Mechanism of Trypanosoma cruzi Placenta Invasion and Infection: The Use of Human Chorionic Villi Explants by Ricardo E. Fretes, Ulrike Kemmerling

“…Congenital Chagas disease, a neglected tropical disease, endemic in Latin America, is associated with premature labor and miscarriage. …”
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The Effectiveness of Ultrasound Surveillance for Hepatocellular Carcinoma in a Canadian Centre and Determinants of Its Success by Korosh Khalili, Ravi Menezes, Tae Kyoung Kim, Leyla Kochak Yazdi, Hyun-Jung Jang, Suraj Sharma, Jordan Feld, Morris Sherman

“…BACKGROUND: The effectiveness of surveillance for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) using ultrasound (US) in North America has been questioned due to the predominance of patients of Caucasian ethnicity and larger body habitus.…”
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Chilli Thrips on Blueberries in Florida by Oscar E. Liburd, Babu R. Panthi, Douglas A. Phillips

“… Chilli thrips, (Scirtothrips dorsalis Hood; Thysanoptera: Thripidae), is an economically important pest of vegetable, fruit, and ornamental crops throughout Asia, Africa, Oceania, the Caribbean, and some parts of South America and is an invasive pest in several US states. …”
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Spanish Moth or Convict Caterpillar, Xanthopastis timais (Cramer) (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Noctiuidae) by John B. Heppner, Kathryn A. Barbara, Eileen A. Buss

“…Spotted larval forms of Spanish moth appear similar to lily borer larvae, Brithys crini (Fabricius) (Godfrey 1972) of Europe and the Old World tropics, but only the banded larval form of the Spanish moth occurs in North America. This document is EENY-271, one of a series of Featured Creatures from the Entomology and Nematology Department, Florida Cooperative Extension Service, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida. …”
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¿Volver a ser español ? Los descendientes franceses de exiliados republicanos y la posible recuperación de la nacionalidad de sus ascendientes by Evelyne Ribert

“…The motivations of the descendants of exiles residing in Latin America, who nearly 95% of the applicants, seem to be different, amalgamating practical considerations and symbolic considerations.…”
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EL TURISMO ALTERNATIVO COMO FACTOR DE CAMBIOS EN LA MOVILIDAD ESPACIAL EN LOS PAÍSES ANDINOS. by María Skoczek

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Blueberry Gall Midge on Southern Highbush Blueberry in Florida by Oscar E. Liburd, Douglas A. Phillips

“… Blueberry gall midge is a small fly native to North America that feeds on blueberries and cranberries. …”
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Políticas para la inserción laboral de jóvenes: estudios en Latinoamérica y Argentina by Paula Isacovich

“…En ese marco, en el artículo analizo y sintetizo diversas perspectivas de investigaciones enciencias sociales que enfocaron la inserción laboral juvenil en América Latina desde la escolarizacióny las políticas de fomento al empleo joven, o bien desde las experiencias de la gente joven en relacióncon la formación y el trabajo. …”
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Agustín Cueva in the 1960´s: Dilemmas about Ecuadorian Culture and Identity by Andrés Tzeiman

“…The present work traces the first stage of the work of Agustín Cueva (1937-1992), an Ecuadorian sociologist who represents one of the most important figures in the legacy of social thought in the second half of the 20th century, not only in his own country but also in Latin America. His works of the 1960s are studied, especially those during the second half of the decade since there is the beginning of the itinerary of his prolific intellectual production and, at the same time, it is the least widespread and more delayed stage in the approach of his work. …”
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Planificación estratégica, administraciones locales y desarrollo territorial: una experiencia de la cooperación euro-latinoamericana en Colombia by Carlo TASSARA

“…Within this context, the paper presents as case study the Project «European Union and Latin America for Welfare Integrated Policies» implemented between 2009 and 2013 under the URB AL Regional Programme. …”
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Blueberry Gall Midge on Southern Highbush Blueberry in Florida by Oscar E. Liburd, Douglas A. Phillips

