Efficacy and Safety of Paromomycin for Visceral Leishmaniasis: A Systematic Review by Pashupati Pokharel, Rakesh Ghimire, Pratik Lamichhane

“…Visceral leishmaniasis, also known as kala-azar is one of the most commonly neglected tropical diseases affecting a large number of rural and resource-limited people in South Asia, Africa, and South America. Paromomycin, an aminoglycoside drug, is frequently used for the treatment of visceral leishmaniasis. …”
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Die ouderling in twee kerkordes in die Dordtse tradisie by P. J. Strauss

“…It argues that the influence of John Calvin on the topic of the elder and it’s mandate can be seen in the DCO and works through in the recent church orders of the Christian Reformed of North America and the Dutch Reformed Church. In essence the elder is seen as an office that governs the church through the Word of God. …”
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De Benito Pérez Galdós a Fernando Ortiz, una reescritura americanista by Eva Valero Juan

“…In 1910 the Cuban intellectual Fernando Ortiz published El caballero encantado y la moza esquiva, as part of his book La reconquista de América. Reflexiones sobre el panhispanismo. It was the rewriting of a work by Benito Pérez Galdós belonging to the end of his career, El caballero encantado (1909), published in the context immediately after 1898, criticizing contemporary Spain. …”
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Catastrophes and Weddings. Chachi Ritual as Metamorphosis by Istvan Praet

“…Known in the literature as « millenarianism », fears of an apocalypse appear time and again, both in lowland and highland South America. This article aims to contribute to a better understanding of this phenomenon by examining notions of metamorphosis or « shape-shifting ». …”
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Emerging carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae in a tertiary care hospital in Lima, Peru by Fiorella Krapp, Diego Cuicapuza, Guillermo Salvatierra, Jean P. Buteau, Catherine Amaro, Lizeth Astocondor, Noemí Hinostroza, Jan Jacobs, Coralith García, Pablo Tsukayama

“…In addition, emerging clones ST45 and ST348 found in Peru were rarely found elsewhere in South America, suggesting potential regional adaptation. …”
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Deciding the Destiny of World War II Refuges from Lithuania by Vygintas Bronius Pšibilskis

“…Lithuanian organizations such as the Lithuanian American Council (ALT), United Lithuanian Relief Fund of America (BALF), and Supreme Committee for the Liberation of Lithuania (VLIK) provided invaluable moral and financial support. …”
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The Doomsday Project, Deep Events, and the Shrinking of American Democracy by Peter Dale Scott

“…In recent years I have become more and more concerned with the interactions between three important and alarming trends in recent American history. The first is America's increasing militarization, and above all its inclination, even obsession, to involve itself in needless and pernicious wars. …”
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Slax: a composable JAX library for rapid and flexible prototyping of spiking neural networks by Thomas M Summe, Siddharth Joshi

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Development of a high thermal efficiency heavy-duty engine by Erick Garcia, Vassilis Triantopoulos, Joseph Trzaska, André L. Boehman, Maxwell Taylor, Jian Li

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Striped Lynx Spider Oxyopes salticus (Hentz 1845) (Arachnida: Araneae: Oxyopidae) by Laurel B. Lietzenmayer, Ronald D Cave, Lisa A Taylor

“…This lynx spider species is one of the most abundant beneficial spider species in gardens, yards, and agricultural fields throughout North America.  https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/in1259 The article is a Featured Creature article on the striped lynx spider, Oxyopes salticus. http://entnemdept.ufl.edu/creatures/MISC/SPIDERS/striped_lynx.html …”
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“Who is Afraid of Cesare Brandi?” Personal reflections on the Teoria del restauro by Salvador Muñoz Viñas

“…For many years, Cesare Brandi’s Teoria del restauro has been one of the most influential works on heritage conservation theory in Southern Europe and in Latin America. However, it has shortcomings that are immediately apparent to the reader: firstly, it is extremely obscure; and secondly, it makes contradictory assertions. …”
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A Near-Fatal Infection with Oseltamivir-Resistant Seasonal Influenza A in a Previously Healthy Child: Case Report by Jesse Papenburg, Christos Karatzios, Yan Li, Nathalie Bastien, Makeda Semret, Dorothy Moore

“…This case highlights three important points for physicians: oseltamivir-resistant influenza A (H1N1) has recently emerged in North America; contrary to previously held beliefs, such strains are capable of causing severe disease in healthy children; and given this change in epidemiology, clinicians caring for children with severe seasonal influenza A infection should consider empiric dual therapy with oseltamivir and amantadine.…”
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Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in acute myocardial infarction complicated with acute heart failure by B.M. Todurov, M.B. Todurov, L.R. Stetsiuk, I.O. Stetsiuk, O.V. Zelenchuk

“…Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation is used in acute heart failure that is resistant to drug therapy and intra-aortic balloon counterpulsation. Colleagues from America practice the use of ECMO with a cardiac index above 2.0 l/min. …”
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AMERICAN TELEVANGELICAL FRAMES: RELIGIOSITY, SPIRITUALITY, AND COMMODIFICATION by Nopita Trihastutie

“… A secular state, like United States of America, guarantees the private right of individual to express their religious ideas in public. …”
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Estimation for a Second-Order Jump Diffusion Model from Discrete Observations: Application to Stock Market Returns by Tianshun Yan, Yanyong Zhao, Shuanghua Luo

“…The empirical analysis of stock market data from North America, Asia, and Europe is provided for illustration.…”
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The Massacres of Migrants in San Fernando and Cadereyta: Two Examples of Necropolitan Governmentality by Amarela Varela Huerta

“…It is hypothesized that these massacres are, in addition to disputes over territorial control, crimes that with their performativity seek to exemplify the punishment for those who dare to disobey the laws of access and permanence in the North American territory (Mexico or United States of America). It is an analytical exercise that emphasizes the violence against migrants, which are essential scenarios to be understood in contemporary migratory studies.…”
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Brazilian Red-Eyed Fly Ormia depleta (Wiedemann) (Diptera: Tachinidae) by Haleigh A. Ray, Jennifer Lynn Gillett-Kaufman

“…Originally from South America, it was brought to the United States for biological control of pest mole crickets. …”
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New Plants for Florida: Peanut by Don Maynard, Richard L. Jones, Mary Duryea, Berry J. Treat

“… The peanut originated in South America, and today it is widely grown for oil, roasted nuts, peanut butter and other products. …”
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Refugiados en la globalización  aproximaciones filosóficas a los procesos de subjetivación y exclusión socio-política by Pamela Verónica Morales

“…The following work addresses the problems of refugees and asylum seekers in Latin America and the processes of socio-political exclusion in both the country of origin and the country of refuge. …”
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Whiteness Studies I by Peter Kolchin

“…Over the past two decades, scholars in the social sciences and humanities have increasingly focused on « whiteness » as a new way of exploring race and racism in America. These two articles evaluate the way historians have approached the subject. …”
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