Las guerrillas blancas: anticomunismo transnacional e imaginarios de derechas en Argentina y México, 1954-1972 by Luis Alberto Herrán Ávila

“…Desde una perspectiva comparada, se abordan, en lo particular, los imaginarios políticos esbozados por los grupos Tacuara en Argentina y el Movimiento Universitario de Renovadora Orientación (MURO) en México, y la manera en que intentaron insertarse en las cruzadas anticomunistas en sus respectivos países y en América Latina, entre 1954 y 1972. Enfrascados en sus propias luchas, aspiraciones y contradicciones, estos grupos buscaron crear espacios de militancia y acción nacionalista contrarrevolucionaria, y aunque marca - dos por la particularidad de lo nacional, fueron síntoma de una novedosa concepción de lucha política y espiritual contra el comunismo a escala global.…”
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Costos Estimados en el 2010 para Establecer y Producir Pitaya (Fruta Dragón) en el Sur de Florida by Edward A. Evans, Jordan Huntley, Jonathan Crane, Allen F. Wysocki

“…Un producto que ha llamado la atención es la pitaya, una especie de cactus trepador autóctona de las regiones de bosques tropicales de México, Centroamérica y América del Sur. De menos de 50 hectáreas plantadas en la Florida en fecha tan reciente como 2006, la producción se ha multiplicado por seis y ahora se estima en alrededor de 320 acres. …”
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La comprensión de la solidaridad. Análisis de estudios empíricos by Yicel Nayrobis Giraldo, Alexander Ruiz-Silva

“…En este escrito analizamos una serie de estudios empíricos sobrela solidaridad realizados en distintos países de América Latina. Se trata de trabajos en los queconvergen diversas disciplinas de las ciencias sociales, la educación y las humanidades, realizados enlos últimos catorce años. …”
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Rugose spiraling whitefly Aleurodicus rugioperculatus Martin (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) by Vivek Kumar, Cindy L. McKenzie, Catharine Mannion, Ian Stocks, Trevor Smith, Lance S. Osborne

“…It is an introduced pest, endemic to Central America, and was reported for the first time in Florida from Miami-Dade County in 2009. …”
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On Cytheridella whitmani sp. nov. (Crustacea, Ostracoda) from Cape Cod (Massachusetts, USA), with a reappraisal of the taxonomy of the genus by Koen Martens, Nadiny Martins de Almeida, Michael Shribak, Janet Higuti, Isa Schön

“…The literature on the genus is reviewed and the synonymy of the fossil Cytheridella boldii Purper, 1974 with the type species C. ilosvayi Daday, 1905, both described from South America, is confirmed. The status of Cytheridella americana (Furtos, 1936) is reverted to that of “uncertain species”. …”
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Variación léxica de las locuciones verbales de Colombia y España by Gloria Viviana Nieto Martín

“…A lo largo del análisis se destacarán, por una parte, la consistencia de los patrones de variación léxica del español general en series de locuciones verbales diatópicas y, por otra, las características de las locuciones verbales de Colombia, como reflejo de la realidad lingüística (español de América y lenguas indígenas) y cultural del continente. …”
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Prediction of mental strength from the satisfaction of basic needs in CABA and GBA esports players by Pablo Christian González Caino

“…However, being an area still growing, few studies have addressed them in Latin America. This study aimed to determine the relationship and predictors of mental toughness from the satisfaction of basic needs in amateur esports players from the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires and Greater Buenos Aires, Argentina. …”
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Rugose spiraling whitefly Aleurodicus rugioperculatus Martin (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) by Vivek Kumar, Cindy L. McKenzie, Catharine Mannion, Ian Stocks, Trevor Smith, Lance S. Osborne

“…It is an introduced pest, endemic to Central America, and was reported for the first time in Florida from Miami-Dade County in 2009. …”
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Sulfated Glycans and Related Digestive Enzymes in the Zika Virus Infectivity: Potential Mechanisms of Virus-Host Interaction and Perspectives in Drug Discovery by Vitor H. Pomin

“…As broadly reported, there is an ongoing Zika virus (ZIKV) outbreak in countries of Latin America. Recent findings have demonstrated that ZIKV causes severe defects on the neural development in fetuses in utero and newborns. …”
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Acute Cholestatic Hepatitis A Virus Infection Presenting with Hemolytic Anemia and Renal Failure: A Case Report by Robert T. Lapp, Fedja Rochling