“… Blueberry gall midge is a small fly native to North America that feeds on blueberries and cranberries. …”
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Cuando el diablo mete la cola: k´horo, chamanismos y mundos liminales en los Andes centro sur by Verónica S. Lema

“…This paper explores the trajectories and relationships of a plant mentioned in the early chronicles of the conquest of South America as “coro”. It compiles background information on the subject, analyses herbarium specimens, lexicographies and specimens obtained in markets in the central-southern Andean area in the last decade. …”
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Spanish Moth or Convict Caterpillar, Xanthopastis timais (Cramer) (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Noctiuidae) by John B. Heppner, Kathryn A. Barbara, Eileen A. Buss

“…Spotted larval forms of Spanish moth appear similar to lily borer larvae, Brithys crini (Fabricius) (Godfrey 1972) of Europe and the Old World tropics, but only the banded larval form of the Spanish moth occurs in North America. This document is EENY-271, one of a series of Featured Creatures from the Entomology and Nematology Department, Florida Cooperative Extension Service, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida. …”
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Cactus Moth, Cactoblastis cactorum (Berg) (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) by Dale H. Habeck, F. D. Bennett, Christine Miller

“…Since its arrival in the Florida Keys in 1989, this invasive species has become a serious threat to the diversity and abundance of Opuntia cactus in North America. The spread of this moth raises concerns about harm to rare opuntioid species (prickly pear and related cacti), the endangerment of wild opuntioids in the southwestern United States and Mexico, and the consequent effects on entire desert ecosystems and economic hardship for communities in Mexico that cultivate and sell Opuntia. …”
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Colorado Potato Beetle, Leptinotarsa decemlineata (Say) and False Potato Beetle, Leptinotarsa juncta (Germar) (Insecta: Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) by Richard L. Jacques, Jr.

“… True "potato beetles" are members of the beetle genus Leptinotarsa, with 32 species in North America, including Mexico; 10 species in the continental United States, including two species in Florida. …”
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Bermudagrass Stem Maggot—A New Pest in Florida by Ann Blount, Tim Wilson, Jay Ferrell, Russ Mizell, Jonael Bosques

“…The identification of the fly was the first record of this species in North America, and it has the potential to become a serious pest of bermudagrass and stargrass in Florida. …”
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Perú: Estado-Nación y sociedad multicultural by José Marín

“…Analizar histórica y culturalmente el modelo político de Estado-Nación, su aplicación en América Latina y concretamente en el Perú, considerando todas sus repercusiones, constituye el objetiuvo central de este artículo. …”
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U.S. public television in the digital era: from niche to “Greek marketplace”? by Hélène Palmeri

“…Motivated by the renewed interest for public media in the United States since 2008, as well as the return of a futuristic philosophical bent in official speeches, we examine the reality of public media 2.0 and the place of public television in the context of Obama’s America. Are the contradictions and the problems inherited from the liberal tradition really surpassed? …”
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Du Finis Hispaniae à l’Espagne du Plus Ultra, l’hispano-américanisme comme instrument de régénération nationale by David Marcilhacy

“…Appeared at the time of the collapse of the ultramarine Spanish empire, symbolized by the Finis Hispaniae launched in 1895 by Chamberlain, the Spanish-Americanist current arises within regenerationism as one of the most coherent discourse to modernize Spain, opening it to America while renewing itself with a discourse enhancing its past and its collective identity. …”
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The Narrative Structure of Amy Tan’s ‘The Bonesetter’s Daughter’: Myth as a Critical Element by E. M. Karavaeva

“…It also helps guide Lu Ling, Liu Xin's daughter and Ruth's mother, out of the hazardous situation in China and sustains Lu Ling in times of alienation and hardship in America. The article concludes that spirituality is essential for a subjugated woman character to achieve her personal and political freedom as well as her physical and spiritual wholeness.…”
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