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1. A Qualitative Exploration of Parents’ Food Choices During Early Childhood

Author:
Leticia Vidal; Valentina Iragola; Leandro Machín; Gerónimo Brunet; Alejandra Girona; María Rosa Curutchet; Carolina de León; Gastón Ares
Source:
Journal of nutrition education and behavior 2022 pp. -
ISSN:
1499-4046
Subject:
childhood; females; infancy; nutrition education; risk perception; Latin America; Uruguay
Abstract:
... To explore parents’ accounts of the goals they seek when choosing foods for their young children through the lens of goal-systems theory. In-depth interviews with parents of children aged from 6 months to 5 years. Montevideo, Uruguay. Forty-two parents (aged 19–44 years, 90% female). Parents’ personal experiences, feelings, and opinions related to how they choose foods for their children. Content ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.jneb.2022.03.006

2. A commentary on emerging markets banking sector spillovers: Covid-19 vs GFC pattern analysis

Author:
Mustafa Raza Rabbani; Umar Kayani; Hana Saeed Bawazir; Iqbal Thonse Hawaldar
Source:
Heliyon 2022 v.8 no.3 pp. e09074
ISSN:
2405-8440
Subject:
COVID-19 infection; Russia; heteroskedasticity; Brazil; China; Greece; India; Ireland; Italy; Latin America; Portugal; Spain
Abstract:
... The emerging-market banking sector plays a significant role in modern-day banking sector stability. In this study, we have used the dynamic conditional correlation (DCC) version of the Generalised autoregressive conditional heteroscedasticity (GARCH) model to estimate the correlation among Emerging Markets (BANKSEK), Latin America (BANKSLA), Brazil, Russia, India, and China (BRIC) (BANKSBC), Portu ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.heliyon.2022.e09074

3. A cross-sectional study of the socio-demographic and epidemiological factors associated with childhood cancer in Cali, Colombia

Author:
Jiménez Urrego Ángela María; Calero-Flórez Mario; Hernandez-Carrillo Mauricio; Gutierrez-Posso Ana Gisset; Holguín Ruiz Jorge Alirio; Perlaza-Peláez Guillermo; Botero-Carvajal Alejandro
Source:
Heliyon 2022 v.8 no.5 pp. e09410
ISSN:
2405-8440
Subject:
childhood; cross-sectional studies; mortality; Colombia; Latin America
Abstract:
... This study investigates the occurrence of childhood cancer between the years 2015 and 2016 in the city of Cali, Colombia, with respect to: a) sociodemographic characteristics, b) type of cancer, c) epidemiological weeks of cancer and d) comparative survival according to health system affiliation by consolidating the records notified to the municipal health secretariat. Statistically significant di ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.heliyon.2022.e09410

4. A systematic review and Bayesian meta-analysis about Salmonella spp. prevalence on raw chicken meat

Author:
Claudia Titze Hessel; Eduardo de Freitas Costa; Roberta Taufer Boff; João Pedro Pessoa; Eduardo Cesar Tondo
Source:
Microbial risk analysis 2022 v. no. pp. 100205
ISSN:
2352-3522
Subject:
Bayesian theory; Salmonella Enteritidis; chicken meat; cold; meta-analysis; microbiological risk assessment; models; raw chicken meat; salmonellosis; serotypes; slaughterhouses; standard deviation; systematic review; uncertainty; Africa; Asia; Brazil; Europe; Latin America; North America
Abstract:
... Salmonellosis involving chicken meat is one of the most frequent foodborne diseases registered worldwide. Many studies report the prevalence of Salmonella spp. on chicken meat; however, data are limited or variable. To perform stochastic Quantitative Microbial Risk Analysis, it is essential to input reliable data to estimate the risks, and the Bayesian meta-analysis model allows incorporating the ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.mran.2022.100205

5. A systematic review of social participation in ecosystem services studies in Latin America from a transdisciplinary perspective, 1996–2020

Author:
Ricardo Castro-Díaz; Luisa E. Delgado; Alfonso Langle-Flores; María Perevochtchikova; Víctor H. Marín
Source:
Science of the total environment 2022 v.828 pp. 154523
ISSN:
0048-9697
Subject:
ecosystems; environment; participation (behavior); systematic review; Latin America
Abstract:
... In this article, we propose that ecosystem services (ES) should be studied integrating social participation and the narrative of social actors. We analyzed the ES literature (1996–2020) in Latin America (LA), basing our review on the concept that the study of this topic should be transdisciplinary and post-normal (i.e., extended peer communities). We prepared the review using the Scopus® and Web o ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.154523

6. Acaricide resistance in livestock ticks infesting cattle in Africa: Current status and potential mitigation strategies

