Europa y Estados Unidos ante los Derechos Humanos en Cuba by Susanne Gratius

“…El caso cubano señala el alto grado de politización del tema de los derechos humanos en las relaciones internacionales, puesto que el debate se centra en la falta de derechos civiles y políticos o de las libertades democráticas en el único régimen autoritario de las Américas. Cuba demuestra, al mismo tiempo, que tanto las sanciones impuestas por Washington como el compromiso condicionado de la UE no han sido estrategias eficaces para promover los derechos humanos en la isla. …”
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Reparative Justice Vis-a Vis the legacy of slavery in the Caribbean. Interregional perspectives by Claudia Rauhut

“…This topic is also under discussion in Latin America as a part of the “afro-reparations” approach. …”
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Bioinspired Implementation and Assessment of a Remote-Controlled Robot by Yves Rybarczyk, Diogo Gil Carvalho

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Le touriste malgré lui : John Edgar Wideman et la Martinique by Michel Feith

“…He is both an outsider—in matters of language and citizenship—and an insider—as a member of the African diaspora in the Americas, and through his French girlfriend. To go to an alien nation is to experience alienation, hopefully leading to “the clarifying distance and difference” that allows a novel outlook on one’s own identity. …”
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Sulfated Glycans and Related Digestive Enzymes in the Zika Virus Infectivity: Potential Mechanisms of Virus-Host Interaction and Perspectives in Drug Discovery by Vitor H. Pomin

“…As broadly reported, there is an ongoing Zika virus (ZIKV) outbreak in countries of Latin America. Recent findings have demonstrated that ZIKV causes severe defects on the neural development in fetuses in utero and newborns. …”
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The use of Telenomus remus (Nixon, 1937) (Hymenoptera: Scelionidae) in the management of Spodoptera spp.: potential, challenges and major benefits by Yelitza Coromoto Colmenarez, Dirk Babendreier, Francisco Ramón Ferrer Wurst, Carlos Luis Vásquez-Freytez, Adeney de Freitas Bueno

“…Among the various natural enemies reported for FAW, the egg parasitoid Telenomus remus has gained most interest, and has been mass released against FAW in the Americas for many years. In addition to FAW, other armyworms of the genus Spodoptera often cause high crop damage and may be controlled using T. remus. …”
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Entre dualidades e opressões: análises interseccionais da identidade negra e das estruturas de poder nas obras de Lélia Gonzalez, W.E.B. Du Bois, Saidiya Hartman e Mary Douglas by Francisca Raquel de Oliveira Temoteo

“…Será a menina cativa torturada e assassinada, junto a sua amiga, em um navio negreiro rumo às Américas? De quem são essas almas? Com a leitura de Lélia Gonzalez (1983), W.E.B Du Bois (2021), Saidiya Hartman (2020) e de suas vivências, pode-se concluir que todas essas histórias, entre muitas outras que aparecem, constituem várias identidades que não são fixas, mas múltiplas, até mesmo o conceito de simbólico de Mary Douglas (1976) nos fornece outras intersecções que podem ser marcadores de corpos marginalizados histórica e politicamente. …”
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Increased Early‐Mortality in Children With Solid Tumors During the COVID‐19 Pandemic in a Middle‐Income Country by Oscar Ramirez, Vivian Piedrahita, Santiago Bolivar, Karina Grillo, Adriana Linares, Carlos Pardo, Martha Piña, Amaranto Suarez, Carlos A. Portilla, Jesus Ardila, Viviana Lotero, Luz A. Urcuqui, Angela Trujillo, Patricia Montenegro, Luis E. Bravo, Paula Aristizabal, VIGICANCER Working Group

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The role of the behavioral immune system in the expression of short and long-term orientation in young Chilean men during the COVID-19 pandemic by Oriana Figueroa, Pablo Polo, Daniel Torrico-Bazoberry, Gabriela Fajardo, Carlos Rodríguez-Sickert, Nohelia Valenzuela, Abigail Arenas, Paula Pavez, Montserrat Belinchon, Gabriela Valdebenito, José Antonio Muñoz-Reyes

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« I Speak According to the Book » : écriture et logos dans Nixon in China de John Adams et Alice Goodman by Mathieu Duplay

