It is shown that any non-solvable Latin Tableau (LT) has a solvable LT-extension with the same shape, and an algorithm computing the minimal such extension is presented. Minimal Latin Square embeddings of solvable Latin Tableaux are established. The results depend partly on the truth of the Wide Partition Conjecture for Latin Tableaux. More about Latin Tableaux and their Embeddings Bart Demoen ...

Latin squares of order n exist for each n ≥ 1. There are severalways of constructing Latin squares. Also for n≥ 2, if the number of reduced Latin squares isknown, then the number of general Latin squares canbecalculated. This paperproposed a generalmethod to constructsymmetric Latin squares of orderq by using blocks of order q which have the basic property of a recursivealgorithmwith the use of...

BACKGROUND In Latin America and the Caribbean, anemia has been a public health problem that affects mainly women of childbearing age and children under 6 years of age. However, the current prevalence of anemia in this region is unknown. OBJECTIVE To examine the latest available prevalence data on anemia in Latin America and the Caribbean. METHODS A systematic review was conducted in 2011 an...

There is a paucity of literature on haemophilia treatment in Latin American countries, a region characterized by rapidly improving systems of care, but with substantial disparities in treatment between countries. The aim of this study was to evaluate the musculoskeletal status of haemophilia patients from Latin America and to examine the relationship between musculoskeletal status and treatment...

Both Canada and the countries of Latin America are in the midst of major choices and changes in the area of labour markets and related social policy. The decisions they make are or will be of potentially major significance for several reasons. First, important policy reforms are being implemented or are under consideration because of the belief, shared by many economists, that a number of exist...

If you read enough regional reports on international tech development, you start to suspect that somewhere someone has built a successful career on the power of search-and-replace. These reports are strikingly similar. They all have a uniform goal and identify the same elements of a global technology cluster: access to capital, an educated workforce, good infrastructure, a strong local market, ...

State capacity is exceptionally low in Latin America, even when compared to other former colonies. This paper analyzes four possible factors that could potentially explain this troubling feature: political inequality, economic inequality, interstate conflict and civil war. With the exception of external war, these variables have a negative effect on state-building in models where the accumulati...

Meningococcal disease is mostly endemic in Latin America, with periodic occurrences of outbreaks and epidemics over the last few decades. This literature review summarizes the available epidemiological data for this region between 1945 and 2010. Incidence rates and serogroup distribution differ from country to country and over time. Serogroups A, B, and C have all been major causes of meningoco...

A major consequence of years of exclusion and neglect is that past attempts to change the social and economic conditions of Afro Latin American (AFLA) Communities have often been hampered by low selfesteem and significant degrees of internal apathy. This was often coupled with a deep sense of alienation from many of the regional and national institutions that are mandated to direct programs and...

In this opinion paper, we discuss the potential and challenges of using the symbiont Wolbachia to block mosquito transmitted diseases such as dengue, malaria and chikungunya in Latin America.