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National Autonomous University of Nicaragua

EducationManagua, Nicaragua
About: National Autonomous University of Nicaragua is a education organization based out in Managua, Nicaragua. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Population & Public health. The organization has 775 authors who have published 715 publications receiving 9791 citations.


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01 Jan 2019-Toxicon
TL;DR: The main histologic lesions were loss and neuronal vacuolation of Purkinje cells and Wallerian-like degeneration mainly in the cerebellum, suggesting a glycoprotein storage disease.

6 citations

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TL;DR: This article examined a Nicaraguan community 3 years after the signing of the Dominican Republic-Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA) to learn how families, living in a community constructed near a US-owned factory, maintained resilience under growing negative conditions.
Abstract: This study examines a Nicaraguan community 3 years after the signing of the Dominican Republic-Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA). Qualitative and quantitative methods were used to learn how families, living in a community constructed near a US-owned factory, maintained resilience under growing negative conditions. These conditions relate to family dislocation, loss of support systems, lack of childcare, safe water, and food security, in addition to labor injustices. Although maintaining relatively high scores on a baseline resilience test, these families and others like them in Central America, demonstrate a struggle for survival in a globalized context.

6 citations

15 Nov 2014
TL;DR: The core activities of any higher education institution are teaching, research and extension, to accomplish these activities with the greatest success it must be done in association with the above institutions and society as a whole as discussed by the authors.
Abstract: Entailment theories linking University enterprise state, give us guidelines for what knowledge societies must do to obtain a sustainable development, experiences accumulated in different countries of the world bring us the way that countries and universities that do not have developed this theme should follow. The core activities of any higher education institution are teaching, research and extension. To accomplish these activities with the greatest success it must be done in association with the above institutions and society as a whole

6 citations

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01 Nov 2018-MHSalud
TL;DR: In this article, the authors analyzed the prevalence of overweight or obesity, the levels of physical activity and self-esteem in a Nicaragua school region, and found that 25% of students have a prevalence of obesity and 4% in low weight.
Abstract: espanolEl objetivo de esta investigacion fue analizar la prevalencia del sobrepeso u obesidad, los niveles de actividad fisica y de autoestima en una region escolar nicaraguense. Se evaluaron 731 estudiantes de 10 escuelas del departamento de Leon Nicaragua, de los cuales 260 fueron de cuarto, 226 de quinto y 245 de sexto grado, en edades entre los 9 y 13 anos. Para medir cada variable del estudio se evaluo la talla y el peso, para el calculo del IMC, el cuestionario de actividad fisica para ninos y ninas mayores (PAQ-C) y el cuestionario sobre autoestima (LAWSEQ). Segun los resultados un 25 % de los estudiantes tienen una prevalencia de sobrepeso y obesidad y un 4 % en bajo peso. En el nivel de actividad fisica, un 77 % indica realizar actividad fisica moderada. Con respecto a la autoestima, se encontro que un 51 % presenta baja autoestima y solo un 4 % nivel alto. Estos resultados marcan el rumbo para el desarrollo de intervenciones que contemplen el entorno escolar, con el fin de propiciar estrategias que logren activar a la ninez, de por vida, hacia un estilo de vida mas saludable. EnglishThe objective of this investigation was to analyze the prevalence of overweight or obesity, the levels of physical activity and self-esteem in a Nicaragua school region. 731 students from 10 schools in the department of Leon Nicaragua were evaluated: 260 were in fourth grade, 226 in fifth grades and 245 in sixth grades, between 9 and 13 years old. Height and weight evaluation to calculate BMI, the Physical Activity Questionnaire for Older Children (PAQ-C), and Lawrence Self-Esteem Questionnaire (LAWSEQ) were applied. According to the results, 25% of students have a prevalence of overweight and obesity and 4% in low weight. In physical activity, 77% perceive themselves to be moderately active. Regarding self-esteem, it was found that 51% had low self-esteem and only 4% had a high level of self-esteem. This directs the course for the development of interventions that contemplate the school environment, in order to promote strategies that activate lifelong childhood to a healthier lifestyle.

6 citations

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TL;DR: Results from tests in vitro and in pots indicate that both extracts have nematicidal activities, as they significantly reduced the nematode population, the reproductive ability and the incidence of root galling in tomato plants.
Abstract: El objetivo de este trabajo fue evaluar extractos de hojas de Quassia amara L. (Simaroubaceae) y flores de Brugmansia suaveolens L. (Solanaceae) para determinar su efecto nematicida contra Meloidogyne sp. El estudio se realizo en el Campus Agropecuario de la Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Nicaragua-Leon (UNAN-Leon) en el ano 2012. El material vegetal fue deshidratado, pulverizado y sus compuestos fueron extraidos utilizando como solvente metanol. Este estudio se realizo in vitro, se evaluo la mortalidad de los juveniles de Meloidogyne sp. en segundo instar despues de 12, 24 y 48 horas de exposicion a los extractos. Ademas, estos se aplicaron a plantas de tomate en maceteras bajo condiciones de invernadero, cuantificandose las poblaciones de nematodos a los 25, 50 y 75 dias de exposicion al extracto (DEE). En el experimento in vitro Q. amara y B. suaveolens diluidos al 10%, presentaron los mas altos porcentajes de mortalidad despues de 48 h, alcanzando 89 y 78% de juveniles muertos, respectivamente. En maceteras se evaluo la mortalidad de juveniles, indice de agallamiento (IA) y factor de reproduccion (FR). Los mejores resultados para Q. amara se obtuvieron a los 25 DEE, con un porcentaje de mortalidad de 80%, un IA de 1 en una escala de 0-5 y FR de 0,20. Con B. suaveolens, a los 25 DEE se alcanzo el mayor porcentaje de mortalidad de 71%, un IA de 1,2 y un FR de 0,29. Estos resultados in vitro y en maceteras evidenciaron que ambos extractos poseen propiedades nematicidas, ya que redujeron significativamente (P≤0,05) las poblaciones de nematodos, su reproduccion y el nivel de agallamiento de las raices de tomate.

6 citations


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No. of papers from the Institution in previous years
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20232
20226
202165
202078
201959
201856