The Richness, Similarity, and Conservation Status of the Herpetofauna of the Balsas Basin Biogeographic Province of Mexico by Julio A. Lemos-Espinal, Geoffrey R. Smith

“…The Balsas Basin (BB) is a biogeographic province in south-central Mexico that straddles the Mexican Transition Zone and the Neotropical region. …”
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Oxidative Stress as the Main Target in Diabetic Retinopathy Pathophysiology by Olvera-Montaño Cecilia, Castellanos-González José Alberto, Navarro-Partida José, Cardona-Muñoz Ernesto Germán, López-Contreras Ana Karen, Roman-Pintos Luis Miguel, Robles-Rivera Ricardo Raúl, Rodríguez-Carrizalez Adolfo Daniel

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Code switching and the so-called “assimilation narrative” by Tamás Vraukó

“…In the paper examples are provided from Hispanic-American literature (Mexican-American, Puerto Rican and Dominican), across a range of genres from prose through drama to poetry, and also, examples are discussed when the author does in fact seek assimilation, as well as stories in which neither assimilation, nor integration is successful. …”
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La piratería como conflicto. Discursos sobre la propiedad intelectual en México by José Carlos G. Aguiar

“…El argumento central del autor es que la criminalización de la piratería no resulta de un proceso de interés nacional que tenga como objetivo promover e intensificar la propiedad intelectual o el estado de derecho, sino que surge de una perspectiva punitiva emanada de las redes de intereses internacionales y actores transnacionales propios del neoliberalismo global.AbstractThis article examines the evolution of intellectual property rights (IPR) protection in relation to anti-piracy actions undertaken by the Mexican government. The ‘war against piracy’ is based on the world trade legal structure. …”
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Supportive parenting and adolescents digital citizenship behaviors: The mediating role of self-regulation by Agustín Morales-Álvarez, Angel Alberto Valdés-Cuervo, Lizeth Guadalupe Parra-Pérez

“…The study included 570 Mexican adolescents (48% girls and 52% boys), and structural equation modeling and multigroup invariance statistics were conducted for analysis. …”
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Design of a Reconfigurable Robotic System for Flexoextension Fitted to Hand Fingers Size by J. Felipe Aguilar-Pereyra, Eduardo Castillo-Castaneda

“…The reconfiguration of mechanisms covers about 95% of hand sizes of a group of Mexican adult population. Maximum trajectory tracking error is less than 3% in full range of movement and it can be compensated by the additional rotation of finger joints without injury to the user.…”
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Estimation of Total Yearly CO2 Emissions by Wildfires in Mexico during the Period 1999–2010 by Flor Bautista Vicente, Noel Carbajal, Luis Felipe Pineda Martínez

“…The total affected area during the period 1999 to 2010 was 86800 km2 which corresponds to 4.3% of the Mexican territory. Total CO2 emissions were approximately 112 Tg. …”
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Using microtremor data to obtain dynamic properties of soils in the Veracruz-Boca del Rio metropolitan areaMendeley Data by José E. Barradas-Hernández, Sergio Márquez-Domínguez, Franco Antonio Carpio-Santamaria, Alejandro Vargas-Colorado, Abigail Zamora-Hernández, Roberto Rivera-Baizabal

“…These models represent a mathematical approximation of the soil structure that can be used to dynamically classify it according to Mexican technical codes.…”
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Molecular Identification of Mycobacterium Species of Public Health and Veterinary Importance from Cattle in the South State of México by Adrian Zaragoza Bastida, Nallely Rivero Pérez, Benjamín Valladares Carranza, Keila Isaac-Olivé, Pablo Moreno Pérez, Horacio Sandoval Trujillo, Ninfa Ramírez Durán

“…Much less is known about “nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM),” which are also associated with infections in humans. The Mexican standard NOM-ZOO-031-1995 regulates the presence of M. bovis in cattle; however, no regulation exists for the NTM species. …”
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Climatology of waterspouts in Mexico and numerical modeling of a particular case by Daniela Monterde, Noel Carbajal, José Francisco León-Cruz, Luis Felipe Pineda-Martínez

“…Numerous waterspout events occur practically in all Mexican waters. The principal aim was to carry out a climatology of these events. …”
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L’Arbre des rues de Mexico : une ressource au-delà de son exploitabilité by Nora Itri

