1Departamento de Neurobiología Celular y Molecular, Instituto de Neurobiología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Querétaro, Mexico, 2Unidad de Investigación Médica en Farmacología, Hospital de Especialidades, Centro Médico Nacional Siglo XXI, Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, Mexico City, Mexico, 3Centro de Investigación Biomédica de Michoacán, Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, ...

57 A Conceptual Descriptive-Comparative Study of Models and Standards of Processes in SE, SwE, and IT Disciplines Using the Theory of Systems Manuel Mora, Autonomous University of Aguascalientes, México Ovsei Gelman, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Mexico, Mexico Rory O’Connor, Dublin City University, Ireland Francisco Alvarez, Autonomous University of Aguascalientes, Mexico Jorge Macías-Lúeva...

International Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health 62 were performed in Mexico in 2006, equivalent to an abortion rate of 33 per 1,000.5 To assess the impact of our methodological improvements on our estimates, we applied the 2009 methodology to the 2006 data. The new methodology yielded a somewhat higher abortion rate of 37 per 1,000 for 2006. This rate is only 2.1% lower than that f...

BACKGROUND Both the prevalence and mortality attributable to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) seem to be increasing in low-income and middle-income countries, but few data are available. The aim of the PLATINO study, launched in 2002, was to describe the epidemiology of COPD in five major Latin American cities: São Paulo (Brazil), Santiago (Chile), Mexico City (Mexico), Montevideo (...

We performed simulations of ground motions in Mexico City expected for large earthquakes in the Guerrero seismic gap in Mexico. The simulation method uses as empirical Green's functions the accelerograms recorded in Mexico City during four small to moderate earthquakes (8 Feb. 1988, M s = 5.8; 25 April 1989, M w = 6.9; 11 May 1990, M w = 5.5; and 31 May 1990, Mw = 6.0) in the Guerrero gap. Beca...

We performed simulations of ground motions in Mexico City expected for large earthquakes in the Guerrero seismic gap in Mexico. The simulation method uses as empirical Green's functions the accelerograms recorded in Mexico City during four small to moderate earthquakes (8 Feb. 1988, M s = 5.8; 25 April 1989, M w = 6.9; 11 May 1990, M w = 5.5; and 31 May 1990, Mw = 6.0) in the Guerrero gap. Beca...

Atmospheric oxidation in the Mexico City Metropolitan Area (MCMA) during April 2003 T. R. Shirley, W. H. Brune, X. Ren, J. Mao, R. Lesher, B. Cardenas, R. Volkamer, L. T. Molina, M. J. Molina, B. Lamb, E. Velasco, T. Jobson, and M. Alexander Dept. of Meteorology, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, USA General Direction of the National Center for Environmental Research...

The aging is one of the factors that cause decrease in the antioxidant capacity. Likewise, it has been proposed that subjects exposed permanently to air pollution develop deficient antioxidant capacity to oxidative stress (OxS). This study aimed to analyze the antioxidant capacity against elevated lipid peroxides in healthy elderly of Mexico City. 105 adults (44 ± 10.8 years) and 126 elderly su...

Submicron atmospheric aerosol particles were collected during the Megacity Initiative: Local and Global Research Observation (MILAGRO) in March 2006 at three platforms located in the Mexico City urban area (at the Mexico City Atmospheric Monitoring System building – SIMAT), at about 60 km south-east of the metropolitan area (Altzomoni in the Cortes Pass), and on board the NCAR C130 aircraft. Or...

Simulation of Mexico City plumes during the MIRAGE-Mex field campaign using the WRF-Chem model X. Tie, S. Madronich, G. Li, Z. Ying, A. Weinheimer, E. Apel, and T. Campos National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO, USA Molina Center for Energy and the Environment, La Jolla, CA, USA Department of Atmospheric Sciences, Texas A&M, USA York University, Canada Received: 19 March 2009 – Ac...