Curandera-parteras (traditional Hispanic midwives) have been in northern New Mexico since before its statehood. In the 1930s, the New Mexico Department of Health began a valuable relationship with the curandera-parteras through the Midwife Consultant Program. This article describes the relationship between the curandera-parteras and the New Mexico Department of Health originating in the 1920s. ...

O. Olea-Mejia, R. Contreras-Bulnes, C.M. Zamudio-Ortega, R. A. Morales-Luckie, O. OleaCardoso and R. López-Castañares 1 Centro Conjunto de Investigación en Química Sustentable UAEM-UNAM. Facultad de Química. Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México. km 14.5 Carretera Toluca-Atlacomulco, San Cayetano 50200, Mexico 2 Facultad de Odontología, Centro de Investigación y Estudios Avanzados en Odonto...

The genus Abrhexosa Freeman is reported for the first time from Mexico, with the description of a new species, A. patriciae sp. nov., very close to A. panamensis (Cook, 1956). Two new species of the genus Swammerdamella Enderlein, 1912 from Mexico are described and illustrated: Swammerdamella amorimi sp. nov. and S. amacuzacae sp. nov. Swammerdamella mojingae Cook, 1956 is reported for the firs...

Ting Shan Luk,* Shisheng Xiong, Weng W. Chow, Xiaoyu Miao, Ganapathi Subramania, Paul J. Resnick, Arthur J. Fischer, and Jeffrey C. Brinker Center for Integrated NanoTechnologies, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87123, USA Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87185-1086, USA Center for MicroEngineered Materials, Department of Chemical and Nuclear Engineeri...

OBJECTIVE To estimate reimbursement rate differences between Mexico and US based physicians reimbursed by a binational health insurance (BHI) plan and US payers, respectively; and show the relationship between plan benefit designs and health care utilization in Mexico. MATERIALS AND METHODS Data include 33,841 and 53,909 HMO enrollees in California from Sistemas Médicos Nacionales (SIMNSA) an...

a Facultad de Medicina Veterinaria y Zootecnia, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, General Escobedo, Nuevo León, Mexico b Grupo de Investigación Ecobiología Médica, Facultad de Medicina Veterinaria y Zootecnia, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, General Escobedo, Nuevo León, Mexico c Departamento de Fisiología, Farmacología y Toxicología, Facultad de Medicina Veterinaria y Zootecnia, Universi...

in this study, the effective parameters on the inelastic response of asymmetric buildings is evaluated for an ensemble of real iranian earthquake records by considering soil-structure interaction. then, the design eccentricity obtained from the inelastic dynamic soil-structure analysis is compared with the design eccentricity of seisimic codes of iran, atc-3, new zeland, canada, mexico, austral...

Instituto de Fisiología Celular-Neurociencias, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, 04510 Ciudad de México, Mexico Laboratorio de Reprogramación Celular del IFC-UNAM, Instituto Nacional de Neurología y Neurocirugía “Manuel Velasco Suárez”, 14269 Ciudad de México, Mexico University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH16 4UU, UK Centre for Genomics and Oncological Research (GENYO), 18016 Granada, Spain...

M. H. Jung,* A. Alsmadi, H. C. Kim, Yunkyu Bang, K. H. Ahn, K. Umeo, A. H. Lacerda, H. Nakotte, H. C. Ri, and T. Takabatake National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA Department of Physics, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, New Mexico 88003, USA Material Science Laboratory, Korea Basic Science Institute, Taejeon 305-333, Kor...

The flora of Mexico includes about 119 endemic or nearly endemic genera of Asteraceae. In this study, the genera are listed and their distribution patterns among the floristic provinces of Mexico analyzed. Results indicate strong affinities of the endemic genera for mountainous and arid or semiarid regions. Since its first appearance in Mexico, the Asteraceae diversified into these kinds of hab...