Living, Caring, Learning - Thinking outside the box to solve care challenges in a rare blood disorder by Hibner Sandra

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South Sea Daggers and the Dead Man’s Eye: Foreign Invasion in Fin-de-Siècle Optogram Fiction by Andrea Goulet

“…This is the age of post-Pasteurian fears of microbial contagion, of pre-Freudian theories of atavistic threats to civilized order, of Lombrosan anthropometry and its identification of the criminal classes in Europe with the ‘primitive’ peoples of Africa, South America, Asia, and the South Seas. These discourses—of biological vulnerability, of psychic pathology, and of social-geographical deviance—allow us to re-read the optical theme of the retinal membrane as symbol for the anxiety-provoking porosity of national and civic boundaries in an age of colonial exchange.…”
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Las fronteras del racismo en el teatro crítico de José Moreno Arenas by Susana Leticia Báez Ayala

“…La dramaturgia española de José Moreno Arenas, maestro del teatro mínimo e hiper - textual, incorpora uno de los temas señeros en la complejidad de los albores del siglo XXI: el racismo; sus obras: El cuchitril, El deseo, Las olas, El safari y La playa discuten el choque de mentalidades entre las poblaciones migrantes y las receptoras en la Euro - pa actual; destaca el doble papel que los españoles han vivido en el siglo XX, desde una mirada crítica, se cuestiona la falta de memoria del pueblo peninsular en relación con los procesos migratorios que vivieron a lo largo del siglo XX hacia América y el norte de Europa. Los aportes de Michel Foucault así como los de Iuri Lotman permiten analizar las relaciones de poder que establecen los Estados mediante la xenofobia.…”
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Eurocentrismo, ciencias sociales y transmodernidad by Juan Carlos Sánchez-Antonio

“…Para esta perspectiva eurocéntrica la cultura Africana no existe y América es el futuro. Ignoran que las civilizaciones africanas y amerindias tienen el mismo valor cronológico y cultural que el Oriente. …”
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Learning from our vulnerabilities: Insights from Octavia E. Butler’s parable of the sower and West Sumatra’s 2024 flood disasters by Sandika Edria, Rizano Gindho, Yeni Marliza

“…The novel explores how social and environmental degradation amidst the extreme weather and climate change in the fictional setting of America in 2024-2027 mirrors West Sumatra’s lack of preparedness to face similar situations in reality. …”
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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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'Florida Whitewater' Caladium - A University of Florida Cultivar by G. J. Wilfert, Brent K. Harbaugh, B. D. Miranda

“…Caladium xhortulanum Birdsey], grown for their colorful foliage, are members of the aroid family (Araceae Juss.) native to tropical America (Croat, 1979). Although their native habitat largely consists of dense, moist forests with heavy shade, many of the cultivars grown today retain their bright color in full sun (Bell and Wilfret, 1998). …”
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20th Anniversary of 9-11: Corporate Disaster Preparedness, Lessons Learned, and Ways Forward by Stefane Kabene, Said Baadel

“…The paper is based on selected interviews of some of the leading multinational companies in North America namely: American Express, Husky Injection Moulding Systems Ltd., and Johnson & Johnson with the aim of learning from their experience on how they dealt with their crisis situations in real life post September 11 events. …”
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The Nine-banded Armadillo (Dasypus novemcinctus) by Joseph M. Schaefer, Mark E. Hostetler

“… Armadillos are prehistoric-looking animals that belong to a family of mammals found primarily in Central and South America. The earliest fossil ancestor of our North American armadillo occurred about 60 million years ago; it was as large as a rhinoceros. …”
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The Impact of Fathers on Children’s Well-Being by Sarah M. Ellis, Yasmin S. Khan, Victor W. Harris, Ricki McWilliams, Diana Converse

“…This 5-page fact sheet provides a brief summary of the history of fatherhood in America and discusses the importance of involved fathers, and how mothers, other family members, and adult role models can make a positive impact in a child’s life. …”
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ATTEMPTS TO LEGITIMIZE POLITICAL POWER IN THE CENTRAL HIGHLANDS FROM THE COLONIAL TO THE POST-COLONIAL PERIOD by Nguyễn Văn Bắc

“…In this "wilderness", various actors from outside interfered in, or even invaded, this strategically important area - first the Cham people and Champa feudal dynasties, then the empire of Vietnam, the French colonial power, the Viet Minh (and their successors), and finally the South Vietnamese State and the United States of America. In this work, in addition to some common theories on legitimate domination, the author tries to apply several national perspectives to explain each player’s attempts in legitimizing and stabilizing their control over the Central Highlands from the French colonial period until Vietnam was entirely independent and united in 1975.…”
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Ontological and intercultural anthropology of health among the shuar peoples of Zamora-Chinchipe by Christian Tym

“…This article shows the connections between Anglophone anthropology and the political philosophy of interculturality, to which little attention has been given in Latin America. Specifically, the contributions of the so-called ‘ontological turn’ are detailed in order to develop a theory of interculturality that addresses the differences between Indigenous peoples and Western societies. …”
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Género y gestión del riesgo de desastres: análisis comparado de la agenda internacional y latinoamericana y caribeña by Ana Gabriela Fernández-Saavedra, Rosario González-Arias, Sandra Dema-Moreno

“…The results show that there has been an accelerated process of incorporating the gender perspective in disaster risk management on a global scale, but not in Latin America and the Caribbean, a geographical context in which said evolution has not been homogeneous or constant. …”
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Electric Aviation Development and Future Prospect by Li Zhoujinpeng

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Kerk en skoolonderwys in vier kerkordes by P. J. Strauss

“…This article looks into the famous – at least in some circles – church order of Dordt, and the present orders of three reformed churches: the Reformed Churches in South Africa, the Dutch Reformed Church and the Christian Reformed Church in North America. All three tend to be in the tradition of Dordt. …”
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Libélulas y Caballitos del Diablo (Insecta: Odonata) by Seth Bybee

“…Como resulto de su popularidad con el público, la libélula ha llegado a ser el enfoque de muchos esfuerzos conservatorios en Norte América, Europa, y Asia. Este documento, EENY-363, es uno de una serie de publicaciones del Departamento de Entomología y Nematología, UF/IFAS Extensión. …”
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La resistencia afrodescendiente en la Gobernación de Popayán by Francisco U. Zuluaga R.

“…¿Será, acaso, que se puede considerar la opresión sufrida por los habitantes criollos de América, bajo el régimen colonial, equiparable al sometimiento a la esclavitud de los afrodescendientes? …”
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Ideas filosóficas y políticas en Rafael María Baralt by Johan Méndez Reyes, Ana María Padrón Medina

“… Este texto destaca la falta de una narrativa crítica completa sobre las ideas filosóficas en América Latina, a pesar de la abundante literatura existente. …”
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Yellowmargined Leaf Beetle: A Pest of Cole Crops by Elena M. Rhodes, Oscar E. Liburd

“… The yellowmargined leaf beetle is a pest of cole or cruciferous crops that is native to South America. Since first reported in Mobile, Alabama, in 1947, the beetle has spread throughout the Gulf Coast from Texas to Florida and up into Georgia and North Carolina. …”
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Technetium-99m-labeled peptides and their applications in radio imaging: advancements in Latin American research by Vaezeh Fathi Vavsari, Saeed Balalaie

“…This study highlighted the potential of technetium-99m-labeled peptides in advancing diagnostic capabilities in directed research in Latin America.…”
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