Author:
Naftaly W. Githaka; Esther G. Kanduma; Barbara Wieland; Mohamed A. Darghouth; Richard P. Bishop
Source:
Current research in parasitology and vector-borne diseases 2022 pp. 100090
ISSN:
2667-114X
Subject:
acaricide resistance; acaricides; amidines; cattle; education; land management; larvae; markets; organophosphorus compounds; parasitology; pyrethrins; research; tick control; ticks; vaccination; Australia; Latin America; South Africa; Uganda; Western Africa
Abstract:
... In many African countries, tick control has recently been the responsibility of resource-poor farmers rather than central government veterinary departments. This has led to an increase in acaricide resistance, threatening the welfare of livestock farmers in sub-Saharan Africa. Resistance has evolved to the three classes of acaricides used most extensively in the continent, namely fourth-generation ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.crpvbd.2022.100090

7. Access to Healthy Wheat and Maize Processed Foods in Mexico City: Comparisons across Socioeconomic Areas and Store Types

Author:
Ana Cecilia Fernández-Gaxiola; Carlos Cruz-Casarrubias; Selene Pacheco-Miranda; Joaquín Alejandro Marrón-Ponce; Amado David Quezada; Armando García-Guerra; Jason Donovan
Source:
Nutrients 2022 v.14 no.6 pp. -
ISSN:
2072-6643
Subject:
corn; food quality; obesity; prices; wheat; Latin America; Mexico
Abstract:
... The contributions of processed foods to the overweight and obesity problem in Latin America are well known. Engagement with the private and public sectors on possible solutions requires deeper insights into where and how these products are sold and the related implications for diet quality. This article characterizes the diversity of wheat and maize processed foods (WMPFs) available to consumers i ...
DOI:
10.3390/nu14061173

8. Agricultural productivism, cosmopolitan plant-breeding, and the severed roots of agroecological thought

Author:
Juan Carmona-Zabala; Dimitris Panagiotopoulos
Source:
Agroecology and sustainable food systems 2022 v.46 no.1 pp. 133-158
ISSN:
2168-3573
Subject:
agroecology; agronomists; geography; modernization; plant breeding; rural economics; Greece; Latin America
Abstract:
... This article provides a historical account of the emergence of crop ecology, a precursor of modern agroecology, in the twentieth century. It focuses on the transnational career of agronomist Ioannis Papadakis, a founding figure in this scientific discipline, while contextualizing his work as part of broader state-led projects of agricultural modernization in Europe and Latin America. This study ha ...
DOI:
10.1080/21683565.2021.1962476

9. Airborne bacterial community associated with fine particulate matter (PM2.5) under different air quality indices in Temuco city, southern Chile

Author:
Jacquelinne J. Acuña; Tay Ruiz-Gil; Luis Marileo; Elizabeth Carrazana; Joaquin Rilling; Marco Campos; Francisco Correa-Araneda; So Fujiyoshi; Milko A. Jorquera
Source:
Archives of microbiology 2022 v.204 no.2 pp. 148
ISSN:
0302-8933
Subject:
Sphingomonas; air quality; bacterial communities; carbon monoxide; community structure; particulates; public health; Chile; Latin America
Abstract:
... Temuco (Chile) is one of the most polluted cities in Chile and Latin America. Although the fine fraction of particulate matter (PM₂.₅) has been extensively studied and monitored due to its negative impact on public health, its microbiological components remain unknown. We explored, the airborne bacterial community in PM₂.₅ under good, moderate, alert, pre-emergency and emergency indices of air qua ...
DOI:
10.1007/s00203-021-02740-6

10. Airborne microplastics and SARS-CoV-2 in total suspended particles in the area surrounding the largest medical centre in Latin America

Author:
Luís Fernando Amato-Lourenço; Natália de Souza Xavier Costa; Kátia Cristina Dantas; Luciana dos Santos Galvão; Fernando Negri Moralles; Suzette Cleuza Ferreira Spina Lombardi; Alfredo Mendroni Júnior; José Angelo Lauletta Lindoso; Rômulo Augusto Ando; Felipe Gallego Lima; Regiani Carvalho-Oliveira; Thais Mauad
Source:
Environmental pollution 2022 v.292 pp. 118299
ISSN:
0269-7491
Subject:
COVID-19 infection; Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy; RNA; Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; air; fluorescence microscopes; humans; linear models; medical facilities; microplastics; pollution; polyesters; quantitative polymerase chain reaction; reflectance; relative humidity; temperature; viral load; viruses; Latin America
Abstract:
... Microplastics (MPs) have been reported in the outdoor/indoor air of urban centres, raising health concerns due to the potential for human exposure. Since aerosols are considered one of the routes of Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) transmission and may bind to the surface of airborne MPs, we hypothesize that severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) could be associated with t ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.envpol.2021.118299

