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Chronic diseases among older people and co-resident psychological morbidity: A 10/66 Dementia Research Group population-based survey
(Int Psychogeriatr ., 2011-11)
This is the first study to investigate the associations between chronic health conditions of older people and their impact on co-resident psychological morbidity using population-based samples in low and middle income ...
Tobacco use and dementia: evidence from the 1066 dementia population-based surveys in Latin America, China and India
(International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 2011-02-09)
To assess the association between tobacco consumption and dementia using the same methodology in seven developing countries, testing the specific hypotheses that higher exposure to tobacco is associated with a higher ...
Piper umbellatum L.: A comparative cross-cultural analysis of its medicinal uses and an ethnopharmacological evaluation
(Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 2010-10)
This review assesses the botany, traditional medicinal uses, phytochemistry, pharmacology and toxicology of P. umbellatum. Information on P. umbellatum was gathered via the internet (using Scirus, Google Scholar, CAB-Abstracts, ...
Viticulture and enology in the Dominican Republic: situation, limitations, and possibilities
(International Society for Horticultural Science, 2004)
Commercial grapes were introduced in the 1490s and early 1500s in what is today the Dominican Republic. Since then, grapes of Spanish origin and rudimentary wines have been produced in the country. In spite of excellent ...
Neurovascular dysfunction and vascular amyloid accumulation as early events in Alzheimer's disease
(Metabolic Brain Disease, 2021-07)
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is clinically characterized by a progressive loss of cognitive functions and short-term memory. AD patients present two distinctive neuropathological lesions: neuritic plaques and neurofibrillary ...
Clinical and socioenvironmental characterizations associated with the genealogical analysis of a group of Dominican patients with nonsyndromic cleft lip with or without cleft palate
(Oral Science International, 2022-01)
In the Dominican Republic, there is an important number of individuals affected by nonsyndromic cleft lip with or without cleft palate (NS CL/P); in the search for the etiology, this study sought to determine the inheritance ...
Analysis of the french train system in a sugar mill of the 18th century on the island of Santo Domingo and restoration criterias.
(University of Cantabria, 2022)
The cultivation and production of sugar cane (Saccharum officinarum) began in the New World in the
16th century on the island of Santo Domingo, where hydraulic sugar mills and blood or animal-driven
mills were built. At ...
The Nairobi Declaration—Reducing the burden of dementia in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs): Declaration of the 2022 Symposium on Dementia and Brain Aging in LMICs
(Alzheimer's Association, 2023-03-11)
Delegates of the 2022 Symposium on Dementia and Brain Aging in Low- and Middle-Income Countries, representing over 40 countries, met in Nairobi, Kenya, December 5–9 to highlight advances in dementia prevention, diagnosis, ...
Reuse, a challenge for the preservation of 20th century heritage. The Royal Bank of Canada, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
(Springer, Cham, 2022-10-22)
Preserving the architectural heritage of the 20th century remains a challenge even though it has been protected for the last decades. The lack of recognition of its value, the absence of a legal framework for its protection ...
Moisture condition evaluation in a sixteenth century building using non-destructive techniques
(Springer, Cham, 2022-11-01)
The objective of this study is to analyze the surface moisture conditions in a sixteenth century building located in the colonial city of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, by non-destructive methods. Two techniques were ...