Publications by authors named "M A Carballo"

Over the past decade, Venezuela has experienced a political and economic crisis that has affected the country's scientific research development. Currently, the state of HIV research in Venezuela remains unknown. We conducted a systematic review identifying 683 articles over the last 20 years of which only 101 met our inclusion criteria.

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The COVID-19 pandemic provoked a large impact on tourism because of the enforcement of harsh travel restrictions and the increased global health risks caused by international mobility. This paper utilizes a longitudinal analysis to tests the impact of COVID-19 on tourists' health risk perceptions, and their relationships with destination image perception and visiting intentions. Tourists are surveyed at two different points of time, before and after the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Liberia developed an evidence-informed package of health services for Universal Health Coverage (UHC) based on the Disease Control Priorities 3 evidence. This paper describes the policy decisions, methods and processes adopted for prioritisation, key features of the package and lessons learnt, with special emphasis on feasibility of implementation. Package design was led by the Ministry of Health.

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This paper studies the factors that influence tourists' risk perceptions of various destinations with different attributes and sociocultural profiles. Factor analysis is utilised to investigate the determinants of risk perceptions, finding that they are influenced both by the type of risk (delinquency, health, accident, environment and catastrophe) and by the characteristics of the destination regarding the management of risk. Structural equations modelling is conducted to study the relationships between risk perceptions, destination image and visiting intentions across destinations.

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Article Synopsis
  • Primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG) is influenced by genetics, with recent studies identifying various genetic variants linked to the disease thanks to advancements like next-generation sequencing (NGS).
  • Researchers analyzed 61 POAG patients, focusing on 72 genes, and found rare genetic variants in 16% of them, particularly in genes like CYP1B1 and SIX6.
  • The study highlights NGS as an essential tool for understanding the genetic basis of POAG, suggesting that further research is needed to explore these genetic variants for better diagnosis and treatment strategies.
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