11. An Initial Approach to the Presence of Pharmaceuticals in Wastewater from Hospitals in Colombia and Their Environmental Risk

Author:
Efraím A. Serna-Galvis; Ana M. Botero-Coy; Milton Rosero-Moreano; Judy Lee; Félix Hernández; Ricardo A. Torres-Palma
Source:
Water 2022 v.14 no.6 pp. -
ISSN:
2073-4441
Subject:
acetaminophen; azithromycin; chemical oxygen demand; ciprofloxacin; diclofenac; hospitals; risk; sewage; sulfamethoxazole; wastewater; water; Colombia; Latin America
Abstract:
... Hospital wastewater (HWW) from three different cities in Colombia was characterized. Wastewater quality indicators and 38 relevant pharmaceuticals were examined. The HWW had pH from 6.82 to 8.06, chemical oxygen demand was between 235.5 and 1203 mg L⁻¹, and conductivity ranged from 276.5 to 717.5 µS cm⁻¹. Additionally, most of the target pharmaceuticals (20 of 38) had 100% occurrence frequency in ...
DOI:
10.3390/w14060950

12. Aqueous two‐phase systems in Latin America: perspective and future trends

Author:
Mirna González‐González; Guillermo Picó; Álvaro Silva Lima; Cassamo Ussemane Mussagy; Jorge Fernando Brandão Pereira; Hector Marcelo Fernandez‐Lahore; Juan A. Asenjo; Marco Rito‐Palomares
Source:
Journal of chemical technology and biotechnology 2022 v.97 no.6 pp. 1353-1362
ISSN:
0268-2575
Subject:
bioprocessing; biotechnology; health services; therapeutics; Argentina; Brazil; Chile; Latin America; Mexico
Abstract:
... Aqueous two‐phase systems (ATPS) have been demonstrated to be a simple and robust worldwide applied bioprocessing technology. From high value microscopic to macroscopic biological molecules obtained from a wide broad of matrices, ATPS have shown a high efficiency capacity for their concentration, enrichment, recovery, and purification. Particularly in Latin America, four relevant countries have pa ...
DOI:
10.1002/jctb.6890

13. Assessment of Key Feeding Technologies and Land Use in Dairy Sheep Farms in Spain

Author:
María Teresa Bastanchury-López; Carmen De-Pablos-Heredero; Santiago Martín-Romo-Romero; Antón García
Source:
Land 2022 v.11 no.2 pp. -
ISSN:
2073-445X
Subject:
cluster analysis; dairy sheep; dietary supplements; eco-efficiency; expert opinion; land; land use; livestock production; models; questionnaires; regression analysis; soil; variance; viability; Latin America; Mediterranean region; Spain
Abstract:
... Familiar mixed dairy sheep farm is the most widespread system in the Mediterranean basin, in Latin America and in developing countries (85%). There is a strong lack of technological adoption in packages of feeding and land use in small-scale farms. To increase competitiveness, it would be of great interest to deepen the knowledge of how innovation was selected, adopted, and spread. The objective o ...
DOI:
10.3390/land11020177

14. Assessment of four rounds of interlaboratory tests within the UNEP-coordinated POPs projects

Author:
Heidelore Fiedler; Ike van der Veen; Jacob de Boer
Source:
Chemosphere 2022 v.288 pp. 132441
ISSN:
0045-6535
Subject:
chlorinated hydrocarbons; hexabromocyclododecane; quality control; Africa; Caribbean; China; Latin America
Abstract:
... Since 2005, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) has supported developing countries with capacity building, including on-site training courses and provision on laboratory materials and consumables, and analysis of samples from Africa, Asia-Pacific and Latin America and the Caribbean (GRULAC) in designated expert laboratories. In order to check the performance of laboratories analyzing p ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.chemosphere.2021.132441

15. Associations between sleep duration and Mediterranean diet score in Costa Rican adults

Author:
Kashvi Gupta; Erica C. Jansen; Hannia Campos; Ana Baylin
Source:
Appetite 2022 v.170 pp. 105881
ISSN:
0195-6663
Subject:
Mediterranean diet; adults; appetite; caffeine; case-control studies; education; food frequency questionnaires; hypertension; models; noninsulin-dependent diabetes mellitus; physical activity; regression analysis; sleep; Latin America
Abstract:
... Both insufficient and excessive sleep duration have been associated with lower-quality diets in adult populations. However, investigations in Latin America, where different sleep norms may exist (e.g., daily napping), are scarce. Therefore, we examined whether weekday sleep duration and inconsistencies between weekday and weekend sleep duration were related to adherence to the Mediterranean diet a ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.appet.2021.105881

