Addressing the Oncologist Shortage in Latin America: Insights From a Survey of Medical Oncology Fellowship Programs by Mauricio Zegarra-López, Alejandro Aranda-Gutierrez, Jose Felipe Muñoz Lozano, Cynthia Villarreal-Garza

“…Our study aimed to clarify unknowns, with the goal of identifying areas for improvement and potential expansion of fellowships.MATERIALS AND METHODSSixteen medical oncologists, each from a different Latin American country, were surveyed using an online questionnaire. …”
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The impact of formal education on literacy and numeracy skills in Chilean adults: a comparative analysis with Latin American counterparts by Fernando Moncada Nahuelquín, Romualdo Ibáñez Orellana, Romualdo Ibáñez Orellana, Victor Kuperman

“…Chile and other Latin American countries consistently demonstrate the lowest scores in the international surveys of foundational information-processing skills. …”
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Acute Febrile Illness Accompanied by 7th and 12th Cranial Nerve Palsy Due to Lyme Disease Following Travel to Rural Ecuador: A Case Report and Mini-Review by Teslin S. Sandstrom, Kumudhavalli Kavanoor Sridhar, Judith Joshi, Ali Aunas, Sheliza Halani, Andrea K. Boggild

“…Given the travel history to a South American country in which Lyme disease is exceedingly uncommon, consideration of infections acquired in Ecuador necessitated a broad differential diagnosis and more comprehensive microbiological testing than would have been required in the absence of tropical travel. …”
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Association between demographic, clinical characteristics and severe complications by SARS-CoV-2 infection in a community-based healthcare network in Chile. by Javiera Leniz, Sam Hernández-Jaña, Mauricio Soto, Eduardo Arenas, Paula Margozzini, Francisco Suarez, Daniel Capurro, María Paulina Rojas, Claudia Bambs

“…We aimed to evaluate the association between sociodemographic, clinical factors and the risk of COVID-19 complications among adults in Chile, the fifth Latin-American country with more COVID-19 reported cases since de beginning of the Pandemic.…”
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The performance of agriculture in latin america: analysing efficiency and efficacy in the region by Nelson Guilherme Machado Pinto, Vanessa Piovesan Rossato, Daniel Arruda Coronel, Aline Beatriz Schuh

“… The objective of this study was to analyze the performance of agricultural activities in Latin American countries based on efficiency and efficacy models using data from the decade beginning in the year 2000. …”
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Sectoral Growth Dynamics: Inequality Tradeoff and Sustainability in Central America by Manuel Antonio Vanegas Sr

“… This study is concerned with both the interlinks between inequality, extreme poverty reduction, and economic growth and estimates the dampening impact on economic growth and on extreme poverty rates using the Central American countries annualized level data. These dynamic complexities, are analyzed within the auto regressive distributed lag bounds testing approach to cointegration. …”
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If you seek, you will find: second record of Melanoloma viatrix Hendel, 1911 (Diptera, Richardiidae) in pineapple in Brazil and its distribution in the country by Aprigio L. Oliveira-Filho, Israel S. Pinto, Hilda B. Luz, Thiago H. R. Pádua, Francisco Limeira-de-Oliveira, Ricardo Adaime, Marcoandre Savaris, Roberto A. Zucchi

“…As in other South American countries, pineapple is the sole known host of M. viatrix. …”
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Shifting the focus of world industrial development from European countries and North America to Asia by A. V. Ivanchenko

“…It makes it possible to change the term “developed countries” meaning and extend it not only to European and North American countries, but also to a number of Asian and Latin American countries due to the ever-growing importance of these countries’ industry on a global scale.…”
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Epidemiology of Chagas Disease in the United States of America: A Short Review and Some Comments by Stephen A. Klotz

“…This report discusses autochthonous cases of Chagas disease as well as disease in immigrants from Latin American countries. Suggestions for epidemiology research and medical care are discussed given the evolving epidemiology of the disease in the United States of America.…”
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Continuités et ruptures dans l’accumulation et la régulation en Amérique latine dans les années 2000 : le cas de l’Argentine, du Brésil et du Chili by Egidio Luis Miotti, Carlos Quenan, Edgardo Torija Zane

