Intellectual property rights vs. public access rights: ethical aspects of the DeCSS decryptation program by Robert Vaagan, Wallace Koehler

“…He was sued by the US DVD Copy Control Association (DVD-CCA) and the Norwegian Motion Picture Association (MAP), allies of the US Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA), arrested by Norwegian police and charged with data crime. …”
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La participación ciudadana en las políticas públicas de lucha contra la corrupción: respondiendo a la lógica de gobernanza by Luisa Fernanda Cano Blandón

“…En América Latina ha crecido la preocupación por la corrupción y, de manera especial, por encontrar fórmulas institucionales que permitan combatirla. …”
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Crisis Social de Chile en 2019: Revisión de dos Hipótesis como Principales Causas by Sergio Zuniga-Jara

“…Varios rankings internacionales mostraban a Chile como una de las economías más sólidas de la región, con un ingreso per cápita sobresaliente en América Latina, con una inflación controlada. El modelo chileno parecía haber llevado prosperidad a sus ciudadanos. …”
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White Garden Snail, Theba pisana (Mueller) (Gastropoda: Helicidae) by Jane E. Deisler, Lionel A. Stange

“… The white garden snail, Theba pisana (Mueller), is the worst potential agricultural pest of the helicid snails introduced to North America (Mead 1971). It is the most frequently intercepted foreign land snail (Hanna 1966, Mead 1971), generally arriving in shipments from the Mediterranean countries. …”
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Vulnerabilidade socioambiental, análise de situação de saúde e indicadores: implicações na qualidade de vida no município de São Paulo by Marilia Araujo Roggero, Luciana Ziglio, Marina Miranda

“…The municipality of São Paulo (MSP) inside the metropolitan region is the largest urban complex in Latin America, with a population of approximately 12 million inhabitants. …”
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Resolving issues in the genus Dioxys (Hymenoptera, Megachilidae, Dioxyini) in the West Palaearctic with a new identification key by T. J. Wood

“…The bee genus Dioxys is widely distributed across the Holarctic from the Mediterranean basin to western North America but is species-poor, and individual species can prove challenging to identify. …”
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Sampling and Analytical Method for Alpha-Dicarbonyl Flavoring Compounds via Derivatization with o-Phenylenediamine and Analysis Using GC-NPD by Stephanie M. Pendergrass, Jeffrey A. Cooper

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A Cross-Layer Location-Based Approach for Mobile-Controlled Connectivity by T. Inzerilli, Anna Maria Vegni, A. Neri, R. Cusani

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Reconnecting Alaska: Mexican Movements and the Last Frontier by Sara V. Komarnisky

“…Powerful imaginaries are associated with places: Alaska, and 'the north' more generally, and Latin America, and Mexico specifically. My research shows how interesting things happen when they are brought together through movement. …”
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Hamster and Murine Models of Severe Destructive Lyme Arthritis by Erik Munson, Dean T. Nardelli, Brian K. Du Chateau, Steven M. Callister, Ronald F. Schell

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ISLAM, EMPIRE, AND IDEOLOGY: Lord Stanley and the Intersection of Islam and Politics in 19th Century Europe by Baiquni Hasbi, Husnul Khitam

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Exhibiting the West at the Paris Exposition of 1867: Towards a New American Aesthetic Identity? by François Brunet, Jessica Talley

“…In the context of this Exposition western photography, natural specimens and material culture of the post-Civil War era contributed to renovating the French and European view of America—substituting specific objects and pictures for an abstract idea and creating, for the first time perhaps, a strong aesthetic appeal for American pictures that were no longer the clichés understood by the phrase “American images.”…”
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Efficacy of Lockdowns in Africa by Daglous Makumbe

“…The death toll in Asia and Europe was astronomical, whilst that of the United States of America, Brazil and India was unprecedented. Except for a few countries in Europe and Africa that did not act homogeneously, the rest of the world ceased to function. …”
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CONTROVERSIAL ISSUES REGARDING THE EXTENSION OF THE “NEW START” TREATY: CAN THE USA AND RUSSIA PRESERVE EXISTING STRATEGIC ARMS CONTROL? by Marina Kostic

“…Treaty between the United States of America and the Russian Federation on measures for further reduction and limitation of strategic offensive arms (“New START”) is the last pillar of the arms control regime on which the end of the Cold War and the new world order rested. …”
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Parameter uncertainties for imperfect surrogate models in the low-noise regime by Thomas D Swinburne, Danny Perez

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STUDY OF GERMINATION REGARDING THE COMBAT OF WEEDS IN MEADOWS WITH REFERENCE TO CIRSIUM VULGARE SPECIES by Lisena Piscoran, Teodor Rusu

“…It is also found in North America, Africa and Australia and is an invasive weed in some areas. …”
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Patient and Physician Perspectives of Diabetic Retinopathy and Diabetic Macular Edema Diagnosis, Treatment and Progression: A Podcast Article by Daniel Newman, Bernadette Warren, Randall Barker, Charles C. Wykoff, Stela Vujosevic

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Métodos de treinamento de flexibilidade em praticantes de ginástica rítmica do Paraná by Evandra Hein Mendes, Gisele Maria Braciak

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Sincronización comercial e industrial en el TLCAN, un estudio de sincronización de fase by Cuauhtémoc Calderón Villarreal, Reyna Susana García Ruiz, Salvador Cruz Aké

“…En este trabajo se contrasta la hipótesis de que los ciclos de crecimiento individuales de los tres países que integran el área del Tratado de Libre Comercio de América del Norte (TLCAN) durante el periodo 1993-2015 han tendido a sincronizarse, para lo cual utilizamos la técnica de sincronización de fase. …”
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Revisitando la historia de las teorías del desarrollo by Raúl González Meyer

“…Para ello, lo conecta con el valor delprogreso y de la producción de riqueza que ganaron lugar en siglos anteriores.Se revisan los factores que permitieron la emergencia de un discursodesarrollista y, luego, las teorías que surgieron más tarde: el paradigma dela modernización, socialismo industrialista, la Comisión Económica paraAmérica Latina (Cepal), dualismo, teoría de la dependencia, aproximacionessociales, visiones ambientalistas, desarrollo a escala humana, sustituciónde importaciones, neoliberalismo, neoestructuralismo, desarrollo étnico,capital humano, desarrollo humano, antidesarrollo y otros. …”
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