Medio ambiente y desarrollo en un contexto centro-periferia by José Luis Samaniego, Jeannette Sánchez, José Eduardo Alatorre

“…Este documento tiene como objetivo presentar los aportes que se han realizado durante la última década desde la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL) a la discusión sobre la relación entre desarrollo y medio ambiente, cuya más reciente innovación ha sido la introducción del modelo de las tres brechas. …”
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Conditions of institutionalism application as a theoretical basis for economic analysis by I. A. Mankovsky

“…However, the problem of its application to the Russian state and society analysis is that institutionalism developed by American scientists is based on analyzing the political and legal system of the United States of America, which differ significantly from the political and legal system of Russia. …”
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Omnivorous Behaviour of the Agouti (Dasyprocta leporina): A Neotropical Rodent with the Potential for Domestication by Kegan Romelle Jones, Kavita Ranjeeta Lall, Gary Wayne Garcia

“…Similar studies in South America have shown that wild and captive reared agoutis consumed animal matter. …”
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Isolation and Phylogenetic Analysis of Atypical Porcine Pestivirus Isolates Identified in Russian Swine Herds by Afshona Anoyatbekova, Anton Yuzhakov

“…Atypical porcine pestivirus (APPV) was first identified in 2015 in North America by high-throughput sequencing. APPV is associated with congenital tremor A-II and is widely distributed worldwide. …”
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Chagas Disease Cardiomyopathy: Immunopathology and Genetics by Edecio Cunha-Neto, Christophe Chevillard

“…Chagas disease, caused by the protozoan Trypanosoma cruzi, is endemic in Latin America and affects ca. 10 million people worldwide. …”
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Intellectual property rights vs. public access rights: ethical aspects of the DeCSS decryptation program by Robert Vaagan, Wallace Koehler

“…He was sued by the US DVD Copy Control Association (DVD-CCA) and the Norwegian Motion Picture Association (MAP), allies of the US Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA), arrested by Norwegian police and charged with data crime. …”
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Haciendo ciencia en femenino: Filomena Ramírez y las estrategias de las maestras para producir y divulgar conocimiento en Chile by Natalia Gandara, Verónica Ramírez Errázuriz

“…El análisis se centra en el periodo de entre siglos (XIX-XX) y se enmarca en los procesos de institucionalización, profesionalización y especialización de las ciencias en América Latina, así como en la participación de las mujeres en estos. …”
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Hacia una definición de las antiguas periferias: un diálogo entre conceptos y casos a ambos lados del Atlántico by María Mercedes Di Virgilio, Thierry Lulle, Yasna Contreras, Françoise Dureau, Jean-Pierre Levy, Guillaume Le Roux

“…En este artículo nos proponemos reflexionar sobre las características y las funciones que en la actualidad desempeñan las primeras áreas suburbanas de las ciudades de América Latina. Se trata de antiguos espacios periféricos, de varias generaciones, en los cuales se establecieron las primeras industrias, otras actividades productivas o equipamientos sanitarios y/o contornos del casco antiguo en los que se produjeron los primeros loteos residenciales y que, merced al proceso de metropolización, se han integrado a la ciudad central. …”
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Improving Regional Dynamic Downscaling with Multiple Linear Regression Model Using Components Principal Analysis: Precipitation over Amazon and Northeast Brazil by Aline Gomes da Silva, Claudio Moises Santos e Silva

“…Tests for the Amazon and Northeast region of Brazil (South America) showed that the method provided a more realistic prediction in terms of average daily rainfall for the analyzed period prescribed, after comparing with the prediction made by set through the arithmetic averages of the simulations. …”
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La participación ciudadana en las políticas públicas de lucha contra la corrupción: respondiendo a la lógica de gobernanza by Luisa Fernanda Cano Blandón

“…En América Latina ha crecido la preocupación por la corrupción y, de manera especial, por encontrar fórmulas institucionales que permitan combatirla. …”
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Higher Education as Soft Power Potential of Russia by M. M. Lebedeva, J. Fort

“…Almost 80 % of them were from Asia, Africa and Latin America. There was a significant fall in international education in Russia after the collapse of the USSR. …”
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Suprema Corte e segregação racial nos moinhos da Guerra Fria by Sandro Luís Tomás Ballande Romanelli, Fabrício Ricardo de Limas Tomio

“…Resumo Este artigo investiga a influência da política externa norte-americana na Suprema Corte dos Estados Unidos da América no julgamento do caso Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, de 1954, buscando demonstrar a permeabilidade daquela Corte aos interesses da política externa norte-americana. …”
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White Garden Snail, Theba pisana (Mueller) (Gastropoda: Helicidae) by Jane E. Deisler, Lionel A. Stange

“… The white garden snail, Theba pisana (Mueller), is the worst potential agricultural pest of the helicid snails introduced to North America (Mead 1971). It is the most frequently intercepted foreign land snail (Hanna 1966, Mead 1971), generally arriving in shipments from the Mediterranean countries. …”
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Resolving issues in the genus Dioxys (Hymenoptera, Megachilidae, Dioxyini) in the West Palaearctic with a new identification key by T. J. Wood

“…The bee genus Dioxys is widely distributed across the Holarctic from the Mediterranean basin to western North America but is species-poor, and individual species can prove challenging to identify. …”
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Misiones económicas en Colombia y su incidencia en la educación técnica industrial (1930-1960) by Álvaro Acevedo-Tarazona, Dayana Lucía Lizcano-Herrera

“…Las misiones Kemmerer (1923, 1930), Currie (1949-1950) y Lebret (1954-1956) diagnosticaron el acontecer económico y social del país, y determinaron las condiciones para emprender procesos de crecimiento a partir del desarrollo de la educación técnica industrial en sus diferentes niveles, para así cumplir con los requerimientos de políticas externas que promovieron el desarrollo de América Latina, lo cual impulsó la formación técnica industrial y la consolidación del sistema educativo en general.…”
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Sampling and Analytical Method for Alpha-Dicarbonyl Flavoring Compounds via Derivatization with o-Phenylenediamine and Analysis Using GC-NPD by Stephanie M. Pendergrass, Jeffrey A. Cooper

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National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale: comparison of original and modified versions for Singapore culture by Shu Han Lim, Tai Yan Guek, Fung Peng Woon, Deirdre Danyi Tay, Shu Swen Ho, Szu Chyi Ng, Deidre Anne De Silva

“…Introduction: The National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS), originally designed in the United States of America, contains items on dysphasia and dysarthria that are deemed culturally unsuitable for the Singapore context. …”
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Future Trends in Worldwide River Nitrogen Transport and Related Nitrous Oxide Emissions: A Scenario Analysis by Carolien Kroeze, Sybil P. Seitzinger, Rita Domingues

“…The results indicate that moderate changes in the human diet in North America and Europe, reducing worldwide fertilizer use by only 16%, relative to Business-as-Usual (BAU) levels, may reduce DIN export rates to the North Atlantic and European Seas by about one third and associated N2O emissions by 36 to 77%. …”
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A Cross-Layer Location-Based Approach for Mobile-Controlled Connectivity by T. Inzerilli, Anna Maria Vegni, A. Neri, R. Cusani

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An investigation into the extent of, and reason for, the theory-to-practice disparity in Montessori early childhood settings in South Africa by Susanne van Niekerk

“…Previous Montessori research in Europe and North America has addressed the results of, but not the reasons for, modification to Montessori best practice. …”
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