1 UI - 613 AU - Aguilar O AU - West M AD - Merrill Lynch Mexico, Merill Lynch Quantitat Res, Mexico City 1100, DF, MexicoDuke Univ, Inst Stat & Decis Sci, Durham, NC 27708, USAAguilar, O, Merrill Lynch Mexico, Merill Lynch Quantitat Res, Mexico City 1100, DF, Mexico TI - Bayesian dynamic factor models and portfolio allocation AB - We discuss the development of dynamic factor models for multivariate financial time series, and the incorporation of stochastic volatility components for latent factor processes. Bayesian inference and computation is developed and explored in a study of the dynamic factor structure of daily spot exchange rates for a selection of international currencies. The models are direct generalizations of univariate stochastic volatility models and represent specific varieties of models recently discussed in the growing multivariate stochastic volatility literature. We discuss model fitting based on retrospective data and sequential analysis far forward filtering and short-term forecasting. Analyses are compared with results from the much simpler method of dynamic variance-matrix discounting that, for over a decade, has been a standard approach in applied financial econometrics. We study these models in analysis, forecasting, and sequential portfolio allocation for a selected set of international exchange-rate-return time series. Our goals are to understand a range of modeling questions arising in using these factor models and to explore empirical performance in portfolio construction relative to discount approaches. We report on our experiences and conclude with comments about the practical utility of structured factor models and on future potential model extensions MH - Mexico|Distrito Federal MH - USA PB - ALEXANDRIA: AMER STATISTICAL ASSOC RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 35 U4 - Economics;Social Sciences, Mathematical Methods;Statistics & Probability U5 - J;Article AV - English IS - 0735-0015 UR - ISI:000168232300007 L2 - dynamic factor analysis;dynamic linear models;exchange-rates forecasting;Markov-chain Monte Carlo;multivariate stochastic volatility;portfolio selection;sequential forecasting;variance-matrix discounting;STOCHASTIC VOLATILITY; STATE-SPACE; TIME-SERIES; SIMULATION SO - Journal of Business & Economic Statistics 2000 ;18(3):338-357 2 UI - 692 AU - Assies W AU - Salman T AD - Colegio Michoacan, Ctr Estudios Rurales, Zamora 59690, Michoacan, MexicoPrograma Invest Estrateg Bolivia PIEB, La Paz, BoliviaAssies, W, Colegio Michoacan, Ctr Estudios Rurales, Martinez Navarrete 505,Fracc Fuentes, Zamora 59690, Michoacan, Mexico TI - Re-visioning cultures of politics - An essay on social movements, citizenship and culture MH - Bolivia MH - Mexico|Michoacan PB - THOUSAND OAKS: SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 0 U4 - Anthropology U5 - J;Review AV - English IS - 0308-275X UR - ISI:000089150100005 SO - Critique of Anthropology 2000 ;20(3):289-307 3 UI - 673 AU - Borges G AU - Saltijeral MT AU - Bimbela A AU - Mondragon L AD - Inst Mexicano Psiquiatria, Div Invest Epidemiol & Sociales, Dept Invest Serv Salud, Mexico City 14370, DF, MexicoUniv Calif San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143, USABorges, G, Inst Mexicano Psiquiatria, Div Invest Epidemiol & Sociales, Dept Invest Serv Salud, Calzada Mexico Xochimilco 101, Mexico City 14370, DF, Mexico TI - Suicide attempts in a sample of patients from a general hospital AB - Background Suicide in Mexico has risen steadily in recent years, increasing by 156% in the last two decades. The study of suicide precursors, such as suicide attempts, has also become an important public health topic. The aim of this study is to establish the prevalence of suicide attempts in a general hospital setting and its association with alcohol, depression, and other factors. Methods. A cross-sectional survey of a sample of patients was carried out in all three service units (inpatient, outpatient, and the emergency room) of a general hospital in Mexico City. All patients were randomly selected to participate regardless of the reason for initial hospital admission. Each patient was administered a series of psychological and demographic scales including the Beck Depression Inventory, the Beck Hopelessness Inventory, the General Health Questionnaire, a suicide assessment scale, a scale for alcohol consumption, and several measurements of alcohol-related problems. Results. The final sample was made up of 1,094 patients of both genders (68% women), aged 18-65 years. A lifetime prevalence of suicide attempts of 6.1% (95% confidence interval [CI] of 4.7-7.7%) was found. Multiple logistic regression was used to obtain estimations of the association between lifetime suicide attempt and other factors. Marital status, age, depressed mood, hopelessness, Goldberg's 30-item version of the General Health Questionnaire, and high levels of alcohol consumption were all associated with the suicide attempt. Conclusions. Prevalence of lifetime suicide attempts was mainly related to being young, divorced, or widowed, and to feeling depressed, hopeless, and under undesirable psychological distress. (C) 2000 IMSS. Published by Elsevier Science Inc MH - Mexico|Distrito Federal MH - USA PB - NEW YORK: ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 6 U4 - Medicine, Research & Experimental U5 - J;Article AV - English IS - 0188-0128 UR - ISI:000165155100004 L2 - suicide attempts;general hospital;alcohol;depression;HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE; MAJOR DEPRESSION; ALCOHOL; HOPELESSNESS; IDEATION; VALIDITY; MEXICO SO - Archives of Medical Research 2000 ;31(4):366-372 4 UI - 684 AU - Boscan DC AU - Penn NE AU - Velasquez RJ AU - Reimann J AU - Gomez N AU - Guzman M AU - Berry EM AU - Infantes LD AU - Jaramillo LF AU - De Romero MC AD - Univ Calif San Diego, Sch Med, Dept Psychiat, La Jolla, CA 92093, USAFielding Inst, Santa Barbara, CA, USASan Diego State Univ, San Diego, CA 92182, USAHarvard Univ, Cambridge, MA 02138, USACtr Educ Tecn & Super, Mexico City, DF, MexicoUniv Catolica Colombia, Santa Fe Bogota, ColombiaCent Univ Venezuela, Caracas, VenezuelaPenn, NE, Univ Calif San Diego, Sch Med, Dept Psychiat, La Jolla, CA 92093 USA TI - MMPI-2 profiles of Colombian, Mexican, and Venezuelan university students AB - Performances of 82 Colombian, 87 Mexican, and 96 Venezuelan university students and adult community dwellers on Spanish translations of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2 (MMPI-2) were compared. Findings suggest more comprehensive research is required on applications of the MMPI-2 in Latin America and greater consideration of the roles of culture and nationality MH - USA MH - Colombia MH - Mexico|Distrito Federal MH - Venezuela PB - MISSOULA: PSYCHOLOGICAL REPORTS RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 3 U4 - Psychology, Multidisciplinary U5 - J;Article AV - English IS - 0033-2941 UR - ISI:000089438800014 SO - Psychological Reports 2000 ;87(1):107-110 5 UI - 751 AU - Brito DL AU - Littlejohn WL AU - Rosellon J AD - Rice Univ, Dept Econ MS22, Houston, TX 77005, USALittlejohn & Associates, Houston, TX 77005, USACtr Invest & Docencia Econ, AC Carret, Lomas De Santa Fe 01210, DF, MexicoBrito, DL, Rice Univ, Dept Econ MS22, 6100 Main, Houston, TX 77005, USA TI - Pricing liquid petroleum gas in Mexico AB - This paper considers the regulation of pricing of liquid petroleum gas in Mexico. We construct a model that incorporates all information essential to the pricing question and derive relationships that should hold between prices in Mexico and prices in world markers. Prices in Mexico can be tied to the readily observable prices in the United States by a netback rule. However, this rule can lead to incentives to increase the price of domestic liquid petroleum gas by diverting production from the regulated market MH - Mexico|Distrito Federal MH - USA PB - CHAPEL HILL: UNIV NORTH CAROLINA RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 5 U4 - Economics U5 - J;Article AV - English IS - 0038-4038 UR - ISI:000084849900014 SO - Southern Economic Journal 2000 ;66(3):742-753 6 UI - 591 AU - Brown D AU - Kalman J AU - Martino W AU - Rijlaarsdam G AU - Stinson AD AU - Whiting ME AD - Univ Cent Oklahoma, Edmond, OK 73034, USAAvanzados Inst Politecn Nacl, Mexico City, DF, MexicoMurdoch Univ, Murdoch, WA 6150, AustraliaUniv Amsterdam, NL-1012 WX Amsterdam, NetherlandsUniv Wisconsin, Whitewater, WI 53190, USAUniv So Mississippi, Hattiesburg, MS 39406, USABrown, D, Univ Cent Oklahoma, Edmond, OK 73034, USA TI - Annotated bibliography of research in the teaching of English AB - Twice a year, in the May and November issues, RTE publishes a selected bibliography of recent research in the teaching of English. Most of the studies appeared during the six-month period preceding the compilation of the bibliography (January through June 2000,for the present bibliography), but some studies that appeared earlier are occasionally included. The listing is selective; we make no attempt to include all research and research-related articles that appeared in the period under review Comments on the bibliography and suggestions about items for inclusion may be directed to the bibliography editors We encourage you to send your suggestions to djbrown@ucok.edu, kalman@data.net.mx, martino@central.murdoch.edu.au, rijlaars@ilo.uva.nl, stinsona@uwwvax.uww.edu, or mwhiting@ocean.st.usm.edu. You may also submit comments or recommend publications through the Annotated Bibliography page of RTE's Would Wide Web site at http://www.ncte.org/rte/ MH - Australia MH - Mexico|Distrito Federal MH - Netherlands MH - USA PB - URBANA: NATL COUNCIL TEACHERS ENGLISH RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 0 U4 - Education & Educational Research U5 - J;Bibliography AV - English IS - 0034-527X UR - ISI:000169861300006 SO - Research in the Teaching of English 2000 ;35(2):261-272 7 UI - 656 AU - Caballo VE AU - Anguiano SA AD - Univ Granada, E-18071 Granada, SpainUniv Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Iztacala, Mexico TI - Personality styles and their relationship with stress-producing daily hassles MH - Mexico|Estado de Mexico MH - Spain PB - HOVE: PSYCHOLOGY PRESS RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 0 U4 - Psychology, Multidisciplinary U5 - J;Meeting Abstract AV - English IS - 0020-7594 UR - ISI:000088388802924 SO - International Journal of Psychology 2000 ;35(3-4):299-299 8 UI - 685 AU - Cabiya JJ AU - Lucio E AU - Chavira DA AU - Castellanos J AU - Gomez RC AU - Velasquez RJ AD - Caribbean Ctr Adv Studies, San Juan, PR 00902, USAUniv Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Mexico City 04510, DF, MexicoUniv Calif San Diego, San Diego, CA 92103, USAUniv Calif Irvine, Irvine, CA, USASan Diego State Univ, San Diego, CA 92182, USACabiya, JJ, Caribbean Ctr Adv Studies, Box 3711,Old San Juan Stn, San Juan, PR 00902 USA TI - MMPI-2 scores of Puerto Rican, Mexican, and US Latino college students: A research note AB - In this brief report, we present MMPI-2 basic validity and clinical scale data of Latino-descent persons from Puerto Rico (n = 290), Mexico (n = 1,920), and the United States (n = 28). All were administered one of three Spanish translations of the MMPI-2. A review of the mean scores of those respective groups indicates similarities across all scales. Differences among these three groups, with the exception of the Mf scale (which is keyed to sex), were a cll within the one standard deviation band. More importantly, these findings are promising given thr fact that three different translations of the MMPI-2 were applied MH - Mexico|Distrito Federal MH - USA PB - MISSOULA: PSYCHOLOGICAL REPORTS RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 3 U4 - Psychology, Multidisciplinary U5 - J;Article AV - English IS - 0033-2941 UR - ISI:000089438800040 SO - Psychological Reports 2000 ;87(1):266-268 9 UI - 674 AU - Cabrero-Mendoza E AD - Ctr Invest & Docencia Econ, Mexico City, DF, MexicoCabrero-Mendoza, E, Ecole Normale Super, Cachan, France TI - Mexican local governance in transition - Fleeting change or permanent transformation? AB - Important innovations have recently democratized local government in Mexico and improved its performance. These include changes in mayors' leadership style, broader citizen participation, and improved intergovernmental relations and public management systems. But these changes haw not come easily. This article analyzes obstacles to institutionalizing changes, presents the negative effects of some new public management-based reforms and analyzes the paradoxes that accompany this transition from autocracy to the current "limited democratization" MH - France MH - Mexico|Distrito Federal PB - THOUSAND OAKS: SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 0 U4 - Public Administration U5 - J;Article AV - English IS - 0275-0740 UR - ISI:000165180600002 SO - American Review of Public Administration 2000 ;30(4):374-388 10 UI - 664 AU - Ceballos-Salobrena A AU - Gaitan-Cepeda LA AU - Ceballos-Garcia L AU - Lezama-Del Valle D AD - Univ Granada, Fac Odontol, Granada, SpainUniv Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Fac Odontol, Mexico City 04510, DF, MexicoGaitan-Cepeda, LA, Mani 471 Casa 1 Pedregal de San Nicolas T, Mexico City 14900, DF, Mexico TI - Oral lesions in HIV/AIDS patients undergoing highly active antiretroviral treatment including protease inhibitors: A new face of oral AIDS? AB - The objective of this work was to assess the prevalence of human immunodeficiency virus-related oral lesions (HIV-ROL) in HIV-positive/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) patients receiving highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) including HIV-protease inhibitors. One hundred fifty-five (154) AIDS patients (69 intravenous drug users [IDU], 53 heterosexuals, 29 males who have sex with males, 1 transfused, and 2 of unknown contagious source) receiving HAART, were examined. We found the following prevalences: HIV-ROL 53.2%; oral candidiasis 34.4%; hairy leucoplakia 26.6%; xerostomia 15.5%; herpes simplex labialis 1. 9%; HIV/periodontitis-gingivits 0.6%. No cases of Kaposi's sarcoma were observed. The highest prevalence of HIV-ROL was found in the IDU group, and in patients with viral load more than 10,000 copies and CD4(+) cell count less than 200. Using our historical controls, this suggests that the prevalence of all oral lesions, particularly oral candidiasis, herpes simplex labiali, Kaposi's sarcoma, and periodontal disease has decreased more than 30% after the institution of HAART MH - Mexico|Distrito Federal MH - Spain PB - LARCHMONT: MARY ANN LIEBERT INC PUBL RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 28 U4 - Public, Environmental & Occupational Health;Infectious Diseases U5 - J;Article AV - English IS - 1087-2914 UR - ISI:000165900500003 L2 - HUMAN-IMMUNODEFICIENCY-VIRUS; HIV-INFECTED PATIENTS; KAPOSIS-SARCOMA; DNA-SEQUENCES; MANIFESTATIONS; THERAPY; MEN SO - Aids Patient Care and Stds 2000 ;14(12):627-635 11 UI - 633 AU - Cerda-Flores RM AU - vila-Rodriguez MI AD - IMSS, CIBIN, Div Genet, Dept Genet Poblaciones, Monterrey 64720, Nuevo Leon, MexicoUniv Texas, Sch Publ Hlth, Ctr Human Genet, Houston, TX 77025, USACerda-Flores, RM, IMSS, CIBIN, Div Genet, Dept Genet Poblaciones, Adm Correos 4,Apdo Postal 20, Monterrey 64720, Nuevo Leon, Mexico TI - Natural fertility in northeastern Mexico AB - Background. The aims of this study were as follows: 1) to describe the fertility of a sample of Mexican women (greater than or equal to 45 years of age, married, not using any family planning methods, and residing in the Mexican state of Nuevo Leon); 2) to determine whether or not the distribution of completed family size fits the negative binomial distribution, as in other populations studied in the world, and 3) to assess the association between fertility and 10 explanatory variables. Methods. A sample of 410 women was interviewed at and selected from seven medical units of the Institute Mexicano del Seguro Social (IMSS). The women were grouped by their pear of birth (1896-1925 and 1926-1955) and birthplace [persons whose four grandparents were born in northeastern Mexico (NE) and outside northeastern Mexico (Not-NE], A binomial negative distribution analysis was assessed. Multiple linear regression was used to assess association between fertility (transformed by the use of inverse hyperbolic sines) and 10 explanatory variables, including age at marriage, heterozygosity, individual admixture, wife's education: husband's education, wife's occupation, husband's occupation, and couple's residence zone, birth year, and birthplace. Results. Completed fertility was only associated with age at marriage. This population showed a fertility pattern similar to those described in Venezuelan and Brazilian populations in 1950 and 1940, respectively. Conclusions. We conclude that before worldwide family planning programs, fertility was determined mainly by natural selection forces. (C) 2001 IMSS. Published by Elsevier Science Inc MH - Mexico|Nuevo Leon MH - USA PB - NEW YORK: ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 1 U4 - Medicine, Research & Experimental U5 - J;Article AV - English IS - 0188-4409 UR - ISI:000167594000012 L2 - fertility;age at marriage;Mexican;NUEVO-LEON; POPULATIONS; MONTERREY SO - Archives of Medical Research 2000 ;31(6):599-604 12 UI - 669 AU - Cherpitel CJ AU - Borges G AD - Inst Publ Hlth, Alcohol Res Grp, Berkeley, CA, USAMexican Inst Psychiat, Mexico City 14370, DF, MexicoCherpitel, CJ, Inst Publ Hlth, Alcohol Res Grp, 2000 Hearst Ave, Berkeley, CA USA TI - Performance of screening instruments for alcohol problems in the ER: A comparison of Mexican-Americans and Mexicans in Mexico AB - The performance of standard screening instruments and alternate measures against ICD-10 (International Classification of Diseases, 10th revision) and DSM-IV (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 4th revision) criteria for alcohol dependence and separately for harmful drinking/abuse were compared between probability samples of 1511 emergency room (ER) patients from three hospitals in Pachuca, Mexico, and 586 Mexican-American ER patients in Santa Clara County, California. Sensitivity was highest for the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT), TWEAK, and Rapid Alcohol Problems Screen (RAPS) for alcohol dependence; sensitivity was highest for holding five or more drinks for harmful drinking/abuse in both samples. All instruments performed better for alcohol dependence than for abuse/harmful drinking. Arrests for drinking and driving performed better in Santa Clara than in Pachuca, while a positive Breathalyzer reading and reporting drinking prior to the event performed better in Pachuca; both were significantly more sensitive among the injured compared to the noninjured in Pachuca. The data suggest that instrument performance may be similar between those in Pachuca and those in the low acculturation group in Santa Clara, relative to those scoring higher on acculturation. While standard screening instruments appear to work reasonably well in both samples for alcohol dependence, variation across gender. injury, and acculturation subgroups suggests attention should be given to choosing the ''best'' instrument MH - USA MH - Mexico|Distrito Federal PB - NEW YORK: MARCEL DEKKER INC RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 15 U4 - Psychology, Clinical;Substance Abuse U5 - J;Article AV - English IS - 0095-2990 UR - ISI:000165402400011 L2 - emergency room;Mexican-Americans;Mexicans;screening;EMERGENCY ROOM PATIENTS; IDENTIFICATION TEST AUDIT; UNITED-STATES HISPANICS; CAGE QUESTIONNAIRE; GENERAL-POPULATION; DRINKING PATTERNS; 3 POPULATIONS; INJURY EVENT; BRIEF-MAST; CONSUMPTION SO - American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse 2000 ;26(4):683-702 13 UI - 575 AU - Collier GA AU - Campero PJF AU - Perez JE AU - White VP AD - Stanford Univ, Stanford, CA 94305, USAECOSUR, Colegio Frontera Sur, Chiapas, MexicoYale Univ, New Haven, CT, USACollier, GA, Stanford Univ, Stanford, CA 94305, USA TI - Socio-economic change and emotional illness among the highland Maya of Chiapas, Mexico AB - This paper analyses the relation of processes of socio-economic differentiation and change to the well-being and health of families within highland Maya communities and to the lived experience of emotional suffering, as defined by local categories of mental illness. We specifically analyze how highland Maya Indians of central Chiapas, Mexico, experience the contradictions of a rapidly changing economy, social relations, politics, and culture in conjunction with chawaj (chuvaj),(1) one of the major Tzeltal and Tzotzil native categories of mental illness (Castille 1996; Fabrega et al. 1970) MH - Mexico|Chiapas MH - USA PB - ARLINGTON: AMER ANTHROPOLOGICAL ASSOC RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 3 U4 - Anthropology;Psychology, Multidisciplinary U5 - J;Article AV - English IS - 0091-2131 UR - ISI:000171032800002 SO - Ethos 2000 ;28(1):20-53 14 UI - 746 AU - Cuevas-Renaud C AU - Sobrevilla-Calvo PD AU - Almanza J AD - Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Fac Psicol, Mexico City 03920, DF, MexicoInst Nacl Canc, Mexico City, DF, MexicoMem Sloan Kettering Canc Ctr, Dept Psychiat, New York, NY 10021, USACuevas-Renaud, C, Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Fac Psicol, Cadiz 97-402,Col Insurgentes Mixcoac, Mexico City 03920, DF, Mexico TI - Development of a scale to measure psychosocial concerns of Mexican women with advanced cancer AB - This descriptive study was undertaken to explore the perceptions and attitudes of 143 women (mean age +/- Sl)with advanced cancer. Outcome measures were the Perceptions and Attitudes Scale (PAS), a 65-item instrument validated as part of the study, and the Karnofsky Performance Status Scale. Internal consistency (Cronbach alpha) and factor analytic techniques (principal component and orthogonal rotation) were performed. The scale has an internal consistency of 0.79. Factor analysis revealed six factors which explained 39.6% of the variance (1) loneliness; (2) family and social sphere: (3) limitations and dependence conditions; (4) perceptions about their lives; 5) perceptions about their health and pain; and (6) perceptions of pain and anguish. These results point out the necessity of a multivariate approach to women with advanced cancer. Copyright (C) 2000 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd MH - Mexico|Distrito Federal MH - USA PB - W SUSSEX: JOHN WILEY & SONS LTD RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 1 U4 - Oncology;Psychology;Psychology, Multidisciplinary;Social Sciences, Biomedical U5 - J;Article AV - English IS - 1057-9249 UR - ISI:000085499100009 L2 - RISK-FACTORS; PHYSICIANS SO - Psycho-Oncology 2000 ;9(1):79-83 15 UI - 686 AU - Currier C AU - Omar M AU - Talarczyk G AU - Guerrero RD AD - Michigan State Univ, Coll Nursing, Int Programs, E Lansing, MI 48824, USAUniv Guanajuato, Sch Nursing & Obstet Celaya, Celaya, MexicoCurrier, C, Michigan State Univ, Coll Nursing, Int Programs, A230 Life Sci Bldg, E Lansing, MI 48824 USA TI - Development and implementation of a semester program in Mexico for senior nursing students AB - The College of Nursing (CON), Michigan State University (MSU), in collaboration with the School of Nursing and Obstetrics, University of Guanajuato, Celaya, Mexico, developed a semester-long study-abroad program for senior MSU nursing students offered for the first time in the fall of 1998. The program provides intensive Spanish language classes and allows students to take required nursing courses in Mexico with a substantial amount of course content provided by Mexican faculty without an MSU CON faculty member on site at all times. Students receive a broad perspective of nursing and health care in Mexico, and develop an appreciation for its language and culture as well. This program represents an innovative approach to the development and implementation of a study-abroad program in nursing. Copyright (C) 2000 by W.B. Saunders Company MH - Mexico|Guanajuato MH - USA PB - PHILADELPHIA: W B SAUNDERS CO RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 2 U4 - Nursing U5 - J;Article AV - English IS - 8755-7223 UR - ISI:000089433200009 L2 - international;nursing;education;baccalaureate SO - Journal of Professional Nursing 2000 ;16(5):293-299 16 UI - 672 AU - de Snyder VNS AU - az-Perez MAD AU - Ojeda VD AD - Mexican Inst Psychait, Mexico City, DF, MexicoUniv Calif Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USAde Snyder, VNS, Mexican Inst Psychait, Mexico City, DF, Mexico TI - The prevalence of nervios and associated symptomatology among inhabitants of Mexican rural communities AB - The purpose of the present contribution is to describe the prevalence of nervios through self-report, to identify psychological and somatic symptoms associated with nervios, and to report the comorbidity of nervios with mood and anxiety disorders among Mexican rural-origin adults. The data reported here were collected as part of a larger project, whose aims were to determine the prevalence of selected mental health problems, their sociocultural manifestation and interpretation, and the utilization of mental health services among the inhabitants of rural communities in Mexico. A multi-stage, stratified, random sample of two regions in Mexico was obtained. The total number of participants used in the analyses was 942 adults: 441 men and 501 women. We found a prevalence of nervios of 15.5% in the general population. When analyzed by sex, women had a significantly higher prevalence (20.8%) of this condition than men (9.5%). Also, all the somatic and psychological symptoms associated with nervios had a higher prevalence among women than men MH - Mexico|Distrito Federal MH - USA PB - DORDRECHT: KLUWER ACADEMIC PUBL RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 7 U4 - Anthropology;Psychiatry;Social Sciences, Biomedical U5 - J;Article AV - English IS - 0165-005X UR - ISI:000165128100004 L2 - SEX-DIFFERENCES; UNITED-STATES; DSM-III; DEPRESSION; AMERICANS; CULTURE; MIGRANT; ATAQUES; NERVES; WOMEN SO - Culture Medicine and Psychiatry 2000 ;24(4):453-470 17 UI - 729 AU - de Snyder VNS AU - Acevedo A AU - az-Perez MD AU - Saldivar-Garduno A AD - Mexican Inst Psychiat, Div Social & Epidemiol Res, Mexico City 14370, DF, MexicoUniv Calif Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USAde Snyder, VNS, Mexican Inst Psychiat, Div Social & Epidemiol Res, Calzada Mexico Xochimilco 101,San Lorenzo Huipulc, Mexico City 14370, DF, Mexico TI - Understanding the sexuality of Mexican-born women and their risk for HIV/AIDS AB - Participants in this study were 300 Mexican women of rural origin who were born and raised in villages of that country and who belong to one of three groups: married and living with their husbands in Los Angeles, California (n = 100), married to migrant workers but living in Mexico (n = 100), and living in Mexico with their spouses (n = 100). Trained female professionals conducted face-to-face interviews in Spanish, in Mexico and in the United States. The purpose of this study was to identify specific sexual practices, coping strategies in sex-related situations, and fears and concerns regarding sexual intercourse. This article analyzes how these elements place Mexican rural-origin women at risk for HIV/AIDS. It discusses the need to design intervention strategies to prevent HIV/AIDS that take into consideration the limited power of women in traditional societies and the cultural precepts that promote gender roles characterized by male dominance and female submissiveness in the sexual arena MH - Mexico|Distrito Federal MH - USA PB - NEW YORK: CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 4 U4 - Psychology, Multidisciplinary;Women's Studies U5 - J;Article AV - English IS - 0361-6843 UR - ISI:000086785900010 L2 - AIDS; ISSUES SO - Psychology of Women Quarterly 2000 ;24(1):100-109 18 UI - 741 AU - Durand J AU - Massey DS AU - Charvet F AD - Univ Penn, Ctr Populat Studies, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USAUniv Guadalajara, Guadalajara, Jalisco, MexicoMassey, DS, Univ Penn, Ctr Populat Studies, 3718 Locust Walk, Philadelphia, PA 19104 USA TI - The changing geography of Mexican immigration to the United States: 1910-1996 AB - Objective. We seek to describe trends in the geographic destination of Mexican immigrants to the United States. Methods. Using the Integrated Public Use Microdata Samples for 1910-90 and the 1996 Current Population Survey, we tabulate the distribution of all foreign-born Mexicans and recent Mexican immigrants (those arriving in the prior five years) by state and metropolitan area. Results. We find that early in the century, Mexicans went primarily to Texas, but after 1910, California emerged as a growing pole of attraction. California continued to gain at the expense of Texas through the 1920s and 1930s, but it did not surpass Texas until the Bracero Program of 1942-1964. Following the demise of this program, California came to dominate all other destinations; but since 1990, Mexican immigration has shifted away from it toward new states that never before have received significant numbers of Mexicans. Conclusions. During the 1990s, Mexican immigration was transformed from a regional to a national phenomenon. By 1996, nearly a third of new arrivals were going to places other than the five traditional gateway states, which historically have absorbed 90% of all Mexican immigrants MH - Mexico|Jalisco MH - USA PB - AUSTIN: UNIV TEXAS PRESS RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 25 U4 - Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary U5 - J;Article AV - English IS - 0038-4941 UR - ISI:000085986500002 SO - Social Science Quarterly 2000 ;81(1):1-15 19 UI - 526 AU - Enriquez J AU - Goldberg RA AD - Harvard Univ, David Rockefeller Ctr Latin Amer Studies, Cambridge, MA 02138, USAMexico Citys Urban Dev Corp, Mexico City, DF, MexicoHarvard Univ, Sch Business, Boston, MA 02163, USAEnriquez, J, Harvard Univ, David Rockefeller Ctr Latin Amer Studies, Cambridge, MA 02138 USA TI - Transforming life, transforming business: The life-science revolution AB - If you think the Internet has changed the shape of business,just imagine what genetic engineering is going to do. In this groundbreaking article, Juan Enriquez and Ray Goldberg explain how advances in genetics will not only have dramatic implications for people and society, they will reshape vast sectors of the world economy. The boundaries between many once-distinct businesses, from agribusiness and chemicals to pharmaceuticals and health care to energy and computing, will blur, and out of that convergence will emerge what promises to be the largest industry in the world: life science. And as scientific advances continue to accelerate, more and more businesses will be drawn, by choice or by necessity, into the life-science industry. Companies have realized that unlocking life's code opens up virtually unlimited commercial possibilities, but operating within this new industry presents a raft of wrenchingly difficult challenges as well. Companies must rethink their business, financial, and M&A strategies. They must make vast R&D investments with distant and uncertain payoffs. They must enter into complex partnerships and affiliations, sometimes with direct competitors. And perhaps most difficult, they must contend with a public that is uncomfortable with even the thought of genetic engineering. The optimal structure of the life-science industry-and of the companies that compose it-is as yet unknown. But the actions that executives take now will go a long way toward determining the ultimate role their companies play in the world's largest and most important industry MH - USA MH - Mexico|Distrito Federal PB - WATERTOWN: HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL PUBLISHING CORPORATION RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 3 U4 - Business;Management U5 - J;Article AV - English IS - 0017-8012 UR - ISI:000173692400014 SO - Harvard Business Review 2000 ;78(2):94-+ 20 UI - 712 AU - Flores BG AU - Javiedes MMD AD - Univ Barcelona, Fac Psicol, Barcelona 08026, SpainUniv Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Mexico City 04510, DF, MexicoFlores, BG, Univ Barcelona, Fac Psicol, Barcelona 08026, Spain TI - The participation process from a psicosocial approch AB - We present this paper which is the result of a documental investigation on the participation process seen from a psicosocial approach. This analysis had as its main purpose to identify some processes which generate participation. To achieve this objective, we reviewed 90 texts on social development, community, and participation, of which 36 were used for the analysis because in them, participation was considered as a necessary process to achieve communitary development. From different analyses we delimited several conceptual fields such as: definition, purposes, modalities, conditioners, effects, and obstacles, and also their universes: community, program, and individual, conceived as a social subject. The categories contained in each field and the identified universes allowed us to construct different models for answering the investigation's guiding question: which are participation's generating processes?, and also these other questions: what participation is?, how does it take place?, which is its purpose?, what happens when one participates?, and finally why doesn't participation take place?. The method that we use was the articulated rebuilding MH - Mexico|Distrito Federal MH - Spain PB - OVIEDO: COLEGIO OFICIAL DE PSICOLOGOS DE ASTURIAS RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 1 U4 - Psychology, Multidisciplinary U5 - J;Article AV - Spanish IS - 0214-9915 UR - ISI:000087685900055 SO - Psicothema 2000 ;12():226-230 21 UI - 696 AU - Furio C AU - Calatayud ML AU - Barcenas SL AU - Padilla OM AD - Univ Valencia, Dept Didact Ciencies Expt & Socials, Valencia 46006, SpainIB Sorolla, Valencia, SpainUniv Autonoma Zacatecas, Zacatecas, MexicoFurio, C, Univ Valencia, Dept Didact Ciencies Expt & Socials, Alcalde Reig 8, Valencia 46006, Spain TI - Functional fixedness and functional reduction as common sense reasonings in chemical equilibrium and in geometry and polarity of molecules AB - Many of the learning difficulties in the specific domain of chemistry are found not only in the ideas already possessed by students but in the strategic and procedural knowledge that is characteristic of everyday thinking. These defects in procedural knowledge have been described as functional fixedness and functional reduction. This article assesses the procedural difficulties of students (grade 12 and first and third year of university) based on common sense reasoning in two areas of chemistry: chemical equilibrium and geometry and polarity of molecules. In the first area, the theme of external factors affecting equilibria (temperature and concentration change) was selected because the explanations given by the students could be analyzed easily. The existence of a functional fixedness where Le Chatelier's principle was almost exclusively applied by rote could be observed, with this being the cause of the incorrect responses given to the proposed items. Functional fixedness of the Lewis structure also led to an incorrect prediction of molecular geometry. When molecular geometry was correctly determined by the students, it seemed that other methodological or procedural difficulties appeared when the task was to determine molecular polarity. The students showed a tendency, in many cases, to reduce the factors affecting molecular polarity in two possible ways: (a) assuming that polarity depends only on shape ("geometric functional reduction") or (b) assuming that molecular polarity depends only on the polarity of bonds ("bonding functional reduction"). (C) 2000 John Wiley & Sons, Inc MH - Mexico|Zacatecas MH - Spain PB - NEW YORK: JOHN WILEY & SONS INC RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 4 U4 - Education & Educational Research U5 - J;Article AV - English IS - 0036-8326 UR - ISI:000088832200001 L2 - CONCEPTUAL CHANGE; SCIENCE; INSTRUCTION; MOTION SO - Science Education 2000 ;84(5):545-565 22 UI - 665 AU - Gaytan-Fregoso H AU - Lahiri S AD - Univ Essex, Dept Econ, Colchester CO4 3SQ, Essex, EnglandMinist Foreign Affairs, Mexican Inst Int Cooperat, Tech & Sci Cooperat Div, Mexico City, DF, MexicoLahiri, S, Univ Essex, Dept Econ, Colchester CO4 3SQ, Essex, England TI - Foreign aid and illegal immigration AB - We develop a two-country model of illegal immigration. We analyse the effect of foreign aid on illegal immigration, and consider both exogenous and endogenous income repatriation. In the former, an increase in aid increases illegal immigration if the total amount of aid is small. A transfer of resources from border control to aid increases illegal immigration when the total amount of aid is small. Under endogenous income repatriation, aid has no effect on illegal immigration when the preferences of the immigrants and their family members are the same. Lf the preferences are different, aid may increase illegal immigration. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved. JEL classification: O1; F35 MH - United Kingdom MH - Mexico|Distrito Federal PB - AMSTERDAM: ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 4 U4 - Economics U5 - J;Article AV - English IS - 0304-3878 UR - ISI:000165519600013 L2 - illegal immigration;foreign aid;migration policy;MIGRATION; POLICY; TRADE SO - Journal of Development Economics 2000 ;63(2):515-527 23 UI - 726 AU - Giugale MM AU - El-Diwany S AU - Everhart SS AD - World Bank, Washington, DC 20433, USAIntegrated Dev Consultants, Cairo, EgyptWorld Bank Banco Mundial, Mexico City 03900, DF, MexicoGiugale, MM, World Bank, 1818 H St NW, Washington, DC 20433, USA TI - Informality, size and regulation: Theory and an application to Egypt AB - The paper shows how, when the enforceability of regulations is size-sensitive, price competition can lock firms into informality and, thus, smallness, depending on the form of the production function. In that context, exogenous "help" packages targeted to informal firms "promote" micro and small enterprises (i.e., increase their numbers) but do not "develop" them (i.e., foster their growth). The "help" only generates a short-term span of abnormal profits for existing informal firms, and a long-term income transfer toward informal-market consumers. The model is tested in the context of Egypt's micro and small enterprise sector MH - Egypt MH - Mexico|Distrito Federal MH - USA PB - DORDRECHT: KLUWER ACADEMIC PUBL RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 1 U4 - Business;Economics U5 - J;Article AV - English IS - 0921-898X UR - ISI:000086966200002 L2 - ENTERPRISES SO - Small Business Economics 2000 ;14(2):95-106 24 UI - 732 AU - Guerrero VM AU - Pena D AD - Univ Carlos III Madrid, Dept Estadist & Econometria, Madrid 28903, SpainInst Tecnol Autonomo Mexico, Dept Estadist, Mexico City 01000, DF, MexicoPena, D, Univ Carlos III Madrid, Dept Estadist & Econometria, Madrid 28903, Spain TI - Linear combination of restrictions and forecasts in time series analysis AB - An important tool in time series analysis is that of combining information in an optimal way. Here we establish a basic combining rule of linear predictors and show that such problems as forecast updating, missing value estimation, restricted forecasting with binding constraints, analysis of outliers and temporal disaggregation can be viewed as problems of optimal linear combination of restrictions and forecasts. A compatibility test statistic is also provided as a companion tool to check that the linear restrictions are compatible with the forecasts generated from the historical data. Copyright (C) 2000 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd MH - Mexico|Distrito Federal MH - Spain PB - W SUSSEX: JOHN WILEY & SONS LTD RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 3 U4 - Management;Planning & Development U5 - J;Article AV - English IS - 0277-6693 UR - ISI:000086677900002 L2 - compatibility testing;disaggregation;missing data;outliers;restricted forecasts;MISSING OBSERVATIONS; ARIMA FORECASTS; MODELS; OUTLIERS; INTERPOLATION; DISAGGREGATION; BENCHMARKING SO - Journal of Forecasting 2000 ;19(2):103-122 25 UI - 690 AU - Guillen ST AU - Trejos MS AU - Canales R AD - Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Inst Ingn, CU, Mexico City 04510, DF, MexicoUniv Panama, Fac Ciencias Exactas, Panama City, PanamaInst Invest Elect, Cuernavaca 62000, Morelos, MexicoGuillen, ST, Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Inst Ingn, CU, AP 70-472, Mexico City 04510, DF, Mexico TI - A robustness index of binary preferences AB - An index of robustness of the preference between two alternatives is proposed. Given a finite number of alternatives, n conflicting criteria and weights w(i) greater than or equal to 0, i=1,...n representing the preferences of the decision maker, a robustness index r(x,y) is an element of [-1,1] is defined. This index can be seen as a measure of the "robustness" of the preference order of two alternatives x and y with respect to the chosen weights wi, i-1,...n. If r(x,y) is closed to zero, only minor changes of the weights will change the preference order of the alternatives x and y, whereas e.g. a value of r(x,y) close to 1 implies a "strong" preference of x over y. It is shown that the index can also be defined for general additive preference models. A proof that the proposed index, for the additive case, is moderated stochastic transitive is given MH - Mexico|Distrito Federal MH - Mexico|Morelos MH - Panama PB - BERLIN: SPRINGER-VERLAG BERLIN RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 0 U4 - Economics;Mathematics, Interdisciplinary Applications;Social Sciences, Mathematical Methods U5 - S;Article AV - English IS - 0075-8442 UR - ISI:000089141200009 L2 - preferences models;general additive models;robustness indexes;UTILITY SO - Research and Practice in Multiple Criteria Decision Making 2000 ;487():105-113 26 UI - 659 AU - Guiterrez RE AU - Contreras C AU - Ito E AU - Ostermann R AD - Natl Autonomous Univ Mexico, Mexico City 04510, DF, MexicoFarleigh Dickinson Univ, Hackensack, NJ, USA TI - A predictive model os stress based on the support scales of an international work-stress survey MH - Mexico|Distrito Federal MH - USA PB - HOVE: PSYCHOLOGY PRESS RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 0 U4 - Psychology, Multidisciplinary U5 - J;Meeting Abstract AV - English IS - 0020-7594 UR - ISI:000088388803887 SO - International Journal of Psychology 2000 ;35(3-4):396-396 27 UI - 747 AU - Hensler DA AU - Herrera MJ AU - Lockwood LJ AD - Univ Colorado, Lockheed Martin Engn Management Program, Boulder, CO 80309, USAMonterey Tech Univ, Dept Finance, Guadalajara, MexicoTexas Christian Univ, Dept Finance & Decis Sci, Ft Worth, TX 76129, USAHensler, DA, Univ Colorado, Lockheed Martin Engn Management Program, Campus Box 435, Boulder, CO 80309 USA TI - The performance of initial public offerings in the Mexican stock market, 1987-1993 AB - This paper documents differences in the performance of bank and nonbank initial public offerings (IPOs) in Mexico during 1987-1993. We measure performance relative to the Mexican stock market index. Banks experience much larger initial underpricing than nonbanks due in part to a hot issue market in 1987. In the aftermarket, excess returns for banks, industrials, and services are not significant. Excess aftermarket returns for brokerage houses are significantly negative. We also find that underpricing of the privatized IPOs diminishes over time, supporting the argument that the Mexican government offered discounts on IPOs issued early in the privatization program. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved MH - USA MH - Mexico|Jalisco PB - OXFORD: ELSEVIER SCI LTD RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 1 U4 - Business, Finance U5 - J;Article AV - English IS - 0261-5606 UR - ISI:000085402600005 L2 - initial public offerings;Mexican stock market;underpricing;after market performance;LONG-RUN PERFORMANCE; ISSUES; MODEL; RISK SO - Journal of International Money and Finance 2000 ;19(1):93-116 28 UI - 657 AU - Holbrook K AU - Dumitrascu T AU - Fernandez G AD - Frostburg State Univ, Frostburg, MD 21532, USAUniv Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Mexico City 04510, DF, Mexico TI - A cross-cultural comparison of children's drawings of their family MH - Mexico|Distrito Federal MH - USA PB - HOVE: PSYCHOLOGY PRESS RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 0 U4 - Psychology, Multidisciplinary U5 - J;Meeting Abstract AV - English IS - 0020-7594 UR - ISI:000088388802999 SO - International Journal of Psychology 2000 ;35(3-4):307-307 29 UI - 739 AU - Huggett M AU - Ventura G AD - Univ Western Ontario, Dept Econ, London, ON N6A 5C2, CanadaGeorgetown Univ, Dept Econ, Washington, DC 20057, USAITAM, Ctr Invest Econ, Mexico City 10700, DF, MexicoVentura, G, Univ Western Ontario, Dept Econ, London, ON N6A 5C2, Canada TI - Understanding why high income households save more than low income households AB - We use a calibrated life-cycle model to evaluate why high income households save as a group a much higher fraction of income than do low income households in US cross-section data. We find that (1) age and relatively permanent earnings differences across households together with the structure of the US social security system are sufficient to replicate this fact, (2) without social security the model economies still produce large differences in saving rates across income groups and (3) purely temporary earnings shocks of the magnitude estimated in US data alter only slightly the saving rates of high and low income households. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved MH - Canada MH - Mexico|Distrito Federal MH - USA PB - AMSTERDAM: ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 15 U4 - Business, Finance;Economics U5 - J;Article AV - English IS - 0304-3932 UR - ISI:000086203400005 L2 - saving;distribution;life cycle;LIFE-CYCLE ECONOMIES; INTERGENERATIONAL TRANSFERS; SOCIAL-SECURITY; WEALTH; RETIREMENT; ACCUMULATION; CONSUMPTION; INEQUALITY; INSURANCE; BEHAVIOR SO - Journal of Monetary Economics 2000 ;45(2):361-397 30 UI - 704 AU - Husted BW AU - Allen DB AD - ITESM, EGADE, Monterrey 64849, NL, MexicoInst Empresa, Madrid, SpainHusted, BW, ITESM, EGADE, Sucursal de Correos J, Monterrey 64849, NL, Mexico TI - Is it ethical to use ethics as strategy? AB - Increasingly research in the field of business and society suggests that ethics and corporate social responsibility can be profitable. Yet this work raises a troubling question: Is it ethical to use ethics and social responsibility in a strategic way? Is it possible to be ethical or socially responsible for the wrong reason? In this article, we define a strategy concept in order to situate the different approaches to the strategic use of ethics and social responsibility found in the current literature. We then analyze the ethics of such approaches using both utilitarianism and deontology and end by defining limits to the strategic use of ethics MH - Mexico|Nuevo Leon MH - Spain PB - DORDRECHT: KLUWER ACADEMIC PUBL RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 8 U4 - Business;Ethics U5 - J;Article AV - English IS - 0167-4544 UR - ISI:000088357700004 L2 - corporate citizenship;ethics;social responsibility;strategy;CORPORATE SOCIAL-RESPONSIBILITY; FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE SO - Journal of Business Ethics 2000 ;27(1-2):21-31 31 UI - 727 AU - Husted BW AD - Inst Empresa, Chair Business Eth, Madrid, SpainHusted, BW, Sucursal Correos J, Monterrey 64849, Nuevo Leon, Mexico TI - The impact of national culture on software piracy AB - This paper examines the impact of the level of economic development, income inequality, and five cultural variables on the rate of software piracy at the country level. The study finds that software piracy is significantly correlated to GNP per capita, income inequality, and individualism. Implications for anti-piracy programs and suggestions for future research are developed MH - Mexico|Nuevo Leon MH - Spain PB - DORDRECHT: KLUWER ACADEMIC PUBL RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 27 U4 - Business;Ethics U5 - J;Article AV - English IS - 0167-4544 UR - ISI:000086962500002 L2 - cross-cultural ethics;national culture;software piracy;INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY PROTECTION; ETHICAL DECISION-MAKING; BUSINESS ETHICS; PERSPECTIVE; COPYRIGHT; INDUSTRY; RIGHTS; MODEL SO - Journal of Business Ethics 2000 ;26(3):197-211 32 UI - 735 AU - Izazola-Licea JA AU - Gortmaker SL AU - Tolbert K AU - de Gruttola V AU - Mann J AD - Mexican Hlth Fdn, Mexico City, DF, MexicoHarvard Univ, Sch Publ Hlth, Cambridge, MA 02138, USAHarvad Sch Publ Hlth, Cambridge, MA, USAIzazola-Licea, JA, Periferico Sur 4809, Mexico City 14610, DF, Mexico TI - Prevalence of same-gender sexual behavior and HIV in a probability household survey in Mexican men AB - The prevalence of male same-gender sexual behavior in Mexico City in relation to HN transmission was studied A household probability survey of 8, 068 adult men was conducted in 1992-93 using the Mexican National Health Survey sampling frame. The response rate was 59%. Differences between respondents and nonrespondents indicated no evidence for significant bias. A random subsample of 1,116 individuals provided serum or saliva for HIV testing. An estimated 2.5% of men practiced same-gender sex in their lifetime: 2.1% (95% Clr 1.7 - 2.4%) reported bisexual behavior and 0.4% (95% CI: 0.3 - 0.6%) reported exclusively homosexual behavior: Among bisexuals, 70% reported sex only with women in the previous year 7% reported sex only with men, 13% repel-red sex with both, and 10% were sexually inactive. A condom was used by 46% in their last homosexual encounter: Art estimated 0.1% of married men were homosexually active in the previous year The HIV prevalence estimate was 0.2% in the sample. The rate was 4% among homosexual/bisexual men and 0.09% in heterosexual men (p < 0.0001). Estimates of homosexual behavior and HN infection from this population-based sample are lot-tier than results from nonprobability studies. The low prevalence of condom use anticipates future growth of the epidemic in the homosexual population. Bisexual behavior appeared to be infrequent and transitory, particularly among married men MH - Mexico|Distrito Federal MH - USA PB - MT VERNON: SOC SCIENTIFIC STUDY SEX INC RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 6 U4 - Psychology, Clinical;Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary U5 - J;Article AV - English IS - 0022-4499 UR - ISI:000086324500004 L2 - CONTACT; SALIVA; SERUM SO - Journal of Sex Research 2000 ;37(1):37-43 33 UI - 697 AU - Knobel M AD - Univ Cent Queensland, Fac Educ & Creat Arts, Rockhampton, Qld 4702, AustraliaKnobel, M, Papeleria Rocio, Local 1,Av Univ 1894, Mexico City 04310, DF, Mexico TI - Electronic literacies: Language, culture, and power in online education MH - Australia MH - Mexico|Distrito Federal PB - WASHINGTON: AMER PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOC RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 0 U4 - Psychology, Multidisciplinary U5 - J;Book Review AV - English IS - 0010-7549 UR - ISI:000088817400031 SO - Contemporary Psychology-Apa Review of Books 2000 ;45(4):437-439 34 UI - 718 AU - Kotabe M AU - Teegen H AU - Aulakh PS AU - de Arruda MCC AU - Santillan-Salgado RJ AU - Greene W AD - Temple Univ, Inst Global Management Studies, Washburn Chair Int Business & Mkt, Philadelphia, PA 19122, USAGeorge Washington Univ, Washington, DC 20052, USAFundacao Getulio Vargas, Sao Paulo, BrazilITESM, Monterrey, MexicoUniv Texas Pan Amer, Edinburg, TX 78539, USAKotabe, M, Temple Univ, Inst Global Management Studies, Washburn Chair Int Business & Mkt, 349G Speakman Hall, Philadelphia, PA 19122 USA TI - Strategic alliances in emerging Latin America: A view from Brazilian, Chilean, and Mexican companies AB - Brazil, Chile, and Mexico constitute the lending newly industrialized countries (NICs) of Latin America. It is within these markets that the world expects significant economic gains over the next decade. Loral companies in these counties are allying with foreign companies to enhance their competitive positions, vet little is understood about such interfirm collaboration with partners from these Latin American countries. Our study examines the strategic objectives of these Latin American companies, partnership structures, and their satisfaction in collaborating with companies from developed countries. Although existing studies have historically examined the dyad of strategic alliances from a perspective of developed countries (e.g., the U.S.), our study explores the issue from a perspective a companies in emerging Latin American economies MH - Brazil MH - Mexico|Nuevo Leon MH - USA PB - NEW YORK: ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 4 U4 - Business U5 - J;Article AV - English IS - 1090-9516 UR - ISI:000087513800002 SO - Journal of World Business 2000 ;35(2):114-132 35 UI - 730 AU - Lankshear C AU - Peters M AU - Knobel M AD - Univ Cent Queensland, Rockhampton, Qld, AustraliaUniv Auckland, Sch Educ, Auckland 1, New ZealandLankshear, C, Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Ctr Univ Studies, Mexico City 04510, DF, Mexico TI - Information, knowledge and learning: Some issues facing epistemology and education in a digital age MH - Australia MH - Mexico|Distrito Federal MH - New Zealand PB - OXFORD: BLACKWELL PUBL LTD RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 3 U4 - Education & Educational Research;History Of Social Sciences U5 - J;Article AV - English IS - 0309-8249 UR - ISI:000086847900003 SO - Journal of Philosophy of Education 2000 ;34(1):17-39 36 UI - 614 AU - Lobato IN AU - Velasco C AD - Inst Tecnol Autonomo Mexico, Ctr Invest & Econ, Mexico City 10700, DF, MexicoUniv Carlos III Madrid, Dept Econometria & Estadist, Leganes, Madrid, SpainLobato, IN, Inst Tecnol Autonomo Mexico, Ctr Invest & Econ, Mexico City 10700, DF, Mexico TI - Long memory in stock-market trading volume AB - This article examines consistent estimation of the long-memory parameters of stock-market trading volume and volatility. The analysis is carried out in the frequency domain by tapering the data instead of detrending them. The main theoretical contribution of the article is to prove a central limit theorem for a multivariate two-step estimator of the memory parameters of a nonstationary vector process. Using robust semiparametric procedures, the long-memory properties of trading volume for the 30 stocks in the Dow Jones Industrial Average index are analyzed. Two empirical results are found. First, there is strong evidence that stock-market trading volume exhibits long memory. Second, although it is found that volatility and volume exhibit the same degree of long memory for most of the stocks, there is no evidence that both processes share the same long-memory component MH - Mexico|Distrito Federal MH - Spain PB - ALEXANDRIA: AMER STATISTICAL ASSOC RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 20 U4 - Economics;Social Sciences, Mathematical Methods;Statistics & Probability U5 - J;Article AV - English IS - 0735-0015 UR - ISI:000168232400003 L2 - detrending;long-range dependence;nonstationary processes;semiparametric inference;tapering;volatility;LOG-PERIODOGRAM REGRESSION; TIME-SERIES; RANGE DEPENDENCE; CONDITIONAL HETEROSKEDASTICITY; VOLATILITY; VARIABLES; INFERENCE; PRICES; MODELS; ERRORS SO - Journal of Business & Economic Statistics 2000 ;18(4):410-427 37 UI - 745 AU - Lopez-Montiel AG AD - New Sch Social Res, New York, NY 10011, USAUniv Iberoamer, Mexico City, DF, MexicoNatl Univ Mexico, Mexico City, DF, MexicoLopez-Montiel, AG, New Sch Social Res, New York, NY 10011, USA TI - The military, political power, and police relations in Mexico City MH - Mexico|Distrito Federal MH - USA PB - THOUSAND OAKS: SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 2 U4 - Area Studies;Political Science U5 - J;Article AV - English IS - 0094-582X UR - ISI:000085587700005 SO - Latin American Perspectives 2000 ;27(2):79-94 38 UI - 681 AU - Ludlow J AU - Enders W AD - Iowa State Univ, Dept Econ, Ames, IA 50011, USAUniv Autonoma Metropolitana Azcapotzalco, Dept Econ, Mexico City 13, DF, MexicoEnders, W, Univ Alabama, Dept Econ Finance & Legal Studies, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487 USA TI - Estimating non-linear ARMA models using Fourier coefficients AB - Linear time-series models are often inadequate to capture the presence of asymmetric adjustment and/or conditional volatility. Parametric models of asymmetric adjustment and ARCH-type models necessitate specifying the nature of the non-linear coefficient. If there is little a priori information concerning the actual form of the non-linearity, the estimated model can suffer from a misspecification error. We show that a non-linear time-series can be represented by a deterministic time-dependent coefficient model without first specifying the nature of the non-linearity. The methodology is applied to real GDP and the NYSE Transportation Index. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved MH - USA MH - Mexico|Distrito Federal PB - AMSTERDAM: ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 7 U4 - Economics;Management U5 - J;Article AV - English IS - 0169-2070 UR - ISI:000089872700003 L2 - asymmetric adjustment;Fourier approximation;non-linear model;RATES SO - International Journal of Forecasting 2000 ;16(3):333-347 39 UI - 667 AU - Lukauskas A AU - Minushkin S AD - Columbia Univ, New York, NY 10027, USACIDE, Mexico City, DF, MexicoLukauskas, A, Columbia Univ, New York, NY 10027, USA TI - Explaining styles of financial market opening in Chile, Mexico, South Korea, and Turkey AB - This study examines financial opening in middle-income countries and identifies the variables that shape its basic features. We find that the widely noted increase in international capital mobility has not constrained financial policy-making equally across states. A country's economic conditions and need for external funds determine its government's bargaining power vis-a-vis international actors and domestic groups with respect to financial policy, Governments with low bargaining power, because domestic economic conditions are poor or need for external funds is high, must open financial markets completely to attract or retain capital. Conversely, governments with high bargaining power may be able to retain some controls on capital flows or deny foreign banks access to domestic markets and still have access to capital. To explore these issues, this article looks at opening in Chile, Mexico, South Korea, and Turkey. These countries opened their financial systems in very different ways. Turkey and Mexico liberalized their markets almost completely, whereas Korea (1980-98) kept barriers to capital entry and Chile (1991-98) retained barriers to capital exit. Although economic conditions explain the basic style of financial opening, they cannot account for the residual barriers that persist in mostly open markets or the pace and timing of reforms. Domestic political factors, particularly, the interests of leaders and key social groups as well as their relative bargaining power, help to explain these variables. The paper develops a typology of styles of financial opening to encourage systematic thinking about the origins and consequences of differences in style MH - Mexico|Distrito Federal MH - USA PB - MALDEN: BLACKWELL PUBLISHERS RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 2 U4 - International Relations;Political Science U5 - J;Article AV - English IS - 0020-8833 UR - ISI:000165386100007 L2 - WORLD SO - International Studies Quarterly 2000 ;44(4):695-723 40 UI - 694 AU - Maldonado-Duran JM AU - Lartigue T AU - Feintuch M AD - Menninger Clin, Topeka, KS 66601, USAMenninger Child & Family Ctr, Topeka, KS, USAMexican Assoc Psychoanal, Mexico City, DF, MexicoMaldonado-Duran, JM, Menninger Clin, POB 829, Topeka, KS 66601, USA TI - Perinatal psychiatry: Infant mental health interventions during pregnancy AB - The authors focus on infant mental health interventions during pregnancy in response to stressors, behaviors, and difficulties experienced by the mother-to-be (as well as by the father-to-be and surrounding family or support system) that are likely to have a negative impact on the growth, development, behavior, and psychological environment of the baby. After summarizing normal tensions and psychological tasks, the authors focus on difficulties during pregnancy: "pathology of destiny, " excessive anxiety domestic violence, fear of becoming a mother, denial of pregnancy, somatic complaints, inadequate weight gain and eating disorders, and depression. The effects of these difficulties on the baby, as well as intervention techniques (including a psychosocial support group), are highlighted MH - Mexico|Distrito Federal MH - USA PB - NEW YORK: GUILFORD PUBLICATIONS INC RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 2 U4 - Psychiatry;Psychology, Psychoanalysis U5 - J;Article AV - English IS - 0025-9284 UR - ISI:000089020300001 L2 - POSTNATAL DEPRESSION; EATING DISORDERS; MATERNAL STRESS; POSITION PAPER; BIRTH-WEIGHT; POPULATION; OUTCOMES; SYMPTOMS; VIOLENCE; SUPPORT SO - Bulletin of the Menninger Clinic 2000 ;64(3):317-343 41 UI - 676 AU - Maldonado-Duran M AU - Barriguete JA AU - Salinas JL AU - Lebovici S AD - Menninger Clin, Topeka, KS, USAInst Nutr, Mexico City, DF, MexicoUniv Paris 13, F-93430 Villetaneuse, France TI - A transcontinental distance learning program for infant psychopathology MH - France MH - Mexico|Distrito Federal MH - USA PB - E LANSING: MICHIGAN ASSN INFANT MENTAL HEALTH RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 0 U4 - Psychology, Developmental U5 - J;Meeting Abstract AV - English IS - 0163-9641 UR - ISI:000089482800427 SO - Infant Mental Health Journal 2000 ;21(4-5):374-374 42 UI - 661 AU - Masera OR AU - Saatkamp BD AU - Kammen DM AD - Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Morelia, Michoacan, MexicoHarvard Univ, Sch Med, Boston, MA, USAUniv Calif Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, USAMasera, OR, Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Morelia, Michoacan, Mexico TI - From linear fuel switching to multiple cooking strategies: A critique and alternative to the energy ladder model AB - Promoting sustainable development requires evaluating the technical and policy options that will facilitate the adoption and use of energy efficient and less polluting cooking stoves and practices. The transition from traditional to modern fuels and devices has been explained by the "energy ladder" model that-suggests that with increasing affluence, a progression is expected from traditional biomass fuels to more advanced and less polluting fuels. In this paper we evaluate the energy ladder model utilizing data from a four-year (1992-96) case study of a village in Mexico and from a large-scale survey from four states of Mexico. We show that an alternate "multiple fuel" model of stove and fuel management based on the observed pattern of household accumulation of energy options, rather than the simple progression depicted in the traditional energy ladder scenario, more accurately depicts cooking fuel use patterns in rural households. The "multiple fuel" model integrates four factors demonstrated to be essential in household decision making under conditions of resource scarcity or uncertainty: (a) economics of fuel and stove type and access conditions to fuels, (b) technical characteristics of cookstoves and cooking practices; (c) cultural preferences; and (d) health impacts. This model also allows better estimates of the expected fuelwood demand and indoor air pollution in rural households. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved MH - Mexico|Michoacan MH - USA PB - OXFORD: PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 23 U4 - Economics;Planning & Development U5 - J;Article AV - English IS - 0305-750X UR - ISI:000165782100004 L2 - fuels;cooking;households;rural development;energy ladder;Mexico;SUBSTITUTION; CHINA SO - World Development 2000 ;28(12):2083-2103 43 UI - 691 AU - Ogaki M AU - Santaella JA AD - Inst Tecnol Autonoma Mexico, Dept Acad Econ, Mexico City, DF, MexicoOhio State Univ, Columbus, OH 43210, USASantaella, JA, Inst Tecnol Autonoma Mexico, Dept Acad Econ, Mexico City, DF, Mexico TI - The exchange rate and the term structure of interest rates in Mexico AB - Mexico adopted a floating exchange rate regime in December 1994. The Bank of Mexico's monetary policy gives attention to maintain "orderly conditions in foreign exchange markets." The Bank of Mexico relies primarily on the control of the overnight interest rate in conducting its monetary policy. The question arises whether this extremely short-term interest rate is the relevant instrument to achieve exchange rate objectives. Theory suggests that the relationship between the exchange rate and the term structure of interest rates can be complicated and counterintuitive when investors are risk averse. In this paper, we pursue an empirical investigation on the effect of the term structure of interest rates on the exchange rate for Mexico. This information could be useful to understand and manage the operation of the Mexican floating exchange rate regime. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved. JEL classification: F21; F30 MH - Mexico|Distrito Federal MH - USA PB - AMSTERDAM: ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 1 U4 - Economics U5 - J;Article AV - English IS - 0304-3878 UR - ISI:000089150600007 L2 - interest rates;term structure;exchange rate;REAL INTEREST DIFFERENTIALS; UNCOVERED INTEREST PARITY; I(1) PROCESSES; REGRESSIONS SO - Journal of Development Economics 2000 ;63(1):135-155 44 UI - 668 AU - Ojeda-Benitez S AU - de Vega CA AU - Ramirez-Barreto ME AD - Univ Autonoma Baja California, Engn Inst, Mexicali 21100, Baja California, MexicoOjeda-Benitez, S, UABC, Inst Ingn, POB 3439, Calexico, CA 92232, USA TI - The potential for recycling household waste: a case study from Mexicali, Mexico AB - This paper demonstrates the great potential for recycling and for reducing wash volumes based on a study of household waste in a neighbourhood in Mexicali. The research recorded the weight of waste generated and analyzed ifs composition, drawing on 1,292 samples from 120 households. Most of the waste was recyclable or potentially recyclable and a recycling programme would bring benefits not only by reducing waste volumes and pollution but also by greatly lengthening the life of the existing city dump. The paper also considers which other neighbourhoods in Mexicali are likely to have comparable waste patterns and discusses the measures needed to develop a recycling programme MH - Mexico|Baja California MH - USA PB - LONDON: I I E D-INT INST ENVIRONMENT DEVELOPMENT RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 4 U4 - Environmental Studies;Urban Studies U5 - J;Article AV - English IS - 0956-2478 UR - ISI:000165442300013 SO - Environment and Urbanization 2000 ;12(2):163-173 45 UI - 654 AU - Ostermann R AU - Anjum A AU - Gutierrez R AU - Ostermann D AU - Rashid T AD - Fairleigh Dickinson Univ, Teaneck, NJ, USANatl Autonomous Univ Mexico, Mexico City 04510, DF, Mexico TI - Comparison of Mental Health in developed and developing countries MH - Mexico|Distrito Federal MH - USA PB - HOVE: PSYCHOLOGY PRESS RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 0 U4 - Psychology, Multidisciplinary U5 - J;Meeting Abstract AV - English IS - 0020-7594 UR - ISI:000088388800290 SO - International Journal of Psychology 2000 ;35(3-4):31-31 46 UI - 753 AU - Pagan JA AU - Tijerina-Guajardo JA AD - Univ Texas Pan Amer, Coll Business Adm, Dept Econ & Finance, Edinburg, TX 78539, USAUniv Autonoma Nuevo Leon, Fac Econ, Monterrey 64710, NL, MexicoPagan, JA, Univ Texas Pan Amer, Coll Business Adm, Dept Econ & Finance, Edinburg, TX 78539 USA TI - Increasing wage dispersion and the changes in relative employment and wages in Mexico's urban informal sector: 1987-1993 AB - This study analyses the role of changes in informal/formal relative employment, wage levels and wage inequality in explaining increasing wage dispersion in Mexico during the 1987-1993 period. From 1987 to 1993, the variance of the log of hourly wages for Mexican workers increased by more than 50 per cent. Using data from the Encuesta nacional de empleo urbano we find that this increase in the overall wage dispersion was mainly driven by increasing wage dispersion in the formal sector coupled with a faster growth in formal sector employment as a percentage of total employment. However, compression in the distribution of wages within the informal sector contributed to substantially slowdown the increasing overall wage inequality. About 60 per cent of the 1987-1993 4.65 percentage point reduction in the informal sector share of total employment is explained by changes in the structure that determines sectoral employment; the rest is explained by changes in the composition of the labour force, particularly increases in the sectoral education gap and a change in the regional relative share of sectoral employment. Also, from 1987 to 1993 the sectoral wage ratio increased from 0.59 to 0.63. It seems that a relative improvement in unobserved skills in the informal sector helped to close the wage differential but this effect was partially offset by an increase in the relative prices of both observed and unobserved skills, as well as increases in relative observed skills in the formal sector, particularly education MH - Mexico|Nuevo Leon MH - USA PB - LONDON: ROUTLEDGE RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 10 U4 - Economics U5 - J;Article AV - English IS - 0003-6846 UR - ISI:000084858900009 L2 - TRADE; OPPORTUNITIES; PROMOTION; EARNINGS; REFORM; GAP SO - Applied Economics 2000 ;32(3):335-347 47 UI - 655 AU - Pinheiro RT AU - Fleming M AU - Horta B AU - Sousa P AU - Souza R AD - Univ Catolica Pelotas, Pelotas, RS, BrazilIPA, Mexico City, DF, MexicoUniv Catolica Pelotas, IPA, Pelotas, RS, Brazil TI - Family functioning among cocaine abusers: a case control study in Brazil MH - Brazil MH - Mexico|Distrito Federal PB - HOVE: PSYCHOLOGY PRESS RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 0 U4 - Psychology, Multidisciplinary U5 - J;Meeting Abstract AV - English IS - 0020-7594 UR - ISI:000088388800302 SO - International Journal of Psychology 2000 ;35(3-4):32-32 48 UI - 648 AU - Pitt J AU - Luecke DF AU - Cohen MJ AU - Glenn EP AU - Valdes-Casillas C AD - Environm Def, Boulder, CO 80302, USAPacific Inst Studies Dev Environm & Secur, Oakland, CA 94612, USAUniv Arizona, Environm Res Lab, Tucson, AZ 85706, USACtr Conservat & Use Nat Resources, Guaymas 88450, Sonora, MexicoInst Tecnol & Estudios Super Monterrey, Guaymas 88450, Sonora, MexicoPitt, J, Environm Def, 2334 Broadway, Boulder, CO 80302, USA TI - Two nations, one river: Managing ecosystem conservation in the Colorado River delta AB - The Colorado River delta historically consisted of riparian, freshwater, brackish, and tidal wetlands that covered 1,930,000 acres and supported a legendary richness of plant, bird, and marine life. Dam construction and water diversions in the United States and Mexico in the twentieth century reduced the Delta to small areas of wetlands and brackish mudflats. The Delta is no longer a system that can be understood solely in ferns of biology and hydrology; human actions, embedded within a complex institutional framework, have significantly altered and modified the Delta. In the last two decades,flood releases from reservoirs in the United States and agricultural return flows from both the United States and Mexico have begun to restore Delta ecosystems on about 150,000 acres. Deliberate management of existing water resources can significantly improve conditions in this region. This article reviews the numerous institutions that can play a role in conservation of the Colorado River delta and discusses options to prefect the Delta's ecosystems, including changing international institutions and agreements to support Delta ecosystems; using U.S. federal law to find legal remedies; asserting Delta ecosystem requirements in ongoing, related management issues; establishing market mechanisms and funding sources for Delta preservation; and increasing public participation in Colorado River decisions that affect the Delta MH - Mexico|Sonora MH - USA PB - ALBUQUERQUE: UNIV NEW MEXICO RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 14 U4 - Environmental Studies;Law U5 - J;Review AV - English IS - 0028-0739 UR - ISI:000166604300004 L2 - MEXICO; MANAGEMENT; WATER SO - Natural Resources Journal 2000 ;40(4):819-864 49 UI - 658 AU - Rashid T AU - Anjum A AU - Guitierrez R AU - Ostermann R AD - Fairleigh Dickinson Univ, Teaneck, NJ, USANatl Autonomous Univ Mexico, Mexico City 04510, DF, Mexico TI - Comparison of work stress and support between Pakistan and United States MH - Mexico|Distrito Federal MH - USA PB - HOVE: PSYCHOLOGY PRESS RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 0 U4 - Psychology, Multidisciplinary U5 - J;Meeting Abstract AV - English IS - 0020-7594 UR - ISI:000088388803757 SO - International Journal of Psychology 2000 ;35(3-4):383-383 50 UI - 743 AU - rch-Tirado E AU - McCowan B AU - Saltijeral-Oaxaca J AU - de Coronado IZ AU - Licona-Bonilla J AD - Inst Nacl Comun Humana, Mexico City 01480, DF, MexicoUniv Calif Davis, Sch Vet Med, Dept Populat Hlth & Reprod, VMTRC, Tulare, CA, USAUniv Autonoma Metropolitana Xochimilco, Mexico City, DF, MexicoUniv Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Mexico City 04510, DF, MexicoInst Nacl Comun Humana, Mexico City, DF, MexicoArch-Tirado, E, Inst Nacl Comun Humana, Francisco P Miranda 177, Mexico City 01480, DF, Mexico TI - Development of isolation-induced vocal behavior in normal-hearing and deafened guinea pig infants AB - Infants in many different animal species require auditory information from conspecifics to learn appropriate responses to important environmental and social cues. Isolation calls are emitted by infant guinea pigs in contexts of social separation From their mothers. The aim of the present study was to examine the ontogeny of the isolation calls in normal-hearing and deafened infant guinea pigs, From 2 to 40 days postpartum and to determine the role of hearing maternal vocalization in infant guinea pig vocal responses in contexts of social proximity and isolation. Female newborn pigmented guinea pigs (Cavia porcellus) were housed with their birth mother and siblings. Water and dry Food were available ad libitum. One day postpartum, the cochlea of infants in the experimental group was destroyed. The control group consisted of normal-hearing Female siblings. Vocalizations from infants in the experimental and control groups were recorded for 6 minutes when with the mother before isolation, 6 minutes when alone, and then 6 minutes when with the mother after reunion. Recordings were made 5 days per week from 2 to 40 days after birth. The duration of calling was calculated for each 6-minute period of recording. Results demonstrated that deaf infants vocalize more than normal-hearing infants during social isolation from their mothers. Vocal activity of isolated deaf and normal-hearing infants decreased substantially over development, almost disappearing by the end of the study period. These results indicate that maternal vocal behavior modulates the vocal responses of guinea pigs early in infant development and supports other evidence that the guinea pig offers a viable model for investigating audition in deaf and normal-hearing human infants MH - Mexico|Distrito Federal MH - USA PB - ROCKVILLE: AMER SPEECH-LANGUAGE-HEARING ASSOC RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 0 U4 - Linguistics;Rehabilitation U5 - J;Article AV - English IS - 1092-4388 UR - ISI:000086069300010 L2 - deaf;maternal auditory feedback;vocalizations;animal model;development;DOLPHINS TURSIOPS-TRUNCATUS; ULTRASONIC VOCALIZATION; AUDITORY-FEEDBACK; EFFECTS MODELS; DEAFNESS; LARYNGEAL; PUPS; SONG; RAT; MAINTENANCE SO - Journal of Speech Language and Hearing Research 2000 ;43(2):432-440 51 UI - 703 AU - Rose JB AU - Chaison GN AU - de la Garza E AD - McMaster Univ, Hamilton, ON, CanadaClark Univ, Worcester, MA 01610, USAAutonomous Metropolitan Univ, Mexico City, DF, MexicoRose, JB, McMaster Univ, Hamilton, ON, Canada TI - A comparative analysis of public sector restructuring in the US, Canada, Mexico, and the Caribbean AB - We examine public sector restructuring in North America: and selected Commonwealth Caribbean nations. Although all the countries studied experienced significant restructuring in response to public debt pressures, there were major differences across countries in the magnitude, pace, form, and the manner in which restructuring decisions were made. These differences reflect the state of economic development and institutional characteristics, e.g., the role of the state and the industrial relations system. In developing countries, international lending institutions played a major role in transforming the role of the state. In developed countries, the inherent stability of the economic systems and institutional pressures led to a gradualist approach to restructuring MH - Canada MH - Mexico|Distrito Federal MH - USA PB - FAIRFAX: JOURNAL OF LABOR RESEARCH RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 3 U4 - Industrial Relations & Labor U5 - J;Article AV - English IS - 0195-3613 UR - ISI:000088318500007 L2 - PRIVATIZATION; SERVICES SO - Journal of Labor Research 2000 ;21(4):601-625 52 UI - 733 AU - Ruiz PT AU - Escursell MRI AD - Univ Autonoma Barcelona, Fac Psicol, Bellaterra 08193, SpainUniv Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Mexico City 04510, DF, MexicoEscursell, MRI, Univ Autonoma Barcelona, Fac Psicol, Bellaterra 08193, Spain TI - Sociocultural variables in blame attributions at rape victim AB - This work analyzes blame attributions at rape's victims in a college students sample. The study was drawed in order to know why people blame more some victims than others. The sample was: 863 students. male and female, of second course of Law, Medicine and Psychology of the Universidad Autonoma de Barcelona, Spain. Through two studies, the subjects read 9 stories about different cases of rape and were asked to express their beliefs about the victim's guilt. Gender and studies differences were related to a "traditional" or "liberal" ideology. The results suggest that manipulated sociocultural variables (like