Transportation, Social Inequality and Spatial Capital: Comparative Analysis between Buenos Aires and Santiago de Chile by Ricardo Apaolaza, Jorge Blanco, Natalia Lerena, Ernesto López-Morales, Michael Lukas, Maite Rivera

“…This paper studies how the characteristics of Latin American urban transportation generate dimensions of dispute of ‘spatial capital’, meaning an individually internalizable type of urban resource which results from the combination of objective material conditions and subjective socio-cultural conditions. …”
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From the Editors by Yang Kuang, Ying-Cheng Lai, Zhiming Zheng

“…Withthis exciting backdrop in mind, the American Institute of Mathematical Sciences(AIMS) and Beihang University have decided to launch a joint international journalon mathematical biosciences and engineering. …”
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Sex and gender differences in pain perception and management in clinical settings by Jakara Morgan, Krystal Magwood, Joslyn Smith, Marjorie R. Jenkins, Alyson J. McGregor, Kelly M. Quesnelle

“…Chronic pain, which is described as pain lasting for greater than 3 months, accounts for a large percentage of economic debt in the United States, with approximately 20% of Americans experiencing a form of chronic pain. Despite the current pharmacologic recommendations for pain treatment, there are differences in how medications are prescribed to patients. …”
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Postmodernism and the need for story and promise: how Robert Jenson's theology addresses some postmodern challenges to faith by A. H. Verhoef

“… Modernity’s belief that we live in a narratable world (a world with a story) and its confidence in progress (a world with a promise), are terminated by postmodernism’s insights. This is how the American Lutheran theologian Robert Jenson understands the impact of postmodernism. …”
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Navigating pitfalls and misinterpretations in the use of historical sources for Huemul (Hippocamelus bisulcus) conservation: A critique to Flueck et al. (2023) by Norma I. Díaz, Paulo Corti

“…In a recent article, Flueck et al. (2023) argue that the huemul (Hippocamelus bisulcus), an endemic South American deer species, historically occupied open habitats and islands, such as Tierra del Fuego, and that its decline was primarily due to indigenous hunting, commercial export of hides to Europe, habitat alteration by settlers, and the introduction of exotic species. …”
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Coda: The Open by Michael Palmer

“…Exploring little known areas in American poetry, namely the 1973 anthology of Open Poetry put out by Ronald Gross and George Quasha, but also Charles Olson’s projective verse project, the full scope of Duncan’s Opening of the Field comes into view as an attempt at a new condition of poetry, as a kind of topological reality, where compositional decisions proceed seemingly from ad hoc pressures as if it too were a form of listening to the text. …”
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Political Risk in Latin America by David Soto Bello

“…In addition, we indicate the adverse effects that specific economic policies and impeachment processes have on Latin American stock markets. In conclusion, this research proposed to advance the political science literature and finance interception, and it does it by motivating the discussions. …”
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“Living the Dying Inside”: Writing Violence in Toni Morrison’s A Mercy by Claudine Raynaud

“…Symbolically, like the Native American ritual corn-husk dolls, a faceless daughter faces an inaudible mother. …”
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Between revolution and human rights: the testimonies of Brazilian exiles at the Russell Tribunal II by Felipe Magaldi, Cynthia Sarti

“…Abstract: In this article, we study the testimonies given at the Russell Tribunal II, held in Rome in 1974 with the objective of denouncing Latin American dictatorships. The event was attended by exiles who had been arrested and tortured after joining clandestine organizations opposing Brazil’s military dictatorship. …”
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Freeze-Dried Muscadine grape: a New Product for Health-Conscious Consumers and the Food Industry by Ali Sarkhosh, Fariborz Habibi, Steven A. Sargent

“…Recent research demonstrated the fruit’s significant contribution of beneficial phytochemicals to the typical American diet; and thereafter, the demand for muscadine grapes considerably increased. …”
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Contemplation and social transformation: the example of Thomas Merton by P. Sheldrake

