English. We present a study on the degree of homonymy between the lexicon of a morphological analyser for Latin and an Onomasticon. To understand the impact of homonymy, we discuss an experiment on four Latin texts of different era and genre. Italiano. L’articolo presenta uno studio sul grado di omonimia tra il lessico di un analizzatore morfologico per il latino e un Onomasticon. Al fine di co...

A latin rectangle is an m × n array, m ≤ n, from the numbers 1, 2, . . . , n such that each of these numbers occur in each row and in each column at most once. A critical set in an m×n array is a set S of given entries, such that there exists a unique extension of S to a latin rectangle of size m×n. If we index the rows and columns of an m×n array, m ≤ n, by the sets M = {1, 2, . . . ,m} and N ...

This document evaluates the nature of aging in Latin America and the Caribbean, and reviews available evidence regarding the demographic profile of the elderly, their health and disability status, the composition of their human capital, labor force participation and retirement behavior, residential arrangements, and intergenerational transfer systems. The review identifies problematic areas to ...

OBJECTIVE To describe the practice of pediatric intensive care in Latin America and compare it with two European countries. DESIGN Analysis of data presented by member countries of the Sociedad Latinoamericana de Cuidado Intensivo Pediátrico (SLACIP), Spain and Portugal, in the context of a Symposium of Spanish and Portuguese - speaking pediatric intensivists during the Fifth World Congress o...

BACKGROUND Recurrent wheezing (RW) during the first year of life is a major cause of respiratory morbidity worldwide, yet there are no studies on its prevalence at an international level. A study was undertaken to determine the prevalence of RW in infants during their first year of life in affluent and non-affluent localities. METHODS This international population-based study was performed in...

We present a system for automatically acquiring selectional preferences for Latin verbs. We use the Index Thomisticus Treebank Valency Lexicon and an enriched version of Latin WordNet as the reference conceptual hierarchy.

States in south-eastern Brazil were recently affected by the largest Yellow Fever (YF) outbreak seen in a decade in Latin America. Here we provide a quantitative assessment of the risk of travel-related international spread of YF indicating that the United States, Argentina, Uruguay, Spain, Italy and Germany may have received at least one travel-related YF case capable of seeding local transmis...

OBJECTIVES To study risk factors for sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) and sexual behaviour. Especially to assess whether there is a higher risk of being infected with STDs among ethnic minorities, and if so for what reasons. SETTING STD-clinic of the Municipal Health Service of Amsterdam, the Netherlands. SUBJECTS Cross-sectional study of heterosexuals (255 men and 343 women) with multi...

BACKGROUND Melanocytic nevi are frequently found on acral volar skin. Differentiation between nevi and melanoma is essential and sometimes difficult, although dermoscopy has enabled a more specific diagnosis of pigmented lesions. Dermoscopic patterns of lesions on acral volar skin have mostly been described in European and Asian populations. The Latin American population is heterogeneous, and p...