Documentaire et fiction dans Norteado de Rigoberto Perezcano by Marie-Pierre Ramouche

“…From its very beginning, the phenomenon of Latin American migration towards the United States has aroused great interest among artists in Mexico, which was primarily concerned by this exodus. …”
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Type B non-Hodgkin lymphoma in a patient with acquired immunodeficiency virus with no detected viral load. Case report by Edwin Marcelo Miranda Solìs, Juan Fernando Orozco Herrera

“…Cancer is a common presentation in people living with this virus and represents the main cause of death in this population in most Latin American countries. For these reasons, we present the case of a 58-year-old patient, diagnosed with acquired immunodeficiency virus in the year 2000, who in the last ten years presented adequate clinical, virological, and pharmacological control. …”
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Continuités et ruptures dans l’accumulation et la régulation en Amérique latine dans les années 2000 : le cas de l’Argentine, du Brésil et du Chili by Egidio Luis Miotti, Carlos Quenan, Edgardo Torija Zane

“…This paper reviews the main features and transformations of the institutional forms and accumulation regimes during the 2000s in three Latin American countries: Argentina, Brazil and Chile. …”
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The role of oligopolies and economic groups in accelerating inflation in recent Argentina by Pablo Manzanelli, Leandro Amoretti

“…The article examines the impact of market concentration and corporate conglomeration strategy on the variation in relative prices or, according to the Latin-American structuralist view, on the “downward stickiness” of prices following the international shock that resulted in a significant increase in corporate profit margins. …”
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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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Health information-seeking among Latino newcomers - an exploratory study by Christina Courtright

“…This exploratory study examines health information-seeking practices among Latin American newcomers to a small city in the United States. …”
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Indicadores ambientais para as comunidades que sustentam a agricultura (CSA) em São Paulo e agricultura solidária (SoLaWi) na Alemanha by Joana Ortega de Lima Amorim, Marta Cristina Marjotta-Maistro

“…Future studies on the process of community formation and construction in the Latin American context are indicated, looking for capacity building of farmers and members for management and investment in critical education of members through public policies.…”
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Estimating school and teacher effects on students’ academic performance using multilevel models with three or more levels: a literature review by Lei Zhang

“…It also acknowledges the contributions of Latin American countries in advancing multilevel modeling and the holistic approach to educational analysis demonstrated in Cyprus. …”
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Comentarios al dossier "Antropología visual en Latinoamérica" by Christian León

“…The article reviews the essays and contributions made by each one of the authors; at the same time, it raises a number of questions regarding the nature, work conditions, and lines of research existent within Latin American visual anthropology. Finally, it invites the reader to reflect on the discipline’s social role when placed in a peripheral and particular context such as Latin America. …”
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Gender earnings ratio differences among population groups in Canada by Aneta Bonikowska

“…There was essentially no change among Black and South Asian workers, and small declines were seen in the gender earnings ratio among Japanese, Latin American, and Arab and West Asian employees.…”
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Implementation of in utero laparotomy-assisted fetoscopic spina bifida repair in two centers in Latin America: rationale for this approach in this regionAJOG Global Reports at a Gl... by Jezid Miranda, PhD, Miguel A. Parra-Saavedra, PhD, William O. Contreras-Lopez, PhD, Cristóbal Abello, MD, Guido Parra, MD, Juan Hernandez, MD, Amanda Barrero, MD, Isabela Leones, MD, Adriana Nieto-Sanjuanero, MD, Gerardo Sepúlveda-Gonzalez, MD, Magdalena Sanz-Cortes, PhD

“…These cases were compared to 78 cases from the MOMs trial and 314 from other Latin American centers using traditional open-hysterotomy methods. …”
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Concentration and Diversification of Production by Example of Major Indian Business groups by M. A. Vorobyeva