“…In Nixon in China, composer John Adams and librettist Alice Goodman recount 1970s America’s historic encounter with Maoist China. In the process, they draw attention to the cognitive function of writing and especially to the different ways in which ideogrammatic and alphabetic writing systems shape experience and thought. …”
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Resilient Cultural Practices in Mexican Immigrant Families: Children’s Helping and Parental Goals and Aspirations by Angélica López-Fraire, Maricela Correa-Chávez

“…The families varied in their experience with Learning by Observing and Pitching In (LOPI), a way of organizing learning that is consistent with the traditions of Indigenous and Indigenous-heritage communities of the Americas. Based on previous research in Mexico, we expected to find differences between the families related to familiarity with middle-class ways of organizing learning (associated with increased schooling) or familiarity with LOPI. …”
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Cólera en el vapor Araguaya, 1910: epidemias en la travesía inmigratoria entre Europa, Brasil y Argentina by Fernanda Rebelo-Pinto, Gilberto Hochman

“…En las primeras décadas del siglo XX, en los protocolos sanitarios de los puertos de América del Sur se aplicaron los conocimientos y las técnicas de la bacteriología para el diagnóstico y el control de enfermedades. …”
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Two Atypical Cases of Hantavirus Infections from Sri Lanka by N. D. B. Ehelepola, B. M. L. S. Basnayake, S. M. B. Y. Sathkumara, K. L. R. Kaluphana

“…The Old World (Asia and Europe) viruses give rise to hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS), and the New World (Americas) viruses cause hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HPS). …”
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Trajectories and political context of grass-roots citizen organizations: The control of corruption in Ecuador by Héctor Manuel Gutiérrez-Magaña

“…The study examines press releases, reports, interviews and survey data from the following sources: Barómetro de las Américas, Latinobarómetro y Perfiles de Opinión. The scrutinized data provides valuable insights about how the capacity of leaders to achieve public recognition and expedite institutional consolidation is related to the ways in which ordinary citizens gain access to oversight organizations in three different political contexts. …”
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Global Knowledge-Intensive Business Services Trade Flows. The Revealed Competitive Position of Europe and Central and Eastern Europe by Brodzicki Tomasz

“…The results indicate that Europe in 2021 was still the largest KIBS exporter globally, however, with declining shares due to Asia and the Americas’ growth over the analysed period. The article further explores the competitive position of the CEE region which became an integral part of the sector in Europe and a favourite destination for nearshoring as well as backshoring projects. …”
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Bioactive compounds and composition of Elaeis oleifera mesocarp oil extracted by hydraulic pressing by R. Antoniassi, A.E. Wilhelm, A.M.M. Guedes, A.F. Faria-Machado

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Old Nick Crossed the Mississippi: The Figure of the Devil in Late Cold War Era Novels of the American West by Michael Walonen

“…Scott Poole illustrates in his study Satan in America – appears with great frequency within the corpus of the literature of the American West. …”
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Numbers of environmental injustice: The measurement of impunity in Mexico by Juan Antonio Le Clercq, Celeste Cedillo

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Subacute Histoplasmosis with Focal Involvement of the Epiglottis: Importance of Differential Diagnosis by F. Ahumada, D. Pérez, M. de Górgolas, B. Álvarez, A. Ríos, A. Sánchez, JM. Villacampa

“…Histoplasmosis is an endemic mycosis of the Americas, Africa, and Asia. In Spain, it is the most common imported endemic mycosis appearing in the literature, and its incidence is on the rise. …”
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Transcriptomic resources for Bagrada hilaris (Burmeister), a widespread invasive pest of Brassicales. by Michael E Sparks, David R Nelson, Robert L Harrison, Nicholas R Larson, Daniel Kuhar, Ariela I Haber, Sam D Heraghty, Zarley Rebholz, Dorothea Tholl, Ian M Grettenberger, Donald C Weber, Dawn E Gundersen-Rindal

“…The bagrada bug, Bagrada hilaris (Burmeister), is an emerging agricultural pest in the Americas, threatening agricultural production in the southwestern United States, Mexico and Chile, as well as in the Old World (including Africa, South Asia and, more recently, Mediterranean areas of Europe). …”
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