LEAN APPLICATIONS IN AN ENGINEERING RESEARCH LABORATORY by Jamison V. Kovach, Farah M. Almatri, Elizabeth L. Lakas

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¿Lecciones para el Ecuador? Descentralización y lecciones intergubernamentales en Europa by Frank Jonás

“… La descentralización es un tema relevante no solo en América Latina sino a nivel mundial, con avances diferentes en cada región y en cada país. …”
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The Activities of the Coroplastic Studies Interest Group by Erica Angliker

“…The Coroplastic Studies Interest Group (CSIG) held a meeting at the 121st Annual Meeting of the Archaeological Institute of America and the Society for Classical Studies in Washington, DC (January 3–6, 2020).…”
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The saprotrophic Pleurotus ostreatus species complex: late Eocene origin in East Asia, multiple dispersal, and complex speciation by Jing Li, Li-Hong Han, Xiao-Bin Liu, Zhi-Wei Zhao, Zhu L. Yang

“…The dispersal from East Asia to South America in the middle Oligocene was probably achieved by a long-distance dispersal event. …”
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Miracle Mission project potencies interrelationship between Latin American countries by Eglis Esteban García Alcolea

“…Carta al editor que se refiere a la importancia de la Misión Milagro como vía para fortalecer la relación entre nuestros países de América Latina.…”
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Hypothèses sur l’origine et la diffusion du complexe rituel du tlacaxipehualiztli by Anne-Marie Vié-Wohrer

“…This article tries to document similarities between rituals practised mostly by hunter-gatherers of the North of Middle America and one of the most famous Aztec ritual complex.…”
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Late Quaternary Ant Fossils From Packrat Middens (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): Implications for Climatic Change in the Chihuahuan Desert by William P. MacKay, Scott A. Elias

“…Packrat (Neotoma spp.) middens in rock-shelters provide important paleoecological records for the desert regions of North America. Specimens of various arthropod species accumulate in the middens and are cemented into a black, tarry mass by packrat urine.…”
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Retrospective Study Investigating the Prevalence and Clinical Significance of Hepatitis B Virus Precore and Basal Core Promoter Variants by Meaghan O’Brien, Adara Casselman, Gerry Smart, Ainsley Gretchen, Kelly Kaita, Kamran Kadkhoda

“…BACKGROUND: Hepatitis B virus (HBV) precore (PC) and basal core promoter (BCP) variants are well known; however, their prevalence in North America is unclear, especially among hepatitis B e antigen-negative patients.…”
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Hurricanes, industrial animal operations, and acute gastrointestinal illness in North Carolina, USA by Arbor J L Quist, Mike Dolan Fliss, David B Richardson, Paul L Delamater, Lawrence S Engel

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Health Communication Strategies to Prevent for the Chikungunya, Dengue and Zika by Denisse Isabel Suaste Pazmiño, Arianna Jael González Vargas, Karina Michelle Tricerri Moya

“…Health communication has become one of the key points for disease prevention and one of the fundamental axes of integrated health. The Latin America tropical areas have the highest incidence and prevalence of dengue, chikungunya and zika, which require greater health intervention. …”
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ESTUDIOS (INTER)CULTURALES EN CLAVE DE-COLONIAL by Catherine Walsh

“…Los «estudios culturales» en América Latina forman parte de una política de nombrar inscrita en legados y cartografiados frecuentemente como totalidad, ocultando o dejando pasar por alto las diferencias a su interior. …”
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Measuring Technical Efficiency in Venezuela: The Dual-Purpose Cattle System (DPCS) by Leonardo Ortega, Ronald W. Ward, Chris Andrew

“… The dual-purpose cattle system (DPCS) describes traditional cattle production practice in the lowland tropics of Latin America where a mix of Zebu, Criollo, and European breeds are used in meat and milk production (Sere and de Vacarro, 1985; Castillo, 1992). …”
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Measuring Technical Efficiency in Venezuela: The Dual-Purpose Cattle System (DPCS) by Leonardo Ortega, Ronald W. Ward, Chris Andrew

“… The dual-purpose cattle system (DPCS) describes traditional cattle production practice in the lowland tropics of Latin America where a mix of Zebu, Criollo, and European breeds are used in meat and milk production (Sere and de Vacarro, 1985; Castillo, 1992). …”
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The North American Repository for Archaeological Isotopes by Traci N. Billings, Erin Scott, Carlo Cocozza, Sean Hixon, Nicole Boivin, Patrick Roberts, Robert N. Spengler, Ricardo Fernandes

“…Abstract Here, we present the North American Repository for Archaeological Isotopes (NARIA), the largest open-access compilation of previously reported isotopic measurements (n = 28,374) from bioarchaeological samples in North America (i.e., Canada, Greenland, Mexico, and the United States of America) covering a time-frame of more than 12,000 years. …”
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Women geographers and the International Geographical Union by Joos Droogleever Fortuijn

“…Female representation is more often from high-income countries in Europe, North-America and Oceania and from Latin-America than from Asia and Africa.  …”
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Edgar Allan Poe et les meubles de la philosophie by Thomas Constantinesco

“…According to Stanley Cavell, America has “never ever expressed itself philosophically,” unless it be “in the metaphysical riot of its greatest literature.” …”
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Arquitectura Moderna Latinoamericana by Silvia Arango

“… En las últimas décadas se ha intensificado el estudio de la arquitectura moderna en América Latina hasta el punto que puede decirse que se ha completado el primer requisito de toda historiografía: el del inventario. …”
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Regards croisés sur l’action diplomatique française en Amérique latine : le voyage de Louis Jacquinot (1958) by Alvar de La Llosa

“…The visit of Jacquinot, a high-ranking civil servant, to South America in 1958 heralded a new orientation in France’s foreign policy towards Latin America, at a time when the election of de Gaulle to French Presidency allowed for a solution of the troubles in the French North African colony of Algeria, thus paving the way to new diplomatic activities. …”
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La integración física regional de la norpatagonia en el marco de los cambios estructurales sucedidos en los ’90: el caso de la ruta nacional 22 by Julio Anguita

“…La crisis de la deuda de los años ochenta provocó una profunda revaluación de la estrategia de desarrollo, hasta entonces basada en la sustitución de importaciones, que los países de América Latina habían seguido desde la segunda guerra mundial. …”
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LA INTEGRACIÓN REGIONAL DE LA NORPATAGONIA EN EL MARCO DE LOS CAMBIOS ESTRUCTURALES SUCEDIDOS EN LOS ’90: EL CASO DE LA RUTA NACIONAL 22 by Julio Anguita

“…La crisis de la deuda de los años ochenta provocó una profunda revaluación de la estrategia de desarrollo, hasta entonces basada en la sustitución de importaciones, que los países de América Latina habían seguido desde la segunda guerra mundial. …”
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