La Alianza del Pacífico y Colombia ante la escalada china by Pío García Parra

“…Aquí, desde una perspectiva geopolítica se valoran las opciones de política conjunta para Asia, bajo la hipótesis de autolimitación china de su presencia en América Latina, lo cual abre oportunidades de intercambio económico, social y cultural más intenso con ese país.…”
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Electrocardiographic changes induced by temperature variations in newly hatched Aperema (Rhinoclemmys punctularia, Daudin, 1801) by Deise de Lima Cardoso, Deise de Lima Cardoso, Brenda Stefany dos Santos Braga, Brenda Stefany dos Santos Braga, Daniella Bastos de Araújo, Clarissa Araújo da Paz, Luciana Eiró-Quirino, Thaysa de Sousa Reis, Luana Vasconcelos de Souza, Rayllan da Cunha Ferreira, Gabriela Brito Barbosa, Raíssa Vieira de Souza, Yris da Silva Deiga, Maria Klara Otake Hamoy, Diva Anelie de Araújo Guimarães, Diva Anelie de Araújo Guimarães, Moisés Hamoy

“…IntroductionAperema (Rhinoclemmys punctularia) is a South American semi-aquatic freshwater turtle characterized by a highly curved, dark brown to black carapace and is distributed across Central and South America. Climate change affects freshwater turtles in a number of ways, including temperature, hatchling sex, and survival.MethodsTherefore, we analyzed temperature variations in these turtles through electrocardiographic recordings, since studies on temperature variations in R. punctularia are limited.Results and discussionElectrocardiography (ECG) is a highly relevant diagnostic tool as it allows for precise assessments of cardiac events and is non-invasive. …”
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A Comparative Analysis of "Public Interest Claims" in US and Indian Legal Systems by Hadi Salehi, hossein sharifi

“…Public interest litigation (PIL) emerged as a distinct form of litigation originating from the historical trajectory and legal context of the United States. Initially shaped by America's legal associations and rooted in the civil rights movements of the mid-20th century, these litigations addressed the shortcomings in traditional democratic models. …”
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Surface Contaminant Control Technologies to Improve Laser Damage Resistance of Optics by Xiaofeng Cheng, Xinxiang Miao, Hongbin Wang, Lang Qin, Yayun Ye, Qun He, Zhiqiang Ma, Longbiao Zhao, Shaobo He

“…The large high-power solid lasers, such as the National Ignition Facility (NIF) of America and the Shenguang-III (SG-III) laser facility of China, can output over 2.1 MJ laser pulse for the inertial confinement fusion (ICF) experiments. …”
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Editorial for Vol. 34, No. 4 by Juwon Lim

“…The third paper compares diabetes management protocols for aviation personnel in Korea, the United States of America, Australia and International Civil Aviation Organization. …”

Occupational Therapy Research in Schools: A Mapping Review by Patrícia L. de Oliveira Borba, Beatriz P. Pereira, Joana R. B. de Souza, Roseli E. Lopes

“…This has been a scientific field under construction for at least 30 years, largely centralized in the United States of America, mostly dedicated to children, and focused on disabilities, with an emphasis on rehabilitation through descriptions and analyses of interventions for individuals or, when it was for groups, with the final goal of benefitting individuals with disabilities. …”
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Challenges and strains in the search for disappeared migrants from Honduras and El Salvador by Gabriela Martínez-Castillo

“…The new uses and meanings of disappearances and the strengthening of restrictive migration policies set the stage for the Central America-Mexico-United States area as the only place in the continent where systematic disappearances of immigrants takes place. …”
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Stratigraphy and paleontology (plant and arthropod fossils) from the Late Neogene Niguanak site, Arctic Slope, Northern Alaska by L. David Carter, Donna Christensen, David M. Hopkins, John V. Matthews, Robert E. Nelson, Lynn E. Ovenden, Natalia Rybczynski, Tamara L. Fletcher

“…Motivated by the need for more paleodata for Pliocene paleoclimate data-model comparison, we revisited unpublished investigations of a fossiliferous site on the Niguanak River in Arctic North America. Analyses of the samples indicates forested conditions during an early phase of sedimentation in which environments were perhaps similar to those near tree line in the modern Anchorage area or farther south along the Pacific coast, whereas during a later phase of sedimentation, environments were characterized by shrub tundra vegetation and were possibly similar to the present-day conditions in the interior of southern Seward Peninsula. …”
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International perspective on social cognition in schizophrenia: current stage and the next steps by Silvia Corbera, Matthew M. Kurtz, Amélie M. Achim, Giulia Agostoni, Isabelle Amado, Michal Assaf, Stefano Barlati, Margherita Bechi, Roberto Cavallaro, Satoru Ikezawa, Hiroki Okano, Ryo Okubo, Rafael Penadés, Takashi Uchino, Antonio Vita, Yuji Yamada, Morris D Bell

