Contaminants in the Urban Environment: Pharmaceuticals and Personal Care Products (PPCPs)—Part 1 by Yun-Ya Yang, Gurpal S. Toor

“…This series is intended to give state and local government officials, soil scientists, consulting engineers, extension agents, and citizens (1) a basic understanding of the occurrence, toxic effects, and source of various contaminants in the environment and (2) guidance on ways to protect human and environmental health. …”
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La encrucijada de Manuela Sáenz en el imaginario cultural latinoamericano del siglo XXI by María F. Lander

“…Este trabajo discute cómo el esfuerzo por actualizar la imagen de Manuela Sáenz implica negociar la creación de una nueva imagen que surge de la mezcla de la idea fosilizada en el imaginario colectivo latinoamericano de la quiteña como una sacrificada amante, y una versión más contemporánea de Manuela como un agente político que tuvo una injerencia determinante en los asuntos de estado durante los años de la Gran Colombia.…”
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L’articulation entre savoirs et actions dans trois dispositifs environnementaux : conservation, évaluation d’impact et restauration by Laura Rodriguez, Vincent Devictor, Virginie Maris

“…Knowledge and action relate to each other depending on the historical context of their institutionalisation as well as on the type of knowledge considered relevant for action according to the conceptions of nature of the involved agents. The mobilised ecological knowledge, yet preeminent in the actions on nature, is guided by contextual factors and conceptions of nature that are not formalised in the discourses.…”
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The Effect of Edible Mushroom on Health and Their Biochemistry by Anmut Assemie, Galana Abaya

“…These compounds have a wide range of therapeutic effects and can act as immunomodulatory, anticarcinogenic, antiviral, antioxidant, and anti-inflammatory agents. Routine consumption of edible mushrooms would give adequate protection due to the presence of all the necessary nutrients from them. …”
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Vie en montagne : Mobilités, manière de vivre et identités des nouveaux habitants d’une station de ski suisse by Andrea Friedli

“…Ainsi, les nouveaux habitants maintiennent leurs liens sociaux dans les villes tout en transposant leur mode de vie urbain dans leur nouveau foyer rural. …”
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La mémoire du conflit carliste et ses enjeux : entre usage politique et mise en ordre du passé by Laetitia Blanchard Rubio

“…I am going to demonstrate that these « memory agents » share a strong collective identity, and I am going to analyze their motivations regarding the planned preservation of memories. …”
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A IMPOSIÇÃO DA REGRA NA PRODUÇÃO INDUSTRIAL: ERGONOMIA NOS PROCESSOS DE NORMALIZAÇÃO E CERTIFICAÇÃO by Clovis Bucich

“…São comparados os atos sujeitos a regras impostas externamente com aqueles que se desenvolvem mediante negociação entre os agentes. São explicitamente abordados, na ótica de que aqui se trata, os processos de normalização técnica e de certificação de produtos, de processos e de sistemas de produção. …”
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The Emotional Edge of Financial Predators: a Four Group Longitudinal Study by Olivier Mesly, Jean-Pierre Lévy Mangin, François-Éric Racicot

“…En este trabajo se plantea la hipótesis de que gran parte de los inversionistas basó sus decisiones en torno a los asesores o agentes financieros poco escrupulosos que capitalizaron la emoción primitiva. …”
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La autoinmolación como don Sobre la noción de sujeto en Gianni Vattimo by Alonzo Loza Baltazar

“…Por su parte, el sujeto se determina como agente del don, capaz de recibir el don del ser como llamado del pasado y, a su vez, mediar una respuesta que se configure como don para el futuro. …”
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El prejuicio en la mentira política. Una mirada desde la injusticia epistémica by Alicia Natali Chamorro Muñoz

“…Para lograr este objetivo, primero, analizamos el vínculo entre el mentir y el agente, buscando dilucidar las particularidades de la mentira política frente a otras formas de mentir. …”
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Visões sobre o rio Araguaia : imprensa goiana e imaginário no século XIX by Eliete Barbosa de Brito Silva, Leandro Mendes Rocha

“…These, in their imagination conceive rivers as key elements for the production and maintenance of life forms. They are agents of fertilizing fields. They are the food sources, they are the roads. …”
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La democracia y la cuestión del pueblo by Cristóbal Friz

“… En el presente artículo, exploramos el problema del pueblo, como sujeto o agente que presuntamente ejerce el poder o gobierna en un régimen democrático. …”
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Factors influencing bone loss in anorexia nervosa: assessment and therapeutic options by Isabelle Legroux, Bernard Cortet

“…There are no studies in the literature demonstrating that oestrogen treatment is effective, and the best results seem to have been obtained with agents that induce bone formation—such as IGF-1—especially when associated with oestrogen. …”
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Cyclooxygenase Inhibition in Sepsis: Is There Life after Death? by David M. Aronoff

“…In light of this, cyclooxygenase (COX) inhibiting pharmacological agents have been extensively studied for their capacity to ameliorate the aberrant physiological and immune responses during severe sepsis. …”
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Magistrates’ Travelling Libraries: The Circulation of Normative Knowledge in the Portuguese Empire of the Late 18th Century by Airton Ribeiro da Silva Jr.

“…Finally, this investigation sheds light on how – and what kind of – normative information circulated in Portugal’s colonies along with these agents of the Crown. …”
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Experts on the defensive: The Tsiganologue versus Romani activism (1959-1973) by Begoña Barrera López

“…It is structured in five parts: the first briefly defines and explains the concepts of expert, expert knowledge and ethnicity; the second describes the context and profile of the main agents studied (the Tsiganalogues, Romani activists and the French police); the third and fourth parts examine in extenso the primary documentation; and finally, the fifth part offers a reflective summary of the profile of the Tsiganalogue. …”
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Validación de una escala de Habilidades y Estados de Relajación-Mindfulness para adolescentes​ by Luis López-González, Alberto Amutio Kareaga, David Herrero-Fernández, Rafael Bisquerra Alzina

“…Los resultados indican unas propiedades psicométricas del instrumento aceptables con una solución factorial de 19 ítems agrupados en tres factores: Enfoque, Pasividad-Receptividad y Estados de Relajación- Mindfulness. …”
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Anesthetic Management for Emergent Repair of Tracheoinnominate Fistula by Vinayak Nadar, Ratan K. Banik

“…Her anesthetic management was initially focused on maintaining spontaneous ventilation with inhalation agents until surgical exposure was adequate. An endotracheal tube was then placed under guidance of a video-laryngoscope. …”
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Algorithm of management of patients with acute cholestatic hepatitis (Clinical case presentation) by T. A. Deyeva, Ye. N. German, M. V. Mayevskaya, V. T. Ivashkin

“…Multiple elevation of serum transaminase level and markers of cholestasis was revealed. The acute cholestatic hepatitis was diagnosed, that developed on a background of herbal infusions and celandine intake. …”
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Conhecendo e construindo a saúde pelo ambiente: uma proposta de leitura participativa e territorializada em saúde ambiental by Heloise Canal, Roberto Verdum

“…This study aimed to develop and implement a reading strategy on the relationship between health and environment, city of Porto Alegre / Brazil, in order to enable partnerships with / between workers from the Environmental Health Surveillance Team and Health Communitary Agents from Family Health Strategies. …”
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