Punitive privatization in Mexico: Labor subjectification in relation to prison outsourcing by Pablo Hoyos-González, Nadia Patricia Gutiérrez-Gallardo, Francico Javier Escobedo-Conde

“…Given the scarcity of research on the impact of the privatization of the prison system in Latin America, we take the Mexican case with the aim of problematizing the implementation of prison outsourcing and the accreditation of new prisons by the American Correctional Association (ACA). …”
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Derechos reproductivos y políticas demográficas en América Latina by Karina Felitti

“…This article examines the context in which early experiences of family planning appeared in Latin America in the sixties. The debates about birth control brought together different actors in a discussion of lasting consequences. …”
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CONSTITUTIONAL AND LEGAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES AND PECULIARITGIES OF THE 1987 CONSTITUTION by A. N. Pankov

“…The author shows that the U.S. attempts to impose its former colony model of American state and legal institutions that would facilitate the establishment of the South- East Asia "window of Western democracy", and could serve as a role model for the layout of other countries, not only in South-East Asia but also in Africa and Latin America, suffered a fiasco.…”
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Three Cases of West Nile Encephalitis over an Eight-Day Period at a Downtown Los Angeles Community Hospital by Adam Puchalski, Antonio K. Liu, Byron Williams

“…Since its introduction in New York City in 1999, the virus has spread throughout the entire North American continent and continues to spread into Central and Latin America. Our report discusses the signs and symptoms, diagnostics, and treatment of West Nile disease. …”
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Feasibility study for the collection of wasted vegetable oils in the Canton of Baños De Agua Santa and proposal for the incorporation of a biodiesel production plant as a strategy... by Luna Radharani Alzate, Mena Alfredo, Setiadi Rukuh

“…Baños de Agua Santa, is one of the most visited tourist locations in Latin America and does not have a waste recycling plan. …”
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Transnationalization of science and technology policies in Central America. A network analysis 1955-2020 by Ronny Viales-Hurtado, Ronald Sáenz-Leandro, Marco Garita-Mondragón

“…This conclusion is reached after examining the official documents and the transnational networks generated by the flow of these ideas in Latin America. In the heyday of CEPAL-inspired developmentalism in the region, the Central American Institute for Industrial Research and Technology (ICAITI) became a key player in the development of Latin American thought on science, technology and society. …”
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Are Believers Happier than Atheists? Well-being Measures in a Sample of Atheists and Believers in Puerto Rico by Juan Aníbal González-Rivera, Adam Rosario-Rodríguez, Eduardo L. Rodríguez-Ramos, Idania Hernández-Gato, Lourdes M. Torres-Báez

“…Currently, not much has been written about the empirical psychological well-being of the atheist community in Puerto Rico and Latin America. The objective of the present study is to analyze if there are statistically significant differences in the levels of life satisfaction and psychological flourishing between believers in God and self-identified atheists. …”
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Mutations in Mycobacterium tuberculosis Isolates with Discordant Results for Drug-Susceptibility Testing in Peru by L. Solari, D. Santos-Lazaro, Z. M. Puyen

“…This is the first study in Latin America addressing mutations present in strains with discordant results between genotypic and phenotypic methods to rifampicin and isoniazid. …”
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The Status of Childhood Lead Poisoning and Prevention in Nevada, USA by Anne M. Rothweiler, Elena E. Cabb, Shawn L. Gerstenberger

“…Emerging data indicates that Nevada is an area of rapid population growth, characterized by increasing immigration from Latin America, increasing numbers of children from low-income families with no health insurance. …”
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Early Childhood Education in Times of Pandemic: The lived experience of children in Latinamerican countries by Marlene Fermín-González, Carolina Caffarena-Barcenilla, Blanca Barco, Ada Echenique-Arguinzones

“…The primary aim of this research was to interpret the educational experiences of young children in Latin America during the Covid-19 health emergency. Data was collected through four strategies based on the mosaic approach: face-to-face interviews, virtual interviews, audio recordings, and drawings, involving a total of 46 children from 7 countries: Chile, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, Costa Rica, Brazil, and Argentina. …”
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Building capacities for oriented innovation: Argentina’s response to COVID-19 from a gender perspective by Leila Mucarsel, Ana Clara Barile, Meera Bhat

“…Through a theoretical framework that articulates the literature on “dynamic public sector capacities” and “state capacities” in Latin America – and the application of a qualitative methodology (case study), we find that state capacities were strengthened by reconfiguring pre-existing resources based on a government project, collective leadership, and a series of institutional and political innovations in the context of the rise of regional feminisms. …”
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Feminización de las luchas antiextractivistas: el colectivo Mujeres Amazónicas Defensoras de la Selva by Yolanda Martínez Suárez

“…Amid the intensification of extractivist activities in Latin America, a transformative phenomenon demands attention: the feminization of resistance struggles. …”
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Design and Implementation of a Fuzzy Controller for a TRIGA Mark III Reactor by Tonatiuh Rivero-Gutiérrez, Jorge S. Benítez-Read, Armando Segovia-De-los-Ríos, Luis C. Longoria-Gándara, Javier C. Palacios-Hernández

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DECOLONIALITY OF KNOWLEDGE AND INTERCULTURAL “DAHLEZ” by N. T. Nurulla-Khodzhaeva

“…Therefore it is fair to ask: what is the reason for the lack of dialogue on decolonization of, both within the region (between researchers of different republics), between the Russian and Central Asian researchers, as well as between other regions, ie South-to-South (the Middle East, Latin America, India, etc.). Without doubt, every one of us has worthy of alibi. …”
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Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting: The Secret World of Women as Seen by Men by Adriana Kaplan, Babucarr Cham, Lamin A. Njie, Ana Seixas, Sandra Blanco, Mireia Utzet

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Dynamic Spillovers of Economic Policy Uncertainty: A TVP-VAR Analysis of Latin American and Global EPU Indices by Nini Johana Marín-Rodríguez, Juan David González-Ruíz, Sergio Botero

“…The findings highlight the significant impact of external EPU, particularly from the U.S. and global EPU sources on Latin America, positioning it as a primary recipient of international uncertainty. …”
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STATE-BUILDING PROCESS IN UZBEKISTAN: MANY MILES TO GO by Gürhan Ünal

“…Transition studies gained widespread attention with thedemocratization of Latin America and Southern Europe. However, it becameevident that current transition literature which solely focuses ondemocratization and marketization lacks the explanatory power on transitionprocess of post-Soviet states due to the Soviet legacy which left its marks notonly in terms of democracy and economy but also on national-identity andreligious affairs. …”
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Digital framework for georeferenced multiplatform surveillance of banana wilt using human in the loop AI and YOLO foundation models by Juan Jose Mora, Guy Blomme, Nancy Safari, Sivalingam Elayabalan, Ramasamy Selvarajan, Michael Gomez Selvaraj

“…In terms of ground level images, we organized the dataset based on disease occurrence in Africa, Latin America, India, Asia and Australia. For this platform, YOLOv8 outperforms the rest and achieves mAP@50, precision and recall between 65 and 99% depending on the plant part and region. …”
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Bolsonaro’s ‘Anti-Diplomacy' by J. A. Timofeeva

“…The USA was not interested in strengthening its rival in Latin America, no matter how friendly the relations between the two countries were. …”
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