EXAMINANDO LOS DEBATES SOBRE EL NEOEXTRACTIVISMO EN LATINOAMÉRICA: ALGUNAS REFLEXIONES CRÍTICAS by Javier Mejía, Ulrich Oslender

“…La bonanza en los precios globales de las materias primas a comienzos del siglo XXI produjo un aumento importante de la inversión extranjera directa en América Latina, en especial en operaciones de minería a gran escala. …”
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¿Planear un paisaje urbano conservativo en el sureste de México? Reflexiones para el caso de Tapachula, Chiapas by Carlos Mario Almeida Cerino, Vincenzo Bertolini, Tomás Martínez Trinidad

“… El tema del paisajismo urbano es algo relativamente novedoso para latino América y aún poco tratado en México, sobre todo en el sureste y en especial el estado de Chiapas. …”
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The role of wetland birds in biocultural conservation: analysing global discourses and practices on species and ecosystems by Paola Araneda, Peter Bridgewater, José Cristóbal Pizarro, José Tomás Ibarra

“…Post-2010, an ethico-political dimension emerged from intergovernmental agreements and advocacy by IP&LCs, particularly from Latin America and Australasia. As essential socio-ecosystems and culturally significant taxa, wetlands and birds possess profound ecological and cultural values. …”
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Devolva ao remetente: Geisel, Carter e o confronto diplomático entre Brasil e Estados Unidos sobre direitos humanos by JOÃO RORIZ, FELIPE LOUREIRO

“…Trabalhos recentes vêm enfatizando o quanto o governo Carter teria colocado o tema de direitos humanos no primeiro plano em suas relações com a América Latina, tendo obtido resultados significativos. …”
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Russia’s scientific and educational policy in  the Eurasian Economic Union countries: major tools and counteracting actors by N. A. Omelchenko, V. V. Denisenko

“…The key non-regional actors are identified: the United States of America, China, Turkey and Poland, whose humanitarian projects are aimed at countering the initiatives of the RF in the region. …”
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A atuação da Companhia City-SP na década de 1970 by Sidney Piochi Bernardini, Ana Carolina Capelozza Mano

“… A Companhia City é uma empresa brasileira ainda atuante na produção de loteamentos, tendo iniciado suas atividades na cidade de São Paulo na década de 1910, com a implantação do Jardim América, um icônico bairro da elite paulistana. Nos anos 1970, a Companhia passou a atuar em alguns municípios do interior do estado de São Paulo, período este ainda pouco explorado pela literatura. …”
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Ascertainment and Verification of End-Stage Renal Disease and End-Stage Liver Disease in the North American AIDS Cohort Collaboration on Research and Design by Mari M. Kitahata, Daniel R. Drozd, Heidi M. Crane, Stephen E. Van Rompaey, Keri N. Althoff, Stephen J. Gange, Marina B. Klein, Gregory M. Lucas, Alison G. Abraham, Vincent Lo Re, Justin McReynolds, William B. Lober, Adell Mendes, Sharada P. Modur, Yuezhou Jing, Elizabeth J. Morton, Margaret A. Griffith, Aimee M. Freeman, Richard D. Moore

“…We developed methods to ascertain and verify end-stage renal disease (ESRD) and end-stage liver disease (ESLD) and validated screening algorithms within the largest HIV cohort collaboration in North America (NA-ACCORD). Individuals who screened positive among all participants in twelve cohorts enrolled between January 1996 and December 2009 underwent medical record review to verify incident ESRD or ESLD using standardized protocols. …”
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Mutations in Mycobacterium tuberculosis Isolates with Discordant Results for Drug-Susceptibility Testing in Peru by L. Solari, D. Santos-Lazaro, Z. M. Puyen

“…This is the first study in Latin America addressing mutations present in strains with discordant results between genotypic and phenotypic methods to rifampicin and isoniazid. …”
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Metabolomic and morphological trait diversity display contrasting patterns in temperate forest tree communities by Jonathan J. Henn, Brian E. Sedio, Christopher P. Catano, Emily Dewald‐Wang, Dilys Vela Díaz, James A. Lutz, Sean M. McMahon, Geoffrey Parker, Jonathan A. Myers, Marko J. Spasojevic

“…Here, we examine how the functional diversity of leaf secondary metabolites and traditional morphological plant traits changes along local environmental gradients in three temperate forest ecosystems across North America. Specifically, we asked whether co‐occurring tree species exhibit local‐scale over‐ or underdispersion of metabolomic and morphological traits, and whether differences in trait dispersion among local communities are associated with environmental gradients of soil resources and topography. …”
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Obstáculos y desafíos de la paridad de género. Violencia política, sistema electoral e interculturalidad by Laura Albaine

“… Este trabajo se propone contribuir al debate sobre la adopción de la paridad política en América Latina a través del análisis de ciertos obstáculos y desafíos vinculados a la implementación de este principio. …”
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Assessment of Economic Management of Land Resources to Enhance Food Security by Dinara Tleshpayeva, Natalia Bondarenko, Mikhail Leontev, Galina Mashentseva, Julia Plaksa, Andrey Zharov, Diana Stepanova, Agzhan Karbozova