“…Analyzing this particularity in the physical and historical constitution of the Mexican megalopolis allows us to renew the meaning that is conventionally attributed to the notion of resource. …”
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Le maïs et la mémoire bioculturelle de Mésoamérique by Víctor M. Toledo, Narciso Barrera-Bassols

“…This extensive territory where maize – which today constitutes the staple food in Mexican and Central American kitchens – finds its origin has become a symbolic point of reference, forming the core nucleus of a cosmic matrix. …”
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Influence of the COVID-19 pandemic on the prevalence of depression in U.S. adults: evidence from NHANES by Yun Jiang, Wusheng Deng, Mei Zhao

“…Subgroups such as females, Mexican Americans, and young adults experienced particularly pronounced increases. …”
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Natural and anthropogenic noise shape bat activity and sonar behavior by Ryan Vosbigian, Ryan Wardle, Hannah S. Rempel, Ellie Brauer, Michael Huggins, Samantha West, Joshua S. Willems, Clinton D. Francis

“…Here, we studied whether Mexican free‐tailed bats (Tadarida brasiliensis) alter activity and call features in response to playback of traffic and river noise relative to ambient acoustics. …”
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Antimicrobial, Anti-Inflammatory, Antiparasitic, and Cytotoxic Activities of Laennecia confusa by María G. Martínez Ruiz, Melissa Richard-Greenblatt, Zaida N. Juárez, Yossef Av-Gay, Horacio Bach, Luis R. Hernández

“…The current paper investigated the potential benefit of the traditional Mexican medicinal plant Laennecia confusa (Cronquist) G. …”
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Antioxidant and Antimicrobial Properties of Cactus Pear (Opuntia) Seed Oils by Esther Ramírez-Moreno, Raquel Cariño-Cortés, Nelly del Socorro Cruz-Cansino, Luis Delgado-Olivares, José Alberto Ariza-Ortega, Vanessa Yelina Montañez-Izquierdo, María Manuela Hernández-Herrero, Tomás Filardo-Kerstupp

“…Seed oils from two Mexican varieties of cactus pear (green: Opuntia albicarpa and red: Opuntia ficus indica) were extracted with different solvents (hexane, ethanol, and ethyl acetate) to evaluate their antioxidant activity. …”
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Vaginal Dysbiosis in Infertility: A Comparative Analysis Between Women with Primary and Secondary Infertility by Iliana Alejandra Cortés-Ortíz, Gustavo Acosta-Altamirano, Rafael Nambo-Venegas, Jesús Alejandro Pineda-Migranas, Oscar Giovanni Ríos-Hernández, Eduardo García-Moncada, Alejandra Yareth Bonilla-Cortés, Mónica Sierra-Martínez, Juan Carlos Bravata-Alcántara

“…Objective: The aim of this study was to characterize the vaginal microbiota of 136 Mexican women diagnosed with infertility—primary (n = 58) and secondary (n = 78)—by evaluating the presence of pathogenic bacterial species and their associations with infertility conditions. …”
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Diffuse Alveolar Hemorrhage in a Patient with Antisynthetase Syndrome by D. A. Vargas-Gutiérrez, F. Solís-Jiménez, K. I. Arias Callejas, L. Cano Cruz, R. Zapata Arenas, A. O. Acero López, P. Puente Rodríguez, S. Velázquez de la Paz

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Carolina Maria de Jesus e a autorrepresentação literária da exclusão social na América Latina: olhares reversos aos de Eduardo Galeano e Octavio Paz by Larissa Paula Tirloni, Marcelo Marinho

“…In order to achieve that critical goal, this crisscrossed - reading takes into consideration the poetic and social ideas of Mexican diplomat Octavio Paz and Uruguayan journalist Eduardo Galeano. …”
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Essential Oils as Biocontrol Agents of Early and Late Blight Diseases of Tomato under Greenhouse Conditions by Lydia G. Mugao, Bernard M. Gichimu, Phyllis W. Muturi, Ezekiel K. Njoroge

“…This research sought to test the potency of ginger, garlic, and Mexican marigold essential oils against the early and late blight diseases of tomato under greenhouse conditions. …”
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