“…A 42-year-old Caucasian male presented with cholestasis, hemolytic anemia and renal failure after consuming street tacos in Central and South America while on a business trip. His protracted course required corticosteroid therapy, multiple sessions of plasma exchange, and numerous units of packed red blood cells. …”
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Mina Loy’s Surrealist Strategies of Renewal by Diane Drouin

“…In her essay “Modern Poetry,” published in the little magazine Charm in 1925, the British artist Mina Loy identified the source of the renewal of the English language in the streets of New York, famously claiming: “It was inevitable that the renaissance of poetry should proceed out of America, where latterly a thousand languages have been born.” …”
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Legislative Institutionalization: Historical Origins and Analytical Framework by Iván Mauricio Obando Camino

“…Este artículo revisa la teoría de la institucionalización legislativa que surgió en la Ciencia Política para analizar tendencias históricas en el Congreso de los Estados Unidos de América. Este artículo hace referencia al artículo The Institutionalization of the U.S. …”
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El consentimiento informado: una barrera para el respeto irrestricto al derecho a la protección de datos personales by Luis Bernardo Díaz Gamboa, Cindy Paola Rivera Ramírez

“…Colombia es uno de los países de América Latina que se ha sumado a la estrategia de incorporar al ordenamiento jurídico una regulación general de protección de datos personales, sin embargo, el instrumento jurídico resulta ineficaz a la hora de garantizar una política de tratamiento íntegra de la información sensible por cuenta de los operadores en el área de la salud, sin brindar garantías reales en el proceso de recopilación, almacenamiento, uso, actualización y transferencia, convirtiendo el consentimiento informado en una entrega de la intimidad del usuario del servicio de salud como requisito para acceder a un procedimiento médico.…”
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From Prion Diseases to Prion-Like Propagation Mechanisms of Neurodegenerative Diseases by Isabelle Acquatella-Tran Van Ba, Thibaut Imberdis, Véronique Perrier

“…In animals, the most frequent prion diseases are scrapie in sheep and goat, bovine spongiform encephalopathy in cattle, and the emerging chronic wasting disease in wild and captive deer in North America. The hallmark of prion diseases is the deposition in the brain of PrPSc, an abnormal β-sheet-rich form of the cellular prion protein (PrPC) (Prusiner 1982). …”
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As Disparidades Regionais na Produtividade per Capita da China através da Ótica Internacional by Ronald A. Edwards

“…Segundo, as disparidades na China são comparáveis àquelas observadas entre grupos de países da Europa e América Latina. Terceiro, evidenciou-se que durante o período de 1978-91, a gama de experiências de mobilidade entre as províncias chinesas é da metade do tamanho da observada entre os demais países, durante o mesmo período. …”
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Unravelling Mortality in Enslavement. Patterns and Determinants of Mortality Among the Enslaved Population of Curaçao, 1839–1963 by Wieke Elien Metzlar, Nadeche Diepgrond

“…During the 19th century, enslaved populations in Latin America and the Caribbean were characterized by an excess of deaths, indicating the harsh living conditions they were forced to live in. …”
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Amerika Birleşik Devletleri’nin NSC-68 Çerçevesinde Uyguladığı Soğuk Savaş Stratejisi ve Türkiye’ye Yansımaları by Serpil GÜDÜL

“…This report was a guide to the Cold War strategy of the United States of America (USA). The USA focused on nuclear armament and aimed to strengthen the military capacities of its allies within the framework of realistic policy outlined in NSC-68. …”
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Abortion Lawfare in Mexico's Supreme Court: Between the Right to Health and Subnational Autonomy by Rachel Sieder, Yacotzin Bravo Espinosa

“…We highlight a key area for future comparative inquiry on sexual and reproductive rights lawfare in Latin America: the interplay between supreme courts and subnational legislatures in federal systems, and the ways that this shapes movement and counter-movement framings and strategies.…”
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Elites and taxation: Perceptions of taxes among Córdoba businesspeople by Paulina Santa-Cruz

“…In order to analyze the configuration and transformations of tax systems in Latin America, it is essential to know how taxpayers perceive taxes. …”
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Ethical Issues in Pharmacologic Research in Women Undergoing Pregnancy Termination: A Systemic Review and Survey of Researchers by Christelle Gedeon, Alejandro A. Nava-Ocampo, Gideon Koren

“…The majority of studies were completed by international groups and not in North America or Western Europe. Conclusions. While a majority of respondents to the survey felt that, although research in women undergoing a pregnancy termination is ethically acceptable, 40% stated that it is not likely to be approved by institutional review boards of most North American medical institutions.…”
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