederick Murphy/U.S.…#jackphillips #epochtimes #frederickmurphy #sudan #khartoum #peru #ramanvelayudhan #geneva #asianmonsoon #bolivia (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - July 28, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Vulnerable Women Suffer the Worst Face of Discrimination in Argentina
"Migration is a right," read the handkerchiefs held by two women at a demonstration in the Argentine capital for migrants' rights. At left is Natividad Obeso, a Peruvian who came to Buenos Aires in 1994, fleeing political violence in her country. CREDIT: Camilo Flores / ACDHBy Daniel GutmanBUENOS AIRES, Jul 27 2023 (IPS) Remi Cáceres experienced gender-based violence firsthand. She struggled, got out and today helps other women in Argentina to find an escape valve. But because she is in a wheelchair and is a foreign national, she says the process was even more painful and arduous: “Being a migrant with a disability,...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - July 27, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Daniel Gutman Tags: Active Citizens Civil Society Development & Aid Editors' Choice Featured Gender Gender Violence Headlines Health Human Rights Latin America & the Caribbean LGBTQ Migration & Refugees Regional Categories Argentina Migrants t Source Type: news
‘No one is talking about it’: the cruelty of long Covid in the global south
As research focuses on richer parts of world, people in less developed countries suffer from lack of awareness and supportIn the Hospital del Norte of El Alto, a working-class city in Bolivia, visibly sick patients queue for a consultation with a surgeon. At their feet, two stray dogs sleep on a floor strewn with coca leaves.Dr Silverio Condori, 49, was here whenthe coronavirus pandemic arrived in Bolivia. He fell sick in June 2020 and spent two months in one of the country ’s few intensive care units. “I came back from another world,” he said.Continue reading... (Source: Guardian Unlimited Science)
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - July 13, 2023 Category: Science Authors: Thomas Graham in La Paz, Amrit Dhillon in Delhi and Caroline Kimeu in Nairobi Tags: Global development Long Covid Coronavirus Infectious diseases World news Kenya Bolivia India Medical research Source Type: news
Report: Critical minerals supply chain puts speed of energy transition at risk
IRENA, an intergovernmental organization that counts more than 160 countries as members, cited the limited capacity for mining and refining critical minerals even though it noted there was no scarcity of mineral reserves in the ground. And it warned potential supply disruptions could lead to…#francescolacamera #lacamera #bolivia #africa #southeastasia (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - July 12, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Vatican sends Bolivia diary of priest who allegedly confessed to abuse
LA PAZ, Bolivia — The Vatican has sent to Bolivia the diary of the late Alfonso Pedrajas, a Jesuit priest who allegedly confessed to abusing dozens of minors in Bolivia dating back to the 1970s, the latest development in a pedophilia scandal that has shaken the Andean country. In a statement…#lapaz #bolivia #vatican #alfonsopedrajas #jesuit #andean #cochabamba #societyofjesus #pedrajas #spanish (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - June 22, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
GOP flubs reality on international former leaders facing charges
Even after the federal indictment against Donald Trump was unsealed on Friday, some of his reflexive partisan allies struck to strange talking points. Republican Sen. Mike Lee, for example, issued a written statement that read in part, “The Biden administration’s actions can only be compared to…#donaldtrump #mikelee #venezuela #bolivia #nicaragua #utahan #troynehls #abananarepublic #harriethageman #wyoming (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - June 12, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Dog bite injuries in children seen at a tertiary care hospital in Bolivia - Copana-Olmos R, Calder ón-López ME, Jove-Veizaga A, Ochoa-Ledezma E, Gómez-Rocabado JA, Agui-Santivañez N, Ledezma-Hurtado BW, García-Delgadillo MR.
The objective of this study is to describe the characteristics of dog bite injuries in children seen at a children's hospital in Bolivia. Population and methods. This was an observational, retrospective study in patients seen between 2017 and... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - June 5, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
Bolivian government: Bankrupt bank trustee died by suicide, no foul play detected
The trustee of a bankrupt bank in Bolivia who died after falling from the 15th floor of an office building killed himself, a forensic investigation concluded Wednesday, casting new doubts on a case that has gripped Bolivia amid accusations of a cover up and as the country faces an economic…#bolivia #luisarce #carlosalbertocolodro #carloseduardo #delcastillo #colodro #arce #jorgevalda #fassilbank #santacruz (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - June 1, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
SWIFT Data Shows Despite De-Dollarization Push, US Dollar Is Still the King of International Settlements
The share of the U.S. dollar usage for international payments has risen to 42.71% in April, despite the push of some countries towards de-dollarization. The dollar remains the most used currency in international settlements, with the euro taking second place according to data from the Society for…#euro #usdollar #treasury #janetyellen #chineseyuan #brazil #argentina #bolivia #venezuelan #nicolasmaduro (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - May 22, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
The Electric: Welcome to CATL's World
In April 2022, Chinese battery manufacturer Contemporary Amperex Technology Ltd. announced a blockbuster deal in Indonesia: With local partners, it would spend $6 billion on a complex on North Maluku island that would mine nickel, process it into electrodes and then manufacture electric vehicle…#indonesia #northmaluku #catl #jiangxiprovince #bolivia #xinjiang #sichuan #henryfords (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - May 22, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Is lithium America's next gold rush?
Call it a 21st-century gold rush: The rise of the electric vehicle industry has set off a chase to discover and control domestic lithium deposits so crucial to making new car batteries, Vice News reported. Across the American West, prospectors are "racing to stake as many claims as they can" —…#lithiumvalley #tesla #elonmusk #sierraclub #marcotedesco #bradtempleton #daniellitvin #northamerican #bolivian #indonesia (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - May 17, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Latam Insights: Bolivia Mulls Chinese Yuan for Trade Settlements, Steve Hanke Proposes 30-Day Solution for Venezuelan Inflation
Welcome to Latam Insights, a compendium of the most relevant crypto and economic development news from Latin America during the last week. In this issue, Bolivia mulls using the Chinese yuan in international trade settlements, inflation reaches 108.8% in Argentina, and Steve Hanke states he can…#lataminsights #latinamerica #bolivia #chineseyuan #argentina #stevehanke #venezuela #bolivian #luisarce #brazil (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - May 15, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
