Essays about: "Yucatán"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 10 essays containing the word Yucatán.

  1. 6. Sugar sweetened beverages – psychosocial, behavioral, and dietary determinants, and association to obesity: A cross-sectional study among university students in San Luis Potosí and Yucatán, Mexico

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Internationell mödra- och barnhälsovård (IMCH)

    Author : Sunghee Cho; [2015]
    Keywords : obesity; Mexico; university students; SSB; determinants; agau frescas; BMI; central obesity;

    Abstract : Background: Obesity is a rapidly growing public health problem with negative health consequences in Mexico, resulted from the nutrition transition. In Mexico calories from sugar sweetened beverages (SSB) accounts for 19% of total energy intake. Although young adults are major SSB consumers, is an understudied population. READ MORE

  3. 7. Identifying the Cretaceous–Paleogene boundary in North Dakota, USA, using portable XRF

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Geologiska institutionen

    Author : Emilie Larsson; [2013]
    Keywords : geokemi; K–Pg gränsen; portabel XRF; North Dakota; K–Pg boundary; portable XRF; terrestrial deposits; geochemistry; terrestra avlagringar; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : En portabel röntgenfluorescens (XRF) spektrometer användes i denna studie för att identifiera kemiska markörer relaterade till Krita–Paleogen (K–Pg) gränsen i North Dakota, USA. Vid K–Pg-gränsen träffades jorden av en asteroid vilket resulterade i ett av de fem stora massutdöendena. READ MORE

  4. 8. Socio-economic driversinfluencing sustainability in asocial-ecological system : Insights from whale shark tourismin northern Quintana Roo, Mexico

    University essay from Stockholm Resilience Centre

    Author : Lois Moriel Robles; [2009]
    Keywords : sustainability; whale shark tourism; intermediaries; operation; market access;

    Abstract : Wildlife tourism is promoted as a livelihood alternative activity to extractiveuse, such as the case of whale shark interaction in Quintana Roo, Mexico. Whale sharksseasonally aggregate (from May to September) northeast Yucatan peninsula, where theyannually attract about 20000 visitors. READ MORE

  5. 9. Variations in impactor flux to the Moon and Earth after 3.85 Ga

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Geologiska institutionen

    Author : Sanna Holm; [2008]
    Keywords : the Moon; impact crater; impactor flux; OMAT-profile; månen; impaktkrater; impaktfrekvens; OMAT-profil; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : An impact crater is the result of a collision between a large and a smaller body. On Earth most of the cratering record has been erased because of tectonic processes and weathering. The Moon, however, displays a nearly complete record of impact events over the last 2 Gyr, and evidence of impact cratering events nearly 4 billion years old. READ MORE

  6. 10. Molasses and maize against GI nematodes : evaluating the effect of molasses and maize on the resilience and resistance against GI nematodes in browsing Criollo kids.

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Biomedical Sciences and Veterinary Public Health

    Author : Elisabet Frisendahl; [2008]
    Keywords : gastrointestinal parasites; Haemonchus contortus; goat; Mexico; maize; molasses;

    Abstract : Gastrointestinal parasites are a major problem for the holders of small ruminants in the tropics and sub-tropics. Anthelmintics have been used and abused to such an extent that a high degree of resistance has developed in many countries. READ MORE