At Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina; Department of Biostatistics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina; Sistemas Locales de Atención Integral a la Salud, León (SILAIS-León), Leon, Nicaragua; Hospital Escuela Oscar Danilo Rosales Argüello (HEODRA), León, Nicaragua, Leon, Nicaragua; Biostatistics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill...

At Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina; Department of Biostatistics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina; Sistemas Locales de Atención Integral a la Salud, León (SILAIS-León), Leon, Nicaragua; Hospital Escuela Oscar Danilo Rosales Argüello (HEODRA), León, Nicaragua, Leon, Nicaragua; Biostatistics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill...

Hoplognathoca jinotega Cambra, Quintero & Brothers, sp. nov., female, from Nicaragua and Guatemala and the male of H. costarricensis Suárez, 1962 are described and illustrated. The genus Hoplognathoca is reported for the first time from Nicaragua. 

Contents Page 1. Challenges 5 2. UNIDO's response: approach and experience 7 Cluster development 8 Worldwide phenomenon 8 Participatory approach to vision-building 10 Pune food processing cluster (India): identification of a common strategy 10 Bagru cluster (India): building trust 11 Capability-building based on shared targets 12 Ludhiana cluster (India): stakeholders participation 13 Boaco and...

The study analyzed differences in the risk of experiencing stressful life events (SLE) according to cultural factors, the level of economic development of the region inhabited, and gender. Information was gathered on the number and nature of SLE experienced by a sample of 604 undergraduates from 3 regions with very different levels of economic development: Madrid (Spain), León (Nicaragua), and ...

The mammalian fauna of Nicaragua includes seven species in the order Xenarthra, including the brown-throated three-toed sloth (Bradypus variegatus) in the family Bradypodidae, Hoffmann's two-toed sloth (Choloepus hoffmannl) in the family Megalonychidae, the northern naked-tailed armadillo (Cabassous centralis) and nine-banded armadillo (Dasypus novemcinctus) in the family Dasypodidae, and the s...

Tengellaperfuga Dahl, 1901, is the type species for Tengella, the type genus for the family Tengellidae Dahl, 1908. Here, the males are described for the first time and females re-described based on new specimens collected in Nicaragua. We confirm the species status of T perfuga (instead of previously suggested synonymy with Tengella radiata (Kulczynski, 1909)), since the colour pattern and gen...

Contents Page 1. Challenges 5 2. UNIDO's response: approach and experience 7 Cluster development 8 Worldwide phenomenon 8 Participatory approach to vision-building 10 Pune food processing cluster (India): identification of a common strategy 10 Bagru cluster (India): building trust 11 Capability-building based on shared targets 12 Ludhiana cluster (India): stakeholders participation 13 Boaco and...

Despite generous debt reduction under the HIPC initiative, Nicaragua is not growing at the rate required to alleviate poverty. This paper outlines Nicaragua’s vulnerability to external changes and its inability to compete in the global market. Nicaragua suffers from severe structural problems; it has a very poorly diversified industrial structure, and its trading performance is correspondingly ...

In the course of two trips to Central America (June 1967 and JulyAugust 1976) I had the opportunity of collecting topotypic specimens of Planorbis nicaraguanus Morelet, 1849, anatomically defined in this paper, and of P. yzabalensis Crosse & Fischer, 1879, the identity of the latter with Drepanotrema anatinum (Orbigny, 1835) is confirmed. The following planorbid species were also found: Helisom...