victims respectability, or victim's resistance to the rape), were relevants in the guilty attributions process, and this patterns were consistents with social myths or stereotypes about rape MH - Mexico|Distrito Federal MH - Spain PB - OVIEDO: COLEGIO OFICIAL DE PSICOLOGOS DE ASTURIAS RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 0 U4 - Psychology, Multidisciplinary U5 - J;Article AV - Spanish IS - 0214-9915 UR - ISI:000086369900011 SO - Psicothema 2000 ;12(2):223-228 53 UI - 713 AU - Sahni V AD - Jawaharlal Nehru Univ, New Delhi 110067, IndiaCtr Invest & Docencia Econ, Mexico City, DF, MexicoSahni, V, Jawaharlal Nehru Univ, New Delhi 110067, India TI - Strategy, security, and spies: Mexico and the US as allies in World War II MH - India MH - Mexico|Distrito Federal PB - NEW YORK: CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 0 U4 - Area Studies;Humanities, Multidisciplinary U5 - J;Book Review AV - English IS - 0022-216X UR - ISI:000087574100025 SO - Journal of Latin American Studies 2000 ;32():576-577 54 UI - 670 AU - Speed S AU - Collier JF AD - Univ Calif Davis, Davis, CA 95616, USACtr Invest & Estudios Super Antropol Social Sures, Chiapas, MexicoSpeed, S, Univ Calif Davis, Davis, CA 95616, USA TI - Limiting indigenous autonomy in Chiapas, Mexico: The state government's use of human rights MH - Mexico|Chiapas MH - USA PB - BALTIMORE: JOHNS HOPKINS UNIV PRESS RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 8 U4 - Political Science;Social Issues U5 - J;Article AV - English IS - 0275-0392 UR - ISI:000165261300001 L2 - INTERNATIONAL-LAW SO - Human Rights Quarterly 2000 ;22(4):877-905 55 UI - 675 AU - Thal D AU - Jackson-Maldonado D AU - Acosta D AD - San Diego State Univ, Dept Commicat Disorders, Dev Psycholinguist Lab, San Diego, CA 92120, USAUniv Calif San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USAUniv Queretaro, Queretaro, MexicoThal, D, San Diego State Univ, Dept Commicat Disorders, Dev Psycholinguist Lab, 6330 Alvarado Court,Suite 231, San Diego, CA 92120 USA TI - Validity of a parent-report measure of vocabulary and grammar for Spanish-speaking toddlers AB - The validity of the Fundacion MacArthur Inventario det Desarrollo de Habilidades Comunicativas: Palabras y Enunciados (IDHC:PE) was examined with twenty 20- and nineteen 28-month-old, typically developing, monolingual, Spanish-speaking children living in Mexico. One measure of vocabulary (number of words) and two measures of grammar (mean of the three longest utterances and grammatical complexity score) from the IDHC:PE were compared to behavioral measures of vocabulary (number of different words from a language sample and number of objects named in a confrontation naming task) and one behavioral measure of grammar (mean length of utterance from a language sample). Only vocabulary measures were assessed in the 20-month-olds because of floor effects on the grammar measures. Results indicated validity for assessing expressive vocabulary in 20-month-olds and expressive vocabulary and grammar in 28-month-olds MH - Mexico|Queretaro MH - USA PB - ROCKVILLE: AMER SPEECH-LANGUAGE-HEARING ASSOC RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 8 U4 - Linguistics;Rehabilitation U5 - J;Article AV - English IS - 1092-4388 UR - ISI:000089979500003 L2 - parent report;language development;Spanish;vocabulary;grammar;EARLY LEXICAL DEVELOPMENT; DATA EXCHANGE SYSTEM; BILINGUAL INFANTS; CHILD LANGUAGE; SYNTAX; ABILITIES; FAMILIES; GESTURE; CULTURE SO - Journal of Speech Language and Hearing Research 2000 ;43(5):1087-1100 56 UI - 626 AU - Tijerina-Guajardo JA AU - Pagan JA AD - Univ Autonoma Nuevo Leon, Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, MexicoUniv Texas Pan Amer, Edinburg, TX 78539, USATijerina-Guajardo, JA, Univ Autonoma Nuevo Leon, Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico TI - Valued-added tax revenues in Mexico: An empirical analysis AB - This article analyzes the effect of changes in the valued-added tax (VAT) rate on real VAT revenue in Mexico. Recently, there has been a heated debate on the optimal VAT system and the potential economic impact of a reduction in the VAT rate in the country. The results from estimating a VAT revenue model suggest that there seems to be a positive relationship between VAT revenue and the tax rate around the actual VAT rate, contrary to the assertion that there is a Laffer curve for the VAT in Mexico. A I percentage point change in the VAT rate results in a 2.4% change in real VAT revenues. Leaving aside other fiscal reform considerations, the results appear to be robust to alternative empirical specifications MH - Mexico|Nuevo Leon MH - USA PB - THOUSAND OAKS: SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 2 U4 - Business, Finance U5 - J;Article AV - English IS - 0048-5853 UR - ISI:000167789700004 L2 - VAT SO - Public Finance Review 2000 ;28(6):561-575 57 UI - 627 AU - Veltmeyer H AD - St Marys Univ, Halifax, NS B3H 3C3, CanadaAutonomous Univ Zacatecas, Zacatecas, MexicoVeltmeyer, H, St Marys Univ, Halifax, NS B3H 3C3, Canada TI - The dynamics of social change and Mexico's EZLN MH - Canada MH - Mexico|Zacatecas PB - THOUSAND OAKS: SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 3 U4 - Area Studies;Political Science U5 - J;Article AV - English IS - 0094-582X UR - ISI:000167787900006 L2 - LATIN-AMERICA; MOVEMENTS SO - Latin American Perspectives 2000 ;27(5):88-110 58 UI - 748 AU - Villalobos-Arambula AR AU - Rivas F AU - Sandoval L AU - Perea FJ AU - Casas-Castaneda M AU - Cantu JM AU - Ibarra B AD - IMSS, CMNO, Ctr Invest Biomed Occidente, Div Genet,CUCS, Guadalajara, SpainIMSS, CMNO, Ctr Invest Biomed Occidente, Div Mol Med,CUCS, Guadalajara, SpainUniv Guadalajara, CUCBA, Dept Biol Celular & Mol, Guadalajara 44430, Jalisco, MexicoIbarra, B, IMSS AP, CIBO, Div Genet, 1-3838, Guadalajara 44310, Jalisco, Mexico TI - beta(A) globin gene haplotypes in Mexican Huichols: Genetic relatedness to other populations AB - The haplotypes of 97 beta(A) independent chromosomes fi om a Mexican Huichol Native American group were analyzed. The analysis also included 87 beta(A) chromosomes from a Mexican Mestizo population previously studied. Among Huichols, eight different 5' beta haplotypes (5Hps) were observed, with types 1(+ - - - -), 13(+ + + - +) and 2(- + + - +) at frequencies of 0.794, 0.093, and 0.041, respectively. In Mestizos, 17 5Hps were found, types 1, 3(- + - + +), 2, 5(- + - - +) and 9(- - - - -) being the most common at frequencies of 0.391, 0.172, 0.092, 0.069, and 0.046, respectively 3' haplotype (3Hps) frequency distributions were 0.443(+ +), 0.083(+ -), and 0.474(- +) in Huichols and 0.563(+ +), 0.149(+ -), and 0.287(- +) in Mestizos. Pairwise comparison for both haplotype distributions between the two populations showed significant differences. Pairwise distributions of 3Hps for Huichols were compared with nine worldwide populations, three African, two Asian, two Melanesian, one Caucasian, and one United States Native American. The distributions of the Huichol were different (P < 0.05) fi om all populations except the Native American. Nei's genetic distances showed the Huichols to be closer to the Native Americans, followed by Melanesians from Vanuatu and Asians; Africans were the farthest. The 5Hp distributions in Mexicans were also compared with 23 worldwide populations (including African, Native American, Asian, Caucasian, and Pacific Islanders). Huichol distributions were different (P < 0.05) from all other populations except Koreans. The Mestizo distribution was also different from the others, except three Caucasian groups. Nei's genetic distance between the same populations disclosed that the Huichols are in relatively close proximity to five out of six Asian populations considered. The same analysis with grouped worldwide populations showed Native Americans as population closest to the Huichols, followed by Pacific Islanders and Asians. Present observations are consistent with an important Asian contribution to the Huichol genome in this chromosomal region. (C) 2000 Wiley-Liss, Inc MH - Mexico|Jalisco MH - Spain PB - NEW YORK: WILEY-LISS RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 5 U4 - Anthropology;Biology U5 - J;Article AV - English IS - 1042-0533 UR - ISI:000085333000005 L2 - INDIAN SUBCONTINENT; CLUSTER HAPLOTYPES; THALASSEMIA SO - American Journal of Human Biology 2000 ;12(2):201-206 59 UI - 722 AU - Wilson TD AD - Univ Missouri, Dept Anthropol, St Louis, MO 63121, USAWilson, TD, Condominiums Aloha 301E,Paseo San Jose S-N, San Jose De Los Cabos 23448, BCS, Mexico TI - Anti-immigrant sentiment and the problem of reproduction/maintenance in Mexican immigration to the United States AB - This article explores the links between 1) the growing militarization of the US-Mexico border; 2) state legislation such as California's Proposition 187 designed to deny undocumented workers and their non-citizen wives and children state-funded medical, educational, and other social services; 3) the call by some sectors of the population to deny US citizenship to children born in the US to undocumented immigrants, but in most cases also to legally permanent residents who have not yet acquired citizenship; and 5) threats of deportation of undocumented workers, cases highly publicized in both the US and Mexico. St is argued that these phenomena are related to the desire to re-separate the processes of production and reproduction among the now more permanent Mexican labor force working in the US. With the fall of the USSR no other nation has taken upon itself the moral task of criticizing human rights abuses in the US, providing a more permissive environment for the abuses perpetrated against Mexican workers and their families MH - Mexico|Baja California Sur MH - USA PB - THOUSAND OAKS: SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 12 U4 - Anthropology U5 - J;Article AV - English IS - 0308-275X UR - ISI:000087292500007 L2 - Mexican immigration to the United States migration networks;militarization of the US border production/reproduction;undocumented immigration;MIGRATION; COMMUNITIES; LABOR; US; BORDER SO - Critique of Anthropology 2000 ;20(2):191-213 60 UI - 705 AU - Zabriskie B AD - New York CG Jung Inst, New York, NY, USACG Jung Ctr, Mexico City, DF, MexicoZabriskie, B, 1541-2 E 74th St, New York, NY 10021, USA TI - Orpheus and Eurydice: a creative agony AB - The archaic story of the Thracian musician Orpheus and his bride Eurydice is heard first as an ancient myth of marriage and death, wedding and separation. The mixture of expectation and dread in its sentiments is sounded still today in the contemporary wedding songs and funeral laments of the Mediterranean and the Balkans. Similar sequences of engagement and withdrawal, ascent and descent, change and metamorphosis are found in the adventures and vicissitudes of other mythic figures. Its premise of the soul's transmigration and its promise of psychic transformation inspired the religious ruminations and philosophic speculation of many centuries. The shifting keys in the songs of Orpheus and the cries of Eurydice score the shocking emotions of epiphanal moments, the creative 'agon', and a depth psychological passage. With its crescendos and denouements, the Orpheus/Eurydice phenomenon suggests the range of experience as one both engages reality and reaches toward meaning MH - Mexico|Distrito Federal MH - USA PB - OXFORD: BLACKWELL PUBL LTD RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 0 U4 - Psychology, Multidisciplinary U5 - J;Article AV - English IS - 0021-8774 UR - ISI:000088363900004 L2 - creative;death;descent;dismemberment;marriage;music;process;shamanic;transformation SO - Journal of Analytical Psychology 2000 ;45(3):427-447 61 UI - 717 AU - Zabriskie B AD - C G Jung Ctr Mexico City, Mexico City, DF, MexicoNew York C G Jung Inst, New York, NY, USAZabriskie, B, 1541-2 E 74th St, New York, NY 10021, USA TI - The psyche as a process MH - Mexico|Distrito Federal MH - USA PB - HILLSDALE: ANALYTIC PRESS RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 1 U4 - Psychology, Psychoanalysis U5 - J;Article AV - English IS - 1048-1885 UR - ISI:000087518400004 SO - Psychoanalytic Dialogues 2000 ;10(3):389-402 62 UI - 749 AU - Zabriskie BD AD - New York CG Jung Inst, New York, NY, USACG Jung Ctr Mexico City, Mexico City, DF, MexicoZabriskie, BD, New York CG Jung Inst, New York, NY, USA TI - Response to 'Theatres of the psyche' by Joyce McDougall MH - Mexico|Distrito Federal MH - USA PB - OXFORD: BLACKWELL PUBL LTD RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 0 U4 - Psychology, Multidisciplinary U5 - J;Editorial Material AV - English IS - 0021-8774 UR - ISI:000085190500006 SO - Journal of Analytical Psychology 2000 ;45(1):65-67 63 UI - 750 AU - Zabriskie BD AD - New York CG Jung Inst, New York, NY, USACG Jung Ctr Mexico City, Mexico City, DF, MexicoZabriskie, BD, New York CG Jung Inst, New York, NY, USA TI - Transference and dream in illness: waxing psyche, waning body AB - In times of change, crisis, and illness, the excited points of an individual's personal history are reactivated within the transference and may also be noted by observing countertransference. When there are anomalies in the emotional and imaginal circle of the therapeutic relationship, there is occasion for repetition and/or a transformative opening. In some cases, there is simultaneous treatment of severe developmental fixations and compulsions, and issues of individuation. Images may emerge both from the personal field and from the collective and archetypal imagination. These may be expressions of interpersonal experience, intrapsychic dynamics, and physical as well as psychic state MH - Mexico|Distrito Federal MH - USA PB - OXFORD: BLACKWELL PUBL LTD RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 0 U4 - Psychology, Multidisciplinary U5 - J;Article AV - English IS - 0021-8774 UR - ISI:000085190500009 L2 - archetypal;compulsion;dreams;illness;psychoid;transference SO - Journal of Analytical Psychology 2000 ;45(1):93-107 64 UI - 582 AU - Antinolfi G AU - Huybens E AU - Keister T AD - Washington Univ, Dept Econ, St Louis, MO 63130, USAWorld Bank, Washington, DC 20433, USAITAM, Ctr Invest Econ, Mexico City 10700, DF, MexicoAntinolfi, G, Washington Univ, Dept Econ, St Louis, MO 63130, USA TI - Monetary stability and liquidity crises: The role of the lender of last resort AB - We evaluate the desirability of having an elastic currency generated by a lender of last resort that prints money and lends it to banks in distress. When banks cannot borrow, the economy has a unique equilibrium that is not Pareto optimal. The introduction of unlimited borrowing at a zero nominal interest rate generates a steady state equilibrium that is Pareto optimal. However, this policy is destabilizing in the sense that it also introduces a continuum of nonoptimal inflationary equilibria. We explore two alternate policies aimed at eliminating such monetary instability while preserving the steady-state benefits of an elastic currency. If the lender of last resort imposes an upper bound on borrowing that is low enough, no inflationary equilibria can arise. For some (but not all) economies, the unique equilibrium under this policy is Pareto optimal. If the lender of last resort instead charges a zero real interest rate, no inflationary equilibria can arise. The unique equilibrium in this case is always Pareto optimal. (C) 2001 Academic Press MH - Mexico|Distrito Federal MH - USA PB - SAN DIEGO: ACADEMIC PRESS INC RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 4 U4 - Economics U5 - J;Article AV - English IS - 0022-0531 UR - ISI:000170454700006 L2 - banking crises;discount window policy;elastic currency;inflation;lender of last resort;liquidity crises;multiple equilibria;OVERLAPPING-GENERATIONS MODEL; PURE EXCHANGE; MONEY SO - Journal of Economic Theory 2001 ;99(1-2):187-219 65 UI - 640 AU - Antinolfi G AU - Keister T AU - Shell K AD - Washington Univ, Dept Econ, St Louis, MO 63130, USAInst Tecnol Autonoma Mexico, Ctr Invest Econ, Mexico City 10700, DF, MexicoCornell Univ, Dept Econ, Ithaca, NY 14853, USAAntinolfi, G, Washington Univ, Dept Econ, St Louis, MO 63130, USA TI - Growth dynamics and returns to scale: Bifurcation analysis AB - We investigate the dependence of the dynamic behavior of an endogenous growth model on the degree of returns to scare. We focus on a simple (but representative) growth model with publicly funded inventive activity. We show that constant returns to reproducible Factors (the leading case in the endogenous growth literature) is a bifurcation point, and that it has the characteristics of a transcritical bifurcation. The bifurcation involves the boundary of the state space, making it difficult to formally verify this classification. For a special case, we provide a transformation that allows Formal classification by existing methods. We discuss the new methods that would be needed for Formal verification of transcriticality in a broader class of models. Journal of Economic Literature Classification Numbers: O41, O30. (C) 2001 Acadeinic Press MH - Mexico|Distrito Federal MH - USA PB - SAN DIEGO: ACADEMIC PRESS INC RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 3 U4 - Economics U5 - J;Article AV - English IS - 0022-0531 UR - ISI:000167081700004 L2 - returns to scale;transcritical bifurcation;boundary bifurcation;endogenous growth;inventive activity;ECONOMIC-GROWTH; CYCLES; MODELS; STABILITY; EXISTENCE SO - Journal of Economic Theory 2001 ;96(1-2):70-96 66 UI - 533 AU - Arechiga J AU - Prado C AU - Canto M AU - Carmenate M AD - Natl Autonomous Univ Mexico, Inst Anthropol Invest, Mexico City 04510, DF, MexicoAutonomous Univ Madrid, Fac Sci, Dept Biol, E-28049 Madrid, SpainUniv Havana, Fac Biol, Havana, CubaArechiga, J, Natl Autonomous Univ Mexico, Inst Anthropol Invest, Mexico City 04510, DF, Mexico TI - Women in transition - Menopause and body composition in different populations AB - Human biology has provided valuable and applicable points of view to contribute towards human welfare, when it has analyzed changes in the transitional phases of the ontogenetic process. The purpose of this presentation coincides with WHO recommendations to study the modifications suffered by the female body during her stage of reproductive aging in different environments. We study and compared three different groups of women living in the cities of Madrid (Spain), Havana (Cuba) and in Tuxpan, a village in the State of Michoacan (Mexico). Three groups differed with respect to their socio-economic levels, food habits, social organization and culture. We used the same anthropometric techniques, recommended by the IBP, and same tools to assess the women's reproductive life, demography and socio-economic condition. All three groups coincidences regarding the remodelation of their thorax, so after 55 years of age their waist-hip ratio surpassed the cut point of 0.80, associated whit higher risk for chronic cardiovascular disorders. However, examined groups differed, for instance, the rural Mexican women altered their bone density earlier, five years before the urban samples. Next, Mexican women of younger ages maintained high levels of their body mass index above the cut point for overweight MH - Cuba MH - Mexico|Distrito Federal MH - Spain PB - ZAGREB: COLLEGIUM ANTROPOLOGICUM RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 2 U4 - Anthropology U5 - J;Article AV - English IS - 0350-6134 UR - ISI:000173295100005 SO - Collegium Antropologicum 2001 ;25(2):443-448 67 UI - 581 AU - az-Cayeros A AU - Magaloni B AD - Univ Calif Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USACtr Invest Desarrollo, CIDAC, Mexico City, DF, MexicoStanford Univ, Dept Polit Sci, Stanford, CA 94305, USADiaz-Cayeros, A, Univ Calif Los Angeles, 4289 Bunche Hall,Box 951472, Los Angeles, CA 90095 USA TI - Party dominance and the logic of electoral design in Mexico's transition to democracy AB - This paper discusses the role of electoral institutional design in Mexico's transition to democracy. Our argument is that electoral rules facilitated party dominance through two mechanisms: electoral rules disproportionately rewarded existing majorities and, at the same time, discouraged potential majorities from forming. More specifically, the rules rewarded parties that could win a majority of the vote in single-member districts; but at the same time, rewarded minority parties with seats from multi-member districts, mitigating Duvergerian incentives to coordinate behind a single challenger. In the short run, seats from multi-member districts benefited opposition parties by significantly reducing entry costs; in the long run, however, these seats helped sustain party dominance, by discouraging coordination among opposition parties and voters MH - USA MH - Mexico|Distrito Federal PB - LONDON: SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 1 U4 - Political Science U5 - J;Article AV - English IS - 0951-6298 UR - ISI:000170500800003 L2 - democracy;electoral system;institutional design;party dominance SO - Journal of Theoretical Politics 2001 ;13(3):271-293 68 UI - 628 AU - az-Olavarrieta C AU - Paz F AU - de la Cadena CG AU - Campbell J AD - Inst Neurol & Neurcirugia, Lab Psicol Expt, Mexico City, DF 14269, MexicoJohns Hopkins Univ, Sch Nursing, Baltimore, MD, USADiaz-Olavarrieta, C, Inst Neurol & Neurcirugia, Lab Psicol Expt, Insurgentes Sur 3877, Mexico City, DF 14269, Mexico TI - Prevalence of intimate partner abuse among nurses and nurses' aides in Mexico AB - Background Nurses are the health professionals most frequently involved in the diagnosis and treatment of victims of family violence (FV). Understanding their personal experience with victimization is the key to shaping an appropriate role as advocates for medical recognition of FV and as integral members of the screening teams. We sought to determine the lifetime prevalence of intimate partner abuse among them and identify its risk factors. Methods. In our cross-sectional study, 1,150 registered nurses and nurses' aides at ii urban hospitals in Mexico City self-administered an anonymous survey. We calculated descriptive statistics, Fisher exact tests, and multivariate logistic regression models to analyze physical, sexual, and emotional abuse during adulthood. Results. Physical/sexual abuse during adulthood was 13% for nurses' aides and 18% for nurses. Similar proportions (13% of nurses' aides and 14% of nurses) also reported childhood physical/sexual abuse. Additional respondents (39% nurses' aides, 42% nurses) reported emotional abuse during adulthood. Detecting no significant differences in abuse patterns between the two groups, we combined occupations for all subsequent analyses. Results. Being separated or divorced (vs. married) (Apr = 3.41, 95% confidence interval (CI): 1.81-6.34) and having suffered physical/sexual abuse during childhood (Apr = 3.39, 95% CI: 2.26-5.08) were associated with physical/sexual abuse in adulthood. The same variables were associated with adult emotional abuse (separated/divorced: Apr = 5.33, 95% CI: 2.61-10.85, and childhood physical/sexual abuse: Apr = 2.58, 95% CI: 1.79-3.75). Younger women (between the ages of 23 and 28 years) reported more emotional abuse (Apr = 2.10, 95% CI: 1.48-2.98). Conclusions. Counseling for abused nursing staff may help break the cycle. Physical/sexual partner abuse among nurses appears lower than among the general Mexican population, but remains worrisome. Battling childhood abuse might prevent intimate partner violence. (C) 2001 IMSS. Published by Elsevier Science Inc MH - Mexico|Distrito Federal MH - USA PB - NEW YORK: ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 2 U4 - Medicine, Research & Experimental U5 - J;Article AV - English IS - 0188-4409 UR - ISI:000167842100014 L2 - intimate partner abuse;family violence;nurses;female health workers;child abuse;DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; MEDICAL-STUDENTS; FAMILY VIOLENCE; CHILDHOOD ABUSE; WOMEN; PREGNANCY; HEALTH; HOMELESS; IMPACT SO - Archives of Medical Research 2001 ;32(1):79-87 69 UI - 580 AU - Bean FD AU - Corona R AU - Tuiran R AU - Woodrow-Lafield KA AU - Van Hook J AD - Consejo Nacl Poblac, Mexico City, DF, MexicoColegio Frontera Norte, Tijuana, MexicoMississippi State Univ, Mississippi State, MS 39762, USABowling Green State Univ, Bowling Green, OH 43403, USABean, FD, Univ Calif Irvine, 3151 Social Sci Plaza, Irvine, CA 92697 USA TI - Circular, invisible, and ambiguous migrants: Components of difference in estimates of the number of unauthorized Mexican migrants in the United States AB - Based on an equation that can be used with available data and that provides a basis for facilitating decomposition analyses, this research estimates that about 2.54 million total (as opposed to enumerated) unauthorized Mexicans resided in the United States in 1996. Comparing this figure with an estimate of about 2.70 million released by the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) during the 1990s, we find that the two estimates involve different assumptions about circular invisible, and ambiguous migrants. Stich differences not only can have important policy implications; they can also be sizable and can operate in opposite directions, as illustrated by findings from a components-of-difference analysis. The results are also extrapolated to 2000, and implications for 2000 census counts are discussed MH - Mexico|Distrito Federal MH - Mexico|Baja California MH - USA PB - WASHINGTON: POPULATION ASSN AMER RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 17 U4 - Demography U5 - J;Article AV - English IS - 0070-3370 UR - ISI:000170546100008 L2 - LOS-ANGELES-COUNTY; IMMIGRATION; CENSUS; APPREHENSION SO - Demography 2001 ;38(3):411-422 70 UI - 560 AU - Berganza CE AU - Mezzich JE AU - Otero-Ojeda AA AU - Jorge MR AU - Villasenor-Bayardo SJ AU - Rojas-Malpica C AD - San Carlos Univ, Sch Med, Child Psychiat Clin, Dept Psychiat, Guatemala City, GuatemalaNYU, Mt Sinai Sch Med, Div Psychiat Epidemiol, New York, NY, USANYU, Mt Sinai Sch Med, Int Ctr Mental Hlth, Dept Psychiat, New York, NY, USAUniv Havana, Dept Psychiat, Havana, CubaExecut Comm, Cuban Glossary Psychiat, Havana, CubaUniv Fed Sao Paulo, Sect Clin Psychiat, Dept Psychiat, Paulista Sch Med, Sao Paulo, BrazilUniv Guadalajara, Dept Social Sci, Guadalajara 44430, Jalisco, MexicoUniv Carabobo, Dept Mental Hlth, Fac Hlth Sci, Valencia, SpainBerganza, CE, Avenida Reforma 13-70 Zona 9,Suite 11-B, Guatemala City, Guatemala TI - The Latin American guide for psychiatric diagnosis - A cultural overview AB - In psychiatric nosology, the need to develop a common language to increase diagnostic reliability has long been recognized. Emerging now, however, is the need to harmonize international communication with recognition of the value of local cultural requirements to enhance validity of the psychiatric diagnosis. This article describes the development of the Latin American Guide for Psychiatric Diagnosis, a regional annotation of the international classification system in psychiatry for application to Latin American psychiatric patients. The conceptual and cultural foundations of the system, as well as its diagnostic process and formulation, are I briefly described, together with the nosologic organization, which includes the major diagnostic classes of ICD-10 and the organization and description of the Latin American cultural syndromes with the highest clinical relevance. It is the authors' contention that understanding the variations in the ways in which psychopathology is expressed in Latin American patients is important for not only clinicians practicing in Latin America but also those serving Latin American individuals in developed countries, such as the United States MH - Brazil MH - Cuba MH - Guatemala MH - Mexico|Jalisco MH - Spain MH - USA PB - PHILADELPHIA: W B SAUNDERS CO RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 8 U4 - Psychiatry U5 - J;Article AV - English IS - 0193-953X UR - ISI:000171218600005 SO - Psychiatric Clinics of North America 2001 ;24(3):433-+ 71 UI - 622 AU - Block MAG AU - Sandiford P AU - Ruiz JA AU - Rovira J AD - WHO, Alliance Hlth Policy & Syst Res, CH-1211 Geneva 27, SwitzerlandInt Hlth Sector Dev Inst, London, EnglandFdn Mexicana Para Salud, Mexico City, DF, MexicoSoikos, Barcelona, SpainBlock, MAG, WHO, Alliance Hlth Policy & Syst Res, CH-1211 Geneva 27, Switzerland TI - Beyond health gain: the range of health system benefits expressed by social groups in Mexico and Central America AB - Current health reform proposals in most developing countries stress health gain as the chief evaluation criterion. Essential service packages are formulated using cost-effectiveness methods for the selection of interventions without sufficient regard for other factors that are significant for successful implementation and acceptance by the needy. This paper presents the results of research undertaken in Mexico and Central America to test the hypothesis: that population groups view health gain as only one among several benefits derived from health systems. The goal at this stage was two-fold: (a) to identify through qualitative methods the range of benefits that are significant for a wide cross-section of social groups and (b) to classify such benefits in types amenable to be used in the development of instruments to measure the benefits intended and actually produced by health systems. Fourteen focus groups were undertaken in Costa Rice, Fl Salvador, Guatemala, Mexico and Nicaragua representing diverse age, gender, occupation and social conditions. Six major types of health system benefits were identified besides health gain: reassurance/uncertainty reduction, economic security, confidence in health system quality, financial benefits derived from the system, health care process utility and health system fairness. Benefits most often mentioned can be classed under health care process utility and confidence in system quality. They also have the most consensus across social groups. Other benefits mentioned have an affinity with social conditions. Human resource-derived utility stands out by its frequency in the range of benefits mentioned. Health systems and health sector reform proposals must emphasise those aspects of quality related to human resources to be in accord with population expectations. (C) 2001 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved MH - United Kingdom MH - Mexico|Distrito Federal MH - Spain MH - Switzerland PB - OXFORD: PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 2 U4 - Public, Environmental & Occupational Health;Social Sciences, Biomedical U5 - J;Article AV - English IS - 0277-9536 UR - ISI:000168012200006 L2 - health reform;health benefits;Mexico;Central America;MANAGED CARE; EQUITY; PROPOSAL; POLICY SO - Social Science & Medicine 2001 ;52(10):1537-1550 72 UI - 548 AU - Cason TN AU - Sharma T AD - Purdue Univ, W Lafayette, IN 47907, USAInst Tecnol Autonomo Mexico, Mexico City, DF, MexicoCason, TN, Purdue Univ, W Lafayette, IN 47907, USA TI - Durable goods, Coasian dynamics, and uncertainty: Theory and experiments AB - This paper presents a model in which a durable goods monopolist sells a product to two buyers. Each buyer is privately informed about his own valuation. Thus all players are imperfectly informed about market demand. We study the monopolist's pricing behavior as players' uncertainty regarding demand vanishes in the limit. In the limit, players are perfectly informed about the downward-sloping demand. We show that in all games belonging to a fixed and open neighborhood of the limit game there exists a generically unique equilibrium outcome that exhibits Coasian dynamics and in which play lasts for at most two periods. A laboratory experiment shows that, consistent with our theory, outcomes in the Certain and Uncertain Demand treatments are the same. Median opening prices in both treatments are roughly at the level predicted and considerably below the monopoly price. Consistent with Coasian dynamics, these prices are lower for higher discount factors. Demand withholding, however, leads to more trading periods than predicted MH - Mexico|Distrito Federal MH - USA PB - CHICAGO: UNIV CHICAGO PRESS RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 4 U4 - Economics U5 - J;Article AV - English IS - 0022-3808 UR - ISI:000172205400005 L2 - MONOPOLY SO - Journal of Political Economy 2001 ;109(6):1311-1354 73 UI - 551 AU - Chattopadhyay S AD - Univ Alicante, Dept Fundamentos Anal Econ, E-03071 Alicante, SpainColegio Mexico, Ctr Estudios Econ, Mexico City 10740, DF, MexicoChattopadhyay, S, Univ Alicante, Dept Fundamentos Anal Econ, E-03071 Alicante, Spain TI - The unit root property and optimality: a simple proof AB - Consider a pure exchange overlapping generations (OLG) economy under stationary Markov uncertainty with one good and with sequentially complete markets. It is known that an interior stationary equilibrium allocation at which the agents common matrix of intertemporal rates of substitution has a Perron root which is less than or equal to one is conditionally Pareto optimal (CPO). We provide a simple and direct proof of this fact. (C) 2001 Published by Elsevier Science B.V MH - Mexico|Distrito Federal MH - Spain PB - LAUSANNE: ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 0 U4 - Economics;Mathematics, Interdisciplinary Applications;Social Sciences, Mathematical Methods U5 - J;Article AV - English IS - 0304-4068 UR - ISI:000171949200005 L2 - stochastic OLG;optimality;unit root property;OVERLAPPING GENERATIONS MODELS; EFFICIENCY SO - Journal of Mathematical Economics 2001 ;36(2):151-159 74 UI - 598 AU - Cherpitel CJ AU - Borges G AU - Medina-Mora ME AD - Inst Publ Hlth, Alcohol Res Grp, Berkeley, CA 94709, USAMexican Inst Psychiat Calzada Mexico Xochimilco, Mexico City 14370, DF, MexicoCherpitel, CJ, Inst Publ Hlth, Alcohol Res Grp, 2000 Hearst Ave, Berkeley, CA 94709 USA TI - Screening for alcohol problems: A comparison of instrument performance between the ER and the general population among Mexican Americans in the US and Mexicans in Mexico AB - Relatively little is known about the performance of screening instruments for alcohol use disorders in the general population compared to clinical populations, or among Mexicans or Mexican Americans. The sensitivity and specificity of three screening measures: CAGE, TWEAK, and holding five or more drinks (HOLD), for alcohol dependence, are compared between ER and general population samples in the U.S. (Santa Clara, County, California) and in Mexico (Pachuca). In Pachuca sensitivity of the TWEAK and HOLD was significantly better in the general population compared to the ER, while in Santa Clara sensitivity of the CAGE was significantly better in the ER compared to the general population. HOLD appeared to perform better in the general population than in the ER in Santa Clara. The data suggest differential performance of screening instruments among Hispanics in the general population compared to the ER in both the U.S. and Mexico, and HOLD may be the measure of choice for identifying alcohol use disorders in the Hispanic general population MH - USA MH - Mexico|Distrito Federal PB - READING: HARWOOD ACAD PUBL GMBH RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 1 U4 - Substance Abuse;Social Issues U5 - J;Article AV - English IS - 1606-6359 UR - ISI:000169353900005 L2 - alcohol dependence;screening;ER;general population;hispanics;EMERGENCY ROOM PATIENTS; CAGE QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED-STATES; SERVICES UTILIZATION; 3 POPULATIONS; DRINKING; HISPANICS; WHITES; BLACKS; CONSUMPTION SO - Addiction Research & Theory 2001 ;9(1):59-72 75 UI - 652 AU - Clegg S AU - Clarke T AU - Ibarra E AD - Univ Technol Sydney, Sch Management, Sydney, NSW, AustraliaUAM, Mexico City, DF, MexicoClegg, S, Univ Technol Sydney, Sch Management, Sydney, NSW, Australia TI - Millennium management, changing paradigms and organization studies MH - Australia MH - Mexico|Distrito Federal PB - LONDON: SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 0 U4 - Management;Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary U5 - J;Article AV - English IS - 0018-7267 UR - ISI:000166361600005 SO - Human Relations 2001 ;54(1):31-36 76 UI - 586 AU - Cortina M AD - Washington Sch Psychiat, Washington, DC, USAGeorge Washington Univ, Washington, DC 20052, USASeminario Sociopsicoanal AC, Mexico City, DF, MexicoCortina, M, 2 Sunnyside Rd, Silver Spring, MD 20910, USA TI - Sullivan's contributions to understanding personality development in light of attachment theory and contemporary models of the mind MH - Mexico|Distrito Federal MH - USA PB - NEW YORK: WILLIAM ALANSON WHITE INST RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 0 U4 - Psychiatry;Psychology, Psychoanalysis U5 - J;Article AV - English IS - 0010-7530 UR - ISI:000170150800002 L2 - DISORGANIZED INFANT ATTACHMENT; BEHAVIOR SO - Contemporary Psychoanalysis 2001 ;37(2):193-238 77 UI - 559 AU - de Arenas JL AU - Castanos-Lomnitz H AU - Valles J AU - Gonzalez E AU - renas-Licea J AD - Natl Autonomous Univ Mexico, Fac Philosophys & Letters, Mexico City 04510, DF, MexicoNatl Univ Mexico, Inst Econ Res, Mexico City, DF, MexicoNatl Univ Mexico, Inst Math, Mexico City, DF, MexicoUniv Coll London, Dept Biochem & Mol Biol, London WC1 6BT, Englandde Arenas, JL, Coalit Stop Use Child Soldiers, 436 Essex Rd, London N1 3QP, England TI - Mexican scientific brain drain: causes and impact AB - Despite programmes to accelerate training in science in Mexico since the 1970s, the indigenous science base is thin. Mexican PhD graduates were counted in North American universities and their disciplines identified. The number of doctorate recipients currently recognised by the Mexican government as national researchers was counted. The results imply that the Mexican government's efforts to strengthen scientific research are unfocussed, being based on the erratic selection of institutions and disciplines of study. Brain drain is assumed, which may he associated with the lack of ability of Mexican institutions to absorb and use fully trained people MH - United Kingdom MH - Mexico|Distrito Federal PB - GUILDFORD: BEECH TREE PUBLISHING RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 1 U4 - Information Science & Library Science U5 - J;Article AV - English IS - 0958-2029 UR - ISI:000171288900006 SO - Research Evaluation 2001 ;10(2):115-119 78 UI - 589 AU - Dedrick J AU - Kraemer KL AU - Palacios JJ AU - Tigre PB AU - Botelho AJJ AD - Univ Calif Irvine, Irvine, CA 92717, USAUniv Guadalajara, Mexico City, DF, MexicoUniv Fed Rio de Janeiro, BR-21941 Rio De Janeiro, BrazilPontificia Univ Catolica Rio de Janeiro, BR-22453 Rio De Janeiro, BrazilUniv Estadual Rio de Janeiro, Rio De Janeiro, BrazilDedrick, J, Univ Calif Irvine, Irvine, CA 92717, USA TI - Economic liberalization and the computer industry: Comparing outcomes in Brazil and Mexico AB - Market liberalization has been carried out by many developing countries in the hopes of stimulating trade, investment and technology transfer. In order to analyze the impacts of liberalization on a specific industry sector, this paper compares the experiences of Brazil and Mexico in liberalizing the computer industry in the 1990s. The authors conclude that liberalization leads to lower prices and more rapid diffusion of computer use throughout the economy, but at a cost to domestic computer firms who were harmed by foreign competition. Both countries saw an increase in computer production, but Mexico's production was mainly for export to the United States. while Brazil was producing for the domestic market. The differences between outcomes in the two countries have been determined more by environmental factors than by the nature and pace of liberalization. (C) 2001 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved MH - Brazil MH - Mexico|Distrito Federal MH - USA PB - OXFORD: PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 2 U4 - Economics;Planning & Development U5 - J;Article AV - English IS - 0305-750X UR - ISI:000169902800006 L2 - Latin America;Brazil;Mexico;computer;information technology;liberalization;outcomes of liberalization;INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SO - World Development 2001 ;29(7):1199-1214 79 UI - 604 AU - Dedrick J AU - Kraemer KL AU - Palacios JJ AD - Univ Calif Irvine, Grad Sch Management, CRITO, Irvine, CA 92697, USAUniv Calif Irvine, Dept Informat & Comp Sci, Irvine, CA 92697, USAUniv Guadalajara, Guadalajara 44430, Jalisco, MexicoKraemer, KL, Univ Calif Irvine, Grad Sch Management, CRITO, Irvine, CA 92697 USA TI - Impacts of liberalization and economic integration on Mexico's computer sector MH - USA MH - Mexico|Jalisco PB - PHILADELPHIA: TAYLOR & FRANCIS INC RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 3 U4 - Information Science & Library Science U5 - J;Article AV - English IS - 0197-2243 UR - ISI:000168847200005 SO - Information Society 2001 ;17(2):119-132 80 UI - 610 AU - Del Negro M AU - Hernandez-Delgado A AU - Humpage O AU - Huybens E AD - Inst Technol Autonomo Mexico, Div Social Sci, Mexico City, DF, MexicoFed Reserve Bank Cleveland, Cleveland, OH 44114, USAWorld Bank, Washington, DC 20433, USADel Negro, M, Fed Reserve Bank, Atlanta, GA 30303, USA TI - Introduction: Context, issues, and contributions MH - Mexico|Distrito Federal MH - USA PB - COLUMBUS: OHIO STATE UNIV PRESS RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 0 U4 - Business, Finance;Economics U5 - J;Editorial Material AV - English IS - 0022-2879 UR - ISI:000168384800002 SO - Journal of Money Credit and Banking 2001 ;33(2):303-311 81 UI - 611 AU - Del Negro M AU - Obiols-Homs F AD - Fed Reserve Bank, Atlanta, GA 30303, USAInst Tecnol Autonomo Mexico, Ctr Invest Econ, Mexico City, DF, MexicoDel Negro, M, Fed Reserve Bank, Atlanta, GA 30303, USA TI - Has monetary policy been so bad that it is better to get rid of it? The case of Mexico AB - Motivated by the dollarization debate in Mexico, we estimate an identified vector autoregression for the Mexican economy, using monthly data from 1976 to 1997, taking into account the changes in the monetary policy regime which occurred during this period. We find that (i) exogenous shocks to monetary policy have had no impact on output and prices; (ii) most of the shocks originated in the foreign sector; (iii) disturbances originating in the U.S. economy have been a more important source of fluctuations for Mexico than shocks to oil prices. We also study the endogenous response of domestic monetary policy by means of a counterfactual experiment. The results indicate that the response of monetary policy to foreign shocks played an important part in the 1994 crisis MH - Mexico|Distrito Federal MH - USA PB - COLUMBUS: OHIO STATE UNIV PRESS RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 3 U4 - Business, Finance;Economics U5 - J;Article AV - English IS - 0022-2879 UR - ISI:000168384800009 L2 - DEATH FORETOLD; EXCHANGE-RATES; CRISIS; PAYMENTS; BALANCE SO - Journal of Money Credit and Banking 2001 ;33(2):404-433 82 UI - 536 AU - Doss CR AD - Yale Univ, New Haven, CT 06520, USACIMMYT, Int Ctr Improvement Wheat & Maize, Mexico City 06600, DF, MexicoDoss, CR, Yale Univ, New Haven, CT 06520, USA TI - Designing agricultural technology for African women farmers: Lessons from 25 years of experience AB - African women farmers are less likely than men to adopt improved crop varieties and management systems. This paper addresses two issues: How does gender affect technology adoption among African farmers? How does the introduction of new technologies affect women's well-being? Three conclusions come out of an extensive and critical review of the literature. First, African households are complex and heterogeneous. Second, gender roles within African households and communities cannot be simply summarized. Third, gender roles and responsibilities are dynamic; they respond to changing economic circumstances, The paper demonstrates the complexity and importance of efforts to design interventions for African women. (C) 2001 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved MH - Mexico|Distrito Federal MH - USA PB - OXFORD: PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 3 U4 - Economics;Planning & Development U5 - J;Article AV - English IS - 0305-750X UR - ISI:000172946000007 L2 - technology adoption;Africa;gender;SUBSIDY REMOVAL PROGRAMS; GENDERED IMPACTS; CASH CROP; HOUSEHOLD; MALAWI; LABOR; CAMEROON; SECTOR; TIME SO - World Development 2001 ;29(12):2075-2092 83 UI - 549 AU - Duggan J AU - Martinelli C AD - Univ Rochester, Dept Polit Sci, Rochester, NY 14627, USAUniv Rochester, Dept Econ, Rochester, NY 14627, USAInst Tecnol Autonomo Mexico, Ctr Invest Econ, Mexico City 10700, DF, MexicoDuggan, J, Univ Rochester, Dept Polit Sci, 601 Elmwood Ave, Rochester, NY 14627 USA TI - A Bayesian model of voting in juries AB - We model voting in juries as a game of incomplete information, allowing jurors to receive a continuum of signals. We characterize the unique symmetric equilibrium of the game, and give a condition under which no asymmetric equilibria exist under unanimity rule. We offer a condition under which unanimity rule exhibits a bias toward convicting the innocent, regardless of the size of the jury, and give an example showing that this bias can be reversed. We prove a "jury theorem" for our general model: As the size of the jury increases, the probability of a mistaken judgment goes to zero for every voting rule except unanimity rule. For unanimity rule, the probability of making a mistake is bounded strictly above zero if and only if there do not exist arbitrarily strong signals of innocence. Our results explain the asymptotic inefficiency of unanimity rule in finite models and establishes the possibility of asymptotic efficiency, a property that could emerge only in a continuous model. (C) 2001 Academic Press MH - Mexico|Distrito Federal MH - USA PB - SAN DIEGO: ACADEMIC PRESS INC RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 8 U4 - Economics U5 - J;Article AV - English IS - 0899-8256 UR - ISI:000172119600002 L2 - CONDORCET JURY THEOREM; INFORMATION AGGREGATION; VERDICTS SO - Games and Economic Behavior 2001 ;37(2):259-294 84 UI - 542 AU - Evans DB AU - Edejer TTT AU - Lauer J AU - Frenk J AU - Murray CJL AD - WHO, Evidence & Informat Policy, CH-1211 Geneva, SwitzerlandMinist Hlth, Mexico City, DF, MexicoEvans, DB, WHO, Evidence & Informat Policy, CH-1211 Geneva, Switzerland TI - Measuring quality: from the system to the provider AB - The literature on quality has often focused on process indicators. In this paper we outline a framework for describing and measuring the quality of health systems in terms of a set of desirable outcomes. We illustrate how it can be measured using data collected from a recent evaluation of health system performance conducted by the World Health Organization (WHO). We then explore the extent to which this framework can be used to measure quality for all components of the system; for example, regions, districts, hospitals, and providers. There are advantages and disadvantages to defining quality in terms of outcomes rather than process indicators. The advantage is that it focuses the attention of Policy makers on whether systems are achieving the desired goals. In fact, without the ability to measure outcomes it is not possible to be sure that process changes actually improve attainment of socially desired goals. The disadvantage is that measuring outcomes at all levels of the system poses some problems particularly related to the sample sizes necessary to measure outcomes. WHO is exploring this, initially in relation to hospitals. The paper discusses two major challenges. The first is the question of attribution, deciding what part of the outcome is due to the component of the system under discussion. The second is the question of tin-Ling, including all the effects of current health actions now and in the future MH - Mexico|Distrito Federal MH - Switzerland PB - OXFORD: OXFORD UNIV PRESS RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 9 U4 - Health Care Sciences & Services;Health Policy & Services U5 - J;Article AV - English IS - 1353-4505 UR - ISI:000172628900003 L2 - health system performance;measurement;quality SO - International Journal for Quality in Health Care 2001 ;13(6):439-446 85 UI - 638 AU - Frohling O AU - Gallaher C AU - Jones JP AD - Ctr Encuentros & Dialogos Itnerculturales, Oaxaca, MexicoAmerican Univ, Sch Int Serv, Washington, DC 20016, USAUniv Kentucky, Dept Geog, Lexington, KY 40506, USAFrohling, O, Ctr Encuentros & Dialogos Itnerculturales, Oaxaca, Mexico TI - Imagining the Mexican election MH - Mexico|Oaxaca MH - USA PB - MALDEN: BLACKWELL PUBLISHERS RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 2 U4 - Geography U5 - J;Article AV - English IS - 0066-4812 UR - ISI:000167130600001 SO - Antipode 2001 ;33(1):1-16 86 UI - 609 AU - Fuentes HJ AU - Grifell-Tatje E AU - Perelman S AD - Tecnol Monterrey, Monterrey, MexicoUniv Autonoma Barcelona, Dept Econ Empresa, Barcelona, SpainUniv Liege, CREPP, B-4000 Liege, BelgiumPerelman, S, Univ Liege, CREPP, Bd Rectorat 7 B31, B-4000 Liege, Belgium TI - A parametric distance function approach for Malmquist productivity index estimation AB - Malmquist indexes of productivity are generally estimated using index number techniques or non-parametric frontier approaches. The aim of this paper is to show that Malmquist indexes can be estimated in a similar way using parametric-deterministic or parametric-stochastic frontier approaches. To allow a multi-output multi-input technology and for technical change in production, we adopt an output distance function which is specified in a translog form. We then show that using the estimated parameters, several radial distance functions can be calculated and combined in order to estimate and decompose the productivity index. Finally, this approach is applied to a panel of Spanish insurance companies. The main results confirm those generally obtained for financial services: very low rates of growth and technical change in spite of a rapid deregulation process and expansion of activity MH - Belgium MH - Mexico|Nuevo Leon MH - Spain PB - DORDRECHT: KLUWER ACADEMIC PUBL RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 15 U4 - Business;Economics;Social Sciences, Mathematical Methods U5 - J;Article AV - English IS - 0895-562X UR - ISI:000168382800001 L2 - distance functions;Malmquist index;parametric frontier;Spanish insurance;INDUSTRIALIZED COUNTRIES; TECHNICAL PROGRESS; EFFICIENCY CHANGE; GROWTH SO - Journal of Productivity Analysis 2001 ;15(2):79-94 87 UI - 556 AU - Georgas J AU - Mylonas K AU - Bafiti T AU - Poortinga YH AU - Christakopoulou S AU - Kagitcibasi C AU - Kwak K AU - Ataca B AU - Berry J AU - Orung S AU - Sunar D AU - Charalambous N AU - Goodwin R AU - Wang WZ AU - Angleitner A AU - Stepanikova I AU - Pick S AU - Givaudan M AU - Zhuravliova-Gionis I AU - Konantambigi R AU - Gelfand MJ AU - Marinova V AU - Bride-Chang C AU - Kodic Y AD - Univ Athens, Sch Philosophy, Dept Psychol, Athens 15784, GreeceTilburg Univ, Tilburg, NetherlandsKoc Univ, Istanbul, TurkeyQueens Univ, Kingston, ON, CanadaBogazici Univ, Istanbul, TurkeyPaedagog Inst, Nicosia, CyprusBrunel Univ, London, EnglandChinese Acad Sci, Beijing, Peoples R ChinaUniv Bielefeld, D-4800 Bielefeld, GermanyMasaryk Univ, Brno, Czech RepublicIMIFAP, Mexico City, DF, MexicoTATA Inst Social Sci, Mumbai, IndiaUniv Maryland, College Pk, MD 20742, USAChinese Univ Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Peoples R ChinaGeorgas, J, Univ Athens, Sch Philosophy, Dept Psychol, Athens 15784, Greece TI - Functional relationships in the nuclear and extended family: A 16-culture study AB - This study investigated the relationship between culture, structural aspects of the nuclear and extended family, and functional aspects of the family, that is, emotional distance, social interaction, and communication, as well as geographical proximity. The focus was on the functional aspects of family, defined as members of the nuclear family (mother, father, and their children) and the extended family (grandmother/grandfather, aunt/uncle, cousins). Sixteen cultures participated in this study, with a total number of 2587 participants. The first hypothesis, that the pattern of scores on the psychological measures and the behavioral outcomes are similar across cultures, an indication of cultural universality, was supported. The second hypothesis, that functional relations between members of the nuclear family and their kin are maintained in high-affluent and low-affluent cultures, and that differences in functional relationships in high- and low-affluent cultures are a matter of degree, was also supported by the findings. The results suggest that it is less meaningful in cross-cultural family studies to ask questions about the structure of the family, than to ask about the functional relationships between members of the nuclear family and their kin. In looking only at the nuclear family, one focuses only on those residing in the household, but ignores those important members of the extended family who may reside nearby and their significant relationships with the members of the nuclear family MH - Canada MH - Cyprus MH - Czech Republic MH - United Kingdom MH - Germany MH - Greece MH - India MH - Mexico|Distrito Federal MH - Netherlands MH - Peoples R China MH - Turkey MH - USA PB - HOVE: PSYCHOLOGY PRESS RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 12 U4 - Psychology, Multidisciplinary U5 - J;Article AV - English IS - 0020-7594 UR - ISI:000171630900001 L2 - VALUES; GREECE SO - International Journal of Psychology 2001 ;36(5):289-300 88 UI - 651 AU - Gonzalez BCS AU - Jirovec MM AD - Wayne State Univ, Coll Nursing, Detroit, MI 48202, USAUANL, Fac Enfermeria, Monterrey 64460, Nuevo Leon, MexicoJirovec, MM, Wayne State Univ, Coll Nursing, 5557 Cass Ave, Detroit, MI 48202 USA TI - Elderly Mexican women's perceptions of exercise and conflicting role responsibilities AB - The purpose of this pilot study was to explore elderly Mexican women's readiness to exercise, and their multiple roles. Fifty older women were sampled from two separate neighborhoods of low socio-economic status. Readiness to exercise was examined using the Stages of Change - Exercise instrument with six categories: precontemplation nonbelievers, precontemplation believers, contemplation, preparation, action, and maintenance. Time devoted to the following functional roles was explored: wife, household, grandmother, personal care, and recreational. Women fell mainly under the first three stages of change both, precontemplation nonbelievers and believers, and the contemplation stage. The stages of change scale and role commitments were not significantly related. Nevertheless, precontemplators devoted less time in all the roles than the women in the other categories of stage of change. (C) 2001 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved MH - USA MH - Mexico|Nuevo Leon PB - OXFORD: PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 3 U4 - Nursing U5 - J;Article AV - English IS - 0020-7489 UR - ISI:000166338700006 L2 - exercise;stages of change;conflicting role responsibilities;exercise participation;exercise readiness;SELF-EFFICACY; PARTICIPATION; INTEGRATION; BEHAVIOR SO - International Journal of Nursing Studies 2001 ;38(1):45-49 89 UI - 607 AU - Guendelman S AU - Malin C AU - Herr-Harthorn B AU - Vargas PN AD - Univ Calif Berkeley, Sch Publ Hlth, Div Hlth Policy & Management, Berkeley, CA 94720, USAUniv Calif Berkeley, Maternal & Child Hlth Program, Berkeley, CA 94720, USAUniv Calif Santa Barbara, Ctr Global Studies, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, USAUniv Guadalajara, Inst Econ & Reg Studies, Guadalajara 44430, Jalisco, MexicoGuendelman, S, Univ Calif Berkeley, Sch Publ Hlth, Div Hlth Policy & Management, 404 Warren Hall, Berkeley, CA 94720 USA TI - Orientations to motherhood and male partner support among women in Mexico and Mexican-origin women in the United States AB - Previous studies suggest that favorable pregnancy outcomes among Mexican immigrant women in the United States may be attributed to a protective sociocultural orientation, but few have explored the attitudes and values that shape Mexican women's perceptions of motherhood. This exploratory study examines orientation towards motherhood among Mexican and Mexican-origin women living in Mexico and the United States and their perceptions of their male partners' attitudes and roles. Focus groups were conducted with 60 pregnant low-income women in rural and urban communities in Mexico with high rates of migration to the US, among immigrant communities in rural and urban California and with US-born women of Mexican descent (Mexican Americans) in urban California. Notable differences were observed between women in Mexico and the US and between immigrant and Mexican American women in California as more women articulated life plans. Life plans seemed to reflect both processes of individuation and changing gender roles. While participants in Mexico largely abided by the conventional discourse on motherhood and domesticity, immigrants in California alternated between this ethos and the discourse of working mother, depending on financial resources. In contrast, Mexican American participants assumed multiple roles. These differing orientations may be linked to other factors, including fertility control, the amount and type of partner support, and stress during pregnancy. (C) 2001 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved MH - USA MH - Mexico|Jalisco PB - OXFORD: PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 12 U4 - Public, Environmental & Occupational Health;Social Sciences, Biomedical U5 - J;Article AV - English IS - 0277-9536 UR - ISI:000168506500004 L2 - motherhood;pregnancy;Mexican;Mexican American;gender roles;partner support;LOW-BIRTH-WEIGHT; PREGNANCY; ACCULTURATION SO - Social Science & Medicine 2001 ;52(12):1805-1813 90 UI - 583 AU - Gurri FD AU - Pereira GB AU - Moran EF AD - El Colegio Frontera Sur, Div Poblac & Salud, Campeche 24000, MexicoIPN, CINVESTAV, Unidad Merida, Secc Ecol Humana, Merida, Yucatan, MexicoIndiana Univ, Dept Anthropol, Bloomington, IN 47405, USAGurri, FD, El Colegio Frontera Sur, Div Poblac & Salud, Calle 10 x 61 264,Colonia Ctr, Campeche 24000, Mexico TI - Well-being changes in response to 30 years of regional integration in Maya populations from Yucatan, Mexico AB - Infant mortality rate (IMR), overall frequency of linear enamel hypoplasia (LEH), sexual dimorphism in LEH, age of onset of LEH, and age at menarche were used as indicators to test the hypothesis that the origin and development of the tourist industry and increased state participation on Maya subsistence agriculturists in the early 1970s had improved the well-being of the Maya. Two historical moments where inferred from the data. The first was derived from cheap and effective immunization and sanitation campaigns that reduced IMR from 143.4/1,000 live births in the early 1960s to 97.4 in the early 1970s. State participation broke the undernutrition-disease cycle enough to reduce LEH frequencies significantly (from 71.9% in individuals born before 1971 to 51.5% in those born in 1971 or after, chi (2) = 55.72; 1 df; alpha = 0.00001) and to eliminate the sex difference in LEH expression (from a 14.8% LEH difference between men and women before 1971 [Male/Female Odds Radio = 0.45, alpha significant at 0.05] to a nonsignificant 2% difference). Improvement in overall living conditions reflected in a "modern stage" infant mortality regime and an almost disappearance of LEHs, resulted from gradual improvements in living conditions that did not become apparent until the 1980s. Trends in the age at menarche are not statistically significant, probably due to methodological limitations. However, if overall living conditions continue to improve or stay as they are today, accelerations in maturation should become noticeable. (C) 2001 Wiley-Liss, Inc MH - Mexico|Campeche MH - Mexico|Yucatan MH - USA PB - NEW YORK: WILEY-LISS RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 3 U4 - Anthropology;Biology U5 - J;Article AV - English IS - 1042-0533 UR - ISI:000170475300004 L2 - LINEAR ENAMEL HYPOPLASIAS; NUTRITIONAL SUPPLEMENTATION; SEX-DIFFERENCES; BLOOD-PRESSURE; MENARCHE; AGE; STRESS; FREQUENCY; ACCURACY; CHILDREN SO - American Journal of Human Biology 2001 ;13(5):590-602 91 UI - 562 AU - Johnson P AU - Levine DK AU - Pesendorfer W AD - Inst Technol Autonomo Mexico, Ctr Invest Econ, Mexico City, DF, MexicoUniv Calif Los Angeles, Dept Econ, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USAPrinceton Univ, Dept Econ, Princeton, NJ 08544, USAJohnson, P, Inst Technol Autonomo Mexico, Ctr Invest Econ, Mexico City, DF, Mexico TI - Evolution and information in a gift-giving game AB - We examine the stochastic stability of a process of learning and evolution in a gift-giving game, Overlapping generations of players are randomly matched to play the game. They may consult information systems to learn about the past behavior Of their opponents. If the value of the.-ift is smaller than twice the cost, then gifts are not given. If the value of the gift is more than four times the cost, then gifts are exchanged. Moreover, in the stochastically stable equilibrium, a unique information system is selected to support cooperation. (C) 2001 Academic Press MH - Mexico|Distrito Federal MH - USA PB - SAN DIEGO: ACADEMIC PRESS INC RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 4 U4 - Economics U5 - J;Article AV - English IS - 0022-0531 UR - ISI:000171212100001 L2 - evolution;information;learning;stochastic stability;repeated games SO - Journal of Economic Theory 2001 ;100(1):1-21 92 UI - 550 AU - Joy B AU - Eisner M AU - Albright M AU - Levin J AU - Hernandez J AU - Andreessen M AU - Momaday NS AU - Lazarus S AU - Meyerriecks D AU - Doerr J AU - Clinton B AD - Minist Migrant Affairs, Mexico City, DF, MexicoBuffalo Trust, Buffalo, NY, USA TI - 11 takes on terror AB - Our cover subjects' reactions to the WTC attack MH - Mexico|Distrito Federal MH - USA PB - NEW YORK: TIME INC RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 0 U4 - Business U5 - J;Editorial Material AV - English IS - 0015-8259 UR - ISI:000172152800041 SO - Fortune 2001 ;144(11):123-+ 93 UI - 649 AU - Knobel M AD - Univ Cent Queensland, Fac Educ & Creat Arts, Rockhampton, Qld, AustraliaKnobel, M, Coatepec, Apartado Postal 6, Veracruz 91500, Mexico TI - "I'm not a pencil man": How one student challenges our notions of literacy "failure" in school MH - Australia MH - Mexico|Veracruz PB - NEWARK: INT READING ASSOC RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 6 U4 - Education & Educational Research U5 - J;Article AV - English IS - 1081-3004 UR - ISI:000166573500001 SO - Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy 2001 ;44(5):404-414 94 UI - 618 AU - Kunhardt JB AD - Natl Autonomous Univ Mexico, Inst Econ Res, Mexico City, DF, MexicoCalif State Univ Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90032, USAKunhardt, JB, Natl Autonomous Univ Mexico, Inst Econ Res, Mexico City, DF, Mexico TI - Accomplishments and limitations of the Mexican export project, 1990-1997 MH - Mexico|Distrito Federal MH - USA PB - THOUSAND OAKS: SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 0 U4 - Area Studies;Political Science U5 - J;Article AV - English IS - 0094-582X UR - ISI:000168213800003 SO - Latin American Perspectives 2001 ;28(3):38-54 95 UI - 629 AU - Lankshear C AD - Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Ctr Univ Studies, Mexico City 04510, DF, MexicoUniv Cent Queensland, Fac Educ & Creat Arts, Rockhampton, Qld, AustraliaLankshear, C, Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Ctr Univ Studies, Mexico City 04510, DF, Mexico TI - Harry Potter: A boy for all seasons MH - Australia MH - Mexico|Distrito Federal PB - NEWARK: INT READING ASSOC RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 0 U4 - Education & Educational Research U5 - J;Book Review AV - English IS - 1081-3004 UR - ISI:000167750300013 SO - Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy 2001 ;44(7):664-666 96 UI - 466 AU - Lee YT AU - Ottati V AU - Hussain I AD - Mankato State Univ, Dept Eth Studies, Mankato, MN 56001, USALoyola Univ, Dept Psychol, Chicago, IL 60626, USAUniv Ibero Amer, Mexico City, DF, MexicoLee, YT, Mankato State Univ, Dept Eth Studies, Mankato, MN 56001, USA TI - Attitudes toward "illegal" immigration into the United States: California Proposition 187 AB - In the mid-1990s, Proposition 187 in California, directed primarily toward Mexican immigrants, tended to deprive "illegal" immigrants of welfare benefits, education, and all but emergency, medical care. It also attempted to facilitate their deportation. By describing Mr. Carlos Suarez as a presumed illegal immigrant from Mexico, Study I showed that prejudice against Mexicans and concern about threat to the U.S. economy served as unique predictors of attitudes toward Proposition 187 and illegal immigrants. Study 2 demonstrated that respondents' ethnicity, prejudice against Mexicans, economic concern, and commitment to legal obedience all served as unique predictors of attitudes toward illegal immigrants and Proposition 187 MH - Mexico|Distrito Federal MH - USA PB - THOUSAND OAKS: SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 3 U4 - Psychology, Multidisciplinary U5 - J;Article AV - English IS - 0739-9863 UR - ISI:000176963700005 L2 - IN-GROUP BIAS; RACISM SO - Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences 2001 ;23(4):430-443 97 UI - 430 AU - Lindstrom DP AU - Paz CB AD - Brown Univ, Populat Studies & Training Ctr, Providence, RI 02912, USAPopulat Council, Mexico Off, Mexico City 04000, DF, MexicoLindstrom, DP, Brown Univ, Populat Studies & Training Ctr, Providence, RI 02912 USA TI - Alternative theories of the relationship of schooling and work to family formation: Evidence from Mexico AB - dRole incompatibility, education as an investment in human capital, and schooling as a transformative experience are three mechanisms that link women's education to the timing of marriage and first birth. We simultaneously evaluate these different explanations using retrospective life history data for two cohorts of Mexican women collected in a nationally representative sample. Our analyses provide evidence in support of all three hypotheses. While in school young women are at a substantially lower risk of marriage and of a first birth. We find no evidence that women leave school to enter into unions nor do we find evidence that the effect of being a student diminishes with age. Women who work for a wage are also at a lower risk of marriage and a first birth. Once we control for student and employment status, the direct effects of cumulative education on family formation are relatively modest, although cumulative education is strongly associated with positive attitudes towards women's work and a significant increase in the likelihood of premarital and postmarital employment MH - Mexico|Distrito Federal MH - USA PB - PORT ANGELES: SOC STUDY SOCIAL BIOLOGY RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 1 U4 - Demography;Social Sciences, Biomedical;Sociology U5 - J;Article AV - English IS - 0037-766X UR - ISI:000179856500006 L2 - FERTILITY CHANGE; SEX-DIFFERENCES; MARRIAGE; TRANSITION; ADULTHOOD; AGE; COUNTRIES; STATES; NORMS; WOMEN SO - Social Biology 2001 ;48(3-4):278-297 98 UI - 644 AU - Lobato I AU - Nankervis JC AU - Savin NE AD - Inst Tecnol Autonomo Mexico, Mexico City, DF, MexicoUniv Surrey, Guildford GU2 5XH, Surrey, EnglandUniv Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USALobato, I, Inst Tecnol Autonomo Mexico, Mexico City, DF, Mexico TI - Testing for autocorrelation using a modified Box-Pierce Q test AB - This article investigates the finite-sample performance of a modified Box-Pierce a statistic (Q*) for testing that financial time series are uncorrelated without assuming statistical independence. The finite-sample rejection probabilities of the (Q* test under the null and its power are examined in experiments using time series generated by an MA(1) process where the errors are generated by a GARCH (1,1) model and by a long memory stochastic volatility model. The tests are applied to daily currency returns MH - United Kingdom MH - Mexico|Distrito Federal MH - USA PB - PHILADELPHIA: UNIV PENN RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 7 U4 - Economics U5 - J;Article AV - English IS - 0020-6598 UR - ISI:000166880800009 L2 - AUTOREGRESSIVE CONDITIONAL HETEROSKEDASTICITY; LONG-MEMORY; TIME-SERIES; STOCHASTIC VOLATILITY; MODELS; AUTOCOVARIANCES; REGRESSION SO - International Economic Review 2001 ;42(1):187-205 99 UI - 543 AU - Lucio E AU - Ampudia A AU - Duran C AU - Leon L AU - Butcher JN AD - Natl Autonomous Univ Mexico, Fac Psicol, Div Estudios Posgrado, Mexico City 04510, DF, MexicoUniv Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USALucio, E, Natl Autonomous Univ Mexico, Fac Psicol, Div Estudios Posgrado, Av Univ 3004, Mexico City 04510, DF, Mexico TI - Comparison of the Mexican and American norms of the MMPI-2 AB - This article presents the results of the norms for the Mexican general population in comparison with the North American normative population. This study addresses psychopathology from the point of view in which emic and etic traditions are combined. The Mexican sample includes 1744 adults from different regions of the country. Means and standard deviations were calculated and compared with the North-American normative sample, Cronbach alpha coefficients also were obtained. The greatest differences observed were in the scales L (lies) and 5 (masculinity-femininity), which indicates that the greater distinctions between both populations are with respect to test-taking attitude in taking the test, which may be due to cultural factors. In comparison to the American norms, the Mexican population does not show psychopathology on the MMPI-2 scales. (C) 2001 John Wiley & Sons, Inc MH - Mexico|Distrito Federal MH - USA PB - NEW YORK: JOHN WILEY & SONS INC RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 1 U4 - Psychology, Clinical U5 - J;Article AV - English IS - 0021-9762 UR - ISI:000172517300009 L2 - MMPI-2 Mexican norms;PERSONALITY; INVENTORY SO - Journal of Clinical Psychology 2001 ;57(12):1459-1468 100 UI - 636 AU - Malina RM AU - Reyes MEP AU - Tan SK AU - Little BB AD - Michigan State Univ, E Lansing, MI 48824, USAEscuela Nacl Antropol & Hist, Mexico City, DF, MexicoTarleton State Univ, Stephenville, TX, USA TI - Growth status of school children in a rural zapotec community in Oaxaca, Mexico: 1968, 1978 and 2000 MH - Mexico|Distrito Federal MH - USA PB - NEW YORK: WILEY-LISS RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 0 U4 - Anthropology;Biology U5 - J;Meeting Abstract AV - English IS - 1042-0533 UR - ISI:000166185200072 SO - American Journal of Human Biology 2001 ;13(1):130-131 101 UI - 632 AU - Mendoza C AD - Colegio Frontera Norte, Dept Estudios Poblac, Tijuana, Baja California, MexicoMendoza, C, POB L, Chula Vista, CA 91912, USA TI - The role of the state in influencing African labour outcomes in Spain and Portugal AB - The literature on recent trends in immigration in Europe has stressed the change in migration balances in Southern Europe, from centres of emigration to immigration. This literature generally considers Italy, Greece, Portugal and Spain as a relatively homogeneous European geographical region which is affected by similar immigration patterns. However, immigration into each of these countries has its own peculiarities. This paper argues that differences in immigration patterns depend heavily on the action of individual states. To support this idea, the paper compares the recent changes in immigration policies of Portugal and Spain. This illustrates two 'sensibilities' in regard to immigration. These 'sensibilities' are in turn influenced by recent historical development in both countries. Using interview material from African workers, employers and key local informants in three Iberian regions (namely, Girona in northern Catalunya, Algarve in southern Portugal and the Peninsula de Setubal on the Lisbon outskirts), the paper explores the consequences of these two different immigration approaches on African labour outcomes. It is shown that Spanish laws hamper upward professional mobility amongst African workers, whereas Portuguese immigration rules are less restrictive. It concludes that the action of the state is a key element in explaining dissimilarities in African patterns of employment in Portugal and Spain. (C) 2001 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved MH - Mexico|Baja California MH - USA PB - OXFORD: PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 1 U4 - Geography U5 - J;Article AV - English IS - 0016-7185 UR - ISI:000167615000003 L2 - immigration policy;international migration;labour markets;African workers;Spain and Portugal;IMMIGRATION; EARNINGS; MARKET; MODES SO - Geoforum 2001 ;32(2):167-180 102 UI - 595 AU - Murray CJL AU - Frenk J AU - Evans D AU - Kawabata K AU - Lopez A AU - Adams O AD - WHO, Global Programme Evidence Hlth Policy, CH-1211 Geneva 27, SwitzerlandMinist Hlth, Mexico City, DF, MexicoEvans, D, WHO, Global Programme Evidence Hlth Policy, CH-1211 Geneva 27, Switzerland TI - Science or marketing at WHO? A response to Williams MH - Mexico|Distrito Federal MH - Switzerland PB - W SUSSEX: JOHN WILEY & SONS LTD RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 2 U4 - Economics;Health Care Sciences & Services;Health Policy & Services U5 - J;Editorial Material AV - English IS - 1057-9230 UR - ISI:000169548000001 L2 - GLOBAL BURDEN; DISEASE; DIRECTIONS SO - Health Economics 2001 ;10(4):277-282 103 UI - 467 AU - Norris FH AU - Murphy AD AU - Kaniasty K AU - Perilla JL AU - Ortis DC AD - Georgia State Univ, Atlanta, GA 30303, USAIndiana Univ Penn, Indiana, PA 15705, USAWelte Inst Oaxaca, Mexico City, DF, MexicoNorris, FH, Georgia State Univ, Atlanta, GA 30303, USA TI - Postdisaster social support in the United States and Mexico: Conceptual and contextual considerations AB - A measure of the social support received from family, friends, and outsiders was administered 6 months after Hurricanes Andrew (non-Hispanic n = 270, Hispanic n = 134) and Paulina (Mexican n = 200) and to a normative sample (n = 1,289) representative of urban Mexico. Pilot work with bilingual participants established that equivalent scores were yielded by Spanish and English versions of the instrument. Exemplars of helping showed similar rank-order frequency within samples to form a pattern that was equivalent across samples. A three-factor model that differentiated between emotional, informational, and tangible support described the help received from each source in each sample. Despite the apparent conceptual invariance of social support, levels of support differed strongly. The Paulina sample received more help of each type from each source than the normative sample but less help of each type from each source than the Andrew sample. Within the Andrew sample, Hispanic and non-Hispanic persons did not differ Rules of relative need and relative advantage that have been found to influence resource distribution at the individual level appear to operate at community and societal levels as well MH - Mexico|Distrito Federal MH - USA PB - THOUSAND OAKS: SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 3 U4 - Psychology, Multidisciplinary U5 - J;Article AV - English IS - 0739-9863 UR - ISI:000176963700008 L2 - DISASTER; ACCULTURATION; MOBILIZATION; ETHNICITY; RESOURCES; RECEIPT; CULTURE; MODELS; STRESS; SELF SO - Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences 2001 ;23(4):469-497 104 UI - 639 AU - Parra EO AU - Doran TI AU - Ivy LM AU - Aranda JMR AU - Hernandez C AD - Univ Texas, Hlth Sci Ctr, Dept Family Practice, San Antonio, TX 78229, USAEl Ctr Del Barrio Community Hlth Clin, San Antonio, TX, USAUniv Texas, Hlth Sci Ctr, Dept Pediat, San Antonio, TX 78229, USATrinity Med Grp, San Antonio, TX, USAUniv Monterrey, Dept Family Practice, Monterrey, Knave Leon, MexicoUniv Texas, Family Med Ctr, McAllen, TX, USADoran, TI, Univ Texas, Hlth Sci Ctr, Dept Family Practice, MSC 7818,7703 Floyd Curl Dr, San Antonio, TX 78229 USA TI - Concerns of pregnant women about being tested for HIV: A study in a predominately Mexican-American population AB - More than 90% of pediatric acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) cases are due to mother-to-child (vertical) transmission. Medical intervention can reduce the risk of vertical transmission human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) from 25% to less than 8%. However, studies have suggested that approximately one-fourth of women may refuse HIV testing as part of routine prenatal care. The purpose of this study was to identify concerns that pregnant women might have that would impact their decision to undergo HIV testing in pregnancy. The study is a cross-sectional survey of 413 pregnant women in south Texas. A survey questionnaire was used to assess reasons why subjects might avoid HIV testing and to assess their risks for HIV infection. The reasons for not wanting HIV testing grouped around four themes: (1) fear of being stigmatized as sexually promiscuous or as an injecting drug user; (2) denial about the possibility of being infected; (3) fatalism; and (4) of rejection leading to loss of emotional and financial support. Overall, 15% of subjects who had not been previously tested (5% of all subjects) indicated that they would refuse HIV testing, a rate which is below rates of 20%-24% in previous studies. The lower rate of refusal for HIV testing in our study may reflect a downward trend nationally in the rate of refusal for prenatal testing. Many women have concerns about HIV testing, although these concerns may not necessarily prevent them from undergoing testing. Physicians and policy makers need to be aware of women's concerns and fears when implementing HIV testing policies MH - Mexico|Nuevo Leon MH - USA PB - LARCHMONT: MARY ANN LIEBERT INC PUBL RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 7 U4 - Public, Environmental & Occupational Health;Infectious Diseases U5 - J;Article AV - English IS - 1087-2914 UR - ISI:000167160300006 L2 - HUMAN-IMMUNODEFICIENCY-VIRUS; HEALTH-CARE; TRANSMISSION; ZIDOVUDINE; AIDS; PREVENTION; PROJECT SO - Aids Patient Care and Stds 2001 ;15(2):83-93 105 UI - 642 AU - Raich RM AU - Mora M AU - Sanchez-Carracedo D AU - Torras J AU - Viladrich MC AU - Zapater L AU - Mancilla JM AU - Vazquez R AU - varez-Rayon G AD - Univ Autonoma Barcelona, Fac Psicol, Dept Psicol Salut & Psicol Social, Bellaterra 08193, Barcelona, SpainUniv Autonoma Barcelona, Dept Psychobiol & Methodol Hlth Sci, Bellaterra 08193, Barcelona, SpainNatl Autonomous Univ Mexico, Nutr