One of the most conspicuous features of the Andean chain is the change in its trajectory from NW-SE to N-S at 18°S known as the Bolivian Orocline. Although the Central Andes rotation pattern (CARP) agrees roughly with the ...

This paper examines and applies methods for modelling longitudinal binary data subject to both intermittent missingness and dropout. The paper is based around the analysis of data from a study into the health impact of a ...

Background: Fabry disease, an X-linked lysosomal storage disorder, causes intracellular accumulation of glycosphingolipids leading to progressive renal, cardiovascular, and cerebrovascular disease, and premature death. ...

Introduction and Aims. There is no generally accepted clinical or research instrument available for recording the longitudinal course of a drug-using 'career'. This paper reports on an initial examination of the properties ...

We propose a multistate joint model to analyze interval-censored event-history data subject to within-unit clustering and nonignorable missing data. The model is motivated by a study of the neurocysticercosis (NC) cyst ...

Film festivals have had a strong impact on small cinemas, contributing to the dynamic trends of national fields of film production. Drawing on research experience of mapping Chilean film festivals for the first time, this ...

Magmatic activity in continental arcs is known to vary in a non-steady statemanner, the mechanisms for which are a matter of ongoing discussion. Ofparticular importance is the question to what extent episodic magmatism ...

Event tourism plays an important role in the development and promotion of a destination. Through the activity, social, economic and cultural development is noticeable. The present study is exploratory-descriptive and with ...

The 40Ar/39Ar geochronological method was applied to date magmatic and hydrothermal alteration events in the Mantos Blancos mining district in the Coastal Cordillera of northern Chile, allowing the distinction of two ...