Introduction Asthma affects some 300 million people worldwide and causes over 250,000 deaths each year. It is considered a global health problem due to associated high morbidity and mortality rates; disability in inadequately treated patients; years of potential life lost (YPLL); social costs; and impact on the lives of patients, their families and society. Environmental factors, including clim...

Carbon stored in mangroves is valuable for climate change mitigation. Managing the carbon mangrove requires an adequate legal framework and environmental policy. In Cuba, there little research on capacity of to retain its articulation policy management. present study, following question raised: Is a favorable context manage as reservoir Cuba? The aim this identify aspects policy, administrative...

Field studies were conducted in 2003 and 2004 to investigate the reaction of 10 varieties of kenaf to natural infestation of Meloidogyne incognita. Ten weeks after planting, ten randomly selected plants per variety were assessed for root galling. Plants were carefully uprooted soil adhering to roots was washed off under a gentle stream of tap water and roots then were observed using a stereo mi...

This article discusses the main features of the national health research systems (NHRS) of Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Costa Rica, Cuba, Ecuador, El Salvador, Honduras, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, and Venezuela, based on documents prepared by their country experts who participated in the First Latin American Conference on Research and Innovation for Health held in April 2008, in Rio...

The emerged sequences of coral reef and marine terraces the Cuban Archipelago have been recognized since end 19th century but with noticeable exceptions, their bio-constructions and/or deposits are not dated. northern Caribbean islands associated archipelagos located in a left-lateral strike-slip tectonic setting, at boundary between North America plates. Cuba is only landmass on American Plate...

A s the delegation leader, I am pleased to summarize the first SNMMI Scientific Delegation visit to Cuba, October 9–14. This historic visit was initiated by an invitation from the Cuban Public Health Ministry and arranged by Professionals Abroad, Inc. (Washington, DC). SNMMI leadership and members of the society’s board of directors endorsed this proposition in June 2017, followed by an e-mail ...

ROY S. PORTER, The earth sciences. An annotated bibliography, New York and London, Garland Publishing, 1983, 8vo, pp. xix, 192, illus., $37.00. This handsome volume offers 808 secondary bibliographical references on the history of the earth sciences. It is the third volume in the series Bibliographies ofthe history ofscience and technology, edited by Robert Multhauf and Ellen Wells. Porter's bi...

What if medical school was free? What if every physician had to spend time living among the poor and socially excluded? How would these changes alter the medical profession and the practice of medicine more broadly? The film Salud! (2006) encourages us to ponder the meanings of the universal right to health and, more importantly, the quality of care as it follows Cuban physicians and graduates ...

A review of the socio-political history of the Caribbean and a discussion of the development of archaeology in the region provides the context for this research. The research focus is explored through the creation of a comprehensive database of Cuban archaeology. Analysis of this database reveals that of the 1061 previously excavated archaeological sites in Cuba, only 31 are located on offshore...