Res Ctr ENEP, Mexico City 04510, DF, MexicoRaich, RM, Univ Autonoma Barcelona, Fac Psicol, Dept Psicol Salut & Psicol Social, Edifici B, Bellaterra 08193, Barcelona, Spain TI - A cross-cultural study on eating attitudes and behaviours in two Spanish-speaking countries: Spain and Mexico AB - Cross-cultural studies can provide important data on the influence of cultural factors in the growth and control of eating disorders and their symptoms. If, moreover, those studies deal with the same language but different contexts, the comparison may be richer and the knowledge derived more significant. The main aim of the present study is to identify the prevalence of eating disorder and body dissatisfaction symptoms, as well as the factors which may influence them, in two samples of first-year female university students from the UAB (Spain) and the UNAM (Mexico). The results of this study show more eating disorder symptoms and body dissatisfaction in Spain than in Mexico and also that the level of perfectionism is much higher among the Mexican students. Copyright (C) 2001 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd and Eating Disorders Association MH - Mexico|Distrito Federal MH - Spain PB - W SUSSEX: JOHN WILEY & SONS LTD RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 8 U4 - Psychology, Clinical U5 - J;Article AV - English IS - 1072-4133 UR - ISI:000166874500006 L2 - cross-cultural-study;eating-disorder-symptoms;college-students;DISORDERS INVENTORY; ANOREXIA-NERVOSA; PREVALENCE; VALIDATION; POPULATION; SYMPTOMS; BULIMIA SO - European Eating Disorders Review 2001 ;9(1):53-63 106 UI - 637 AU - Reyes MP AU - Malina RM AU - Tan SK AU - Little BB AD - Michigan State Univ, E Lansing, MI 48824, USAEscuela Nacl Antropol & Hist, Mexico City, DF, MexicoTarleton State Univ, Stephenville, TX, USA TI - Growth status of school children in Oaxaca, Mexico: Urban-rural contrasts in 1970 and 2000 MH - Mexico|Distrito Federal MH - USA PB - NEW YORK: WILEY-LISS RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 0 U4 - Anthropology;Biology U5 - J;Meeting Abstract AV - English IS - 1042-0533 UR - ISI:000166185200091 SO - American Journal of Human Biology 2001 ;13(1):137-138 107 UI - 615 AU - rnaiz-Villena A AU - Vargas-Alarcon G AU - Gomez-Casado E AU - Gonzalez-Hevilla M AU - Guillen J AU - Martinez-Laso J AD - Univ Complutense, Dept Immunol & Mol Biol, Hosp 12 Octubre, Madrid 28041, SpainInst Nacl Cardiol Ignacio Chavez, Dept Physiol, Cellular Biol Sect, Mexico City, DF, Mexico TI - HLA genes in Mexican Mazatecans, the peopling of the Americas and the uniqueness of Amerindians MH - Mexico|Distrito Federal MH - Spain PB - NEW YORK: WILEY-LISS RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 0 U4 - Anthropology;Evolutionary Biology U5 - J;Meeting Abstract AV - English IS - 0002-9483 UR - ISI:000167358000017 SO - American Journal of Physical Anthropology 2001 ;():34-34 108 UI - 545 AU - Rojas-Drummond S AU - Mercer N AU - Dabrowski E AD - Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Fac Psychol, Lab Cognit & Commun, Mexico City 04510, DF, MexicoOpen Univ, Ctr Language & Commun, Milton Keynes MK7 6AA, Bucks, EnglandUniv Penn, Dept Psychol, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USARojas-Drummond, S, Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Fac Psychol, Lab Cognit & Commun, Av Univ 3004,Copilco Univ, Mexico City 04510, DF, Mexico TI - Collaboration, scaffolding and the promotion of problem solving strategies in Mexican pre-schoolers AB - Research in Mexican schools, drawing upon earlier research in the UK, has led to the development and use of a method for describing, comparing and evaluating the particular approaches and interactional strategies used by teachers and learners. Using this method, qualitative and quantitative comparisons are made to distinguish between teachers who use a conventional, formal, directive approach when teaching 5-year-old children mathematical skills (called the "Qfficial" method) and those who use a more interactive, collaborative, supportive, "scaffolded" approach to teach similar classes of children (called the "High Scope" method). In an earlier study, we found more competent and independent problem-solving among High/Scope pupils than among their peers taught by the Official method, In the present study, discourse analysis and statistical analysis of the relative frequencies of types of teacher-pupil interaction in the classrooms of two "Official" teachers and two "High'Scope" teachers are used to explain the improved problem-solving of the "High Scope" pupils. The findings support the view that by creating a more collaborative, scaffolded version of classroom education, teachers can more successfully enable children to develop their own problem-solving skills, learning strategies and curriculum-related understanding. The research also contributes to the development and implementation of methods for promoting a more effective style of teacher-learner interaction in the classroom MH - United Kingdom MH - Mexico|Distrito Federal MH - USA PB - LISBOA: INST SUPERIOR PSICOLOGIA APLICADA RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 3 U4 - Psychology, Educational U5 - J;Article AV - English IS - 0256-2928 UR - ISI:000172436400004 L2 - collaboration;interactive teaching-learning strategies;pre-school education;problem solving;scaffolding SO - European Journal of Psychology of Education 2001 ;16(2):179-196 109 UI - 596 AU - Roman R AU - Arregui EV AD - Univ Toronto, Dept Sociol, Toronto, ON M5S 1A1, CanadaUniv Autonoma Metropolitana Azcapotzalco, Dept Econ, Mexico City 13, DF, MexicoRoman, R, Univ Toronto, Dept Sociol, Toronto, ON M5S 1A1, Canada TI - Neoliberalism, labor market transformation, and working-class responses - Social and historical roots of accommodation and protest MH - Canada MH - Mexico|Distrito Federal PB - THOUSAND OAKS: SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 2 U4 - Area Studies;Political Science U5 - J;Article AV - English IS - 0094-582X UR - ISI:000169291100004 L2 - LATIN-AMERICA SO - Latin American Perspectives 2001 ;28(4):52-71 110 UI - 624 AU - Rus J AU - Castillo RAH AU - Mattiace SL AD - Central, Ctr Res & Adv Studies Social Anthropol, Mexico City, DF, MexicoAllegheny Coll, Meadville, PA 16335, USA TI - The indigenous people of Chiapas and the state in the time of Zapatismo: Remaking culture, renegotiating power - Introduction MH - Mexico|Distrito Federal MH - USA PB - THOUSAND OAKS: SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 1 U4 - Area Studies;Political Science U5 - J;Editorial Material AV - English IS - 0094-582X UR - ISI:000167951900002 SO - Latin American Perspectives 2001 ;28(2):7-19 111 UI - 557 AU - Skoufias E AU - Davis B AU - De La Vega S AD - Int Food Policy Res Inst, Washington, DC 20036, USAFood & Agr Org, Rome, ItalyPROGRESA, Mexico City, DF, MexicoSkoufias, E, Int Food Policy Res Inst, Washington, DC 20036, USA TI - Targeting the poor in Mexico: An evaluation of the selection of households into PROGRESA AB - In this paper, we conduct an evaluation of the targeting method used by Health Education and Nutrition Program (PROGRESA) of Mexico to identify beneficiary households. We address two key questions: (a) How well does PROGRESA's targeting perform; and (b) How does the program perform in terms of its impact on poverty alleviation relative to other feasible methods and transfer schemes. The first question is accomplished by comparing PROGRESA's method to an alternative selection method based on household consumption, which is our preferred measure of welfare. We employ the concepts of undercoverage and leakage and find that PROGRESA selection method is more effective in identifying the extremely poor localities or households but less so when it comes to distinguishing among localities or households in the middle of the scale. To address the second question, we compare the potential impact of PROGRESA on poverty alleviation against uniform transfers that involve no targeting at all, targeting based on consumption, and geographic targeting (i.e., targeting at the locality level rather than at the household level). We find that PROGRESA's method of targeting households outperforms uniform coverage and targeting at the locality level in terms of reducing the poverty gap and severity of poverty indices, even after taking into account the economic costs of targeting. But, the closeness of PROGRESA's performance to what could be achieved by geographic targeting alone raises some serious questions about the costs and benefits associated with the practice of household targeting within poor localities. (C) 2001 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved MH - Italy MH - Mexico|Distrito Federal MH - USA PB - OXFORD: PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 11 U4 - Economics;Planning & Development U5 - J;Article AV - English IS - 0305-750X UR - ISI:000171454800008 L2 - education;health;Mexico;nutrition;targeting;poverty;PROGRESA;POVERTY SO - World Development 2001 ;29(10):1769-1784 112 UI - 631 AU - Strickler J AU - Heimburger A AU - Rodriguez K AD - Univ Vermont, Burlington, VT 05401, USAPopulat Council, Mexico City, DF, MexicoUN, New York, NY 10017, USAStrickler, J, Univ Vermont, Burlington, VT 05401, USA TI - Clandestine abortion in Latin America: A clinic profile AB - Context: Most research on abortion in Latin America has focused on women who are hospitalized with abortion complications, but little is known about the characteristics of women who are able to obtain clandestine procedures performed by trained personnel working in sanitary conditions. Methods: Analysis of medical records for 808 clients of an urban clandestine abortion service in South America was supplemented with observation of clinic operations for six weeks in 1995. Results: Nearly nine in 10 clients had at least a secondary education, about three-quarters were younger than 30 and a similar proportion were unmarried. Fifty-four percent had never given birth, and 13% had had at least one prior abortion. Three-fifths of women had not been using a contraceptive method when they conceived; among users, three-fifths had been using a traditional method. Three percent experienced mild complications related to the procedure (e.g., heavy bleeding or pelvic pain), and another 2% reported serious complications (e.g., pelvic infection, hemorrhage or suspected uterine perforation). Conclusions: To reduce the need for abortion, it is important for family planning programs to include women who are young, unmarried and highly educated in their outreach efforts MH - Mexico|Distrito Federal MH - USA PB - NEW YORK: ALAN GUTTMACHER INST RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 3 U4 - Demography;Family Studies;Social Sciences, Biomedical U5 - J;Article AV - English IS - 0162-2749 UR - ISI:000167578300005 SO - International Family Planning Perspectives 2001 ;27(1):34-36 113 UI - 592 AU - Tatto MT AU - Arellano LA AU - Uribe MT AU - Varela AL AU - Rodriguez M AD - Michigan State Univ, Coll Educ, E Lansing, MI 48824, USAUniv Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Mexico City 04510, DF, MexicoUniv Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USATatto, MT, Michigan State Univ, Coll Educ, 509B Erickson Hall, E Lansing, MI 48824 USA TI - Examining Mexico's values education in a globally dynamic context AB - Discussion about values education has begun to dominate the educational policy agenda in a number of countries over the last 5 years. Of particular relevance are questions on what to teach, how and why. This discussion seems to be more prominent among those countries undergoing vigorous political, economic and social change. In the last few years, Mexico has intensified its active search for democracy and invigorated its march toward modernisation. Both of these intentions have proven to have important influences on the values the Mexican state and educational policy makers see as necessary to be transmitted via education. Simultaneously, Mexican identity, which has evolved relatively consonant with the aims of a centralised and hierarchical state and in line with the principles of the 1910 Revolution, is being continuously challenged by internal as well as external forces. In this article we describe a study designed to understand the approaches to Mexico's values education as a particular instance of a larger comparative project to explore values education in a globally dynamic context. After describing Mexico's political economy, we present the current policy and approaches to values education in general and in the regions included in the Mexican study in particular. We present the findings from a survey to policy makers and educational elites and show regional differences and similarities. We discuss findings from other country contexts to contrast them with the Mexican findings in selected areas. We conclude with a discussion on how this study may help initiate a policy dialogue on values education in Mexico MH - Mexico|Distrito Federal MH - USA PB - BASINGSTOKE: CARFAX PUBLISHING RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 1 U4 - Education & Educational Research U5 - J;Article AV - English IS - 0305-7240 UR - ISI:000169556800005 L2 - CHARACTER EDUCATION SO - Journal of Moral Education 2001 ;30(2):173-198 114 UI - 616 AU - Tieslerblos VG AU - Frausto RLB AD - Univ Autonoma Yucatan, Fac Ciencias Antropol, Merida, VenezuelaUniv Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Fac Ciencias Matemat, Mexico City 04510, DF, Mexico TI - Head shaping and dental decoration: Two biocultural attributes of cultural integration and social distinction among the ancient Maya MH - Mexico|Distrito Federal MH - Venezuela PB - NEW YORK: WILEY-LISS RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 0 U4 - Anthropology;Evolutionary Biology U5 - J;Meeting Abstract AV - English IS - 0002-9483 UR - ISI:000167358000461 SO - American Journal of Physical Anthropology 2001 ;():149-149 115 UI - 608 AU - Vera F AU - Navarro JF AU - Blanca MJ AU - Luna G AU - Fernandez-Guardiola A AD - Univ Malaga, Fac Psicol, E-29071 Malaga, SpainInst Mexicano Psiquiatria, Mexico City, DF, MexicoNavarro, JF, Univ Malaga, Fac Psicol, E-29071 Malaga, Spain TI - Residual effects of benzodiazepine and non-benzodiazepine hypnotics on diurnal attention in a reaction time task AB - The residual effects of benzodiazepines on attention and psychomotor performance have been extensively documented. However, there are very few studies comparing the action of benzodiazepines and non-benzodiazepine (imidazopiridines and cyclopirrolones) compounds on these parameters. The aim of this work was to assess the residual effects on diurnal wakefulness in healthy volunteers after nocturnal administration of a single dose of diazepam (10 mg), zolpidem (10 me), zopiclone (7.5 mp), gamma-amino-beta -hydroxybutyrate (500 mg), or placebo. Drugs were given at 22 h (half-hour before bedtime), in a double-blind fashion according to an extended Youden Square design. Subjects slept for six consecutive nights in the sleep laboratory (habituation, baseline, drug 1, placebo, drug 2, placebo). The morning after nocturnal dosing, psychomotor performance was measured using a simple visuomotor reaction time (RT) task, with two stimulation patterns (isochronus and stochastic). The results indicated an absence of residual effects on attention after zopiclone and zolpidem intake. Likewise. administration of diazepam did not provoke a significant deterioration in the attention level. GABOB was the only drug which produced a marked decrease in the isochronus RT after 9 hours of its administration, in comparison to its baseline, not appreciating any significant modification in the stochastic RT. It is emphasized that residual impairment on RT following intake of hypnotics should be considered on thr basis of the stimulation pattern used (stochastic vs isochronus) during vigilance assessment MH - Mexico|Distrito Federal MH - Spain PB - OVIEDO: COLEGIO OFICIAL DE PSICOLOGOS DE ASTURIAS RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 2 U4 - Psychology, Multidisciplinary U5 - J;Article AV - English IS - 0214-9915 UR - ISI:000168352100018 L2 - ZOLPIDEM; ZOPICLONE; PSYCHOMOTOR; PERFORMANCE; TRIAZOLAM; PLACEBO; MEMORY; MG SO - Psicothema 2001 ;13(2):290-293 116 UI - 620 AU - Vizmanos B AU - Marti-Henneberg C AU - Cliville R AU - Moreno A AU - Fernandez-Ballart J AD - Univ Rovira & Virgili, Fac Med, Pediat Unit, Reus 43201, SpainUniv Guadalajara, CUCS, Dept Human Reprod Growth & Child Dev, Inst Human Nutr, Guadalajara, Jalisco, MexicoUniv Rovira & Virgili, Fac Med, Prevent Med & Publ Hlth Unit, Reus, SpainMarti-Henneberg, C, Univ Rovira & Virgili, Fac Med, Pediat Unit, C San Lorenzo 21, Reus 43201, Spain TI - Age of pubertal onset affects the intensity and duration of pubertal growth peak but not final height AB - This paper analyzed the intensity and duration of height growth during puberty in boys and girls in relation to rhythm of maturation. A longitudinal clinical follow-up between ages of 10 and 20 years, was carried out in a sample of 251 children grouped according to age at pubertal onset: boys (genital stage 2) at the ages of 11 (n = 28), 12(n = 38), 13 (n = 42), and 14 (n = 27); and girls (breast stage 2) at the ages of 10 (n = 37), 11 (n = 47), 12 (n = 19), and 13(n = 13). Height was measured annually. Testicular volume and genital development were assessed in boys, and breast development was assessed in girls. There were significant differences (P < 0.001) in height at the age of pubertal onset among maturity groups. Late maturers were taller than early maturers (r = 0.49, P < 0.001 for girls; r = 0.38, P < 0.001 for boys). However, final heights did not differ according to age of onset in either sex. In boys, later onset of puberty was associated with a smaller pubertal height gain (r = -0.60, P < 0.001) and a shorter period of pubertal growth (r = -0.61, P < 0.001), Equally in girls, earlier onset of puberty was associated with a greater pubertal height gain(r = -0.68, P < 0.001) and a longer period of pubertal growth (r = -0.59, P < 0.001). In conclusion, age of pubertal onset does not affect final height attained in both sexes, since there is an inverse compensatory phenomenon in both sexes between height at pubertal onset and the intensity and duration of pubertal growth. <(c)> 2001 Wiley-Liss, Inc MH - Mexico|Jalisco MH - Spain PB - NEW YORK: WILEY-LISS RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 19 U4 - Anthropology;Biology U5 - J;Article AV - English IS - 1042-0533 UR - ISI:000168185800014 L2 - ADOLESCENT GROWTH; CHILDREN; VELOCITY; HORMONE; BOYS; STANDARDS; STATURE; AVERAGE; DELAY; GIRLS SO - American Journal of Human Biology 2001 ;13(3):409-416 117 UI - 619 AU - Wolanski N AU - Siniarska A AD - Ctr Sci Res & Postgrad Studies CINVESTAV, Dept Human Ecol, Merida 97310, Yucatan, MexicoPolish Acad Sci, Inst Ecol, Dept Human Ecol, Lomianki, PolandWolanski, N, Ctr Sci Res & Postgrad Studies CINVESTAV, Dept Human Ecol, AP 73 Cordemex, Merida 97310, Yucatan, Mexico TI - Assessing the biological status of human populations MH - Mexico|Yucatan MH - Poland PB - CHICAGO: UNIV CHICAGO PRESS RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 0 U4 - Anthropology U5 - J;Article AV - English IS - 0011-3204 UR - ISI:000168105600009 SO - Current Anthropology 2001 ;42(2):301-308 118 UI - 487 AU - Athanassiou N AU - Crittenden WF AU - Kelly LM AU - Marquez P AD - Northeastern Univ, Coll Business Adm, Boston, MA 02115, USAAlliant Int Univ, San Diego, CA, USAInst Technol & Estudios Super Monterrey, Mexico City 14380, DF, MexicoAthanassiou, N, Northeastern Univ, Coll Business Adm, Boston, MA 02115 USA TI - Founder centrality effects on the Mexican family firm's top management group: firm culture, strategic vision and goals, and firm performance AB - Using social networks, we examined the founder's influence on key strategic behaviors in Mexican family business. First, we drew on a sample of 42 Mexican family businesses and 201 managers to show how founder centrality affects the top management group (TMG) members' cohesiveness. TMG members' cohesiveness was examined in terms of the firm's culture, its strategic vision, and strategic goals. Second, we examined how founder centrality and top management member group cohesiveness are related to performance in terms of financial, social and family-oriented objectives. Significant relationships were found between a founder's centrality and the TMGs strategic behavior. Further, significant results connect different aspects of the founder's centrality and the TMGs strategic behavior to financial, social and family-oriented objectives. (C) 2002 Elsevier Science Inc. All rights reserved MH - Mexico|Distrito Federal MH - USA PB - NEW YORK: ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 1 U4 - Business U5 - J;Article AV - English IS - 1090-9516 UR - ISI:000176014300005 L2 - family-business;founder centrality;top management team;strategic planning;strategic decision making;social networks;SOCIAL-INFLUENCE; ORGANIZATION; CONSENSUS; DIVERSITY; NETWORKS; TEAMS SO - Journal of World Business 2002 ;37(2):139-150 119 UI - 498 AU - Atran S AU - Medin D AU - Ross N AU - Lynch E AU - Vapnarsky V AU - Ek EU AU - Coley J AU - Timura C AU - Baran M AD - CNRS, Inst Jean Nicod, Paris, FranceUniv Michigan, Inst Social Res, Ann Arbor, MI 48106, USAUniv London, London WC1E 7HU, EnglandNorthwestern Univ, Dept Psychol, Evanston, IL 60208, USANorthwestern Univ, Cognit Sci Program, Evanston, IL 60208, USACNRS, EREA, Villejuif, FranceHerbolaria Maya Booy Chiich, Uman, Yucatan, MexicoUniv Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USAAtran, S, CNRS, Inst Jean Nicod, Paris, France TI - Folkecology, cultural epidemiology, and the spirit of the commons - A garden experiment in the Maya lowlands, 1991-2001 AB - Using a variation on an experimental approach from biology, we distinguish the influence of sociocultural factors from that of economic, demographic, and ecological factors in environmental management and maintenance. This is important to issues of global environmental change, where there is little empirical research into cultural effects on deforestation and land use. Findings with three groups who live in the same rain-forest habitat and manifest strikingly distinct behaviors, cognitions, and social relations relative to the forest indicate that rational self-interest and institutional constraints may not by themselves account for commons behavior and cultural patternings of cognition are significant. Only the area's last native Itza' Maya (who have few cooperative institutions) show systematic awareness of ecological complexity involving animals, plants, and people and practices clearly favoring forest regeneration. Spanish-speaking immigrants prove closer to native Maya in thought, action, and social networking than immigrant Q'eqchi' Maya (who have highly cooperative institutions). The role of spiritual values and the limitations of rational, utility-based decision theories are explored. Emergent cultural patterns derived statistically from measurements of individual cognitions and behaviors suggest that cultural transmission and formation consist not primarily of shared rules or norms but of complex distributions of causally connected representations across minds MH - United Kingdom MH - France MH - Mexico|Yucatan MH - USA PB - CHICAGO: UNIV CHICAGO PRESS RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 29 U4 - Anthropology U5 - J;Review AV - English IS - 0011-3204 UR - ISI:000175445000004 L2 - NETWORKS; TRANSMISSION; EVOLUTION; BENEFITS; FOREST; TREE SO - Current Anthropology 2002 ;43(3):421-450 120 UI - 494 AU - Balbas A AU - Ibanez A AU - Lopez S AD - ITAM, Dept Adm, Mexico City 01000, DF, MexicoUniv Carlos III Madrid, Dept Econ Empresa, E-28903 Getafe, Madrid, SpainIbanez, A, ITAM, Dept Adm, Rio Hondo N-1,Col Tizapan San Angel, Mexico City 01000, DF, Mexico TI - Dispersion measures as immunization risk measures AB - The quadratic and linear cash flow dispersion measures M-2 and (N) over tilde are two immunization risk measures designed to build immunized bond portfolios. This paper generalizes these two measures by showing that any dispersion measure is an immunization risk measure and therefore, it sets up a tool to be used in empirical testing. Each new measure is derived from a different set of shocks (changes on the term structure of interest rates) and depends on the corresponding subset of worst shocks. Consequently, a criterion for choosing appropriate immunization risk measures is to take those developed from the most reasonable sets of shocks and the associated subset of worst shocks and then select those that work best empirically. Adopting this approach, this paper then explores both numerical examples and a short empirical study on the Spanish Bond Market in the mid-1990s to show that measures between linear and quadratic are the most appropriate. and amongst them, the linear measure has the best properties. This confirms previous studies on US and Canadian markets that maturity-constrained-duration-matched portfolios also have good empirical behavior. (C) 2002 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved MH - Mexico|Distrito Federal MH - Spain PB - AMSTERDAM: ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 2 U4 - Business, Finance;Economics U5 - J;Article AV - English IS - 0378-4266 UR - ISI:000175722000008 L2 - immunization risk measures;dispersion measures;linear measure;maturity-matching bonds;twists on the term structure;PORTFOLIO IMMUNIZATION; BOND PORTFOLIO; TERM STRUCTURE; DURATION; STRATEGY SO - Journal of Banking & Finance 2002 ;26(6):1229-1244 121 UI - 439 AU - Becker D AU - Garcia SG AU - Larsen U AD - Populat Council, Reg Off Latin Amer & Caribbean, Mexico City, DF, MexicoHarvard Univ, Sch Publ Hlth, Dept Populat & Int Hlth, Cambridge, MA 02138, USABecker, D, Populat Council, Reg Off Latin Amer & Caribbean, Mexico City, DF, Mexico TI - Knowledge and opinions about abortion law among Mexican youth AB - CONTEXT: Mexican states' abortion laws vary, but in all states and the Federal District induced abortions are legal in some circumstances. Public knowledge and opinions about abortion laws affect access to safe services. METHODS: Survey data from a nationally representative sample of 907 men and women aged 15-24 in 2000 were analyzed to explore knowledge and opinion about abortion laws. Logistic regression was used to identify factors associated with participants' knowing that abortions are sometimes legal in their state and with participants' attitudes toward abortion. RESULTS: Fifty-four percent of participants did not know the legal status of abortion in their state. Of these, 82% believed that abortion is never legal, and the rest did not know or thought that it is always legal. The odds of having correct information were reduced for respondents with low levels of education, those living in certain regions outside Mexico City and rural residents (odds ratios, 0.3-0.7); they were elevated among those with liberal attitudes toward emergency contraceptive pills (2.2). Some 70-83% of participants supported legal abortions when pregnancies result from rape or endanger a woman's life or health. Only 11-22% supported legal abortions for single women or minors, those with economic constraints and women who experience contraceptive failure. Low education and conservative attitudes toward emergency contraceptive pills were associated with conservative attitudes toward abortion. Knowing that abortion is sometimes legal did not affect opinion about it CONCLUSIONS: Understanding young people's knowledge and opinions about abortion may help in designing programs to reduce the problem of unsafe abortion in Mexico MH - Mexico|Distrito Federal MH - USA PB - NEW YORK: ALAN GUTTMACHER INST RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 3 U4 - Demography;Family Studies;Social Sciences, Biomedical U5 - J;Article AV - English IS - 0190-3187 UR - ISI:000179470800003 SO - International Family Planning Perspectives 2002 ;28(4):205-213 122 UI - 504 AU - Blos T AU - Cucina A AU - Pacheco AR AD - Univ Autonoma Yucatan, Merida 97000, Yucatan, MexicoInst Nacl Antropol & Hist, Mexico City, DF, MexicoUniv Missouri, Columbia, MO 65211, USA TI - Dynastic funerary ritual and body treatments of sacrificial companions among the Classic Maya. A case study from the sarcophagus tomb of Temple XIII, Palenque, Mexico MH - Mexico|Distrito Federal MH - Mexico|Yucatan MH - USA PB - NEW YORK: WILEY-LISS RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 0 U4 - Anthropology;Evolutionary Biology U5 - J;Meeting Abstract AV - English IS - 0002-9483 UR - ISI:000174609700503 SO - American Journal of Physical Anthropology 2002 ;():154-155 123 UI - 509 AU - Boscan DC AU - Penn NE AU - Velasquez RJ AU - Savino AV AU - Maness P AU - Guzman M AU - Reimann J AD - Univ Calif San Diego, Sch Med, Dept Psychiat, La Jolla, CA 92093, USASan Diego State Univ, San Diego, CA 92182, USAHarvard Univ, Cambridge, MA 02138, USACtr Educ Tecn & Super, Tijuana, MexicoBoscan, DC, Univ Calif San Diego, Sch Med, Dept Psychiat, La Jolla, CA 92093 USA TI - MMPI-2 performance of Mexican male university students and prison inmates AB - In this study, we compared the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2 (MMPI-2) performance of male university students and incarcerated criminal offenders in Mexico. Our aim was to determine whether the MMPI-2 can effectively differentiate between these two distinct groups on scales that are reflective of antisocial behaviors. Our expectations were highly confirmed across the three sets of scales that we considered: the validity and clinical, content, and supplementary scales, Criminal offenders obtained higher or more pathological scores on such scales as Infrequency (F), Schizophrenia (Sc), MacAndrew Alcoholism Scale (MAC-R), Fears (FRS), and so on. Overall, these findings support further research with such target populations as prison inmates in Mexico and other countries in Latin America. (C) 2002 Wiley Periodicals, Inc MH - USA MH - Mexico|Baja California PB - HOBOKEN: JOHN WILEY & SONS INC RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 0 U4 - Psychology, Clinical U5 - J;Article AV - English IS - 0021-9762 UR - ISI:000174627300011 L2 - MMPI-2;Spanish;Mexico;criminal offenders;Latin America SO - Journal of Clinical Psychology 2002 ;58(4):465-470 124 UI - 535 AU - Boyd R AU - Ibarraran ME AD - Ohio Univ, Dept Econ, Athens, OH 45701, USAUniv Amer, Puebla, MexicoBoyd, R, Ohio Univ, Dept Econ, Room 211,Haning Hall, Athens, OH 45701 USA TI - Costs of compliance with the Kyoto Protocol: a developing country perspective AB - Mexico is currently the 15th largest emitter in the world of greenhouse gases and by far the largest source of such emissions in Latin America. Thus, from a strategic standpoint, Mexico's decision to abide or not by carbon emission restrictions in the future is a matter of relative significance. Mexico has found itself under intense pressure to join with the world's industrialized economies and develop a plan for limiting its use of carbon-based energy sources in the future. Such a plan would, of course, entail economic costs and could significantly limit future growth, investment, and consumer welfare. A carbon tax may reduce the growth rate of carbon emissions as well as impose constraints on sector-related and overall economic growth. Nonetheless, it has a progressive effect on welfare levels in all simulations, meaning that it benefits (or harms less) the groups with lower income levels. On the other hand, a Double Dividend is very unlikely to result from this policy. Only under significantly high rates of technological change in the Mexican economy, namely of 5-6%, can a reduction in the rate of growth of carbon emissions and an increase in welfare be attained for ail income groups simultaneously. At the same time, high rates of technological change increase production and therefore emissions. Overall, there are strong benefits from the application of this policy in that it reduces the growth rate of carbon emissions. This exercise is a first approach to the application of an ample environmental tax to a developing country and results show that a favorable outcome may be expected. However, estimating the costs of practical policies to make investment in energy-saving technological change attractive to producers has yet to be addressed. (C) 2002 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved MH - Mexico|Puebla MH - USA PB - AMSTERDAM: ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 4 U4 - Economics U5 - J;Article AV - English IS - 0140-9883 UR - ISI:000173191800002 L2 - carbon tax;Kyoto Protocol;CGE model;developing country;PUBLIC-FINANCE; POLICY; TAXATION; ECONOMY; MODEL; GAS SO - Energy Economics 2002 ;24(1):21-39 125 UI - 505 AU - Bray DB AU - Sanchez JLP AU - Murphy EC AD - Florida Int Univ, Dept Environm Studies, Miami, FL 33199, USASecretariat Agr Livestock & Dev, Mexico City, DF, MexicoUS Fish & Wildlife Serv, Int Affairs Off, Washington, DC, USABray, DB, Florida Int Univ, Dept Environm Studies, Miami, FL 33199, USA TI - Social dimensions of organic coffee production in Mexico: Lessons for eco-labeling initiatives AB - Significant attention has been given to the relationship between small coffee farms and biodiversity in recent years. This article argues that the interest in "bird-friendly" coffees and other forms of biodiversity marketing have much to learn from the 15-year development of another relatively successful, environmentally friendly coffee product: certified organic coffee. This Mexican case study argues that organic coffee emerged as a result of a series of institutional transformations that, in interaction with particular ecosystems, have left their imprint on the agricultural landscape. The emergence of organic coffee in Mexico arose from more than a decade of populist agrarian organizing and accompanying organizational innovations, and depended upon the substantial amount of preexisting "social capital accumulation" in the Mexican countryside. Eco-labeling efforts focus on certification criteria and marketing, and pay insufficient attention to the social processes that can lead to the outcome of a sustainable product and sustainable agricultural landscapes MH - Mexico|Distrito Federal MH - USA PB - PHILADELPHIA: TAYLOR & FRANCIS INC RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 18 U4 - Environmental Studies;Planning & Development;Sociology U5 - J;Article AV - English IS - 0894-1920 UR - ISI:000174958100003 L2 - biodiversity marketing;conservation and development;coffee;eco-labeling;environment;Latin America;Mexico;CONSERVATION; BIODIVERSITY; CHIAPAS; MARKET SO - Society & Natural Resources 2002 ;15(5):429-446 126 UI - 470 AU - Brito DL AU - Rosellon J AD - Rice Univ, Dept Econ, Houston, TX 77005, USARice Univ, James A Baker III Inst Publ Policy, Houston, TX 77005, USACIDE, Mexico City 01210, DF, MexicoBrito, DL, Rice Univ, Dept Econ, MS-22,6100 Main St, Houston, TX 77005 USA TI - Pricing natural gas in Mexico: An application of the Little-Mirrlees Rule AB - The Mexican energy regulatory commission-Comision Reguladora de Energia (CRE)-has implemented a netback rule for linking the Mexican market for natural gas with the North American market. This paper describes the economic analysis that supported this policy. We show that the netback rule is the efficient way to price natural gas and it is in fact an application of the Little-Mirrlees Rule MH - Mexico|Distrito Federal MH - USA PB - CLEVELAND: INT ASSOC ENERGY ECONOMICS RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 0 U4 - Economics;Energy & Fuels;Environmental Studies U5 - J;Article AV - English IS - 0195-6574 UR - ISI:000176831600004 SO - Energy Journal 2002 ;23(3):81-93 127 UI - 492 AU - Brown D AU - Beavis C AU - Kalman J AU - Stinson AD AU - Whiting ME AD - Univ Cent Oklahoma, Edmond, OK 73034, USADeakin Univ, Geelong, Vic 3217, AustraliaIPN, Ctr Invest & Estudios Avanzados, Mexico City, DF, MexicoUniv Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706, USAUniv So Mississippi, Hattiesburg, MS 39406, USABrown, D, Univ Cent Oklahoma, Edmond, OK 73034, USA TI - Annotated bibliography of research in the teaching of English AB - Twice a year, in the May and November issues, RTE publishes a selected bibliography of recent research in the teaching of English and related fields. Most of the studies appeared during the six-month period preceding the compilation of the bibliography (July through December 2001 for the present bibliography), but some studies that appeared earlier are occasionally included. The listing is selective; we make no attempt to include all research and research-related articles that appeared in the period under review. Comments on the bibliography and suggestions about items for inclusion may be directed to the bibliography editors. We encourage you to send your suggestions to djbrown@ucok.edu, cathxx@deakin.edu.au, kalman @data.net.mx, stinsona@wwwvax.uww.edu, or melissa. whiting@usm.edu. You may also submit comments or recommend publications through the Annotated Bibliography page of RTE's World Wide Web site at http://www.ncte.org/rte/ MH - Australia MH - Mexico|Distrito Federal MH - USA PB - URBANA: NATL COUNCIL TEACHERS ENGLISH RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 0 U4 - Education & Educational Research U5 - J;Bibliography AV - English IS - 0034-527X UR - ISI:000175694500005 SO - Research in the Teaching of English 2002 ;36(4):531-541 128 UI - 501 AU - Brutsaert T AU - Hernandez-Cordero S AU - Rivera J AU - Viola TB AU - Hughes G AU - Haas J AD - SUNY Albany, Albany, NY 12222, USANatl Inst Publ Hlth, Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico TI - Progressive muscle fatigue during dynamic work in iron deficient, Mexican women MH - Mexico|Morelos MH - USA PB - NEW YORK: WILEY-LISS RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 0 U4 - Anthropology;Evolutionary Biology U5 - J;Meeting Abstract AV - English IS - 0002-9483 UR - ISI:000174609700064 SO - American Journal of Physical Anthropology 2002 ;():50-50 129 UI - 482 AU - Burguet R AU - Caminal R AU - Matutes C AD - CSIC, Inst Anal Econ, E-08193 Barcelona, SpainCOLMEX, Mexico City, DF, MexicoCtr Econ Policy Res, London SW1Y 6LA, EnglandUniv Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Midlothian, ScotlandCaminal, R, CSIC, Inst Anal Econ, Campus UAB, E-08193 Barcelona, Spain TI - Golden cages for showy birds: Optimal switching costs in labor contracts AB - Under what circumstances do workers sign contracts with high quitting penalties? Our answer points to market transparency. When the worker's performance is privately observed by the incumbent firm, alternative employers face an adverse selection problem. As a result, efficient separations can only take place through involuntary layoffs and there is no role for quitting fees. In contrast, when performance is public, quitting fees are useful devices to appropriate the surplus from workers' reallocation. Separations are amicable and take the form of quitting after downwardly renegotiating the fees. Qualitative features of Contracts are independent of the distribution of ex-post bargaining power. The impact of switching costs on total welfare and its distribution depends on the degree of market transparency and the ex-ante distribution of market power. (C) 2002 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved MH - United Kingdom MH - Mexico|Distrito Federal MH - Spain PB - AMSTERDAM: ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 2 U4 - Economics U5 - J;Article AV - English IS - 0014-2921 UR - ISI:000176526600001 L2 - labor contracts;severance payments;quitting fees;buy-out fees;layoffs;ASYMMETRIC INFORMATION; LAYOFFS; MARKET; ENTRY SO - European Economic Review 2002 ;46(7):1153-1185 130 UI - 477 AU - Calvo E AU - Medina JMA AD - Northwestern Univ, Dept Polit Sci, Evanston, IL 60208, USAUniv San Martin, Dept Polit & Gobierno, RA-145 Parana, ArgentinaFlacso, Mexico City, DF, MexicoCalvo, E, Northwestern Univ, Dept Polit Sci, 601 Univ Pl, Evanston, IL 60208 USA TI - Institutional gamblers: majoritarian representation, electoral uncertainty, and the coalitional costs of Mexico's hybrid electoral system AB - An unintended result of Mexico's hybrid electoral system is that 40% of the candidates may increase their chances to be elected for Congress as their party loses votes, while 60% of the candidates increase their chances to be elected as their parties gain votes. Because parties have to decide how to distribute candidates among single-member and multi-member districts some time before the election, this "double road" to representation sets the scenario for a new type of institutional gambling. Candidates face a dilemma: their chances of being elected improve dramatically if they run as single-member district candidates (lower tier) of the winning party or in the closed list (upper tier) of losing parties. This article shows that both electoral uncertainty and party switching incentives grow as a function of the majoritarian bias found in the single-member districts of Mexico's hybrid system. We introduce an extension of King and Browning's (American Political Science Review 81 (1987) 1252) model that represents a party's expected seat gain under both a mixed and a hybrid electoral system, and that captures the distortions produced by a ceiling on the maximum number of representatives that a party can elect to congress. (C) 2002 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved MH - USA MH - Argentina MH - Mexico|Distrito Federal PB - OXFORD: ELSEVIER SCI LTD RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 2 U4 - Political Science U5 - J;Article AV - English IS - 0261-3794 UR - ISI:000176637800005 L2 - majoritarian representation;bilogit;Mexico;elections;ELECTIONS; CENTRIPETAL; INCENTIVES SO - Electoral Studies 2002 ;21(3):453-471 131 UI - 483 AU - Cerda-Flores RM AU - Budowle B AU - Jin L AU - Barton SA AU - Deka R AU - Chakraborty R AD - Univ Texas, Sch Publ Hlth, Ctr Human Genet, Houston, TX 77225, USAInst Mexicano Seguro Social, Dept Genet Poblac, Ctr Invest Biomed Noreste, Monterrey 64720, Nuevo Leon, MexicoFBI, Lab Div, Washington, DC 20535, USAUniv Cincinnati, Dept Environm Hlth, Ctr Genome Informat, Kettering Lab, Cincinnati, OH 45267, USABarton, SA, Univ Texas, Sch Publ Hlth, Ctr Human Genet, POB 20186, Houston, TX 77225 USA TI - Maximum likelihood estimates of admixture in northeastern Mexico using 13 short tandem repeat loci AB - lTetrameric short tandem repeat (STR) polymorphisms are widely used in population genetics, molecular evolution. gene mapping and linkage analysis, paternity tests, forensic analysis, and medical applications. This article provides allelic distributions of the STR loci D3S1358, vWA, FGA, D8S1179, D21S11, D18S51, D5S818, D13S317, D7S820, CSF1PO, TPOX, TH01, and D16S539 in 143 Mestizos from Northeastern Mexico, estimates of contributions of genes of European (Spanish). American Indian and African origin in the gene pool of this admixed Mestizo population (using 10 of these loci) and a comparison of the genetic admixture of this population with the previously reported two polymorphic molecular markers, D1S80 and HLA-DQA1 (n = 103). Genotype distributions were in agreement with Hardy-Weinberg expectations (HWE) for almost all 13 STR markers, Maximum likelihood estimates of admixture components yield a trihybrid model with Spanish, Amerindian, and African ancestry with the admixture proportions: 54.99% +/- 3.44, 39.99% +/- 2.57, and 5.02% +/- 2.82, respectively. These estimates were not significantly different from those obtained using D1S80 and HLA-DQA1 loci (59.99% +/- 5.94, 36.99% +/- 5.04, and 3.02% +/- 2.76). In conclusion, Mestizos of Northeastern Mexico showed a similar ancestral contribution independent of the markers used for evolutionary purposes. Further validation of this database supports the use of the 13 STR loci along with D1S80 and HLA-DQA1 as a battery of efficient DNA forensic markers in Northeastern Mestizo populations of Mexico. (C) 2002 Wiley-Liss. Inc MH - Mexico|Nuevo Leon MH - USA PB - NEW YORK: WILEY-LISS RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 16 U4 - Anthropology;Biology U5 - J;Article AV - English IS - 1042-0533 UR - ISI:000176492800004 L2 - HUMAN-POPULATIONS; GENETIC-VARIATION; DNA; ALLELES SO - American Journal of Human Biology 2002 ;14(4):429-439 132 UI - 519 AU - Cerda-Flores RM AU - Villalobos-Torres MC AU - Barrera-Saldana HA AU - Cortes-Prieto LM AU - Barajas LO AU - Rivas F AU - Carracedo A AU - Zhong YX AU - Barton SA AU - Chakraborty R AD - Univ Texas, Sch Publ Hlth, Ctr Human Genet, Houston, TX 77225, USAInst Mexicano Seguro Social, Ctr Invest Biomed Noreste, CIBIN, Dept Genet Poblac, Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, MexicoUniv Autonoma Nuevo Leon, Fac Ciencias Biol, Div Postgrad, Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, MexicoUniv Autonoma Nuevo Leon, Fac Med, Dept Bioquim, Unidad Labs Ingn & Expres Genet, Monterrey, MexicoInst Mexicano Seguro Social, Western Biomed Res Ctr, Div Immunol, Guadalajara, Jalisco, MexicoUniv Santiago de Compostela, Fac Med, Dept Legal Med, Unidad Genet Forense, Galicia, SpainBarton, SA, Univ Texas, Sch Publ Hlth, Ctr Human Genet, POB 20186, Houston, TX 77225 USA TI - Genetic admixture in three Mexican Mestizo populations based on D1S80 and HLA-DQA1 loci AB - This study compares genetic polymorphisms at the D1S80 and HLA-DQA1 loci in three Mexican Mestizo populations from three large states (Nuevo Leon, Jalisco, and the Federal District). Allele frequency distributions are relatively homogenous in the three samples; only the Federal District population shows minor differences of the HLA-DQA1 allele frequencies compared with the other two. In terms of genetic composition, these Mestizo populations show evidence of admixture with predominantly Spanish-European (50-60%) and Amerindian (37-49%) contributions; the African contribution (1-3%) is minor. Together with the observation that in Nuevo Leon, the admixture estimates based on D1S80 and HLA-DQA1, are virtually the same as those reported earlier from blood group loci, suggests that DNA markers, such as DISK and HLA-DQA1 are useful for examining genetic homogeneity/heterogeneity across Mestizo populations of Mexico. The inverse relationship of the proportion of gene diversity due to population differences (G(st)) to within population gene diversity (H-s) is also consistent with theoretical predictions, supporting the use of these markers for population genetics studies. (C) 2002 Wiley-Liss, Inc MH - Mexico|Jalisco MH - Mexico|Nuevo Leon MH - Spain MH - USA PB - NEW YORK: WILEY-LISS RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 26 U4 - Anthropology;Biology U5 - J;Article AV - English IS - 1042-0533 UR - ISI:000174175400008 L2 - TANDEM REPEAT LOCI; NUEVO-LEON; VARIABLE NUMBER; STARR COUNTY; FREQUENCIES; AMERICANS; MONTERREY; DNA; AMPLIFICATION; GENERATIONS SO - American Journal of Human Biology 2002 ;14(2):257-263 133 UI - 479 AU - Chen CY AU - Wagner FA AU - Anthony JC AD - Johns Hopkins Univ, Bloomberg Sch Pulb Hlth, Dept Mental Hyg, Baltimore, MD 21205, USAInst Nacl Psiquiatria, Direcc Invest Epidemiol & Psicosociales, Dept Invest Serv Salud, Mexico City, DF, MexicoAnthony, JC, Johns Hopkins Univ, Bloomberg Sch Pulb Hlth, Dept Mental Hyg, 624 N Broadway,8th Fl,ELCID Rm 893, Baltimore, MD 21205 USA TI - Marijuana use and the risk of Major Depressive Episode - Epidemiological evidence from the United States National Comorbidity Survey AB - Background This is an epidemiological study of a possible causal role of marijuana use in the development of Major Depressive Episode (MDE). Male-female differences in the suspected causal association have also been studied. Method Data are from 6,792 National Comorbidity Survey participants aged 15-45 years, assessed via the University of Michigan modified version of the Composite International Diagnostic Interview (UM-CIDI). Survival analysis methods were used to estimate cumulative risk of MDE by levels of marijuana use and to estimate suspected causal associations after adjustment for other influences. Results The risk of first MDE was moderately associated with the number of occasions of marijuana use and with more advanced stages of marijuana use. Relative to never users, non-dependent marijuana users had 1.6 times greater risk of MDE (95% Confidence Interval: 1.1, 2.2), even with statistical adjustment for sex, birth cohorts, alcohol dependence, and history of daily tobacco smoking. Conclusions There was male-female variation in the degree of association between stage of marijuana involvement and MDE, but the strength of the association is modest at best MH - USA MH - Mexico|Distrito Federal PB - DARMSTADT: DR DIETRICH STEINKOPFF VERLAG RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 17 U4 - Psychiatry U5 - J;Article AV - English IS - 0933-7954 UR - ISI:000176519100001 L2 - comorbidity;depressive disorder;marijuana abuse;sex;substance-related disorders;survival analysis;SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS; POPULATION-BASED SAMPLE; DSM-III; ENVIRONMENTAL-INFLUENCES; PSYCHIATRIC-DISORDERS; TOBACCO SMOKING; CANNABIS ABUSE; DRUG-USE; DEPENDENCE; PREVALENCE SO - Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology 2002 ;37(5):199-206 134 UI - 500 AU - Cherpitel CJ AU - Borges G AD - Inst Publ Hlth, Alcohol Res Grp, Berkeley, CA 94709, USANatl Inst Psychiat, Mexico City 14370, DF, MexicoUAM Xochimilco, Mexico City 14370, DF, MexicoCherpitel, CJ, Inst Publ Hlth, Alcohol Res Grp, 2000 Hearst Ave, Berkeley, CA 94709 USA TI - Substance use among emergency room patients: An exploratory analysis by ethnicity and acculturation AB - Objective: While substantial literature exists on the role of alcohol in injury occurrence, little is known about other substance use or abuse and injury, or drug use among the alcohol involved at the time of the emergency room (ER) visit. Method: A probability sample of 1429 patients attending the ER at Santa Clara Valley Medical Center (CA) was interviewed and was asked questions pertaining to licit and illicit drug use and alcohol use within 6 hr prior to the event, and drug use within the last year. Results: While drug use within the 6 hr prior to the event was not found to be significantly different between injured and noninjured patients, injured patients were more likely to report drug use during the last year, and those with violence-related injuries were more likely to report drug use during both time periods compared to those with other injuries. Drug use was associated with ethnicity, with whites more likely than blacks or Hispanics to report use. Among Hispanics, acculturation was related to drug use. with those high on acculturation as likely or more likely than whites to report use, Among those reporting alcohol consumption within 6 hr prior to the event and those meeting criteria for alcohol dependence, differences across ethnic/acculturation subgroups for drug use in the same 6-hr period were not significant, and a higher prevalence of both 6-hr and 12-month substance use was found compared to those not reporting drinking during the 6 hr and those not alcohol dependent. Conclusions: Data suggest that ethnic differences in substance use becomes less important among those alcohol involved, and future research should focus on the interaction of alcohol and other substances on injury occurrence. Data also suggest that substance use associated with increasing acculturation among U.S. Hispanics may have a strong impact on health services utilization, and research is needed by gender, othnicity, and acculturation to determine the burden that substance use places, on the ER MH - USA MH - Mexico|Distrito Federal PB - NEW YORK: MARCEL DEKKER INC RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 14 U4 - Psychology, Clinical;Substance Abuse U5 - J;Article AV - English IS - 0095-2990 UR - ISI:000175385000006 L2 - UNITED-STATES HISPANICS; ILLICIT DRUG-USE; ALCOHOL-CONSUMPTION; TRAUMA PATIENTS; INJURY; ABUSE; DRINKING; CASUALTIES; PREVALENCE; MEXICANS SO - American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse 2002 ;28(2):287-305 135 UI - 451 AU - ckson-Tetteh K AU - Billings DL AD - Chris Hani Baragwanath Hosp, Dept Obstet & Gynaecol, Reprod Hlth Res Unit, Johannesburg, South AfricaIpas, Mexico City, DF, MexicoDickson-Tetteh, K, Chris Hani Baragwanath Hosp, Dept Obstet & Gynaecol, Reprod Hlth Res Unit, Johannesburg, South Africa TI - Abortion care services provided by registered midwives in South Africa AB - CONTEXT. South Africa's Choice on Termination of Pregnancy Act, which took effect in 1997, legalized abortion and stipulated that registered midwives can perform abortions for women with pregnancies of no more than 12 weeks' gestation. A program was initiated to train registered midwives throughout South Africa to provide abortion services at primary care facilities. METHODS: From October 1999 through January 2000, an evaluation was conducted at 27 public health care facilities in South Africa's nine provinces to assess the quality of care provided by midwives who had been trained and certified to provide abortion services. Data were collected by observing abortion procedures and counseling sessions, reviewing facility records and patients' charts, and interviewing patients and certified midwives. RESULTS: Of 96 abortion procedures performed by 40 midwives, 85 involved manual vacuum aspiration. Midwives' clinical practice was rated "good" in 75% of the procedures. No complications occurred during abortion procedures or as a result of the procedures, and no abortion clients died. Midwives consistently provided women with contraceptive counseling after the abortion, and most clients (89%) received a contraceptive method before leaving the facility. The injectable was the only method that was available at all facilities; of the 90 clients who were interviewed about the contraceptive method they received after their abortion, 75% had received this method. Few had received condoms (1%). CONCLUSIONS. Midwives can provide high-quality abortion services in the absence of physicians. Training in abortion care should be systematically integrated into midwives' basic training. This training should use postabortion counseling as an opportunity to inform women about dual protection from unwanted pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections MH - Mexico|Distrito Federal MH - South Africa PB - NEW YORK: ALAN GUTTMACHER INST RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 5 U4 - Demography;Family Studies;Social Sciences, Biomedical U5 - J;Article AV - English IS - 0190-3187 UR - ISI:000178333100002 SO - International Family Planning Perspectives 2002 ;28(3):144-150 136 UI - 421 AU - Clarke I AU - Micken KS AU - Hart HS AD - James Madison Univ, Harrisonburg, VA 22807, USARoger Williams Univ, Bristol, RI 02809, USAMABE, GE, Mexico City, DF, MexicoClarke, I, James Madison Univ, Harrisonburg, VA 22807, USA TI - Symbols for sale... at least for now: Symbolic consumption in transition economies AB - This paper examines the changes in symbolic consumption in emerging economies. Television, movies, music, advertising, and tourism bring knowledge about products to consumers well before the actual goods are available for purchase. Thus the consumption process begins with a product's symbolic meaning. Product symbolism does not, however, remain static. As the economy moves through the phases of demand development, the meaning of Western products changes. To capture the dynamic nature of symbolic consumption, a conceptual framework is presented as a means of better understanding the process. Two emerging economies, Cuba and the German Democratic Republic, provide illustrations MH - Mexico|Distrito Federal MH - USA PB - PROVO: ASSOC CONSUMER RESEARCH RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 1 U4 - Business U5 - S;Article AV - English IS - 0098-9258 UR - ISI:000180515900006 L2 - CONSUMER SO - Advances in Consumer Research, Volume Xxix 2002 ;29():25-30 137 UI - 453 AU - Clauss-Ehlers CS AU - Levi LL AD - Rutgers State Univ, Grad Sch Educ, Dept Educ Psychol, New Brunswick, NJ 08901, USAUniv AUtonoma Metropolitana, Dept Polit & Culture, Mexico City, DF, MexicoClauss-Ehlers, CS, Rutgers State Univ, Grad Sch Educ, Dept Educ Psychol, 10 Seminary Pl, New Brunswick, NJ 08901 USA TI - Violence and community, terms in conflict: An ecological approach to resilience AB - The authors provide a description of the impact that violence has on U.S. Latino and Mexican youth, discuss vulnerability factors, and describe cultural-community resilience that acts as a buffer against violence. An ecological model is presented that incorporates community structures, the cultural values of familismo, respeto, and personalismo, and addresses how to decrease the stigma associated with seeking mental health services. It is thought that the variables and values in particular ecosystems must be examined to determine how the individual responds to the surrounding community MH - Mexico|Distrito Federal MH - USA PB - NEW YORK: KLUWER ACADEMIC-HUMAN SCIENCES PRESS RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 4 U4 - Social Work U5 - J;Article AV - English IS - 1053-0789 UR - ISI:000177972100001 L2 - cross-cultural counseling;resilience;Latino youth SO - Journal of Social Distress and the Homeless 2002 ;11(4):265-278 138 UI - 496 AU - Colomer JM AD - CSIC, Barcelona, SpainCIDE, Mexico City, DF, MexicoColomer, JM, CSIC, Barcelona, Spain TI - Mixed-member electoral systems. The best of both worlds? MH - Mexico|Distrito Federal MH - Spain PB - ESSEX: FRANK CASS CO LTD RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 0 U4 - Political Science U5 - J;Book Review AV - English IS - 0140-2382 UR - ISI:000175538500017 SO - West European Politics 2002 ;25(2):226-227 139 UI - 488 AU - Cutler DM AU - Knaul F AU - Lozano R AU - Mendez O AU - Zurita B AD - Harvard Univ, Dept Econ, Cambridge, MA 02138, USAFdn Mexicana Salud, Tlalpan 14610, MexicoWHO, CH-1211 Geneva, SwitzerlandCutler, DM, Harvard Univ, Dept Econ, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA TI - Financial crisis, health outcomes and ageing: Mexico in the 1980s and 1990s AB - We study the impact of economic crisis on health in Mexico. There have been four wide-scale economic crises in Mexico in the past two decades, the most recent in 1995-96. We find that mortality rates for the very young and the elderly increase or decline less rapidly in crisis years as compared with non-crisis years. In the 1995-96 crisis, mortality rates were about 5 to 7 percent higher in the crisis years compared to the years just prior to the crisis. This translates into a 0.4 percent increase in mortality for the elderly and a 0.06 percent increase in mortality for the very young. We find tentative evidence that economic crises affect mortality by reducing incomes and possibly by placing a greater burden on the medical sector, but not by forcing less healthy members of the population to work or by forcing primary caregivers to go to work. (C) 2002 Elsevier Science BV All rights reserved MH - Mexico|Distrito Federal MH - Switzerland MH - USA PB - LAUSANNE: ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 5 U4 - Economics U5 - J;Article AV - English IS - 0047-2727 UR - ISI:000175977600007 L2 - financial crises;health outcomes;ageing;NON-INSURED POPULATION; MORTALITY; UNEMPLOYMENT; INFANT SO - Journal of Public Economics 2002 ;84(2):279-303 140 UI - 534 AU - Del Negro M AD - Fed Reserve Bank Atlanta, Atlanta, GA 30303, USADel Negro, M, ITAM, Ctr Invest Econ, Av Camino Santa Teresa 930, Mexico City 10700, DF, Mexico TI - Asymmetric shocks among US states AB - The paper applies a factor model to the study of risk sharing among U.S. states. The factor model makes it possible to disentangle movements in output and consumption due to national, regional, or state-specific business cycles from those due to measurement error. The results of the paper suggest that some findings of the previous literature which indicate a substantial amount of inter-state risk sharing may be due to the presence of measurement error in output. When measurement error is properly taken into account, the evidence points towards a lack of inter-state smoothing. Published by Elsevier Science B.V MH - Mexico|Distrito Federal MH - USA PB - AMSTERDAM: ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 6 U4 - Economics U5 - J;Article AV - English IS - 0022-1996 UR - ISI:000173116800002 L2 - intranational business cycles;risk sharing;factor models;INTRANATIONAL BUSINESS CYCLES; UNITED-STATES; PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH; FLUCTUATIONS; INDUSTRIES; REGIONS; EMU SO - Journal of International Economics 2002 ;56(2):273-297 141 UI - 427 AU - Epstein R AU - Henriquez L AU - Catalan J AU - Weintraub GY AU - Martinez C AD - Univ Chile, Dept Ind Engn, Santiago, ChileUNDP, Mexico City, DF, MexicoUniv Chile, Dept Ind Engn, Santiago, ChileJUNAEB, Supervis Dept, Santiago, ChileEpstein, R, Univ Chile, Dept Ind Engn, Republ 701, Santiago, Chile TI - A combinational auction improves school meals in Chile AB - Chile's school system is using mathematical modeling to assign catering contracts in a single-round sealed-bid combinational auction. The Chilean state spends around US$180 million a year to feed 1,300,000 students from low income families, making this one of the largest state auctions. To improve the quality of the assignment in the auction process, we constructed an integer linear programming model to decide contract awards optimally among different concession holders. The model completely changed the nature of the process in three crucial aspects. First, it gave transparency and objectivity to the complete process, generating competition among firms. Second, it allowed the companies to build flexible territorial bids to include their scale economies, leading to efficient resource allocation. Finally, the model indeed found an optimal solution, which is not easy because the assignment problem was NP-complete with more than 10,000 binary variables. This new methodology improved the price-quality ratio of the meals with yearly savings of around US$40 million-equivalent to the cost of feeding 300,000 children during one year MH - Chile MH - Mexico|Distrito Federal PB - LINTHICUM HTS: INST OPERATIONS RESEARCH MANAGEMENT SCIENCES RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 10 U4 - Management;Operations Research & Management Science U5 - J;Article AV - English IS - 0092-2102 UR - ISI:000180337600001 L2 - games/group decisions : bidding/auctions;government : agencies;SCALE SO - Interfaces 2002 ;32(6):1-14 142 UI - 465 AU - Feldman B AD - NW Ctr Psychoanal, Seattle, WA, USANW Ctr Psychanal, Portland, OR, USAInterreg Soc Jungian Analysts, Jung Ctr Mexico City, Mexico City, DF, MexicoPost Jungian Ctr, Tokyo, JapanFeldman, B, 703 Welch Rd,Apt G-4, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA TI - The lost steps of infancy: symbolization, analytic process and the growth of the self AB - In 'The Lost Steps' the Latin American novelist Alejo Carpentier describes the search by the protagonist for the origins of music among native peoples in the Amazon jungle. This metaphor can be utilized as a way of understanding the search for the pre-verbal origins of the self in analysis. The infant's experience of the tempo and rhythmicity of the mother/infant interaction and the bathing in words and sounds of the infant by the mother are at the core of the infant's development of the self. The infant observation method (Tavistock model) will be looked at as a way of developing empathy in the analyst to better understand infantile, pre-verbal states of mind. A case vignette from an adult analysis will be utilized to illustrate the theoretical concepts MH - Japan MH - Mexico|Distrito Federal MH - USA PB - OXFORD: BLACKWELL PUBL LTD RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 0 U4 - Psychology, Multidisciplinary U5 - J;Article AV - English IS - 0021-8774 UR - ISI:000177038800004 L2 - analytic process;infant observation;self development;symbolization SO - Journal of Analytical Psychology 2002 ;47(3): 143 UI - 433 AU - Garratt R AU - Keister T AU - Qin CZ AU - Shell K AD - Univ Calif Santa Barbara, Dept Econ, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, USACtr Invest Econ, ITAM, Mexico City 10700, DF, MexicoCornell Univ, Dept Econ, Ithaca, NY 14853, USANYU, Dept Econ, New York, NY 10003, USAGarratt, R, Univ Calif Santa Barbara, Dept Econ, Santa Barbara, CA 93106 USA TI - Equilibrium prices when the sunspot variable is continuous AB - We analyze sunspot-equilibrium prices in nonconvex economics with perfect markets and a continuous sunspot variable. Our primary result is that every sunspot equilibrium allocation can be supported by prices that, when adjusted for probabilities, are constant across states. This result extends to the case of a finite number of equally-probable states under a nonsatiation condition, but does not extend to general discrete state spaces. We use our primary result to establish the equivalence of the set of sunspot equilibrium allocations based on a continuous sunspot variable and the set of lottery equilibrium allocations. (C) 2002 Elsevier Science (USA) MH - USA MH - Mexico|Distrito Federal PB - SAN DIEGO: ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 2 U4 - Economics U5 - J;Article AV - English IS - 0022-0531 UR - ISI:000179791000002 L2 - INDIVISIBLE LABOR; UNCERTAINTY; PRIVATE; MATTER SO - Journal of Economic Theory 2002 ;107(1):11-38 144 UI - 434 AU - Garratt R AU - Keister T AD - Univ Calif Santa Barbara, Dept Econ, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, USACtr Invest Econ, ITAM, Mexico City 10700, DF, MexicoGarratt, R, Univ Calif Santa Barbara, Dept Econ, Santa Barbara, CA 93106 USA TI - A characterization of robust sunspot equilibria AB - In nonconvex environments, a sunspot equilibrium can sometimes be destroyed by the introduction of new extrinsic information. We provide a simple test for determining whether or not a particular equilibrium survives, or is robust to, all possible refinements of the state space. We use this test to provide a characterization of the set of robust sunspot-equilibrium allocations of a given economy; it is equivalent to the set of equilibrium allocations of the associated lottery economy. (C) 2002 Elsevier Science (USA) MH - USA MH - Mexico|Distrito Federal PB - SAN DIEGO: ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 3 U4 - Economics U5 - J;Article AV - English IS - 0022-0531 UR - ISI:000179791000006 L2 - indivisibilities;nonconvexities;sunspot equilibrium;robustness;lottery equilibrium;ECONOMY SO - Journal of Economic Theory 2002 ;107(1):136-144 145 UI - 408 AU - Gauthier B AU - Soloaga I AU - Tybout J AD - Ecole Hautes Etud Commerciales, Montreal, PQ, CanadaUmiv Americas, Puebla, MexicoPenn State Univ, University Pk, PA 16802, USANatl Bur Econ Res, Cambridge, MA 02138, USAGauthier, B, Ecole Hautes Etud Commerciales, Montreal, PQ, Canada TI - A firm's-eye view of commercial policy and fiscal reforms in Cameroon AB - After decades of high trade restrictions, fiscal distortions, and currency overvaluation, Cameroon implemented important commercial and fiscal policy reforms in 1994. Almost simultaneously, a major devaluation cut the international price of Cameroon's currency in half. This article examines the effects of those reforms on the incentive structure faced by manufacturing firms. Did the reforms create a coherent new set of signals? Did they reduce dispersion in tax burdens? Was the net effect to stimulate the production of tradable goods? The results of applying a cost function decomposition to detailed firm-level panel data suggest that the reforms created clear new signals for manufacturers, as effective protection rates fell by 80 to 120 percentage points. In contrast, neither the tax reforms nor the devaluation had a major systematic effect on profit margins. The devaluation did shift relative prices dramatically in favor of exportable goods, causing exporters to grow relatively rapidly MH - Canada MH - Mexico|Puebla MH - USA PB - OXFORD: OXFORD UNIV PRESS RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 2 U4 - Business, Finance;Economics;Planning & Development U5 - J;Article AV - English IS - 0258-6770 UR - ISI:000181344100006 SO - World Bank Economic Review 2002 ;16(3):449-472 146 UI - 544 AU - Gelos RG AU - Werner AM AD - Int Monetary Fund, Washington, DC 20431, USABanco Mexico, Direcc Estudios Econ, Mexico City 06059, DF, MexicoGelos, RG, Int Monetary Fund, 700 19th St NW, Washington, DC 20431, USA TI - Financial liberalization, credit constraints, and collateral: investment in the Mexican manufacturing sector AB - We examine the impact of financial liberalization on fixed investment in Mexico using establishment-level data from the manufacturing sector. In addition to analyzing changes in cash-flow sensitivities, an innovative approach explores the role of real estate as collateral and addresses a potential censoring problem. The results suggest that financial constraints were eased for the smallest firms, but not for larger ones. However, the importance of possessing real estate increased, given banks' reliance on collateral in their lending. The results also provide microeconomic evidence consistent with the role attributed to "financial accelerator" mechanisms during lending booms and during post-crisis recessions. (C) 2002 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved MH - Mexico|Distrito Federal MH - USA PB - AMSTERDAM: ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 8 U4 - Economics U5 - J;Article AV - English IS - 0304-3878 UR - ISI:000172269200001 L2 - investment;financial constraints;collateral;real estate;fixed-effects tobit;LEAST-SQUARES ESTIMATION; CASH FLOW SENSITIVITIES; INFORMATION; LIQUIDITY; MARKETS; MODELS SO - Journal of Development Economics 2002 ;67(1):1-27 147 UI - 523 AU - Gibson CC AU - Lehoucq FE AU - Williams JT AD - Univ Calif San Diego, Dept Polit Sci, La Jolla, CA 92093, USAIndiana Univ, Ctr Study Inst Populat & Environm Change, Bloomington, IN 47405, USACtr Invest & Docencia Econ, Mexico City, DF, MexicoUniv Calif Riverside, Riverside, CA 92521, USAGibson, CC, Univ Calif San Diego, Dept Polit Sci, 9500 Gilman Dr, La Jolla, CA 92093 USA TI - Does privatization protect natural resources? Property rights and forests in Guatemala AB - Objectives. Property rights are central to debates about natural resource policy. Governments traditionally have been seen as the appropriate custodians of natural resources for their citizens. More recently, many argue the privatization of property rights will ensure that users have incentives to manage their resources well. Common property, to the extent it is discussed at all, is seen as leading to the tragedy of the commons. We evaluate dine claims by assessing property rights and forest conditions in two private and three communal forests in Guatemala. Methods. Data on biological and social phenomena from Five forests (151 plots) and their associated communities were collected using the International Forestry Resources and Institutions Research Program protocols. Ordinary least squares regression was used to analyze four models. We examined t-scores fur differences in coefficients for the different models. Results. The models demonstrate that de jure property rights are not a powerful predictor of variations among the sampled forests. Conclusions. We argue that de facto institutions and their enforcement are much more important than de jure property rights to forest management. Communities holding a forest in common can, under certain circumstances, create institutions to manage their resources as successfully as-or more successfully than-private owners MH - USA MH - Mexico|Distrito Federal PB - MALDEN: BLACKWELL PUBLISHERS RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 7 U4 - Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary U5 - J;Article AV - English IS - 0038-4941 UR - ISI:000173943500014 SO - Social Science Quarterly 2002 ;83(1):206-225 148 UI - 497 AU - Gomez-Peresmitre G AU - Garcia MVA AD - Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Fac Psicol, Mexico City 04510, DF, MexicoUniv Almeria, Almeria, SpainGomez-Peresmitre, G, Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Fac Psicol, Mexico City 04510, DF, Mexico TI - Thinness valoration. A cross-cultural study (Mexico/Spain) AB - Thinness valoration. A cross-cultural study (Mexico / Spain). Because of its theoretical and practical consequences in the field of eating disorders, the main purpose of this study was to establish if the lower body image dissatisfaction previously found among Spanish adolescents girls ((X) over bar= 17 years old, S.D.= 0.12) when compared to Mexican adolescents girls, would be already present in younger girls ((X) over bar= 13.7 years old, S.D.= 0.96). Two non-probabilistic paired samples (age, years of study, and parents occupation) of adolescent's boys and girls; Spanish (n = 64) and Mexican (n = 69) were compared. The same types of response were found again: a) Spanish girls were satisfied with their body image while Mexican girls were dissatisfied; and b) Mexican women share a prototypical ideal model of body image. Results are discussed from the cross-cultural theoretical point of view MH - Mexico|Distrito Federal MH - Spain PB - OVIEDO: COLEGIO OFICIAL DE PSICOLOGOS DE ASTURIAS RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 2 U4 - Psychology, Multidisciplinary U5 - J;Article AV - Spanish IS - 0214-9915 UR - ISI:000175268000006 L2 - EATING ATTITUDES; BODY-IMAGE; ADOLESCENTS; PREVALENCE; BEHAVIORS; STUDENTS SO - Psicothema 2002 ;14(2):221-226 149 UI - 429 AU - Griffith KL AU - Gates LC AD - Univ Ctr Amer, San Salvador, El SalvadorColegio Mexico, Mexico City, DF, MexicoGriffith, KL, NYU, Sch Law, 550 1St Ave, New York, NY 10012, USA TI - A state's gendered response to political instability: Gendering labor policy in semiauthoritarian El Salvador (1944-1972) AB - Unlike much of the gender and welfare literature, this study examines why a regime that constrains pressure from below would adopt gendered social policies. The Salvadoran case (1944-72) suggests that political instability rather than societal pressures may prompt semiauthoritarian regimes to adopt gendered labor reforms. We extend the motivations for adopting gendered labor reforms to include co-opting labor by examining gendered labor reforms in the context of El Salvador's historically contingent labor strategy. This gendered analysis helps explain how a semiauthoritarian regime secured political stability and reveals the special appeal gendered labor reforms may have to semiauthoritarian regimes MH - El Salvador MH - Mexico|Distrito Federal MH - USA PB - OXFORD: OXFORD UNIV PRESS RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 0 U4 - Social Issues;Women's Studies U5 - J;Article AV - English IS - 1072-4745 UR - ISI:000180039200005 L2 - WELFARE-STATE; HISTORICAL SOCIOLOGY SO - Social Politics 2002 ;9(2):248-292 150 UI - 502 AU - Haas J AU - Seymour J AU - Hernandez S AU - Dehaene J AU - Villalpando S AD - Cornell Univ, Div Nutr Sci, Ithaca, NY 14853, USANatl Publ Hlth Inst, Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico TI - Iron depletion increases the energy cost of work in non-anemic Mexican women MH - Mexico|Morelos MH - USA PB - NEW YORK: WILEY-LISS RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 0 U4 - Anthropology;Evolutionary Biology U5 - J;Meeting Abstract AV - English IS - 0002-9483 UR - ISI:000174609700189 SO - American Journal of Physical Anthropology 2002 ;():80-80 151 UI - 524 AU - Hakkert R AU - De Zeeuw A AD - UNFPA, Country Support Team Latin Amer & Caribbean, Mexico City, DF, MexicoTilburg Univ, Dept Econ, NL-5000 LE Tilburg, NetherlandsTilburg Univ, CentER, NL-5000 LE Tilburg, NetherlandsHakkert, R, UNFPA, Country Support Team Latin Amer & Caribbean, Mexico City, DF, Mexico TI - Population, development, and human natures: a response MH - Mexico|Distrito Federal MH - Netherlands PB - NEW YORK: CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 0 U4 - Environmental Studies U5 - J;Editorial Material AV - English IS - 1355-770X UR - ISI:000173883600011 SO - Environment and Development Economics 2002 ;7():174-177 152 UI - 450 AU - Heiman A AU - McWilliams B AU - Zhao JH AU - Zilberman D AD - Hebrew Univ, Dept Agr Econ & Management, Rehovot, IsraelITAM, Mexico City, DF, MexicoIowa State Univ, Dept Econ, Iowa City, IA, USAUniv Calif Berkeley, Dept Agr & Resource Econ, Berkeley, CA 94720, USAHeiman, A, Hebrew Univ, Dept Agr Econ & Management, Rehovot, Israel TI - Valuation and management of money-back guarantee options AB - In this article, we model money-back guarantees (MBGs) as put options. This use of option theory provides retailers with a framework to optimize the price and the return option independently and under various market conditions. This separation of product price and option value enables retailers to offer an unbundled MBG policy, that is, to allow the customer to choose whether to purchase an MBG option with the product or to buy the product without the MBG but at a lower price. The option value of having an MBG is negatively correlated with the likelihood of product fit and with the opportunity to test the product before purchase, and positively correlated with price and contract duration. Simulation of our model reveals that when customers are highly heterogeneous in their product valuation and probability of need-fit, and if return costs are low, an unbundled MBG policy is optimal. When customers have high likelihood of fit or return costs are excessive, no MBG is the best policy. When customers have small variance in product valuation, but vary greatly in likelihood of product fit, the retailer may prefer to offer a bundled MBG contract, extracting consumer surplus by charging a price close to the valuation level. (C) 2002 by New York University. All rights reserved MH - Israel MH - Mexico|Distrito Federal MH - USA PB - NEW YORK: ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 2 U4 - Business U5 - J;Article AV - English IS - 0022-4359 UR - ISI:000178441200004 L2 - money-back guarantee;return policy;consumer uncertainty;option value;product fit;SIGNALING QUALITY; CONTRACTS; WARRANTIES; ACCEPTANCE; BRAND; MODEL; COSTS SO - Journal of Retailing 2002 ;78(3):193-205 153 UI - 425 AU - Henderson J AU - Dicken P AU - Hess M AU - Coe N AU - Yeung HWC AD - Univ Manchester, Manchester Business Sch, Manchester M13 9PL, Lancs, EnglandNatl Univ Singapore, Dept Geog, Singapore 0511, SingaporeDUXX Grad Sch Business Leadership, Monterrey, MexicoUniv Manchester, Sch Geog, Manchester M13 9PL, Lancs, EnglandHenderson, J, Univ Manchester, Manchester Business Sch, Manchester M13 9PL, Lancs, England TI - Global production networks and the analysis of economic development AB - This article outlines a framework for the analysis of economic integration and its relation to the asymmetries of economic and social development. Consciously breaking with state-centric forms of social science, it argues for a research agenda that is more adequate to the exigencies and consequences of globalization than has traditionally been the case in 'development studies'. Drawing on earlier attempts to analyse the cross-border activities of firms, their spatial configurations and developmental consequences, the article moves beyond these by proposing the framework of the 'global production network' (GPN). It explores the conceptual elements involved in this framework in some detail and then turns to sketch a stylized example of a GPN. The article concludes with a brief indication of the benefits that could be delivered by research informed by GPN analysis MH - United Kingdom MH - Mexico|Nuevo Leon MH - Singapore PB - HANTS: ROUTLEDGE RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 98 U4 - Economics;International Relations;Political Science U5 - J;Article AV - English IS - 0969-2290 UR - ISI:000180165300002 L2 - globalization;economic development;business networks;institutions;embeddedness;COMMODITY CHAIN; TRADE; TRANSFORMATION; PERSPECTIVE; INVESTMENT; KNOWLEDGES; GOVERNANCE; INDUSTRY; STATE SO - Review of International Political Economy 2002 ;9(3):436-464 154 UI - 399 AU - Hinojosa-Huerta O AU - Nagler PL AU - Carrillo-Guerrero Y AU - Zamora-Hernandez E AU - Garcia-Hernandez J AU - Zamora-Arroyo F AU - Gillon K AU - Glenn EP AD - Univ Arizona, Sch Renewable Nat Resources, Tucson, AZ 85721, USAPronatura Sonora, Guaymas, Sonora, MexicoUniv Arizona, Environm Res Lab, Tucson, AZ, USACtr Invest Alimentac & Desarrollo, AC, Unidad Guaymas, Guaymas, Sonora, MexicoSonoran Inst, Tucson, AZ, USADefenders Wildlife, Albuquerque, NM, USAHinojosa-Huerta, O, Univ Arizona, Sch Renewable Nat Resources, Tucson, AZ 85721 USA TI - Andrade Mesa Wetlands of the All-American Canal AB - Seepage from the All-American Canal has created a series of wetlands totaling over 6200 hectares (15,500 acres) along the U.S.