Earthquake in El Salvador

Positive emotions in earthquake survivors in El Salvador (2001).

The purpose of this study was to analyze, within a more extensive intervention program, the existence of positive emotions and positive coping in the refugees at the two largest shelters created after the earthquakes of El Salvador in January, 2001. One hundred and fifteen survivors were interviewed in the shelters about different aspects related to positive cognitions and emotions experienced ...

Fractal Dimension of the El Salvador Earthquake(2001) time Series

Earthquakes occur on the earth’s surface as a result of rearrangement of terrestrial cortex or higher part of the mantle. The energy released in this process propagates over long distances in the form of elastic seismic waves [1]. In order to predict earthquakes many models have been proposed [2, 3]. Dynamics of an earthquake is so complicated that it is quite difficult to predict using availab...

Journalists in El Salvador

The typical journalist in El Salvador is male, in his mid-thirties and holds a university degree in journalism or communication. Of the 250 interviewed journalists, 101 were women, making for a proportion of 40.4 percent of the overall sample. On average, journalists in El Salvador were 32.00 years old (s=9.27); half of the journalists were younger than 28 years. Journalists tend to be well edu...

Age at menopause in rural El Salvador.

other treatment. Between January 2006 and September 2008, 342 eligible women were treated withmethotrexate andmisoprostol. Between September 2008 and December 2008, 30 womenwere treated withmethotrexate alone. The 2 groups were similar in age, initial beta-hCG levels, and obstetric history. Beta-hCG level dropped by more than 15% in the first week in 245 (71.6%) women who received methotrexate ...

El Salvador and the Southeastern Frontier ofMesoamerica