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11. Heat exposure and health outcomes in Costa Rican sugarcane harvesters
Sammanfattning : Background The remarkably efficient mechanisms of the human body to maintain its core temperature of 37°C can be inadequate when harsh climatic conditions and excessive muscle movement lead to heat stress, dehydration and potential heat illness, ranging from minor symptoms such as fatigue to a potentially fatal heat stroke. Agricultural workers in the tropics are at high risk, which is expected to increase with climate change. LÄS MER
12. Urban poverty, social exclusion and social housing finance. The case of PRODEL in Nicaragua
Sammanfattning : The purpose of the thesis is to further understand key conceptual and operational challenges that international aid donors, and public and private institutions, face while designing and implementing alternative forms of social housing finance which aim to be inclusive for the urban poor. Based on an in-depth study of the work of the Foundation for the Promotion of Local Development (PRODEL) in three cities in Nicaragua during a period of 15 years, the thesis tries to answer three research questions: What are the constraints the urban poor face in financing the incremental way they build their individual housing and collective assets? Why does housing microfinance not always enhance inclusion of the urban poor? How does the tension between the goal of achieving financial sustainability and increasing financial inclusion affect the policy of international donors and governments, and the practice of local financial institutions? To answer these questions, the thesis adopts a realist approach as well as a critical case study method as used in disciplines such as political science and history to explain the trends and complexities of the phenomena investigated, and formulates an argument in the form of a proposition: if financial exclusion occurs in PRODEL it might also occur elsewhere. LÄS MER
13. Naming in/security - constructing identity: 'Mayan-women' in Guatemala in the eve of 'peace'
Sammanfattning : This thesis explores how politically active Mayan women in 1995, at the close of the armed conflict in Guatemala, speak about their in/security as Mayan, women, and poor. The body of this work is based on partial life-history interviews conducted with 18 leaders of different organizations within the popular/Mayan movement. LÄS MER
14. Aspects of climate variability during winter and summer in Central America
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15. Molecular epidemiology of hepatitis A and hepatitis B virus in central America
Sammanfattning : The genetic variability was determined for hepatitis A virus (HAV) and hepatitis B virus (HBV) strains from cases of acute and chronic hepatitis in Central America (CA). The genetic relatedness was established for the' strains to strains from other parts of the world. LÄS MER