-Mexico border. Over half of these are in Mexico, east of the portion of the canal that is proposed for lining, and will therefore be impacted by lack of further seepage. The Andrade Mesa Wetlands are extensive and provide high-quality bird habitat in an isolated part of the northern Colorado River delta where replacement habitat is non-existent. The loss of this critical habitat should be considered in assessing the potential environmental impacts of the canal lining project MH - USA MH - Mexico|Sonora PB - ALBUQUERQUE: UNIV NEW MEXICO RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 0 U4 - Environmental Studies;Law U5 - J;Article AV - English IS - 0028-0739 UR - ISI:000182200600008 L2 - COLORADO RIVER DELTA; CALIFORNIA BLACK RAIL; DE-SANTA-CLARA; UNITED-STATES; MEXICO; MANAGEMENT; VEGETATION; ABUNDANCE SO - Natural Resources Journal 2002 ;42(4):899-914 155 UI - 454 AU - Lomeli H AU - Temzelides T AD - Univ Iowa, Dept Econ, Iowa City, IA 52242, USAITAM, Dept Math, Mexico City, DF, MexicoTemzelides, T, Univ Iowa, Dept Econ, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA TI - Discrete time dynamics in a random matching monetary model AB - Under take-it-or-leave-it offers, dynamic equilibria in the discrete time random matching model of money are a "translation" of dynamic equilibria in the standard overlapping generations model. This formalizes earlier conjectures about the equivalence of dynamic behavior in the two models and implies the indeterminacy of dynamic equilibria in the random matching model. As in the overlapping generations model, the indeterminacy disappears if an arbitrarily small utility to holding money is introduced. We introduce a different pricing mechanism, one that puts into sharp focus that agents are forward-looking when they interact MH - Mexico|Distrito Federal MH - USA PB - NEW YORK: SPRINGER-VERLAG RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 1 U4 - Economics U5 - J;Article AV - English IS - 0938-2259 UR - ISI:000177979100003 L2 - monetary equilibrium;dynamics;topological conjugacy;MONEY; PRICES; SEARCH; EQUILIBRIUM; EXCHANGE; CYCLES SO - Economic Theory 2002 ;20(2):259-269 156 UI - 510 AU - Lucio E AU - Duran C AU - Graham JR AU - Ben-Porath YS AD - UNAM, Div Estudios Posgrado, Fac Psiciol, Mexico City 04510, DF, MexicoKent State Univ, Kent, OH, USALucio, E, UNAM, Div Estudios Posgrado, Fac Psiciol, Av Univ 3004, Mexico City 04510, DF, Mexico TI - Identifying faking bad on the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-Adolescent with Mexican adolescents AB - This study examined the extent to which the validity scales of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-Adolescent identified Mexican adolescents who were instructed to fake bad. Validity scales data were used to differentiate between nonclinical adolescents instructed to fake bad and both clinical and nonclinical adolescents who received standard instructions. Participants were 59 male and 87 female Mexican high school students and 59 male and 87 female Mexican adolescents from clinical,settings. This is the,first study on faking with adolescents in Mexico. The F, Fl, and F2 Scales and the F-K index discriminated adequately between the three different groups. Results were similar to those previously reported for adults and adolescents in Mexico and the United States. High positive and negative predictive powers and overall hit rates were obtained in this study. Higher cut scores were needed to discriminate between the groups of girls than between the groups of boys MH - Mexico|Distrito Federal MH - USA PB - THOUSAND OAKS: SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 0 U4 - Psychology, Clinical U5 - J;Article AV - English IS - 1073-1911 UR - ISI:000174602000008 L2 - fake bad;MMPI-A;Mexican adolescents;MMPI-A; SCALES SO - Assessment 2002 ;9(1):62-69 157 UI - 438 AU - Miller S AU - Billings DL AU - Clifford B AD - Womens Global Hlth Imperat, San Francisco, CA, USAIpas, Mexico City, DF, MexicoMiller, S, Womens Global Hlth Imperat, San Francisco, CA, USA TI - Post-abortion care - Reply MH - Mexico|Distrito Federal MH - USA PB - NEW YORK: ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 0 U4 - Nursing U5 - J;Letter AV - English IS - 1526-9523 UR - ISI:000179542200017 SO - Journal of Midwifery & Womens Health 2002 ;47(6):502-502 158 UI - 469 AU - Montoya AG AU - Sorrentino R AU - Lukas SE AU - Price BH AD - McLean Hosp, Dept Neurol, Belmont, MA 02478, USAMcLean Hosp, Behav Psychopharmacol Res Lab, Belmont, MA 02478, USAMassachusetts Gen Hosp, Dept Neurol, Boston, MA 02114, USAMassachusetts Gen Hosp, Dept Psychiat, Boston, MA 02114, USAHarvard Univ, Sch Med, Dept Neurol, Boston, MA 02115, USAHarvard Univ, Sch Med, Dept Psychiat, Boston, MA 02115, USANatl Inst Neurol & Neurosurg, Mexico City, DF, MexicoPrice, BH, McLean Hosp, Dept Neurol, 115 Mill St, Belmont, MA 02478, USA TI - Long-term neuropsychiatric consequences of "ecstasy" (MDMA): A review AB - The recreational drug "ecstasy" (3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine, or MDMA) is widely used by young people throughout the world. Experimental studies indicate that MDMA damages serotonergic neurons in animals and possibly in humans. Repeated use may induce long-term neurotoxic effects, with cognitive and behavioral implications. We reviewed both the preclinical and the clinical literature to assess the evidence for persistent neuropsychiatric sequelae in humans. We focused on studies of chronic recreational use and reports of presence or absence of neurological, psychiatric, and psychological problems related to MDMA exposure. These investigations show repeated use of ecstasy to be associated with sleep, mood, and anxiety disturbances, elevated impulsiveness, memory deficits, and attention problems, which may persist for up to 2 years after cessation. In a subset of humans, particularly adolescents, depletion of serotonin by MDMA use may hasten or enhance vulnerability to a wide array of neuropsychiatric problems. Together, the studies reviewed provide substantial evidence that MDMA causes neuronal damage in animals and humans. Additional research is necessary to determine whether the MDMA-induced destruction of serotonergic neurons can have long-term and possibly permanent neuropsychiatric consequences in humans MH - Mexico|Distrito Federal MH - USA PB - ST LOUIS: MOSBY, INC RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 31 U4 - Psychiatry U5 - J;Review AV - English IS - 1067-3229 UR - ISI:000176932900002 L2 - POSITRON-EMISSION-TOMOGRAPHY; (ECSTASY)-INDUCED SEROTONIN NEUROTOXICITY; AMPHETAMINE DESIGNER DRUGS; 3,4-METHYLENEDIOXYMETHAMPHETAMINE MDMA; COGNITIVE PERFORMANCE; PARKINSONS-DISEASE; RECREATIONAL USERS; MEMORY IMPAIRMENT; BRAIN; PHARMACOLOGY SO - Harvard Review of Psychiatry 2002 ;10(4):212-220 159 UI - 528 AU - Mozaffar S AU - Schedler A AD - Bridgewater State Coll, Dept Polit Sci, Bridgewater, MA 02325, USAFac Latinoamer Ciencias Sociales, Delegac Thalpan, Mexico City 14200, DF, MexicoMozaffar, S, Bridgewater State Coll, Dept Polit Sci, Bridgewater, MA 02325 USA TI - The comparative study of electoral governance - Introduction AB - Electoral governance is a crucial variable in securing the credibility of elections in emerging democracies, but remains largely ignored in the comparative study of democratization. This article develops some basic analytical tools to advance comparative analysis and understanding of this neglected topic. It conceptualizes electoral governance as a set of related activities that involves rule making, rule application, and rule adjudication. It identifies the provision of procedural certainty to secure the substantive uncertainty of democratic elections as the principal task of electoral governance. It argues that electoral governance, while socially and institutionally embedded, matters most during the indeterminate conditions that typically attend democratization. Finally, it outlines a research agenda that covers the comparative study of the structures as well as the processes of electoral governance MH - USA MH - Mexico|Distrito Federal PB - LONDON: SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 10 U4 - Political Science U5 - J;Article AV - English IS - 0192-5121 UR - ISI:000173500900001 L2 - democracy;democratization;elections;electoral governance;electoral institutions;ELECTIONS SO - International Political Science Review 2002 ;23(1):5-27 160 UI - 489 AU - Okasha S AD - Univ York, Dept Philosophy, York YO1 5DD, N Yorkshire, EnglandUniv Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Inst Invest Filosof, Mexico City 04510, DF, MexicoOkasha, S, Univ York, Dept Philosophy, York YO1 5DD, N Yorkshire, England TI - Darwinian metaphysics: Species and the question of essentialism AB - Biologists and philosophers of biology typically regard essentialism about species as incompatible with modern Darwinian theory. Analytic metaphysicians such as Kripke, Putnam and Wiggins, on the other hand, believe that their essentialist theses are applicable to biological kinds. I explore this tension. I show that standard anti-essentialist considerations only show that species do not have intrinsic essential properties. I argue that while Putnam and Kripke do make assumptions that contradict received biological opinion, their model of natural kinds, suitably modified, is partially applicable to biological species. However, Wiggins' thesis that organisms belong essentially to their species is untenable, given modern species concepts. I suggest that Putnam's, Kripke's and Wiggins' errors stem from adopting an account of the point of scientific classification which implies that relationally-defined kinds are likely to be of little value, an account which is inapplicable to biology MH - United Kingdom MH - Mexico|Distrito Federal PB - DORDRECHT: KLUWER ACADEMIC PUBL RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 3 U4 - History & Philosophy Of Science U5 - J;Article AV - English IS - 0039-7857 UR - ISI:000175925200003 L2 - NATURAL KINDS SO - Synthese 2002 ;131(2):191-213 161 UI - 437 AU - Palmer CS AU - Brunner E AU - Ruiz-Flores LG AU - Paez-Agraz F AU - Revicki DA AD - MEDTAP Int Inc, Ctr Hlth Outcomes Res, Bethesda, MD 20814, USAAgcy Hlth Care Policy & Res, Ctr Org & Delivery Studies, Rockville, MD, USAIMSS, Ctr Med Nacl Siglo XXI, Hosp Especialidades, Dept Psiquiatria, Mexico City, DF, MexicoInst Jalisciense Salud Mental, Guadalajara, Jalisco, MexicoRevicki, DA, MEDTAP Int Inc, Ctr Hlth Outcomes Res, 7101 Wisconsin Ave,Suite 600, Bethesda, MD 20814 USA TI - A cost-effectiveness clinical decision analysis model for treatment of schizophrenia AB - Background. Schizophrenia afflicts approximately 0.7% of Mexican citizens during their lifetime. This study explored whether the difference in clinical efficacy and safety between atypical antipsychotics and conventional neuroleptics results in decreases in use and cost of medical services in Mexico, offsetting the higher price of atypical antipsychotics. Methods. A U.S. decision analytic Markov model was adapted for use in Mexico to determine cost-effectiveness of treatments and outcomes that Mexican patients with schizophrenia may experience over a 5-year period when treated with olanzapine, haloperidol, or risperidone. Model parameter estimates were based on clinical trial data, published medical literature, and where needed, clinician judgment. Direct medical costs were incorporated into the model and outcomes were estimated using lack of relapse and clinical outcomes based on the Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale (BPRS) as effectiveness indicators. All costs are reported in Mexican pesos. Results. Over a 5-year period, the cost of treating schizophrenia ranged from 196,620 pesos per patient initiating therapy with haloperidol to 226,670 pesos per patient beginning therapy with risperidone. Olanzapine was estimated to have slightly better non-relapse and BPRS-based effectiveness outcomes, but comparative total medical costs compared to risperidone. Patients receiving olanzapine experienced 13 and 2% fewer relapses compared with patients on haloperidol and risperidone, respectively. The 5-year incremental cost-effectiveness ratio of olanzapine compared with haloperidol was 52,740 pesos per improved patient, BPRS-based outcome and 212,540 pesos per avoided relapse. Sensitivity analyses indicated the model was sensitive only to changes in drug costs. Conclusions. Compared with haloperidol, olanzapine therapy results in improved symptoms, fewer relapses, and is cost-effective, even with conservative values for key model parameters. Olanzapine results in slightly improved patient outcomes and comparable costs compared with risperidone. (C) 2002 IMSS. Published by Elsevier Science Inc MH - USA MH - Mexico|Distrito Federal MH - Mexico|Jalisco PB - NEW YORK: ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 12 U4 - Medicine, Research & Experimental U5 - J;Article AV - English IS - 0188-4409 UR - ISI:000179718200012 L2 - schizophrenia;antipsychotics;cost-effectiveness;relapse;haloperidol;risperidone;olanzapine;ECONOMIC OUTCOMES; NEUROLEPTIC WITHDRAWAL; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; DRUG-THERAPY; OLANZAPINE; HALOPERIDOL; TRIAL; RISPERIDONE; UK SO - Archives of Medical Research 2002 ;33(6):572-580 162 UI - 462 AU - Parrado EA AU - Zenteno RM AD - Duke Univ, Dept Sociol, Durham, NC 27708, USAParrado, EA, ITESM, Ctr Invest Demografica & Informat Geog, Av Gen Ramon Corona No 2514,Campus Guadalajara, Zapopan 45140, Jalisco, Mexico TI - Gender differences in union formation in Mexico: Evidence from marital search models AB - Although increasingly appreciated for their explanatory power in developed societies, marital search models have yet to be widely applied to developing nations. This article evaluates the applicability v of marital search models to marriage timing in Mexico. The analysis compares separate models of union formation for men and women that include individual and marriage market predictors. Results show that union formation is closely linked to the uncertainties surrounding the transition to adulthood and the availability of marriageable partners. Improvements in women Is economic position do not diminish the attractiveness of marriage, as female independence arguments would suggest. Instead, they are a central force behind the stability of marriage behavior in Mexico. A central transformation identified in the analysis is the reduction in sex differences in age at marriage as women expand their education and labor force participation MH - Mexico|Jalisco MH - USA PB - MINNEAPOLIS: NATL COUNCIL FAMILY RELATIONS RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 4 U4 - Family Studies;Sociology U5 - J;Article AV - English IS - 0022-2445 UR - ISI:000177139900019 L2 - gender;marital search;marriage markets;Mexico;union formation;MARRIAGE MARKETS; UNITED-STATES; AGE; MEN SO - Journal of Marriage and the Family 2002 ;64(3):756-773 163 UI - 461 AU - Peek-Asa C AU - Garcia L AU - McArthur D AU - Castro R AD - Univ Iowa, Coll Publ Hlth, Injury Prevent Res Ctr, Iowa City, IA 52241, USAUniv Calif Los Angeles, Sch Publ Hlth, So Calif Injury Prevent Res Ctr, Los Angeles, CA 90024, USAUniv Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Ctr Reg Invest Multidisciplinarias, Mexico City 04510, DF, MexicoPeek-Asa, C, Univ Iowa, Coll Publ Hlth, Injury Prevent Res Ctr, 100 Oakdale Blvd,114 IREH, Iowa City, IA 52241 USA TI - Severity of intimate partner abuse indicators as perceived by women in Mexico and the United States AB - Objective: Women in Cuernavaca, Mexico and Los Angeles, California were surveyed to examine differences in their perceptions of the severity of domestic violence indicators. Methods: One hundred twenty women in each country rated the severity of 26 domestic violence indicators which were part of an abuse screen used for an ongoing study of the prevalence of abuse. Rasch analysis was conducted to determine the linear relationship in the perceptions of the severity of each event between the two countries. Results: The Rasch calibrated logit values show that women in the US rated 24 of the 26 events as more severe than women in Mexico. However, items were ranked in similar order and a clear linear pattern was established. In both countries, being shot with a gun was the most severe event and a partner becoming jealous was the least severe. Conclusion: The country of origin did not dictate which events were most severe but did influence how severe these events were perceived. [Article copies available for a fee from The Haworth Document Delivery Service: 1-800-HAWORTH, E-mail address: Website: (C) 2002 by The Haworth Press, Inc. All rights reserved.] MH - USA MH - Mexico|Distrito Federal PB - BINGHAMTON: HAWORTH PRESS INC RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 8 U4 - Public, Environmental & Occupational Health;Women's Studies U5 - J;Article AV - English IS - 0363-0242 UR - ISI:000177316400012 L2 - domestic violence;psychology;ethnology;DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; ACCULTURATION; AMERICAN SO - Women & Health 2002 ;35(2-3):165-180 164 UI - 491 AU - Petras J AU - Veltmeyer H AD - SUNY Binghamton, Binghamton, NY 13902, USASt Marys Univ, Halifax, NS B3H 3C3, CanadaUniv Autonoma Zacatecas, Unidad Posgrad Ciencia Polit, Mexico City, DF, MexicoPetras, J, SUNY Binghamton, Binghamton, NY 13902, USA TI - Age of reverse aid: Neo-liberalism as catalyst of regression MH - Canada MH - Mexico|Distrito Federal MH - USA PB - OXFORD: BLACKWELL PUBL LTD RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 6 U4 - Planning & Development U5 - J;Article AV - English IS - 0012-155X UR - ISI:000175854500009 SO - Development and Change 2002 ;33(2):281-293 165 UI - 518 AU - Preibisch KL AU - Herrejon GR AU - Wiggins SL AD - Univ Guelph, Guelph, ON N1G 2W1, CanadaUniv Autonoma Estado Mexico, Mexico City, DF, MexicoUniv Reading, Reading RG6 2AH, Berks, EnglandPreibisch, KL, Univ Guelph, Guelph, ON N1G 2W1, Canada TI - Defending food security in a free-market economy: The gendered dimensions of restructuring in rural Mexico AB - Since 1988, Mexican agricultural policy has undergone significant revisions designed to further align the sector with a model of globally organized growth. This paper examines how maize-producing households in an indigenous community of Mexico's central highlands have negotiated major changes to agricultural policy. Despite strong disincentives to maize production, surface area planted with maize did not decrease. Although farmers adjusted their cash and labor investments in the crop and increased their participation in nonfarm livelihoods, they continued to plant maize. In exploring this community's determination to grow its own grain rather than purchase it on the global market, this paper highlights the links between food security and gender and emphasizes the gendered nature of social change. Furthermore, our Findings show that the feminization of agriculture is deepening in this community and taking on new dimensions MH - Canada MH - United Kingdom MH - Mexico|Distrito Federal PB - OKLAHOMA CITY: SOC APPLIED ANTHROPOLOGY RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 6 U4 - Anthropology;Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary U5 - J;Article AV - English IS - 0018-7259 UR - ISI:000174221300008 L2 - food security;gender;economic restructuring;livelihoods;Mexico SO - Human Organization 2002 ;61(1):68-79 166 UI - 460 AU - Prilleltensky I AU - Valdes LS AU - Rossiter A AU - Walsh-Bowers R AD - Victoria Univ Technol, Dept Psychol, Melbourne MC, Vic 8001, AustraliaDept Psychol, Iteso, MexicoYork Univ, Dept Social Work, N York, ON M3J 1P3, CanadaWilfrid Laurier Univ, Dept Psychol, Waterloo, ON N2L 3C5, CanadaPrilleltensky, I, Victoria Univ Technol, Dept Psychol, POB 14428, Melbourne MC, Vic 8001, Australia TI - Applied ethics in mental health in Cuba: Part II - Power differentials, dilemmas, resources, and limitations AB - This article is the second one in a series dealing with mental health ethics in Cuba. It reports on ethical dilemmas, resources and limitations to their resolution, and recommendations for action. The data, obtained through individual interviews and focus group with 28 professionals, indicate that Cubans experience dilemmas related to (a) the interests of clients, (b) their personal interests, and (c) the interest of the state. These conflicts are related to power differentials among (a) clients and professionals, (b) professionals from various disciplines, and (c) professionals and organizational authorities. Resources to solve ethical dilemmas include government support, ethics committees, and collegial dialogue. Limitations include minimal training in ethics, lack of safe space to discuss professional disagreements, and little tolerance for criticism. Recommendations to address ethical dilemmas include better training, implementation of a code of ethics, and provision of safe space to discuss ethical dilemmas. The findings are discussed in light of the role of power in applied ethics MH - Australia MH - Canada MH - Mexico|Jalisco PB - MAHWAH: LAWRENCE ERLBAUM ASSOC INC RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 0 U4 - Ethics;Psychology, Multidisciplinary U5 - J;Article AV - English IS - 1050-8422 UR - ISI:000177455800003 L2 - applied ethics;Cuba;dilemmas;conflicts;resources SO - Ethics & Behavior 2002 ;12(3):243-260 167 UI - 503 AU - Pucciarelli HM AU - Sardi ML AU - Neves WA AU - Lopez JJ AU - Serrano C AD - Natl Univ La Plata, Fac Ciencias Nat & Museo, CONICET, Dept Cient Antropol, RA-1900 La Plata, ArgentinaUniv Sao Paulo, Inst Biociencias, Sao Paulo, BrazilInst Nacl Antropol E Hist, Mexico City, DF, MexicoUNAM, Inst Invest Antropol, Mexico City, DF, Mexico TI - Evolutionary diversification processes in Paleoamericans and Amerindians MH - Argentina MH - Brazil MH - Mexico|Distrito Federal PB - NEW YORK: WILEY-LISS RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 0 U4 - Anthropology;Evolutionary Biology U5 - J;Meeting Abstract AV - English IS - 0002-9483 UR - ISI:000174609700393 SO - American Journal of Physical Anthropology 2002 ;():128-128 168 UI - 514 AU - Rubio-Aurioles E AU - Lopez M AU - Lipezker M AU - Lara C AU - Ramirez A AU - Rampazzo C AU - De Mendoza MTH AU - Lowrey F AU - Loehr LA AU - Lammers P AD - Asociac Mexicana Salud Sexual, Mexico City 1400, DF, MexicoHosp Espanol Mexico, Mexico City, DF, MexicoECA Mexico, Mexico City, DF, MexicoZonagen Inc, USA, The Woodlands, TX USARubio-Aurioles, E, Asociac Mexicana Salud Sexual, AC Tezoquipa 26,Colonia la Joya, Mexico City 1400, DF, Mexico TI - Phentolamine mesylate in postmenopausal women with female sexual arousal disorder: A psychophysiological study AB - The objective of this study was to assess the potential of phentolamine as a treatment of postmenopausal women with female arousal disorder (FSAD). Vaginal photoplethismography mid a subjective questionaire were used. Forty one women were enrolled and four treatments were tested: vaginal solutions 5 mg and 40 mg and an oral tablet each of 40 mg of phentolamine and placebo. Physiological readings were significantly different from placebo in the women using hormone replacement therapy (HRT) with 40 mg of phentolamine in vaginal solution (p = 0.0186). Subjective reports also were significantly different from placebo with the vaginal solution 40 mg mid, the oral tablet of 40 mg of phentolamine among hormone replacement users. No significant differences were found among women not receiving HRT Results indicate that phentolamine may shou, promise as treatment for FSAD in estrongenized postmenopausal women MH - Mexico|Distrito Federal MH - USA PB - PHILADELPHIA: BRUNNER-ROUTLEDGE RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 16 U4 - Psychology, Clinical;Family Studies U5 - J;Article AV - English IS - 0092-623X UR - ISI:000174322300021 SO - Journal of Sex & Marital Therapy 2002 ;28():205-215 169 UI - 422 AU - Samstad JG AD - Brown Univ, Providence, RI 02912, USAColegio Frontera Norte, Tijuana, MexicoSamstad, JG, Univ Calif Irvine, Irvine, CA 92717, USA TI - Corporatism and democratic transition: State and labor during the Salinas and Zedillo administrations AB - A long process of free-market reforms and gradual democratization seems to be dismantling Mexico's corporatist system of labor representation. A thorough analysis of the country's corporatist institutions yields theoretical reasons to believe that Mexico's practice of labor relations is indeed changing. An empirical examination of the nation's labor congress and ruling party during the two previous presidential administrations (1988-2000) demonstrates that corporatism is being transformed at a practical level, although the process of reform has been complex and uneven at best. The continuing strength of an officialist labor sector will complicate the task of establishing a new system of labor representation, a problem that may have important implications for future democratic consolidation MH - Mexico|Baja California MH - USA PB - CORAL GABLES: UNIV MIAMI RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 4 U4 - Area Studies;International Relations;Political Science U5 - J;Article AV - English IS - 1531-426X UR - ISI:000180333000001 SO - Latin American Politics and Society 2002 ;44(4):1-28 170 UI - 442 AU - Sanchez-Guillen MC AU - Barnabe C AU - Guegan JF AU - Tibayrenc M AU - Velasquez-Rojas M AU - Martinez-Munguia J AU - Salgado-Rosas H AU - Torres-Rasgado E AU - Rosas-Ramirez MI AU - Perez-Fuentes R AD - Benemerita Univ Autonoma Puebla, Fac Med, Puebla, MexicoHosp Especialidades Ctr Med La Raza, Ctr Med Nacl Manuel Avila Camacho, IMSS Puebla, Ctr Invest Biomed Oriente,Lab Parasitol, Puebla, MexicoHosp Especialidades Ctr Med La Raza, Ctr Med Nacl Manuel Avila Camacho, IMSS Puebla, Banco Cent Sangre, Puebla, MexicoHosp Especialidades Ctr Med La Raza, Ctr Med Nacl Manuel Avila Camacho, IMSS Puebla, Coordinac Delegac Epidemiol, Puebla, MexicoInst Rech Dev, Ctr Etud Polymorphisme Microorganismes, Montpellier, FrancePerez-Fuentes, R, Benemerita Univ Autonoma Puebla, Fac Med, 13 Sur 2901,Col Volcanes, Puebla, Mexico TI - High prevalence anti-Trypanosoma cruzi antibodies, among blood donors in the state of Puebla, a non-endemic area of Mexico AB - Blood transfusion is the second most common transmission route of Chagas disease in many Latin American countries. In Mexico, the prevalence of Chagas disease and impact of transfusion of Trypanosoma cruzi-contaminated blood is not clear. We determined the seropositivity to T. cruzi in a representative random sample, of 2.140 blood donors (1,423 men and 647 women, aged 19-65 years), from a non-endemic state of almost 5 millions of inhabitants by the indirect hemagglutination (IHA) and enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) tests using one autochthonous antigen from T. cruzi parasites, which were genetically characterized like TBAR/ME/1997/RyD-V1 (T. cruzi I) isolated from a Triatoma barberi specimen collected in the same locality. The seropositivity was up to 8.5% and 9% with IHA and ELISA tests, respectively, and up to 7.7% using both tests in common. We found high seroprevalence in a non-endemic area of Mexico, comparable to endemic countries where the disease occurs, e.g. Brazil (0.7%). Bolivia (13.7%) and Argentina (3.5%). The highest values observed in samples from urban areas, associated to continuous rural emigration and the absence of control in blood donors, suggest unsuspected high risk of transmission of T. cruzi, higher than those reported for infections by blood e.g. hepatitis (0.1%) and AIDS (0.1%) in the same region MH - France MH - Mexico|Puebla PB - RIO DE JANEIRO, RJ: FUNDACO OSWALDO CRUZ RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 8 U4 - Parasitology;Tropical Medicine U5 - J;Article AV - English IS - 0074-0276 UR - ISI:000179215500004 L2 - Chagas disease;seroprevalence;blood donors;antibodies to Trypanosoma cruzi;autochthonous antigens;Puebla;Mexico;CHAGAS-DISEASE; TRANSMISSION; TRANSFUSION; DIAGNOSIS; COUNTRIES; STRAINS; AMERICA SO - Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz 2002 ;97(7):947-952 171 UI - 522 AU - Sellen DW AU - Thompson AL AU - Hruschka DJ AU - Neufeld L AU - Martorell R AD - Emory Univ, Dept Anthropol, Atlanta, GA 30322, USAEmory Univ, Dept Int Hlth, Atlanta, GA 30322, USANatl Inst Publ Hlth, Div Nutr, Cuernavaca 62508, Morelos, Mexico TI - Developmental effects of perinatal feeding practices in Guatemalan infants MH - Mexico|Morelos MH - USA PB - NEW YORK: WILEY-LISS RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 0 U4 - Anthropology;Biology U5 - J;Meeting Abstract AV - English IS - 1042-0533 UR - ISI:000173096800091 SO - American Journal of Human Biology 2002 ;14(1):132-132 172 UI - 517 AU - Smith JP AU - Thomas D AU - Frankenberg E AU - Beegle K AU - Teruel G AD - RAND Corp, Santa Monica, CA 90407, USAUniv Calif Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USARAND Corp, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USAUniv Iberoamer, Dept Econ, Mexico City 01210, DF, MexicoSmith, JP, RAND Corp, 1700 Main St, Santa Monica, CA 90407, USA TI - Wages, employment and economic shocks: Evidence from Indonesia AB - After over a quarter century of sustained economic growth, Indonesia was struck by a large and unanticipated crisis at the end of the 20th Century. Real GDP declined by about 12% in 1998. Using 13 years of annual labor force data in conjunction with two waves of a household panel, the Indonesia Family Life Survey (IFLS), this paper examines the impact of the crisis on labor market outcomes MH - Mexico|Distrito Federal MH - USA PB - NEW YORK: SPRINGER-VERLAG RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 9 U4 - Demography;Economics U5 - J;Article AV - English IS - 0933-1433 UR - ISI:000174133900008 L2 - labor markets;economic crisis;Indonesia SO - Journal of Population Economics 2002 ;15(1):161-193 173 UI - 436 AU - Subbotsky E AU - Quinteros G AD - Univ Lancaster, Dept Psychol, Lancaster LA1 4YF, EnglandUniv Autonoma Metropolitana, Xochimilco, MexicoSubbotsky, E, Univ Lancaster, Dept Psychol, Lancaster LA1 4YF, England TI - Do cultural factors affect causal beliefs? Rational and magical thinking in Britain and Mexico AB - In two experiments, unusual phenomena (spontaneous destruction of objects in an empty wooden box) were demonstrated to adult participants living in rural communities in Mexico. These were accompanied by actions which had no physical link to the destroyed object but could suggest either scientifically based (the effect of an unknown physical device) or non-scientifically based (the effect of a 'magic spell') causal explanations of the event. The results were compared to the results of the matching two experiments from the earlier study made in Britain. The expectation that scientifically based explanations would prevail in British participants' judgments and behaviours, whereas Mexican participants would be more tolerant toward magical explanations, received only partial support. The prevalence of scientific explanations over magical explanations was evident in British participants' verbal judgments but not in Mexican participants' judgments. In their behavioural responses under the low-risk condition, British participants rejected magical explanations more frequently than did Mexican participants. However, when the risk of disregarding the possible causal effect of magic was increased, participants in both samples showed an equal degree of credulity in the possible effect of magic. The data are interpreted in terms of the relationships between scientific and 'folk' representations of causality and object permanence MH - United Kingdom MH - Mexico|Distrito Federal PB - LEICESTER: BRITISH PSYCHOLOGICAL SOC RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 5 U4 - Psychology, Multidisciplinary U5 - J;Article AV - English IS - 0007-1269 UR - ISI:000179655300006 L2 - CHILDREN; EXPLANATIONS; ADULTS; DISTINCTION; EVENTS SO - British Journal of Psychology 2002 ;93():519-543 174 UI - 490 AU - Temple CM AU - Almazan M AU - Sherwood S AD - Univ Essex, Dept Psychol, Dev Neuropsychol Unit, Colchester CO4 3SQ, Essex, EnglandUniv Autonoma Queretaro, Fac Lenguas & Letras, Mexico City, DF, MexicoTemple, CM, Univ Essex, Dept Psychol, Dev Neuropsychol Unit, Wivenhoe Pk, Colchester CO4 3SQ, Essex, England TI - Lexical skills in Williams Syndrome: a cognitive neuropsychological analysis AB - Williams syndrome is a genetic disorder associated with learning disabilities. Although language has been reported as well developed in comparison to other skills, recent studies have also shown focal impairments within the language system. This study reports performance on a range of lexical skills in WS. Children with WS had elevated levels of receptive vocabulary, in relation to mental age, on the BPVT (Dunn, Dunn, Whetton & Pintilie, (1982). The British picture vocabulary scale, Windsor, Berks: NFER-Nelson) in which a spoken word has to be matched to a picture from an array with three distracters. However, impairments in receptive vocabulary became apparent when required to select from multiple, semantic ally-related distracters, so that more detailed semantic specification of the word was required. Oral fluency performance was also characterised by elevated performance levels, yet there were atypical selections with significantly increased proportions of items of low frequency. There were naming difficulties, particularly for the older children and for all the children with WS, naming errors were atypical. Yet, when naming was accurate it was faster than that of mental age controls. We propose that the parameters governing lexical access in WS have a looser criterion for target identification but more rapid arrival at selected targets. The results are discussed in relation to other contemporary studies of WS and a model of lexical processing. The results require the rejection of the on-line/off-line theory of performance in WS (Tyler et al., (1997). Do individuals with Williams syndrome have bizarre semantics? Evidence for lexical organisation using an on-line task. Cortex, 33, 515-27) but are compatible with both the Clahsen and Almazan (Clahsen & Almazan, (1998). Syntax and morphology in children with Williams Syndrome. Cognition, 68, 167-98; (2001). Compounding and inflection in language impairment: evidence from Williams syndrome (and SLI). Lingua, 110, in press) studies of selective impairment in morphology in WS and developmental studies of early lexical development in WS (Stevens & Karmiloff-Smith, (1997). Word learning in a special population: do individuals with Williams Syndrome obey lexical constraints. Journal of Child Language, 24, 3737-65). (C) 2002 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved MH - United Kingdom MH - Mexico|Distrito Federal PB - OXFORD: PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 28 U4 - Linguistics;Neurosciences;Psychology, Experimental U5 - J;Article AV - English IS - 0911-6044 UR - ISI:000175978400002 L2 - VISUAL COMPLEXITY; NAME AGREEMENT; CHILDREN; LANGUAGE; ORGANIZATION; INDIVIDUALS; HEMIZYGOSITY; NEUROSCIENCE; FAMILIARITY; MORPHOLOGY SO - Journal of Neurolinguistics 2002 ;15(6):463-495 175 UI - 484 AU - Tenorio-Trillo M AD - Univ Texas, Austin, TX 78712, USACIDE, Mexico City, DF, MexicoTenorio-Trillo, M, Univ Texas, Austin, TX 78712, USA TI - Cantinflas and the chaos of Mexican modernity MH - Mexico|Distrito Federal MH - USA PB - WASHINGTON: AMER HISTORICAL REVIEW RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 0 U4 - History U5 - J;Book Review AV - English IS - 0002-8762 UR - ISI:000176362800083 SO - American Historical Review 2002 ;107(3):914-915 176 UI - 459 AU - Valdes LS AU - Prilleltensky I AU - Walsh-Bowers R AU - Rossiter A AD - Victoria Univ Technol, Dept Psychol, Melbourne MC, Vic 8001, AustraliaDept Psychol, Iteso, MexicoWilfrid Laurier Univ, Dept Psychol, Waterloo, ON N2L 3C5, CanadaYork Univ, Dept Social Work, N York, ON M3J 1P3, CanadaPrilleltensky, I, Victoria Univ Technol, Dept Psychol, POB 14428, Melbourne MC, Vic 8001, Australia TI - Applied ethics in mental health in Cuba: Part I - Guiding concepts and values AB - As part of a project on professionals' lived experience of ethics, this article explores the guiding concepts and values concerning ethics of mental health professionals in Cuba. The data, obtained through individual interviews and focus groups with 28 professionals, indicate that Cubans conceptualize applied ethics in terms of its central role in professional practice and its connection to the social context and subjective processes. Findings also show that-Cuban professionals are guided not only by a set of professional values but by a specific set of civic values as well. The former are subdivided into other-oriented values and self-oriented values. The study of ethics in another culture such as Cuba offers a unique point of view from which to critique the social construction of our own conceptions of applied ethics in North America MH - Australia MH - Canada MH - Mexico|Jalisco PB - MAHWAH: LAWRENCE ERLBAUM ASSOC INC RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 0 U4 - Ethics;Psychology, Multidisciplinary U5 - J;Article AV - English IS - 1050-8422 UR - ISI:000177455800002 L2 - applied ethics;mental health;Cuba;cross-cultural ethics;PSYCHOLOGICAL-ASSOCIATION; DECISION-MAKING; DILEMMAS; ISSUES SO - Ethics & Behavior 2002 ;12(3):223-242 177 UI - 435 AU - Weller SC AU - Baer RD AU - Garcia JGD AU - Glazer M AU - Trotter R AU - Pachter L AU - Klein RE AD - Univ Texas, Med Branch, Dept Prevent Med, Galveston, TX 77550, USAIMSS Guadalajara, Social Epidemiol & Hlth Serv Res Unit, Guadalajara, Jalisco, MexicoHosp Civil Guadalajara JI, Guadalajara, Jalisco, MexicoUniv Texas Pan Amer, Edinburg, TX, USAUniv S Florida, Dept Anthropol, Tampa, FL 33620, USANo Arizona Univ, Dept Anthropol, Flagstaff, AZ 86011, USAUniv Connecticut, Sch Med, Dept Pediat, St Francis Hosp & Med Ctr, Hartford, CT 06112, USACtr Dis Control & Prevent, MERTU G, Atlanta, GA, USAWeller, SC, Univ Texas, Med Branch, Dept Prevent Med, Galveston, TX 77550 USA TI - Regional variation in Latino descriptions of susto AB - Susto, a folk illness not recognized by biomedical practitioners as a disease, is now formally part of the diagnostic classification system in psychiatry as a "culture-bound syndrome." Susto has been reported among diverse groups of Latin Americans, but most of those reports are several decades old and many were conducted in Indian communities. This study focuses on contemporary descriptions of susto and uses a cross- cultural, comparative design to describe susto in three diverse Latino populations. Mestizo/ ladino populations were interviewed in Guatemala, Mexico, and south Texas. An initial set of open- ended interviews was conducted with a sample of "key" informants at each site to obtain descriptive information about susto. A structured interview protocol was developed for use at all three sites, incorporating information from those initial interviews. A second set of structured interviews was then conducted with a representative sample at each site. Results indicate a good deal of consistency in reports of what susto is: what causes it, its symptoms, and how to treat it. There appear to be, however, some notable regional variations in treatments and a difference between past descriptions and contemporary reports of etiology MH - USA MH - Mexico|Jalisco PB - DORDRECHT: KLUWER ACADEMIC PUBL RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 11 U4 - Anthropology;Psychiatry;Social Sciences, Biomedical U5 - J;Article AV - English IS - 0165-005X UR - ISI:000179745700003 L2 - cross-cultural comparison;folk illness;Latin American illness concepts;susto;CULTURE-BOUND SYNDROMES; FLORIDA FARMWORKERS; CONSENSUS SO - Culture Medicine and Psychiatry 2002 ;26(4):449-472 178 UI - 419 AU - Aguilar AG AU - Ward PM AD - Univ Texas, Dept Sociol, Austin, TX 78713, USAUniv Texas, Lyndon B Johnson Sch Publ Affairs, Austin, TX 78713, USANatl Autonomous Univ Mexico, Inst Geog, Mexico City 04510, DF, MexicoWard, PM, Univ Texas, Dept Sociol, Austin, TX 78713, USA TI - Globalization, regional development, and mega-city expansion in Latin America: Analyzing Mexico city's peri-urban hinterland AB - This paper examines the transformation of urban space in the peri-urban areas of Latin American mega-cities, further exacerbating the multi-jurisdictional political divisions that cover a single urban entity. This is against the backcloth of a sharp decline in metropolitan growth rates, absolute population loss in the city center, and an alleged "polarization reversal" of national urban patterns. It argues that previous approaches have failed to recognize that globally and nationally-derived economic development processes are often vested in these meta-urban peripheries. Using Mexico City as an example, the authors propose a new generic methodology that will a flow for a broader definition and analysis of mega-city and large metropolitan development. Data are presented within this new framework that help to unpack the demographic, economic and land-use changes that are taking place in Mexico City's broader urban area. Much of the contemporary vibrancy and dynamics of Mexico City's metropolitan development are occurring in "hot-spots" in the extended periphery., which, to date, have rarely been considered an integral part of the mega-city. Yet these. globalization processes. areas are also some of the principal loci of contemporary (C) 2002 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved MH - Mexico|Distrito Federal MH - USA PB - OXFORD: ELSEVIER SCI LTD RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 8 U4 - Urban Studies U5 - J;Article AV - English IS - 0264-2751 UR - ISI:000180597500002 L2 - mega-city;Mexico City;metropolitan growth;peri-urban transformation;globalization;STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT; METROPOLITAN; SETTLEMENT; STATES; CITIES SO - Cities 2003 ;20(1):3-21 179 UI - 379 AU - Andrade L AU - Caraveo-Anduaga JJ AU - Berglund P AU - Bijl RV AU - De Graaf R AU - Vollebergh W AU - Dragomirecka E AU - Kohn R AU - Keller M AU - Kessler RC AU - Kawakami N AU - Kilic C AU - Offord D AU - Ustun TB AU - Wittchen HU AD - Max Planck Inst Psychiat, D-8000 Munich, GermanyTech Univ Dresden, Inst Clin Psychol & Psychotherapy, D-8027 Dresden, GermanyWHO, CH-1211 Geneva, SwitzerlandChedoke McMaster Hosp, Hamilton, ON, CanadaUniv London, Inst Psychiat, Sect Trauma Studies, London, EnglandOkayama Univ, Grad Sch Med & Dent, Okayama, JapanHarvard Univ, Sch Med, Dept Hlth Care Policy, Boston, MA 02115, USABrown Univ, Dept Psychiat & Human Behav, Providence, RI 02912, USAPrague Psychiat Ctr, Psychiat Demog Unit, Prague, Czech RepublicTrimbos Inst, Monitoring & Epidemiol Dept, Utrecht, NetherlandsMinist Justice, WODC, Res Ctr, The Hague, NetherlandsMinist Justice, WODC, Documentat Ctr, The Hague, NetherlandsUniv Michigan, Inst Social Res, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USANatl Inst Psychiat Ramon de la Fuente, Div Epidemiol & Social Res, Mexico City, DF, MexicoUniv Sao Paulo, Sch Med, Inst & Dept Psychiat, Sao Paulo, BrazilKessler, RC, Harvard Univ, Sch Med, Dept Hlth Care Policy, 180 Longwood Ave, Boston, MA 02115 USA TI - The epidemiology of major depressive episodes: results from the International Consortium of Psychiatric Epidemiology (ICPE) Surveys AB - Absence of a common diagnostic interview has hampered cross-national syntheses of epidemiological evidence on major depressive episodes (MDE). Community epidemiological surveys using the World Health Organization Composite International Diagnostic Interview administered face-to-face were carried out in 10 countries in North America (Canada and the US), Latin America (Brazil, Chile, and Mexico), Europe (Czech Republic, Germany, the Netherlands, and Turkey), and Asia (Japan). The total sample size was more than 37,000. Lifetime prevalence estimates of hierarchy-free DSM-III-R/DSM-IV MDE varied widely, from 3% in Japan to 16.9% in the US, with the majority in the range of 8% to 12%. The 12-month/life time prevalence ratio was in the range 40% to 55%, the 30-day/12-month prevalence ratio in the range 45% to 65%, and median age of onset in the range 20 to 25 in most countries. Consistent socio-demographic correlates included being female and unmarried. Respondents in recent cohorts reported higher lifetime prevalence, but lower persistence than those in earlier cohorts. Major depressive episodes were found to be strongly co-morbid with, and temporally secondary to, anxiety disorders in all countries, with primary panic and generalized anxiety disorders the most powerful predictors of the first onset of secondary MDE. Major depressive episodes are a commonly occurring disorder that usually has a chronic-intermittent course. Effectiveness trials are needed to evaluate the impact of early detection and treatment on the course of MDE as well as to evaluate whether timely treatment of Primary anxiety disorders would reduce the subsequent onset, persistence, and severity of secondary MDE MH - Brazil MH - Canada MH - Czech Republic MH - United Kingdom MH - Germany MH - Japan MH - USA MH - Mexico|Distrito Federal MH - Netherlands MH - Switzerland PB - LONDON: WHURR PUBLISHERS LTD RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 52 U4 - Psychiatry U5 - J;Article AV - English IS - 1049-8931 UR - ISI:000183079500002 L2 - major depression;epidemiology;ICPE surveys;NATIONAL-COMORBIDITY-SURVEY; DIAGNOSTIC INTERVIEW SCHEDULE; MENTAL-HEALTH; SOCIAL-CONSEQUENCES; MOOD DISORDERS; UNITED-STATES; LIFETIME PREVALENCE; TREATMENT CONTACT; ANXIETY; ONSET SO - International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research 2003 ;12(1):3-21 180 UI - 337 AU - Aswal N AU - Chatterji S AU - Sen A AD - PROS Revenue Management, Houston, TX, USAITAM, Ctr Invest Econ, Mexico City 10700, DF, MexicoIndian Stat Inst, New Delhi 110016, IndiaSen, A, PROS Revenue Management, Houston, TX, USA TI - Dictatorial domains AB - In this paper, we introduce the notion of a linked domain and prove that a non-manipulable social choice function defined on such a domain must be dictatorial. This result not only generalizes the Gibbard-Satterthwaite Theorem but also demonstrates that the equivalence between dictatorship and non-manipulability is far more robust than suggested by that theorem. We provide an application of this result in a particular model of voting. We also provide a necessary condition for a domain to be dictatorial and use it to characterize dictatorial domains in the cases where the number of alternatives is three MH - India MH - Mexico|Distrito Federal MH - USA PB - NEW YORK: SPRINGER-VERLAG RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 9 U4 - Economics U5 - J;Article AV - English IS - 0938-2259 UR - ISI:000184614800004 L2 - social choice functions;strategyproof;dictatorship;Gibbard-Satterthwaite theorem;restricted domains;MEDIAN VOTER SCHEMES; SOCIAL-WELFARE FUNCTIONS; STRATEGY-PROOF RULES; VOTING PROCEDURES; MAXIMAL DOMAIN; PREFERENCES; COMMITTEES; EXISTENCE SO - Economic Theory 2003 ;22(1):45-62 181 UI - 370 AU - Beaman PE AU - Reyes-Frausto S AU - Garcia-Pena C AD - Loughborough Univ Technol, Dept Social Sci, Loughborough LE11 3TU, Leics, EnglandLoughborough Univ Technol, Ctr Res Social Policy, Loughborough LE11 3TU, Leics, EnglandIMSS, Med Res Coordinat, Mexico City, DF, MexicoBeaman, PE, Loughborough Univ Technol, Dept Social Sci, Loughborough LE11 3TU, Leics, England TI - Validation of the health perceptions questionnaire for an older Mexican population AB - The objective was to translate, adapt, and validate the Health Perceptions Questionnaire for use on an older Mexican population. After translating and pretesting, three items were eliminated and answers were dichotomised. In the scale, 24 items were used to interview a representative sample of 4,966 respondents. Internal consistency was .91. Principal components analysis for categorical data gave four similar factors to those reported in the original version. Scoring was made by weighting items, using (A) homogeneous values (1 or 2) or (B) factor loadings (0-1.0). Scoring A is proposed for clinical settings or research since no differences were found and this procedure is easier to compute. Objective health indicators such as chronic diseases, depression, incontinence, death during follow up, and disability were associated with the self-perception of health measured with the revised version MH - United Kingdom MH - Mexico|Distrito Federal PB - MISSOULA: PSYCHOLOGICAL REPORTS RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 1 U4 - Psychology, Multidisciplinary U5 - J;Article AV - English IS - 0033-2941 UR - ISI:000183455000004 L2 - SELF-RATED HEALTH; SATISFACTION; RELIABILITY SO - Psychological Reports 2003 ;92(3):723-734 182 UI - 362 AU - Benjet C AU - Azar ST AU - Kuersten-Hogan R AD - Penn State Univ, Dept Psychol, University Pk, PA 16802, USAClark Univ, Dept Psychol, Worcester, MA 01610, USANatl Inst Psychiat, Dept Epidemiol & Psychosocial, Mexico City, DF, MexicoAzar, ST, Penn State Univ, Dept Psychol, Moore Bldg, University Pk, PA 16802 USA TI - Evaluating the parental fitness of psychiatrically diagnosed individuals: Advocating a functional-contextual analysis of parenting AB - The parental fitness of psychiatrically diagnosed individuals is often questioned in termination of parental rights cases. The goal of this article is to shift the focus from a predisposing bias of unfitness to a functional-contextual analysis of parenting behavior and competency. Three underlying biased assumptions are relevant for the courts' decision making: (a) that a diagnosis (past or present) predicts inadequate parenting and child risk, (b) that a diagnosis predicts unamenability to parenting interventions, and (c) that a diagnosis means the parent is forever unfit. Each assumption will be considered in light of empirical evidence, with major depression, schizophrenia, substance abuse, and mental retardation provided as examples of diagnostic labels often assumed to render a parent unfit. A research agenda to improve clinicians' ability to assess parental fitness and understanding of how parental mental illness, mental retardation, or substance abuse might compromise parenting capacities is discussed for forensic purposes MH - USA MH - Mexico|Distrito Federal PB - WASHINGTON: AMER PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOC RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 8 U4 - Psychology, Clinical;Family Studies U5 - J;Article AV - English IS - 0893-3200 UR - ISI:000183597700008 L2 - SERIOUS CHILD MISTREATMENT; MENTALLY-RETARDED PARENTS; PROSPECTIVE FOLLOW-UP; DEPRESSED MOTHERS; MAJOR DEPRESSION; SUBSTANCE-ABUSE; YOUNG-CHILDREN; ILL PARENTS; ILLNESS; VIOLENCE SO - Journal of Family Psychology 2003 ;17(2):238-251 183 UI - 412 AU - Benjet C AU - Kazdin AE AD - Yale Univ, Sch Med, Ctr Child Study, New Haven, CT 06520, USANatl Inst Psychiat, Div Epidemiol & Psicosocial, Mexico City 14370, DF, MexicoBenjet, C, Yale Univ, Sch Med, Ctr Child Study, 230 S Frontage Rd,POB 207900, New Haven, CT 06520 USA TI - Spanking children: the controversies, findings, and new directions AB - The use of spanking as a discipline technique is quite prevalent, even though whether or not to spank children is controversial among lay and professional audiences alike. Considerable research on the topic has been analyzed in several reviews of the literature that often reach different and sometimes opposite conclusions. Opposing conclusions are not inherently problematic as research develops in an area. However, we propose that both methodological limitations of the research to date as well as the limited focus of the research questions have prevented a better understanding of the impact of parental spanking on child development. The purpose of this article is to convey the basis for limited progress to date and, more importantly, to reformulate the research agenda. The goal is to move toward a resolution of the most relevant questions to parents, professionals, and policymakers. We propose an expanded research agenda that addresses the goals of parental discipline, the direct and concomitant effects of spanking, the influences that foster and maintain the use of spanking, and the processes through which spanking operates. (C) 2003 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved MH - USA MH - Mexico|Distrito Federal PB - OXFORD: PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 14 U4 - Psychology, Clinical U5 - J;Article AV - English IS - 0272-7358 UR - ISI:000181130700002 L2 - CORPORAL PUNISHMENT; AFRICAN-AMERICAN; TODDLER MISBEHAVIOR; ANTISOCIAL-BEHAVIOR; HARSH DISCIPLINE; CONSEQUENCES; AGGRESSION; ADJUSTMENT; ACCEPTANCE; CHILDHOOD SO - Clinical Psychology Review 2003 ;23(2):197-224 184 UI - 339 AU - Blos VGT AU - Cucina A AU - Streeter M AU - Pacheco AR AD - Univ Autonoma Yucatan, Fac Ciencias Antropol, Merida, VenezuelaUniv Missouri, Dept Anthropol, Columbia, MO 65211, USAInst Nacl Antropol & Hist, Mexico City, DF, Mexico TI - Identity and living conditions of the 'Red Queen': A bioarchaeological study of the sarcophagus tomb of Temple XIII at Palenque, Mexico MH - Mexico|Distrito Federal MH - USA MH - Venezuela PB - NEW YORK: WILEY-LISS RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 0 U4 - Anthropology;Evolutionary Biology U5 - J;Meeting Abstract AV - English IS - 0002-9483 UR - ISI:000181670000593 SO - American Journal of Physical Anthropology 2003 ;():208-208 185 UI - 409 AU - Brewis A AU - Schmidt KL AU - Casas CAS AD - Univ Georgia, Dept Anthropol, Athens, GA 30602, USAUniv Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, USAEscuela Normal Veracruzana, Xalapa, Veracruz, MexicoBrewis, A, Univ Georgia, Dept Anthropol, Athens, GA 30602, USA TI - Cross-cultural study of the childhood developmental trajectory of attention and impulse control AB - The maturation lag model explains inattention and impulsivity in Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) as delayed maturation along a normal developmental trajectory. The concept of a cross-culturally uniform developmental trajectory is tested by a comparison of the performance of 212 Mexican school children on the Test of Variable Attention (TOVA) with the performance of populations previously studied. Am observed pattern of decreasing errors of omission (indicating improving ability to sustain attention) with increasing age did confirm the predictions of the existing developmental trajectory model, although the shape of this change was linear rather than curvilinear. A predicted age-related decrease in errors of commission (indicating improving impulse control) was not observed. Gender differences in attentional and impulse control measures among Mexican children, aged 6-12 years, were not significant, in contrast to the findings of previous US studies in which boys performed poorly compared with girls. Mexican children made significantly more errors of omission and commission than American children, indicating greater degrees of characteristic inattentive and impulsive behaviours in childhood. These results indicate that the assumption of a uniform developmental trajectory of these behaviours should be carefully considered before it is applied to understanding children's behaviour in culturally diverse settings MH - Mexico|Veracruz MH - USA PB - HOVE: PSYCHOLOGY PRESS RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 1 U4 - Psychology, Developmental U5 - J;Article AV - English IS - 0165-0254 UR - ISI:000181306100009 L2 - DEFICIT HYPERACTIVITY DISORDER; SUSTAINED ATTENTION; NORMATIVE DATA; UNITED-STATES; RATING-SCALES; CHILDREN; ADHD; ORGANIZATION; PERFORMANCE; VARIABLES SO - International Journal of Behavioral Development 2003 ;27(2):174-181 186 UI - 308 AU - Brown D AU - Beavis C AU - Kalman J AU - Gomez M AU - Rijlaarsdam G AU - Stinson AD AU - Whiting ME AD - Univ Cent Oklahoma, Edmond, OK 73034, USADeakin Univ, Geelong, Vic 3217, AustraliaIPN, Ctr Invest & Estud Avanzados, Mexico City, DF, MexicoUniv Amsterdam, NL-1012 WX Amsterdam, NetherlandsUniv Wisconsin, Whitewater, WI 53190, USAUniv So Mississippi, Hattiesburg, MS 39406, USABrown, D, Univ Cent Oklahoma, Edmond, OK 73034, USA TI - Annotated bibliography of research in the teaching of English MH - Australia MH - Mexico|Distrito Federal MH - Netherlands MH - USA PB - URBANA: NATL COUNCIL TEACHERS ENGLISH RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 0 U4 - Education & Educational Research U5 - J;Bibliography AV - English IS - 0034-527X UR - ISI:000186173700005 SO - Research in the Teaching of English 2003 ;37(4):527-536 187 UI - 388 AU - Burgos JE AD - Univ Guadalajara, Ctr Estudios & Invest Comportamiento, Guadalajara 45030, Jalisco, MexicoBurgos, JE, 413 Interamer Blvd,WH1,PMB 30-189, Laredo 78045, Spain TI - Theoretical note: simulating latent inhibition with selection neural networks AB - The selection neural-network model proposed by Donahoe et al. [J. Exp. Anal. Behav. 60 (1993) 17] was used to simulate latent inhibition (LI). The model can simulate increases of LI by the number, intensity, and duration of preexposed conditioned Stimulus (CS). It can also Simulate dependence on total CS preexposure time, CS specificity, and attenuation by preexposure to a compound that includes the to-be-trained CS. It also predicts a potentially new phenomenon: acquisition facilitation by preexposure to a stimulus that is orthogonal to and synaptically competitive with the to-be-trained CS. The basic mechanism is the same through which the model simulates extinction, namely, weight decrement. The realization of this mechanism in the present simulations required two conditions. First, networks had to come to the experimental situation with substantial initial connection weights in the sensory-association subnetwork (0.15, compared to the 0.01 value we have used in all previous Simulations). Second. the discrepancy threshold for deciding whether to increase or decrease weights had to be larger than zero (the value we have used in all published simulations). A value of 0.001 was sufficient to produce all the effects. (C) 2003 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved MH - Mexico|Jalisco MH - Spain PB - AMSTERDAM: ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 2 U4 - Psychology, Biological;Behavioral Sciences;Zoology U5 - J;Article AV - English IS - 0376-6357 UR - ISI:000182912600014 L2 - latent inhibition;neural networks;BEHAVIOR ANALYSIS SO - Behavioural Processes 2003 ;62(1-3):183-192 188 UI - 363 AU - Burguet R AU - Sempere J AD - CSIC, Inst Econ Anal, E-08193 Barcelona, SpainColegio Mexico, Mexico City 10740, DF, MexicoBurguet, R, CSIC, Inst Econ Anal, Campus UAB, E-08193 Barcelona, Spain TI - Trade liberalization, environmental policy, and welfare AB - We analyze how trade liberalization affects environmental policies in the context of bilateral trade and imperfect competition. Instead of looking at the strategic distortions that trade introduces in environmental policies-the focus of most existing studies-we analyze how these distortions change in the face of a bilateral reduction in tariffs. The incentives to distort environmental protection may be reduced by this move. As a consequence, environmental policies may be more stringent. Also, welfare is likely (and for some instruments certain) to increase. (C) 2003 Elsevier Science (USA). All rights reserved MH - Mexico|Distrito Federal MH - Spain PB - SAN DIEGO: ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 3 U4 - Business;Economics;Environmental Studies U5 - J;Article AV - English IS - 0095-0696 UR - ISI:000183617000002 L2 - environmental policy;bilateral trade;imperfect competition;POLLUTION; EXTERNALITIES; TAXES SO - Journal of Environmental Economics and Management 2003 ;46(1):25-37 189 UI - 385 AU - Castaneda X AU - Billings DL AU - Blanco J AD - Univ Calif Berkeley, Off Presiddent, CPRC, Berkeley, CA 94720, USAIpas, Mexico City 06140, DF, MexicoDept Salud Ocupac, Cuernavaca, Morelos, MexicoCastaneda, X, Univ Calif Berkeley, Off Presiddent, CPRC, 1950 Addison St 303, Berkeley, CA 94720 USA TI - Abortion beliefs and practices among midwives (Parteras) in a rural Mexican township AB - Reproduction and motherhood are among the most important components of women's identity throughout Mexico and, for many women, are the only vehicles for gaining recognition and status in the family and community. At the same time, however, abortion is a central experience in the lives of many women and carries with it the complexities and contradictions of women's reproductive and sexual health. This paper presents results from an ethnographic study conducted with midwives in one rural township of Morelos, Mexico to understand their conceptualizations of and practices related to abortion and postabortion care. Overall, midwives viewed miscarriage as a woman's failure to fulfill her primary role as mother and induced abortion as a grave sin or crime. Nevertheless, under certain circumstances induced abortion was justified for many midwives. Helping women to "let down the period" in situations when a woman's menstrual period was delayed was acceptable to midwives as it was not viewed as abortion and enabled women to regain health and well-being. (C) 2003 by The Haworth Press, Inc. All rights reserved MH - USA MH - Mexico|Distrito Federal MH - Mexico|Morelos PB - BINGHAMTON: HAWORTH PRESS INC RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 1 U4 - Public, Environmental & Occupational Health;Women's Studies U5 - J;Article AV - English IS - 0363-0242 UR - ISI:000182838700005 L2 - abortion;midwife;rural Mexico;postabortion care SO - Women & Health 2003 ;37(2):73-87 190 UI - 343 AU - Church AT AU - Ortiz FA AU - Katigbak MS AU - Avdeyeva TV AU - Emerson AM AU - Flores JDV AU - Reyes JI AD - Washington State Univ, Dept Educ Leadership & Counseling Psychol, Pullman, WA 99164, USANatl Autonomous Univ Mexico, Iztacala Natl Sch Profession Studies, Mexico City 04510, DF, MexicoChurch, AT, Washington State Univ, Dept Educ Leadership & Counseling Psychol, Cleveland Hall, Pullman, WA 99164 USA TI - Measuring individual and cultural differences in implicit trait theories AB - A new measure of implicit theories or beliefs regarding the traitedness versus contextuality of behavior was developed and tested across cultures. In Studies 1 (N = 266) and 2 (N = 266), these implicit beliefs dimensions were reliably measured and replicated across U.S. college student samples and validity evidence was provided. In Study 3, their structure replicated well across an individualistic culture (the United States; N = 249) and a collectivistic culture (Mexico; N = 268). Implicit trait and contextual beliefs overlapped only modestly with implicit entity theory beliefs and were predicted by self-construals in ways that generally supported cultural psychology hypotheses. Implicit trait beliefs were fairly strongly endorsed in both cultures, suggesting that such beliefs may be universally held MH - Mexico|Distrito Federal MH - USA PB - WASHINGTON: AMER PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOC RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 9 U4 - Psychology, Social U5 - J;Article AV - English IS - 0022-3514 UR - ISI:000184523900011 L2 - PERSONALITY-TRAITS; UNITED-STATES; SELF; COLLECTIVISM; PSYCHOLOGY; JAPAN SO - Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 2003 ;85(2):332-347 191 UI - 333 AU - Corral-Verdugo V AU - Bechtel RB AU - Fraijo-Sing B AD - Univ Sonora, Hermosillo, Sonora, MexicoUniv Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, USACorral-Verdugo, V, Prov Albacete 98, Fracc Los Portales, Hermosillo 83240, Sonora, Mexico TI - Environmental beliefs and water conservation: An empirical study AB - Observations of residential water consumption were conducted with 510 individuals living at two northern Mexican cities. In addition, they responded to a questionnaire investigating their general environmental beliefs and their specific (utilitarian-anthropocentric, and ecological) beliefs regarding the status of water as a natural resource. General environmental beliefs were modeled as having a tri-factorial structure, including beliefs regarding (1) the need of maintaining a "balance" with nature, (2) the need of imposing "limits" to human growth, and (3) a human exception paradigm (HEP). Two structural models of relations between general environmental beliefs, specific water beliefs and water consumption were specified and tested. The first model failed in producing direct effects of general environmental beliefs on water consumption. The second model revealed that general environmental beliefs differentially influenced the development of specific beliefs regarding water: Utilitarian water beliefs were positively affected by the HEP, while ecological water beliefs were positively influenced by "limits" beliefs and were negatively related to the HER Utilitarian water beliefs, in turn promoted water consumption, while the ecological water beliefs inhibited that behavior. (C) 2002 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved MH - Mexico|Sonora MH - USA PB - LONDON: ACADEMIC PRESS LTD ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 8 U4 - Environmental Studies;Psychology, Multidisciplinary U5 - J;Article AV - English IS - 0272-4944 UR - ISI:000184644700003 L2 - environmental beliefs;water conservation;structural models;STRUCTURAL MODEL; BEHAVIOR; ATTITUDES; PARADIGM; MEXICO; DETERMINANTS SO - Journal of Environmental Psychology 2003 ;23(3):247-257 192 UI - 360 AU - Costa IF AU - Rodriguez-Oreggia E AU - Lunapla D AD - Univ London London Sch Econ & Polit Sci, London WC2A 2AE, EnglandInteramer Conference Social Secur, Mexico City, DF, MexicoUniv Barcelona, Dept Teoria Econ, E-08007 Barcelona, SpainSecretaria Hacienda, Mexico City, DF, MexicoCosta-I-Font, J, Univ London London Sch Econ & Polit Sci, Houghton St, London WC2A 2AE, England TI - Political competition and pork-barrel politics in the allocation of public investment in Mexico AB - This paper examines the effect of political competition in local elections in regional allocation of public investment. The study employs data on Mexican elections covering the period 1990 - 95, characterised by an increase in electoral competition and coupled with increasing demands for decentralisation throughout the states. Empirical evidence supports the hypothesis that regional allocation of public investment by central government was driven by 'political opportunism' and 'local pork-barrel politics'. A positive relationship was found between the regional allocation of public investment and support for the central ruling party. This might indicate that local spending inefficiencies were partially explained by the specific support for the incumbent party MH - United Kingdom MH - Mexico|Distrito Federal MH - Spain PB - DORDRECHT: KLUWER ACADEMIC PUBL RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 4 U4 - Economics;Political Science U5 - J;Article AV - English IS - 0048-5829 UR - ISI:000183564500010 L2 - FEDERAL SYSTEM; GOVERNMENT; POLICY; MODEL; SIZE SO - Public Choice 2003 ;116(1-2):185-204 193 UI - 387 AU - Ennis HM AU - Keister T AD - ITAM, Ctr Invest Econ, Mexico City 10700, DF, MexicoFed Reserve Bank Richmond, Dept Res, Richmond, VA 23261, USAKeister, T, ITAM, Ctr Invest Econ, Av Camino Santa Teresa 930, Mexico City 10700, DF, Mexico TI - Economic growth, liquidity, and bank runs AB - We construct an endogenous growth model in which bank runs occur with positive probability in equilibrium. In this setting, a bank run has a permanent effect on the levels of the capital stock and of output. In addition, the possibility of a run changes the portfolio choices of depositors and of banks, and thereby affects the long-run growth rate. These facts imply that both the occurrence of a run and the mere possibility of runs in a given period have a large impact on all future periods. A bank run in our model is triggered by sunspots, and we consider two different equilibrium selection rules. In the first, a run occurs with a fixed, exogenous probability, while in the second the probability of a run is influenced by banks' portfolio choices. We show that when the choices of an individual bank affect the probability of a run on that bank, the economy both grows faster and experiences fewer runs. (C) 2003 Elsevier Science (USA). All rights reserved MH - Mexico|Distrito Federal MH - USA PB - SAN DIEGO: ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 7 U4 - Economics U5 - J;Article AV - English IS - 0022-0531 UR - ISI:000182877000005 L2 - banking panics;deposit contracts;capital formation;endogenous growth;sunspot equilibrium;equilibrium selection;PANICS SO - Journal of Economic Theory 2003 ;109(2):220-245 194 UI - 353 AU - Escobar A AU - Martin P AU - Schatzer P AU - Martin S AD - Ctr Imvest & Estudios Superiores Antropol Social, Tlalpan, MexicoUniv Calif Davis, Dept Agr & Resource Econ, Davis, CA 95616, USAInt Organ Migrat, External Relat Dept, Geneva, SwitzerlandGeorgetown Univ, Walsh Sch Foreign Serv, Inst Study Int Migrat, Washington, DC, USAEscobar, A, Ctr Imvest & Estudios Superiores Antropol Social, Tlalpan, Mexico TI - Mexico-US migration: Moving the agenda forward MH - Mexico|Distrito Federal MH - Switzerland MH - USA PB - GENEVA 19: INT ORGANIZATION MIGRATION RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 0 U4 - Demography U5 - J;Article AV - English IS - 0020-7985 UR - ISI:000183820400006 SO - International Migration 2003 ;41(2):125-137 195 UI - 298 AU - Esquivel G AU - Rodriguez-Lopez JA AD - El Colegio Mexico, Mexico City 10740, DF, MexicoUniv Calif Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, USAEsquivel, G, El Colegio Mexico, Camino Ajusco 20 Pedregal Santa Teresa, Mexico City 10740, DF, Mexico TI - Technology, trade, and wage inequality in Mexico before and after NAFTA AB - Over the past few years, there has been a substantial increase in wage inequality between skilled and unskilled workers in Mexico. This increment in the wage gap coincided with both a period of rapid technological change and the process of trade liberalization in Mexico that began in the mid-1980s. Using a methodology suggested by Learner [Learner, E., 1998. In search of Stolper-Samuelson linkages between international trade and lower wages. In: Susan Collins (Ed.), Imports, Exports and the American Worker, Brookings Institution, pp. 141-202], we separate out the effects of technological progress and trade on the real wage evolution of skilled and unskilled workers in Mexico's manufacturing industry for the periods 1988-1994 and 1994-2000. We find that, as implied by the Stolper-Samuelson theorem, trade liberalization would have led to a reduction in the wage gap in Mexico in the first period. This effect, however, was offset by the large negative impact of technological progress on the real wage of unskilled workers. On the other hand, during the period 1994-2000 the effect of trade liberalization on the wage gap was nil, thus suggesting that the slight increase in wage inequality that occurred in this period was also driven by technological progress. (C) 2003 Published by Elsevier B.V MH - Mexico|Distrito Federal MH - USA PB - AMSTERDAM: ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 4 U4 - Economics U5 - J;Article AV - English IS - 0304-3878 UR - ISI:000186638800006 L2 - wage inequality;trade liberalization;Stolper-Samuelson;NAFTA;LIBERALIZATION; REFORMS; WORKERS; IMPACT SO - Journal of Development Economics 2003 ;72(2):543-565 196 UI - 374 AU - Gil-Rivas V AU - Greenberger E AU - Chen CS AU - Lopez-Lena MMY AD - Univ Calif Irvine, Dept Psychol & Social Behav, Irvine, CA 92697, USAUniv Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Mexico City 04510, DF, MexicoGreenberger, E, Univ Calif Irvine, Dept Psychol & Social Behav, Irvine, CA 92697 USA TI - Understanding depressed mood in the context of a family-oriented culture AB - This study examined the contribution of individual and family variables to depressive symptoms among youths in a family-centered culture. Participants were 262 Mexican adolescents (mean age = 15.9 years). Atthe individual level, gender (being female) and higher levels of perceived stressfulness of life events and ruminative coping style were correlated with higher frequency of depressive symptoms. At the family level, higher levels of perceived parental warmth and acceptance and parental monitoring were correlated with lower levels of depressed mood, whereas higher levels of parent-adolescent conflict were associated with greater frequency of depressive symptoms. Regression analyses confirmed our prediction that both individual factors (gender, ruminative coping) and family factors (parental warmth and parental monitoring) would make unique contributions to depressive symptoms. The model comprised of individual and family variables accounted for 50% of the variance in depressed mood. Moreover, parental warmth and acceptance attenuated the impact of ruminative coping style on adolescents' depressive symptomatology. Findings are discussed in relation to previous research on adolescents in another family-centered culture (China), and directions for future research are proposed MH - USA MH - Mexico|Distrito Federal PB - SAN DIEGO: LIBRA PUBLISHERS INC RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 8 U4 - Psychology, Developmental U5 - J;Article AV - English IS - 0001-8449 UR - ISI:000183378500007 L2 - STRESSFUL LIFE EVENTS; GENDER DIFFERENCES; SUPPORT RESOURCES; ADOLESCENCE; SYMPTOMS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; MODERATORS; AMERICANS; CHILDREN; CONFLICT SO - Adolescence 2003 ;38(149):93-109 197 UI - 389 AU - Gomez-Ramirez E AU - Najim K AU - Poznyak AS AD - La Salle Univ, Lab Invest & Desarrolo Tecnol Avanzada, Mexico City 06140, DF, MexicoENSIACET, Proc Control Lab, F-31077 Toulouse 4, FranceIPN, CINVESTAV, Mexico City 07300, DF, MexicoGomez-Ramirez, E, La Salle Univ, Lab Invest & Desarrolo Tecnol Avanzada, Benjamin Franklin 47 Col Condesa, Mexico City 06140, DF, Mexico TI - Saddle-point calculation for constrained finite Markov chains AB - This paper considers a zero-sum constrained stochastic game. The control objective of each participant is to optimize his limiting average payoff. In this case, the behavior of each player is modelled with a finite ergodic controlled Markov chain. The saddle point is shown to be the stationary strategy representing the solutions of two related Linear Programming Problems given in duality form. Several numerical examples illustrate the effectiveness of this suggested approach. In one of them, a single product market model is presented explaining the behavior of the game in a real situation. (C) 2002 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved MH - France MH - Mexico|Distrito Federal PB - AMSTERDAM: ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 1 U4 - Economics U5 - J;Article AV - English IS - 0165-1889 UR - ISI:000182743000006 L2 - zero-sum constrained stochastic game;controlled Markov chain;linear programming;numerical example;STOCHASTIC GAMES; EQUILIBRIA SO - Journal of Economic Dynamics & Control 2003 ;27(10):1833-1853 198 UI - 323 AU - Gonzalez MG AU - Burke MJ AU - Santuzzi AM AU - Bradley JC AD - Tulane Univ, Freeman Sch Business, New Orleans, LA 70118, USAITESM, Monterrey 64849, Nuevo Leon, MexicoTulane Univ, Dept Psychol, New Orleans, LA 70118, USABurke, MJ, Tulane Univ, Freeman Sch Business, New Orleans, LA 70118, USA TI - The impact of group process variables on the effectiveness of distance collaboration groups AB - We tested competing models of group effectiveness for 71 distance collaboration groups (equipos) comprised of 200 Mexican business students solving cases via electronic communication in a virtual education program. For one model, task cohesion was specified as an exogenous variable leading to collective efficacy and, ultimately, group effectiveness; whereas, in the second model, task cohesion was specified as a mediator of the relationship between collective efficacy and group effectiveness. The results provided support for the model where task cohesion mediated the relationship between collective efficacy and group effectiveness and where group behavioral performance (facilitating team and peer performance) had a direct effect on group effectiveness. The implications of these findings for the study and management of distance collaboration groups are discussed. (C) 2003 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved MH - Mexico|Nuevo Leon MH - USA PB - OXFORD: PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 6 U4 - Psychology, Multidisciplinary;Psychology, Experimental U5 - J;Article AV - English IS - 0747-5632 UR - ISI:000185109100009 L2 - distance collaboration;computer-mediated groups;electronic communication;COMPUTER-MEDIATED COMMUNICATION; GROUP DECISION-MAKING; COLLECTIVE EFFICACY; PERFORMANCE; TASK; METAANALYSIS; TECHNOLOGY; COHESION; TEAMS; COHESIVENESS SO - Computers in Human Behavior 2003 ;19(5):629-648 199 UI - 309 AU - Guzman E AU - Burke MJ AD - ITESM, Monterrey 64849, NL, MexicoTulane Univ, AB Freeman Sch Business, New Orleans, LA 70118, USABurke, MJ, ITESM, A4-112,Sucursal Correos J, Monterrey 64849, NL, Mexico TI - Development and test of an international student performance taxonomy AB - Based on the cross-cultural adjustment, education, and job performance literatures, an international student performance taxonomy is proposed and tested with a sample of 272 business exchange students from nine Asian, European, and North American countries studying in Mexico. Results of confirmatory factor analyses provided tentative support for an eight-factor taxonomy comprised of performance dimensions labeled: engaging in academic and non-academic tasks, communicating with host nationals, writing and using the local language, helping and cooperating with other international students, demonstrating effort in an academic setting, maintaining personal discipline, developing social and personal relationships with host nationals, and adjusting to general conditions of living abroad. Issues concerning the practical implications of these findings as well as the generalizability of the confirmed performance taxonomy to other educational and work contexts are discussed. (C) 2003 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved MH - Mexico|Nuevo Leon MH - USA PB - OXFORD: PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 0 U4 - Psychology, Social;Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary;Sociology U5 - J;Article AV - English IS - 0147-1767 UR - ISI:000186161500004 L2 - international students;student performance;cross-cultural adjustment;ORGANIZATIONAL-BEHAVIOR; JOB-PERFORMANCE; ADJUSTMENT; WORK; ASSIGNMENTS; ADAPTATION; APPRAISAL; RATINGS; SUCCESS; MODELS SO - International Journal of Intercultural Relations 2003 ;27(6):659-681 200 UI - 365 AU - Herrera-Ulloa AF AU - Lluch-Cota S AU - Ramirez-Aguirre H AU - Hernandez-Vazquez S AU - Ortega-Rubio A AD - Univ Nacl, Sch Biol Sci, Heredia, Costa RicaInst Politecn Nacl, Mexico City 07738, DF, MexicoUABCS, Dept Econ, La Paz, MexicoHerrera-Ulloa, AF, Apartado Postal 128, La Paz 23000, Baja California, Mexico TI - Sustainable performance of the tourist industry in the state of Baja California Sur, Mexico AB - The measurement of sustainable development is a goal for better performance of any externality producer and indicators are one way to evaluate the implementation of practical policy decisions. The tourism industry, like many others, is an important source of income for many groups, but is also a serious potential source of environmental problems. Adoption of the sustainable tourism concept is a possible way to approach these problems. To measure the historical behaviour of the tourism industry in the state of Baja California Sur, Mexico we built a sustainable development tourism index based on multivariable analysis of a 34-indicator data set. The analysis covers the period 1990 to 2000. We found a positive trend in the index, derived from 27 indicators of sustainability and an additional 7 strategic tourist indicators. So far Baja California Sur has been able to absorb the migration and growth, mainly in Los Cabos area, and the index suggested that the. environment is apparently not seriously affected yet. However BCS society must carefully watch the growth of tourism in subsequent years to avoid negative impacts on nature and residents. The proposed index is a performance parameter for measuring sustainable development in tourism not only in Mexico, but also in other countries with an adequate data base of sustainability indicators MH - Costa Rica MH - Mexico|Baja California MH - Mexico|Distrito Federal MH - Mexico|Baja California Sur PB - CARACAS: INTERCIENCIA RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 1 U4 - Multidisciplinary Sciences U5 - J;Article AV - English IS - 0378-1844 UR - ISI:000183665400004 L2 - multivariable statistics;sustainability;sustainability indicators;sustainable tourism;tourism;INDICATORS SO - Interciencia 2003 ;28(5):268-+ 201 UI - 313 AU - Hijar M AU - Trostle J AU - Bronfman M AD - Natl Inst Publ Hlth, Ctr Res Hlth Syst, Cuernavaca 62508, Morelos, MexicoNatl Inst Publ Hlth, Mexico City, DF, MexicoTrinity Coll, Hartford, CT 06106, USAHijar, M, Natl Inst Publ Hlth, Ctr Res Hlth Syst, Av Univ 655,Col Sta Ma Ahuacatitlan, Cuernavaca 62508, Morelos, Mexico TI - Pedestrian injuries in Mexico: a multi-method approach AB - Studies of road traffic injuries should identify social determinants amenable to intervention, and should attend to the problems of individual drivers and pedestrians. This is especially true in developing nations like Mexico, where traffic fatality rates are high and interventions ineffective. Objective: Combine qualitative and quantitative methods to analyze pedestrian injuries from motor vehicles in Mexico City, and identify their social, contextual and environmental determinants. Methods included (1) a cross-sectional analysis of mortality, producing crude and specific mortality rates and standardized mortality ratios (95% Cl) by region; (2) Spatial analysis using a geographic information system to generate maps at different aggregation levels; (3) Observation with cameras to identify traffic patterns, spaces, behaviors, and patterned violations of regulations; and 4) Semi-structured in-depth interviews of pedestrians and drivers involved in an accident. Results: The overall crude mortality rate was 7.14/100,000, (Cl 6.85-7.42), with differences by sex and region. The highest concentration of deaths was observed in 10 neighborhoods, at specific types of street environments. The high-risk environments have wide avenues with abundant vehicular traffic, where spaces supposedly reserved for pedestrians are invaded by cars and vendors. Many pedestrians have never driven a motor vehicle, few know the traffic signs, and almost all events were "hit and run" cases. Conclusions: The combination of quantitative and qualitative methods allows us to see the specific importance of some determinants of pedestrian injuries. Spatial, epidemiological, and social perspectives help point out the local accident characteristics which must be considered before defining preventive interventions. (C) 2003 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved MH - Mexico|Distrito Federal MH - Mexico|Morelos MH - USA PB - OXFORD: PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 3 U4 - Public, Environmental & Occupational Health;Social Sciences, Biomedical U5 - J;Article AV - English IS - 0277-9536 UR - ISI:000185804500013 L2 - pedestrian;injuries;mortality;quantitative-qualitative;multi-method;Mexico;MORTALITY; CITY; RUN SO - Social Science & Medicine 2003 ;57(11):2149-2159 202 UI - 320 AU - Hunter JB AU - de Zapien JG AU - Denman CA AU - Moncada E AU - Papenfuss M AU - Wallace D AU - Giuliano AR AD - Univ Arizona, Mel & Enid Zuckerman Arizona Coll Publ Hlth, SW Ctr Community Hlth Promot, Tucson, AZ 85721, USAProgram Hlth & Soc Colegio Sonora, Hermosillo, Sonora, MexicoPrograms Child & Adolescent Hlth Secretaria Salud, Dept Prior, Hermosillo, Sonora, MexicoUniv Arizona, Arizona Canc Ctr, Tucson, AZ 85721, USAHunter, JB, Univ Arizona, Mel & Enid Zuckerman Arizona Coll Publ Hlth, SW Ctr Community Hlth Promot, POB 210228,1145 N Campbell Ave, Tucson, AZ 85721 USA TI - Healthcare access and utilization among women 40 and older at the US-Mexico border: Predictors of a routine check-up AB - Mexican Americans are more likely to experience barriers to access and utilization of healthcare services than any other U.S. Hispanic group. In Mexico, where the majority of the population has access to care, the pressing issue is the undermilization of preventive services among adults. This study was conducted to assess access and utilization barriers among a U.S.