“…The success of Asian and Latin American business groups and conglomerates is worthy of a comprehensive investigation to adopt their experience in Russia.…”
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Enhancing evidence-based practice into healthcare: Exploring the role of scientific skills in occupational therapists- by Desirée Valera-Gran, Irene Campos-Sánchez, Daniel Prieto-Botella, Paula Fernández-Pires, Miriam Hurtado-Pomares, Iris Juárez-Leal, Paula Peral-Gómez, Eva María Navarrete-Muñoz

“…Recruitment was conducted through a non-probability convenience sampling method between April to June 2020, using social networks and email dissemination to education and professional organizations in Spain and Spanish-speaking Latin American countries.Results Out of a total score of 115 points, participants showed a moderate level of scientific skills (mean: 62.7, SD: 21.6), with literature searching skills ranking the highest and scientific writing skills ranking the lowest. …”
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Serum Uric Acid Is Associated with Metabolic Syndrome and Insulin Resistance among Health Personnel from Peru by Brenda M. Galindo-Yllu, Ricardo Rojas-Humpire, Carlos J. Toro-Huamanchumo, Rosmery Gutierrez-Ajalcriña, Anderson N. Soriano

“…MetS was defined according to Latin American Diabetes Association (ALAD) criteria and IR with surrogate IR markers, triglyceride-to-HDL-C ratio (TG/HDL-C), and triglyceride-to-glucose index (TyG). …”
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Intraventricular Neurilemmoma (Schwannoma): Shall GFAP Immunostaining Be Regarded as a Histogenetical Tag or as a Mere Histomimetical Trait? by Miguel Fdo. Salazar, Martha Lilia Tena Suck, Daniel Rembao Bojórquez, Citlaltepetl Salinas Lara

“…Here, we add another case study to the record as well as the fifth one in Latin American population. A 16-year-old boy without significant past clinical data debuted with headache and progressive left eye blindness during six months. …”
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Navigating trauma: Venezuelan women's and adolescent's experiences before and after migration amidst the humanitarian crisis by C. Correa-Salazar, J.J. Amon, K.R. Page, A.K. Groves, E.N. Agudelo-Avellaneda, D.S. Torres-Benítez, A. Martínez-Donate

“…The Venezuelan crisis has unleashed the largest exodus of migrants/refugees in recent Latin American history, most of whom have relocated to Colombia. …”
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Peritoneal Equilibration Test in Costa Rica: Discrepancies from Other Populations by Marta Avellan-Boza, Fabio Hernández, Allan Ramos-Esquivel

“…Peritoneal permeability among Costa Rican CAPD patients is different from the original population described by Twardowski et al. and from other Latin-American population. This supports the theory that ethnical differences could be responsible for such variations and they validate our statement that each region should possess value references of their own.…”
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Addressing the Oncologist Shortage in Latin America: Insights From a Survey of Medical Oncology Fellowship Programs by Mauricio Zegarra-López, Alejandro Aranda-Gutierrez, Jose Felipe Muñoz Lozano, Cynthia Villarreal-Garza

“…Our study aimed to clarify unknowns, with the goal of identifying areas for improvement and potential expansion of fellowships.MATERIALS AND METHODSSixteen medical oncologists, each from a different Latin American country, were surveyed using an online questionnaire. …”
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Lipomatous/Extensively Vacuolated Ependymoma with Signet-Ring Cell-Like Appearance: Analysis of a Case with Extensive Literature Review by Miguel Fdo. Salazar, Martha Lilia Tena-Suck, Alma Ortiz-Plata, Citlaltepetl Salinas-Lara, Daniel Rembao-Bojórquez

“…Here, we would like to report the first ependymoma of this kind in a Latin American institution. A 16-year-old boy experienced cephalea during three months. …”
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Knee pain in adults from the northeast of São Paulo, Brazil: prevalence, risk factors, and impact on quality of life by Alberto de Vitta, Nicoly Machado Maciel, Sandra Fiorelli Almeida Penteado Simeão, Matias Noll

“…Furthermore, several studies have shown the negative impact of knee pain on quality of life; however, there is a lack of knowledge about knee pain in Latin American populations. Objective: This study aims to investigate the prevalence, risk factors, and impact on the quality of life of knee pain in Brazilian adults. …”
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