“…It takes as its paradigm the life and writings of Thomas Merton (Fr Louis), an American Cistercian monk at the Abbey of Gethsemani, Kentucky, who became one of the most widely-read and influential spiritual writers as well as Christian social commentators of the mid-twentieth century. …”
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History and trajectory of Rossetti's works ‘after Dante’: between private collections and museums by Yannick Le Pape

“… If we trace masterpieces by Rossetti "from Dante", we can observe that the most part remains in British or North American collections, although we had in mind that museums of the whole world would have got such emblematic items. …”
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Review of strategies to promote active aging in Ibero-America by Claudia Troncoso Pantoja, Ximena Díaz Martínez, Miquel Martorell Pons, Gabriela Nazar Carter, Yeny Concha Cisternas, Igor Cigarroa Cuevas

“…The objective of this review is to identify interventions or recommendations aimed at promoting active aging in Ibero-American countries. The search for evidence was carried out in publications of articles available between 2010 and 2019, using the Medline, Scopus, Scielo, Science-Direct, Virtual Health Library, MEDES and Dialnet databases. …”
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Progress and Criticism of Progress as a Characteristic of Modern Civilizations in the Work of Friedrich Nietzsche and Ludwig Wittgenstein by Ulrich Arnswald

“…Ludwig Wittgenstein explicitly distances himself here from the spirit that defined the prevailing European and American civilization in the 1930s. He does not succumb to the delusions of grandeur of new, higher-level civilization, but leaves progress as the constantly progressing background noise of any civilization. …”
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Cutaneous Necrotizing Vasculitis and Leukopenia in a Cocaine User: Is Levamisole the Culprit? by Lara El Khoury, Nabil Zeineddine, Richard Felix, Mark Goldstein

“…The health burden of levamisole is serious since it is estimated that over 5 million Americans use cocaine and that 70% of the cocaine used in the USA contains levamisole. …”
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Coccidioidomycosis of the Vocal Cords Presenting in Sepsis: A Case Report and Literature Review by Curtis Converse, Atish Dey, Samuel Decker, Sarkis Arabian, Michael Neeki

“…Coccidioidomycosis is a predominantly pulmonary disease caused by species of Coccidioides, a fungus endemic to the American Southwest. Most cases involve exclusively pulmonary manifestations while less than one percent present with disseminated infection, usually with meningeal or skin involvement. …”
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Birdfeeders: What to Consider When Selecting by Mark E. Hostetler, Martin B. Main, Maena Voigt

“…Today, more than 50 million Americans put out a billion pounds of birdfeed each year. …”
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MULTIMODAL HUMOUR ON OVERPOPULATION IN JOEL PETT’S ENVIRONMENTAL CARTOONS by Živilė Nemickienė, Dovilė Urbonienė, Julija Zabielinaitė

“…This study examines humour as a social instrument and focuses on the expression of humour, or irony in particular, in famous American cartoonist Joel Pett’s overpopulation cartoons. …”
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Bullous Lupus: An Atypical Case of Refractory Disease in a Patient with Sulfa Allergy by Maria Salgado Guerrero, Oscar Mena Miranda, Ana B. Arevalo, Nevena Barjaktarovic, Barbara Mendez

“…In this case report, we present a case of a 22-year-old African American woman with BSLE and impaired renal function with subsequent nephrotic range proteinuria concerning for lupus nephritis and autoimmune hemolytic anemia, refractory to systemic corticosteroids, immunoglobulin, and mycophenolate mofetil, requiring dapsone after careful desensitization due to prior history of angioedema with sulfa drugs. …”
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Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis as a Cause of Sudden-Onset Bilateral Sensorineural Hearing Loss: Case Report and Recommendations for Initial Assessment by Paul R. Ratmeyer, Benjamin R. Johnson, Luis P. Roldan, Tania L. Kraai

“…A specific diagnostic work-up to rule out autoimmune inner-ear disease in patients with bilateral SSNHL is not clearly stated in the clinical practice guidelines from the American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery. …”
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