-Mexico border population. A cross-sectional, population-based survey was conducted during 1999-2000 in a pair of contiguous U.S.-Mexico border communities. Household surveys were administered to U.S. and Mexican women, 40 years of age and older, to assess healthcare access and utilization, participation in chronic disease screenings, orientation toward prevention and personal history of chronic disease. Analysis indicates few statistically significant differences (p < 0.05) among access and utilization variables by country. Mexican participants were more likely to have a regular source of care and to have had a blood sugar test within the past 12 months. U.S. participants more often reported having had a Pap smear and mammogram during the previous year. Factors independently positively associated with having had a routine check-up during the past 12 months included age and having a regular provider or place to go when sick. Only going to the doctor when ill was independently inversely associated with routine check-ups in the past 12 months. Findings suggest that U.S. and Mexican border populations are similar with regard to healthcare access and utilization characteristics. Efforts to increase utilization of preventive health screenings among women are needed at the U.S.-Mexico border MH - USA MH - Mexico|Sonora PB - NEW YORK: KLUWER ACADEMIC-HUMAN SCIENCES PRESS RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 3 U4 - Health Policy & Services;Public, Environmental & Occupational Health U5 - J;Article AV - English IS - 0094-5145 UR - ISI:000185627400002 L2 - US-Mexico border;healthcare access and utilization;routine check-up;UNITED-STATES; INSURANCE COVERAGE; HHANES 1982-84; SERVICES; AMERICANS; PERSPECTIVE; POPULATION SO - Journal of Community Health 2003 ;28(5):317-333 203 UI - 306 AU - Hunter LM AU - Gonzalez MD AU - Stevenson M AU - Karish KS AU - Toth R AU - Edwards TC AU - Lilieholm RJ AU - Cablk M AD - Univ Colorado, Inst Behav Sci, Program Environm & Behav, Boulder, CO 80309, USAUniv Colorado, Dept Sociol, Boulder, CO 80309, USAColegio Postgrad, Programa Forestal, Mexico City, DF, MexicoCommEn Space, Seattle, WA, USAHarvard Univ, Grad Sch Design, Cambridge, MA 02138, USAUtah State Univ, Dept Environm & Soc, Logan, UT 84322, USAUtah State Univ, Dept Fisheries & Wildlife, Utah Cooperat Fish & Wildlife Res Unit, Logan, UT 84322, USADesert Res Inst, Reno, NV 89506, USAHunter, LM, Univ Colorado, Inst Behav Sci, Program Environm & Behav, Campus Box 468, Boulder, CO 80309 USA TI - Population and land use change in the California Mojave: Natural habitat implications of alternative futures AB - Demographic and land use dynamics have important implications for the natural environment within both developed and developing nations. Within the context of developed nations, popular and policy debates surrounding contemporary patterns of suburbanization attest to the salience of demographic and development issues. We examine the implications of land-use patterns as related to population and development within the context of the California Mojave Desert ecosystem. In a general sense, we aim to better understand the land requirements inferred by varying levels of population growth and density, as well as the natural habitat implications of those requirements. We develop a GIS including remotely sensed imagery, and demographic, economic, and biophysical data to examine of the implications of various demographic scenarios on species diversity. Spatial and statistical models are designed to develop possible alternative land use 'futures'. Within the context of the California Mojave region, our results suggest that high-density development could reduce conflict with regions providing potential habitat for threatened or endangered species by over 80 percent. The process of model development demonstrates a potentially useful tool for policymakers, allowing for estimation and visualization of the land use implications of policy decisions MH - USA MH - Mexico|Distrito Federal PB - DORDRECHT: KLUWER ACADEMIC PUBL RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 4 U4 - Demography U5 - J;Article AV - English IS - 0167-5923 UR - ISI:000186337700004 L2 - alternative futures;biodiversity;development;land use change;spatial modeling;BIODIVERSITY; DESERT; ECOSYSTEM; IMPACTS SO - Population Research and Policy Review 2003 ;22(4):373-397 204 UI - 364 AU - Inoff-Germain G AU - Rodriguez RS AU - Torres-Alcantara S AU - az-Jimenez MJ AU - Swedo SE AU - Rapoport JL AD - NIMH, NIH, DHHS, Bethesda, MD 20892, USAHosp Infantil Mexico Feder Gomez, Mexico City, DF, MexicoInoff-Germain, G, NIMH, NIH, DHHS, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA TI - An immunological marker (D8/17) associated with rheumatic fever as a predictor of childhood psychiatric disorders in a community sample AB - Background: Previous studies have documented that various behavioral disturbances accompany Sydenham's chorea, a neurologic variant of rheumatic fever. Further, an immunological marker associated with rheumatic fever (monoclonal antibody D8/17) has been reported to be elevated in several neuropsychiatric disorders, most frequently tics and obsessive-compulsive disorder. We examined this association in a community sample of children previously identified as being D8/17 positive or negative. It was hypothesized that D8/17 positivity would predict increased rates of tics and obsessive-compulsive disorder, even in the absence of Sydenham's chorea. Possible associations with other disorders accompanying Sydenham's chorea - hyperactivity, anxiety, and depression, also were explored. Method: From 1991 to 1995, 2631 children (mean age = 9.6 +/- 1.6 years) from a low socioeconomic area of Mexico City were screened for the D8/17 marker. In a 2- to 5-year follow-up of 240 of these children (108 positive and 132 negative), structured psychiatric interviews and rating scales were administered to the child and main caretaker. Assessments were conducted and scored blind to the child's D8/17 status. Results: No association was seen between D8/17 positivity and tics or OCD. Conclusion: This study failed to provide support for the generalized use of D8/17 as a marker of susceptibility to tics and OCD in a community sample MH - Mexico|Distrito Federal MH - USA PB - OXFORD: BLACKWELL PUBL LTD RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 10 U4 - Psychology, Developmental;Psychiatry U5 - J;Article AV - English IS - 0021-9630 UR - ISI:000183619700013 L2 - autoimmunity;depression;monoclonal antibody D8/17;obsessive-compulsive disorder;streptococcal infection;tics;OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER; AUTOIMMUNE NEUROPSYCHIATRIC DISORDERS; DIAGNOSTIC INTERVIEW SCHEDULE; CHILDREN VERSION-2.3 DISC-2.3; LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN D8/17; B-CELL MARKER; TOURETTES-SYNDROME; SYDENHAMS CHOREA; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; CLINICAL DESCRIPTION SO - Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines 2003 ;44(5):782-790 205 UI - 302 AU - Jimenez RT AU - Smith PH AU - Martinez-Leon N AD - Univ Illinois, Champaign, IL 61820, USAUniv Americas, Puebla 72820, MexicoJimenez, RT, Univ Illinois, 1310 S 6th St, Champaign, IL 61820, USA TI - Freedom and form: The language and literacy practices of two Mexican schools AB - THIS STUDY examined the language and literacy practices in two Mexican schools over a period of approximately six months. Our project was guided by the theoretical notion that these practices reflect both societal influences and some of the ways that a given society itself is shaped. We applied this idea to the linguistic interactions that we recorded in four classrooms, two beginning primary classrooms and two grade 4 classrooms. Classroom observations, teacher and administrator interviews, school-produced documents, and publicly displayed texts constituted the data corpus. Findings indicated that students were provided with considerable freedom in terms of their spoken language which contrasted greatly with the emphasis on form in the production of written language. Reading constituted a middle ground depending on whether students were directed to read silently or aloud. We concluded that these practices shaped a particular type of literate habitus, one that positioned both teachers and students to accept as natural the idea that, at best, schooling could provide only partial access to the kinds of linguistic capital valued by dominant interests. On the basis of our findings, we recommend a retheorization of these language and literacy practices in terms of how they might be reformulated to challenge the dominance of particular literacies. Retheorizing these practices requires deeper understanding of the types of literate capital available to students in specific locations, and also that asymmetries between these types are not merely questions of knowledge or technical mastery, but also questions of power and access to power MH - Mexico|Puebla MH - USA PB - NEWARK: INT READING ASSOC RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 4 U4 - Education & Educational Research;Psychology, Educational U5 - J;Article AV - English IS - 0034-0553 UR - ISI:000186377600004 SO - Reading Research Quarterly 2003 ;38(4):488-508 206 UI - 355 AU - Kazdin AE AU - Benjet C AD - Yale Univ, Sch Med, Ctr Child Study, New Haven, CT 06520, USANatl Inst Psychiat, Mexico City, DF, MexicoKazdin, AE, Yale Univ, Sch Med, Ctr Child Study, 230 S Frontage Rd, New Haven, CT 06520 USA TI - Spanking children: Evidence and issues AB - Whether or not to spank children as a disclipine practice is controversial among lay lay and professional audiences alike. This article highlights different views of spanking, key conclusiona about its effects, and methodological limitations of the research and the resulting ambiguities that fuel the current debate and plague interpretation. We propose an expanded research agenda to address aquestions about the goals of parental discipline; the role, if any, that punishment plays in achieving these goals; the effects and side effects of alternative discipline practices; and the impact of punishment on underlying developmental processes MH - USA MH - Mexico|Distrito Federal PB - MALDEN: BLACKWELL PUBLISHERS RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 4 U4 - Psychology, Multidisciplinary U5 - J;Article AV - English IS - 0963-7214 UR - ISI:000183670800008 L2 - spanking children;punishment;parent discipline;PUNISHMENT SO - Current Directions in Psychological Science 2003 ;12(3):99-103 207 UI - 415 AU - Leon JA AU - Navarro R AU - Nualart D AD - Univ Barcelona, Fac Matemat, Barcelona 08007, SpainIPN, CINVESTAV, Dept Matemat, Mexico City, DF, MexicoUniv Las Americas, Dept Fis & Matemat, Puebla, MexicoNualart, D, Univ Barcelona, Fac Matemat, Gran Via 585, Barcelona 08007, Spain TI - An anticipating calculus approach to the utility maximization of an insider AB - In this paper we consider a financial market with an insider that has, at time t = 0, some additional information of the whole developing of the market. We use the forward integral, which is an anticipating integral, and the techniques of the Malliavin calculus so that we can take advantage of the privileged information to maximize the expected logarithmic utility from terminal wealth MH - Mexico|Distrito Federal MH - Mexico|Puebla MH - Spain PB - MALDEN: BLACKWELL PUBLISHERS RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 5 U4 - Business, Finance;Economics;Mathematics, Interdisciplinary Applications;Social Sciences, Mathematical Methods U5 - J;Article AV - English IS - 0960-1627 UR - ISI:000180794300012 L2 - derivative operator in the Malliavin calculus sense;forward and Skorohod integrals;optimal portfolio;expected utility;OPTIMIZATION; MARTINGALE SO - Mathematical Finance 2003 ;13(1):171-185 208 UI - 259 AU - Luna-Reyes LF AU - Andersen DL AD - SUNY Albany, Sch Informat Sci & Policy, Albany, NY 12222, USAUniv Amer, Puebla, MexicoLuna-Reyes, LF, SUNY Albany, Sch Informat Sci & Policy, 135 Western Ave, Albany, NY 12222 USA TI - Collecting and analyzing qualitative data for system dynamics: methods and models AB - System dynamics depends heavily upon quantitative data to generate feedback models. Qualitative data and their analysis also have a central role to play at all levels of the modeling process. Although the classic literature on system dynamics strongly supports this argument, the protocols to incorporate this information during the modeling process are not detailed by the most influential authors. Data-gathering techniques such as interviews and focus groups, and qualitative data analysis techniques such as grounded theory methodology and ethnographic decision models could have a strong, critical role in rigorous system dynamics efforts. This article describes some of the main qualitative, social science techniques and explores their suitability in the different stages of the modeling process. Additionally, the authors argue that the techniques described in the paper could contribute to the understanding of the modeling process, facilitate communication among modelers and clients, and set up a methodological framework to promote constructive discussion around the merits of qualitative versus quantitative modeling. Copyright (C) 2003 John Wiley Sons, Ltd MH - Mexico|Puebla MH - USA PB - CHICHESTER: JOHN WILEY & SONS LTD RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 4 U4 - Management;Social Sciences, Mathematical Methods U5 - J;Article AV - English IS - 0883-7066 UR - ISI:000188498500001 L2 - THINKING; JUDGMENT; ISSUES SO - System Dynamics Review 2003 ;19(4):271-296 209 UI - 347 AU - Maldonado-Duran M AU - Helmig L AU - Moody C AU - Fonagy P AU - Fulz J AU - Lartigue T AU - Sauceda-Garcia JM AU - Karacostas V AU - Millhuff C AU - Glinka J AD - Family Serv & Guidance Ctr, Topeka, KS 66604, USAMenninger Clin, Topeka, KS, USAUniv Coll London, London WC1E 6BT, EnglandNatl Inst Perinatol, Mexico City, DF, MexicoHosp Juan N Navarro, Mexico City, DF, MexicoBaylor Coll Med, Houston, TX 77030, USAMaldonado-Duran, M, Family Serv & Guidance Ctr, 325 SW Frazier, Topeka, KS 66604 USA TI - The zero-to-three diagnostic classification in an infant mental health clinic: Its usefulness and challenges AB - The clinical and practical experiences of a multidisciplinary infant mental health team using the DC: 0-3 Diagnostic Classification system are presented. Using data obtained from clinical in-depth evaluations of 167 consecutive referred infants, the characteristics and clinical features of this sample of children and parents are examined. The principal issues are children and families' socioeconomic status, number and types of stressors, as well as the symptoms or difficulties exhibited by the infants themselves. A significant proportion of infants come from a deprived socioeconomic background, and many are exposed to violence in the home. The diagnoses given to infants and to the kind of relationship they have with the primary caregiver (Axes I and II) are presented, as well as data as to their physical status (Axis III) and stressors (Axis IV). Many children are diagnosed as having regulatory disturbances, predominantly of the hypersensitive and motorically disorganized type. A significant proportion of mothers exhibited depression. About a third of the babies and primary caregivers had a relationship disorder, the predominant category being the underinvolved type. The implications of these findings are discussed, emphasizing the usefulness and frequency of some categories, while questioning the usefulness of other diagnostic categories. The experience of the group contributes to a dialogue and database regarding the clinical usefulness and applicability of this diagnostic classification system MH - United Kingdom MH - USA MH - Mexico|Distrito Federal PB - E LANSING: MICHIGAN ASSN INFANT MENTAL HEALTH RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 4 U4 - Psychology, Developmental U5 - J;Article AV - English IS - 0163-9641 UR - ISI:000184308100007 L2 - UNITED-STATES; DISORDERS; PSYCHOPATHOLOGY; PREGNANCY; WOMEN SO - Infant Mental Health Journal 2003 ;24(4):378-397 210 UI - 416 AU - Malhi RS AU - Mortensen HM AU - Eshleman JA AU - Kemp BM AU - Lorenz JG AU - Kaestle FA AU - Johnson JR AU - Gorodezky C AU - Smith DG AD - Univ Michigan, Dept Human Genet, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USAUniv Maryland, Dept Biol, College Pk, MD 20742, USAUniv Calif Davis, Dept Anthropol, Davis, CA 95616, USACoriell Inst Med Res, Camden, NJ 08103, USAIndiana Univ, Dept Anthropol, Bloomington, IN 47401, USASanta Barbara Museum Nat Hist, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, USAINDRE, Dept Immunogenet, Mexico City 77600, DF, MexicoUniv Calif Davis, Calif Reg Primate Res Ctr, Davis, CA 95616, USAMalhi, RS, Univ Michigan, Dept Human Genet, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA TI - Native American mtDNA prehistory in the American Southwest AB - This study examines the mtDNA diversity of the proposed descendants of the multiethnic Hohokam and Anasazi cultural traditions, as well as Uto-Aztecan and Southern-Athapaskan groups, to investigate hypothesized migrations associated with the Southwest region. The mtDNA haplogroups of 117 Native Americans from southwestern North America were determined. The hypervariable segment I (HVSI) portion of the control region of 53 of these individuals was sequenced, and the within-haplogroup diversity of 18 Native American populations from North, Central, and South America was analyzed. Within North America, populations in the West contain higher amounts of diversity than in other regions, probably due to a population expansion and high levels of gene flow among subpopulations in this region throughout prehistory. The distribution of haplogroups in the Southwest is structured more by archaeological tradition than by language. Yumans and Pimans exhibit substantially greater genetic diversity than the Jemez and Zuni, probably due to admixture and genetic isolation, respectively. We find no evidence of a movement of mtDNA lineages northward into the Southwest from Central Mexico, which, in combination with evidence from nuclear markers, suggests that the spread of Uto-Aztecan was facilitated by predominantly male migration. Southern Athapaskans probably experienced a bottleneck followed by extensive admixture during the migration to their current homeland in the Southwest. Am J Phys Anthropol 120: 108-124,2003. (C) 2003 Wiley-Liss, Inc MH - Mexico|Distrito Federal MH - USA PB - NEW YORK: WILEY-LISS RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 17 U4 - Anthropology;Evolutionary Biology U5 - J;Article AV - English IS - 0002-9483 UR - ISI:000180700500001 L2 - admixture;migration;Uto-Aztecan;Athapaskan;Hohokam;Anasazi;haplotype;MITOCHONDRIAL-DNA ANALYSIS; NEW-WORLD; NORTH AMERICANS; 9-BP DELETION; SEQUENCE VARIATION; MATERNAL LINEAGES; CONTROL-REGION; POPULATIONS; DIVERSITY; AMERINDS SO - American Journal of Physical Anthropology 2003 ;120(2):108-124 211 UI - 297 AU - Merchant D AU - Rich P AD - Hoover Inst, Stanford, CA 94305, USAUniv Amer Puebla, Puebla, Mexico TI - Prospects for Mexican federalism: Roots of the policy issues MH - Mexico|Puebla MH - USA PB - MALDEN: BLACKWELL PUBLISHERS RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 0 U4 - Political Science;Public Administration U5 - J;Article AV - English IS - 0190-292X UR - ISI:000186603500010 SO - Policy Studies Journal 2003 ;31(4):661-667 212 UI - 285 AU - Minagawa M AU - Fujita H AD - Hokkaido Univ, GEES, Sapporo, Hokkaido 060, JapanInst Nacl Antropol & Hist, Oaxaca, BCS, Mexico TI - Paleodiet reconstruction of prehistoric human in the Cap Region at the south Baja California based on carbon and nitrogen isotope analysis MH - Japan MH - Mexico|Baja California Sur PB - BUNKYO-KU TOKYO: UNIV TOKYO RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 0 U4 - Anthropology;Evolutionary Biology U5 - J;Meeting Abstract AV - English IS - 0918-7960 UR - ISI:000187277200073 SO - Anthropological Science 2003 ;111(4):425-425 213 UI - 410 AU - Montero M AU - Stokols D AD - Natl Autonomous Univ Mexico, Sch Psychol, Mexico City 04510, DF, MexicoUniv Calif Irvine, Sch Social Ecol, Irvine, CA, USAMontero, M, Natl Autonomous Univ Mexico, Fac Psicol, Posgrad Col Copilco, Av Univ 3004, Mexico City 04510, DF, Mexico TI - Psychology and the Internet: A social ecological analysis AB - This paper proposes a research strategy based on a social ecological analysis of the Internet and its psychological impact as an option to generate original research to answer the following question: What is the psycho-environmental meaning of the Internet? This paper has two objectives: first, to analyze Computer Mediated Communication (CMC) linked to the use of the Internet from a social ecological approach, and second, to propose some relationships among variables from a social ecological perspective, which can help to clarify the variability and magnitude of the psychosocial effect associated with the Internet. This article is divided into three sections. The first briefly describes the origins and development of the Internet. It identifies some technological features and specifies some of the cutting-edge breakthroughs that have facilitated its expansion. The second section proposes a conceptual scheme from the social ecological perspective, which analyzes the subject-environmental binomial associated with the Internet. It identifies the basic assumption, the conceptual richness, and possibilities for research on the Internet, using a social ecological approach. Finally, the last section describes the scope and limitations of this perspective, and discusses its heuristic utility for the development and consolidation of a new area in psychological research: "digital psychology or cyber psychology." MH - Mexico|Distrito Federal MH - USA PB - LARCHMONT: MARY ANN LIEBERT INC PUBL RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 0 U4 - Communication;Psychology, Applied U5 - J;Review AV - English IS - 1094-9313 UR - ISI:000181299500007 L2 - COMPUTER-MEDIATED COMMUNICATION; WORLD-WIDE-WEB; ENVIRONMENT; ADDICTION; BEHAVIOR; LIFE; METHODOLOGIES; PERSONALITY; EXPLORATION; ATTACHMENT SO - Cyberpsychology & Behavior 2003 ;6(1):59-72 214 UI - 378 AU - Morales LFB AU - Garcia-Rodriguez F AU - Contreras JB AU - Sanchez-Mota G AU - Rubio AO AD - Ctr Invest Biol Noroeste, La Paz 23000, Baja Calif Sur, MexicoFac Ciencias, Dept Oceanog, Montevideo, UruguayUniv Autonoma Baja Calif Sur, La Paz, MexicoMorales, LFB, Ctr Invest Biol Noroeste, Apartado Postal N-128, La Paz 23000, Baja Calif Sur, Mexico TI - Environmental and socioeconomic multivariate analysis of the primary economic sector of Mexico AB - Canonical correspondence analyses were made for the primary economic sector of all 32 Mexican states. Environmental, social and economic indicators were considered in the analyses. Four homogeneous units, fisheries, forestry, agriculture and anthropogenic aptitude, were identified. Coastal states showed a higher contribution to the gross national product (GNP) than noncoastal states. Jalisco had the highest contribution to the GNP. Our analysis represents a useful tool to describe and arrange homogeneous state groups inside the country. This ordering will be useful to develop national strategies, both socioeconomic and environmental. We hope this kind of analysis will be useful for the decision makers not only in Mexico, but also in other countries that use this innovative approach. Copyright (C) 2003 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd and ERP Environment MH - Mexico|Baja California Sur MH - Uruguay PB - W SUSSEX: JOHN WILEY & SONS LTD RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 1 U4 - Planning & Development U5 - J;Article AV - English IS - 0968-0802 UR - ISI:000183046900002 L2 - VEGETATION SO - Sustainable Development 2003 ;11(2):77-83 215 UI - 332 AU - Morrison DM AU - Gillmore MR AU - Hoppe MJ AU - Gaylord J AU - Leigh BC AU - Rainey D AD - Univ Washington, Sch Social Work, Seattle, WA 98195, USAUniv New Mexico, Sch Med, Mexico City, DF, MexicoUniv Washington, Inst Alcohol & Drug Abuse, Seattle, WA 98195, USAGrp Hlth Cooperat Puget Sound, Seattle, WA, USAMorrison, DM, Univ Washington, Sch Social Work, Seattle, WA 98195, USA TI - Adolescent drinking and sex: Findings from a daily diary study AB - CONTEXT. Alcohol consumption often has been cited as increasing adolescents' risk of HIV and several studies have shown positive relationships between drinking and risky sexual behavior among adolescents. Because most of these studies used global measures of drinking and risky sex, and conducted comparisons across persons, they could not determine whether alcohol use was a cause of risky sex or simply a correlate. METHODS:A sample of 112 U.S. adolescents completed doily diaries about their health behaviors, including drinking and intercourse, for eight weeks. In analyses using t-tests and hierarchical linear modeling, each respondent's rate of condom use after drinking was compared with his or her rate of use when not drinking, and predictors of condom use were examined. RESULTS: Rates of condom use did not differ significantly between sexual events preceded by drinking (use in 54% of events) and those not preceded by drinking (use in 52% of events). Condoms were more likely to be used during sexual events with casual partners than in those with steady partners, less likely to be used on occasions when other birth control was used and more likely to be used when the sexual encounter was expected In the multivariate analyses, the odds of condom use were not associated either with whether a teenager had been drinking before sex or with the quantity of alcohol consumed. CONCLUSIONS: These findings challenge the widely accepted hypothesis that drinking is a cause of sexual risk-taking. Rather, they underscore the need for interventions to increase teenagers' access to and ability to use condoms MH - Mexico|Distrito Federal MH - USA PB - NEW YORK: ALAN GUTTMACHER INST RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 15 U4 - Demography;Family Studies U5 - J;Article AV - English IS - 1538-6341 UR - ISI:000184703700001 L2 - SUBSTANCE USE; CONDOM USE; DRUG-USE; HUMAN-SEXUALITY; HIV-INFECTION; RISK-TAKING; ALCOHOL; BEHAVIOR; STUDENTS; METAANALYSIS SO - Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health 2003 ;35(4):162-168 216 UI - 301 AU - Napolitano V AU - Flores GM AD - Univ Cambridge, Ctr Latin Amer Studies, Cambridge CB2 1TN, EnglandNatl Publ Hlth Inst, Ctr Invest Sistemas Salud, Cuernavaca, Morelos, MexicoNapolitano, V, Univ Cambridge, Ctr Latin Amer Studies, Cambridge CB2 1TN, England TI - Complementary medicine: Cosmopolitan and popular knowledge, and transcultural translations - Cases from urban Mexico AB - This article discusses some aspects of the practice of complementary and traditional medicine in urban Mexico through a transcultural paradigm, hence it focuses on how medical knowledge(s) are commodified as well as how a 'travelling' medical knowledge acquires agency in a transculturation process. This study, while analysing different practices of Chinese and Japanese medicine, argues that oriental medicine is translated in at least two ways - a popular and a cosmopolitan form - that shape particular expressions of citizenship. The popular form is carried out in low-income neighbourhoods and it focuses around a 'Mexicanization' of oriental medicine and the reaffirmation of the popular as part of the national. Cosmopolitan medicine, on the other hand, is particularly practised in exclusive health spas and seeks to purge the popular out of the national and to incorporate 'traditional' medicine as one of the multiple components of cosmopolitan consumption. The article argues that both popular and cosmopolitan expressions are important to understanding how complementary and oriental medicine have become not only part of a global market, but also part of a particular history of national and popular medical systems MH - United Kingdom MH - Mexico|Morelos PB - LONDON: SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 2 U4 - Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary U5 - J;Article AV - English IS - 0263-2764 UR - ISI:000186451900006 L2 - alternative medicine;Chinese medicine;citizenship;medicina popular;Mexico;transculturation;FRANCISCO BAY AREA; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; PRACTITIONERS; WOMEN; CARE SO - Theory Culture & Society 2003 ;20(4):79-+ 217 UI - 292 AU - Norris FH AU - Murphy AD AU - Baker CK AU - Perilla JL AU - Rodriguez FG AU - Rodriguez JD AD - NCPTSD, VA Med Ctr, White River Jct, VT 05009, USADartmouth Coll, Dartmouth Med Sch, Dept Psychiat, Lebanon, NH, USAGeorgia State Univ, Dept Anthropol, Atlanta, GA 30303, USAGeorgia State Univ, Dept Psychol, Atlanta, GA 30303, USAUniv Guadalajara, Dept Psychol, Guadalajara 44430, Jalisco, MexicoNorris, FH, NCPTSD, VA Med Ctr, 116D,215 N Main St, White River Jct, VT 05009 USA TI - Epidemiology of trauma and posttraumatic stress disorder in Mexico AB - Prevalence rates of trauma and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) were estimated from a probability sample of 2,509 adults from 4 cities in Mexico. PTSD was assessed according to Diagnostic, and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (American Psychiatric Association, 1994) criteria using the Composite International Diagnostic Interview (CIDI; WHO, 1997). Lifetime prevalence of exposure and PTSD were 76% and 11.2%, respectively. Risk for PTSD was highest in Oaxaca (the poorest city), persons of lower socioeconomic status, and women. Conditional risk for PTSD was highest following sexual violence, but nonsexual violence and traumatic bereavement had greater overall impact because of their frequency. Of lifetime cases, 62% became chronic; only 42% received medical or professional care. The research demonstrates the importance of expanding the epidemiologic research base on trauma to include developing countries around the world MH - USA MH - Mexico|Jalisco PB - WASHINGTON: AMER PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOC RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 13 U4 - Psychology, Clinical;Psychology, Multidisciplinary U5 - J;Article AV - English IS - 0021-843X UR - ISI:000187008100010 L2 - URBAN-POPULATION; YOUNG-ADULTS; PREVALENCE; EVENTS; DISASTER; EXPOSURE; WOMEN; ROLES; PTSD SO - Journal of Abnormal Psychology 2003 ;112(4):646-656 218 UI - 367 AU - Okasha S AD - Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Inst Invest Filosof, Mexico City 04510, DF, MexicoUniv York, York YO10 5DD, N Yorkshire, EnglandOkasha, S, Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Inst Invest Filosof, Ciudad Univ, Mexico City 04510, DF, Mexico TI - The concept of group heritability AB - This paper investigates the role of the concept of group heritability in group selection theory, in relation to the well-known distinction between 'type 1' and 'type 2' group selection ('GS1' and 'GS2'). I argue that group heritability is required for the operation of GS1 but not GS2, despite what a number of authors have claimed. I offer a numerical example of the evolution of altruism in a multi-group population which demonstrates that a group heritability coefficient of zero is perfectly compatible with the successful operation of group selection in the GS2 sense. A diagnosis of why group heritability has wrongly been regarded as necessary for GS2 is suggested MH - United Kingdom MH - Mexico|Distrito Federal PB - DORDRECHT: KLUWER ACADEMIC PUBL RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 5 U4 - History & Philosophy Of Science U5 - J;Article AV - English IS - 0169-3867 UR - ISI:000183444200005 L2 - altruism;group selection;heritability;levels of selection;GROUP SELECTION; POPULATIONAL HERITABILITY; EVOLUTION; LEVEL; DIFFERENTIATION; SEX SO - Biology & Philosophy 2003 ;18(3):445-461 219 UI - 398 AU - Okasha S AD - Univ York, Dept Philosophy, York YO1 5DD, N Yorkshire, EnglandUniv Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Inst Invest Filosof, Mexico City 04510, DF, MexicoOkasha, S, Univ York, Dept Philosophy, York YO1 5DD, N Yorkshire, England TI - Fodor on cognition, modularity, and adaptationism AB - This paper critically examines Jerry Fodor's latest attacks on evolutionary psychology. Contra Leda Cosmides and John Tooby, Fodor argues (i) there is no reason to think that human cognition is a Darwinian adaptation in the first place, and (ii) there is no valid inference from adaptationism about the mind to massive modularity. However, Fodor maintains (iii) that there is a valid inference in the converse direction, from modularity to adaptationism, but (iv) that the language module is an exception to the validity of this inference. I explore Fodor's arguments for each of these claims, and the interrelations between them. I argue that Fodor is incorrect on point (i), correct on point (ii), partially correct on point (iii), and incorrect on point (iv). Overall, his critique fails to show that adopting a broadly Darwinian approach to cognition is intellectually indefensible MH - United Kingdom MH - Mexico|Distrito Federal PB - CHICAGO: UNIV CHICAGO PRESS RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 1 U4 - History & Philosophy Of Science U5 - J;Article AV - English IS - 0031-8248 UR - ISI:000182331900007 SO - Philosophy of Science 2003 ;70(1):68-88 220 UI - 342 AU - Pick S AU - Poortinga YH AU - Givaudan M AD - Inst Mexicano Invest Familia & Poblac, Mexico City 03920, DF, MexicoUniv Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Mexico City 04510, DF, MexicoTilburg Univ, NL-5000 LE Tilburg, NetherlandsCatholic Univ Louvain, B-3000 Louvain, BelgiumPick, S, Inst Mexicano Invest Familia & Poblac, Malaga Norte 25,Colonia Insurgentes Mixcoac, Mexico City 03920, DF, Mexico TI - Integrating intervention theory and strategy in culture-sensitive health promotion programs AB - One of the tasks of psychology is to promote positive changes in individual health behavior. Interventions to bring about these changes should be directed at skills, knowledge, and beliefs pertinent to specific situations. Maintenance of change is facilitated by a conducive context. A conceptual framework is presented that reflects these concerns. A systematic strategy is also outlined that includes needs analysis, development and piloting of programs, as well as advocacy and dissemination for large-scale implementation. A program aimed at enhancing the role of pharmacy sales staff in HIV/AIDS prevention in Mexico is presented to illustrate how the framework and strategy are used MH - Belgium MH - Mexico|Distrito Federal MH - Netherlands PB - WASHINGTON: AMER PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOC RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 5 U4 - Psychology, Multidisciplinary U5 - J;Article AV - English IS - 0735-7028 UR - ISI:000184401600011 L2 - ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; MEXICO SO - Professional Psychology-Research and Practice 2003 ;34(4):422-429 221 UI - 391 AU - Pick S AU - Givaudan M AU - Poortinga YH AD - Inst Mexicano Invest Familia & Poblac, Mexico City 03920, DF, MexicoUniv Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Mexico City 04510, DF, MexicoTilburg Univ, Tilburg, NetherlandsCatholic Univ Leuven, Louvain, BelgiumPick, S, Inst Mexicano Invest Familia & Poblac, Malaga Norte 25, Mexico City 03920, DF, Mexico TI - Sexuality and life skills education - A multistrategy intervention in Mexico AB - This contribution presents a set of intervention programs in the area of reproductive health, sexuality, and life-skills education that are now widely used in Mexico and with Latin American populations elsewhere. First, the authors briefly indicate how a research-informed approach has been central to the development and implementation of these interventions. Thereafter they describe how the programs were initially designed, taking into consideration the Mexican cultural context and its implications for Mexican adolescents. They also mention subsequent evaluation-based extensions of the programs to reach other target populations, to broaden the range of issues addressed, to promote their dissemination, and to advocate society-wide sexuality and life-skills education MH - Belgium MH - Mexico|Distrito Federal MH - Netherlands PB - WASHINGTON: AMER PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOC RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 7 U4 - Psychology, Multidisciplinary U5 - J;Article AV - English IS - 0003-066X UR - ISI:000182736200008 L2 - ADOLESCENTS; STRATEGIES SO - American Psychologist 2003 ;58(3):230-234 222 UI - 359 AU - Pratap S AU - Rendon S AD - ITAM, Ctr Invest Econ, Mexico City 10700, DF, MexicoUniv Western Ontario, Fac Social Sci, Dept Econ, London, ON N6A 5C2, CanadaPratap, S, ITAM, Ctr Invest Econ, Av Camino Santa Teresa 930, Mexico City 10700, DF, Mexico TI - Firm investment in imperfect capital markets: A structural estimation AB - In this paper we characterize and estimate the degree to which liquidity constraints affect real activity. We set up a dynamic model of firm investment and debt in which liquidity constraints enter explicitly into the firm's maximization problem, so that investment depends positively on the firm's financial position. The optimal policy rules are incorporated into a maximum likelihood procedure to estimate the structural parameters of the model. We identify liquidity constraints from the dynamics of a firm's evolution, as formalized by the dynamic estimation process, and find that they significantly affect investment decisions of firms. Firms ability to raise equity is about 73% of what it would have been under free capital markets. If firms can finance investment by issuing fresh equity, rather than with internal funds or debt, average capital stock is about 6% higher over a period of 20 years. Transitory interest rate shocks have a sustained impact on capital accumulation, which lasts for several periods. (C) 2003 Elsevier Science (USA). All rights reserved MH - Canada MH - Mexico|Distrito Federal PB - SAN DIEGO: ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 0 U4 - Economics U5 - J;Article AV - English IS - 1094-2025 UR - ISI:000183686800003 L2 - investment;liquidity constraints;estimation of dynamic structural models;financial accelerator;ASYMMETRIC INFORMATION; LIQUIDITY CONSTRAINTS; MONETARY-POLICY; CASH FLOW; FLUCTUATIONS; GROWTH; MODELS; DEBT; SIZE SO - Review of Economic Dynamics 2003 ;6(3):513-545 223 UI - 307 AU - Reyes MEP AU - Tan SK AU - Malina RM AD - Michigan State Univ, Ctr Latin Amer & Caribbean Studies, E Lansing, MI 48824, USATarleton State Univ, Stephenville, TX, USADef Med Res Inst, Singapore, SingaporeEscuela Nacl Antropol & Hist, Mexico City, DF, MexicoMalina, RM, Route 2,Box 140, Bay City, TX 77414, USA TI - Urban-rural contrasts in the physical fitness of school children in Oaxaca, Mexico AB - The physical fitness of school children resident in an urban colonia and in a rural indigenous community in Oaxaca, southern Mexico, was compared. Two measures of performance-related fitness (standing long jump, 35-yard dash [32 in]) and four measures of health-related fitness (grip strength, sit and reach, timed sit-ups, distance run) were taken on 355 rural (175 boys, 184 girls) and 324 urban (163 boys, 161 girls) school children, 6-13 years of age. Urban children were significantly taller and heavier than rural children. Absolute grip strength did not consistently differ between rural and urban children, but when adjusted for age and body size, strength was greater in rural children. Explosive power (standing long jump) and abdominal strength and endurance (timed sit-ups) were better in urban than in rural children without and with adjustment for age and body size. Urban-rural differences in running speed (dash) and flexibility (sit and reach) varied by age group and sex. Younger rural children and older urban girls performed better in the distance run, whereas older rural and urban boys did not differ in endurance. The size advantage of urban children does not necessarily translate into better levels of performance- and health-related physical fitness. The observed differences may be related to activity habits associated with school physical education and lifestyle in the respective communities. (C) 2003 Wiley-Liss, Inc MH - Mexico|Distrito Federal MH - Singapore MH - USA PB - NEW YORK: WILEY-LISS RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 3 U4 - Anthropology;Biology U5 - J;Article AV - English IS - 1042-0533 UR - ISI:000186302700009 L2 - SENEGALESE CHILDREN; MOTOR-PERFORMANCE; WORK CAPACITY; BODY-SIZE; GROWTH; STRENGTH; BOYS SO - American Journal of Human Biology 2003 ;15(6):800-813 224 UI - 368 AU - Rodriguez-Larralde A AU - Gonzales-Martin A AU - Scapoli C AU - Barrai I AD - Univ Ferrara, Dept Biol, I-44100 Ferrara, ItalyIVIC, Dept Expt Med, Lab Human Genet, Caracas, VenezuelaUniv Autonoma Estado Hidalgo, Area Acad Hist & Antropol, Estado De Hidalgo, MexicoBarrai, I, Univ Ferrara, Dept Biol, Via L Borsari 46, I-44100 Ferrara, Italy TI - The names of Spain: A study of the isonymy structure of Spain AB - In order to estimate the isonymy structure of Spain, we studied surname distribution in 283 Spanish towns based on 3.625 million telephone users selected from 6.328 million users, downloaded from a commercial CD-ROM which contains all 13 million users in the country. Since in Spain the surname is made by the paternal and the maternal surname, it was possible to classify surnames according to parental origin. Two matrices of isonymy distances, one for paternal and one for maternal surnames, were constructed and tested for correlation with geographic distance. For the whole of Spain, Euclidean distance was significantly but weakly correlated with geographic distance both for paternal and maternal surnames, with r = 0.205 +/- 0.013 and r = 0.263 +/- 0.012, respectively. Two dendrograms of the 283 sampled towns were built from the two matrices of Euclidean distance. They are largely colinear. Four main clusters identified by the dendrograms are correlated with geography. Given the surname structure of Spain, we were able to calculate from isonymy and for each town 1) total or expressed inbreeding, 2) random or expected inbreeding, and 3) local inbreeding. Total inbreeding, F-IT, was highest in the North Atlantic regions and lowest along the Mediterranean Coast. The lowest levels were found in Andalusia, Catalunyia, Valencia, and Navarra. Random inbreeding, F-ST, had a similar geographical pattern. Local inbreeding, F-IS, was relatively uniform in the whole of Spain. In towns, random inbreeding dominates over local inbreeding. From the analysis, it emerges that the northwestern area of Spain is the most inbred. (C) 2003 Wiley-Liss, Inc MH - Italy MH - Mexico|Hidalgo MH - Venezuela PB - NEW YORK: WILEY-LISS RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 12 U4 - Anthropology;Evolutionary Biology U5 - J;Article AV - English IS - 0002-9483 UR - ISI:000183506700008 L2 - population structure;surname distribution;inbreeding by isonymy;isolation by distance;Y-CHROMOSOME; POLYPHYLETIC SURNAMES; IBERIAN PENINSULA; GENETIC-STRUCTURE; DISTANCE; POPULATIONS; HISTORY; SWITZERLAND; FREQUENCY; MONTERREY SO - American Journal of Physical Anthropology 2003 ;121(3):280-292 225 UI - 420 AU - Rodriguez MC AU - Turner P AD - Super Monterrey, Dept Econ, Inst Tecnol & Estudios, Mexico City, DF, MexicoUniv Sheffield, Dept Econ, Sheffield S1 4DT, S Yorkshire, EnglandRodriguez, MC, Super Monterrey, Dept Econ, Inst Tecnol & Estudios, Mexico City, DF, Mexico TI - Currency substitution and the demand for money in Mexico AB - Demand functions for broad money and foreign currency deposits are estimated using quarterly Mexican data for the period 1978:1 to 2000:4. Significant evidence is found for currency substitution in the broad money equation. While the demand function for foreign currency deposits is harder to interpret, significant evidence of substitution between domestic money balances and US$ deposits is found MH - United Kingdom MH - Mexico|Distrito Federal PB - HANTS: ROUTLEDGE RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 0 U4 - Economics U5 - J;Article AV - English IS - 1350-4851 UR - ISI:000180526900012 SO - Applied Economics Letters 2003 ;10(1):59-62 226 UI - 334 AU - Sarama J AU - Clements DH AU - Swaminathan S AU - McMillen S AU - Gomez RMG AD - SUNY Buffalo, Dept Instruct & Learning, Buffalo, NY 14260, USAEastern Connecticut State Univ, Willimantic, CT 06226, USASUNY Coll Buffalo, Buffalo, NY 14222, USAInst Tecnol & Estudios Super Monterrey, Monterrey, MexicoSarama, J, SUNY Buffalo, Dept Instruct & Learning, 505 Baldy Hall, Buffalo, NY 14260 USA TI - Development of mathematical concepts of two-dimensional space in grid environments: An exploratory study AB - We investigated the development of two-dimensional space concepts within a mathematics unit on grids, coordinates, and rectangles, part of a large-scale curriculum development project funded by the NSF. Data from case studies, interviews, paper-and-pencil tests, and whole-class observations were collected during field tests with 4 fourth-grade classrooms. Students had to overcome substantial hurdles in learning to spatially structure two-dimensional grids, including interpreting the grid's components as line segments rather than regions; appreciating the precision of location the lines required, rather than treating them as fuzzy boundaries or indicators of intervals; and learning to trace vertical or horizontal lines that were not axes. We found no evidence for a relationship between students' strategies for naming and locating coordinates and their other knowledge of grid and coordinate systems; instead, such knowledge was related to students' levels of competence in three aspects of more complex coordinate situations: number sense, spatial-geometric relationships, and the ability to discriminate and integrate the two numbers constituting a coordinate pair and the two axes constituting a coordinate plane. On this basis we describe elements of students' mental structuring of grid and coordinate systems as two-dimensional spaces, demarcated and measured with conceptual rulers. Relationships between students' conceptualizations and various representations, including real-world analogies, were complex, with the real-world contexts serving an important scaffolding role for most students at the early phases of learning, but impeding further mathematical abstraction in some students at later phases. Computer representations were significant in aiding learning, especially mathematical generalization and abstraction, in both grid and coordinate systems and in the learning of concepts of rectangles. Teacher and computer scaffolding also played a critical role in helping students integrate information from within these areas and broadly between their spatial and numeric schemes MH - Mexico|Nuevo Leon MH - USA PB - MAHWAH: LAWRENCE ERLBAUM ASSOC INC RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 2 U4 - Psychology, Educational;Psychology, Experimental U5 - J;Article AV - English IS - 0737-0008 UR - ISI:000184678400003 L2 - COGNITIVE MAPS; CHILDREN; LOGO; CONCEPTUALIZATIONS; GEOMETRY; ARRAYS; TASKS SO - Cognition and Instruction 2003 ;21(3):285-324 227 UI - 326 AU - Schmitt DP AU - Alcalay L AU - Allensworth M AU - Allik J AU - Ault L AU - Austers I AU - Bennett KL AU - Bianchi G AU - Boholst F AU - Cunen MAB AU - Braekman J AU - Brainerd EG AU - Caral LGA AU - Caron G AU - Casullo MM AU - Cunningham M AU - Daibo I AU - De Backer C AU - De Souza E AU - az-Loving R AU - Diniz G AU - Durkin K AU - Echegaray M AU - Eremsoy E AU - Euler EA AU - Falzon R AU - Fisher ML AU - Foley D AU - Fowler R AU - Fry DP AU - Fry S AU - Ghayur MA AU - Giri VN AU - Golden DL AU - Grammer K AU - Grimaldi L AU - Halberstadt J AU - Haque S AU - Herrera D AU - Hertel J AU - Hitchell A AU - Hoffmann H AU - Hooper D AU - Hradilekova Z AU - Hudek-Kene-Evi J AU - Huffcuff A AU - Jaafar J AU - Jankauskaite M AU - Kabangu-Stahel H AU - Kardum I AU - Khoury B AU - Kwon H AU - Laidra K AU - Laireiter AR AU - Lakerveld D AU - Lampert A AU - Lauri M AU - Lavallee M AU - Lee SJ AU - Leung LC AU - Locke KD AU - Locke V AU - Luksik I AU - Magaisa I AU - Marcinkeviciene D AU - Mata A AU - Mata R AU - McCarthy B AU - Mills ME AU - Mkhize NJ AU - Moreira J AU - Moreira S AU - Moya M AU - Munyae M AU - Noller P AU - Olimat H AU - Opre A AU - Panayiotou A AU - Petrovic N AU - Poels K AU - Popper M AU - Poulimenou M AU - Pyatokha V AU - Raymond M AU - Reips UD AU - Reneau SE AU - Rivera-Aragon S AU - Rowatt WC AU - Ruch W AU - Rus VS AU - Safir MP AU - Salas S AU - Sambataro F AU - Sandnabba KN AU - Schletter R AU - Schulmeyer MK AU - Schutz A AU - Scrimali T AU - Schackelford TK AU - Sharan MB AU - Shaver PR AU - Sichona F AU - Simonetti F AU - Sineshaw T AU - Sookdew R AU - Speelman T AU - Spyrou S AU - Sumer HC AU - Sumer N AU - Supekova M AU - Szlendak T AU - Taylor R AU - Tungaraza FSK AU - Turner A AU - Vandermassen G AU - Vanhoomissen T AU - Van Overwalle F AU - Vanwesenbeeck I AU - Vasey PL AU - Verissimo J AU - Voracek M AU - Wan WWN AU - Wang TW AU - Weiss P AU - Wijaya A AU - Woertman L AU - Youn G AU - Zupaneie A AD - Bradley Univ, Dept Psychol, Peoria, IL 61625, USAPontificia Univ Catolica Chile, Santiago, ChileUniv Tartu, EE-50090 Tartu, EstoniaUniv Louisville, Louisville, KY 40292, USALatvian State Univ, LV-1063 Riga, LatviaUniv New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131, USASlovak Acad Sci, Bratislava, SlovakiaUniv Malta, Msida, MaltaState Univ Ghent, B-9000 Ghent, BelgiumClemson Univ, Clemson, SC 29631, USAUniv Laval, Quebec City, PQ G1K 7P4, CanadaUniv Buenos Aires, RA-1053 Buenos Aires, DF, ArgentinaOsaka Univ, Suita, Osaka 565, JapanIllinois State Univ, Normal, IL 61761, USANatl Autonomous Univ Mexico, Mexico City 04510, DF, MexicoUniv Brasilia, BR-70910900 Brasilia, DF, BrazilUniv Western Australia, Nedlands, WA 6009, AustraliaUniv Lima, Lima, PeruBogazici Univ, TR-80815 Bebek, TurkeyUniv Kassel, D-3500 Kassel, GermanyYork Univ, N York, ON M3J 1P3, CanadaUniv Queensland, St Lucia, Qld 4067, AustraliaAbo Akad Univ, Turku, FinlandIndian Inst Technol, Kharagpur 721302, W Bengal, IndiaUniv Hawaii Manoa, Honolulu, HI 96822, USAUniv Catania, I-95124 Catania, ItalyUniv Otago, Dunedin, New ZealandUniv Dakah, Dhaka, BangladeshTech Univ Chemnitz, Chemnitz, GermanyKnox Coll, Galesburg, IL, USAComenius Univ, Bratislava 81806, SlovakiaUniv Malaya, Kuala Lumpur 59100, MalaysiaVilnius State Univ, Vilnius, LithuaniaAmer Univ Beirut, Beirut, LebanonKwangju Hlth Coll, Kwangju, South KoreaSalzburg Univ, Inst Psychol, A-5020 Salzburg, AustriaUniv Utrecht, NL-3508 TC Utrecht, NetherlandsCity Univ Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Peoples R ChinaUniv Idaho, Moscow, ID 83843, USASlovak Acad Sci, Bratislava, SlovakiaUniv Zimbabwe, Harare, ZimbabweUniv Lisbon, P-1699 Lisbon, PortugalUniv Cent Lancashire, Preston PR1 2HE, Lancs, EnglandLoyola Marymount Univ, Los Angeles, CA 90045, USAUniv Natal, ZA-4001 Durban, South AfricaUniv Granada, E-18071 Granada, SpainUniv Babes Bolyai, R-3400 Cluj Napoca, RomaniaUniv Cyprus, Nicosia, CyprusUniv Belgrade, YU-11001 Belgrade, YugoslaviaUniv Montpellier 2, F-34095 Montpellier 5, FranceUniv Zurich, CH-8006 Zurich, SwitzerlandUniv Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487, USABaylor Univ, Waco, TX 76798, USAQueens Univ Belfast, Belfast, Antrim, North IrelandUniv Ljubljana, Ljubljana 61000, SloveniaUniv Haifa, IL-31999 Haifa, IsraelFlorida Atlantic Univ, Boca Raton, FL 33431, USAUniv Calif Davis, Davis, CA 95616, USAUniv Dar Es Salaam, Dar Es Salaam, TanzaniaRamapo Coll, Mahwah, NJ, USAMiddle E Tech Univ, TR-06531 Ankara, TurkeyNicholas Copernicus Univ, PL-87100 Torun, PolandSUNY Coll Plattsburgh, Plattsburgh, NY 12901, USAFree Univ Brussels, Brussels, BelgiumUniv Lethbridge, Lethbridge, AB T1K 3M4, CanadaUniv Vienna, Sch Med, A-1010 Vienna, AustriaUniv Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Peoples R ChinaCharles Univ, CR-11636 Prague 1, Czech RepublicCouple Clin Indonesia, Surabaya, IndonesiaUniv Utrecht, NL-3508 TC Utrecht, NetherlandsSchmitt, DP, Bradley Univ, Dept Psychol, Peoria, IL 61625, USA TI - Are men universally more dismissing than women? Gender differences in romantic attachment across 62 cultural regions AB - Gender differences in the dismissing form of adult romantic attachment were investigated as part of the International Sexuality Description Project-a survey study of 17,804 people from 62 cultural regions. Contrary to research findings previously reported in Western cultures, we found that men were not significantly more dismissing than women across all cultural regions. Gender differences in dismissing romantic attachment were evident in most cultures, but were typically only small to moderate in magnitude. Looking across cultures, the degree of gender differentiation in dismissing romantic attachment was predictably associated with sociocultural indicators. Generally, these associations supported evolutionary theories of romantic attachment, with smaller gender differences evident in cultures with high-stress and high-fertility reproductive environments. Social role theories of human sexuality received less support in that more progressive sex-role ideologies and national gender equity indexes were not cross-culturally linked as expected to smaller gender differences in dismissing romantic attachment MH - Argentina MH - Australia MH - Austria MH - Bangladesh MH - Belgium MH - Brazil MH - Canada MH - Chile MH - Cyprus MH - Czech Republic MH - United Kingdom MH - Estonia MH - Finland MH - France MH - Germany MH - India MH - Indonesia MH - Israel MH - Italy MH - Japan MH - Latvia MH - Lebanon MH - Lithuania MH - Malaysia MH - Malta MH - Mexico|Distrito Federal MH - Netherlands MH - New Zealand MH - Peoples R China MH - Peru MH - Poland MH - Portugal MH - Romania MH - Slovakia MH - Slovenia MH - South Africa MH - South Korea MH - Spain MH - Switzerland MH - Tanzania MH - Turkey MH - USA MH - Yugoslavia MH - Zimbabwe PB - OXFORD: BLACKWELL PUBL LTD RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 5 U4 - Psychology, Social U5 - J;Review AV - English IS - 1350-4126 UR - ISI:000184973300003 L2 - ADULT ATTACHMENT; EVOLUTIONARY PERSPECTIVE; SEX-DIFFERENCES; INDIVIDUAL-DIFFERENCES; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; BEHAVIOR; PATTERNS; STYLES; DIMENSIONS; MODEL SO - Personal Relationships 2003 ;10(3):307-331 228 UI - 400 AU - Schwartz ES AU - Zozaya-Gorostiza C AD - Univ Calif Los Angeles, Anderson Grad Sch Management, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USAInst Tecnol Autonomo Mexico, Mexico City 01000, DF, MexicoSchwartz, ES, Univ Calif Los Angeles, Anderson Grad Sch Management, Los Angeles, CA 90095 USA TI - Investment under uncertainty in information technology: Acquisition and development projects AB - In this paper, we develop two models for the valuation-of information technology (IT) investment projects using the real options approach. The IT investment projects discussed in this paper are categorized into development and acquisition projects, depending upon the time it takes to start benefiting from the IT asset once the decision to invest has been taken. The models account for uncertainty both in the costs and benefits associated with the investment opportunity. Our stochastic cost function for IT development projects incorporates the technical and input cost uncertainties of Pindyck's model (1993), but also considers the fact that the investment costs of some IT projects might change even if no investment takes place. In contrast to other models in the real options literature in which benefits are summarized in the underlying asset value, our model for IT acquisition projects represents these benefits as a stream of stochastic cash flows MH - USA MH - Mexico|Distrito Federal PB - LINTHICUM HTS: INST OPERATIONS RESEARCH MANAGEMENT SCIENCES RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 15 U4 - Management;Operations Research & Management Science U5 - J;Article AV - English IS - 0025-1909 UR - ISI:000182094000005 L2 - investment under uncertainity;real options;information technology;acquisition and development projects;REAL OPTIONS SO - Management Science 2003 ;49(1):57-70 229 UI - 300 AU - Serrano M AU - Kenny P AD - El Colegio Mexico, Mexico City, DF, MexicoUniv London Kings Coll, London WC2R 2LS, EnglandSerrano, M, El Colegio Mexico, Mexico City, DF, Mexico TI - The international regulation of money laundering MH - United Kingdom MH - Mexico|Distrito Federal PB - BOULDER: LYNNE RIENNER PUBL INC RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 0 U4 - International Relations U5 - J;Article AV - English IS - 1075-2846 UR - ISI:000186664200003 SO - Global Governance 2003 ;9(4):433-439 230 UI - 371 AU - Siemens AH AD - Univ British Columbia, Dept Geog, Vancouver, BC V5Z 1M9, CanadaInst Ecol, Xalapa, Veracruz, MexicoSiemens, AH, Univ British Columbia, Dept Geog, Vancouver, BC V5Z 1M9, Canada TI - Cultivated landscapes of native Amazonia and the Andes MH - Canada MH - Mexico|Veracruz PB - MALDEN: BLACKWELL PUBLISHERS RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 0 U4 - Geography U5 - J;Book Review AV - English IS - 0004-5608 UR - ISI:000183419600016 L2 - indigeneous;cultivated landscapes;Americas SO - Annals of the Association of American Geographers 2003 ;93(1):231-237 231 UI - 372 AU - Siemens AH AD - Univ British Columbia, Dept Geog, Vancouver, BC V5Z 1M9, CanadaInst Ecol, Xalapa, Veracruz, MexicoSiemens, AH, Univ British Columbia, Dept Geog, Vancouver, BC V5Z 1M9, Canada TI - Cultivated landscapes of native North America MH - Canada MH - Mexico|Veracruz PB - MALDEN: BLACKWELL PUBLISHERS RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 0 U4 - Geography U5 - J;Book Review AV - English IS - 0004-5608 UR - ISI:000183419600017 L2 - indigeneous;cultivated landscapes;Americas SO - Annals of the Association of American Geographers 2003 ;93(1):231-237 232 UI - 373 AU - Siemens AH AD - Univ British Columbia, Dept Geog, Vancouver, BC V5Z 1M9, CanadaInst Ecol, Xalapa, Veracruz, MexicoSiemens, AH, Univ British Columbia, Dept Geog, Vancouver, BC V5Z 1M9, Canada TI - Cultivated landscapes of middle America on the eve of conquest MH - Canada MH - Mexico|Veracruz PB - MALDEN: BLACKWELL PUBLISHERS RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 0 U4 - Geography U5 - J;Book Review AV - English IS - 0004-5608 UR - ISI:000183419600018 SO - Annals of the Association of American Geographers 2003 ;93(1):231-237 233 UI - 386 AU - Smith PH AU - Jimenez RT AU - Martinez-Leon N AD - Univ Americas, Dept Lenguas, Puebla 72820, MexicoUniv Illinois, Dept Curriculum & Instruct, Urbana, IL 61801, USASmith, PH, Univ Americas, Dept Lenguas, Sta Catarina Martir,Cholula, Puebla 72820, Mexico TI - Other countries' literacies: What US educators can learn from Mexican schools MH - Mexico|Puebla MH - USA PB - NEWARK: INT READING ASSOC RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 2 U4 - Education & Educational Research U5 - J;Article AV - English IS - 0034-0561 UR - ISI:000182831800012 SO - Reading Teacher 2003 ;56(8):772-781 234 UI - 345 AU - Swanson EP AU - Rees L AD - Texas A&M Univ, College Stn, TX 77843, USAUniv las Americas Puebla, Puebla, MexicoSwanson, EP, Texas A&M Univ, College Stn, TX 77843, USA TI - The contribution of fundamental analysis after a currency devaluation AB - For a sample of companies traded on the Mexican Bolsa, fundamental analysis is used to investigate the value of financial statement information to investors after the December 1994 currency devaluation. Associations with contemporary returns show that earnings in the year of the devaluation lose value relevance, but fundamental signals, which incorporate the more detailed accounting information provided in financial statements, retain considerable explanatory power (13 2 is 25 percent). After the devaluation, fundamental signals based on changes in selling and administrative expenses and changes in gross margin are significant in several analyses, including predictions of future earnings, analysts' forecast revisions, and analysts' forecast errors. Because analysts underutilize those signals, an opportunity exists after the devaluation for a substantial profit from a zero investment trading strategy MH - Mexico|Puebla MH - USA PB - SARASOTA: AMER ACCOUNTING ASSOC RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 2 U4 - Business, Finance U5 - J;Article AV - English IS - 0001-4826 UR - ISI:000184463700011 L2 - currency devaluation;financial statement analysis;Mexico;economic shock;RETURNS; EARNINGS; PRICES SO - Accounting Review 2003 ;78(3):875-902 235 UI - 396 AU - Tamayo S AU - Cruz X AD - Univ Autonoma Metropolitana Azcapotzalco, Area Estudios Urbanos, Azcapotzalco, MexicoUniv Toulouse Le Mirail, Inst Pluridisciplinaire Etud Latino Amer, Toulouse, FranceTamayo, S, Univ Autonoma Metropolitana Azcapotzalco, Area Estudios Urbanos, Azcapotzalco, Mexico TI - The March for Indians' dignity (February 25th-April 5th, 2001) AB - The marche for Indians' dignity, from the Chiapas to Mexico, begins the 25th of February and ends on the 5th of April 2001. Its main purpose was to press the government to. insert the settlement of San Andres dealing with the rights and the culture of the Indians, ratified in 1995, in the Constitution. This paper analyses the way it was' prepared the way it passed off, its ending and its results, without delay and some time later. The march is, at least, as important and may be more by the mobiliziation it requires and the politicization it allows than by the concrete results it-obtains MH - France MH - Mexico|Distrito Federal PB - PARIS 13: EDITIONS OUVRIERES RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 0 U4 - History U5 - J;Article AV - French IS - 0027-2671 UR - ISI:000182224800006 SO - Mouvement Social 2003 ;(202):95-+ 236 UI - 317 AU - Taylor JE AU - Dyer GA AU - Stewart M AU - Yunez-Naude A AU - Ardila S AD - Univ Calif Davis, Davis, CA 95616, USAEl Colegio Mexico, Mexico City, DF, MexicoTaylor, JE, Univ Calif Davis, Davis, CA 95616, USA TI - The economics of ecotourism: A Galapagos islands economy-wide perspective MH - Mexico|Distrito Federal MH - USA PB - CHICAGO: UNIV CHICAGO PRESS RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 0 U4 - Area Studies;Economics;Planning & Development U5 - J;Article AV - English IS - 0013-0079 UR - ISI:000185836400009 L2 - COSTA-RICA; CONSERVATION; FOREST; MEXICO SO - Economic Development and Cultural Change 2003 ;51(4):977-997 237 UI - 315 AU - Van Dooren R AU - Zarate-Hoyos GA AD - Univ Utrecht, Utrecht, NetherlandsSUNY Coll Cortland, Cortland, NY 13045, USAColl Frontera Norte, Tijuana, MexicoVan Dooren, R, Univ Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands TI - The insertion of rural areas into global markets: A comparison of garment production in Yucatan and La Laguna, Mexico MH - Mexico|Baja California MH - Netherlands MH - USA PB - NEW YORK: CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 2 U4 - Area Studies;Humanities, Multidisciplinary U5 - J;Article AV - English IS - 0022-216X UR - ISI:000185541500005 SO - Journal of Latin American Studies 2003 ;35():571-592 238 UI - 381 AU - Vergara-Silva F AD - Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Inst Ecol, Dept Ecol Evolut, Lab Genet Mol & Evoluc, Mexico City 04510, DF, MexicoVergara-Silva, F, Uppsala Univ, Evolutionary Biol Ctr, Dept Physiol Bot, S-75236 Uppsala, Sweden TI - Plants and the conceptual articulation of evolutionary developmental biology MH - Mexico|Distrito Federal MH - Sweden PB - DORDRECHT: KLUWER ACADEMIC PUBL RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 11 U4 - History & Philosophy Of Science U5 - J;Review AV - English IS - 0169-3867 UR - ISI:000183112900003 L2 - MADS-BOX GENES; LACANDONIA-SCHISMATICA LACANDONIACEAE; FLORAL HOMEOTIC GENES; KNOX HOMEOBOX GENES; EVO-DEVO; BIOTIC INTERACTIONS; LAND PLANTS; BODY PLANS; FLOWER DEVELOPMENT; PROCESS MORPHOLOGY SO - Biology & Philosophy 2003 ;18(2):249-284 239 UI - 356 AU - Zvolensky MJ AU - Arrindell WA AU - Taylor S AU - Bouvard M AU - Cox BJ AU - Stewart SH AU - Sandin B AU - Cardenas SJ AU - Eifert GH AD - Univ Vermont, Dept Psychol, Anxiety & Hlth Res Lab, Burlington, VT 05405, USAUniv Groningen, Groningen, NetherlandsUniv British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V5Z 1M9, CanadaUniv Lyon 2, Lyon, FranceUniv Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, CanadaDalhousie Univ, Halifax, NS, CanadaUniv Nacl Educ Distancia, E-28040 Madrid, SpainUniv Mexico, Mexico City, DF, MexicoUniv Hawaii, Honolulu, HI 96822, USAZvolensky, MJ, Univ Vermont, Dept Psychol, Anxiety & Hlth Res Lab, John Dewey Hall, Burlington, VT 05405 USA TI - Anxiety sensitivity in six countries AB - In the present study, the Anxiety Sensitivity Index-Revised (ASI-R; Taylor & Cox, Journal of Anxiety Disorders 12 (1998) 463; Behaviour Research and Therapy 36 (1998) 37) was administered to a large sample of persons (n = 2786) from different cultures represented in six different countries: Canada, France, Mexico, The Netherlands, Spain, and the United States. We sought to (a) determine the factor structure and internal consistency of the ASI-R and (b) examine the correlations of the measure with psychiatric symptoms and personality dimensions in a single European non-English speaking country (The Netherlands). Partially consistent with the original hypothesis, the underlying structure of the anxiety sensitivity construct was generally similar across countries, tapping fear about the negative consequences of anxiety-related physical and social-cognitive sensations. Lower-order factors were moderately to strongly correlated with one another and showed good internal consistency. The observed lower-order ASI-R factors correlated with established psychiatric symptoms and with the personality trait of neuroticism. Partial correlations indicated that both factors are useful in accounting for variance in symptom measures. We discuss the results of this investigation in relation to the cross-cultural assessment of the anxiety sensitivity construct. (C) 2003 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved MH - Canada MH - France MH - Mexico|Distrito Federal MH - Netherlands MH - Spain MH - USA PB - OXFORD: PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 18 U4 - Psychology, Clinical U5 - J;Article AV - English IS - 0005-7967 UR - ISI:000183710200007 L2 - anxiety sensitivity;fear;panic;anxiety disorders;cross-cultural;HIERARCHICAL STRUCTURE; AMERICAN-INDIANS; ALASKA NATIVES; PANIC DISORDER; DIMENSIONS; MODEL; FEAR; PERSONALITY; STUDENTS; NUMBER SO - Behaviour Research and Therapy 2003 ;41(7):841-859 240 UI - 260 AU - Akbar YH AU - McBride JB AD - Inst Tecnol Autonomo Mexico, Mexico City 10000, DF, MexicoUniv New Hampshire, Sch Business, Manchester, NH 03106, USAMcBride, JB, Inst Tecnol Autonomo Mexico, Rio Hondo 1,Colonia Tizapan, Mexico City 10000, DF, Mexico TI - Multinational enterprise strategy, foreign direct investment and economic development: the case of the Hungarian banking industry AB - This paper examines foreign direct investment (FDI) in the Hungarian economy in the period of post-Communist transition since 1989. Hungary took a quite aggressive approach in welcoming foreign investment during this period and as a result had the highest per capita FDI in the region as of 2001. We discuss the impact of FDI in terms of strategic intent, i.e., market serving and resource seeking FDI. The effect of these two kinds of FDI is contrasted by examining the impact of resource seeking FDI in manufacturing sectors and market serving FDI in service industries. In the case of transition economies, we argue that due to the strategic intent, resource seeking FDI can imply a short-term impact on economic development whereas market serving FDI strategically implies a long-term presence with increased benefits for the economic development of a transition economy. Our focus is that of market serving FDI in the Hungarian banking sector, which has brought improved service and products to multinational and Hungarian firms. This has been accompanied by the introduction of innovative financial products to the Hungarian consumer, in particular consumer credit including mortgage financing. However, the latter remains an underserved segment with much growth potential. For public policy in Hungary and other transition economies, we conclude that policymakers should consider the strategic intent of FDI in order to maximize its benefits in their economies. (C) 2003 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved MH - Mexico|Distrito Federal MH - USA PB - NEW YORK: ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 2 U4 - Business U5 - J;Article AV - English IS - 1090-9516 UR - ISI:000188592500007 SO - Journal of World Business 2004 ;39(1):89-105 241 UI - 202 AU - Andersson KP AU - Gibson CC AU - Lehoucq F AD - Univ Calif San Diego, San Diego, CA 92103, USACIDE, Div Polit Studies, Mexico City, DF, Mexico TI - The politics of decentralized natural resource governance MH - Mexico|Distrito Federal MH - USA PB - NEW YORK: CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 4 U4 - Political Science U5 - J;Article AV - English IS - 1049-0965 UR - ISI:000223140100008 L2 - FISCAL DECENTRALIZATION; COUNTRIES; ACCOUNTABILITY; PARTICIPATION; CONSERVATION; FRAMEWORK; RIGHTS; INDIA SO - Ps-Political Science & Politics 2004 ;37(3):421-426 242 UI - 242 AU - Baer RD AU - Weller SC AU - Garcia JGD AU - Rocha ALS AD - Univ S Florida, Dept Anthropol, Tampa, FL 33620, USAUniv Texas, Med Branch, Dept Prevent Med & Community Hlth, Galveston, TX 77550, USAHosp Guadalajara, Guadalajara, Jalisco, MexicoUniv Guadalajara, Guadalajara, Jalisco, MexicoBaer, RD, Univ S Florida, Dept Anthropol, Tampa, FL 33620, USA TI - A comparison of community and physician explanatory models of AIDS in Mexico and the United States AB - The goal of this research was to explore differences between lay and professional explanatory models both within and between two countries. We test which effect is stronger, country of residence or professional/lay status, in determining similarities and differences of explanatory models of AIDS. Interviews conducted in Guadalajara, Jalisco (Mexico) and the Edinburg-McAllen area of south Texas (United States) elicited explanatory models of AIDS. Two pairs of samples were