On difference. Lack and politics in Pierre Clastres by Sebastián Barros

“…Finally –and briefly–, the article puts forward a way in which the analysis of contemporary political processes like Latin America populisms or the Indignants Movement in Europe could benefit from Clastres’ conception of politics and difference.…”
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Perception and adaptation to climate change in vulnerable regions by A. Jiménez Bedoya, F. Fuentes Gandara, R. Paternina Uribe, J. Pinedo Hernández

“…The objective of this study was to evaluate the perception of different focus population groups such as fishermen, farmers and ranchers on climate change, regional adaptation strategies and implementation of public policies in the La Mojana Region of Northern Colombia, which is highly vulnerable to extreme climate phenomena. …”
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INTERNATIONAL FORUM OF AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR ENGINEERING EDUCATION by Vasily Ivanov, Yulia Ziyatdinova

“…A number of international nonBprofit nonBgovernmental engineering education organizations aim at unitingthe faculty and administrators of engineering universities and the representativesof industry in order to develop joint solutions and improve thequality of engineering education worldBwide. The most popular of these organizations are Internationale Gesellschaft für Ingenieurpädagogik IGIP, Société Européenne pour la Formation des Ingénieurs (SEFI), Global Engineering Deans Council (GEDC), American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE), and etc.ASEE is one of the organizations implementing global scale activities. …”
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Measuring Technical Efficiency in Venezuela: The Dual-Purpose Cattle System (DPCS) by Leonardo Ortega, Ronald W. Ward, Chris Andrew

“…The economic importance of DPCS to these regions is clear since Tropical America uses this production system for 78% of its total bovine population and 41% of its milk production (Fernandez-Bacca, 1995; Estrada, 1993). …”
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Measuring Technical Efficiency in Venezuela: The Dual-Purpose Cattle System (DPCS) by Leonardo Ortega, Ronald W. Ward, Chris Andrew

“…The economic importance of DPCS to these regions is clear since Tropical America uses this production system for 78% of its total bovine population and 41% of its milk production (Fernandez-Bacca, 1995; Estrada, 1993). …”
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A bajulação das massas by Franz Josef Brüseke, Héctor Ricardo Leis

“…Since the greek political philosophy passing through the theoretical work of Tocqueville, Le Bon, Nietzsche, Ortega y Gasset and Heidegger, to acquire a curious political actualization with Lenin, Stalin, Hitler and others, the fl attered mass presents itself in the Latin American populism.…”
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Dynamic behavior of two models of adobe masonry dwelling with and without the confinement of concrete elements by Jesús Alonso Velarde Gil Lamadrid, María Teresa Sánchez Medrano, Alma Maria Cataño Barrera

“…The impact of seismic events on populations living in unreinforced adobe masonry buildings, mostly located in rural areas in Mexico and the rest of Latin America, has given rise to research aimed at studying construction and structural aspects in order to guarantee the stability of dwelling and the safety of the people who live there. …”
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Ontological and intercultural anthropology of health among the shuar peoples of Zamora-Chinchipe by Christian Tym

“…This argument is developed based on intercultural health through the case study of health practices and preferences in the shuar population of the Ecuadorian province of Zamora-Chinchipe. …”
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Translations of the foreign authors in the Vilnius Pierists publishing house by Irena Jackevičienė

“…In the 18th century, when great attention was paid to education, there was significant interest in the publishing of popular scientific literature. Since local society was not able to prepare the necessary textbooks for schools in a short period of time, translated textbooks were used. …”
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O KOM, O KOM, IMMANUEL – VENI, VENI EMMANUEL:

“…It is argued that its popularity, even in circles outside the church, indicates that it could bring church people and people in the public domain together and be a medium through which believers and non-believers, or people who experience doubt, could communicate with each other. …”
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The relation between knowledge and concern: A global study of children and COVID-19 by Dina L. G. Borzekowski, Christopher R. Lane, Ankit Chandnani, Maya Götz

“…COVID-19 messages vary around the world, and populations receive these messages in different ways. …”
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The diversity of local political agendas during COVID-19: A comparison of Mexican states by Enrique García-Tejeda, Juan Guillermo Vieira-Silva

“…The Mexican case allows us to analyze recent hypotheses of comparative studies on this issue, which propose that the size of the population and the scale and socioeconomic structure of the administrations may be factors that explain the scope and diversity of local agendas. …”
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Health information-seeking among Latino newcomers - an exploratory study by Christina Courtright

“…</b> It is particularly important for information behaviour researchers to examine the dynamic interactions among study populations and their information environments over time.…”
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The Evolution of Venezuelan Evangelical Involvement in Politics: The Case of the 2024 Presidential Elections by Fernando Adolfo Mora-Ciangherotti

“…The main reason for this move was the surprising growth of the evangelical population in the country, which reached almost 30% by the end of 2023. …”
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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 results show that a reduction in the number of contaminated workers and removal of contaminated food products are essential in eliminating the disease in the human population and vice versa. The results have significant public health implications in the management and containment of any listeriosis disease outbreak.…”
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MIAU: An analysis-ready dataset on presence-only and presence-absence data of Neotropical carnivores (Mammalia, Carnivora) from 2000 to 2021 by Florencia Grattarola, Kateřina Tschernosterová, Petr Keil

“…These data can be used for large-scale species distribution models, calculation of population trends, extinction risk analyses and educational purposes.…”
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Interaction of Schistosoma mansoni Sporocysts and Hemocytes of Biomphalaria by D. Negrão-Corrêa, A. C. A. Mattos, C. A. J. Pereira, R. L. Martins-Souza, P. M. Z. Coelho

“…Human infection by Schistosoma mansoni affects more than 100 million people worldwide, most often in populations of developing countries of Africa, Asia, and Latin America. …”
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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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The need for novel influenza vaccines in low- and middle-income countries: A narrative review by Julia R. Spinardi, Karan B. Thakkar, Verna L. Welch, Oladayo Jagun, Moe H. Kyaw

“…Most of the disease burden is in Low- and Middle-Income Countries (LMICs) owing to factors such as high population density, infrastructure challenges, poor quality healthcare, lack of consistent recommendations, less prioritization of all high-risk groups, and prevalent use of trivalent influenza vaccines. …”
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Hydric conflict and territorial defense: Women in the Peasant Movement of Santiago del Estero, Argentina by Mariela Pena

“…In the face of these processes, environmental resistances have been articulated by vulnerable peasant-indigenous populations, who oppose this productivist paradigm by advancing sustainable development ethics. …”
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