Technological a priori and Communicative Action in Kurt Vonnegut’s Player Piano by Mete Han Arıtürk, Mehmet Büyüktuncay

“…In Player Piano, Kurt Vonnegut’s critical depiction of the extremely technologized and automated social world in a near future America slightly predates and even heralds the above-mentioned critical theorists’ analyses of the ideological nature of technology under corporate capitalism. …”
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El primer día de la niñez después de la guerra by María Paz Gómez-Gaviria

“…Pero este día del niño del año 2017 tuvo una particularidad, porque es el primero que se celebra en el país después del cese al fuego que puso fin al conflicto entre el Estado y la guerrilla más antigua de América Latina, las Farc. La pregunta se abre para interpelar a todo un país, ¿qué celebramos en el pasado día de los niños y niñas?…”
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La ciencia política y las políticas públicas: notas para una reconstrucción histórica de su relación by Germán Darío Valencia Agudelo, Yohan Alexis Álvarez

“…Para ello realiza una revisión de la literatura que permite: primero, hacer una descripción de la propuesta transdisciplinar de Harold Lasswell, segundo, sintetizar los desarrollos teóricos y prácticos del estudio de las políticas públicas, tercero, mostrar cómo la ciencia política convirtió al estudio de las políticas públicas en una de sus subdisciplinas, generando una gran cantidad de trabajos en el contexto internacional, y cuarto, presentar algunas alusiones sobre la evolución del estudio de las políticas públicas en América Latina y Colombia.…”
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Lymphocutaneous Sporotrichosis Refractory to First-Line Treatment by Walter Belda, Luiz Felipe Domingues Passero, Ana Thereza Stradioto Casolato

“…Sporotrichosis is a fungal infection endemic in Latin America and has been attributed to the thermodimorphic fungus of the genus Sporothrix. …”
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Camellias at a Glance by Sydney Park Brown

“…Native to Asia, the first camellia plants were brought to America in 1797 and grown in New England greenhouses. …”
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The Tune of Thinking: Gertrude Stein’s Narration by Abigail Lang

“…Written out to be spoken to an audience, the four lectures that constitute Narration (1935) take up where the Lectures in America left off and intend to think out narrative in relation to knowledge and the possible merging of prose and poetry. …”
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Redbay Ambrosia Beetle Xyleborus glabratus Eichhoff (Insecta: Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae) by Rajinder Mann, Jiri Hulcr, Jorge E. Peña, Lukasz Stelinski

“…Laurel wilt is a relatively new disease, and much is still unknown about how it will impact the flora of North America. This revised 7-page fact sheet highlights what we do know about this important new pest. …”
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Bush versus Bin Laden in Time by Johann de Wet

“… This article is based on qualitative research, which structurally analyses commentary on the September 11 (2001) attacks on America and the divide between the American administration and the Al-Qaeda network (personified respectively by President George W. …”
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Precio del maíz en México y ley del precio único by Miguel Ángel Martínez Damián, Jaime Arturo Matus Gardea

“…El abasto de maíz debe cubrirse con importaciones de Estados Unidos de América ( ee. uu. ). Si dicho intercambio es de libre comercio, entonces debe observarse la ley del precio único ( lpu ). …”
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La documentación de las lenguas patagónicas en el gabinete de Samuel A. Lafone Quevedo. El Vocabulario Guenaken by Marisa Malvestitti, María Emilia Orden

“…Towards the end of the nineteenth century, during the boom of the description of indigenous groups in Latin America, Samuel A. Lafone Quevedo (1835-1920) began his work of collection and linguistic description. …”
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Urinary Aspergillosis in a Patient with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) by Mayara Gabriele Toledo, Hugo Rodrigues Alves, Isadora Cambruzzi, Laís Lopes Pires, Mariana Rossi, Ana Carolina Gonçalves Brito, Andrea D’Avila Freitas, Natalia Chilinque Zambão da Silva

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El pensamiento de la CEPAL (2009-2018): hacia una estrategia neoestructuralista de desarrollo basada en un enfoque de derechos by Alicia Bárcena, Ricardo Bielschowsky, Miguel Torres

“…Textos seleccionados del periodo 2008-2018, publicado con motivo de la conmemoración de los 70 años de la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL) en 2018 (Bárcena, Bielschowsky y Torres, 2018). …”
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Keiferia azapaensis sp. nov., the first representative of the New World micromoth genus Keiferia Busck (Lepidoptera, Gelechiidae) associated with a member of Asteraceae by Héctor Vargas

“…The New World micromoth genus Keiferia Busck, 1939 (Lepidoptera, Gelechiidae, Gelechiinae, Gnorimoschemini) includes 21 described species, ten of which occur in South America. Like the tomato pinworm, K. lycopersicella (Walsingham, 1897), all the species of Keiferia, whose host plants have been documented, are associated exclusively with members of the family Solanaceae.Keiferia azapaensis sp. nov. is described and illustrated, based on adults reared from leaf miner larvae collected on the shrub Trixis cacalioides (Kunth) D. …”
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El debate sobre el origen de los indígenas americanos durante el siglo XVI by Darío Redolat-Berges

“… La occidentalización de América fue un proceso histórico complejo y cargado de matices. …”
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El eventual legado de Mariátegui en la composición ideológica de Sendero Luminoso by Mariano García de las Heras González

“…Su producción intelectual está acompañada de un compromiso político con las ideas transformadoras aplicadas al conjunto de América Latina y, de manera especial, a Perú. Sus aportaciones teóricas y sus propuestas prácticas para organizar a la clase obrera del país andino son motivo de disputa ideológica en el seno del comunismo peruano durante las décadas centrales del siglo XX. …”
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Preventing Foodborne Illness: Typhoid Fever—Salmonella Typhi by Keith R. Schneider, Renée Goodrich Schneider, Rachael Silverberg

“…Typhoid fever is easily controlled and relatively uncommon in the United States, but an estimated 21.5 million people per year are affected by typhoid fever in developing nations including regions in Asia, Africa, and South America. Many of the cases of typhoid fever in the United States are acquired through international travel to these regions. …”
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Management Considerations for Wheat Production in Florida by David L. Wright, Ann R. Blount, Ron D. Barnett, Cheryl L. Mackowiak, Nicholas Dufault, James Marois

“…Since increasing amounts of corn have been diverted to ethanol production, there is a shortage of grain for America’s livestock industry. This shortage results in higher wheat and soybean prices. …”
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Money, the market, and the military origins of the American System by Nicholas Miller Trebat

“…Though the roots of this system in military-industrial policy are well-established, economists continue to suggest that technical progress in 19th-century America was a market-driven affair, led by entrepreneurs eager to reduce production costs and obtain patents. …”
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DISCURSOS SOBRE LAS SEXUALIDADES ENTRE JÓVENES UNIVERSITARIOS/AS: LO FAMILIAR COMO MODELIZADOR DE LA DISCURSIVIDAD GENERACIONAL by RAFAEL BLANCO

“…Diversas producciones en América Latina señalan la emergencia, entre las y los jóvenes, de un discurso generacional de ruptura con los modelos y roles tradicionales de género y las representaciones estigmatizadoras sobre las sexualidades. …”
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An Overview of Global Papaya Production, Trade, and Consumption by Edward A. Evans, Fredy H. Ballen

“…Papaya has become an important agricultural export for developing countries, where export revenues of the fruit provide a livelihood for thousands of people, especially in Asia and Latin America. Papaya exports contribute to the growing supply of healthy food products on international markets. …”
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