An examination of the Chile-Mexico agreement: a viable form of integration?

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Latin America: highlights from the implementation of the System of National Accounts 1993

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Stability of nonlinear system using takagi-sugeno fuzzy models and hyper-rectangle of LMIs

This paper presents a theorem based on the hyper-rectangle defined by the closed set of the time derivatives of the membership functions of Takagi-Sugeno fuzzy systems. This result is also based on Linear Matrix Inequalities and allows the reduction of the conservatism of the stability analysis in the sense of Lyapunov. The theorem generalizes previous results available in the literature. © 2013 Brazilian Society for Automatics - SBA.

Operational safety: Development of electronic system for dynamic balance evaluation of farm tractors

The present study aimed at the development and evaluation of a low cost electronic device in order to provide safety for farm tractor users. The major accident occurrence in agricultural surroundings is from farm tractor side bending. Therefore, this sensor was designed to detect and alert about it. The results were satisfying. © 2013 Taylor & Francis Group.

Racionalización de la estructura institucional y del padrón de reuniones del Sistema de la Comisión Económica para América Latina = Rationalization of the institutional structure and pattern of meetings of the System of the Economic Commission for Latin America

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Phylogeographic Structure And Outbreeding Depression Reveal Early Stages Of Reproductive Isolation In The Neotropical Orchid Epidendrum Denticulatum

Phylogeographic studies provide an important framework for investigating the mechanisms operating during the earliest stages of speciation, as reproductive barriers can be examined among divergent lineages in a geographic context. We investigated the evolution of early stages of intrinsic postmating isolation among different populations and lineages of Epidendrum denticulatum, a Neotropical orchid distributed across different biomes in South America. We estimated genetic diversity and structure for both nuclear and plastid markers, using a haplotype network, differentiation tests, Bayesian assignment analysis, and divergence time estimates of the main lineages. Reproductive barriers among divergent lineages were examined by analyzing seed viability following reciprocal crossing experiments. Strong plastid phylogeographic structure was found, indicating that E. denticulatum was restricted to multiple refuges during South American forest expansion events. In contrast, significant phylogeographic structure was not found for nuclear markers, suggesting higher gene flow by pollen than by seeds. Large asymmetries in seed set were observed among different plastid genetic groups, suggesting the presence of polymorphic genic incompatibilities associated with cytonuclear interactions. Our results confirm the importance of phylogeographic studies associated with reproductive isolation experiments and suggest an important role for outbreeding depression during the early stages of lineage diversification. © 2013 The Society for the Study of Evolution.

Caribbean Council for Social and Economic Development: report on visits to some CDCC member countries and examination of issues relating to the establishment of COSED

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Programa de trabajo estadístico internacional para América Latina y el Caribe, 1997-1998: Subprograma 1: adaptación y producción de estadísticas básicas en el marco de una estrategia regional para la implementación del Sistema de Cuentas Nacionales 1993 (SCN 1993) = Programme of international statistical work for Latin America and the Caribbean, 1997-1998: Subprogramme 1: adaptation and production of basic statistics in the framework of a regional strategy for the implementation of the System of National Accounts 1993 (SCN 1993)

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Informe del Seminario Regional de Expertos sobre Comparaciones del Sistema de Cuentas Nacionales y del Sistema de Balances de la Economía Nacional en América Latina = Report of the Regional Seminar of Experts on Comparisons of the System of National Accounts and the System of Balances of the National Economy in Latin America

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Preliminary examination of possibilities for increased trade between CARICOM and non-CARICOM CDCC countries: draft

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