Mediational Model of Multiple Sclerosis Impairments, Family Needs, and Caregiver Mental Health in Guadalajara, Mexico by Melody N. Mickens, Paul B. Perrin, Adriana Aguayo, Brenda Rabago, Miguel A. Macías-Islas, Juan Carlos Arango-Lasprilla

“…Individuals with multiple sclerosis (MS), especially those living in Latin America, often require assistance from family caregivers throughout the duration of the disease. …”
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Risk factors burden in Cuba, Latin American and the Caribbean region by Armando Seuc Jo, Mayelin Mirabal Sosa, Yanet García Serrano, Karen Alfonso Sague, Oscar Díaz Díaz, Delia María Gálvez Medina

“…The main differences between the studied locations were concentrated in smoking, which occupies positions 1 and 6 in Cuba and Latin America and the Caribbean, respectively, and in child and maternal malnutrition, which occupies positions 12 and 4 in Cuba and Latin America and the Caribbean, respectively.…”
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Implications of NFT as a sustainable fintech innovation for sustainable development and entrepreneurship by Suborna Barua, Uttam Golder, Rubaiyat Shaimom Chowdhury, Kashfia Sharmeen

“…The results show that funding flows from 2015 to 2021 exhibit notable differences and that funding flows in the United States (US) and Europe differ significantly from those in Latin America and the rest of the world (regions other than the US, Asia, Europe, Latin America, and Canada). …”
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Validation of the Kidney Failure Risk Equation in the Colombian Population by C. Larrarte, J. Vesga, F. Ardila, A. Aldana, D. Perea, M. Sanabria

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Movimentos sociais e pós-colonialismo na América Latina by Ilse Scherer-Warren

“…Considering the tradition of social movement studies in Latin America, the present text brings some refl ections about the emergence of a post-colonial approach directed to the study of subaltern groups on our continent. …”
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A Rare Form of Brucella Bursitis with Negative Serology: A Case Report and Literature Review by F. M. Almajid

“…Brucellosis is still endemic in certain parts of the world including the Mediterranean, the Middle East, Latin America, and African regions. Osteoarticular manifestations are common presenting features. …”
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Pobreza y desigualdad en América Latina diálogo con Rob Vos by Fander Falconí, Mauricio León G.

“…Ha realizado recientemente varias publicaciones sobre pobreza y desigualdad en América Latina, entre las que se destaca: Economic Liberalization, Distribution and Poverty: Latin America in the 1990s, trabajo que efectúa conjuntamente con Enrique Ganuza, Lance Taylor y Ricardo Paes de Barros en el año 2001. …”
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Human Chagas Disease and Migration in the Context of Globalization: Some Particular Aspects by João Carlos Pinto Dias

“…Human Chagas disease originated in Latin America, being spread around the world in relation with multiple bioecological, sociocultural, and political factors. …”
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“Who is Afraid of Cesare Brandi?” Personal reflections on the Teoria del restauro by Salvador Muñoz Viñas

“…For many years, Cesare Brandi’s Teoria del restauro has been one of the most influential works on heritage conservation theory in Southern Europe and in Latin America. However, it has shortcomings that are immediately apparent to the reader: firstly, it is extremely obscure; and secondly, it makes contradictory assertions. …”
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Saer versus Aira: versões de uma antropologia especulativa by Antonio Marcos Pereira

“…The paper proposes a confrontation of the work of two authors, Juan José Saer and César Aira, markedly different in the structures of reception their works bring forth, and that we might translate particularly in the way their relationship with “the contemporary” is perceived, resulting in specific placings in certain genealogies and in the production of their respective inscriptions in recent literary history in Latin America. The examination of fictional objects such as Saer’s La pesquisa and Aira’s Parmenides leads one to find ambivalent solicitations of the allegedly historical fact and its relation to fiction that are hereby presented as oportunities to operate critically towards the structures of established reception and criticism of the work of both authors.…”
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Desafíos de la colaboración digital entre museos etnológicos y comunidades indígenas: dos perspectivas, una conclusión by Andrea Scholz, Mirῖgõ-Diana Guzmán Ocampo

“…Experience gained together with indigenous partners from Latin America shows that the creation of new knowledge infrastructures requires a major rethink. …”
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Formation des collections archéologiques et ethnographiques : notes sur des trajectoires d’objets latino-américains by Vanessa Bernal Multon

“…The archaeological and ethnographic objects from Latin America now in museums have had several “lives”. …”
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Notes to Reflect on a Political Ecology of Borderland Territories by Martha Moncada Paredes

“…By recognizing the improvement in geographies of extraction about territories that used to be considered marginal and subaltern until recently, such as the borderland regions, this article discusses, from the perspective of political ecology, the characteristics that this renewned pro-cess adopts in the borderland areas of Latin America. The internalization of the borderlands, the growth of the levels of security, and the cultural and social decline of these spaces are three characteristics of the new rediscovery of borderland territories, which impact sovereign-ty and the livelihood of the people who have been historically marginalized in these areas.…”
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Professional Baseball Player Type and Geographic Region of Origin Impacts Shoulder External and Internal Rotation Strength by Lori A. Michener, Adam J. Barrack, Bernard Y. Liebeskind, Ryan J. Zerega, Jonathan C. Sum, Ryan L. Crotin, Hillary A. Plummer

“… # Purpose To characterize shoulder external (ER) and internal (IR) rotation strength in professional baseball players, and compare strength across player type (pitchers, position players) and geographic origin (North America, Latin America). # Study Design Cross-sectional. # Methods Minor league professional baseball players from North America and Latin America (n=242; age=22.4±2.3 years; n=135 pitchers and n=107 position players; n=162 North American and n=80 Latin American players) volunteered at spring training. …”
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Les enjeux socio-environnementaux du développement durable en Amérique du Sud. Considérations à partir du cas colombien by Oscar Navarro

“…Talk about sustained development in emergent countries such as in Latin America and specifically Colombia, implies to tackle the conflicting character linked to the possibility to aim the objectives of this development paradigm. …”
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Propaganda religiosa y negocio editorial by Philippe Castellano

“…Finally, his perfect knowledge of Latin America book market showed itself absolutely necessary to ensure the success of published works and the development of the publishing house.…”
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Yellow wattle (Acacia) - Three versions - English, Spanish, Indonesian by Ian Campbell, Ignacio Lopez-Calvo

“…Campbell’s 1921 Golden Wattle – Our National Floral Emblem, the series examines the cultural and ecological significance of Acacia in Australia, Latin America, and Indonesia. Each version reflects linguistic and regional nuances, showcasing how the essence of a shared theme transforms across languages. …”
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Ricardo Guilherme Dicke e o processo de transculturação na l iteratura by Adriana Lins Precioso, louchabel Sarratchara de Fátima Falcão

“…The article presents a brief overview of the emergence of the cultural studies in England, the concepts of Stuart Hall and the appropriation of these searches by the literary studies, mainly in Latin America represented through the contributions of Ángel R ama. …”
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Paths, knowledge and local wisdom: challenges regarding social projects implementation by Macarena Perusset

“…In that way, knowledge becomes an instrument of domination and supremacy. Latin America, especially our country, inside this frame turns into a generator of raw materials and take up a stance of dependency of central countries. …”
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Os estudos culturais na encruzilhada dos feminismos materiais e descoloniais by Claudia de Lima Costa

“…I claim that the articulation of these two projects (one derived from debates in the North and the other from the South) can serve as an inspiration to rethink – and decolonize – the practices of cultural studies in Latin America.…”
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