16. Atmospheric microplastic fallout in outdoor and indoor environments in São Paulo megacity

Author:
Luís Fernando Amato-Lourenço; Luciana dos Santos Galvão; Hélio Wiebeck; Regiani Carvalho-Oliveira; Thais Mauad
Source:
Science of the total environment 2022 v.821 pp. 153450
ISSN:
0048-9697
Subject:
air pollution; chemical composition; cities; environment; human health; microplastics; polyethylene; polyethylene terephthalates; polypropylenes; rain; relative humidity; wind speed; Brazil; Latin America
Abstract:
... Plastics are widely used by society, and their degradation into millimetre fragments, called microplastics (MPs), has become a global environmental threat to ecosystems and human health. However, airborne MPs' presence and fallout fluxes from the atmosphere are poorly understood and can vary significantly by different conditions, especially in megacities of low- and middle-income countries, where ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.153450

17. Biosafety legislation and the regulatory status of the products of precision breeding in the Latin America and the Caribbean region

Author:
André Rosado; Dennis Eriksson
Source:
Plants, people, planet 2022 v.4 no.3 pp. 214-231
ISSN:
2572-2611
Subject:
biodiversity; biosafety; biotechnology; environmental impact; laws and regulations; politics; surveys; uncertainty; Caribbean; Latin America
Abstract:
... SOCIETAL IMPACT STATEMENT: Precision breeding represents a new challenge for biosafety regulators when applying the legal definition of living modified organisms (LMOs) in accordance with their domestic biosafety legislation. Globally, there is uncertainty whether the products of precision breeding will be considered as LMOs and subject to the corresponding regulatory oversight. This article illus ...
DOI:
10.1002/ppp3.10243

18. Boosting Whole-Grain Utilization in the Consumer Market: A Case Study of the Oldways Whole Grains Council’s Stamped Product Database

Author:
Caroline Sluyter; Kelly LeBlanc; Kristen Hicks-Roof
Source:
Nutrients 2022 v.14 no.3 pp. -
ISSN:
2072-6643
Subject:
case studies; databases; healthy diet; markets; whole grain foods; Latin America
Abstract:
... Whole grains are a vital part of a healthy diet, yet there are insufficient data on the whole-grain content of commercial food products. The purpose of this research is to examine the long-term change in (1) measured whole grains in food products, (2) Whole Grain Stamp usage and (3) the prominence of whole-grain ingredients and product categories, across the United States and Latin America. These ...
DOI:
10.3390/nu14030713

19. Brazilian tucumã-do-Amazonas (Astrocaryum aculeatum) and tucumã-do-Pará (Astrocaryum vulgare) fruits: bioactive composition, health benefits, and technological potential

Author:
Ana Paula da Fonseca Machado; Roberto de Paula do Nascimento; Mariana da Rocha Alves; Lívia Mateus Reguengo; Mario Roberto Marostica Junior
Source:
Food research international 2022 v.151 pp. 110902
ISSN:
0963-9969
Subject:
Astrocaryum aculeatum; Astrocaryum vulgare; antioxidant activity; carotenoids; food research; fuel production; Brazil; Latin America
Abstract:
... Latin America has a wide range of native plants spread through its territory. The palms of the Astrocaryum genus are examples of crops occurring in Central and South America, including the large plant life in Brazil. Although not very well known, the Astrocaryum spp. possess edible and non-edible fractions with potential technological and medicinal uses, as evidenced by recent research. Two native ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.foodres.2021.110902

20. Breakfast in Latin America: Evaluation of Nutrient and Food Group Intake Toward a Nutrient-Based Recommendation

Author:
Irina Kovalskys; Mauro Fisberg; Agatha Nogueira Previdelli; Jaqueline Lopes Pereira; Ioná Zalcman Zimberg; Viviana Guajardo; Regina Fisberg; Gerson Ferrari; Georgina Gómez; Attilio Rigotti; Lilia Y. Cortés Sanabria; Martha C. Yépez García; Marianella Herrera-Cuenca; María Reyna Liria Domínguez; ELANS Study Group
Source:
Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics 2022 v.122 no.6 pp. 1099-1113.e3
ISSN:
2212-2672
Subject:
added sugars; breakfast; butter; calcium; cross-sectional studies; dietetics; food groups; food intake; margarine; milk; nutrient content; nutrient density; potassium; tea; Argentina; Brazil; Chile; Colombia; Costa Rica; Ecuador; Latin America; Peru; Venezuela
Abstract:
... Little is known about breakfast habits of the Latin American (LA) population to support nutritional recommendations for a balanced breakfast in this region. To evaluate the nutritional composition of breakfast in the LA population and to propose recommendations for a balanced breakfast. This multicenter cross-sectional study evaluated food and nutrient intake of nationally representative samples o ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.jand.2021.11.012