interviewed: a physician and community sample in Mexico and a physician and community sample in the United States. Comparisons of the explanatory models indicated that there was a shared core model of AIDS across all four samples, but that physicians' models were more similar to those of lay people in their own communities than either was to samples across the border. [AIDS, cross-cultural studies, cultural consensus model, United States, Mexico] MH - Mexico|Jalisco MH - USA PB - ARLINGTON: AMER ANTHROPOLOGICAL ASSOC RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 1 U4 - Anthropology;Social Sciences, Biomedical U5 - J;Article AV - English IS - 0745-5194 UR - ISI:000220331000001 L2 - CONSENSUS THEORY; INTRACULTURAL VARIATION; BELIEFS; KNOWLEDGE; ILLNESS; VIEWS; PERCEPTIONS; MANAGEMENT; PATIENT; DISEASE SO - Medical Anthropology Quarterly 2004 ;18(1):3-22 243 UI - 268 AU - Bidard C AU - Klimovsky E AD - Univ Paris 10, Dept Econ, F-92001 Nanterre, FranceMetropolitan Autonomous Univ, Dept Econ, Mexico City, DF, MexicoBidard, C, Univ Paris 10, Dept Econ, 200 Ave Republ, F-92001 Nanterre, France TI - Switches and fake switches in methods of production AB - It has long been recognised that Sraffa's analysis of the choice of methods in joint production cannot be sustained, so that post-Sraffian economists have abandoned it. The paper returns to Sraffa's own approach and identifies two characteristic elements: methodologically, it is of a 'dynamic' nature (it considers a potential move of the rate of profits) and, analytically, the switch-points are the common intersection of several wage-profit curves. An internal critique consists in showing the existence of fake switches, which are at the intersection of two wage-profit curves but, unexpectedly, are not switch-points MH - France MH - Mexico|Distrito Federal PB - OXFORD: OXFORD UNIV PRESS RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 0 U4 - Economics U5 - J;Article AV - English IS - 0309-166X UR - ISI:000188355600006 L2 - change of methods;fake switch;joint production;Sraffa;SYSTEMS SO - Cambridge Journal of Economics 2004 ;28(1):89-97 244 UI - 247 AU - Borges G AU - Cherpitel C AU - Mittleman M AD - Inst Nacl Psiquiatria, Div Invest Epidemiol Sociales, Dept Invest Serv Salud, Mexico City 14370, DF, MexicoUniv Autonoma Metropolitana Xochimilco, Mexico City 14370, DF, MexicoAlcohol Res Grp, Berkeley, CA 94709, USAHarvard Univ, Sch Med, Beth Israel Deaconess Med Ctr, Dept Med,Inst Prevent Cardiovasc Dis, Boston, MA 02115, USABorges, G, Inst Nacl Psiquiatria, Div Invest Epidemiol Sociales, Dept Invest Serv Salud, Calzada Mexico Xochimilco 101,Col San Lorenzo Hui, Mexico City 14370, DF, Mexico TI - Risk of injury after alcohol consumption: a case-crossover study in the emergency department AB - This paper reports a case-crossover analysis in a sample of 961 patients who consulted the emergency department (ED) due to an injury in Santa Clara, California, and in Pachuca, Mexico. In the analysis in which usual alcohol consumption during the last 12 months served as the control value, the estimated relative risk of injury in the hour after alcohol consumption, as compared with no alcohol consumption during that time, was 4.33 (Cl, 3.55-5.27). After controlling for alcohol use in the 1-h period before injury, the relative risks for consecutive 1-h periods (2-6h) before the injury were not significantly greater than one, indicating that the induction time was less than I h. The relative risk varied greatly depending on race-ethnicity and acculturation among the Hispanics in Santa Clara, with Mexicans in Pachuca showing the highest risk and the high acculturation group in Santa Clara showing the lowest risk. Violence-related injuries were associated with higher relative risk. Relative risk also varied depending on the presence of alcohol dependence and usual frequency of drunkenness: patients with alcohol dependence and patients with high frequency of usual drunkenness had lower risks than patients without alcohol dependence and with lower self-reported episodes of drunkenness in the last year. When blood alcohol content at ED admission was used instead of self-reported alcohol consumption.. similar results were obtained. These findings have important public health consequences. Each episode of alcohol consumption results in an increase in the short-term risk for an injury, especially for a violence-related injury. Patients with the lowest usual involvement with alcohol are subject to a higher elevation in their risk for an injury immediately after alcohol consumption compared to patients who drink more heavily. (C) 2003 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved MH - Mexico|Distrito Federal MH - USA PB - OXFORD: PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 20 U4 - Public, Environmental & Occupational Health;Social Sciences, Biomedical U5 - J;Article AV - English IS - 0277-9536 UR - ISI:000220007700017 L2 - injury;alcohol;case-crossover;epidemiology;acculturation;Hispanics;UNITED-STATES HISPANICS; MYOCARDIAL-INFARCTION; ROOM PATIENTS; PHYSICAL EXERTION; ACCULTURATION; CASUALTIES; DRINKING; MEXICO; DESIGN SO - Social Science & Medicine 2004 ;58(6):1191-1200 245 UI - 188 AU - Bray DB AU - Ellis EA AU - rmijo-Canto N AU - Beck CT AD - Florida Int Univ, Dept Environm Studies, Miami, FL 33199, USAUniv Florida, Sch Forest Resources & Conservat, Ctr Subtrop Agroforestry, Gainesville, FL 32611, USAUniv Quintana Roo, Div Hemanidades & Estudios Int, Quintana Roo 77000, MexicoWildlands League, Toronto, ON M5V 3A8, CanadaBray, DB, Florida Int Univ, Dept Environm Studies, Miami, FL 33199, USA TI - The institutional drivers of sustainable landscapes: a case study of the 'Mayan Zone' in Quintana Roo, Mexico AB - Research on the dynamics of tropical forest land use and cover change (LUCC) has focused on the three scenarios: (1) deforestation/degradation; (2) settled, degraded areas in recovery, and (3) sparsely settled, expansive, intact forest. Through examination of a central Quintana Roo, Mexico case study we propose a fourth scenario of a 'sustainable landscape': an inhabited, productively used, forested landscape that nonetheless shows little change or net gains in forest cover over the last 25 years. We use Landsat images to demonstrate a low incidence of net deforestation, 0.01% for the 1984-2000 period, the lowest recorded deforestation rate for southeastern Mexico. Institutional innovations such as an agrarian reform process that established large common property forests for non-timber forest product extraction, and later innovations such as sustainable forest management institutions have driven the outcome of low net deforestation, added to multiple organizational processes that promote sustainable land use. (C) 2004 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved MH - Canada MH - Mexico|Quintana Roo MH - USA PB - OXFORD: ELSEVIER SCI LTD RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 14 U4 - Environmental Studies U5 - J;Article AV - English IS - 0264-8377 UR - ISI:000224039300002 L2 - sustainable landscapes;Mexico;Yucatan peninsula;land use/cover change;deforestation;institutions;YUCATAN PENINSULAR REGION; TROPICAL DEFORESTATION; LAND-USE; FOREST; EXPANSION; PATTERNS; SCIENCE; PARKS SO - Land Use Policy 2004 ;21(4):333-346 246 UI - 222 AU - Bucardo J AU - Semple SJ AU - Fraga-Vallejo M AU - Davila W AU - Patterson TL AD - Univ Calif San Diego, Sch Med, Dept Psychiat, La Jolla, CA 92093, USAUniv Autonoma Baja California, Fac Med, Mexicali 21100, Baja California, MexicoPatterson, TL, Univ Calif San Diego, Sch Med, Dept Psychiat, 9500 Gillman Dr, La Jolla, CA 92093 USA TI - A qualitative exploration of female sex work in Tijuana, Mexico AB - Previous research has documented high rates of STDs and increased risk of HIV infection among female sex workers (FSWs) in Mexico; however, little is known about the sexual risk behaviors of this population. The purpose of this study was to explore work history, context of sex work, sexual risk practices, client characteristics, attitudes toward condoms, and potential barriers to condom use in a sample of FSWs in Tijuana, Mexico. Analysis of qualitative data from 25 FSWs revealed that most women entered the sex trade at a young age ( M D 23 years), primarily as a result of financial need. Forty percent were single mothers supporting children. Women worked an average of 6 - 7 days per week; work shifts ranged from 4 to 13 hr per day. Clients were both Mexican and foreign ( mostly American and Asian), and ranged in age from 18 to 80 years. Positive aspects of the job included flexible work hours and good income. Negative aspects of sex work included risks associated with physical assault, diseases, and unwanted pregnancies. Most clients did not want to use a condom and many offered additional money for unprotected sex. FSWs did not like to use condoms because they were perceived as uncomfortable. Most FSWs did not negotiate the use of condoms, had a low knowledge regarding the proper use of condoms, and were reticent to report their own unsafe sex practices. These results suggest the need to develop culturally appropriate safer sex interventions for FSWs in Mexican border cities MH - USA MH - Mexico|Baja California PB - NEW YORK: KLUWER ACADEMIC/PLENUM PUBL RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 6 U4 - Psychology, Clinical U5 - J;Article AV - English IS - 0004-0002 UR - ISI:000221640000005 L2 - female sex workers;prostitution;Mexico;qualitative research;CONDOM USE; RISK BEHAVIORS; AIDS; HIV; CONTEXT SO - Archives of Sexual Behavior 2004 ;33(4):343-351 247 UI - 183 AU - Burgess GH AU - Sternberger LG AU - Sanchez-Sosa JJ AU - Lunt I AU - Shealy CN AU - Ritchie P AD - James Madison Univ, Dept Grad Psychol, Harrisonburg, VA 22807, USAUniv Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Mexico City 04510, DF, MexicoUniv London, London WC1E 7HU, EnglandUniv Ottawa, Ottawa, ON K1N 6N5, CanadaBurgess, GH, James Madison Univ, Dept Grad Psychol, MSC 7401, Harrisonburg, VA 22807 USA TI - Development of a global curriculum for professional psychology: Implications of the Combined-Integrated model of doctoral training AB - This article considers the development of a global training curriculum and qualification in professional psychology, with particular emphasis on the Combined-Integrated (C-I) model. The C-I model exposes professional psychology trainees to two or more of the practice areas (i.e., clinical, counseling, school/educational). The authors argue that the C-I approach is one that is well suited to the development of a global training curriculum due to its emphasis on broadly training psychologists as well as its respect for diversity and integration of various theoretical and professional orientations. A survey of training programs in 16 countries/regions on six continents found significant variation in training, minimal qualifications, and roles of the professional psychologist. The authors recommend that an international group of psychologists develop a regionally flexible, but common, training curriculum and qualification that would include a five-to six-year competency-based qualification. Ways in which the C-I training model may serve to integrate and globalize professional psychology are discussed. (C) 2004 Wiley Periodicals, Inc MH - Canada MH - United Kingdom MH - Mexico|Distrito Federal MH - USA PB - HOBOKEN: JOHN WILEY & SONS INC RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 5 U4 - Psychology, Clinical U5 - J;Article AV - English IS - 0021-9762 UR - ISI:000224264200004 L2 - international psychology;training and development;Combined-Integrated model of training in professional psychology;COUNSELING PSYCHOLOGY; FRAMEWORK; PSYCHOTHERAPY; SPECIALTY; COUNTRIES; ORIGINS; NEEDS SO - Journal of Clinical Psychology 2004 ;60(10):1027-1049 248 UI - 126 AU - Cahuana L AU - Sosa S AU - Bertozzi S AD - Natl Publ Hlth Inst, Cuernavaca, Morelos, MexicoUniv York, York YO10 5DD, N Yorkshire, England TI - Improving the delivery of child and maternal health care in a poor setting: Costs and barriers to be considered in the implementation of who mother-baby package in Morelos, Mexico MH - United Kingdom MH - Mexico|Morelos PB - MALDEN: BLACKWELL PUBLISHING INC RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 0 U4 - Health Care Sciences & Services;Health Policy & Services U5 - J;Meeting Abstract AV - English IS - 1098-3015 UR - ISI:000225020700470 SO - Value in Health 2004 ;7(6):785-786 249 UI - 236 AU - Campbell B AU - Mazalto M AD - UQAM, Dept Polit Sci, Mexico City, DF, MexicoMcGill Univ, Ctr Dev Area Studies, Montreal, PQ H3A 2T5, CanadaCampbell, B, UQAM, Dept Polit Sci, Mexico City, DF, Mexico TI - Multilateralization and international development: New issues, new practices AB - This paper looks at fundamental changes in the field of international development cooperation in Quebec, in terms of redefinition of issues, theoretical frameworks, and approaches underpinning research and practice. It shows how globalization has influenced theoretical and practical approaches to international development, stimulating a renewal of the demand for research, new forms of collaboration and interdisciplinarity, and contributing to redefining the development problematique. After describing the influence of the evolving international context on academic enquiry into the theoretical foundations and research methods of development studies, the article shows how this influence is translated into the formulation of new research areas and strategies. It examines how theoretical research on major development issues is tested against field research to determine how models perform, and how they can contribute to improving conditions in lower-income countries. Finally, the authors illustrate the concern in the Quebec development community for establishing links between international and local issues, and for fostering awareness of intercultural and international issues among young people MH - Canada MH - Mexico|Distrito Federal PB - OTTAWA: UNIV OTTAWA RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 0 U4 - Planning & Development U5 - J;Article AV - French IS - 0225-5189 UR - ISI:000220809200007 SO - Canadian Journal of Development Studies-Revue Canadienne D Etudes du Developpement 2004 ;25(1):101-117 250 UI - 172 AU - Cano LM AU - Mysyk A AD - Inst Nacl Antropol & Hist, Puebla 72270, MexicoUniv Coll Cape Breton, Dept Anthropol & Sociol, Sydney, NS B1P 6L2, CanadaCano, LM, Inst Nacl Antropol & Hist, Avenida Ejercitos Oriente S-N,Ctr Civico 5 Mayo, Puebla 72270, Mexico TI - Cultural tourism, the state, and day of the dead AB - Using Day of the Dead in the rural Mexican community of Huaquechula as an example, this paper analyzes how various levels of the state, in its roles as planner, marketer of cultural meanings, and arbiter of such practices, mediate between cultural tourism and local identity in a global context. It shows that the result's have been met with opposition from some community groups. Although such opposition has caused the state to rethink its strategy, it remains intent on using its new program of cultural tourism as an alternative form of development in rural Mexico. (C) 2004 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved MH - Canada MH - Mexico|Puebla PB - OXFORD: PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 1 U4 - Environmental Studies;Sociology U5 - J;Article AV - English IS - 0160-7383 UR - ISI:000225843900007 L2 - cultural tourism;thanatourism;day of the dead;the state;rural development;ETHNIC TOURISM; AUTHENTICITY; MEXICO SO - Annals of Tourism Research 2004 ;31(4):879-898 251 UI - 144 AU - Capps L AU - Abad B AD - Columbia Univ, Coll Phys & Surg, Harlem Hosp, Dept Internal Med, New York, NY, USAHosp San Carlos, Dept Internal Med, Altamirano, Chiapas, MexicoCapps, L, Harlem Hosp Med Ctr, Dept Med, 506 Lenox Ave,Room 14101, New York, NY 10037 USA TI - Chagas cardiomyopathy and serologic testing in a small rural hospital in Chiapas, Mexico AB - Objectives. To conduct a study in a small rural hospital located in the state of Chiapas, Mexico, to: (1) examine the prevalence of chagasic cardiomyopathy among patients with the diagnosis of congestive heart failure and (2) assess the prevalence of positive serologic results in blood donors in the hospital, in an attempt to ascertain whether Chagas' disease remains an important cause of heart failure at least in some areas of Mexico. Methods. The study of patients with cardiomyopathy was conducted by retrospective chart review of patients with the diagnosis of congestive heart failure treated at the hospital during the years 2000-2002. With the blood donors, the results of their serologic screening were reviewed for a six-month period beginning in April 2002. Serologic testing was done in both groups with either indirect hemagglutination (IHA) or enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA), or with both. Results. Of 67 patients with heart failure and no risk factors for other causes of heart failure, 40 of them had serologic tests performed. Thirty-three of these 40 (82.5%) were positive by ELISA, IHA, or both. With 97 blood donors, one or both serologic tests were positive in 17 of them (17.5%). Conclusions. This research adds to the evidence that Chagas' disease continues to be a major cause of heart failure in some areas of Mexico and that there continues to be a risk of transmission by blood transfusion if donated blood is not consistently screened MH - Mexico|Chiapas MH - USA PB - WASHINGTON: PAN AMERICAN HEALTH ORGANIZATION RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 2 U4 - Public, Environmental & Occupational Health U5 - J;Article AV - English IS - 1020-4989 UR - ISI:000227178000009 L2 - Chagas disease;Chagas cardiomyopathy;Trypanosoma cruzi;electrocardiography;seroepidemiologic studies;Mexico;DISEASE SO - Revista Panamericana de Salud Publica-Pan American Journal of Public Health 2004 ;15(5):337-340 252 UI - 217 AU - Cassab JE AD - Clin San Rafael, Mexico City, DF, MexicoCassab, JE, 21 Bloomingdale Rd, White Plains, NY 10605, USA TI - New analysis tool helps clinicians interpret patient response MH - Mexico|Distrito Federal MH - USA PB - THOROFARE: SLACK INC RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 0 U4 - Psychiatry U5 - J;Article AV - English IS - 0048-5713 UR - ISI:000221918200013 L2 - DEFENSE-MECHANISMS; PSYCHOTHERAPY SO - Psychiatric Annals 2004 ;34(6):470-476 253 UI - 257 AU - Chatterji S AU - Ghosal S AD - Univ Warwick, Dept Econ, Coventry CV4 7AL, W Midlands, EnglandCIE, ITAM, Mexico City 10700, DF, MexicoGhosal, S, Univ Warwick, Dept Econ, Coventry CV4 7AL, W Midlands, England TI - Local coordination and market equilibria AB - We reformulate the local stability analysis of market equilibria in a competitive market as a local coordination problem in a market game, where the map associating market prices to best-responses of all traders is common knowledge and well-defined both in and out of equilibrium. Initial expectations over market variables differ from their equilibrium values and are not common knowledge. This results in a coordination problem as traders use the structure of the market game to converge back to equilibrium. We analyse a simultaneous move and a sequential move version of the market game and explore the link with local rationalizability. (C) 2003 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved MH - United Kingdom MH - Mexico|Distrito Federal PB - SAN DIEGO: ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 1 U4 - Economics U5 - J;Article AV - English IS - 0022-0531 UR - ISI:000188852300004 L2 - coordination;markets;rationalizability;stability;CONTINUUM; TRADERS SO - Journal of Economic Theory 2004 ;114(2):255-279 254 UI - 198 AU - Chavez J AD - Univ Arizona, Sch Planning, Tucson, AZ 85721, USAPurdue Univ, Dept Agr Econ, W Lafayette, IN 47907, USAUniv Autonoma Ciudad Juarez, Direcc Gen Invest & Pesagrado, Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua, MexicoChavez, J, Univ Arizona, Sch Planning, Architecture Bldg,Room 214, Tucson, AZ 85721 USA TI - Localized effects of globalization: the case of Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico AB - This paper explores how the rise of global industrialization has altered the internal complexion of Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua, the largest and fastest growing of Mexico's northern border cities. First, we trace the political-economic history of Ciudad Juarez and other northern Mexican border cities in order to understand the context of rapid industrialization. Second, we document the dimensions of industrialization by tracing historic trends in population growth, industrial employment, and land-use change. Third, a deprivation index is developed to evaluate the effects of industrialization on quality-of-life at the neighborhood scale in Ciudad Juarez. Deprivation indices are calculated for 266 AGEBs (Mexican geostatistical districts) for the years 1990 and 1995, and changes in levels of deprivation are monitored over time. The analyses show that Ciudad Juarez has experienced unprecedented growth that altered the form, function, and social complexion of the city MH - USA MH - Mexico|Chihuahua PB - PALM BEACH: V H WINSTON & SON INC RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 1 U4 - Geography;Urban Studies U5 - J;Article AV - English IS - 0272-3638 UR - ISI:000223300500003 L2 - Mexican border cities;quality-of-life;DEPRIVATION; MAQUILADORA; LOCATION; CITIES SO - Urban Geography 2004 ;25(2):120-138 255 UI - 269 AU - Chuenpagdee R AU - Fraga J AU - Euan-Avila JI AD - Virginia Inst Marine Sci, Dept Coastal & Ocean Policy, Gloucester Point, VA 23062, USAIPN, Ctr Invest & Estudios Avanzados, Dept Ecol Humana, Unidad Merida, Merida, Yucatan, MexicoIPN, Ctr Invest & Estudios Avanzados, Dept Recursos Mar, Unidad Merida, Merida, Yucatan, MexicoChuenpagdee, R, St Francis Xavier Univ, POB 5000, Antigonish, NS B2G 2W5, Canada TI - Progressing toward comanagement through participatory research AB - Comanagement, while widely recognized as an important tool for sustainable resource management, is not easily achieved without a process of trial and error. This article reports on participatory research as a means to progress toward comanagement, using a case study of coastal resource management in San Felipe, Yucatan, Mexico. Research methods included geographical information system (GIS) mapping, surveys, interviews, and a community workshop. The results show strong interest from various community groups in the protection of important habitats and in the management of the coastal resources. Through this participatory research, community members, scientists, and government officials entered into a dialogue, suggesting potential for a future comanagement regime MH - Canada MH - Mexico|Yucatan MH - USA PB - PHILADELPHIA: TAYLOR & FRANCIS INC RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 12 U4 - Environmental Studies;Planning & Development;Sociology U5 - J;Article AV - English IS - 0894-1920 UR - ISI:000188128700004 L2 - coastal resources;comanagement;community perspectives;marine reserve;participatory research;FISHERIES COMANAGEMENT; USER PARTICIPATION; COASTAL MANAGEMENT; COMMUNITY; EXPERIENCES SO - Society & Natural Resources 2004 ;17(2):147-161 256 UI - 121 AU - Church T AU - Katigbak M AU - del Prado A AU - Ortiz F AU - Flores JV AU - Ibanez-Reyes J AU - Miramontes L AU - White F AU - Reyes J AU - Mastor K AU - Harumi Y AU - Tanaka-Matsumi J AU - Cabrera H AU - Pe-Pua R AD - Washington State Univ, Pullman, WA 99164, USANatl Autonomous Univ Mexico, Mexico City 04510, DF, MexicoUniv Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2006, AustraliaUniv New S Wales, Kensington, NSW 2033, Australia TI - Individual and cultural differences in implicit trait theories MH - Australia MH - Mexico|Distrito Federal MH - USA PB - HOVE: PSYCHOLOGY PRESS RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 0 U4 - Psychology, Multidisciplinary U5 - J;Meeting Abstract AV - English IS - 0020-7594 UR - ISI:000226118002355 SO - International Journal of Psychology 2004 ;39(5-6):258-258 257 UI - 143 AU - Coleman KJ AU - Heath EM AU - Alcala IS AD - Utah State Univ, Dept Phys Educ Hlth & Recreat, Logan, UT 84322, USAUniv Autonoma Chihuahua, Fac Educ Fis & Ciencias Deporte, Chihuahua, Chihuahua, MexicoColeman, KJ, San Diego State Univ, Grad Sch Publ Hlth, 5500 Campanile Dr, San Diego, CA 92182 USA TI - Overweight and aerobic fitness in children in the United States Mexico border region AB - Objective. To study overweight and aerobic fitness among children in the third and fourth grades of elementary schools in a city in the United States of America (El Paso, Texas) and a city in Mexico (Chihuahua, Chihuahua) that are on or near the border between those two countries, and to compare the results from those two cities with earlier findings for other children in the United States. Methods. We followed the El Paso children (427 boys and 385 girls, 93% of them of Mexican descent) from third to fourth grade and assessed the change in their body mass index (BMI). In the city of Chihuahua we cross-sectionally measured the BMI of a sample of third grade children (221 boys and 237 girls) and a sample of fourth grade children (268 boys and 215 girls). BMI and triceps skinfolds were measured for all the children studied in the two cities. BMI was used to assess risk for overweight (at least the 85th percentile BMI for age and gender) and overweight (at least the 95th percentile BMI for age and gender) in all the children. The distance that El Paso children ran in nine minutes was used to assess their aerobic fitness (aerobic fitness was not measured in the Chihuahua children). The data from El Paso were collected in 1999, 2000, and 2001, and the Chihuahua data were collected in 2000 and 2001. Results. In the El Paso boys, overweight significantly increased in the one year from third grade to fourth grade, from 22% to 28%, while risk for overweight significantly increased, from 37% to 44%. In the El Paso girls, risk for overweight significantly increased over the same one-year period, from 29% to 37%. The El Paso boys and girls were significantly less fit when compared to samples of children from throughout the United States. Third and fourth grade children from Chihuahua had similar rates of risk for overweight and of overweight when compared to the children from the same grades in El Paso. Conclusions. Children in both El Paso and Chihuahua were more overweight than were non-Hispanic white children throughout the United States. In addition, the children in El Paso were less aerobically fit than were non-Hispanic while children and than were other Mexican-American children in the United States. These results clearly show that efforts should be made in the border regions of both Mexico and the United States to develop physical activity and nutrition programs to help stem rising rates of overweight MH - USA MH - Mexico|Chihuahua PB - WASHINGTON: PAN AMERICAN HEALTH ORGANIZATION RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 1 U4 - Public, Environmental & Occupational Health U5 - J;Article AV - English IS - 1020-4989 UR - ISI:000227177800007 L2 - child;anthropometry;obesity;physical fitness;Mexico;Mexican Americans;NUTRITION EXAMINATION SURVEY; 3RD NATIONAL-HEALTH; DEPENDENT DIABETES-MELLITUS; TIME PHYSICAL-ACTIVITY; BODY-MASS INDEX; AMERICAN CHILDREN; RISK-FACTORS; SAN-ANTONIO; CARDIOVASCULAR-DISEASE; CHILDHOOD OVERWEIGHT SO - Revista Panamericana de Salud Publica-Pan American Journal of Public Health 2004 ;15(4):262-271 258 UI - 251 AU - de la Rocha MG AU - Jelin E AU - Perlman J AU - Roberts BR AU - Safa H AU - Ward PM AD - CIESAS Occidente, Mexico City, DF, MexicoConsejo Nacl Invest Cient & Tecn, IDES, RA-1033 Buenos Aires, DF, ArgentinaTrinity Univ, San Antonio, TX 78212, USAUniv Texas, Austin, TX 78712, USAUniv Florida, Gainesville, FL, USAde la Rocha, MG, CIESAS Occidente, Mexico City, DF, Mexico TI - From the marginality of the 1960s to the "new poverty" of today: A LARR Research Forum AB - This paper derives from a LARK-sponsored forum at the LASH 2003 Congress held in Dallas in March 2003. Targeted at younger scholars, a panel of leading researchers whose early work was shaped by marginality and dependency thinking of the 1960s were invited to reflect cross-generationally about how paradigms analyzing poverty in Latin American cities have shifted from that time to the present. Specifically, each of the authors compares "marginality" as it was construed more than three decades ago with contemporary constructions of poverty and social organization arising from their more recent research. While there are important continuities, the authors concur that the so-called "new poverty" today is very different, being more structural, more segmented and, perhaps paradoxically, more exclusionary than before. Moreover, the shift from a largely patrimonialist and undemocratic state towards one that, while more democratic, is also slimmer and downsized, thereby shifting state intervention and welfare systems ever more to local level governments and to the quasi-private sector of nongovernmental organizations. If earlier marginality theory overemphasized the separation of the poor from the mainstream, today's new poverty is often embedded within. structures of social exclusion that severely reduce opportunities for social mobility among the urban poor MH - Argentina MH - Mexico|Distrito Federal MH - USA PB - AUSTIN: UNIV TEXAS PRESS RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 5 U4 - Area Studies U5 - J;Article AV - English IS - 0023-8791 UR - ISI:000188950600008 L2 - SLUM SO - Latin American Research Review 2004 ;39(1):183-203 259 UI - 221 AU - De Vos S AU - Solis P AU - De Oca VM AD - Univ Wisconsin, Dept Sociol, Ctr Demog Hlth & Aging, Madison, WI 53706, USANatl Autonomous Univ Mexico, Mexico City, DF, MexicoDe Vos, S, Univ Wisconsin, Dept Sociol, Ctr Demog Hlth & Aging, 4412 Social Sci Bldg, Madison, WI 53706 USA TI - Receipt of assistance and extended family residence among elderly men in Mexico AB - This article focuses on help received by a nationally-representative sample of 2,376 Mexican men age 60+ in 1994. In the month before the interview, about one-half of the men received in-kind or domestic assistance, two-fifths received financial assistance, and about one-fourth received physical assistance. This was so even as almost half the men still worked, and over half (57%) had no discernable functional limitation. Using logistic regression, the study found support for the common assumption that living arrangements are an important predictor of assistance. Other factors are important too however. In fact, many elders received help from non-coresiding relatives. Beside financial remittances, help from non-coresiding relatives included in-kind, domestic, and physical assistance. Research on Mexico suggests that we need to revisit notions of a modified extended family in which non-coresidential ties can be important. Surveys need questions about frequency of contact and geographic distance between elderly people and their kin MH - Mexico|Distrito Federal MH - USA PB - AMITYVILLE: BAYWOOD PUBL CO INC RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 4 U4 - Gerontology;Psychology, Developmental U5 - J;Article AV - English IS - 0091-4150 UR - ISI:000221813600001 L2 - OLDER-PEOPLE; EXCHANGES SO - International Journal of Aging & Human Development 2004 ;58(1):1-27 260 UI - 192 AU - Erviti J AU - Castro R AU - Collado A AD - Natl Autonomous Univ Mexico, Reg Ctr Multidisciplinary Res, Cuernavaca, Morelos, MexicoUniv Barcelona, Fac Ciencias Econ, E-08007 Barcelona, SpainErviti, J, Natl Autonomous Univ Mexico, Reg Ctr Multidisciplinary Res, Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico TI - Strategies used by low-income Mexican women to deal with miscarriage and "spontaneous" abortion AB - This study focuses on lowest income Mexican women attended for abortion-related complications in a public hospital. The objective was to investigate the women's experience of having a so-called "spontaneous" abortion and their related strategies to avoid stigmatization. Four strategies emerge from women's testimonies: presenting themselves as women who "play by the rules," pleading ignorance of the pregnancy, stating that they had already accepted their pregnancy, or presenting the abortion as the result of an accident. Women use these strategies to deflect any blame to which they might be subjected and as a means of dealing with the stigma attached to a behavior that transgresses social norms regarding reproduction. Far from being passive receptors of the social imperative, which makes motherhood compulsory, women oscillate strategically within the margins of a seemingly uniform normative discourse and thereby ensure their moral survival. The authors discuss results within the framework of praxis theory MH - Mexico|Morelos MH - Spain PB - THOUSAND OAKS: SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 1 U4 - Health Policy & Services U5 - J;Article AV - English IS - 1049-7323 UR - ISI:000223947400004 L2 - experiences;strategies;abortion;women;Mexico;STIGMA; MOTHERHOOD; CHILDLESS; AMERICA SO - Qualitative Health Research 2004 ;14(8):1058-1076 261 UI - 98 AU - Garcia SG AU - Tatum C AU - Becker D AU - Swanson KA AU - Lockwood K AU - Ellertson C AD - Populat Council, Reg Off Latin Amer & Caribbean LAC, Mexico City, DF, MexicoPopulat Council, Reg LAC Off, Mexico City, DF, MexicoJohns Hopkins Univ, Baltimore, MD 21218, USALos Angeles Cty Dept Hlth Serv, Off Planning, Los Angeles, CA, USAGarcia, SG, Populat Council, Reg Off Latin Amer & Caribbean LAC, Mexico City, DF, Mexico TI - Policy implications of a national public opinion survey on abortion in Mexico AB - In Mexico, recent political events have drawn increased public attention to the subject of abortion. In 2000, using a notional probability sample, we surveyed 3,000 Mexicans aged 75-65 about their knowledge and opinions on abortion. Forty-five per cent knew that abortion was sometimes legal in their state, and 79% felt that abortion should be legal in some circumstances. A majority of participants believed that abortion should be legal when a woman's life is at risk (82%), a woman's health is in danger (76%), pregnancy results from rope (64%) or there is a risk of fetal impairment (53%). Far fewer respondents supported legal abortion when a woman is a minor (21%), for economic reasons (17%), when a woman is single (11%) or because of contraceptive failure (11%). In spite of the influence of the Church, most Mexican Catholics believed the Church and legislators' personal religious beliefs should not factor into abortion legislation, and most supported provision of abortions in public health services in cases when abortion is legal. To improve safe, legal abortion access in Mexico, efforts should focus on increasing public knowledge of legal abortion, decreasing the Church's political influence on abortion legislation, reducing the social stigma associated with sexuality and abortion, and training health care providers to offer safe, legal abortions. © 2004 Reproductive Health Matters. All rights reserved MH - Mexico|Distrito Federal MH - USA PB - AMSTERDAM: ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 6 U4 - Public, Environmental & Occupational Health U5 - J;Article AV - English IS - 0968-8080 UR - ISI:000229483800008 L2 - abortion law and policy;public opinion survey;beliefs/norms/values;separation of church and state;research methodology;Mexico;UNSAFE ABORTION; HEALTH SO - Reproductive Health Matters 2004 ;12(24):65-74 262 UI - 232 AU - Garratt R AU - Keister T AU - Shell K AD - Univ Calif Santa Barbara, Dept Econ, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, USAITAM, Ctr Invest Econ, Mexico City, DF, MexicoCornell Univ, Dept Econ, Ithaca, NY 14853, USAGarratt, R, Univ Calif Santa Barbara, Dept Econ, Santa Barbara, CA 93106 USA TI - Comparing sunspot equilibrium and lottery equilibrium allocations: The finite case AB - Sunspot equilibrium and lottery equilibrium are two stochastic solution concepts for nonstochastic economies. We compare these concepts in a class of completely finite, (possibly) nonconvex exchange economies with perfect markets, which requires extending the lottery model to the finite case. Every equilibrium allocation of our lottery model is also a sunspot equilibrium allocation. The converse is almost always true. There are exceptions, however: For some economies, there exist sunspot equilibrium allocations with no lottery equilibrium counterpart MH - USA MH - Mexico|Distrito Federal PB - MALDEN: BLACKWELL PUBLISHERS RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 1 U4 - Economics U5 - J;Article AV - English IS - 0020-6598 UR - ISI:000221090600002 L2 - INDIVISIBLE LABOR; ECONOMY SO - International Economic Review 2004 ;45(2):351-386 263 UI - 210 AU - Glazer M AU - Baer RD AU - Weller SC AU - de Alba JEG AU - Liebowitz SW AD - Univ Texas Panamer, Edinburg, TX 79762, USAUniv S Florida, Tampa, FL 33620, USAUniv Texas, Med Branch, Galveston, TX 77550, USAMexican Inst Social Secur, Guadalajara, Jalisco, MexicoGlazer, M, Univ Texas Panamer, Edinburg, TX 79762, USA TI - Susto and soul loss in Mexicans and Mexican Americans AB - Susto is a Latin American folk illness attributed to having a frightening experience, often including "soul loss" as part of the etiology. This article focuses on contemporary descriptions of susto among mestizos in Mexico and Mexican Americans in south Texas and explores the link between susto and soul loss in detail. Interviews conducted in Guadalajara, Mexico (n = 50), and in the Rio Grande Valley of Texas (n = 951) indicate that only a minority of informants aware of susto have also heard of soul loss and that even among those who have had susto, soul loss is not necessarily apart of susto. Soul loss, in fact, is more often equated with death. Our data, as well as a careful review of earlier reports of susto and soul loss, suggest that what was thought to have left the body may not be the "soul" but rather a "vital force." MH - Mexico|Jalisco MH - USA PB - THOUSAND OAKS: SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 1 U4 - Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary U5 - J;Article AV - English IS - 1069-3971 UR - ISI:000222518800005 L2 - Latin America;susto;Mexico;and Mexican Americans;FOLK ILLNESS; CULTURE SO - Cross-Cultural Research 2004 ;38(3):270-288 264 UI - 258 AU - Gomberg AM AU - Marhuenda F AU - Ortuno-Ortin I AD - Univ Alicante, Dept Econ, E-03080 Alicante, SpainInst Tecnol Autonomo Mexico, Dept Econ, Mexico City 10700, DF, MexicoInst Tecnol Autonomo Mexico, CIE, Mexico City 10700, DF, MexicoUniv Carlos III Madrid, Dept Econ, Madrid 28903, SpainUniv Alicante, IVIE, E-03080 Alicante, SpainNYU, Dept Econ, New York, NY 10003, USAOrtuno-Ortin, I, Univ Alicante, Dept Econ, E-03080 Alicante, Spain TI - A model of endogenous political party platforms AB - We develop a model of endogenous party platform formation in a multidimensional policy space. Party platforms depend on the composition of the parties' primary electorate. The overall social outcome is taken to be a weighted average of party platforms and individuals vote strategically. Equilibrium is defined to obtain when no group of voters can shift the social outcome in its favor by deviating and the party platforms are consistent with their electorate. We provide sufficient conditions for existence of equilibria MH - Mexico|Distrito Federal MH - Spain MH - USA PB - NEW YORK: SPRINGER-VERLAG RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 1 U4 - Economics U5 - J;Article AV - English IS - 0938-2259 UR - ISI:000188858800009 L2 - endogenous party formation;multidimensional policy space;SPATIAL MODEL; COMPETITION; GOVERNMENT; CANDIDATES SO - Economic Theory 2004 ;24(2):373-394 265 UI - 152 AU - Greco DB AU - Loff B AU - Feinholz D AU - Guilhem D AU - Ijsselmuiden C AU - Schuklenk U AU - Tealdi JC AD - Univ Fed Minas Gerais, Sch Med, Belo Horizonte, MG, BrazilMonash Univ, Dept Epidemiol & Prevent Med, Melbourne, Vic 3004, AustraliaNatl Commiss Bioeth, Mexico City, DF, MexicoUniv Brasilia, Brasilia, DF, BrazilCOHRED, Geneva, SwitzerlandUniv Witwatersrand, Sch Clin Med, Div Bioeth, Johannesburg, South AfricaUniv Buenos Aires, Hosp Clin, Buenos Aires, DF, ArgentinaGreco, DB, Univ Fed Minas Gerais, Sch Med, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil TI - Letter to the editor regarding the 5th Global Forum on Bioethics in Research MH - Argentina MH - Australia MH - Brazil MH - Mexico|Distrito Federal MH - South Africa MH - Switzerland PB - PHILADELPHIA: TAYLOR & FRANCIS INC RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 0 U4 - Ethics;History & Philosophy Of Science;Medical Ethics;Social Issues;Social Sciences, Biomedical U5 - J;Letter AV - English IS - 1526-5161 UR - ISI:000226693600049 SO - American Journal of Bioethics 2004 ;4(4):W38-W38 266 UI - 194 AU - Guerra G AU - Zizzo DJ AD - Univ Oxford, Dept Econ, BREB Unit, Oxford OX1 3UQ, EnglandITESM, Grad Sch Business Adm, EGADE, Monterrey, MexicoZizzo, DJ, Univ Oxford, Dept Econ, BREB Unit, Oxford OX1 3UQ, England TI - Trust responsiveness and beliefs AB - Trust responsiveness is "a tendency to fulfil trust because you believe that it has been placed on you" [Is trust self-fulfilling? An experimental study. Discussion Paper no. 76 (October), Department of Economics, University of Oxford, 2001]. We use two simple trust games to measure directly or indirectly the robustness of trust responsiveness in three conditions: when beliefs are elicited and a summary of these beliefs is transmitted, when beliefs are elicited but not transmitted, when beliefs are not elicited. Insofar as we can tell, trust responsiveness is robust to our belief manipulations, strengthening the case for the real-world significance of trust responsiveness. (C) 2003 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved MH - United Kingdom MH - Mexico|Nuevo Leon PB - AMSTERDAM: ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 3 U4 - Economics U5 - J;Article AV - English IS - 0167-2681 UR - ISI:000223835800002 L2 - trust;trust responsiveness;belief elicitation;GAME SO - Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization 2004 ;55(1):25-30 267 UI - 224 AU - Haviland JB AD - Reed Coll, Dept Linguist, Portland, OR 97202, USAReed Coll, Dept Anthropol, Portland, OR 97202, USACIESAS Sureste, Ctr Res & Adv Studies Social Anthropol, San Cristobal de las Casas, Chiapas, MexicoHaviland, JB, Reed Coll, Dept Linguist, 3203 SE Woodstock, Portland, OR 97202 USA TI - Mayan master speakers - The archive of the indigenous languages of Chiapas AB - The Archive of the Indigenous Languages of Chiapas is an electronic database documenting the three principal Indian languages of Chiapas, Mexico. This report describes the design philosophy behind the archive, intended to distribute its results in digital form via the Internet. It illustrates some of the products of the Archive, ranging from standard linguistic description and lexicography, through semi-experimental elicitation, to ethnographically situated interaction characterized by different sorts of speech genre. It also discusses presentational and ethical issues derived from electronic distribution of digital media in linguistic documentation MH - USA MH - Mexico|Chiapas PB - ZAGREB: COLLEGIUM ANTROPOLOGICUM RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 0 U4 - Anthropology U5 - J;Article AV - English IS - 0350-6134 UR - ISI:000221596900026 L2 - archive;indigenous langugaes;Chiapas;Mexico;tseltal;tzotzil;chol SO - Collegium Antropologicum 2004 ;28():229-239 268 UI - 120 AU - Hobfoll S AU - Greenglass E AU - Moore K AU - Noguchi K AU - Pick S AU - Schwarzer R AD - Kent State Univ, Kent, OH 44242, USAYork Univ, N York, ON M3J 1P3, CanadaDeakin Univ, Geelong, Vic 3217, AustraliaUNAM, Mexico City, DF, Mexico TI - Implications of advances in health psychology for policy and intervention MH - Australia MH - Canada MH - Mexico|Distrito Federal MH - USA PB - HOVE: PSYCHOLOGY PRESS RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 0 U4 - Psychology, Multidisciplinary U5 - J;Meeting Abstract AV - English IS - 0020-7594 UR - ISI:000226118001142 SO - International Journal of Psychology 2004 ;39(5-6):126-126 269 UI - 175 AU - Husted BW AU - Folger R AD - Inst Tecnol & Estudios Super Monterrey, ITESM, EGADE, Monterrey 64849, NL, MexicoInst Empresa, ITESM, EGADE, Monterrey 64849, NL, MexicoUniv Cent Florida, Coll Business Adm, Orlando, FL 32816, USAHusted, BW, Inst Tecnol & Estudios Super Monterrey, ITESM, EGADE, Ave Eugenio Garza Sada 2501 Sur, Monterrey 64849, NL, Mexico TI - Fairness and transaction costs: The contribution of organizational justice theory to an integrative model of economic organization AB - In this article, we begin to integrate two fields that have, until now, remained largely independent of one another: organizational justice and transaction-cost economics. Transaction costs consist of search, bargaining, monitoring, enforcement, and other costs not directly related to the production of goods or services. Usually such costs are attributed to difficulties in measurement (the metering problem) or difficulties in redeploying assets to alternative uses (asset specificity). These variables are thought to be objective features of economic transactions. Rarely are the social-psychological dimensions of these objective features taken into account. Although economic transactions are fundamentally human activities, human behavior in the economics literature is usually reduced to such simplifying assumptions as shirking and bounded rationality. In this article, we develop a model of transaction costs based on a more complete description of human psychology as it operates in exchange relationships. We argue that transaction costs are often due to the difficulty of evaluating the fairness of a specific exchange of goods and services. Besides asset specificity and the metering problem, which are treated in the transaction-cost economics literature, the organizational justice literature is especially relevant. Beginning with the work of Ouchi (1980), the paper examines some of the ways that the organizational justice literature complements transaction-cost economics. Because mechanisms that order economic transactions are essentially conflict-resolution structures, we develop a model of economic organization in which transaction costs are related to the perception of fairness in economic exchange. In the literature, governance mechanisms are selected so as to minimize transaction costs. Based on the organizational justice framework, we suggest that the transaction-cost calculus is affected by the perception of fairness in the exchange. In addition, the relationship between the governance mechanism and the perception of fairness is moderated by the elements of interactional justice that characterize the exchange MH - Mexico|Nuevo Leon MH - USA PB - LINTHICUM HTS: INST OPERATIONS RESEARCH MANAGEMENT SCIENCES RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 5 U4 - Management U5 - J;Article AV - English IS - 1047-7039 UR - ISI:000225606600008 L2 - organizational justice;transaction-cost economics;interactional justice;STRATEGIC DECISION-MAKING; PROCEDURAL JUSTICE; VERTICAL INTEGRATION; CITIZENSHIP BEHAVIOR; DISTRIBUTIVE JUSTICE; SOCIAL-EXCHANGE; TRUST; VOICE; LOYALTY; NEGLECT SO - Organization Science 2004 ;15(6):719-729 270 UI - 220 AU - Ibanez A AU - Zapatero F AD - Inst Tecnol Autonomo Mexico, Dept Adm, Mexico City 01000, DF, MexicoUniv So Calif, Marshall Sch Business, Finance & Business Econ Dept, Los Angeles, CA 90089, USAZapatero, F, Inst Tecnol Autonomo Mexico, Dept Adm, Rio Hondo 1, Mexico City 01000, DF, Mexico TI - Monte Carlo valuation of American options through computation of the optimal exercise frontier AB - This paper introduces a Monte Carlo simulation method for pricing multidimensional American options based on the computation of the optimal exercise frontier. We consider Bermudan options that can be exercised at a finite number of times and compute the optimal exercise frontier recursively. We show that for every date of possible exercise, any single point of the optimal exercise frontier is a fixed point of a simple algorithm. Once the frontier is computed, we use plain vanilla Monte Carlo simulation to price the option and obtain a low-biased estimator. We illustrate the method with applications to several types of options MH - Mexico|Distrito Federal MH - USA PB - SEATTLE: UNIV WASHINGTON SCH BUSINESS & ADMINISTRATION RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 4 U4 - Business, Finance;Economics U5 - J;Article AV - English IS - 0022-1090 UR - ISI:000221770700003 L2 - STOCHASTIC INTEREST-RATES; SIMULATION; APPROXIMATION; SECURITIES; VARIABLES; ASSETS SO - Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis 2004 ;39(2):253-275 271 UI - 262 AU - Insch GS AU - McBride JB AD - W Virginia Univ, Coll Business & Econ, Morgantown, WV 26506, USAITAM, Mexico City 01000, DF, MexicoInsch, GS, W Virginia Univ, Coll Business & Econ, POB 6025, Morgantown, WV 26506 USA TI - The impact of country-of-origin cues on consumer perceptions of product quality: A binational test of the decomposed country-of-origin construct AB - In light of the conflicting findings in previous research on the effect of country-of-origin (COO) on consumer product perceptions, this paper extends previous research by testing a decomposition of the construct (country of product design (COD), assembly (COA) and parts (COP) manufacture) on Mexican and US consumers. Additionally, several moderators are tested for the first time within the framework of this model. Test results on the three products (television, athletic shoes and mountain bike) indicate that design, assembly and parts origins do have different effects on product evaluations with the COP exhibiting the strongest influence. Furthermore, COO effects vary between US and Mexican consumers-most notably related to product design, introducing the issue of whether fashion and functionality of products, which may vary between societies, cause different COO effects. Finally, age exhibited a strikingly different moderating effect in the two countries. (C) 2002 Elsevier Science Inc. All rights reserved MH - Mexico|Distrito Federal MH - USA PB - NEW YORK: ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 3 U4 - Business U5 - J;Article AV - English IS - 0148-2963 UR - ISI:000188551900005 L2 - country of origin;country of design;country of assembly;country of parts;quality perception;STEREOTYPE; FACETS; MODEL SO - Journal of Business Research 2004 ;57(3):256-265 272 UI - 215 AU - Jaffee D AU - Kloppenburg JR AU - Monroy MB AD - Univ Wisconsin, Nelson Inst Environm Studies, Madison, WI 53706, USAUniv Wisconsin, Dept Rural Sociol, Madison, WI 53706, USAAC SIPRO, Mexico City, DF, MexicoJaffee, D, Univ Wisconsin, Nelson Inst Environm Studies, 550 N Pk St, Madison, WI 53706 USA TI - Bringing the "Moral charge" home: Fair trade within the north and within the south AB - Fair trade is typically understood as an alternative market system that aims to right historically inequitable terms of trade between the geopolitical North and South and foster more direct producer/consumer linkages. We suggest that a more expansive application of the term "fair trade" to encompass agro-food initiatives within the North and South has considerable analytic and practical utility. We profile five such initiatives in the United States and two in Mexico. The U.S. undertakings are best understood as "proto-" fair trade projects that frame their work principally as an effort to preserve "family farming" rather than as an exercise to achieve fairness in the marketplace. The Mexican initiatives more explicitly embrace the certification-criteria-labeling model of international fair trade. Both, we conclude, hold potential to harness fair trade's "moral charge" to improve conditions for small producers and laborers in North and South experiencing most directly the negative effects of economic globalization MH - Mexico|Distrito Federal MH - USA PB - BELLINGHAM: RURAL SOCIOLOGICAL SOC RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 6 U4 - Sociology U5 - J;Article AV - English IS - 0036-0112 UR - ISI:000221898300001 L2 - FOOD SYSTEM; COFFEE; GLOBALIZATION; QUALITY SO - Rural Sociology 2004 ;69(2):169-196 273 UI - 185 AU - Lehoucq F AU - Wall DL AD - AC Carret, CIDE, Div Polit Studies, Lomas De Santa Fe 01210, DF, MexicoSt Cloud State Univ, Dept Geog, St Cloud, MN 56301, USALehoucq, F, AC Carret, CIDE, Div Polit Studies, Mexico Toluca 3655, Lomas De Santa Fe 01210, DF, Mexico TI - Explaining voter turnout rates in new democracies: Guatemala AB - This paper uses several ols models to evaluate the impact of sociological, institutional, and spatial approaches to turnout across the 330 municipalities of Guatemala. It shows that economic development and geographic location (urban vs. rural) have little discernible impact on turnout. Turnout, however, varies positively with the share of registered voters who are female, even if fewer women are registered to vote and, as a result, actually cast ballots. As turnout has fallen through time, the share of registered voters who are literate and the share of the population that is indigenous have become negatively associated with turnout. Larger number of citizens turn out to vote as municipal size decreases and as the ratio of registered voters to voting stations falls. That these factors are significant suggests that, even in a research design that privileges socioeconomic variation, spatial-institutional differences help explain voter turnout rates. (C) 2003 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved MH - Mexico|Distrito Federal MH - USA PB - OXFORD: ELSEVIER SCI LTD RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 2 U4 - Political Science U5 - J;Article AV - English IS - 0261-3794 UR - ISI:000224231300007 L2 - voter turnout;political participation;democratization;Guatemala;INDUSTRIAL DEMOCRACIES SO - Electoral Studies 2004 ;23(3):485-500 274 UI - 253 AU - Lynn R AU - Backhoff E AU - Contreras-Nino LA AD - Univ Ulster, Coleraine BT52 1SA, Londonderry, North IrelandUniv Autonoma Baja California, Ensenada, Baja California, MexicoLynn, R, Siston Inst, North Wing,Siston Court, Bristol BS16 9LU, Avon, England TI - Sex differences on g, reasoning and visualisation tested by the progressive matrices among 7-10 year olds: some normative data for Mexico AB - Normative data for sex differences on the Standard Progressive Matrices are presented for a sample of nine-hundred and twenty 7-10 year olds in Mexico. Factor analysis of the test showed the presence of factors identifiable as g, reasoning ability and visualisation. There was no statistically significant difference between boys and girls on the test, on g, or on reasoning. There was, however, a significant advantage for boys on the visualisation factor. There was also a non-significant trend for the boys' advantage on the test to decline over the 4 years and to turn into an advantage for girls at age 10. This is consistent with the faster maturation of girls from the age of about 10 through 15 years. (C) 2003 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved MH - United Kingdom MH - Mexico|Baja California PB - OXFORD: PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 2 U4 - Psychology, Social U5 - J;Article AV - English IS - 0191-8869 UR - ISI:000189216100004 L2 - sex differences;intelligence;g;progressive matrices;BRAIN SIZE; INTELLIGENCE SO - Personality and Individual Differences 2004 ;36(4):779-787 275 UI - 283 AU - Malloy TE AU - Albright L AU - az-Loving R AU - Dong Q AU - Lee YT AD - Rhode Isl Coll, Dept Psychol, Providence, RI 02908, USANatl Autonomous Univ Mexico, Mexico City, DF, MexicoBeijing Normal Univ, Beijing 100875, Peoples R ChinaMalloy, TE, Rhode Isl Coll, Dept Psychol, Providence, RI 02908, USA TI - Agreement in personality judgments within and between nonoverlapping social groups in collectivist cultures AB - The social context hypothesis states that people behave differently in different social groups because g-roup norms and context specific interpersonal relationships uniquely affect behavior. Consequently, a person who is a member of different, nonover-lapping social groups (i.e., the members of different groups are unacquainted) should be judged consensually on personality traits within each group; however, between groups there should be less agreement in judgments. This research focused on cultural moderation of the social context effect in two collective cultures (China and Mexico) with different norms for interpersonal relationships. Among Chinese, there was greater consensus in trait judgments within groups than between groups, whereas in Mexico, agreement within and between groups was equivalent. Culturally based relationship norms that affect cross-context consistency of behavior and, in turn, the consistency of trait judgments across groups were described MH - Mexico|Distrito Federal MH - Peoples R China MH - USA PB - THOUSAND OAKS: SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 4 U4 - Psychology, Social U5 - J;Article AV - English IS - 0146-1672 UR - ISI:000187209000010 L2 - culture;personality judgment;social context hypothesis;social relations model;ETIC-EMIC DILEMMA; INTERPERSONAL PERCEPTION; SELF; CONSENSUS; BEHAVIOR; CHINESE; METAPERCEPTION; ACQUAINTANCE; ATTRIBUTION; INVENTORY SO - Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin 2004 ;30(1):106-117 276 UI - 256 AU - Marshall CA AU - Burross HL AU - Gotto G AU - McAllan L AU - Martinez PV AU - Juarez LG AU - Rey PF AD - No Arizona Univ, Amer Indian Rehabil Res & Training Ctr, Flagstaff, AZ 86011, USAUniv Arizona, Dept Educ Psychol, Tucson, AZ 85721, USAUniv Kansas, Dept Anthropol, Lawrence, KS 66045, USAUniv Arizona, Coll Educ, Dept Special Educ & Rehabil, Tucson, AZ 85721, USAInst Pedag Infantil Margarita Aquila Diaz, Oaxaca, MexicoMarshall, CA, CRC, 4043 E Alhambra Pl, Tucson, AZ 85711, USA TI - The United States and Mexico: Creating partnerships in rehabilitation AB - Objective: To document the needs and resources of indigenous people with disabilities. Study Design: An analysis of 5 descriptive studies. Setting: Oaxaca City and various rural and remote areas of Oaxaca, Mexico. Research Participants: Individuals with disabilities and their families, both urban and rural, representing a wide age span. Main Outcome Measures: Interview protocols developed through participatory research procedures involving persons with disabilities. Results: Across populations, the need for centers of education, training, and support was identified; however, medical intervention was the primary need. Conclusions: The Vecinos project demonstrates the successes of cooperative research efforts between university-based researchers and grassroots leaders with disabilities, with implications for change in public policy and practice to accommodate indigenous people with disabilities MH - Mexico|Oaxaca MH - USA PB - WASHINGTON: EDUCATIONAL PUBLISHING FOUNDATION RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 1 U4 - Psychology, Clinical;Rehabilitation U5 - J;Article AV - English IS - 0090-5550 UR - ISI:000188800200003 SO - Rehabilitation Psychology 2004 ;49(1):14-20 277 UI - 191 AU - Marston C AU - Juarez F AU - Izazola JA AD - Univ London Imperial Coll Sci Technol & Med, Dept Primary Care & Social Med, Unit Int Publ Hlth & Dev, London W6 8RP, EnglandColegio Mexico, Ctr Estudios Demograf & Desarrollo Urbano, Mexico City, DF, MexicoMarston, C, Univ London Imperial Coll Sci Technol & Med, Dept Primary Care & Social Med, Unit Int Publ Hlth & Dev, Rynolds Bldg,St Dunstans Rd, London W6 8RP, England TI - Young, unmarried men and sex: do friends and partners shape risk behaviour? AB - Young people's sexual health is of growing concern. Past studies have been limited by their focus on the individual. More useful are interaction-orientated approaches that focus on partners and on the social context, rather than on the individual alone. This paper describes a study of 8068 men in Mexico City that takes this new approach. Multivariate techniques were used to examine use of contraception for pregnancy prevention and for sexually transmitted disease prophylaxis among unmarried, heterosexually active men aged 15-24. Friends and sexual partners were found to play an important role in shaping risk behaviour. To explain such behaviours adequately we need to take account of more than the characteristics of individuals isolated from their social contexts MH - United Kingdom MH - Mexico|Distrito Federal PB - ABINGDON: TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 2 U4 - Family Studies;Social Sciences, Biomedical U5 - J;Article AV - English IS - 1369-1058 UR - ISI:000224129700003 SO - Culture Health & Sexuality 2004 ;6(5):411-424 278 UI - 166 AU - Maurer N AU - Gomberg A AD - Harvard Univ, Sch Business, Business Govt & Int Econ Unit, Boston, MA 02163, USAInst Tecnol Autonomo Mexico, Mexico City 10700, DF, MexicoMaurer, N, Harvard Univ, Sch Business, Business Govt & Int Econ Unit, Soldiers Field, Boston, MA 02163 USA TI - When the state is untrustworthy: Public finance and private banking in porfirian Mexico AB - All sovereign governments face a commitment problem: how can they promise to honor their own agreements? The standard solutions involve reputation or political institutions capable of tying the government's hands. Mexico's government in the 1880s used neither solution. It compensated its creditors by enabling them to extract rents from the rest of the economy. These rents came through special privileges over banking services and the right to administer federal taxes. Returns were extremely high: as long as the government refrained from confiscating all their assets (let alone repaying their debts) less than twice a decade, they would break even MH - USA MH - Mexico|Distrito Federal PB - NEW YORK: CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 1 U4 - Economics;History;History Of Social Sciences U5 - J;Article AV - English IS - 0022-0507 UR - ISI:000226123200006 L2 - GROWTH SO - Journal of Economic History 2004 ;64(4):1087-1107 279 UI - 229 AU - Merchant D AU - Rich P AD - Policy Studies Org, Washington, DC, USAUniv Americas Puebla, Puebla, MexicoMerchant, D, Policy Studies Org, Washington, DC, USA TI - Canada and the commonwealth - Does the commonwealth have a future as well as a past? AB - Canada is one of the original members of the Commonwealth, and many Canadians retain an interest in the organization. Americans and others find the Commonwealth to be a rather esoteric concept and have difficulty appreciating why it continues to attract support from Britain's former colonies. This article suggests the Commonwealth plays a role in maintaining Canada's separate identity in the face of its giant neighbor and that in some ways, the informality and pluralism is, rather than being dated, actually almost postmodern MH - Mexico|Puebla MH - USA PB - THOUSAND OAKS: SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 0 U4 - Psychology, Clinical;Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary U5 - J;Article AV - English IS - 0002-7642 UR - ISI:000221266500006 L2 - commonwealth;Britain;monarchy;Canadian;national identity SO - American Behavioral Scientist 2004 ;47(10):1319-1328 280 UI - 153 AU - Moreno-Brid JC AU - Caldentey EP AU - Napoles PR AD - ECLAC, Mexico City, DF, MexicoUniv Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Tlalpan, MexicoECLAC, Port Of Spain, Trinid & TobagoMoreno-Brid, JC, ECLAC, Mexico City, DF, Mexico TI - The Washington Consensus: a Latin American perspective fifteen years later AB - The paper analyzes the economic and social development of Latin America after nearly two decades of macroeconomic policies and reforms in line with the "Washington Consensus." It shows that these policies lowered inflation and induced an export boom but failed to boost domestic investment and to remove the balance-of-payments binding constraint on the region's longterm path of economic expansion. Four alternative explanations of such poor performance of the Washington Consensus are compared. In particular, the paper argues that, contrary to mainstream opinion, in Latin America, there is no clear association between the depth of macroeconomic reforms and economic growth performance MH - Mexico|Distrito Federal MH - Trinid & Tobago PB - ARMONK: M E SHARPE INC RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 0 U4 - Economics U5 - J;Article AV - English IS - 0160-3477 UR - ISI:000226623700010 L2 - alternative development policies;macroeconomic reform;Washington Consensus SO - Journal of Post Keynesian Economics 2004 ;27(2):345-365 281 UI - 254 AU - Negy C AU - Snyder DK AU - az-Loving R AD - Univ Cent Florida, Dept Psychol, Orlando, FL 32816, USATexas A&M Univ, Dept Psychol, College Stn, TX 77843, USANatl Autonomous Univ Mexico, Mexico City 04510, DF, MexicoNegy, C, Univ Cent Florida, Dept Psychol, POB 161390, Orlando, FL 32816 USA TI - A cross-national comparison of Mexican and Mexican American couples using the marital satisfaction inventory-revised (Spanish) AB - yThis study examined psychometric properties of the Spanish translation of the Marital Satisfaction Inventory-Revised (MSI-R) in a sample of 71 Spanish-speaking couples in Mexico. Results from this sample were compared to findings obtained from 65 Mexican American couples who completed the MSI-R in Spanish. Both the internal consistency and,factor structure of the Spanish MSI-R with Mexican couples were found to be comparable to findings on the Spanish MSI-R for Mexican American couples. Moreover multivariate analysis indicated no significant mean profile differences between these two groups as a function of nationality, gender or nationality-by-gender interaction. These findings offer initial evidence toward establishing the appropriateness of the Spanish MSI-R for use with Spanish-dominant Mexican couples MH - Mexico|Distrito Federal MH - USA PB - THOUSAND OAKS: SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 1 U4 - Psychology, Clinical U5 - J;Article AV - English IS - 1073-1911 UR - ISI:000189101100005 L2 - couples;assessment;Mexico;Spanish;cross-cultural;test adaptation;OF-FIT INDEXES; MODELS; TRANSLATION; ISSUES SO - Assessment 2004 ;11(1):49-56 282 UI - 147 AU - Neufeld LM AU - Haas JD AU - Ruel MT AU - Grajeda R AU - Naeher LP AD - Inst Nacl Salud Publ, Div Epidemiol & Nutr, Ctr Invest Nutr & Salud, Cuernavaca 62508, Morelos, MexicoCornell Univ, Div Nutr Sci, Ithaca, NY 14853, USAInt Food Policy Res Inst, Washington, DC 20036, USACtr Amer & Panama, Inst Nutr, Guatemala City, GuatemalaGeorgia State Univ, Dept Environm Sci, Atlanta, GA 30303, USANeufeld, LM, Inst Nacl Salud Publ, Div Epidemiol & Nutr, Ctr Invest Nutr & Salud, Av Univ 655, Cuernavaca 62508, Morelos, Mexico TI - Smoky indoor cooking fires are associated with elevated hemoglobin concentration in iron-deficient women AB - Objective. Indoor air pollution from the burning of such biomass fuels as wood and agricultural waste is associated with a higher risk of a number of respiratory problems. The effect on other health outcomes, such as fetal growth, has not yet been adequately documented. The objective of this study was to determine whether, among women who burn biomass fuels for cooking indoors, the use of "smoky" fires is associated with elevated hemoglobin concentration in comparison to women using "smokeless" stoves, that is, stoves that are designed to reduce indoor air pollution. This research was conducted as part of a series of preliminary studies to determine the feasibility and potential health benefits of a randomized stove intervention to reduce indoor air pollution from the burning of biomass fuels for cooking. Methods. A cross-sectional observational study was conducted in rural highland communities of Guatemala from March to August 1994. Venous blood samples were collected and analyzed for hemoglobin and ferritin. All the women studied burned biomass fuels and cooked indoors, and none of the women was pregnant. Eighty-nine indigenous women using smokeless stoves (designated as the not-exposed group) and 185 indigenous women from the same communities using smoky fires (the exposed group) were studied. Multiple linear regression analyses were used to investigate the relationship between exposure (smokeless stove or smoky fire) and hemoglobin concentration, with adjusting for potential confounding factors. Results. No effect of exposure (smokeless stove or smoky fire) on hemoglobin concentration was found in univariate or multivariate analyses. In routine post hoc analysis to determine whether hemoglobin elevation is observed in some particular subgroup, we found that the use of a smoky fire was associated with a 5.2 g/L elevation in hemoglobin concentration among women with low ferritin stores (P < 0.10). Conclusions. The elevation of hemoglobin concentration through exposure to indoor air pollution resulting from the burning of biomass fuels in smoky fires for cooking could have important implications for the diagnosis of anemia. However, considering the observational nature of this study, further research using more rigorous measures of exposure to carbon monoxide as well as additional measures of iron status are needed to confirm the relationships among iron status, exposure to smoke from the burning of biomass fuels indoors, and hemoglobin concentration of women living at moderately high altitude. Further study of this matter could help to assure that appropriate adjustments to anemia cutoffs are made, if warranted, and could assist in clarifying potentially negative outcomes of exposure to smoke from biomass fuels burned indoors MH - Guatemala MH - Mexico|Morelos MH - USA PB - WASHINGTON: PAN AMERICAN HEALTH ORGANIZATION RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 2 U4 - Public, Environmental & Occupational Health U5 - J;Article AV - English IS - 1020-4989 UR - ISI:000227068500006 L2 - hemoglobins;air pollution, indoor;anemia, iron deficiency;altitude;risk factors;Guatemala;LOW BIRTH-WEIGHT; CARBON-MONOXIDE; AIR-POLLUTION; DEVELOPING-COUNTRIES; HIGHLAND GUATEMALA; CIGARETTE-SMOKING; EXPOSURE; POLYCYTHEMIA; PREGNANCY; HEALTH SO - Revista Panamericana de Salud Publica-Pan American Journal of Public Health 2004 ;15(2):110-118 283 UI - 206 AU - Niels G AU - ten Kate A AD - OXERA, Oxford, EnglandFed Competit Commiss, Mexico City, DF, MexicoNiels, G, OXERA, Oxford, England TI - Anti-dumping protection in a liberalising country: Mexico's anti-dumping policy and practice MH - United Kingdom MH - Mexico|Distrito Federal PB - OXFORD: BLACKWELL PUBL LTD RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 1 U4 - Business, Finance;Economics;International Relations U5 - J;Article AV - English IS - 0378-5920 UR - ISI:000222725000002 L2 - UNITED-STATES SO - World Economy 2004 ;27(7):967-983 284 UI - 173 AU - Obermeyer CM AU - Schulein M AU - Hardon A AU - Sievert LL AU - Price K AU - Santiago AC AU - Lazcano O AU - Kirumira EK AU - Neuman M AD - World Hlth Org, CH-1211 Geneva, SwitzerlandEmory Univ, Atlanta, GA 30322, USAUniv Amsterdam, NL-1012 WX Amsterdam, NetherlandsUniv Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003, USAHarvard Univ, Cambridge, MA 02138, USAUniv Philippines, Manila, PhilippinesUniv Amer, Puebla, MexicoMakerere Univ, Kampala, UgandaColumbia Univ, New York, NY 10027, USAObermeyer, CM, World Hlth Org, 20 Ave Appia, CH-1211 Geneva, Switzerland TI - Gender and medication use: An exploratory, multi-site study AB - Objective: This comparative study in four Countries was designed to explore differences in women's and men's patterns of medication use. Methods: A total of 539 individuals, 303 women and 236 men, aged 15 years and older, were interviewed in Mexico, the Philippines, Uganda, and the US. Country-specific variables and codes adapted questions and answers to local contexts, and the instrument alternated between closed-and open-ended questions. Results: In all sites, women reported using medications more frequently than men. Differences in reported use between women and men over the month preceding the survey were significant in Mexico and Uganda, but not in the two countries with the highest medication use, the Philippines and the USA. Gender differences are explained in part by differences in the frequencies with which major symptoms/conditions are reported, as women were generally more likely to report these conditions then men, but not more likely, to treat symptoms or conditions with medications. This analysis also found gendered patterns of communication and information about health: women are central to the process of communication about health and therapies and they appear to draw oil a richer repertoire of knowledge, perceptions and attitudes regarding medications. Conclusions: This study documents differences in patterns of medication use. with women reporting higher use than men overall. It also finds gendered patterns of use, manifested in information and perceptions Surrounding medications. (C) 2004 by The Haworth Press, Inc. All rights reserred MH - Mexico|Puebla MH - Netherlands MH - Philippines MH - Switzerland MH - Uganda MH - USA PB - BINGHAMTON: HAWORTH PRESS INC RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 5 U4 - Public, Environmental & Occupational Health;Women's Studies U5 - J;Article AV - English IS - 0363-0242 UR - ISI:000225615600004 L2 - medication use;gender;health conditions;perceptions;communication;networks;SEX-DIFFERENCES; PHYSICAL SYMPTOMS; ILLNESS BEHAVIOR; HEALTH; PHARMACEUTICALS; CARE; ANTHROPOLOGY; MORTALITY; SERVICES; KENYA SO - Women & Health 2004 ;39(4):57-73 285 UI - 122 AU - Ostermann RF AU - Gutierrez RE AD - Fairleigh Dickinson Univ, Rutherford, NJ 07070, USAUniv Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Mexico City 04510, DF, Mexico TI - The Sws-survey of occupational and mental health: A cross-cultural questionnaire available for worldwide adaptation MH - Mexico|Distrito Federal MH - USA PB - HOVE: PSYCHOLOGY PRESS RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 0 U4 - Psychology, Multidisciplinary U5 - J;Meeting Abstract AV - English IS - 0020-7594 UR - ISI:000226118005295 SO - International Journal of Psychology 2004 ;39(5-6):587-587 286 UI - 197 AU - Parker SW AU - Skoufias E AD - World Bank, Poverty Reduct & Econ Management Unit, Latin Amer & Caribbean Reg Off, Washington, DC 20433, USACIDE, Mexico City, DF, MexicoSkoufias, E, World Bank, Poverty Reduct & Econ Management Unit, Latin Amer & Caribbean Reg Off, 1818 H St NW, Washington, DC 20433 USA TI - He added worker effect over the business cycle: evidence from urban Mexico AB - This paper investigates whether the added worker effect is an important determinant of the increased labour force participation by women and whether the magnitude of the added worker effect differs between the peak and trough of the business cycle. Use is made of repeated observations from spouses in urban Mexico, collected during the Peso crisis (1994:4-1995:4) and during the period of economic prosperity (1998:4-1999:4). Significant added worker effects are found in both periods. The magnitude of the added worker effect during the crisis period is found to be twice as large as that observed during the period of economic prosperity MH - USA MH - Mexico|Distrito Federal PB - ABINGDON: ROUTLEDGE TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 2 U4 - Economics U5 - J;Article AV - English IS - 1350-4851 UR - ISI:000223590300006 SO - Applied Economics Letters 2004 ;11(10):625-630 287 UI - 146 AU - Restuccia D AU - Urrutia C AD - Univ Toronto, Dept Econ, Toronto, ON M5S 3G7, CanadaITAM, Ctr Invest Econ, Mexico City 10700, DF, MexicoUniv Western Ontario, London, ON N6A 3K7, CanadaUniv Carlos III Madrid, Madrid, SpainRestuccia, D, Univ Toronto, Dept Econ, 150 St George St, Toronto, ON M5S 3G7, Canada TI - Intergenerational persistence of earnings: The role of early and college education AB - Recent empirical evidence from the United States indicates a high degree of persistence in earnings across generations. Designing effective public policies to increase social mobility requires identifying and measuring the major sources of persistence and inequality in earnings. We provide a quantitative model of intergenerational human capital transmission that focuses on three sources: innate ability, early education, and college education. We find that approximately one-half of the intergenerational correlation in earnings is accounted for by parental investment in education, in particular early education. We show that these results have important implications for education policy MH - Canada MH - Mexico|Distrito Federal MH - Spain PB - NASHVILLE: AMER ECONOMIC ASSOC RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 7 U4 - Economics U5 - J;Article AV - English IS - 0002-8282 UR - ISI:000227099600006 L2 - INCOME-DISTRIBUTION; PUBLIC-EDUCATION; UNITED-STATES; MOBILITY; INEQUALITY; OUTCOMES; NURTURE; MEN; CONSTRAINTS; INVESTMENT SO - American Economic Review 2004 ;94(5):1354-1378 288 UI - 228 AU - Rich P AU - Reyes GD AD - Univ Americas, Puebla, MexicoUniv Houston, Houston, TX 77004, USARich, P, Univ Americas, Puebla, Mexico TI - Teaching Canada in Mexico AB - The authors, with considerable experience in teaching courses on Canada in a leading Mexican university, argue that for success, such a program should be compulsory and should be thematic and problem. oriented, extrapolating from Canadian issues to larger issues in international relations and history MH - Mexico|Puebla MH - USA PB - THOUSAND OAKS: SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 0 U4 - Psychology, Clinical;Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary U5 - J;Article AV - English IS - 0002-7642 UR - ISI:000221266500004 L2 - Canadian studies;Canadian curriculum;Canada and Mexico;Canadian research SO - American Behavioral Scientist 2004 ;47(10):1278-1284 289 UI - 182 AU - Rich PJ AD - Univ Amer, Puebla, MexicoStanford Univ, Hoover Inst, Stanford, CA 94305, USARich, PJ, Univ Amer, Puebla, Mexico TI - The lecanomancy of policy studies in 2004 MH - Mexico|Puebla MH - USA PB - MALDEN: BLACKWELL PUBLISHERS RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 0 U4 - Political Science;Public Administration U5 - J;Editorial Material AV - English IS - 0190-292X UR - ISI:000224521500007 SO - Policy Studies Journal 2004 ;32(4):613-615 290 UI - 195 AU - Rodriguez-Oreggia E AU - Rodriguez-Pose A AD - Secetaria Desarrollo Social, Mexico City, DF, MexicoUniv London London Sch Econ & Polit Sci, London WC2A 2AE, EnglandRodriguez-Oreggia, E, Secetaria Desarrollo Social, 1 TESM Campus Santa Fe, Mexico City, DF, Mexico TI - The regional returns of public investment policies in Mexico AB - This paper uses multiple regression analysis to determine the extent to which the regional distribution of public investment policies before and after the Mexican debt crisis and the opening of the country to trade have responded primarily to efficiency or redistribution criteria. The results highlight that the regional allocation of public investment funds in Mexico since 1970 seems to follow neither redistribution, nor efficiency criteria. In addition, there is no evidence that the allocation of funds has a positive effect on regional growth. The most likely explanation is that pork-barrel politics has played a key role in the regional distribution of funds, and probably has contributed to lowering their economic impact. (C) 2004 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved MH - United Kingdom MH - Mexico|Distrito Federal PB - OXFORD: PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 2 U4 - Economics;Planning & Development U5 - J;Article AV - English IS - 0305-750X UR - ISI:000223654400006 L2 - public investment;efficiency;redistribution;growth;pork barrel politics;regions;Mexico;INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT; ECONOMIC-DEVELOPMENT; GROWTH; PRODUCTIVITY; INEQUALITY; ALLOCATION SO - World Development 2004 ;32(9):1545-1562 291 UI - 213 AU - Schmitt DP AU - Diniz G AU - Alcalay L AU - Durkin K AU - Allensworth M AU - Echegaray M AU - Allik J AU - Eremsoy E AU - Ault L AU - Euler HA AU - Austers I AU - Falzon R AU - Bennett KL AU - Fisher ML AU - Bianchi G AU - Foley D AU - Boholst F AU - Fowler R AU - Cunen MAB AU - Fry DP AU - Braeckman J AU - Fry S AU - Brainerd EG AU - Ghayur MA AU - Caral LGA AU - Giri VN AU - Caron G AU - Golden DL AU - Casullo MM AU - Grammer K AU - Cunningham M AU - Grimaldi L AU - Daibo I AU - Halberstadt J AU - De Backer C AU - Haque S AU - De Souza E AU - Herrera D AU - az-Loving R AU - Hertel J AU - Luksik I AU - Hitchell A AU - Magaisa I AU - Hoffmann H AU - Marcinkeviciene D AU - Hooper D AU - Mata A AU - Hradilekova Z AU - Mata R AU - Hudek-Kene-Evi J AU - McCarthy B AU - Huffcutt A AU - Mills ME AU - Jaafar J AU - Mkhize NJ AU - Jankauskaite M AU - Moreira J AU - Kabangu-Stahel H AU - Moreira S AU - Kardum I AU - Moya M AU - Khoury B AU - Munyae M AU - Kwon H AU - Noller P AU - Laidra K AU - Olimat H AU - Laireiter AR AU - Opre A AU - Lakerveld D AU - Panayiotou A AU - Lampert A AU - Petrovic N AU - Lauri M AU - Poels K AU - Lavallee M AU - Popper M AU - Lee SJ AU - Poulimenou M AU - Leung LC AU - P'Yatokha V AU - Locke KD AU - Raymond M AU - Locke V AU - Reips UD AU - Reneau SE AU - Sumer HC AU - Sumer N AU - Rivera-Aragon S AU - Supekova M AU - Rowatt WC AU - Szlendak T AU - Ruch W AU - Taylor R AU - Rus VS AU - Timmermans B AU - Safir MP AU - Tooke W AU - Salas S AU - Tsaousis I AU - Sambataro F AU - Tungaraza FSK AU - Sandnabba KN AU - Turner A AU - Schleeter R AU - Vandermassen G AU - Schulmeyer MK AU - Vanhoomissen T AU - Van Overwalle F AU - Schutz A AU - Vanwesenbeeck I AU - Scrimali T AU - Vasey PL AU - Shackelford TK AU - Verissimo J AU - Sharan MB AU - Voracek M AU - Shaver PR AU - Wan WWN AU - Sichona F AU - Wang TW AU - Simonetti F AU - Weiss P AU - Sineshaw T AU - Wijaya A AU - Sookdew R AU - Woertman L AU - Speelman T AU - Youn G AU - Spyrou S AU - Zupaneie A AD - Bradley Univ, Dept Psychol, Peoria, IL 61625, USAUniv Ljubljana, Ljubljana, SloveniaChonnam Natl Univ, Cheongju, South KoreaUniv Utrecht, Utrecht, NetherlandsCouple Clin Indonesia, Surabaya, IndonesiaCharles Univ, CR-11636 Prague 1, Czech RepublicYuan Ze Univ, Tao Yuan, TaiwanUniv Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Peoples R ChinaUniv Vienna, Sch Med, Vienna, AustriaUniv Lisbon, P-1699 Lisbon, PortugalUniv Lethbridge, Lethbridge, AB T1K 3M4, CanadaFree Univ Brussels, Brussels, BelgiumState Univ Ghent, B-9000 Ghent, BelgiumBradley Univ, Peoria, IL 61625, USAUniv Dar Es Salaam, Dar Es Salaam, TanzaniaUniv Aegean, Mytilili, GreeceSUNY Coll Plattsburgh, Plattsburgh, NY 12901, USAFree Univ Brussels, B-1050 Brussels, BelgiumUniv S Pacific, Suva, FijiNicholas Copernicus Univ, Krakow, PolandMiddle E Tech Univ, Ankara, TurkeyState Univ Ghent, B-9000 Ghent, BelgiumUniv Natal, Natal, RN, BrazilRamapo Coll, Mahwah, NJ, USAPontificia Univ Catolica Chile, Santiago, ChileUniv Calif Davis, Davis, CA 95616, USAIndian Inst Technol, Kharagpur 721302, W Bengal, IndiaFlorida Atlantic Univ, Boca Raton, FL 33431, USAUniv Catania, Catania, ItalyTech Univ Chemnitz, Chemnitz, GermanyAbo Akad Univ, Turku, FinlandUniv La Serena, La Serena, ChileUniv Haifa, IL-31999 Haifa, IsraelUniv Ljubljana, Ljubljana 61000, SloveniaQueens Univ Belfast, Belfast, Antrim, North IrelandBaylor Univ, Waco, TX 76798, USANatl Autonomous Univ Mexico, Mexico City 04510, DF, MexicoUniv Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487, USAUniv Zurich, CH-8006 Zurich, SwitzerlandUniv Montpellier 2, Montpellier, FranceSlovak Acad Sci, Bratislava, SlovakiaUniv Belgrade, Belgrade, YugoslaviaUniv Cyprus, Nicosia, CyprusUniv Babes Bolyai, R-3400 Cluj Napoca, RomaniaUniv Jordan, Irbid, JordanUniv Queensland, St Lucia, Qld 4067, AustraliaUniv Botswana, Gaborone, BotswanaUniv Granada, E-18071 Granada, SpainUniv Lisbon, P-1699 Lisbon, PortugalUniv Natal, Durban, South AfricaLoyola Marymount Univ, Los Angeles, CA 90045, USAUniv Cent Lancashire, Preston PR1 2HE, Lancs, EnglandVilnius State Univ, Vilnius, LithuaniaUniv Zimbabwe, Harare, ZimbabweSlovak Acad Sci, Bratislava, SlovakiaUniv Western Australia, Nedlands, WA 6009, AustraliaUniv Idaho, Moscow, ID 83843, USACity Univ Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Peoples R ChinaUniv Laval, Quebec City, PQ G1K 7P4, CanadaUniv Malta, Msida, MaltaRuppin Inst, Post, IsraelUniv Utrecht, NL-3508 TC Utrecht, NetherlandsSalzburg Univ, Inst Psychol, A-5020 Salzburg, AustriaUniv Tartu, EE-50090 Tartu, EstoniaAmer Univ Beirut, Beirut, LebanonUniv Rijeka, Rijeka, CroatiaUniv Malaya, Kuala Lumpur 59100, MalaysiaBradley Univ, Peoria, IL 61625, USAComenius Univ, Bratislava 81806, SlovakiaUniv Queensland, St Lucia, Qld 4067, AustraliaKnox Coll, Galesburg, IL, USABradley Univ, Peoria, IL 61625, USATech Univ, Chemnitz, GermanyUniv Lima, Lima, PeruUniv Dhaka, Dhaka 1000, BangladeshUniv Otago, Dunedin, New ZealandUniv Catania, Catania, ItalyUniv Hawaii Manoa, Honolulu, HI 96822, USAIndian Inst Technol, Kharagpur 721302, W Bengal, IndiaLudwig Boltzmann Inst Urban Ethol, Ifrane, AustriaAbo Akad Univ, Turku, FinlandUniv Queensland, St Lucia, Qld 4067, AustraliaYork Univ, N York, ON M3J 1P3, CanadaBogazici Univ, TR-80815 Bebek, TurkeyUniv Lima, Lima, PeruUniv Western Australia, Nedlands, WA 6009, AustraliaUniv Brasilia, BR-70910900 Brasilia, DF, BrazilNatl Autonomous Univ Mexico, Mexico City 04510, DF, MexicoIllinois State Univ, Normal, IL 61761, USAOsaka Univ, Suita, Osaka 565, JapanUniv Louisville, Louisville, KY 40292, USAUniv Buenos Aires, RA-1053 Buenos Aires, DF, ArgentinaUniv San Carlos, San Carlos, PhilippinesClemson Univ, Clemson, SC 29631, USAUniv New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131, USALatvian State Univ, Riga, LatviaUniv Louisville, Louisville, KY 40292, USAUniv Tartu, Tartu, EstoniaSchmitt, DP, Bradley Univ, Dept Psychol, 105 Comstock Hall, Peoria, IL 61625 USA TI - Patterns and universals of adult romantic attachment across 62 cultural regions - Are models of self and of other pancultural constructs? AB - As part of the International Sexuality Description Project, a total of 17,804 participants from 62 cultural regions completed the Relationship Questionnaire (RQ), a self-report measure of adult romantic attachment. Correlational analyses within each culture suggested that the Model of Self and the Model of other scales of the RQ were psychometrically valid within most cultures. Contrary to expectations, the Model of Self and Model of Other dimensions of the RQ did not underlie the four-category model of attachment in the same way across all cultures. Analyses of specific attachment styles revealed that secure romantic attachment was normative in 79% of cultures and that preoccupied romantic attachment was particularly prevalent in East Asian cultures. Finally, the romantic attachment profiles of individual nations were correlated with sociocultural indicators in ways that supported evolutionary theories of romantic attachment and basic human mating strategies MH - USA MH - Argentina MH - Australia MH - Austria MH - Bangladesh MH - Belgium MH - Botswana MH - Brazil MH - Canada MH - Chile MH - Croatia MH - Cyprus MH - Czech Republic MH - United Kingdom MH - Estonia MH - Fiji MH - Finland MH - France MH - Germany MH - Greece MH - India MH - Indonesia MH - Israel MH - Italy MH - Japan MH - Jordan MH - Latvia MH - Lebanon MH - Lithuania MH - Malaysia MH - Malta MH - Mexico|Distrito Federal MH - Netherlands MH - New Zealand MH - Peoples R China MH - Peru MH - Philippines MH - Poland MH - Portugal MH - Romania MH - Slovakia MH - Slovenia MH - South Africa MH - South Korea MH - Spain MH - Switzerland MH - Taiwan MH - Tanzania MH - Turkey MH - Yugoslavia MH - Zimbabwe PB - THOUSAND OAKS: SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 11 U4 - Psychology, Social U5 - J;Article AV - English IS - 0022-0221 UR - ISI:000222193200001 L2 - romantic attachment;culture;internal working models;human mating strategies;WORKING MODELS; UNITED-STATES; PERSONALITY; ORGANIZATION; STYLES; LOVE; PERSPECTIVE; DIMENSIONS; STABILITY; VIOLENCE SO - Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology 2004 ;35(4):367-402 292 UI - 211 AU - Schwartz NA AD - El Colegio Frontera N, Tijuana, MexicoSchwartz, NA, Univ Calif Press, Journals Div, 2000 Ctr St,Suite 303, Berkeley, CA 94704 USA TI - Childhood asthma on the northern Mexico border AB - Children with asthma living on the northern Mexico border suffer not only from the physical aspects of this condition, but also from the lack of a clear biomedical definition and treatment plan for the illness. An ethnographic study involving participant observation and focused interviews in Tijuana, Mexico, sought to understand the intersection of diagnostic uncertainties surrounding childhood asthma on the part of parents, particularly mothers, living in acute poverty. Environmental factors such as dust and insects in impoverished homes probably acted as asthma triggers among many of the children in the study. Furthermore, management of children's asthma took place not only in biomedical clinics, but also in homes, traditional medical settings, and pharmacies, where mothers often sought remedies for their children's asthma attacks on an emergency basis. In all treatment settings, including biomedical ones, they often faced significant barriers to effective care, including the misuse of antibiotics. Thus, the role of pharmaceutical sales clerks, as well as pediatric asthma specialists, is explored in this article MH - USA MH - Mexico|Baja California PB - ARLINGTON: AMER ANTHROPOLOGICAL ASSOC RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 1 U4 - Anthropology;Social Sciences, Biomedical U5 - J;Article AV - English IS - 0745-5194 UR - ISI:000222293400006 L2 - CHILDREN; PREVALENCE; CALIFORNIA; SYMPTOMS; COSTS; RACE; SELF SO - Medical Anthropology Quarterly 2004 ;18(2):214-229 293 UI - 237 AU - Shelley GL AU - Wallace FH AD - E Tennessee State Univ, Dept Econ Finance & Urban Studies, Johnson City, TN 37614, USAUniv Quintana Roo, Dept Ciencias Econ Adm, Quintana Roo, MexicoShelley, GL, E Tennessee State Univ, Dept Econ Finance & Urban Studies, Johnson City, TN 37614 USA TI - Inflation, money, and real GDP in Mexico: a causality analysis AB - The relation between inflation, M1 money, and real GDP in Mexico is examined using annual data from 1944 to 1991. When investigating the relation between changes in inflation and real GDP growth it is found that it is important to separate the changes in inflation into predictable and unpredictable components. Predictable increases in differenced inflation are found to have a significant, negative effect on real GDP growth. Unpredictable increases in differenced inflation are found to have a significant, positive effect on real GDP growth. In contrast, changes in M 1 growth fail to Granger-cause real GDP growth even when the changes in money growth are divided into predictable and unpredictable components MH - Mexico|Quintana Roo MH - USA PB - ABINGDON: ROUTLEDGE TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 2 U4 - Economics U5 - J;Article AV - English IS - 1350-4851 UR - ISI:000220803700005 L2 - EXPECTATIONS; NEUTRALITY; OUTPUT SO - Applied Economics Letters 2004 ;11(4):223-225 294 UI - 141 AU - Soto-Rojas AE AU - Urena-Cirett JL AU - Martinez-Mier EDA AD - Univ Intercontinental, Fac Odontol, Mexico City 14090, DF, MexicoInst Nacl Ciencias Med & Nutr Salvador Zubiran, Dept Immunol & Rheumatol, Mexico City, DF, MexicoIndiana Univ, Sch Dent, Oral Hlth Res Inst, Indianapolis, IN, USASoto-Rojas, AE, Univ Intercontinental, Fac Odontol, Av Insurgentes Sur 4303,Santa Ursula Xitle, Mexico City 14090, DF, Mexico TI - A review of the prevalence of dental fluorosis in Mexico AB - Objective. There has been a worrisome increase in the prevalence of dental fluorosis worldwide. The objective of this study was to review research on dental fluorosis prevalence in Mexico in order to assess if that prevalence is rising and if dental fluorosis constitutes a public health problem for the country. Methods. Clinical, experimental, and review reports were searched for in a number of bibliographic databases for scientific literature, using the search phrase "fluorosis and Mexico." All the materials that were initially identified had to satisfy eight specific criteria in order to be included in our study. Results. Of the 24 publications that the literature search yielded, 14 satisfied all the inclusion criteria. The prevalence of dental fluorosis reported in Mexico ranged from 30% to 100% in areas where water is naturally fluoridated and from 52% to 82% in areas where fluoridated salt is used. Most of the 14 studies were conducted in areas where water fluoride levels were above optimal, and the fluorosis cases reported in these publications ranged from "mild" to "severe." There have been only a small number of reports on dental fluorosis since the introduction of fluoridated salt in the country in 1991. However, some of those studies have shown that the prevalence of fluorosis was higher than what would be expected given the historical data from communities with optimal fluoridation in other countries. Conclusion. Due to the limited amount of information, it is not possible to determine if the prevalence of dental fluorosis in Mexico is rising or if it constitutes a public health problem. To objectively answer these questions more controlled studies are needed in areas where fluoridated salt is distributed, where water fluoride is above optimal, and where residents live at a high altitude MH - Mexico|Distrito Federal MH - USA PB - WASHINGTON: PAN AMERICAN HEALTH ORGANIZATION RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 2 U4 - Public, Environmental & Occupational Health U5 - J;Review AV - English IS - 1020-4989 UR - ISI:000227068400003 L2 - fluorosis;dental;fluoridation;oral health;Mexico;SAN-LUIS-POTOSI; FLUORIDE CONCENTRATION; ENDEMIC FLUOROSIS; WATER; EXPOSURE; TEETH SO - Revista Panamericana de Salud Publica-Pan American Journal of Public Health 2004 ;15(1):9-18 295 UI - 123 AU - Tang TLP AU - Du LZ AU - rias-Galicia F AU - Akande A AU - Allen MW AD - Middle Tennessee State Univ, Murfreesboro, TN 37130, USAHohai Univ, Nanjing, Peoples R ChinaNatl Autonomous Univ Mexico, Mexico City 04510, DF, MexicoGriffith Univ, Nathan, Qld 4111, Australia TI - The love of money across 24 geopolitical entities: China, Hong Kong, Singapore, Taiwan, and others around the world MH - Australia MH - Mexico|Distrito Federal MH - Peoples R China MH - USA PB - HOVE: PSYCHOLOGY PRESS RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 0 U4 - Psychology, Multidisciplinary U5 - J;Meeting Abstract AV - English IS - 0020-7594 UR - ISI:000226118005351 SO - International Journal of Psychology 2004 ;39(5-6):593-593 296 UI - 234 AU - Thomas D AU - Beegle K AU - Frankenberg E AU - Sikoki B AU - Strauss J AU - Teruel G AD - Univ Calif Los Angeles, Dept Econ, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USAWorld Bank Grp, Washington, DC 20433, USAUniv Calif Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90024, USAMichigan State Univ, E Lansing, MI 48824, USAUniv Ibero Americana, Mexico City, DF, MexicoThomas, D, Univ Calif Los Angeles, Dept Econ, Box 951477, Los Angeles, CA 90095 USA TI - Education in a crisis AB - The year 1998 saw the onset of a major economic and financial crisis in Indonesia. GDP fell by 12% that year. The effect on education of the next generation is examined. On average, household spending on education declined, most dramatically among the poorest households. Spending reductions were particularly marked in poor households with more young children, while there was a tendency to protect education spending in poor households with more older children. The evidence on school enrollments mirrors these findings. Poor households apparently Sought to protect investments in the schooling of older children at the expense of the education of younger children. (C) 2004 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved MH - USA MH - Mexico|Distrito Federal PB - AMSTERDAM: ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 7 U4 - Economics U5 - J;Article AV - English IS - 0304-3878 UR - ISI:000221001800004 L2 - education;economic crisis;family;Indonesia;LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES; LABOR-MARKETS; CREDIT MARKET; RISK; INSURANCE; INDIA SO - Journal of Development Economics 2004 ;74(1):53-85 297 UI - 203 AU - Tonneau F AU - Abreu NK AU - Cabrera F AD - Univ Guadalajara, CEIC, Guadalajara 45030, Jalisco, MexicoTonneau, F, 413 Interamerica Blvd WH1,PMB 30-189, Laredo, TX 78045, USA TI - Sitting on the word "chair": Behavioral support, contextual cues, and the literal use of symbols AB - Recent work from an embodied-cognition perspective suggests that symbolic understanding involves bodily actions. Indeed, laboratory evidence and cultural phenomena such as magic rituals and symbolic aggression show that the behaviors evoked by a word and its referent can be quite similar to each other. In other circumstances, however, words and objects fail to display the expected degree of functional equivalence: Although we regularly sit on chairs, for example, we normally do not sit on the word "chair." In two experiments we evaluated whether functional equivalence between word and object depended on behavioral support and contextual stimuli, as suggested by some Pavlovian views of symbolic performance. Children spent more or less time seated on a token of the word "chair," depending on supports for sitting and background stimuli. This study may help to understand the determinants of response frequency in symbolic understanding. (C) 2004 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved MH - Mexico|Jalisco MH - USA PB - SAN DIEGO: ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 0 U4 - Psychology, Biological;Psychology, Experimental U5 - J;Article AV - English IS - 0023-9690 UR - ISI:000223274700006 L2 - functional equivalence;stimulus substitution;stimulus generalization;support;context;symbol;AGGRESSIVE VERBAL STIMULI; LANGUAGE; REPRESENTATIONS; REINFORCERS; DETERMINANT; RESPONSES; FORM SO - Learning and Motivation 2004 ;35(3):262-273 298 UI - 212 AU - Torres-Velazquez R AU - Estivill-Castro V AD - Direcc Empresas SA CV, PHI Invest Operat Alta, Tlalpan 14390, DF, MexicoGriffith Univ, Brisbane, Qld 4111, AustraliaTorres-Velazquez, R, Direcc Empresas SA CV, PHI Invest Operat Alta, Av Acoxpa 524-506A,Col Prados Coapa, Tlalpan 14390, DF, Mexico TI - Local search for Hamiltonian Path with applications to clustering visitation paths AB - Clustering a data array has been found useful in the design of web-sites and distributed database system. We show that a critical step during this clustering process is related to solving the Longest Hamiltonian Path Problem, a well known NP-complete problem. Using the grouping of visitation paths of web-users as a case study, we test several heuristic algorithms. As a result of our experiments, we identify a successful method for dealing with this problem. Our algorithm spends less CPU time and provides better quality solutions than the most recent approach MH - Australia MH - Mexico|Distrito Federal PB - BASINGSTOKE: PALGRAVE PUBLISHERS LTD RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 1 U4 - Management;Operations Research & Management Science U5 - J;Article AV - English IS - 0160-5682 UR - ISI:000222138500007 L2 - bond energy algorithm (BEA);2-opt;local search;clustering a matrix of attributes;cell formation problems;TRAVELING-SALESMAN PROBLEM; CELL-FORMATION; ALGORITHM; DESIGN; MATRIX SO - Journal of the Operational Research Society 2004 ;55(7):737-748 299 UI - 176 AU - Varela RE AU - Vernberg EM AU - Sanchez-Sosa JJ AU - Riveros A AU - Mitchell M AU - Mashunkashey J AD - Tulane Univ, Dept Psychol, New Orleans, LA 70118, USAUniv Kansas, Clin Child Psychol Program, Lawrence, KS 66045, USAUniv Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Dept Psychol, Mexico City 04510, DF, MexicoVarela, RE, Tulane Univ, Dept Psychol, New Orleans, LA 70118, USA TI - Parenting style of Mexican, Mexican American, and Caucasian-non-Hispanic families: Social context and cultural influences AB - To begin accounting for cultural and contextual factors related to child rearing in Mexican-descent (MD; Mexican American and Mexican immigrant) families in the United States, the current study examined parenting practices in 2-parent families of Mexican, MD, and Caucasian-non-Hispanic (CNH) parents. Parents in all groups reported using authoritative practices more often than authoritarian strategies. MD parents reported greater use of authoritarian practices than Mexican and CNH parents. Results suggest that previously found cultural variations in parenting between MD parents and CNH parents may be more related to the ecological context of MD families than to an affiliation with Mexican culture. Clinicians should explore the positive qualities of authoritative parenting in MD families along with the potential motivations for using authoritarian strategies MH - Mexico|Distrito Federal MH - USA PB - WASHINGTON: AMER PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOC RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 5 U4 - Psychology, Clinical;Family Studies U5 - J;Article AV - English IS - 0893-3200 UR - ISI:000225697700010 L2 - parenting;Mexican American;culture;Hispanic American;socialization;intact families;MINORITY CHILDREN; MENTAL-HEALTH; LOW-INCOME; SOCIALIZATION; MOTHERS; ACCULTURATION; ADOLESCENTS; STRATEGIES; AUTHORITY SO - Journal of Family Psychology 2004 ;18(4):651-657 300 UI - 231 AU - Varela RE AU - Vernberg EM AU - Sanchez-Sosa JJ AU - Riveros A AU - Mitchell M AU - Mashunkashey J AD - Tulane Univ, Dept Psychol, New Orleans, LA 70118, USAUniv Kansas, Lawrence, KS 66045, USAUniv Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Mexico City 04510, DF, MexicoUniv Kansas, Lawrence, KS 66045, USAVarela, RE, Tulane Univ, Dept Psychol, New Orleans, LA 70118, USA TI - Anxiety reporting and culturally associated interpretation biases and cognitive schemas: A comparison of Mexican, Mexican American, and European American families AB - This study examined whether Mexican (n = 53), Mexican American (n = 50), and European American (n = 51) children differed in their reporting of anxiety symptoms and whether parental influence and specific cognitive schemas associated with Mexican culture were related to differences in anxiety reporting. As expected, Mexican and Mexican American children reported significantly more physiological and worry symptoms than the European American children. Mexican and Mexican American children endorsed collectivism as a cultural value more strongly than European American children, and the Mexican children evidenced greatest use of social strategies reflecting simpatia. In family discussions of ambiguous, potentially anxiety-arousing situations, Mexican and Mexican American parents verbalized a greater percentage of somatic interpretations than the European American parents. Results indicate potential linkages between cultural values, socialization practices, and anxiety reporting MH - Mexico|Distrito Federal MH - USA PB - MAHWAH: LAWRENCE ERLBAUM ASSOC INC RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 7 U4 - Psychology, Clinical;Psychology, Developmental U5 - J;Article AV - English IS - 1537-4416 UR - ISI:000221108900004 L2 - CHILDRENS MANIFEST ANXIETY; HURRICANE-ANDREW; ANGLO-AMERICAN; UNITED-STATES; 2 AGES; STYLE; ACCULTURATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HISPANICS; DISORDERS SO - Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology 2004 ;33(2):237-247 301 UI - 196 AU - von der Dunk FG AU - Back-Impallomeni E AU - Hobe S AU - de Arellano RMR AD - Leiden Univ, Int Inst Air & Space Law, NL-2311 XK Leiden, NetherlandsUniv Padua, Padua, ItalyUniv Cologne, Inst Air & Space Law, Cologne, GermanyUniv Panamericana, Mexico City, DF, Mexicovon der Dunk, FG, Leiden Univ, Int Inst Air & Space Law, Hugo Grootstr 27A, NL-2311 XK Leiden, Netherlands TI - Surreal estate: addressing the issue of 'Immovable Property Rights on the Moon' AB - At a time when scientific and commercial interest in the Moon is being reinvigorated it is becoming fashionable for ordinary individuals to 'buy' plots on the lunar surface, with the 'vendors' arguing that an absence of specific prohibition of individual private activity in space makes such action legal. It is therefore time for the legal community to address this situation by investigating just how legal such activity is-and bringing their findings to the attention of governments. This can be done through an examination of the relationship between national law and international space law, of the provisions of international space law-especially Article 2 of the Outer Space Treaty-and by answering any claims to private ownership of immovable property. Aside from the fact that individuals appear to be being duped, the pursuit of property claims on the Moon could impede future activities aimed at benefiting society. (C) 2004 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved MH - Germany MH - Italy MH - Mexico|Distrito Federal MH - Netherlands PB - OXFORD: ELSEVIER SCI LTD RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 0 U4 - International Relations;Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary U5 - J;Editorial Material AV - English IS - 0265-9646 UR - ISI:000223669200001 SO - Space Policy 2004 ;20(3):149-156 302 UI - 250 AU - Winkelman M AD - Ethnog Field Sch, Ensenada, Baja California, MexicoArizona State Univ, Dept Anthropol, Tempe, AZ 85287, USAWinkelman, M, Ethnog Field Sch, Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico TI - Shamanism as the original neurotheology AB - Neurotheological approaches provide an important bridge between scientific and religious perspectives. These approaches have, however, generally neglected. the implications of a primordial form of spiritual healing-shamanism. Cross-cultural studies establish the universality of shamanic practices in hunter-gatherer societies around the world and across time. These universal principles of shamanism reflect underlying neurological processes and provide a basis for an evolutionary theology. The shamanic paradigm involves basic brain processes, neurognostic structures, and innate brain modules. This approach that universals of shamanism such as animism, totemism, soul flight, animal spirits, and death-and-rebirth experiences reflect fundamental brain operations and structures of consciousness. The shamanic paradigm can contribute to a reconciliation of scientific and religious perspectives by providing a universalistic biopsychosocial framework that explicates the biological underpinnings of spiritual experiences and practices and provides a basis for neurotheology and evolutionary theology approaches MH - Mexico|Baja California MH - USA PB - MALDEN: BLACKWELL PUBLISHERS RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 1 U4 - Social Issues;Religion U5 - J;Article AV - English IS - 0591-2385 UR - ISI:000189314900013 L2 - consciousness;evolutionary theology;metatheology;mystical experience;neurotheology;shamanism;CONSCIOUSNESS; REFLECTIONS; VISIONS; STATES; TRANCE; SPIRIT; MIND; GOD SO - Zygon 2004 ;39(1):193-217 303 UI - 243 AU - Zabriskie B AD - CG Jung Inst, New York, NY, USACG Jung Ctr, Mexico City, DF, MexicoZabriskie, B, 154 1-2 E 74th St, New York, NY 10021, USA TI - Imagination as laboratory AB - The theme, 'Science and the Symbolic', may be approached via either concept. From one side, we may track how imagination, fantasy, and even dreams have initiated scientific theory and lines of research. From the other, we may look to the mythopoeic musings of the human mind for themes of proto-science and/or proto-psychology, and attempt to discern if they follow a method which may be called scientific. Neuroscientists such as Edelman and Llinas honour imagination as the carrier of emergent properties, and depth psychoanalysts see it as a vector toward actualization. What mind imagines through what the alchemists termed 'true imagination' may eventually be realized through what brain and body may conceive and execute MH - Mexico|Distrito Federal MH - USA PB - OXFORD: BLACKWELL PUBL LTD RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 0 U4 - Psychology, Multidisciplinary U5 - J;Article AV - English IS - 0021-8774 UR - ISI:000220306900007 L2 - imagination;mythopoesis;neuroscience;science;symbolic SO - Journal of Analytical Psychology 2004 ;49(2):235-242 304 UI - 82 AU - Albala C AU - Lebrao ML AU - Diaz EML AU - Ham-Chande R AU - Hennis AJ AU - Palloni A AU - Pelaez M AU - Pratts O AD - Univ Sao Paulo, Fac Saude Publ, Sao Paulo, BrazilCEPDE, Havana, CubaColegio Frontera Norte, Tijuana, MexicoUniv W Indies, Chron Dis Res Ctr, Res Inst Trop Med, Bridgetown, BarbadosUniv Chile, Inst Nutr & Tecnol Alimentos, Santiago 11, ChileUniv Wisconsin, Ctr Demog & Ecol, Madison, WI 53706, USAOrg Panamer Salud, Washington, DC, USAUniv Uruguay, Ctr Estudios Poblac, Montevideo, UruguayPelaez, M, 525 23rd St NW, Washington, DC 20037, USA TI - The health, well-being, and aging ("SABE") survey: Methodology applied and profile of the study population AB - This document outlines the methodology of the Salud, Bienestar y Envejecimiento (Health, Well-Being, and Aging) survey (known as the "SABE survey"), and it also summarizes the challenges that the rapid aging of the population in Latin American and the Caribbean imposes on society in general and especially on health services. The populations of the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean are aging at a rate that has not been seen in the developed world. The evaluation of health problems and disability among older adults in those countries indicates that those persons are aging with more functional limitations and worse health than in true for their counterparts in developed nations. In addition, family networks in Latin America and the Caribbean are changing rapidly and have less capacity to make up for the lack of protections provided by social institutions. The multicenter SABE study was developed with the objective of evaluating the state of health of older adults in seven cities of Latin America and the Caribbean: Bridgetown, Barbados; Buenos Aires, Argentina; Havana, Cuba; Mexico City, Mexico; Montevideo, Uruguay; Santiago, Chile; and Sao Paulo, Brazil. The SABE survey has established the starting point for systematic research on aging in urban areas of Latin America and the Caribbean. Comparative studies of these characteristics and with this comparative nature should be extended to other countries, areas, and regions of the world in order to expand the knowledge available on older adults MH - Barbados MH - Brazil MH - Chile MH - Cuba MH - Mexico|Baja California MH - Uruguay MH - USA PB - WASHINGTON: PAN AMERICAN HEALTH ORGANIZATION RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 12 U4 - Public, Environmental & Occupational Health U5 - J;Article AV - Spanish IS - 1020-4989 UR - ISI:000230273800003 L2 - health;quality of life;aging;population;Latin America;Caribbean Region;LIFE SO - Revista Panamericana de Salud Publica-Pan American Journal of Public Health 2005 ;17(5-6):307-322 305 UI - 51 AU - Aracena B AU - Gutierrez JP AU - Bertozzi SM AU - Gertler P AD - Natl Publ Hlth Inst, Div Hlth Econ & Policy, INSP Mexico, Cuernavaca 62508, Morelos, MexicoCIDE, Ctr Econ Res & Teachin Mex, Mexico City, DF, MexicoUniv Calif Berkeley, Haas Sch Business, Berkeley, CA 94720, USAGutierrez, JP, Natl Publ Hlth Inst, Div Hlth Econ & Policy, INSP Mexico, Av Univ 655, Cuernavaca 62508, Morelos, Mexico TI - Cost of AIDS care in Mexico: What are its main individual predictors? AB - Background. The Mexican government is offering universal access to antiretroviral (ARV) drugs. The cost of doing so, despite aggressive price negotiation with the pharmaceutical industry, remains high. Even with a low prevalence, about 150,000 Mexicans are estimated to be living with HIV and will require ARV treatment. Estimating the resources needed to fund this gap should consider how patient and provider characteristics affect health care costs. Methods. Using a sample of patients from 11 facilities in three Mexican cities representing a large proportion of AIDS patients in the country, we developed a fixed-effect model, which by controlling the facilities and individual heterogeneity estimates predicted costs using patient demographic and socioeconomic characteristics as well as physician training Results. The estimated model explains about 45% of the variation in costs. Additional education is significantly and positively associated with cost. Increasing age is also associated with higher costs. Conclusions. Socioeconomic status and demographic characteristics explain an important proportion of variation in care costs for AIDS, despite AIDS being such a heterogeneous disease. Such characteristics will need to be taken into account when resource needs are estimated. A priority-setting or process considering the principles of equity in the fair distribution of resources is needed to help reduce the social burden of HIV/AIDS in Mexico. (c) 2005 IMSS. Published by Elsevier Inc MH - Mexico|Distrito Federal MH - Mexico|Morelos MH - USA PB - NEW YORK: ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 2 U4 - Medicine, Research & Experimental U5 - J;Article AV - English IS - 0188-4409 UR - ISI:000231792700023 L2 - HIV care;costs;economics;PEOPLE; HIV/AIDS; HEALTH; PATTERNS; SERVICES; DEMAND SO - Archives of Medical Research 2005 ;36(5):560-566 306 UI - 1 AU - Atwood B AU - Silveira GJ AU - LaViolette N AU - Oldham T AD - Univ Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, USAUniv Sonora, Fac Law, Hermosillo, Sonora, MexicoUniv Ottawa, Fac Law, Ottawa, ON K1N 6N5, CanadaUniv Houston, Houston, TX 77004, USAAtwood, B, Univ Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA TI - Crossing borders in the classroom: A comparative law experiment in family law MH - Canada MH - Mexico|Sonora MH - USA PB - WASHINGTON: GEORGETOWN UNIV LAW CENTER RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 0 U4 - Education & Educational Research;Law U5 - J;Article AV - English IS - 0022-2208 UR - ISI:000238816300014 SO - Journal of Legal Education 2005 ;55(4):542-559 307 UI - 80 AU - Basurto X AD - Univ Arizona, Sch Publ Adm & Policy, Tucson, AZ 85721, USAComunidad & Biodiversidad AC, Sonora, MexicoBasurto, X, Univ Arizona, Sch Publ Adm & Policy, McClelland Hall 405,1130 E Helen St, Tucson, AZ 85721 USA TI - How locally designed access and use controls can prevent the tragedy of the commons in a Mexican small-scale fishing community AB - The Seri people, a self-governed community of small-scale fishermen in the Gulf of California, Mexico, have ownership rights to fishing grounds where they harvest highly valuable commercial species of bivalves. Outsiders are eager to gain access, and the community has devised a set of rules to allow them in. Because Seri government officials keep all the economic benefits generated from granting this access for themselves, community members create alternative entry mechanisms to divert those benefits to themselves. Under Hardin's model of the tragedy of the commons, this situation would eventually lead to the overexploitation of the fishery. The Seri people, however, are able to simultaneously maintain access and use controls for the continuing sustainability of their fishing grounds. Using insights from common-pool resources theory, I discuss how Seri community characteristics help mediate the conflict between collective action dilemmas and access and use controls MH - USA MH - Mexico|Sonora PB - PHILADELPHIA: TAYLOR & FRANCIS INC RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 2 U4 - Environmental Studies;Planning & Development;Sociology U5 - J;Article AV - English IS - 0894-1920 UR - ISI:000230487100004 L2 - access controls;common-pool resources;community-based management;Gulf of California;Mexico;marine protected areas;self-governance;Seri people;small-scale fisheries;tragedy of the commons;MANAGEMENT; FISHERIES SO - Society & Natural Resources 2005 ;18(7):643-659 308 UI - 165 AU - Bazdresch S AU - Werner A AD - Yale Univ, New Haven, CT, USAWerner, A, Palacio Nacl Patio Cent, Oficina 2010, Mexico City 06000, DF, Mexico TI - Regime switching models for the Mexican peso AB - The Mexican peso has shown long periods of tranquility that suddenly give rise to short volatile periods. We characterize this exchange rate process by estimating a series of regime switching regressions and comparing the different specifications as pioneered by Meese and Rogoff [J. Int. Econ. 14 (1983) 3]. We find evidence for two clearly identified regimes: one with an appreciating trend and low volatility, and another with large depreciations and high volatility. We use the estimated model to explain the bias implied in the peso forward market. Finally, we show that duration dependence or fundamentally driven transition probabilities do not improve the model's forecasting power. (C) 2004 Published by Elsevier B.V MH - Mexico|Distrito Federal MH - USA PB - AMSTERDAM: ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 1 U4 - Economics U5 - J;Article AV - English IS - 0022-1996 UR - ISI:000226086900009 L2 - exchange rate;regime switching;peso problem;floating currency;Mexico;INFERENCE; MARKETS; DOLLAR; RATES SO - Journal of International Economics 2005 ;65(1):185-201 309 UI - 164 AU - Bohara AK AU - Camargo AI AU - Grijalva T AU - Gawande K AD - Texas A&M Univ, Bush Sch Govt, College Stn, TX 77843, USAWeber State Univ, Dept Econ, Ogden, UT 84408, USAITAM, Dept Estadist, Mexico City 01000, DF, MexicoUniv New Mexico, Dept Econ, Albuquerque, NM 87131, USAGawande, K, Texas A&M Univ, Bush Sch Govt, College Stn, TX 77843, USA TI - Fundamental dimensions of US trade policy AB - How many dimensions adequately characterize voting on U.S. trade policy? How are these dimensions to be interpreted? This paper seeks those answers in the context of voting on the landmark 1988 Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act. The paper takes steps beyond the existing literature. First, using a factor analytic approach, the dimension issue is examined to determine whether subsets of roll call votes on trade policy are correlated. A factor-analytic result allows the use of a limited number of votes for this purpose. Second, a structural model with latent variables is used to find what economic and political factors comprise these dimensions. The study yields two main findings. More than one dimension determines voting in the Senate, with the main dimension driven by economic interest, not ideology. Although two dimensions are required to fully account for House voting, one dimension dominates. That dimension is driven primarily by party. Based on reported evidence, and a growing consensus in the congressional studies literature, this finding is attributed to interest-based leadership that evolves in order to solve collective action problems faced by individual legislators. (C) 2004 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved MH - Mexico|Distrito Federal MH - USA PB - AMSTERDAM: ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 0 U4 - Economics U5 - J;Article AV - English IS - 0022-1996 UR - ISI:000226086900005 L2 - dimensionality;roll call voting;Omnibus Trade Act;interest;ideology;UNITED-STATES; ENDOGENOUS PROTECTION; IDEOLOGY; SALE SO - Journal of International Economics 2005 ;65(1):93-125 310 UI - 49 AU - Bowman K AU - Lehoucq F AU - Mahoney J AD - Georgia Inst Technol, Sam Nunn Shc Int Affairs, Atlanta, GA 30332, USACtr Invest & Docencia Econ, Div Polit Studies, Mexico City, DF, MexicoNorthwestern Univ, Evanston, IL 60208, USABowman, K, Georgia Inst Technol, Sam Nunn Shc Int Affairs, Atlanta, GA 30332 USA TI - Measuring political democracy - Case expertise, data adequacy, and Central America AB - Recent writings concerning measurement of political democracy offer sophisticated discussions of problems of conceptualization, operational ization, and aggregation. Yet they have less to say about the error that derives from the use of inaccurate, partial, or misleading data sources. Drawing on evidence from five Central American countries, the authors show this data-induced measurement error compromises the validity of the principal, long-term cross-national scales of democracy. They call for an approach to index construction that relies on case expertise and use of a wide range of data sources, and they employ this approach in developing an index of political democracy for the Central American countries during the 20th century. The authors' index draws on a comprehensive set of secondary and primary sources as it rigorously pursues standards of conceptual ization, operationalization, and aggregation. The index's value is illustrated by showing how it suggests new lines of research in the field of Central American politics MH - USA MH - Mexico|Distrito Federal PB - THOUSAND OAKS: SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 4 U4 - Political Science U5 - J;Article AV - English IS - 0010-4140 UR - ISI:000231877800003 L2 - democracy;regime indices;measurement;Central America;data sources SO - Comparative Political Studies 2005 ;38(8):939-970 311 UI - 105 AU - Brambila C AU - Lopez F AU - Garcia-Colindres J AU - Donis MV AD - Populat Council, Mexico City, DF, MexicoPopulat Council, Guatemala City, GuatemalaMinist Hlth, Natl Reprod Hlth Programme, Guatemala City, GuatemalaUniv San Carlos, Sch Med Sci, Guatemala City, GuatemalaBrambila, C, Escuela Graduados Adm Publ & Politicas Publ Tecno, Campus Ciudad Mexico,Calle Puente 222,Col Ejidos, Mexico City 14380, DF, Mexico TI - Improving access to services and interactions with clients in Guatemala: the value of distance learning AB - Objective To develop and test a distance-learning programme to improve the quality and efficiency of family planning services in Guatemala. Methods The setting was rural family planning services in Guatemala. The study design was quasi-experimental with one intervention and one control group and with pre- and post-intervention measures. Two staff members from each of 20 randomly selected health districts were trained as leaders of the training programme. In turn, the 40 trainers trained a total of 240 service providers, under the supervision of four health area facilitators. The results were compared with 20 randomly selected control health districts. The intervention was a distance-learning programme including 40 in-class hours followed by 120 in-service practice hours spread over a 4-month period. Distinctively, the programme used a cascade approach to training, intensive supervision, and close monitoring and evaluation. Patient flow analysis was used to determine number of contacts, waiting times, and the interaction time between service providers and clients. Consultation observations were used to assess the quality and completeness of reproductive health information and services received by clients. Results The intervention showed a positive impact on reducing the number of contacts before the consultation and client waiting times. More complete services and better quality services were provided at intervention clinics. Some, but not all, of the study objectives were attained. The long-term impact of the intervention is as yet unknown. Conclusion Distance-learning programmes are an effective methodology for training health professionals in rural areas MH - Guatemala MH - Mexico|Distrito Federal PB - CHICHESTER: PROFESSIONAL, MANAGERIAL & HEALTHCARE PUBLICATIONS LTD RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 0 U4 - Family Studies;Social Sciences, Biomedical U5 - J;Article AV - English IS - 1471-1893 UR - ISI:000228790100016 SO - Journal of Family Planning and Reproductive Health Care 2005 ;31(2):128-131 312 UI - 81 AU - Brentlinger PE AU - Sanchez-Perez HJ AU - Cedeno MA AU - Morales LGV AU - Hernan MA AU - Micek MA AU - Ford D AD - Univ Washington, Sch Publ Hlth & Community Med, Dept Hlth Serv, Seattle, WA 98195, USAPhys Human Rights, Boston, MA, USAColegio Frontera Sur, Dept Populat Hlth, San Cristobal De Las Cas, Chiapas, MexicoDefensoria Derecho Salud, San Cristobal De Las Cas, Chiapas, MexicoInst Nacl Nutr, Mexico City, DF, MexicoCtr Capacitac Ecol & Salud Campesinos, San Cristobal De Las Cas, Chiapas, MexicoHarvard Univ, Sch Publ Hlth, Dept Epidemiol, Boston, MA 02115, USAHlth Alliance Int, Beira, MozambiqueBrentlinger, PE, Univ Washington, Sch Publ Hlth & Community Med, Dept Hlth Serv, Box 354809, Seattle, WA 98195 USA TI - Pregnancy outcomes, site of delivery, and community schisms in regions affected by the armed conflict in Chiapas, Mexico AB - The Zapatista armed conflict began in the state of Chiapas, Mexico, in 1994, and overlaps pre-existing local disputes about land, religion, and other issues. Related disruptions in access to and utilization of health services have been alleged to have compromised local health status, particularly in vulnerable subgroups such as indigenous women and infants. The study objective was to measure maternal and perinatal mortality ratios and utilization of pregnancy-related health services in the region affected by the Zapatista conflict, and to describe associations between these primary outcome measures, socioeconomic and demographic factors, and factors associated with inter-party and intracommunity conflict. A cross-sectional, population-based survey was conducted in 46 communities in three regions. The study subjects were 1227 women, 13-49 years old, who had been pregnant during the preceding 2 years (1999-2001). Principal outcome measures were maternal and perinatal mortality, and site of delivery. Secondary analyses explored associations between primary outcomes and socioeconomic, demographic, and conflict-related factors. Most births (87.1 %) occurred at home. The crude observed maternal and perinatal mortality ratios were 607/100,000 and 23.5/1000 live births, respectively. Those who died had difficulty accessing emergency obstetrical care. Both home birth and mortality were associated with descriptors of intra-community conflict. Observed maternal and perinatal mortality ratios were substantially higher than those officially reported for Mexico or Chiapas. Reduction of high reproductive mortality ratios will require attention to socioeconomic and conflict-related problems, in addition to improved access to emergency obstetrical services. (c) 2005 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved MH - Mexico|Chiapas MH - Mexico|Distrito Federal MH - Mozambique MH - USA PB - OXFORD: PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 3 U4 - Public, Environmental & Occupational Health;Social Sciences, Biomedical U5 - J;Article AV - English IS - 0277-9536 UR - ISI:000230377800011 L2 - maternal mortality;perinatal mortality;Chiapas;Mexico;war;HEALTH-SERVICES; MATERNAL MORTALITY; CARE SO - Social Science & Medicine 2005 ;61(5):1001-1014 313 UI - 86 AU - Breugelmans SM AU - Poortinga YH AU - Ambadar Z AU - Setiadi B AU - Vaca JB AU - Widiyanto P AU - Philippot P AD - Tilburg Univ, Fac Social & Behav Sci, NL-5000 LE Tilburg, NetherlandsCatholic Univ Louvain, Fac Psychol, B-3000 Louvain, BelgiumUniv Pittsburgh, Dept Psychol, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, USAUniv Indonesia, Fak Psikol, Jakarta, IndonesiaClaustro Univ Chihuahua, Chihuahua, MexicoUniv Sanata Dharma, Fac Psychol, Yogyakarta, IndonesiaCatholic Univ Louvain, Dept Psychol, B-3000 Louvain, BelgiumBreugelmans, SM, Tilburg Univ, Fac Social & Behav Sci, POB 90153, NL-5000 LE Tilburg, Netherlands TI - Body sensations associated with emotions in Raramuri Indians, rural Javanese, and three student samples AB - Cultural variations in the associations of 12 body sensations with 7 emotions were studied in 2 rural samples from northern Mexico n = 61) and Java, Indonesia (n = 99), with low exposure to Western influences and in 3 university student samples from Belgium (n = 75, Indonesia (n = 85). and Mexico (n = 123). Both parametric and nonparametric analyses suggest that findings from previous studies with only student samples (K. R. Scherer & H. G. Wallbott. 1994) were generalizable to the 2 rural samples. Some notable cultural deviations from common profiles were also identified. Implications of the findings for explanations of body sensations experienced with emotions and the cross-cultural study of emotions are discussed MH - Belgium MH - Indonesia MH - Mexico|Chihuahua MH - Netherlands MH - USA PB - WASHINGTON: AMER PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOC/EDUCATIONAL PUBLISHING FOUNDATION RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 5 U4 - Psychology, Experimental U5 - J;Article AV - English IS - 1528-3542 UR - ISI:000230443800004 L2 - emotion;cross-cultural;culture;body sensations;VOLUNTARY FACIAL ACTION; CULTURE; UNIVERSALITY; SPECIFICITY SO - Emotion 2005 ;5(2):166-174 314 UI - 3 AU - Bulkley G AU - Herrerias R AD - Univ Exeter, Sch Business & Econ, Exeter EX4 4RJ, Devon, EnglandInst Tecnol Autonomo Mexico, Mexico City, DF, MexicoBulkley, G, Univ Exeter, Sch Business & Econ, Exeter EX4 4RJ, Devon, England TI - Does the precision of news affect market underreaction? Evidence from returns following two classes of profit warnings AB - We evaluate whether the market reacts rationally to profit warnings by testing for subsequent abnormal returns. Warnings fall into two classes: those that include a new earnings forecast, and those that offer only the guidance that earnings will be below current expectations. We find significant negative abnormal returns in the first three months following both types of warning. There is also evidence that underreaction is more pronounced when the disclosure is less precise. Abnormal returns are significantly more negative following disclosures that offer only qualitative guidance than when a new earnings forecast is included MH - United Kingdom MH - Mexico|Distrito Federal PB - OXFORD: BLACKWELL PUBLISHING RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 0 U4 - Business, Finance U5 - J;Article AV - English IS - 1354-7798 UR - ISI:000236937100004 L2 - profit warnings;market efficiency;anomalies;STOCK RETURNS; BAD-NEWS; RISK; EXPLANATIONS; EFFICIENCY; DISCLOSURE; PREMIUM; FIRMS; TESTS; DRIFT SO - European Financial Management 2005 ;11(5):603-624 315 UI - 48 AU - Caballo C AU - Crespo M AU - Jenaro C AU - Verdugo MA AU - Martinez JL AD - Univ Salamanca, Fac Psicol, INICO, Salamanca 37005, SpainAsociac Personas Paralisis Cerebral, Mexico City, DF, MexicoCaballo, C, Univ Salamanca, Fac Psicol, INICO, U81,Avda Merced, Salamanca 37005, Spain TI - Factor structure of the schalock and keith quality of life questionnaire (QOL-Q): Validation on mexican and spanish samples AB - Background The Quality of Life Questionnaire (QOL-Q) is used widely to evaluate the quality of life of persons with intellectual disability (ID). Its validity for use with Spanish-speaking cultures has been demonstrated for individuals with visual disabilities, but not for those with physical or intellectual disabilities. Such was the purpose of the present study. Method Two samples were administered the QOL-Q under standardized procedures. The first sample was composed of 209 Mexican participants with physical disabilities; the second was composed of 424 Spanish participants with ID. The hypothesis tested was: the applicability (i.e. etic properties) of the measure across countries and respondents would be demonstrated if reliability data and if factor composition were similar to the original measure. Cronbach's alpha was used to test reliability and exploratory factor analyses were used to test validity (i.e. factor structure). Results Data indicated that the reliability and factor structure was similar to that reported in the questionnaire's standardization manual and consistent with that reported in a number of Anglo-Saxon countries. Conclusion The present study offers additional support for the valid use of the QOL-Q with Spanish-speaking populations MH - Mexico|Distrito Federal MH - Spain PB - OXFORD: BLACKWELL PUBLISHING RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 0 U4 - Education, Special;Genetics & Heredity;Clinical Neurology;Psychiatry;Rehabilitation U5 - J;Article AV - English IS - 0964-2633 UR - ISI:000231863600014 L2 - factorial structure;intellectual disabilities;physical disabilities;quality of life assessment SO - Journal of Intellectual Disability Research 2005 ;49():773-776 316 UI - 24 AU - Canada JS AU - Vazquez AM AD - CSIC, Inst Econ & Geog, Madrid, SpainUniv Autonoma San Luis Potosi, Fac Econ, San Luis Potosi, MexicoCanada, JS, CSIC, Inst Econ & Geog, Madrid, Spain TI - Quality certification, institutions and innovation in local agro-food systems: Protected designations of origin of olive oil in Spain AB - This article examines the interrelations between establishment of territorial quality certification systems (Protected Designations of Origin or PDOs), diffusion of innovations through local agro-food chains, and the role of the institutions overseeing geographical designations. Empirical analysis is applied to olive oil PDOs in Spain and entails a detailed case study of the "Sierra Magina" PDO in Andalusia. Making use of the neoinstitutional concept of 'organised proximity'-and focussing specifically on the problematic of organizational quality-the article assesses characteristics that support the competitive positions of local certified-product production systems In particular, the authors find that collective organisation and coordination between PDO agents who are locally responsible for quality assurance and protection can enhance local competitiveness Three hypotheses are confirmed. First, PDO labels can, through the action of PDO regulators, become quality assurance systems for distributors. Second, PDO Regulatory Boards can enhance and coordinate local inter-professional activities, particularly with respect to the diffusion of quality-enhancing innovations and knowledge Third, the study indicates that local certified-product systems are starting to incorporate quality attributes linked to the environment and sustainable development, although much remains to be accomplished in this regard (c) 2005 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved MH - Mexico|San Luis Potosi MH - Spain PB - OXFORD: PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 2 U4 - Planning & Development U5 - J;Article AV - English IS - 0743-0167 UR - ISI:000233828900008 L2 - quality certification;designations of origin;institutional analysis;diffusion of innovations;vertical coordination;sustainable development;olive oil SO - Journal of Rural Studies 2005 ;21(4):475-486 317 UI - 83 AU - Cano C AU - Gutierrez LM AU - Marin PP AU - Martinez FM AU - Pelaez M AU - Manas LR AU - Vega E AU - Zuniga C AD - Pontifica Univ Javeriana, Fac Med, Bogota, ColombiaInst Nacl Ciencias Med & Nutr Salvador, Mexico City, DF, MexicoPontificia Univ Catolica Chile, Fac Med, Santiago, ChileHosp Nacl Geriatr Raul Blanco Cervantes, San Jose, Costa RicaOrg Panamer Salud, Washington, DC, USASoc Espanola Med Geriatr, Madrid, SpainHosp Univ Calixto Garcia, Ctr Iberomaer Tercera Edad, Havana, CubaUniv Autonoma Baja California, Fac Med, Tijuana, Baja California, MexicoCano, C, C Juan Duque 29, Madrid 28005, Spain TI - Proposed minimum contents for medical school programs in geriatric medicine in Latin America AB - In the developing countries of the world, an aging of the population in general is occurring at the same time that the life expectancy of older adults is increasing. The results of this double aging process are especially striking for health care services because of the concurrent epidemiologic transition, which has led to infectious diseases being replaced by noninfectious, habitually chronic diseases that occur predominantly in older age. In these circumstances, older adults begin to predominate among the patients whom physicians in Latin America now serve and in the near future, older adults will constitute the immense majority of those patients. To respond to this situation, the training of professionals responsible for providing care to older adults should be improved, and the preparation of specialists in geriatric medicine should be enhanced both quantitatively and qualitatively. Future doctors should have the knowledge, abilities, and attitudes to enable them to appropriately serve this population segment. With these aims in mind, structures and procedures should be established that make it possible to impart the specific contents of geriatric medicine during medical school not only as a part of the traditional vertical teaching of the core curriculum of geriatric medicine, but also through the horizontal teaching of some of the material in other subjects. This article discusses why, with what objectives, with what contents, with what procedures, and with what staffing and materials the training of professionals in geriatric medicine should be carried out, and why it is time to give priority to this undertaking. Putting into place the measures proposed in this article should facilitate the incorporation of this subject-matter into the curricula of the medical schools of Latin America MH - Chile MH - Colombia MH - Costa Rica MH - Cuba MH - Mexico|Baja California MH - Mexico|Distrito Federal MH - Spain MH - USA PB - WASHINGTON: PAN AMERICAN HEALTH ORGANIZATION RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 2 U4 - Public, Environmental & Occupational Health U5 - J;Article AV - Spanish IS - 1020-4989 UR - ISI:000230273800015 L2 - education;medical;undergraduate;geriatrics;Latin America SO - Revista Panamericana de Salud Publica-Pan American Journal of Public Health 2005 ;17(5-6):429-437 318 UI - 130 AU - Chiquiar D AU - Hanson GH AD - Banco Mexico, Mexico City, DF, MexicoUniv Calif San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USANatl Bur Econ Res, Cambridge, MA 02138, USAChiquiar, D, Banco Mexico, Mexico City, DF, Mexico TI - International migration, self-selection, and the distribution of wages: Evidence from Mexico and the United States AB - We use the 1990 and 2000 Mexican and U. S. population censuses to test Borjas's negative-selection hypothesis that the less skilled are those most likely to migrate from countries with high skill premia/earnings inequality to countries with low skill premia/earnings inequality. We find that Mexican immigrants in the United States are more educated than nonmigrants in Mexico; and were Mexican immigrants to be paid according to current skill prices in Mexico, they would be concentrated in the middle of Mexico's wage distribution. These results are inconsistent with the negative-selection hypothesis and instead suggest that there is intermediate selection of immigrants from Mexico MH - Mexico|Distrito Federal MH - USA PB - CHICAGO: UNIV CHICAGO PRESS RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 11 U4 - Economics U5 - J;Article AV - English IS - 0022-3808 UR - ISI:000227742600001 L2 - LABOR-MARKET; FOREIGN-BORN; HIGH-SCHOOL; IMMIGRANTS; EARNINGS; DEMAND; CONTINUITIES; COMMUNITIES; MIGRANTS; IMPACT SO - Journal of Political Economy 2005 ;113(2):239-281 319 UI - 90 AU - Church AT AU - Katigbak MS AU - Del Prado AM AU - Vargas-Flores JD AU - Reyes JAS AU - Pe-Pua R AU - Cabrera HF AD - Washington State Univ, Dept Educ Leadership & Counseling Psychol, Pullman, WA 99164, USANatl Autonomous Univ Mexico, Fac Estudios Super Iztacala, Mexico City, DF, MexicoDe La Salle Univ, Dept Counseling & Educ Psychol, Manila, PhilippinesUniv New S Wales, Sch Social Sci & Policy, Kensington, NSW 2033, AustraliaUniv Santo Tomas, Coll Commerce & Accountancy, Manila, PhilippinesChurch, AT, Washington State Univ, Dept Educ Leadership & Counseling Psychol, Pullman, WA 99164 USA TI - Investigating implicit trait theories across cultures AB - Implicit trait and contextual theories encompass lay people's beliefs about the longitudinal stability (vs. instability) of traits; the cross-situational consistency (vs. variability) of behavior; the ability to predict (vs. not predict) individuals' behavior from their traits; the ability to infer traits from few behavioral instances (vs. the difficulty of doing so); and the importance of traits in understanding people (vs. the greater importance of contextual factors such as roles and relationships). Implicit trait and contextual beliefs were investigated in two individualistic cultures, the United States and Australia, and two collectivistic cultures, Mexico and the Philippines. Hypotheses based on an integration of trait and cultural psychology perspectives were supported. The structure of implicit beliefs replicated well, and trait beliefs predicted-judgments about cross-situational consistency of behavior in all four cultures. Implicit trait beliefs were stronger, and implicit contextual beliefs weaker, in the United States as compared to Mexico and the Philippines MH - Australia MH - Mexico|Distrito Federal MH - Philippines MH - USA PB - THOUSAND OAKS: SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 5 U4 - Psychology, Social U5 - J;Article AV - English IS - 0022-0221 UR - ISI:000230089000005 L2 - implicit theories;traits;cultural psychology;SELF-ENHANCEMENT; PERSONALITY; PSYCHOLOGY; DIMENSIONS; INFERENCE; BEHAVIOR; JAPAN SO - Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology 2005 ;36(4):476-496 320 UI - 27 AU - Cohen J AU - Ortiz O AU - Llaguno SE AU - Goodyear L AU - Billings D AU - Martinez I AD - PATH, Seattle, WA, USAGenes, Mexico City, DF, MexicoPATH, Seattle, WA, USAPATH, Mexico City, DF, MexicoCtr Invest Salud Comitan AC, CISC, Chiapas, MexicoCohen, J, PATH, Seattle, WA, USA TI - Reaching women with instructions on misoprostol use in a Latin American country AB - In Latin America, where restrictive laws limit women's access to safe abortion services, misoprostol is being used to induce abortions, often without correct information on dosage or regimens. This study in an unnamed Latin American country aimed to identify appropriate channels through which instructions on misoprostol use could be disseminated to women. In-depth interviews were carried out with physicians, pharmacy staff women who had hod safe abortions and women from the community, as well as focus group discussions with advocates of safe abortion. Participants considered physicians to be the most appropriate source of information and for ensuring confidentiality for both women and provider Participants considered midwives, pharmacists and women's groups as appropriate referral points, but not providers of information. Legal restrictions and professional risk were the primary reasons why pharmacists rejected this role, though many are selling misoprostol. There was a general lock of information about misoprostol for medical abortion among both health professionals and women. Accurate information about misoprostol use for a wide range of gynoecologic and obstetric purposes, including induced abortion, could be incorporated into training and educational materials for physicians, midwives and other appropriate mid-level providers, as well as pharmacists. Without these alternative information channels, access to information would be severely restricted, especially in rural areas. (c) 2005 Reproductive Health Matters. All rights reserved MH - Mexico|Chiapas MH - Mexico|Distrito Federal MH - USA PB - AMSTERDAM: ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 1 U4 - Public, Environmental & Occupational Health U5 - J;Article AV - English IS - 0968-8080 UR - ISI:000233650700010 L2 - misoprostol;medical abortion;abortion providers and services;Latin America;EARLY MEDICAL ABORTION; EARLY-PREGNANCY TERMINATION; VAGINAL MISOPROSTOL; CESAREAN-SECTIONS; MIFEPRISTONE; REGIMEN; TRIAL SO - Reproductive Health Matters 2005 ;13(26):84-92 321 UI - 93 AU - Costa-Font J AU - Rodriguez-Oreggia E AD - Univ London London Sch Econ & Polit Sci, London WC2A 2AE, EnglandUniv Barcelona, Catalonia, SpainUniv Iberoamer, IIDSES, Mexico City, DF, MexicoCosta-Font, J, Univ London London Sch Econ & Polit Sci, London WC2A 2AE, England TI - Trade and the effect of public investment on regional inequalities in heterogeneously integrated areas MH - United Kingdom MH - Mexico|Distrito Federal MH - Spain PB - OXFORD: BLACKWELL PUBL LTD RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 1 U4 - Business, Finance;Economics;International Relations U5 - J;Article AV - English IS - 0378-5920 UR - ISI:000229701500006 L2 - INCREASING RETURNS; ECONOMIC-GROWTH; SPECIFICATION; GEOGRAPHY; POLICIES; STATES; TESTS; NAFTA SO - World Economy 2005 ;28(6):873-891 322 UI - 13 AU - de Arenas JL AU - Rodriguez JV AU - Gomez JA AU - Arenas M AD - Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Fac Filosofia & Letras, Mexico City 04510, DF, MexicoUniv Murcia, Fac Comunicac & Documentac, E-30071 Murcia, SpainUniv Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Dept Prod Agricola & Anim, Mexico City 04510, DF, Mexicode Arenas, JL, Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Fac Filosofia & Letras, Ciudad Univ, Mexico City 04510, DF, Mexico TI - Communication of knowledge. Skill of the university professors? AB - Introduction: All fully information literate people possess a series of skills that are associated with the ability to perform research. University faculty are no exception. Objective: In order to determine to what extent academics of the University of Murcia are fully information literate we look at their research performance measured through their published papers in mainstream journals from 1994 to 2001. Methods: We used the three databases of the Web of Science to identify the output of the University of Murcia faculty. We also used the Journal Citation Reports to assign their subject category to published papers. Results: We identified indexed papers published in mainstream journals. Articles covered by A&HCI were few, while papers indexed by SSCI remained constant over the studied period. SCI indexed 1,923 papers from 1994 to 2001; 72% of them were cited. Most papers were published in English by faculty working in centres related to the biological sciences. Disciplines that showed more activity were chemistry, biochemistry & molecular biology and neurosciences. Conclusions: We were aware that the databases we used are criticised by their biases. However, we gather evidence that academics of the University of Murcia carry out research mainly in the hard sciences. Also, that academics are information literate: their output is published in mainstream journals, i.e. they have overcome the barriers of knowledge generation and science communication MH - Mexico|Distrito Federal MH - Spain PB - SHEFFIELD: UNIV SHEFFIELD DEPT INFORMATION STUDIES RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 0 U4 - Information Science & Library Science U5 - J;Article AV - Spanish IS - 1368-1613 UR - ISI:000234744500006 SO - Information Research-An International Electronic Journal 2005 ;11(1): 323 UI - 89 AU - Eden L AU - Juarez LF AU - Li D AD - Texas A&M Univ, Dept Management, College Stn, TX 77843, USAUniv Amer Puebla, Dept Accounting & Finance, Cholula, MexicoEden, L, Texas A&M Univ, Dept Management, 4221 TAMU, College Stn, TX 77843 USA TI - Talk softly but carry a big stick: transfer pricing penalties and the market valuation of Japanese multinationals in the United States AB - Corporate income tax law in OECD countries requires multinational enterprises (MNEs) to set their transfer prices according to the arm's length standard. In 1990 the United States (US) government introduced a transfer pricing penalty for cases where MNEs deviated substantially from this standard. More than two dozen other governments have followed suit. Our paper uses event study methodology to assess the impact of the US transfer pricing penalty on the stock market valuation of Japanese MNEs with US subsidiaries in the 1990s. We find that the penalty caused a drop in their cumulative market value of $56.1 billion, representing 12.6% of their 1997 market value MH - USA MH - Mexico|Puebla PB - BASINGSTOKE: PALGRAVE PUBLISHERS LTD RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 1 U4 - Business;Management U5 - J;Article AV - English IS - 0047-2506 UR - ISI:000230113100004 L2 - transfer pricing;tax penalty;event study;market value;ADR;Japanese multinationals;IRS;IMPACT; CORPORATIONS; EVENT; ACT SO - Journal of International Business Studies 2005 ;36(4):398-414 324 UI - 17 AU - Elvira MM AU - Davila A AD - Lexington Coll, Chicago, IL 60607, USAMonterrey TEC ITESM, Garza Garcia 66269, NL, MexicoElvira, MM, Lexington Coll, 310 S Peoria St, Chicago, IL 60607, USA TI - Special research issue on human resource management in Latin America MH - Mexico|Nuevo Leon MH - USA PB - ABINGDON: ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 0 U4 - Management U5 - J;Editorial Material AV - English IS - 0958-5192 UR - ISI:000234407700002 L2 - CONFLICT-RESOLUTION; UNITED-STATES; MEXICO SO - International Journal of Human Resource Management 2005 ;16(12):2164-2172 325 UI - 18 AU - Elvira MM AU - Davila A AD - Lexington Coll, Chicago, IL 60607, USAITESM, Garza Garcia 66269, NL, MexicoElvira, MM, Lexington Coll, 310 S Peoria St, Chicago, IL 60607, USA TI - Emergent directions for human resource management research in Latin America AB - Research in this special issue converges around important HRM challenges that will shape the direction of academic research in the future. We argue that the nature of these challenges, such as balancing global and local HRM approaches, focusing on people while aiming at performance and, in general, managing in a hybrid cultural and economic system, requires reframing strategic HR in terms of social contract theories. Such theories consider multiple stakeholders and focus research on the employment relationship as unit of analysis, which fits well with the pre-eminence of person-centred management over merely profit-centred goals. We propose theoretically anchored research to guide strategic HRM practices, taking into account Latin America's culture-specific humanistic approach and its labour market institutions MH - Mexico|Nuevo Leon MH - USA PB - ABINGDON: ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 3 U4 - Management U5 - J;Article AV - English IS - 0958-5192 UR - ISI:000234407700009 L2 - strategic HRM in Latin America;hybrid management systems;social contracts;PERFORMANCE; IMPACT SO - International Journal of Human Resource Management 2005 ;16(12):2265-2282 326 UI - 132 AU - Ennis HM AU - Keister T AD - Fed Reserve Bank Richmond, Dept Res, Richmond, VA 23261, USACtr Invest Econ, ITAM, Mexico City 10700, DF, MexicoEnnis, HM, Fed Reserve Bank Richmond, Dept Res, POB 27622, Richmond, VA 23261 USA TI - Government policy and the probability of coordination failures AB - This paper introduces an approach to the study of optimal government policy in economics characterized by a coordination problem and Multiple equilibria. Such models are often criticized as not being useful for policy analysis because they fail to assign a unique prediction to each possible policy choice. We employ a selection mechanism that assigns, ex ante, a probability to each equilibrium indicating how likely it is to obtain. We show how such a mechanism call be derived as the natural result of an adaptive learning process. This approach leads to a well-defined optimal policy problem, and has important implications for the conduct of government policy. We illustrate these implications using a simple model of technology adoption under network externalities. (c) 2003 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved MH - USA MH - Mexico|Distrito Federal PB - AMSTERDAM: ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 2 U4 - Economics U5 - J;Article AV - English IS - 0014-2921 UR - ISI:000227830000007 L2 - coordination problems;equilibrium selections;learning;network externalities;BANK RUNS; EQUILIBRIUM; MODELS; SUNSPOTS; CONVERGENCE; STABILITY; BUBBLES; GAMES SO - European Economic Review 2005 ;49(4):939-973 327 UI - 74 AU - Font J AU - Rodriguez-Oreggia E AD - London Sch Econ, London, EnglandUniv Barcelona, Dept Teoria Econ, Barcelona 08034, SpainUniv Ibeoamer, Res Inst Sustainable Dev & Social Equ, Mexico City, DF, MexicoCosta-i-Font, J, London Sch Econ, London, England TI - Is the impact of public investment neutral across the regional income distribution? Evidence from Mexico AB - This article investigates the contribution of public investment to the reduction of regional inequalities, with a specific application to Mexico. We examine the impact of public investment according to the position of each region in the conditional distribution of regional income by using quantile regression as an empirical technique. The results confirm the hypothesis that regional inequalities can indeed be attributed to the regional distribution of public investment; the observed pattern shows that public investment mainly helped to reduce regional inequalities among the richest regions MH - United Kingdom MH - Mexico|Distrito Federal MH - Spain PB - WORCESTER: ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 1 U4 - Economics;Geography U5 - J;Article AV - English IS - 0013-0095 UR - ISI:000231200200004 L2 - regional development;public investment;quantile regression;INTERNATIONAL-TRADE; INCREASING RETURNS; INFRASTRUCTURE; GLOBALIZATION; INEQUALITY; GEOGRAPHY; GROWTH; POLICY SO - Economic Geography 2005 ;81(3):305-322 328 UI - 4 AU - Friedman A AU - Kerkman DD AU - Brown NR AU - Stea D AU - Cappello HM AD - Univ Alberta, Dept Psychol, Edmonton, AB T6G 2E9, CanadaPk Univ, Parkville, MO, USATexas State Univ, San Marino, CA, USAUniv Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Cuernavaca 62191, Morelos, MexicoUniv Autonoma Tamaulipas, Victoria, Tamaulipas, MexicoFriedman, A, Univ Alberta, Dept Psychol, Edmonton, AB T6G 2E9, Canada TI - Cross-cultural similarities and differences in North Americans' geographic location judgments AB - We examined some potential causes of bias in geographic location estimates by comparing location estimates of North American cities made by Canadian, U.S., and Mexican university students. All three groups placed most Mexican cities near the equator, which implies that all three groups were influenced by shared beliefs about the locations of geographical regions relative to global reference points. However, the groups divided North America into different regions and differed in the relative accuracy of the estimates within them, which implies that there was an influence of culture-specific knowledge. The data support a category-based system of plausible reasoning, in which biases in judgments are multiply determined, and underscore the utility of the estimation paradigm as a tool in cross-cutural cognitive research MH - Canada MH - Mexico|Morelos MH - Mexico|Tamaulipas MH - USA PB - AUSTIN: PSYCHONOMIC SOC INC RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 1 U4 - Psychology, Mathematical;Psychology, Experimental U5 - J;Article AV - English IS - 1069-9384 UR - ISI:000236427200013 L2 - SPATIAL RELATIONS; CATEGORIZATION; BIAS SO - Psychonomic Bulletin & Review 2005 ;12(6):1054-1060 329 UI - 155 AU - Ginsburg M AD - Metropolitan Univ, Mexico City, DF, MexicoCairo Univ, Fac Law, Cairo, EgyptUniv Pittsburgh, Inst Int Studies Educ, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, USAUniv Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, W Yorkshire, EnglandGinsburg, M, Michigan State Univ, E Lansing, MI 48824, USA TI - Comparative perspectives on Terrorists, despots, and democracy: What our children need to know MH - Egypt MH - United Kingdom MH - Mexico|Distrito Federal MH - USA PB - CHICAGO: UNIV CHICAGO PRESS RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 0 U4 - Education & Educational Research U5 - J;Editorial Material AV - English IS - 0010-4086 UR - ISI:000226644100005 SO - Comparative Education Review 2005 ;49(1):89-108 330 UI - 42 AU - Givaudan M AU - Pick S AU - Poortinga YH AU - Fuertes C AU - Gold L AD - IMIFAP AC, Mexico City, DF, MexicoUNAM, Mexico City, DF, MexicoTilburg Univ, NL-5000 LE Tilburg, NetherlandsUniv Louvain, B-3001 Louvain, BelgiumHarvard Univ, Cambridge, MA 02138, USAGivaudan, M, Col Insurgentes Mixcoac, Malaga N 25,Del Benito Juarez, Mexico City 03920, DF, Mexico TI - A cervical cancer prevention programme in rural Mexico: Addressing women and their context AB - This article reports on the development and administration of a programme in seven rural villages in the Mexican state of Oaxaca to address high rates of cervical cancer. The rationale and strategy are described on which the programme is based. The development and administration of the programme (to 1513 women) is presented, aimed at enabling women to take better care of themselves. Various additional activities that were added in the course of the programme in order to facilitate contextual factors are also described, including community campaigning, programmes with men and the training of health personnel. Effectiveness was evaluated in terms of both process and impact indices, showing high rates of attendance at programme sessions by enrolled women, an increase in knowledge and a substantial increase in the number of preventive diagnostic tests. The final section reflects on both the achievements, and the scope and the limitations of the programme. Copyright (c) 2005 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd MH - Belgium MH - Mexico|Distrito Federal MH - Netherlands MH - USA PB - CHICHESTER: JOHN