“…Given that many extant measures used to assess social cognition have been developed in North America or Western Europe, this article is also a call for researchers and clinicians to validate instruments internationally and we provide preliminary guidance for the adaptation and use of social cognitive measures in clinical and research evaluations internationally. …”
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Grass-like mantid, American grass mantid, Thesprotia graminis, (Scudder, 1878) (Insecta: Mantodea: Thespidae) by Bethany McGregor, Nathan Burkett-Cadena, Andrea Lucky

“…There are 14 Neotropical species within the genus Thesprotia, all of which occur in South America except Thesprotia graminis (Rondon et al. 2007). …”
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The Modern World Landscape of Data Science Online Education by V. S. Nikolskiy, M. A. Lukashenko, E. A. Sharova

“…The wider context and especially the international perspective are lacking for the necessary attention of researchers.In this regard, the purpose of our study was to summarize and systematize information about training programs in the field of data science presented on online platforms of the main macro-regions – America, Europe and Asia. For this purpose, we found out what elements the corpus of data science training programs consists of, as well as how courses are distributed on educational platforms by countries, organizational providers, level of education and duration of study. …”
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Transnational Criminal Law in Transatlantic Perspective (1870–1945): Introductory Notes, Initial Results and Concepts by Karl Härter, Valeria Vegh Weis

“…Although research has studied the history of crime, criminal justice, policing and punishment in Latin America, the transatlantic dimension of transnational criminal law has still to be explored by legal history. …”
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Air Transport versus High-Speed Rail: An Overview and Research Agenda by Xiaoqian Sun, Yu Zhang, Sebastian Wandelt

“…This article synthesizes and discusses recently published studies in this area, while aiming to identify commonalities and deviations among different regions throughout the world, covering services from Europe, Asia, and North America. Our meta-analysis reveals that the literature is highly controversial and the results vary substantially from one region to another, and a generalization is difficult, given route-specific characteristics, such as demand distribution, network structure, and evolution of transportation modes. …”
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Intolerancia, militarismo y confianza del Estado en las políticas represivas: Cuba y Argentina en la primera mitad del siglo XX by Dominic M. Beggan, Riccardo Forte

“…Utilizamos dos casos del siglo XX en AméricaLatina: Argentina entre 1890 y 1930 y Cuba entre 1933 y 1959. …”
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Formfunktionen der Sonatenform. Ein Beitrag zur Sonatentheorie auf der Grundlage einer Kritik an William E. Caplins Verständnis von Formfunktionen by Ulrich Kaiser

“…. // This essay offers a critical view of a frequently adopted understanding of the term ›formal function‹, which had been established in North America in response to the theories of Erwin Ratz. …”
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“Ain’t the American Dream Grand”: Satirical Play in Rockstar’s Grand Theft Auto V by John Wills

“…Rockstar Games is a video game publisher famous for its immersive and highly detailed action-adventure titles set in America, thanks to its two main franchises, Red Dead Redemption and Grand Theft Auto. …”
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Grecia y Roma en la Belle Époque hispanoamericana by Ricardo del Molino García

“…El presente texto pretende reivindicar la Belle Époque hispanoamericana (1870-1920) como un marco cronológico adecuado para el estudio de la apropiación política del pasado grecorromano en América Latina. A partir de las investigaciones realizadas hasta el momento y desde la sensibilidad historiográfica de los estudios de la recepción política de la antigüedad clásica, se mostrará cómo a finales del siglo XIX y principios del XX la confluencia del positivismo, la modernización de las ciudades y la consolidación de la burguesía nacional facilitaron la presencia de una memoria particular de Grecia y Roma en Hispanoamérica con fines políticos, económicos, sociales y culturales específicos. …”
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Relación escalante entre el grado de centralidad de los países y el impacto de sus artículos sobre dirección estratégica by Guillermo Armando Ronda-Pupo

“…Los resultados muestran que el impacto de los artículos sobre Dirección Estratégica de los países ¿Cuáles países? ¿Europa? ¿América? se relaciona con su grado de centralidad, acorde a una ley potencial con un exponente 1,28 ± 0,07, lo cual sugiere que cada vez que un país duplica su grado de centralidad en la estructura de la red de colaboración en la que participa su impacto se incrementa 21,28 o 2,42 veces. …”
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La necesaria construcción de un sistema público de pensiones para la sociedad mexicana* by Berenice Ramírez

“…A partir de los indicadores que utiliza la Organización Internacional del Trabajo (OIT) en su estudio y publicación Reversing Pension Privatizations: Rebuilding Public Pension Systems in Eastern Europe and Latin America (OIT, 2018a) se evalúan los sistemas de pensiones en México, para situar la discusión acerca de las siguientes preguntas: ¿La privatización ha sido un fracaso? …”
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Innovameter: Agent-based modeling of innovation determinants in American and European countries. by Arles Rodríguez, Mercedes Gaitán-Angulo, Melva Inés Gómez-Caicedo, Paula Robayo-Acuña, Iván Ricardo Ruíz-Castro

“…This article discusses the dynamics of innovation in America and Europe, focusing on variables such as access to technology, education, and life expectancy. …”
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