David Lynch’s Los Angeles: Control and Liberation through the Cinematic Image by Jakob Jurisch

“…In my article, I will analyze how these films take stock of American West Coast lives of the late 20th and early 21st century, on the one hand providing a psychodrama of dreams gone bust, while on the other exploring the potential for a new iconography.…”
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Investigating the Role of Pragmatics in Cross-Cultural Communication: A Comparative Analysis of Speech Acts in Different Cultures by Rasha Hussan

“…The study conducts a comparative analysis of speech acts—such as requests, apologies, compliments, and directives—across American and British cultural contexts, examining how cultural norms, values, and linguistic conventions shape their expression and interpretation. …”
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Ips sexdentatus (Börner, 1767) by Yiyi Dong, Jiri Hulcr

“…While not yet recorded outside of its native range, it was listed the 2023 Priority Pest List designed by USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service and has a high invasion potential to the North American continent.     …”
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High Blood Pressure: What You Need to Know by Linda B. Bobroff

“…Bobroff, explains the currently known elements of High Blood Pressure–a condition that affects about one in every three American adults, yet often has no symptoms. Published by the UF Department of Family Youth and Community Sciences, August 2008. …”
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Candidate Species for Florida Aquaculture: Arapaima Arapaima gigas by Cortney Ohs, Jeffrey Hill, Sarah Wright, H. Mae Giddings, Allison Durland Donahou

“… Arapaima Arapaima gigas, also known as paiche and pirarucu, is a large South American freshwater fish with unique biology, favorable aquaculture characteristics, and potential for production in south Florida. …”
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High Blood Pressure: What You Need to Know by Linda B. Bobroff

“…Bobroff, explains the currently known elements of High Blood Pressure–a condition that affects about one in every three American adults, yet often has no symptoms. Published by the UF Department of Family Youth and Community Sciences, August 2008. …”
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William James and the Deepest South by Alexandre Mendes

“…This paper examines the impact on William James’s philosophical initiation of his trip to Brazil, in particular the Thayer Expedition (1865-1866), led by the Swiss-American scientist Louis Agassiz. My approach seeks to explore a “Southern transatlantic axis” in James’s thinking, which, I argue, has played a key role in the composition of his pluralistic point of view.…”
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Cervicogenic Headache by John Edmeads

“…That disease or dysfunction of the neck may present as headache is an idea that is not widely accepted in North American traditional medicine. This review focuses on 'cervicogenic headaches'. …”
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Chronic Diarrhea and Pancolitis Caused by Paracoccidioidomycosis: A Case Report by Eduar A. Bravo, Arturo J. Zegarra, Alejandro Piscoya, José L. Pinto, Raúl E. de los Rios, Ricardo A. Prochazka, Jorge L. Huerta-Mercado, Nancy L. Mayo, Martin Tagle

“…South American blastomycosis is a systemic micosis caused by infection with Paracoccidioides brasiliensis. …”
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Value-based healthcare in Latin America: a survey of 70 healthcare provider organisations from Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia and Mexico by Pedro Ramos, Marcia Makdisse, Daniel Malheiro, Marcelo Katz, Luisa Novoa, Miguel Cendoroglo Neto, Jose Henrique Germann Ferreira, Sidney Klajner

“…A previous national-level survey has shown that Latin American countries were in the early stages of alignment with VBHC. …”
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“Diversity’s good unless you have a Southern accent, then you’re a hick”: Self-evaluation, linguistic insecurity and symbolic domination in Middle Tennessee by Marc-Philippe Brunet

“…Due to its geographical and social distribution within the USA, SAE is considered by a large proportion of Americans to be one of the most salient varieties of American English, as well as one which is often regarded by speakers (including SAE speakers) as the most “incorrect” (Hasty, 2018; Preston, 1996, 2015; Preston and Robinson, 2008). …”
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Microbial solutions must be deployed against climate catastrophe by Raquel Peixoto, Christian R. Voolstra, Lisa Y. Stein, Philip Hugenholtz, Joana Falcao Salles, Shady A. Amin, Max Häggblom, Ann Gregory, Thulani P. Makhalanyane, Fengping Wang, Nadège Adoukè Agbodjato, Yinzhao Wang, Nianzhi Jiao, Jay T. Lennon, Antonio Ventosa, Patrik M. Bavoil, Virginia Miller, Jack A. Gilbert

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Loop underlay tympanoplasty for anterior, subtotal and total tympanic membrane perforations: a retrospective review by Rana Barake, Tamer El Natout, Marc Bassim, Mohammad Ali El Natout

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Understanding Equine Asthma and Recurrent Airway Obstruction (RAO) in the Horse by Amanda M. House

“…Since this article was originally published in July 2009, the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine proposed that the various inflammatory and hyperreactive airway conditions causing cough in horses be characterized under the term “equine asthma.” …”
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A New Genus of Microdontine Flies (Diptera: Syrphidae) With Notes on the Placement of the Subfamily by F. Christian Thompson

“…However, publication of a second species assignable to it by van Doesburg (1966) has necessitated publishing a name now for this genus so that it can be incIuded in the Catalog of South American Diptera.…”
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Understanding Equine Asthma and Recurrent Airway Obstruction (RAO) in the Horse by Amanda M. House

“…Since this article was originally published in July 2009, the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine proposed that the various inflammatory and hyperreactive airway conditions causing cough in horses be characterized under the term “equine asthma.” …”
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Clinical presentations and outcomes of celiac disease in children and adolescents at a tertiary care center in Lebanon by Dana Andari, Rima Hanna-Wakim, Sarah Khafaja, Nadine Yazbeck

“…The aim of this 10-year-retrospective study was to describe the common clinical presentations, diagnostic modalities, and the effect of the gluten-free- diet (GFD) on the growth of children and adolescents with celiac disease.MethodsThis was a retrospective chart review of subjects aged 6 months to 18 years who visited the Pediatric Gastroenterology clinic at the American University of Beirut Medical Center (AUBMC) between January 1, 2013, and June 30, 2023, and who were diagnosed with celiac disease based on serological markers and/or changes on histology of the small intestinal mucosal biopsies for those who underwent upper endoscopy, or HLA typing expressing the HLA-DQ2 or DQ8 gene for few subjects.ResultsThe study included 90 patients with celiac disease, of whom 64 were newly diagnosed during the study period. …”
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Point prevalence survey of antibiotics in a pediatric tertiary hospital in the Republic of Panama by Ximena Norero, Dora Estripeaut, Elizabeth Castaño, Jacqueline Levy, Paola Lichtenberger, José Pablo Díaz-Madriz, José Luis Bustos, Robin Rojas Cortés, Gabriel Levy-Hara

“…This point prevalence survey (PPS) conducted in a tertiary-level hospital in Panama followed the Pan American Health Organization’s adaptation of the methodology proposed by the World Health Organization for PPSs on antibiotic use. …”
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Dynamic Stabilisation in the Treatment of Degenerative Disc Disease with Modic Changes by Olcay Eser, Cengiz Gomleksiz, Mehdi Sasani, Tunc Oktenoglu, Ahmet Levent Aydin, Yaprak Ataker, Tuncer Suzer, Ali Fahir Ozer

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Public policy training in Latin America: Current status and challenges for political science by Nicolás Bentancur, Germán Bidegain, Rodrigo Martínez

“…The present article analyzes training in public policy at the undergraduate level in Political Science programs at 11 Latin American countries. This research addresses the profile of instructors, the most often quoted authors and texts and the importance granted to knowledge produced both inside and outside the region. …”
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