WILEY & SONS LTD RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 1 U4 - Psychology, Social U5 - J;Article AV - English IS - 1052-9284 UR - ISI:000232475500002 L2 - Mexico;Oaxaca;cervical cancer;pap smear;health promotion programmes;rural women;HEALTH-PROMOTION PROGRAMS; INTERVENTION; INFECTION; SEXUALITY; EDUCATION SO - Journal of Community & Applied Social Psychology 2005 ;15(5):338-352 331 UI - 59 AU - Givaudan M AU - Van de Vijver FJR AU - Poortinga YH AD - IMIFAP, Benito Juarez 03920, MexicoTilburg Univ, NL-5000 LE Tilburg, NetherlandsKatholieke Univ Leuven, Louvain, BelgiumGivaudan, M, IMIFAP, Malaga Norte 25,Insurgentes Mixcoac, Benito Juarez 03920, Mexico TI - Identifying precursors of safer-sex practices in Mexican adolescents with and without sexual experience: An exploratory model AB - Theoretical variables were examined for their empirical relevance as precursors of safer-sex behavior in 2,011 Mexican adolescents, most of whom were not sexually experienced. Using structural equation modeling, a good fit was found for a path model with (a) partner communication and intention to use condoms as outcome variables; (b) self-esteem, self-efficacy, and decision making as antecedent variables; and (c) perceived norms about sexual practices, attitudes toward condom use, and knowledge of HIV as mediating variables. A good fit also was found for a slightly elaborated model involving condom use as outcome variable that was fitted in a subsample with 319 adolescents who reported sexual experience. Gender differences are discussed, as well as implications for intervention programs promoting safer-sex behaviors MH - Belgium MH - Mexico|Distrito Federal MH - Netherlands PB - PALM BEACH: V H WINSTON & SON INC RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 2 U4 - Psychology, Social U5 - J;Article AV - English IS - 0021-9029 UR - ISI:000231585100011 L2 - CONDOM USE; PLANNED BEHAVIOR; SELF-EFFICACY; REASONED ACTION; RISK BEHAVIOR; INTENTIONS; STUDENTS; HEALTH; AIDS; COMMUNICATION SO - Journal of Applied Social Psychology 2005 ;35(5):1089-1109 332 UI - 145 AU - Gledhill J AD - Univ Manchester, Dept Social Anthropol, Manchester M13 9PL, Lancs, EnglandEl Colegio Michoacan, Morelia, Michoacan, MexicoGledhill, J, Univ Manchester, Dept Social Anthropol, Roscoe Bldg,Oxford Rd, Manchester M13 9PL, Lancs, England TI - Some histories are more possible than others - Structural power, big pictures and the goal of explanation in the anthropology of Eric Wolf AB - While there are elements of postmodernist and post-structuralist thought that Wolf either anticipated or incorporated happily into his own thinking, his realist epistemology remained radically opposed to the fashions that became dominant after the publication of Europe and the People without History. He insisted that the goal of a humanistic science was to explain rather than simply to interpret 'experience-near' phenomena, and that explanation was a viable goal provided anthropologists adopted agreed canons for formulating concepts and undertaking comparisons. He also saw the quest for explanation as a cumulative process, in which new developments incorporated insights from the past. This article argues that Wolf's particular way of marrying historical and ethnographic research enabled him to produce an understanding of the development of the modern world that is quite different from the grand narratives that postmodernists reject but still enables us to grasp the 'bigger picture' of global history as movement and the force of structural power in local scenarios. Postmodernist and postcolonial theorizing has, in contrast, failed to grasp the historical conditions of its own production and the way our world has changed, offering social and political critiques readily defused or appropriated by today's more 'decentred' hegemonic forces MH - United Kingdom MH - Mexico|Michoacan PB - LONDON: SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 0 U4 - Anthropology U5 - J;Article AV - English IS - 0308-275X UR - ISI:000227160400004 L2 - epistemology;ethnography;modernity and postmodernity;power;Eric Wolf;world systems SO - Critique of Anthropology 2005 ;25(1):37-57 333 UI - 8 AU - Gomberg A AU - Martinelli C AU - Torres R AD - ITAM, CIE, Bangkok 10700, ThailandInst Tecnol Autonomo Mexico, Ctr Invest Econ, Mexico City, DF, MexicoUniv Girona, Girona, SpainMartinelli, C, ITAM, CIE, Camino Santa Teresa 930, Bangkok 10700, Thailand TI - Anonymity in large societies AB - In a social choice model with an infinite number of agents, there may occur "equal size" coalitions that a preference aggregation rule should treat in the same manner. We introduce an axiom of equal treatment with respect to a measure of coalition size and explore its interaction with common axioms of social choice. We show that, provided the measure space is sufficiently rich in coalitions of the same measure, the new axiom is the natural extension of the concept of anonymity, and in particular plays a similar role in the characterization of preference aggregation rules MH - Mexico|Distrito Federal MH - Spain MH - Thailand PB - NEW YORK: SPRINGER RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 2 U4 - Economics;Social Sciences, Mathematical Methods U5 - J;Article AV - English IS - 0176-1714 UR - ISI:000234920500013 L2 - RESTRICTED COALITION ALGEBRAS; ARROWS THEOREM; INVISIBLE DICTATORS; IMPOSSIBILITY; EXISTENCE; CHOICE; AGENTS; PROOF SO - Social Choice and Welfare 2005 ;25(1):187-205 334 UI - 12 AU - Hernandez-Trillo F AU - Pagan JA AU - Paxton J AD - Ohio Univ, Dept Econ, Athens, OH 45701, USACtr Invest & Docencia econ, Mexico City 01210, DF, MexicoUniv Penn, Robert Wood Johnson Hlth & Soc Scholars Program, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USAUniv Texas Pan Amer, Dept Econ & Finance, Edinburg, TX 78541, USAHernandez-Trillo, F, Ohio Univ, Dept Econ, Athens, OH 45701, USA TI - Start-up capital, microenterprises and technical efficiency in Mexico AB - Access to adequate start-up capital has been identified as an important deterrent to microenteprise development and growth. Using firm level data from Mexico's National Survey of Microenterprises, we estimate a stochastic frontier production function with inefficiency effects related to the main sources of start-up capital. Microenterprises utilizing bank loans, carryover business capital, moneylenders and credit from clients and suppliers are more technically efficient than those relying on family, friends and on own financial sources. Bank loans led to the highest degree of technical efficiency, indicating a well-functioning screening process despite information asymmetries. Banks tend to offer the largest average loan size with the longest terms which are significant factors in allowing microentrepreneurs to overcome financing constraints MH - Mexico|Distrito Federal MH - USA PB - OXFORD: BLACKWELL PUBLISHING RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 1 U4 - Economics;Planning & Development U5 - J;Article AV - English IS - 1363-6669 UR - ISI:000234712000009 L2 - MICROFINANCE; MODEL SO - Review of Development Economics 2005 ;9(3):434-447 335 UI - 77 AU - Hernandez OI AU - Huchin-Ramirez TC AU - Vogel-Sprott M AD - Univ Autonoma Campeche, Ctr Invest Enfermedades Trop, Neurobiol Lab, Campeche 24030, MexicoUniv Waterloo, Waterloo, ON N2L 3G1, CanadaHernandez, OI, Univ Autonoma Campeche, Ctr Invest Enfermedades Trop, Neurobiol Lab, Av Agustin Melgar S-N Col Lindavista, Campeche 24030, Mexico TI - Behaviorally fractionated reaction time to an omitted stimulus: Tests with visual, auditory, and tactile stimuli AB - Two experiments tested the adequacy of behavioral criteria to fractionate reaction time (RT) into independent premotor (cognitive) and motor components. Healthy participants performed an omitted stimulus reaction time task in which they responded to the termination of a train of lateralized visual, auditory or tactile stimuli. Exp. I with 48 participants (24 men) showed premotor RT was independent of motor RT in each sensory modality and did not differ as a function of side of presentation or sex. Repeated tests administered in Exp. 2 (N= 12) also showed no significant association between the behaviorally fractionated measures. These results are comparable to those obtained using muscle potential to fractionate RT and suggest behaviorally fractionated premotor and motor RT could be a reliable, useful tool in the assessment of cognitive and motor processing in different sensory modalities of healthy people or those with brain injury, disease, or drug-induced disturbances MH - Canada MH - Mexico|Campeche PB - MISSOULA: PERCEPTUAL MOTOR SKILLS RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 3 U4 - Psychology, Experimental U5 - J;Article AV - English IS - 0031-5125 UR - ISI:000230834000018 L2 - INTERHEMISPHERIC TRANSMISSION; POTENTIALS; ATTENTION; ASYMMETRIES; COMPONENTS; MOVEMENTS; PREMOTOR; DEFICITS; CHILDREN; MOTOR SO - Perceptual and Motor Skills 2005 ;100(3):1066-1080 336 UI - 44 AU - Huybens E AU - Jordan AL AU - Pratap S AD - World Bank, Washington, DC 20433, USABritish Petr Mexico, Latin Amer Fuels Planning & Strategy Unit, Mexico City 03700, DF, MexicoInst Tecnol Autonomo Mexico, Ctr Invest Econ, Mexico City 10700, DF, MexicoHuybens, E, World Bank, 1818 H St NW, Washington, DC 20433, USA TI - Financial market discipline in early-twentieth-century Mexico AB - We test for the presence of market discipline in the banking sector in early-twentieth-century Mexico. Using financial data from note-issuing banks between 1900 and 1910, we examine whether bank fundamentals influenced the patterns of withdrawals and of note issue. We show that fundamentals were a strong determinant of bank withdrawals and note issue, indicating that market discipline was an important feature of the banking system in this period. This result crucially depends on correcting for selection bias generated by the exit of several banks in the 1907 crisis MH - Mexico|Distrito Federal MH - USA PB - NEW YORK: CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 1 U4 - Economics;History;History Of Social Sciences U5 - J;Article AV - English IS - 0022-0507 UR - ISI:000232216600005 L2 - DEPOSIT INSURANCE; BANKING SYSTEM; RISK SO - Journal of Economic History 2005 ;65(3):757-778 337 UI - 5 AU - Itzigsohn J AU - Glorguli-Saucedo S AD - Brown Univ, Providence, RI 02912, USAColegio Mexico, Mexico City 10740, DF, MexicoItzigsohn, J, Brown Univ, Providence, RI 02912, USA TI - Incorporation, transnationalism, and gender: Immigrant incorporation and transnational participation as gendered processes AB - This article analyzes immigrant incorporation and transnational participation as gendered experiences. The results indicate that the incorporation of immigrants is a complex process affected negatively by class and racial exclusion and positively by their knowledge of U.S. society. The analysis also indicates that incorporation and transnational participation are concurrent and intertwined processes. Our results show that gender matters in the analysis of immigrant incorporation. The experiences of immigrant men and women share a lot in common as they confront similar challenges, but are also affected differently by the most relevant factors in the process of incorporation and transnational participation MH - Mexico|Distrito Federal MH - USA PB - STATEN ISL: CENTER MIGRATION STUDIES RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 3 U4 - Demography U5 - J;Article AV - English IS - 0197-9183 UR - ISI:000235567300005 L2 - MIGRATION; SALVADORANS; WOMEN SO - International Migration Review 2005 ;39(4):895-920 338 UI - 178 AU - Itzigsohn J AU - Giorguli S AU - Vazquez O AD - Brown Univ, Providence, RI 02912, USACtr Estudios Demog & Desarrollo Urbano Colegio Me, Mexico City, DF, MexicoDiablo Valley Coll, Dept Social Sci, Pleasant Hill, CA, USAItzigsohn, J, Brown Univ, Providence, RI 02912, USA TI - Immigrant incorporation and racial identity: Racial self-identification among Dominican immigrants AB - This article explores the formation of racial identities by Dominican immigrants in the United States. We pose three questions: What are Dominicans' racial identification choices? Do their identification choices correspond to different views of American society? What does racial formation among Dominicans tell us about racial classification in the contemporary United States? Our results show that the more the racial identification questions are asked in terms of the American racial classification system, the more limited the racial identification choices. The modal self-identification responses are hispano/a, and indio/a. However, when asked about beliefs concerning how the American mainstream perceives them, the modal answer is black. Furthermore, we found that self-identification as black correlates with a critical view of relations between Dominicans and white Americans. Our research points to the increasing complexity of the American racial classification system. Race, however, remains central to the immigrant experience MH - Mexico|Distrito Federal MH - USA PB - ABINGDON: ROUTLEDGE TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 3 U4 - Ethnic Studies;Sociology U5 - J;Article AV - English IS - 0141-9870 UR - ISI:000224979400003 L2 - racial identity;immigration;incorporation;social distance;racial classification;multiraciality;UNITED-STATES; ETHNICITY; RACE; 2ND-GENERATION SO - Ethnic and Racial Studies 2005 ;28(1):50-78 339 UI - 19 AU - Juarez F AU - Cabigon J AU - Singh S AU - Hussain R AD - Guttmacher Inst, New York, NY 10005, USAEl Colegio Mexico, Ctr Demog Urban & Environm Studies, Mexico City, DF, MexicoUniv Philippines, Populat Inst, Quezon City 1101, PhilippinesSingh, S, Guttmacher Inst, New York, NY 10005, USA TI - The incidence of induced abortion in the Philippines: Current level and recent trends AB - CONTEXT. In the Philippines, abortion is legally restricted Nevertheless, many women obtain abortions-often in unsafe conditions-to avoid unplanned births. In 1994, the estimated abortion rate was 25 per 1,000 women per year; no further research on abortion incidence has been conducted in the Philippines. METHODS: Data from 7,658 hospitals were used to estimate abortion incidence in 2000 and to assess trends between 1994 and 2000, notionally and by region. An indirect estimation methodology was used to calculate the total number of women hospitalized for complications of induced abortion in 2000 (averaged data for 1999-2001), the total number of women having abortions and the rate of induced abortion. RESULTS: In 2000, an estimated 78,900 women were hospitalized for postabortion care, 473,400 women had abortions and the abortion rate was 27 per 1,000 women aged 15-44 per year. The national abortion rate changed little between 1994 and 2000; however, large increases occurred in metropolitan Manila (from 41 to 52) and Visayas (from I I to 17). The proportions of unplanned births and unintended pregnancies increased substantially in Manila, and the use of traditional contraceptive methods increased in Manila and Visayas. CONCLUSION. The increase in the level of induced abortion seen in some areas may reflect the difficulties women experience in obtaining modem contraceptives as a result of social and political constraints that affect health care provision. Policies and programs regarding both postabortion care and contraceptive services need improvement MH - Mexico|Distrito Federal MH - Philippines MH - USA PB - NEW YORK: ALAN GUTTMACHER INST RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 5 U4 - Demography;Family Studies;Social Sciences, Biomedical U5 - J;Article AV - English IS - 0190-3187 UR - ISI:000234368500006 SO - International Family Planning Perspectives 2005 ;31(3):140-149 340 UI - 118 AU - Juarez F AU - LeGrand T AD - El Col Mexico, Ctr Estudios Demograf & Desarrollo Ur, Mexico City 0320, DF, MexicoUniv Montreal, Dept Demog, CIED, Montreal, PQ, CanadaJuarez, F, El Col Mexico, Ctr Estudios Demograf & Desarrollo Ur, Yacatas 351,Col Narvate, Mexico City 0320, DF, Mexico TI - Factors influencing boys' age at first intercourse and condom use in the shantytowns of Recife, Brazil AB - Despite the general recognition that the sexual practices of adolescent boys place them at high risk of acquiring sexually transmitted infections (STIs), including HIV, and of causing unwanted pregnancies, advances in mapping their sexual behaviors have been slow. This study uses data recently collected from low-income areas of the city of Recife, Brazil, to study boys' age at first sexual intercourse and factors that hinder their use of condoms. These boys become sexually active at early ages, and despite their general awareness of HIV, they rarely use condoms, especially at ages younger than 15. Sustained family involvement in guiding boys is associated with later first intercourse and an increased use of condoms. Boys who describe themselves as shy with girls have later first intercourse, although the probability of their using condoms does not differ from that of other boys of their age. Higher socioeconomic status leads to earlier sexual activity for boys (in contrast with girls), but also to a greater likelihood of using condoms during first intercourse MH - Canada MH - Mexico|Distrito Federal PB - NEW YORK: POPULATION COUNCIL RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 4 U4 - Demography;Public, Environmental & Occupational Health U5 - J;Article AV - English IS - 0039-3665 UR - ISI:000228272600005 L2 - DEVELOPING-COUNTRIES; CONTRACEPTIVE USE; SEXUAL-BEHAVIOR; HEALTH; PROGRAMS SO - Studies in Family Planning 2005 ;36(1):57-70 341 UI - 75 AU - Kaplan DS AU - Pierce B AD - Inst Tecnol Autonomo Mexico, Mexico City, DF, MexicoUS Bur Labor Stat, Washington, DC 20212, USAKaplan, DS, Inst Tecnol Autonomo Mexico, Mexico City, DF, Mexico TI - Lfirmwide versus establishment-specific labor market practices AB - We construct a novel data set matching occupational data from separate establishments to the establishments' corporate parents, in order to study labor market links across establishments within diverse firms. We find substantial wage components common to all establishments within firms, even after netting out industry and occupation effects. However, employment changes are localized to establishments. The data suggest that internal labor markets of multiestablishment firms are linked throughout their entire organizations, but that establishment-level demand shocks do not permeate the firm MH - Mexico|Distrito Federal MH - USA PB - CAMBRIDGE: M I T PRESS RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 0 U4 - Economics;Social Sciences, Mathematical Methods U5 - J;Article AV - English IS - 0034-6535 UR - ISI:000231001000014 L2 - WAGE SO - Review of Economics and Statistics 2005 ;87(3):569-578 342 UI - 6 AU - Kim YM AU - Kols A AU - Martin A AU - Silva D AU - Rinehart W AU - Prammawat S AU - Johnson S AU - Church K AD - Johns Hopkins Bloomberg Sch Publ Hlth, Ctr Commun Program, Baltimore, MD, USAPopulat Council Frontiers, Mexico City, DF, MexicoInst Mexicano Seguro Social, Mexico City, DF, MexicoWorld Hlth Org, Dept Reprod Hlth & Res, Geneva, Switzerland TI - Promoting informed choice: Evaluating a decision-making tool for family planning clients and providers in Mexico AB - CONTEXT: The World Health Organization (WHO) has developed a decision-making toot to be used by providers and clients during family planning visits to improve the quality of services. It is important to examine the tool's usability and its impact on counseling and decision-making processes during family planning consultations. METHODS. Thirteen providers in Mexico City were videotaped with family planning clients three months before and one month after attending a training session on the WHO decision-making tool. The videotapes were coded for client-provider communication and eye contact, and decision-making behaviors were rated In-depth interviews and focus group discussions explored clients' and providers' opinions of the tool. RESULTS: After providers began using the decision-making tool, they gave clients more information on family planning, tailored that information more closely to clients' situations and more often discussed HIV/AIDS prevention, dual protection and condom use. Client involvement in the decision-making process and client active communication increased, contributing to a shift from provider-dominated to shared decision making. Clients reported that the tool helped them understand the provider's explanations and made them feel more comfortable talking and asking questions during consultations. After one month of practice with the decision-making tool, most providers felt comfortable with it and found it useful; however, they recommended some changes to the tool to help engage clients in the decision-making process. CONCLUSIONS: The decision-making tool was useful both as a job aid for providers and as a decision aid for clients MH - Mexico|Distrito Federal MH - Switzerland MH - USA PB - NEW YORK: ALAN GUTTMACHER INST RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 2 U4 - Demography;Family Studies;Social Sciences, Biomedical U5 - J;Article AV - English IS - 0190-3187 UR - ISI:000235056600001 L2 - COMMUNICATION; SERVICES; CLINICS SO - International Family Planning Perspectives 2005 ;31(4):162-171 343 UI - 22 AU - Kohn R AU - Levav I AU - de Almeida JMC AU - Vicente B AU - Andrade L AU - Caraveo-Anduaga JJ AU - Saxena S AU - Saraceno B AD - Brown Univ, Dept Psychiat & Human Behav, Providence, RI 02912, USAMinisterio Salud, Serv Salud Mental, Jerusalem, IsraelOrg Panamer Salud, Div Salud Mental & Promoc Salud, Washington, DC, USAConcepcion Univ, Dept Psiquiatria, Concepcion, Bio Bio, ChileUniv Sao Paulo, Dept Psiquiatria, BR-05508 Sao Paulo, BrazilInst Mexicano Petr, Mexico City 07730, DF, MexicoOrg Mundial Salud, Dept Salud Mental & Abuso Sustancias, Geneva, SwitzerlandKohn, R, Butler Hosp, 345 Blackstone Blvd, Providence, RI 02906, USA TI - Mental disorders in Latin America and the Caribbean: a public health priority AB - Objective. The growing burden of mental disorders in Latin America and the Caribbean has become too large to ignore. There is a need to know more about the prevalence of mental disorders and the gap between the number of individuals with psychiatric disorders and the number of those persons who remain untreated even though effective treatments exist. Having that knowledge would make it possible to improve advocacy, adopt better policies, formulate innovative intervention programs, and apportion resources commensurate with needs. Methods. Data were extracted from community-based psychiatric epidemiological studies published in Latin America and the Caribbean from 1980 through 2004 that used structured diagnostic instruments and provided prevalence rates. Estimates of the crude rates in Latin America and the Caribbean for the various disorders were determined by calculating the mean and median rates across the studies, by gender. In addition, data on service utilization were reviewed in order to calculate the treatment gap for specific disorders. Results. Nonaffective psychosis (including schizophrenia) had an estimated mean one-year prevalence rate of 1.0%; major depression, 4.9%; and alcohol use abuse or dependence, 5.7%. Over one-third of individuals with nonaffective psychosis, over half of those with an anxiety disorder, and some three-fourths of those with alcohol use abuse or dependence did not receive mental health care from either specialized or general health services. Conclusions. The current treatment gap in mental health care in Latin America and the Caribbean remains wide. Further, current data likely greatly underestimate the number of untreated individuals. The epidemiological transition and changes in the population structure will further widen the treatment gap in Latin America and the Caribbean unless mental health policies are formulated or updated and programs and services are expanded MH - Brazil MH - Chile MH - Israel MH - Mexico|Distrito Federal MH - Switzerland MH - USA PB - WASHINGTON: PAN AMERICAN HEALTH ORGANIZATION RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 9 U4 - Public, Environmental & Occupational Health U5 - J;Article AV - Spanish IS - 1020-4989 UR - ISI:000233900500002 L2 - mental health;mental disorders;mental health services;health resources;health policy;Latin America;Caribbean region;PSYCHIATRIC-DISORDERS; INTERNATIONAL CONSORTIUM; DIAGNOSTIC INTERVIEW; DEPRESSIVE EPISODES; MEXICO-CITY; PUERTO-RICO; PREVALENCE; POPULATION; CHILE; EPIDEMIOLOGY SO - Revista Panamericana de Salud Publica-Pan American Journal of Public Health 2005 ;18(4-5):229-240 344 UI - 156 AU - Konstandopoulos AG AU - Modis T AD - Growth Dynam, CH-1203 Geneva, SwitzerlandCERTH, CPERI, Aerosol & Particle Technol Lab, Thessaloniki, GreeceDUXX, Grad Sch Business Leadership, Garza Garcia, NL, MexicoModis, T, Growth Dynam, Rue Beau Site 2, CH-1203 Geneva, Switzerland TI - Urban guerrilla activities in Greece AB - Logistic fits are made to the populations of attacks by urban guerrilla groups in Greece under the assumption that these organizations grow like species. The analysis is mainly based on data that cover the attacks of the two major urban guerrilla groups, Revolutionary Organization November 17 (17N) and Revolutionary Popular Struggle (ELA). We conclude that urban guerrilla activities in Greece may have been triggered into existence by the military junta but probably had their roots deeper into the earlier political system in Greece that repressed leftist movements. Our analysis shows that the life cycle of political violence in Greece had already been completed when the police finally began cracking down on the 17N, which takes away same of the shine from the police's achievement. (C) 2003 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved MH - Greece MH - Mexico|Nuevo Leon MH - Switzerland PB - NEW YORK: ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 0 U4 - Business;Planning & Development U5 - J;Article AV - English IS - 0040-1625 UR - ISI:000226438500004 L2 - urban guerilla groups;terrorism;17 November;ELA;May 1st;logistic;life cycle SO - Technological Forecasting and Social Change 2005 ;72(1):49-58 345 UI - 63 AU - Kostoff RN AU - del Rio JA AU - Cortes HD AU - Smith C AU - Smith A AU - Wagner C AU - Leydesdorff L AU - Karypis G AU - Malpohl G AU - Tshiteya R AD - Off Naval Res, Arlington, VA 22217, USAUNAM, Ctr Invest & Energia, Temixco, Morelos, MexicoBooz Allen Hamilton, Bethesda, MD, USAUniv Queensland, Brisbane, Qld, AustraliaUniv Amsterdam, Amsterdam, NetherlandsUniv Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USAUniv Karlsruhe, D-76128 Karlsruhe, GermanyDDL OMNI Engn LLC, Mclean, VA 22102, USAKostoff, RN, Off Naval Res, 800 N Quincy St, Arlington, VA 22217, USA TI - The structure and infrastructure of Mexico's science and technology AB - The structure and infrastructure of the Mexican technical literature was determined. A representative database of technical articles was extracted from the Science Citation Index for the year 2002, with each article containing at least one author with a Mexican address. Many different manual and statistical clustering methods were used to identify the structure of the technical literature (especially the science and technology core competencies). One of the pervasive technical topics identified from the clustering, thin films research, was analyzed further using bibliometrics, in order to identify the infrastructure of this technology. Published by Elsevier Inc MH - Australia MH - Germany MH - Mexico|Morelos MH - Netherlands MH - USA PB - NEW YORK: ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 1 U4 - Business;Planning & Development U5 - J;Article AV - English IS - 0040-1625 UR - ISI:000231304100004 L2 - Mexico;science and technology;bibliometrics;computational linguistics;core competencies;research evaluation;factor analysis;concept clustering;document clustering;data compression;network analysis;Leximancer;CLUTO;greedy string tiling;DATABASE TOMOGRAPHY; TECHNICAL INTELLIGENCE; BIBLIOMETRICS; CITATION; ROADMAPS; PROGRAMS; TRENDS SO - Technological Forecasting and Social Change 2005 ;72(7):798-814 346 UI - 26 AU - Lafaurie MM AU - Grossman D AU - Troncoso E AU - Billings DL AU - Chavez S AD - Populat Council, Reg Off Latin Amer & Caribbean, Mexico City, DF, MexicoPopulat Council, Reg Off Latin Amer & Caribbean, Mexico City, DF, MexicoIpas, Mexico City, DF, MexicoPROMSEX, Ctr Promoc & Def Derechos Sexuales & Reprod, Lima, PeruLafaurie, MM, Populat Council, Reg Off Latin Amer & Caribbean, Mexico City, DF, Mexico TI - Women's perspectives on medical abortion in Mexico, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru: A qualitative study AB - In Latin America, where abortion is almost universally legally restricted, medical abortion, especially with misoprostol alone, is increasingly being used, often with the tablets obtained from a pharmacy We carried out in-depth interviews with 49 women who had had a medical abortion under clinical supervision in rural and urban settings in Mexico, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru, who were recruited through clinicians providing abortions. The women often chose medical abortion to avoid a surgical abortion; they thought medical abortion was less painful, easier or simpler, safer or less risky. They commonly described it as a natural process of regulating their period. The fact that it was less expensive also influenced their decision. Some, who experienced a lot of pain, heavy bleeding or a failed procedure requiring surgical back-up, tended to be more negative about it Regardless of legal restrictons, medical abortion was being provided safely in these settings and women found the method acceptable. Where feasible, it should be made available but cost should not have to be women's primary reason for choosing it. Psychosocial support during abortion is critical, especially for those who are more vulnerable because they see abortion as a sin, who are young or poor, who have limited knowledge about their bodies, whose partners are not supportive or who became pregnant through sexual violence. (c) 2005 Reproductive Health Matters. All rights reserved MH - Mexico|Distrito Federal MH - Peru PB - AMSTERDAM: ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 4 U4 - Public, Environmental & Occupational Health U5 - J;Article AV - English IS - 0968-8080 UR - ISI:000233650700009 L2 - medical abortion;women's perspectives;Colombia;Ecuador;Mexico;Peru;Latin America;LATIN-AMERICAN; MISOPROSTOL; COMPLICATIONS; COUNTRIES; REGION SO - Reproductive Health Matters 2005 ;13(26):75-83 347 UI - 84 AU - Liht J AU - Suedfeld P AU - Krawczyk A AD - Univ Ineroamer, Mexico City, DF, MexicoUniv British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V5Z 1M9, CanadaLiht, J, Univ Ineroamer, Mexico City, DF, Mexico TI - Integrative complexity in face-to-face negotiations between the chiapas guerrillas and the mexican government AB - For the first time, integrative complexity (IC) levels were examined in the verbatim transcription of a face-to-face negotiation (between the Chiapas guerrillas and the Mexican government in the spring of 1995). Results showed that: (1) such interactive exchanges can be scored reliably for IC; (2) daily mean IC levels were positively related to negotiation progress (as judged by the press); (3) afternoon negotiation sessions tended to show lower IC, presumably because of fatigue; (4) government negotiators' comments were effective in influencing the IC of the other parties, but not vice versa; and (5) the government's representatives obtained the highest IC scores, the mediators almost as high, and the insurgents were lowest. Various empirical and theoretical issues related to the use of IC scoring are discussed MH - Canada MH - Mexico|Distrito Federal PB - OXFORD: BLACKWELL PUBLISHING RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 2 U4 - Political Science;Psychology, Social U5 - J;Article AV - English IS - 0162-895X UR - ISI:000230338400003 L2 - cognitive processes;conflict resolution;indigenous populations;integrative complexity;negotiation SO - Political Psychology 2005 ;26(4):543-552 348 UI - 99 AU - Lotrean LM AU - Sanchez-Zamorano LM AU - Valdes-Salgado R AU - rillo-Santillan E AU - Allen B AU - Hernandez-Avila M AU - Lazcano-Ponce E AD - Ctr Populat Hlth Res, Natl Inst Publ Hlth, Cuernavaca, Morelos, MexicoUniv Med & Pharm, Cluj Napoca, RomaniaLazcano-Ponce, E, Ctr Populat Hlth Res, Natl Inst Publ Hlth, Avenida Univ 655,Colonia Sta Maria Ahuacatitlan,C, Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico TI - Consumption of higher numbers of cigarettes in Mexican youth: the importance of social permissiveness of smoking AB - This study sought to assess the relationship between level of cigarette smoking and social factors indicating permissiveness of smoking among youth. This was a school-based cross-sectional questionnaire study carried out in a random sample of students (n=13,293, 11-24 years) at public schools in Morelos, Mexico. Chi(2) test and multiple logistic regression analysis were used to evaluate correlates of level of smoking (> or &LE; 5 cigarettes/day). There is a rising trend in smoking among Mexican in-school youth, a tendency towards smoking initiation at increasingly younger ages and a decrease in the gender gap regarding smoking. When young people smoked at home, at school and outside, they were over fives times as likely to smoke > 5 cigarettes/day. Prevention of smoking among Mexican adolescents should emphasize smoke-free schools, no smoking policies in the community and parental antitobacco education. © 2004 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved MH - Mexico|Morelos MH - Romania PB - OXFORD: PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 1 U4 - Psychology, Clinical;Substance Abuse U5 - J;Article AV - English IS - 0306-4603 UR - ISI:000229515400017 L2 - adolescents;regular smoking;tobacco;Mexico;parental smoking;social permission to smoke;smoking location;ADOLESCENT SMOKING; TOBACCO SO - Addictive Behaviors 2005 ;30(5):1035-1041 349 UI - 106 AU - Lynn R AU - Backhoff E AU - Contreras LA AD - Univ Ulster, Coleraine BT52 1SA, Londonderry, North IrelandUniv Autonoma Baja California, Mexicali 21100, Baja California, MexicoLynn, R, Univ Ulster, Coleraine BT52 1SA, Londonderry, North Ireland TI - Ethnic and racial differences on the standard progressive matrices in Mexico AB - Raven's Standard Progressive Matrices test was administered to a representative sample of 920 white, Mestizo and Native Mexican Indian children aged 7-10 years in Mexico. The mean IQs in relation to a British mean of 100 obtained from the 1979 British standardization sample and adjusted for the estimated subsequent increase were: 98.0 for whites, 94.3 for Mestizos and 83.3 for Native Mexican Indians MH - Mexico|Baja California MH - United Kingdom PB - NEW YORK: CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 0 U4 - Demography;Public, Environmental & Occupational Health;Social Sciences, Biomedical U5 - J;Article AV - English IS - 0021-9320 UR - ISI:000228753300006 L2 - AMERICANS; IQ SO - Journal of Biosocial Science 2005 ;37(1):107-113 350 UI - 163 AU - Macdonald S AU - Cherpitel CJ AU - Borges G AU - DeSouza A AU - Giesbrecht N AU - Stockwell T AD - Univ Western Ontario, Ctr Addict & Mental Hlth, London, ON N6G 4X8, CanadaUniv Autonoma Metropolitana, Mexico City, DF, MexicoInst Nacl Psiquiatria, Mexico City, DF, MexicoCurtin Univ Technol, Natl Drug Res Inst, Bentley, WA 6102, AustraliaMacdonald, S, Univ Western Ontario, Ctr Addict & Mental Hlth, Suite 200,100 Collip Circle, London, ON N6G 4X8, Canada TI - The criteria for causation of alcohol in violent injuries based on emergency room data from six countries AB - This paper is based on data using similar methods collected from patients at 30 emergency rooms (ERs) in six countries. These data were analyzed with the goal of determining whether alcohol is a likely cause of violence through an application of criteria outlined by Bradford Hill [Proc. R. Soc. Med. 58 (1966) 295]. Analyses were conducted by comparing various measures of alcohol involvement in violent versus accidental injuries. The results supported temporal sequence of events and specificity. The odds ratios of violent versus accidental injury for a blood alcohol concentration (BAC) over 80 mg% were significant for each country, ranging from 2.77 for Mexico to 9.45 for Canada, which supports both the strength of associations and the consistency of findings. No third variables were found from the logistic regression analysis that better explain the relationships between alcohol and violence. A significant dose-response relationship between BAC level and violence was also found. All analyses conducted point to a causal role of alcohol in injuries related to violence. (C) 2004 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved MH - Australia MH - Canada MH - Mexico|Distrito Federal PB - OXFORD: PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 12 U4 - Psychology, Clinical;Substance Abuse U5 - J;Article AV - English IS - 0306-4603 UR - ISI:000226219500009 L2 - violence;injuries;emergency room;ACCIDENTAL INJURIES; RISK; DRINKING SO - Addictive Behaviors 2005 ;30(1):103-113 351 UI - 39 AU - Magis-Rodriguez C AU - Brouwer KC AU - Morales S AU - Gayet C AU - Lozada R AU - Ortiz-Mondragon R AU - Ricketts EP AU - Strathdee SA AD - Univ Calif San Diego, Sch Med, Dept Family & Prevent Med, Div Int Hlth & Cross Cultural Med, San Diego, CA 92103, USACENSIDA, Ctr Nacl Prevenc & Control VIH, SIDA ITS, Mexico City, DF, MexicoCENSIDA, FLACSO, Mexico City, DF, MexicoCIRAD, Tijuana, MexicoJohns Hopkins Bloomberg Sch Publ Hlth, Dept Epidemiol, Baltimore, MD, USAStrathdee, SA, Univ Calif San Diego, Sch Med, Dept Family & Prevent Med, Div Int Hlth & Cross Cultural Med, 9500 Gilman Dr,Ash Bldg,Room 106,Mailstop 0622, San Diego, CA 92103 USA TI - HIV prevalence and correlates of receptive needle sharing among injection drug users in the Mexican-US border city of Tijuana AB - Injection drug use is a growing but understudied problem in Tijuana, a city situated on the northwestern Mexico-U.S border. The authors studied factors associated with receptive needle sharing in an effort to inform prevention activities. In 2003, street-recruited injection drug users (IDUs) in Tijuana underwent interviews on injection risk behaviors and rapid HIV antibody tests. Logistic regression was used to identify correlates of receptive needle sharing at the last injection episode. Of 402 IDUs, 87.6% were male; the median age was 34. HIV prevalence was 4.01% (95%Cl: 2.29-6.51). One third reported receptive needle sharing at last injection. Factors independently associated with receptive needle sharing were years living in Tijuana (Adjusted Odds Ratio (AdjOR]= 0.97 per year, 95% Cl: 0.96-0.99), being bisexualthomosexual (AdjOR=2.12; 95% Cl: 1.30 - 3.44), unemployed (AdjOR=2.5; 95% Cl: 1.52-4. 10), never having an HIV test (AOR: 4.02; 95% Cl: 2.446.60), having friends who placed importance on avoiding HIV (AdjOR: 0.36; 95% Cl: 0.19-0.68) and last injecting in a shooting gallery (AdjOR=1.98; 95% Cl: 1.21-3.24). These results underscore the need to increase access to voluntary HIV testing and counseling to IDUs and migrants in Tijuana, as well as expand access to sterile syringes in an effort to avert widespread HIV transmission MH - USA MH - Mexico|Distrito Federal MH - Mexico|Baja California PB - SAN FRANCISCO: HAIGHT-ASHBURY PUBL RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 8 U4 - Psychology, Clinical;Substance Abuse U5 - J;Article AV - English IS - 0279-1072 UR - ISI:000232712400013 L2 - border;HIV/AIDS;HIV testing;injection drug use;Mexico;needle sharing;RISK BEHAVIORS; PUERTO-RICO; PREVENTION; MIGRATION; SEROCONVERSION; INFECTION; AIDS; SEX SO - Journal of Psychoactive Drugs 2005 ;37(3):333-339 352 UI - 53 AU - Martinez-Cruzado JC AU - Toro-Labrador G AU - Viera-Vera J AU - Rivera-Vega MY AU - Startek J AU - Latorre-Esteves M AU - Roman-Colon A AU - Rivera-Torres R AU - Navarro-Millan IY AU - Gomez-Sanchez E AU - Caro-Gonzalez HY AU - Valencia-Rivera P AD - Univ Puerto Rico, Dept Biol, Mayaguez, PR 00681, USAUniv Autonoma Guadalajara, Escuela Med, Guadalajara 45110, Jalisco, MexicoHarvard Univ, Sch Med, Dept Pathol, Boston, MA 02115, USAUniv Puerto Rico, San Juan, PR 00936, USAUniv Calif Davis, Dept Comparat Pathol, Davis, CA 95616, USAStanford Univ, Dept Biol Sci, Stanford, CA 94305, USAHarvard Univ, Sch Med, Dept Cell Biol, Boston, MA 02115, USAMartinez-Cruzado, JC, Univ Puerto Rico, Dept Biol, POB 9012, Mayaguez, PR 00681 USA TI - Reconstructing the population history of Puerto Rico by means of mtDNA phylogeographic analysis AB - The haplogroup identities of 800 mtDNAs randomly and systematically selected to be representative of the population of Puerto Rico were determined by restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP), revealing maternal ancestries in this highly mixed population of 61.3% Amerindian, 27.2% sub-Saharan African, and 11.5% West Eurasian. West Eurasian frequencies were low in all 28 municipalities sampled, and displayed no geographic patterns. Thus, a statistically significant negative correlation was observed between the Amerindian and African frequencies of the municipalities. In addition, a statistically highly significant geographic pattern was observed for Amerindian and African mtDNAs. In a scenario in which Amerindian mtDNAs prevailed on either side of longitude 66 degrees 16' West, Amerindian mtDNAs were more frequent west of longitude 66 degrees 16' West than east of it, and the opposite was true for African mtDNAs. Haplogroup A had the highest frequency among Amerindian samples (52.4%), suggesting its predominance among the native Tainos. Principal component analysis showed that the sub-Saharan African fraction had a strong affinity to West Africans. In addition, the magnitudes of the Senegambian and Gulf of Guinea components in Puerto Rico were between those of Cape Verde and Sao Tome. Furthermore, the West Eurasian component did not conform to European haplogroup frequencies. HVR-I sequences of haplogroup U samples revealed a strong North African influence among West Eurasian mtDNAs and a new sub-Saharan African clade MH - Mexico|Jalisco MH - USA PB - HOBOKEN: WILEY-LISS RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 4 U4 - Anthropology;Evolutionary Biology U5 - J;Review AV - English IS - 0002-9483 UR - ISI:000231617400013 L2 - mtDNA haplogroups;Tainos;principal component analysis;MITOCHONDRIAL-DNA ANALYSIS; HEREDITARY OPTIC NEUROPATHY; CHROMOSOME-SPECIFIC POLYMORPHISMS; MULTIPLE INDEPENDENT ORIGINS; NATIVE-AMERICAN POPULATIONS; CONTROL-REGION SEQUENCE; ATLANTIC SLAVE-TRADE; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; NORTH-AMERICA; AMERINDIAN POPULATIONS SO - American Journal of Physical Anthropology 2005 ;128(1):131-155 353 UI - 10 AU - Martinez-Donate AP AU - Hovell MF AU - Hotstetter CR AU - Gonzalez-Perez GJ AU - Adams MA AU - Sanchez JD AU - Guzman-Cerda G AD - San Diego State Univ, Grad Sch Publ Hlth, Ctr Behav Epidemiol & Community Hlth, San Diego, CA 92123, USAUniv Guadalajara, Hlth Sci Ctr, Ctr Studies Populat Hlth & Human Dev, Guadalajara 44430, Jalisco, MexicoUniv Autonoma Baja California, Dept Psychol, Tijuana, Baja California, MexicoMartinez-Donate, AP, San Diego State Univ, Grad Sch Publ Hlth, Ctr Behav Epidemiol & Community Hlth, 9245 Sky Pk Court,Suite 230, San Diego, CA 92123 USA TI - Smoking, exposure to secondhand smoke, and smoking restrictions in Tijuana, Mexico AB - Objective. To estimate the prevalence of tobacco use, exposure to secondhand smoke, and smoking restrictions in the home and workplace among residents of Tijuana, one of Mexico's largest cities. Methods. This cross-sectional household survey was conducted in Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico, during 2003 and 2004. A population-based sample of 400 Tijuana adult residents responded to a tobacco survey, and 397 of the surveys were analyzed. Results. About 22.9% (95% confidence interval (CI): 18.7%-27.1%) of Tijuana adults reported current smoking, and 53.9% (95% CI: 48.8%-58.9%) reported chronic exposure to secondhand smoke. Approximately 44.4% (95% CI: 37.9%-50.9%) of Tijuana adults had a nonsmoking policy in their workplace, while 65.8% (95% CI: 61.0%-70.6%) of Tijuana households were smoke-free. Conclusions. The results underline the need for increased tobacco control efforts, particularly stricter enforcement of existing passive smoking regulations, in order to expand protection from secondhand smoke from private settings to public ones and to curb the tobacco epidemic in Tijuana and elsewhere in Mexico MH - USA MH - Mexico|Baja California MH - Mexico|Jalisco PB - WASHINGTON: PAN AMERICAN HEALTH ORGANIZATION RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 0 U4 - Public, Environmental & Occupational Health U5 - J;Article AV - English IS - 1020-4989 UR - ISI:000234794600004 L2 - smoking;tobacco smoke pollution;environmental exposure;family health;health policy;Mexico;ENVIRONMENTAL TOBACCO-SMOKE; FREE WORKPLACES SO - Revista Panamericana de Salud Publica-Pan American Journal of Public Health 2005 ;18(6):412-417 354 UI - 127 AU - Martinez-Donate AP AU - Rangel MG AU - Hovell MF AU - Santibanez J AU - Sipan CL AU - Izazola JA AD - San Diego State Univ, Grad Sch Publ Hlth, C BEACH, San Diego, CA 92123, USAEl Colegio Frontera N, San Antonio Del Mar, Baja California, MexicoFdn Mexicana Salud, Mexico City, DF, MexicoMartinez-Donate, AP, San Diego State Univ, Grad Sch Publ Hlth, C BEACH, 9245 Sky Pk Court,Suite 230, San Diego, CA 92123 USA TI - HIV infection in mobile populations: the case of Mexican migrants to the United States AB - Objective. Previous studies have indicated varying rates of HIV infection among labor migrants to the United States of America. Most of these studies have been conducted with convenience samples of farmworkers, thus presenting limited external validity. This study sought to estimate the prevalence of HIV infection and risk factors among Mexican migrants traveling through the border region of Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico, and San Diego, California, United States. This region handles 37% of the migrant flow between Mexico and the United States and represents the natural port of entry for Mexican migrants to California. Methods. From April to December 2002 a probability survey was conducted at key migrant crossing points in Tijuana. Mexican migrants, including ones with a history of illegal migration to the United States, completed an interview on HIV risk factors (n = 1429) and an oral HIV antibody test (n = 1 041). Results. Despite reporting risk factors for HIV infection, none of the migrants tested positive for HIV. Conclusions. Our findings contrast with previous estimates of HIV among labor migrants in the United States that were based on nonprobability samples. Our findings also underline the need for early HIV prevention interventions targeting this population of Mexican migrants MH - USA MH - Mexico|Baja California MH - Mexico|Distrito Federal PB - WASHINGTON: PAN AMERICAN HEALTH ORGANIZATION RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 4 U4 - Public, Environmental & Occupational Health U5 - J;Article AV - English IS - 1020-4989 UR - ISI:000227995000004 L2 - HIV infections;sexually transmitted diseases;transients and migrants;risk factors;sexual behavior;Mexico;United States of America;PREVALENCE; LABORERS SO - Revista Panamericana de Salud Publica-Pan American Journal of Public Health 2005 ;17(1):26-29 355 UI - 52 AU - Mejia-Arauz R AU - Rogoff B AU - Paradise R AD - Univ Calif Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USAMejia-Arauz, R, ITESO Univ, Dept Estudios Socioculturales, Perifer Sur 8585, Tlaquepague 45090, Jalisco, Mexico TI - Cultural variation in children's observation during a demonstration AB - Ethnographic research indicates that in a number of cultural communities, children's learning is organised around observation of ongoing activities, contrasting with heavy use of explanation in formal schooling. The present research examined the extent to which first- to third-grade children observed an adult's demonstration of how to fold origami figures or observed the folding of two slightly older children who also were trying to make the figures, without requesting further information. In the primary analysis, 10 Mexican heritage US children observed without requesting additional information to a greater extent than 10 European heritage US children. Consistent with the ethnographic literature, these two groups differed in the extent of their family's involvement in schooling; hence, we explored the relationship with maternal schooling in a secondary analysis. An additional 11 children of Mexican heritage whose mothers had extensive experience in formal school ( at least a high school education) showed a pattern more like that of the European heritage children, whose mothers likewise had extensive experience in school, compared with the Mexican heritage children whose mothers had only basic schooling ( an average of 7.7 grades). The results suggest that a constellation of cultural traditions that organise children's learning experiences-including Western schooling-may play an important role in children's learning through observation and explanation MH - Mexico|Jalisco MH - USA PB - HOVE: PSYCHOLOGY PRESS RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 0 U4 - Psychology, Developmental U5 - J;Article AV - English IS - 0165-0254 UR - ISI:000231717000003 L2 - MATERNAL TEACHING STRATEGIES; MEXICAN-AMERICAN MOTHERS; ANGLO-AMERICAN; LANGUAGE SOCIALIZATION; NATIVE EDUCATION; CHICANO FAMILIES; SCHOOL; SETTINGS; PATTERNS; PEERS SO - International Journal of Behavioral Development 2005 ;29(4):282-291 356 UI - 91 AU - Mena LNAO AU - Rodriguez R AD - Ctr Invest & Docencia Econ AC, Int Studies Div, Mexico City, DF, MexicoUniv Complutense Madrid, Sch Econ Sci & Enterprises, E-28040 Madrid, SpainMena, LNAO, Ctr Invest & Docencia Econ AC, Int Studies Div, Carretera Mexico Toluca 3655,Col Lomas Santa Fe 0, Mexico City, DF, Mexico TI - Mexico's international telecommunications policy: Origins, the WTO dispute, and future challenges AB - Mexico is by far Latin America's largest trader and the country with the most free trade agreements. Notwithstanding the success of its trade policy, the liberalization of its telecommunications sector was limited and generated a dispute at the WTO. This article offers an overview of Mexico's trade policy, with special emphasis on its policy regarding trade in telecommunications services and the 2002-2004 Mexico-United States dispute over telecommunications at the WTO. The dispute is the first one over trade in telecommunications services at the WTO and has generated interest among many developed and developing countries. (c) 2005 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved MH - Mexico|Distrito Federal MH - Spain PB - OXFORD: ELSEVIER SCI LTD RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 0 U4 - Communication;Information Science & Library Science;Telecommunications U5 - J;Article AV - English IS - 0308-5961 UR - ISI:000229880300007 L2 - Mexico;trade policy;telecommunications policy;GATS;dispute SO - Telecommunications Policy 2005 ;29(5-6):429-448 357 UI - 108 AU - Munoz S AU - Ortuno MT AU - Ramirez J AU - Yanez J AD - Univ Complutense Madrid, Dept Stat & Operat Res, E-28040 Madrid, SpainUniv Autonoma Metropolitana Azcapotzalco, Dept Syst, Mexico City 02200, DF, MexicoYanez, J, Univ Complutense Madrid, Dept Stat & Operat Res, E-28040 Madrid, Spain TI - Coloring fuzzy graphs AB - Given a graph G = (V, E), a coloring function C assigns an integer value C(i) to each node i epsilon V in such a way that the extremes of any edge {i,j} epsilon E cannot share the same color, i.e., C(i) epsilon C(j). Two different approaches to the graph coloring problem of a fuzzy graph 6 = ( V, (E) over tilde) are introduced in this paper. The classical concept of the (crisp) chromatic number of a graph is generalized for these approaches. The first approach is based on the successive coloring functions C-x of the crisp graphs G(x) = (T E.), the alpha-cuts of (G) over tilde; the traffic lights problem is analyzed following this approach. The second approach is based on an extension of the concept of coloring function by means of a distance defined between colors; a timetabling problem is analyzed within this approach. An exact algorithm for obtaining the chromatic number associated with the second approach is proposed, and some computational results on randomly generated fuzzy graphs are reported. (c) 2004 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved MH - Mexico|Distrito Federal MH - Spain PB - OXFORD: PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 2 U4 - Management;Operations Research & Management Science U5 - J;Article AV - English IS - 0305-0483 UR - ISI:000228731000003 L2 - fuzzy sets;graph theory;optimization;timetabling;CHROMATIC NUMBER; ALGORITHM SO - Omega-International Journal of Management Science 2005 ;33(3):211-221 358 UI - 119 AU - Neffen H AU - Fritscher C AU - Schacht FC AU - Levy G AU - Chiarella P AU - Soriano JB AU - Mechali D AD - GlaxoSmithKline Latin Amer, Miami, FL, USAO Alassia Childrens Hosp, Resp Med Unit, Santa Fe, ArgentinaInst Nacl Pediat, Mexico City, DF, MexicoCent Univ Venezuela, Univ Hosp Caracas, Caracas, VenezuelaHosp Nacl Cayetano Heredia, Lima, PeruGlaxoSmithKline R&D, Worldwide Epidemiol, Upper Providence, PA, USAUniv London London Sch Hyg & Trop Med, Dept Epidemiol & Populat Hlth, London WC1E 7HT, EnglandMechali, D, GlaxoSmithKline Latin Amer, Med Affairs, 804 Douglas Rd,Suite 461, Coral Gables, FL 33134 USA TI - Asthma control in Latin America: the Asthma Insights and Reality in Latin America (AIRLA) survey AB - Objectives. The aims of this survey were (1) to assess the quality of asthma treatment and control in Latin America, (2) to determine how closely asthma management guidelines are being followed, and (3) toassess perception, knowledge and attitudes related to asthma in Latin America. Methods. We surveyed a household sample of 2 184 adults or parents of children with asthma in 2003 in 11 countries in Latin America. Respondents were asked about healthcare utilization, symptom severity, activity limitations and medication use. Results. Daytime asthma symptoms were reported by 56 % of the respondents, and 51 % reported being awakened by their asthma at night. More than half of those surveyed had been hospitalized, attended a hospital emergency service or made unscheduled emergency visits to other healthcare facilities for asthma during the previous year. Patient perception of asthma control did not match symptom severity, even in patients with severe persistent asthma, 44.7% of whom regarded their disease as being well or completely controlled. Only 2.4% (2.3% adults and 2.6% children) met all criteria for asthma control. Although 37% reported treatment with prescription medications, only 6% were using inhaled corticosteroids. Most adults (79%) and children (68%) in this survey reported that asthma symptoms limited their activities. Absence from school and work was reported by 58% of the children and 31% of adults, respectively. Conclusions. Asthma control in Latin America falls short of goals in international guidelines, and in many aspects asthma care and control in Latin America suffer from the same shortcomings as in other areas of the world MH - Argentina MH - United Kingdom MH - USA MH - Mexico|Distrito Federal MH - Peru MH - Venezuela PB - WASHINGTON: PAN AMERICAN HEALTH ORGANIZATION RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 10 U4 - Public, Environmental & Occupational Health U5 - J;Article AV - English IS - 1020-4989 UR - ISI:000228305800007 L2 - asthma prevention and control;Latin America;CHILDHOOD ISAAC; MANAGEMENT; PREVALENCE; MORTALITY; SYMPTOMS; POPULATION; GUIDELINES; MEDICATION; ALLERGIES SO - Revista Panamericana de Salud Publica-Pan American Journal of Public Health 2005 ;17(3):191-197 359 UI - 159 AU - Patterson TL AU - Semple SJ AU - Fraga M AU - Bucardo J AU - vila-Fraga W AU - Strathdee SA AD - Univ Calif San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USAUniv Autonoma Baja California, Tijuana Sch Med, Mexicali 21100, Baja California, MexicoPatterson, TL, Univ Calif San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA TI - An HIV-prevention intervention for sex workers in Tijuana, Mexico: A pilot study AB - Female sex workers (FSW) are at high risk of acquiring sexually transmitted infections (STIs), including HIV and putting their clients and other partners at risk for infection. There is considerable evidence that Social Cognitive Theory (SCT)-based interventions are effective in reducing high-risk sexual behavior among at-risk populations in the United States. However no studies have been undertaken of such interventions with FSWs in Mexico, where high rates of STIs exist and where sex tourism attracts a large number of American clients. This article describes the development of a culturally relevant sexual risk reduction intervention based on SCT and Theory of Reasoned Action for FSWs in Mexico: Tire intervention was designed to promote consistent use of condoms with clients. Spanish-speaking counselors used motivational interviewing techniques and skill-building exercises to promote behavior change in a clinic-based sample of FSWs. The authors describe the intervention and provide pilot data that demonstrate the feasibility and benefits of this approach MH - Mexico|Baja California MH - USA PB - THOUSAND OAKS: SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 2 U4 - Psychology, Multidisciplinary U5 - J;Article AV - English IS - 0739-9863 UR - ISI:000226472700005 L2 - sex workers;Mexico;intervention;risk reduction;HIV/AIDS;sexually transmitted infections;RISK BEHAVIORS; CONDOM USE; AIDS-RISK; SERIAL APPROACH; HISPANIC MEN; PARTNERS; PREVALENCE; BLACK; CITY SO - Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences 2005 ;27(1):82-100 360 UI - 160 AU - Pick S AU - Givaudan M AU - Kline KF AD - IMIFAP, Mexico City 03920, DF, MexicoUniv Maryland, Dept Hist, College Pk, MD 20742, USAPick, S, IMIFAP, Malaga Norte 25, Mexico City 03920, DF, Mexico TI - Sexual pleasure as a key component of integral sexual health MH - Mexico|Distrito Federal MH - USA PB - LONDON: SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 0 U4 - Psychology, Multidisciplinary;Women's Studies U5 - J;Article AV - English IS - 0959-3535 UR - ISI:000226501700008 SO - Feminism & Psychology 2005 ;15(1):44-49 361 UI - 79 AU - Puente-Diaz R AU - Anshel MH AD - Mkt Grp, Mexico City, DF, MexicoMiddle Tennessee State Univ, Dept Hlth Phys Educ Recreat & Safety, Murfreesboro, TN 37132, USAAnshel, MH, Ote 164 414 Col Moctezuma 2da Secc, Mexico City 15530, DF, Mexico TI - Sources of acute stress, cognitive appraisal, and coping strategies among highly skilled Mexican and US competitive tennis players AB - The purpose of the present investigation was to identify sources of acute stress, cognitive appraisal (i.e., perceived controllability), and the use of coping strategies as a function of culture among highly skilled tennis players from Mexico and the United States. Participants were 112 competitive tennis players, 54 of whom were from Mexico (44 boys, 10 girls), and 58 of whom were from the United States (30 boys, 28 girls). A qualitative analysis indicated that the most common sources of acute stress in tennis include "receiving negative comments from coaches and relatives" and "opponent cheating." The authors adapted the COPE Instrument (C. Carver, M. F. Scheier, & J. K. Weintraub, 1989) to ascertain the athletes' use of coping strategies. Regression analysis assessed the extent to which culture predicted the athletes' perceived controllability of the stressors and their use of coping strategies. The results indicated that culture significantly predicted both perceived controllability and the use of coping strategies. The authors discussed implications for the role of culture in predicting cognitive appraisal and coping in sport MH - Mexico|Distrito Federal MH - USA PB - WASHINGTON: HELDREF PUBLICATIONS RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 1 U4 - Psychology, Social U5 - J;Article AV - English IS - 0022-4545 UR - ISI:000230534600004 L2 - acute stress;appraisal;athletic competition;coping;cultural differences;Mexico;perceived control;sport;tennis;GENDER DIFFERENCES; SPORT; EMOTIONS; STYLE; PERFORMANCE SO - Journal of Social Psychology 2005 ;145(4):429-446 362 UI - 117 AU - Rawlings LB AU - Rubio GM AD - World Bank, Latin Amer & Caribbean Human Dev Dept, Washington, DC 20433, USAMinist Social Dev, Mexico City, DF, MexicoRawlings, LB, World Bank, Latin Amer & Caribbean Human Dev Dept, Washington, DC 20433 USA TI - Evaluating the impact of conditional cash transfer programs AB - Several developing economies have recently introduced conditional cash transfer programs, which provide money to poor families contingent on certain behavior, usually investments in human capital, such as sending children to school or bringing them to health centers. The approach is both an alternative to more traditional social assistance programs and a demand-side complement to the supply of health and education services. Unlike most development initiatives, conditional cash transfer programs have been subject to rigorous evaluations of their effectiveness using experimental or quasi-experimental methods. Evaluation results for programs launched in Colombia, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, and Turkey reveal successes in addressing many of the failures in delivering social assistance, such as weak poverty targeting, disincentive effects, and limited welfare impacts. There is clear evidence of success from the first generation of programs in Colombia, Mexico, and Nicaragua in increasing enrollment rates, improving preventive health care, and raising household consumption. Many questions remain unanswered, however, including the potential of conditional cash transfer programs to function well under different conditions, to address a broader range of challenges among poor and vulnerable populations, and to prevent the intergenerational transmission of poverty MH - USA MH - Mexico|Distrito Federal PB - OXFORD: OXFORD UNIV PRESS RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 12 U4 - Economics;Planning & Development U5 - J;Article AV - English IS - 0257-3032 UR - ISI:000228397900002 SO - World Bank Research Observer 2005 ;20(1):29-55 363 UI - 37 AU - Ribes E AU - Contreras S AU - Martinez C AU - Doval E AU - Viladrich C AD - Univ Guadalajara, Guadalajara, Jalisco, MexicoAutonomous Univ Barcelona, E-08193 Barcelona, SpainRibes, E, 12 Diciembre 204,Col Chapalita, Zapopan 45040, Mexico TI - Individual consistencies across time and tasks: A replication of interactive styles AB - Three experimental studies were carried out in order to find within-subject consistencies as well as individual differences in a concurrent choice situation involving risk-taking. Four subjects were exposed twice, with a 4-month delay, to a horse-race game and a stock-exchange game, in order to evaluate their choices for a conservative versus a risky condition under open contingencies. The results in the 3 experiments showed reliable profiles in all subjects when frequency of changeovers was correlated with number of accumulated earnings. Results are discussed in terms of interactive styles MH - Mexico|Jalisco MH - Spain PB - GAMBIER: PSYCHOLOGICAL RECORD RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 1 U4 - Psychology, Multidisciplinary U5 - J;Article AV - English IS - 0033-2933 UR - ISI:000232927700007 L2 - PERSONALITY SO - Psychological Record 2005 ;55(4):619-631 364 UI - 135 AU - rnaiz-Villena A AU - Vargas-Alarcon G AU - Granados J AU - Moscoso J AU - Zamora J AU - Serrano I AU - Zuniga J AU - Rangel C AU - Martinez-Laso J AD - Univ Complutense Madrid, Dept Immunol, E-28040 Madrid, SpainUniv Panamer, Mexico City, Mexico TI - Low HLA-B polymorphism in Mexican Amerindian populations and their unrelatedness with other world populations MH - Mexico|Distrito Federal MH - Spain PB - HOBOKEN: WILEY-LISS RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 0 U4 - Anthropology;Biology U5 - J;Meeting Abstract AV - English IS - 1042-0533 UR - ISI:000227399700011 SO - American Journal of Human Biology 2005 ;17(2):235-235 365 UI - 31 AU - Roberts SM AU - Jones JP AU - Frohling O AD - Univ Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40506, USAUniv Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USACtr Encuentros & Dialogos Interculturales, Oaxaca, MexicoRoberts, SM, Univ Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40506, USA TI - NGOs and the globalization of managerialism: A research framework AB - One of the more overlooked aspects of globalization is the circulation of modem managerial practices and knowledges through transnational networks of nongovernmental organizations (NGOs). In this paper, we offer an analytical framework for understanding the complex circulation of managerialism through dispersed networks of NGOs' connecting the spatially extensive international NGO (INGO) sector to the projects undertaken by grassroots NGOs. This framework first involves a conceptualization of all flows that might potentially be activated through a hypothetical network comprising all potential nodes. We then offer a discussion of a range of managerialist practices and knowledges. A table summarizing and operationalizing the analytical framework interlinks aspects of managerialism with the cultures, structures, and projects of NGOs. Examples chosen from our ongoing work in the NGO sector in Oaxaca, Mexico, serve as illustrations of how the analytical framework might generate insight into the contradictory workings of managerialism in NGO networks. (c) 2005 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved MH - Mexico|Oaxaca MH - USA PB - OXFORD: PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 3 U4 - Economics;Planning & Development U5 - J;Review AV - English IS - 0305-750X UR - ISI:000233175900005 L2 - NGOs;networks;globalization;managerialism;NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS; CIVIL-SOCIETY; SCALING-UP; GRASS-ROOTS; DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE; RURAL-DEVELOPMENT; LATIN-AMERICA; AID; POLITICS; PARTNERSHIP SO - World Development 2005 ;33(11):1845-1864 366 UI - 136 AU - Sievert LL AU - Zarain J AD - Univ Massachusetts, Dept Anthropol, Amherst, MA 01003, USAClin Climaterio & Osteoporosis, Puebla, Mexico TI - The use of skin conductance and body diagrams to study hot flash patterns in Puebla, Mexico MH - Mexico|Puebla MH - USA PB - HOBOKEN: WILEY-LISS RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 1 U4 - Anthropology;Biology U5 - J;Meeting Abstract AV - English IS - 1042-0533 UR - ISI:000227399700057 SO - American Journal of Human Biology 2005 ;17(2):255-256 367 UI - 34 AU - Taylor JE AU - Dyer GA AU - Yunez-Naude A AD - Univ Calif Davis, Davis, CA 95616, USAColegio Mexico, Mexico City 10740, DF, MexicoTaylor, JE, Univ Calif Davis, Davis, CA 95616, USA TI - Disaggregated rural economywide models for policy analysis AB - This paper presents a disaggregated rural economywide modeling (DREM) approach to explore how agricultural and trade policy reforms play out within rural economies of less developed countries (LDCs). DREMS combine the strengths of aggregate, computable-general equilibrium (CGE), and microagricultural household models. We calibrate our model with new microsurvey data from Central Mexico, and we use the model to explore the impacts of policy changes on individual rural household groups as well as on the rural economy as a whole. Simulations highlight how rural market constraints and heterogeneous household responses shape the outcomes of policy reforms. (c) 2005 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved MH - Mexico|Distrito Federal MH - USA PB - OXFORD: PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 0 U4 - Economics;Planning & Development U5 - J;Article AV - English IS - 0305-750X UR - ISI:000232968100007 L2 - agricultural policy;economywide models;agricultural household models;Latin America;Mexico;MIGRATION; MEXICO; TRADE; MARKETS SO - World Development 2005 ;33(10):1671-1688 368 UI - 54 AU - Torres-Mejia G AU - Cupul-Uicab LA AU - Allen B AU - Galal O AU - Salazar-Martinez E AU - Lazcano-Ponce EC AD - Inst Nacl Salud Publ, Ctr Populat Hlth Res, Dept Chron Dis, Cuernavaca 62508, Morelos, MexicoNatl Inst Publ Hlth, Ctr Populat Hlth Res, Dept Reprod Hlth, Cuernavaca 62508, Morelos, MexicoUniv Calif Los Angeles, Dept Community Hlth Sci, Los Angeles, CA, USAMexican Inst Social Secur, Cuernavaca, Morelos, MexicoNatl Inst Publ Hlth, Ctr Populat Hlth Res, Cuernavaca, Morelos, MexicoTorres-Mejia, G, Inst Nacl Salud Publ, Ctr Populat Hlth Res, Dept Chron Dis, Avenida Univ 655,Col Sta Ma Ahucatitlan, Cuernavaca 62508, Morelos, Mexico TI - Comparative study of correlates of early age at menarche among Mexican and Egyptian adolescents AB - We compared the median age at menarche in two developing countries to determine whether early age at menarche varies across body mass index (BMI), socioeconomic level, and urban/rural residence in Mexican and Egyptian adolescents. Questionnaire data and weight and height measurements were collected from 4,143 Mexican and 493 Egyptian adolescent girls (age, 10-19 years). Statistical analysis included Pearson chi-squared, Student t-test, and multiple logistic regression models. Median age at menarche was 12 years (range, 8-19 years) for Mexican girls and 13 years (range, 9-16) for Egyptian girls. In both countries, the odds of undergoing menarche at an earlier age were higher among adolescents with the following characteristics: overweight or obesity, as compared to those with a normal BMI (Mexican adolescents, OR = 1.45, 95% CI 1.25-1.69; Egyptian adolescents, OR = 2.20, 95% CI 1.21-4.03); living in urban versus rural areas (OR = 1.38, 95% Cl 1.19-1.61 and OR = 1.38, 95% CI 0.74-2.59, respectively); high socioeconomic level versus the lowest level (OR = 1.46, 95% CI 1.22-1.74 and OR = 1.41, 95% Cl 0.67-2.98, respectively). The associations between early age at menarche and urban residence or high socioeconomic level were statistically significant only in Mexican adolescents. Menarche at an earlier age was most strongly associated with overweight and obesity in both Mexican and Egyptian adolescents, while urban residence and high socioeconomic level were significantly associated only in Mexican adolescents MH - Mexico|Morelos MH - USA PB - HOBOKEN: WILEY-LISS RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 1 U4 - Anthropology;Biology U5 - J;Article AV - English IS - 1042-0533 UR - ISI:000231655700011 L2 - RISK-FACTORS; WOMEN; COHORT; ONSET; BORN SO - American Journal of Human Biology 2005 ;17(5):654-658 369 UI - 23 AU - Tovar LG AU - Martin L AU - Cruz MAG AU - Mutersbaugh T AD - Univ Kentucky, Dept Geog, Lexington, KY 40502, USAUniv Autonoma Chapingo, Invest Externa CIESTAAM, Chapingo 56230, MexicoMartin, L, Univ Kentucky, Dept Geog, 1457 Patterson Off Tower, Lexington, KY 40502 USA TI - Certified organic agriculture in Mexico: Market connections and certification practices in large and small producers AB - Certification within organic agriculture exhibits flexibility with respect to practices used to demonstrate that a product meets published quality standards This case study of Mexican certified-organic agriculture finds two forms. Indigenous smallholders of southern Mexico undertake a low-input, process-oriented organic farming in which certification is based upon extensive document review, group inspections, and assessment of on-farm capacity to produce organic inputs. More recently, northern Mexican large agribusiness producers have implemented certifications based upon laboratory testing and assessment of purchased inputs. To specify these differences, this article examines large and small producers in Mexico's organic agriculture sector based on a diagnostic census of Mexican organic agriculture in 668 production zones and field surveys in 256 production zones in which 28 indicators were analyzed. After comparing the organic cultivation and certification practices of large, agro-industrial, input-oriented private firms versus small, cooperatively organized, indigenous and peasant groups, we analyze the implications of this duality for certification frameworks. We argue (with Raynolds, L, 2004 The globalization of organic agro-food networks. World Development 32(5), 725-743; Gonzalez A.A, and Nigh, R., 2005. Smallholder participation and certification of organic farm products in Mexico. Journal of Rural Studies; DeLind, L., 2000. Transforming organic agriculture into industrial organic products reconsidering national organic standards. Human Organization 59(2), 198-208) that the increasing bureaucratic requirements of international organic certification privilege large farmers and agribusiness-style organic cultivation and present the possibility of a new entrenchment of socio-spatial inequality in Mexico While organic and fair trade agriculture has been touted as an income-generating production strategy for small producers of the Global South, our study suggests that Mexican organic agriculture reproduces existing social inequalities between large and small producers in conventional Mexican agriculture. (c) 2005 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved MH - USA MH - Mexico|Estado de Mexico PB - OXFORD: PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 3 U4 - Planning & Development U5 - J;Article AV - English IS - 0743-0167 UR - ISI:000233828900007 L2 - Mexico;organic agriculture;certification;smallholder;agroindustrial production;organic law;production organization;COFFEE CERTIFICATION; TRADE SO - Journal of Rural Studies 2005 ;21(4):461-474 370 UI - 129 AU - Van Belle S AU - Estrada A AD - Univ Wisconsin, Dept Zool, Madison, WI, USAUniv Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Estac Biol Los Tuxtlas, Mexico City 04510, DF, Mexico TI - Troop structure of the Mesoamerican black howler monkey (Alouatta pigra) and consequences of habitat fragmentation MH - Mexico|Distrito Federal MH - USA PB - HOBOKEN: WILEY-LISS RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 0 U4 - Anthropology;Evolutionary Biology U5 - J;Meeting Abstract AV - English IS - 0002-9483 UR - ISI:000227214900579 SO - American Journal of Physical Anthropology 2005 ;():211-211 371 UI - 72 AU - Wicha NYY AU - Orozco-Figueroa A AU - Reyes I AU - Hernandez A AU - de Barreto LG AU - Bates EA AD - Univ Calif San Diego, Dept Cognit Sci, La Jolla, CA 92093, USAUniv Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USAUniv Houston, Houston, TX, USAUniv Autonoma Baja California, Tijuana, MexicoWicha, NYY, Univ Calif San Diego, Dept Cognit Sci, 9500 Gilman Dr,0515, La Jolla, CA 92093 USA TI - When zebras become painted donkeys: Grammatical gender and semantic priming interact during picture integration in a spoken Spanish sentence AB - This study investigates the contribution of grammatical gender to integrating depicted nouns into sentences during on-line comprehension, and whether semantic congruity and gender agreement interact using two tasks: naming and semantic judgement of pictures. Native Spanish speakers comprehended spoken Spanish sentences with an embedded line drawing, which replaced a noun that either made sense or not with the preceding sentence context and either matched or mismatched the gender of the preceding article. In Experiment la (picture naming) slower naming times were found for gender mismatching pictures than matches, as well as for semantically incongruous pictures than congruous ones. In addition, the effects of gender agreement and semantic congruity interacted; specifically, pictures that were both semantically incongruous and gender mismatching were named slowest, but not as slow as if adding independent delays from both violations. Compared with a neutral baseline, with pictures embedded in simple command sentences like "Now please say _", both facilitative and inhibitory effects were observed. Experiment 1b replicated these results with low-cloze gender-neutral sentences, more similar in structure and processing demands to the experimental sentences. In Experiment 2, participants judged a picture's semantic fit within a sentence by button-press; gender agreement and semantic congruity again interacted, with gender agreement having an effect on congruous but not incongruous pictures. Two distinct effects of gender are hypothesised: a "global" predictive effect (observed with and without overt noun production), and a "local" inhibitory effect (observed only with production of gender-discordant nouns) MH - USA MH - Mexico|Baja California PB - HOVE: PSYCHOLOGY PRESS RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 0 U4 - Linguistics;Psychology, Experimental U5 - J;Article AV - English IS - 0169-0965 UR - ISI:000231248000002 L2 - LEXICAL ACCESS; BRAIN POTENTIALS; SPEECH PRODUCTION; WORD RECOGNITION; LANGUAGE PRODUCTION; TIME-COURSE; SYNTACTIC INFORMATION; EYE-MOVEMENTS; CONTEXT; AGREEMENT SO - Language and Cognitive Processes 2005 ;20(4):553-587 372 UI - 40 AU - Winders J AU - Jones JP AU - Higgins MJ AD - Syracuse Univ, Maxwell Sch, Dept Geog, Syracuse, NY 13244, USAUniv Arizona, Dept Geog & Reg Dev, Tucson, AZ, USACtr Invest & Estudios Super Antropol Social Unida, Oaxaca, MexicoWinders, J, Syracuse Univ, Maxwell Sch, Dept Geog, 144 Eggers Hall, Syracuse, NY 13244 USA TI - Making Gueras: Selling white identities on late-night Mexican television AB - This article examines discourses of whiteness and color in Mexico through a discussion of White Secret, a widely available skin-lightening cosmetic product. In an analysis of a televised infomercial advertising the product, we examine contextualizations of whiteness in Mexico, as figured through the product's representations of light-skinned female bodies and advanced cosmetic technology. We consider the ways that White Secret can speak to broader conceptualizations of whiteness and identity and, furthermore, argue that such an engagement points to the need to interrogate the geographical and epistemological limits Of current understandings of whiteness based in Anglo-American and Latin-American contexts MH - Mexico|Oaxaca MH - USA PB - ABINGDON: ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD RP - NOT IN FILE U3 - TC 2 U4 - Geography;Women's Studies U5 - J;Article AV - English IS - 0966-369X UR - ISI:000232135100005 L2 - CULTURAL-IDENTITY; RACE; DIFFERENCE; ETHNICITY; AMERICA; LESSONS; MIXTEC; PLACE; WOMEN; SOUTH SO - Gender Place and Culture 2005 ;12(1):71-93