A non-stationary panel data approach for examining convergence in South Africa by Stacey-Lee Marais

“…This article gives fresh insight on this topic from an African perspective by comparing 39 countries—South Africa, 32 Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) members and 6 Latin American countries. The author investigated their average steady-state equilibria and tested convergence trends from 1980 to 2019. …”
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The introduction of the Stanford-Binet intelligence scales in Paraguay by José E. García

“…These were later modified in the United States by Lewis Terman, who published the most known and influential review. In Latin America and other regions of the world the local adaptations took place at the same time. …”
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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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<i>Foederis Arca</i>—The Ark of the Covenant, a Biblical Symbol of the Virgin Mary by José María Salvador-González

“…The perfect coincidence, with which for more than a millennium the Fathers, theologians, and liturgical hymnographers of the Greek-Eastern and Latin Churches alluded to the Virgin Mary through this biblical symbol, demonstrates the strong coherence of the Mariological theses of the Christian doctrinal tradition on the person and spiritual attributes of the Virgin Mary. …”
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The Evolution of Venezuelan Evangelical Involvement in Politics: The Case of the 2024 Presidential Elections by Fernando Adolfo Mora-Ciangherotti

“…This article seeks to document, analyze, and situate these discourses in relation to contemporary theological trends, as an important case of evangelical alignment with left-wing politics in Latin America. Moreover, the article also seeks to show how these events relate to the evolution of Venezuelan evangelical involvement in national politics, particularly under 25 years of socialist governments of Hugo Chávez Frías and Nicolás Maduro Moros.…”
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A general analysis of the impact of international collaboration on the citation indices of scientific publications from 60 institutions across five continents by IRAINE DUARTE, HELLEN G.G. SANTOS, MARCIO L. RODRIGUES

“…To address this question, we selected the top 10 ranked universities in the world (2023), along with the top-ranked universities in Africa, Asia, Latin America, and Oceania. Additionally, we included 10 research institutes from different areas of the globe in our analysis. …”
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Religious and Spiritual Struggles Brief Inventory: Initial Validation and Psychometric Study by Juan González-Rivera, Yazmín Álvarez-Alatorre

“…Furthermore, this new instrument will allow the advancement of new research on R/E struggles in Puerto Rico and Latin America.…”
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Medizinischer Fachwortschatz in deutschsprachigen Kinderwunschforen by Hanna Stypa

“…Nearly half of the evidence is of foreign origin (Latin, Greek, English). With regard to the type of word formation, the following constructions were identified: composites, clippings or abbreviations, derivatives, multi-word terms, and simplices. …”
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The Advent of the Printing Press and Britain’s Multilingual Textual Culture, 1471–1510 by Jordi Sánchez-Martí

“…Before setting up his press in Westminster, William Caxton had books published in Latin, French and English. As soon as he relocated to England, however, he abandoned this multilingual business model and devoted all his energies to print books in English, as did his successors Richard Pynson and Wynkyn de Worde. …”
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A Theoretical Model of Listeriosis Driven by Cross Contamination of Ready-to-Eat Food Products by C. W. Chukwu, F. Nyabadza

“…The time-dependent sensitivity analysis is performed using Latin hypercube sampling to determine model input parameters that significantly affect the severity of the listeriosis. …”
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OPTIMIZING ENERGY CONSUMPTION FOR WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS by Lại Thị Nhung, Nguyễn Thị Hòa, Lê Đăng Nguyên, Nguyễn Gia Như, Đặng Thanh Hải

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Aspects regarding experts’ evaluation and consideration in child custody cases by María Belén Porras Enríquez, Freddy Omar López, Andrea Gabriela Suárez López

“…It is necessary to create instruments, methodologies and protocols that guide a correct psychological expertise process, since legal psychology in Latin America and Ecuador is still an emerging field.…”
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Review of strategies to promote active aging in Ibero-America by Claudia Troncoso Pantoja, Ximena Díaz Martínez, Miquel Martorell Pons, Gabriela Nazar Carter, Yeny Concha Cisternas, Igor Cigarroa Cuevas

“…In Latin America, various experiences that promote active aging are recognized, and can be replicated in various communities, as strategies aimed at a better quality of life. …”
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Black Swan Event and The Stock Market Volatility Response to Shocks in Developed, Emerging, Frontier and the BRIC Markets: Lessons from the COVID-19 Pandemic by Nayanjyoti Bhattacharjee, Anupam De

“…Evidence suggests that the developed markets in the Pacific and Europe, the BRIC countries, the emerging markets in Asia, Europe, and Latin America and the frontier markets in Asia were associated with asymmetric volatility response to shocks. …”
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Ansanus “the Baptizer” and the Problem of Siena’s Non-Existent Early Episcopacy (c. 1100–1600) by Carol A. Anderson

“…By the thirteenth century, the implication that the lay martyr had baptized the citizens was added to his second Latin passion narrative. Yet, only beginning in the fifteenth century do vernacular passions and images of Ansanus baptizing the Sienese appear, revealing that the baptismal event emerged as a defining point in the sacred history of the city and was communicated to citizens both textually and visually. …”
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BAĞIMSIZLIK SONRASI BELARUS DIŞ POLİTİKASINI BELİRLEYEN YAPISAL FAKTÖRLER - STRUCTURAL FACTORS DETERMINING THE BELARUS FOREIGN POLICY AFTER ITS INDEPENDENCE by Kaan Diyarbakırlıoğlu

“…Bu bağlamda, Belarus'un bazı Asya, Afrika, Latin Amerika ve Arap ülkeleriyle ilişkilerini etkileyen değişkenler, belirleyicilerin dış politika üzerinde nasıl bir etki yarattığını göstermek için analiz edilmiştir. …”
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The Chilean Model Confronting Expectations of Social Justice by L. V. Diyakova

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On the imbalance of international communications by H. J. Hsia

“…The incessant cries of "cultural Imperialism," "cultural domina- tion," and "cultural invasion" echoing from Africa, Asia, the Middle East, and Latin America have precipitated a rigid control of communication in many developing coun- tries. …”
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Reparative Justice Vis-a Vis the legacy of slavery in the Caribbean. Interregional perspectives by Claudia Rauhut

“…This topic is also under discussion in Latin America as a part of the “afro-reparations” approach. …”
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Evaluation of EN AW-5083 aluminum alloy homogeneity using statistical analysis of mechanical properties by Dolić N., Brodarac Zovko Z.

“…The investigation followed the static design of the Latin square. Determination of the ultimate tensile strength and elongation across the cross-sectioned sliced at the ingots’ fronts and rears in as-cast state revealed differences per cross section of each particular slice. …”
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