« Ilé Tuntun » à La Havane by Alain Konen

“…Ilé Tuntun embodies a current tendency among various Cuban babalawos, who are interested in developing contacts with Yoruba. …”
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Ethnography and Religious Anthropology of Cuba: Historical and Bibliographical Landmarks by Emma Gobin, Géraldine Morel

“…The development that Cuban studies are undergoing today, particularly the ethnographic study of religious practices usually characterised as “of African origin”, is no coincidence. …”
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Genotype-Phenotype Correlation in Patients with Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia due to 21-Hydroxylase Deficiency in Cuba by Tania Mayvel Espinosa Reyes, Teresa Collazo Mesa, Paulina Arasely Lantigua Cruz, Adriana Agramonte Machado, Emma Domínguez Alonso, Henrik Falhammar

“…The correlation between the detected molecular defect and the clinical expression of 21OHD was reasonable in the Cuban population, which could allow phenotypic predictions to be made from the genotype.…”
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Agricultura urbana nas cidades cubanas de Camaguey e Cienfuegos by Erika Vanessa Moreira Santos, Rosangela Aparecida de Medeiros Hespanhol, Xiomara A. Moreno Lorenzo

“…The main objective of this text was to perform a descriptive analysis of urban and periurban agriculture in two cuban medium cities – Camaguey and Cienfuegos, aiming to understand the importance of this economic activity for the structuring of these cities. …”
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Le documentaire cubain entre nostalgie et désillusion, Le Rideau de sucre de Camila Guzmán by Magali Kabous

“…Documentary has always occupied a very important place in the Cuban cinematographic production since 1959. Camila Guzmán was born in Chile and was raised in Cuba after her parents’ exile. …”
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Corneal crossed links: a new alternative in the treatment of ectasia by Maygret Alberro Hernández, Janet González Sotero, Haymy Caridad Casanueva Cabezas, Eduardo Rojas Álvarez

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Gallbladder adenomyomatosis in an older adult: clinical and histopathological presentation by Alberto Aristides Artiles Garcia, Felipe Jorge Aragón Palmero, Belkis Sonia Cañizares García, Emma Midiannys Griñan Fonte

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Les premiers partis politiques cubains et leur influence dans la constitution de l’Etat-nation (1878-1902) by Dominique Soucy

“…The present article focus on the inheritance left by these two political parties - generally isolated from the process of national construction by the classic historiography - in the constitution of a Cuban political identity.…”
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Some aspects on health development in Cuba. by Olga Lourdes Vila Pérez

“…Inside this phenomenon, the Cuban social policy, and specifically the health sector shows encouraging results and comparable with those of industrialized countries. …”
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The Politics of Waiting: Transnational Identity and Exile in Achy Obejas’ Ruins by Kevin Concannon

“…This tension highlights much of the work of Cuban-born writer Achy Obejas, whose recent novels have focused attention on the challenge of “remembering” Cuba in the United States. …”
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Caso clínico radiológico de colangitis piógena recurrente by Aimara Vergara Santos, Juan Mario Reyes Vera, Alexander Sosa Frías

“…Se presenta paciente de 28 años, bangladeshi, ingresado en el Cuban Hospital de Qatar por dolor abdominal, fiebre moderada e ictericia ligera, elevación de las enzimas hepáticas y pancreáticas, además de presentar patrón humoral de colestasis. …”
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Studies Regarding Social Representations About High Blood Presure in Cuba by Lisvett González Rodríguez, Masiel Díaz López, Armando Rodríguez Salvá

“…Statistics reveal that 30, 9 % of the cuban populations suffer from high blood pressure so it is a risk factor, which requires medical care. …”
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Revolução e religião: as relações entre a Igreja e o Estado na Cuba contemporânea by Marcos Antonio da Silva, Guillermo Alfredo Johnson

“…In this sense, it examines three key moments: the tension and distance in the context of the transition to socialism developed in the country; the reapproaching that culminated with the visit of Pope John Paul II in the 90s, still under the impact of the fall of the Soviet bloc and the international isolation faced by the country, and finally the more recent relationships, marked by the visit of the Pope, now emeritus, Benedict XVI and the affirmation of the Catholic Church as the main internal interlocutor with the Cuban government. Thus, this work demonstrates that the strained relations in the 60s were replaced by the establishment of stable relationships, a checkered normality, which enabled the emergence of the Catholic Church as a key actor in the current Cuban political context.…”
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The Location of Hotels and Their Exposure to Hurricanes in Cuba—Implication for Tourism Development in the Context of Climate Change by Ricardo Remond-Noa, Antonio Torres-Reyes, Felipe Matos-Pupo, Maite Echarri-Chávez, Antonio Bouta-Numbo, Lisbet Crespo-García, María Belén Gómez-Martín

“…The hypothesis focused on demonstrating that Cuban tourist areas have differing degrees of exposure to tropical cyclones according to the month. …”
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Linguistic and cultural adaptation of the Questionnaire on Negative Stereotypes towards Old Age for health professionals in Cuba by Yaima Jiménez Abreu, Damian Valdés Santiago, Marta Martín Carbonell

“…It is recommended that future studies verify the reliability and validity of the instrument in a larger sample of health professionals in the Cuban context.</p>…”
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Mathematical epidemiology of HIV/AIDS in cuba during the period 1986-2000 by Brandy Rapatski, Petra Klepac, Stephen Dueck, Maoxing Liu, Leda Ivic Weiss

“…By comparing our model tothe 1986-2000 Cuban HIV/AIDS data and the de Arazoza and Lounes model,we show that socioeconomic aspects are an important factor in determiningthe dynamics of the epidemic.…”
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¿Donde esta el pollo? Cuba, sovranità alimentare e ontologia della scarsezza by Elena Zapponi

“…The passages outlined analyse the feeling of cognitive dissonance on the part of citizens with respect to state guarantees in the context of the victorious 'bet' of Cuban vaccination policies.…”
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Beginnings and development of English teaching in the medical university by Trinidad Atiés Caballero, Susana García Buchaca, Vladimir González Fernández, Liana García Pérez, Ramona Vega Ramírez

“…The present study aims an approximation to the teaching of this language in its diverse stages, starting from its beginnings up to its present situation in the Cuban Medical School. Here are stated the different approaches and methods that have engulfed the English teaching and its relations with the pedagogical and theoretical conceptions that have emerged, along with the criteria and judgments of the ones who dedicated their works to this field. …”
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Ethical and security issues associated to the usage of technologies regarding with information and knowledge on the health field. by Alain Francisco Morejón Giraldoni, Esteban Hernández Barrio, Teresita del Carmen Rodríguez Izaguirre, Jirlén Moreno Torres, Aimee Seife Echevarría

“…Cuban people are going to go to the construction of the informational society based on the principles of equity and accessibility. …”
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Oleorresina de pinos. Una nueva fuente para la obtención de aditivos químicos by Ada María Casal Viqueira, Elsa Bárbara Martín, Lourdes Gutiérrez, Marino Fonseca, Amado E. Navarro, María T. Valdés, Beatriz Spengler, Susana Guerra

“…This paper presents the results of studies employing Cuban pine oleoresin in its natural state, as a substitute for traditional rosin as raw material for obtaining specific chemical additives. …”
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