“…Based on document analysis and expert surveys, an optimal land ratio of approximately 30% meadows/pastures, 20% arable land, and 20% water is recommended, aligned with practices in Western Europe and North America. The study suggests measures for sustainable land use, including transferring degraded lands to pasture, preferential taxation for ecologically clean production, and financial incentives for restoring and conserving land. …”
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Modeling suction of unsaturated granular soil treated with biochar in plant microbial fuel cell bioelectricity system by K. C. Onyelowe, Ahmed M. Ebid, Rosa Belén Ramos Jiménez, Viroon Kamchoom, M. Vishnupriyan, Krishna Prakash Arunachalam

“…Abstract There is an initiative driven by the carbon-neutrality nature of biochar in recent times, where various countries across Europe and North America have introduced perks to encourage the production of biochar for construction purposes. …”
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Patient and family engagement in infection prevention in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic: defining a consensus framework using the Q methodology – NOSO-COVID study protocol by Laurence Bernard, Nathalie Camille Clavel, Mélanie Lavoie-Tremblay, Alain Biron, Anaick Briand, Jesseca Paquette, Carol Fancott, Marie-Pascale Pomey, Vincent Dumez

“…The overarching objective of the proposed study is to explore how patients and families can effectively be engaged in infection prevention by developing a consensus framework with key stakeholders.Design and methods The proposed study is based on a cross-sectional exploratory study at one of the largest university hospitals in North America (Montreal, Canada). The targeted population is all healthcare professionals, managers and other non-clinical staff members who work on clinical units, and the in-patients and their families. …”
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“Cualquier movimiento revolucionario podrá contar con Cuba”: la construcción del nacionalismo internacionalista cubano durante el Año de la Solidaridad (1966) by Alberto García Molinero

“…The novelty of such a historical look grants a marked ground-breaking character to the present article: the notion is rescued and analyzed from hitherto unknown voices coming from diverse spheres of Cuban society and partially explored repositories, such as Archivo Histórico del Instituto Cubano de Amistad con los Pueblos or Archivo Histórico de la Organización de Solidaridad de los Pueblos de África, Asia y América Latina, known (by its Spanish acronym) as the ospaaal. …”
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Winter tick sharing between ungulates in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem and implications for apparent competition by Troy Koser, Alynn Martin, Alyson Courtemanch, Laura Thompson, Benjamin Wise, Gary Fralick, Sarah Dewey, Amy Girard, Brandon Scurlock, Jared Rogerson, Kennan Oyen, Paul Cross

“…Despite the clinical signs of high winter tick infestations being most apparent on moose, elk may be critical drivers of winter tick population dynamics and indirectly compete with moose in areas where they outnumber moose populations, a common characteristic of ungulate communities in western North America. Management interventions aimed at addressing winter tick issues on moose may wish to consider the movement patterns and abundance of cryptic reservoirs like elk.…”
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Reasons for choosing Russia as the main direction of labor migration from Tajikistan in the context of COVID-19 pandemic and sanctions by A. Kh. Rakhmonov

“…The article examines the impact of the currency crisis and the consequences of COVID-19 pandemic on labor migration from Tajikistan to Russia, the impact of new anti-Russian sanctions by the European Union and United States of America on Tajik labor migrants, as well as the repulsive factors of the reorientation of migrants from Tajikistan to a new direction of labor emigration to the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries and the Persian Gulf. …”
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Sex and authorship in global cancer research by Deborah Mukherji, Ophira Ginsburg, Grant Lewison, Richard Sullivan, Verna Vanderpuye, Winnie K W So, Miriam Mutebi, Nazik Hammad, Julie Torode, Erica Liebermann

“…The top performing countries in terms female/male parity for first or last authorship were in Eastern and Southern Europe as well as Latin American countries.From 2009 to 2019, the highest proportion of females as first and last authors were from low-income and middle-income countries in Latin America and Eastern Europe.Females were more likely to publish in lower impact journals and were less likely to be cited compared to males.Conclusions Globally, progress in female’s authorship in oncology research has been uneven. …”
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The Development and Competition of Cinemas in Jakarta, 1950-1966 by Ghesa Ririan Mitalia

“…It was actually connected to the nation’s situation at that time, which was currently in conflict with Malaysia and the United States of America. This political conflict escalated in the early 1960s and subsided after the Coup Attempt of 30 September Movement. …”
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El Plus Dolor y el Nuevo Negro: Gustavo Urrutia y su trabajo en la prensa negra/afro en Cuba by Elena Oliva

“…Finalmente, se evalúa el lugar de Urrutia y sus propuestas en la trayectoria del pensamiento negro/afro en América Latina y el Caribe.     …”
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PHYTOCHEMICAL PROFILE, ANTIOXIDANT AND CYTOTOXIC ACTIVITIES OF LEAF EXTRACT OF Dipteryx lacunifera DUCKE by Krislany A. L. Guedes Araujo, Herbert G. Sousa, João P. da Silva Gomes, Renato Pinto de Sousa, Éverton L. de França Ferreira, Monica T. Pupo, Pedro M. da Silva Costa, Claudia Pessoa, Mahendra Rai, Mariana H. Chaves, Gerardo Magela Vieira Junior

“…The Dipteryx genus, a member of the Fabaceae family with approximately 14 species, is found in Brazil’s Amazon Rainforest, Northeast and Central regions, and Central America. Plants of this genus are used in popular medicine and contain coumarins, flavonoids, terpenoids, and fatty acids. …”
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