“…Moreover, these South American countries share the risks of suffering the “Dutch disease” inhibiting the diversification of the economic structure and the growth in employment.…”
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Forecasting Latin America’s Country Risk Scores by Means of a Dynamic Diffusion Model by R. Cervelló-Royo, J.-C. Cortés, A. Sánchez-Sánchez, F.-J. Santonja, R.-J. Villanueva

“…Furthermore, the model reproduces and forecasts a slight increasing trend, on average, in the CRS dynamics for almost all Latin American countries over the next months.…”
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L'Amérique Latine sous le regard des frères Grandidier, explorateurs scientifiques polyvalents (1857-1859) by Jehanne-Emmanuelle Monnier

“…The Grandidier's travel narrative also offers a first-hand account of the political and social situation in Latin American countries following independence, as well as on the health conditions of the trip.…”
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Destierro y Encuentro. Aproximaciones al exilio latinoamericano en México 1954-1980 by Mónica Palma Mora

“…During the second half of the XX° century military regimes took over the political structures of many Latin American countries sending into exile thousands of persons. …”
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América Central: situación migratoria después de los conflictos by Cecilia Olmos

“…This paper analyses the political conflicts in three Central American countries: Nicaragua, El Salvador and Guatemala as well as the migratory process that was created as a result of the politically forced displacement of populations and how it affects two countries, Mexico and the United States. …”
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Inégalités d'accès, de formation et d'utilisation des technologies numériques pour les mathématiques à l'école dans deux pays d'Amérique latine : la Colombie et le Mexique by Ana Isabel Sacristán, Marisol Santacruz Rodríguez, Maria de Lourdes Miranda Quintero, Homero Enríquez Ramírez, Sandra Evely Parada Rico

“…We analyze the inequalities and limitations in integrating digital technologies (DT) in the schools of two Latin American countries: Colombia and Mexico. We aim to provide insights into the problems that our two countries face in relation to the access and use of DT with particular reference to mathematics education. …”
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Le Régime d’accumulation dans le Cône Sud-Americain depuis les années 1990 by Alexis Saludjian

“…The Accumulation Regime in the Southern American Countries since the 1990s. Regulation Crisis or Accumulation Crisis? …”
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International or National Orientation: A Comparative Study of Mexican Franchisors by Cesario Armando Flores Villanueva, María del Carmen Gaytán

“…Despite the importance of the franchise system in Latin American countries, few academic studies address the issue of internationalization. …”
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Las políticas de ayuda y de evacuación de los refugiados españoles en Francia durante la ocupación nazi by Ángel Herrerín López

“…This essay analyses the distribution of aid and the sending of refugees to America by both organizations, with special attention to the JARE, not forgetting questions that affected their work, as the extradition requests by the Franco regime and the policy of accepting refugees by the American countries.…”
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Ibero-American consensus statement on migraine treatment by José Miguel Láinez, Oscar Pradilla, Pablo Irimia, Fidel Sobrino, Michel Volcy, Pedro Kowaks, Ildefonso Rodríguez Leyva, Fiorella Martín, Lucía Zavala, Alex Espinoza

“…The objective of this document is to establish a consensus position on the pharmacological treatment of migraine, including general measures and detailed analysis of the different options for the treatment of attacks and their prevention, from the perspective of Ibero-American countries. Methods and results: Based on the recommendation documents published by the scientific societies of different Ibero-American countries, 2 surveys were prepared; through the application of the Delphi methodology and discussions in subsequent meetings, a document was developed in consensus format, supported by evidence from the literature and expert recommendations. …”
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Les disparus politiques en Uruguay, entre l’histoire et la mémoire by Eugenia Allier Montaño

“…Discussions on violence during the years 1960-1980 in South America have for some time been a central issue in the public space of many South American countries. Uruguay, having gone through a strongly repressive civic-military regime between 1973 and 1985, was no exception. …”
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