Development of a core outcome set for disease modification trials in mild to moderate dementia: a systematic review, patient and public consultation and consensus recommendations by Lucy Webster, Derek Groskreutz, Anna Grinbergs-Saull, Rob Howard, John T O’Brien, Gail Mountain, Sube Banerjee, Bob Woods, Robert Perneczky, Louise Lafortune, Charlotte Roberts, Jenny McCleery, James Pickett, Frances Bunn, David Challis, Georgina Charlesworth, Katie Featherstone, Chris Fox, Claire Goodman, Roy Jones, Sallie Lamb, Esme Moniz-Cook, Justine Schneider, Sasha Shepperd, Claire Surr, Jo Thompson-Coon, Clive Ballard, Carol Brayne, Orlaith Burke, Alistair Burns, Linda Clare, Peter Garrard, Patrick Kehoe, Peter Passmore, Clive Holmes, Ian Maidment, Fliss Murtagh, Louise Robinson, Gill Livingston

“…Data sources: We included disease modification trials with quantitative outcomes of efficacy from (1) references from related systematic reviews in workstream 1; (2) searches of the Cochrane Dementia and Cognitive Improvement Group study register, Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature, EMBASE, Latin American and Caribbean Health Sciences Literature and PsycINFO on 11 December 2015, and clinical trial registries [International Standard Randomised Controlled Trial Number (ISRCTN) and clinicaltrials.gov] on 22 and 29 January 2016; and (3) hand-searches of reference lists of relevant systematic reviews from database searches. …”
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A ecologia política na América Latina: reapropriação social da natureza e reinvenção dos territórios </p><p> Political ecology inlatinamerica: nature’s social reapropriation and th... by Carlos Walter Porto-Gonçalves

“…</p>English</p><p align="justify"> The Latin American environmental thinking/action has been growing with/against the fundamentals from the Eurocentric rationality matrix. …”
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Prophylactic plasma transfusion for patients without inherited bleeding disorders or anticoagulant use undergoing non-cardiac surgery or invasive procedures by Huber, J, Stanworth, S, Doree, C, Fortin, P, Trivella, M, Brunskill, S, Hopewell, S, Wilkinson, K, Estcourt, L

“…<br/><strong>Search methods: </strong>We searched for randomised controlled trials (RCTs), without language or publication status restrictions in: Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL; 2017 Issue 7); Ovid MEDLINE (from 1946); Ovid Embase (from 1974); Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature (CINAHL; EBSCOHost) (from 1937); PubMed (e‐publications and in‐process citations ahead of print only); Transfusion Evidence Library (from 1950); Latin American Caribbean Health Sciences Literature (LILACS) (from 1982); Web of Science: Conference Proceedings Citation Index‐Science (CPCI‐S) (Thomson Reuters, from 1990); ClinicalTrials.gov; and World Health Organization (WHO) International Clinical Trials Registry Search Platform (ICTRP) to 28 January 2019.…”

Prophylactic plasma transfusion for patients without inherited bleeding disorders or anticoagulant use undergoing non‐cardiac surgery or invasive procedures by Huber, J, Stanworth, SJ, Doree, C, Fortin, PM, Trivella, M, Brunskill, SJ, Hopewell, S, Wilkinson, KL, Estcourt, LJ

“…<p><strong>Search Methods:</strong><br /> We searched for randomised controlled trials (RCTs), without language or publication status restrictions in: Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL; 2017 Issue 7); Ovid MEDLINE (from 1946); Ovid Embase (from 1974); Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature (CINAHL; EBSCOHost) (from 1937); PubMed (e‐publications and in‐process citations ahead of print only); Transfusion Evidence Library (from 1950); Latin American Caribbean Health Sciences Literature (LILACS) (from 1982); Web of Science: Conference Proceedings Citation Index‐Science (CPCI‐S) (Thomson Reuters, from 1990); ClinicalTrials.gov; and World Health Organization (WHO) International Clinical Trials Registry Search Platform (ICTRP) to 28 January 2019. …”

AS DIVINDADES DO POP-MODERNO: Cosmogonias, ritos e divindades afro-americanas na atual música feminina caribenha/ THE DEITIES OF MODERN-DAY POP: Cosmogonies, rites, and African-Ame... by Massimiliano Carta

“…This paper treats in a privileged way the music originated in the Caribbean area, created by Latin American stars that have had worldwide success, from the already mentioned reflections of the recognized Chicano intellectual. …”
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Condiciones sociodemograficas y estado nutricional de niños menores de un año en areas periféricas de Guadalajara, México Condições sociodemográfícas e estado nutricional de crianç... by Guillermo Julián González P., María Guadalupe Vega L.

“…The ponderal assessment of the infants was performed on the basis of tables which the Latin-American Perinatology Center had developed for this purpose. …”
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The Study and Comparison of Pastoral Elements in the Works of Mahmoud Dolatabadi and Gabriel Garcia Marquez by Hossein Khorshidi, Reza Fahimi, Reza Heidari

“…This author, in the way of realism and sometimes magical realism, has dealt with the features of life in the village, customs, love, marriage, and the interaction between lord and serf.Gabriel García Márquez has also revived the native components of his living region in Latin American literature. He lives among people whose women are very superstitious and believe in supernatural forces. …”
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Seroprevalence canine survey for selected vector-borne pathogens and its relationship with poverty in metropolitan Pereira, Colombia, 2020 by D. Katterine Bonilla-Aldana, Erwin J. Gutiérrez-Grajales, J. Paola Martínez-Arboleda, María Angelica Reina-Mora, Adrián E. Trejos-Mendoza, Soffia Pérez-Vargas, Lorenzo Valencia-Mejía, Luisa F. Marín-Arboleda, Daniela Osorio-Navia, Mariana Chacón-Peña, Luz Victoria González-Colonia, Jaime A. Cardona-Ospina, Erika Vanessa Jiménez-Posada, Andrés Diaz, Jean Carlos Salazar, Manuel Sierra, Fausto Muñoz-Lara, Lysien I. Zambrano, Eduardo Ramírez-Vallejo, Juan Camilo Álvarez, Ingrid Lorena Jaramillo-Delgado, Samuel Pecho-Silva, Alberto Paniz-Mondolfi, Álvaro A. Faccini-Martínez, Alfonso J. Rodríguez-Morales

“…Background: Tick-borne diseases (TBD) and dirofilariosis are currently not under surveillance in most Latin American countries. In addition, there is a significant lack of studies describing the current situation in most endemic areas, including Colombia. …”
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Análisis de la Producción de Investigación Científica Internacional Sobre Turismo en Colombia y Brasil y el Desarrollo Turístico Actual de los Países by Alexander Zúñiga Collazos, Marysol Castillo Palacio, Adriana Fumi Chim Miki

“…&lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt"&gt;Abstract&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt"&gt;Tourism is one of the most dynamic sectors in the world, and the difference in the arrival of tourists and economic benefits perceived by the same concept in destination countries with emerging economies and developed economies is declining (UNWOT, 2011). For Latin American countries represent an opportunity for growth of economic and social development. …”
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RA V7 N1 2017, Mensaje del Editor en Jefe y del Editor invitado (Enero - Abril 2017) by Pedro Castro Borges

“…Journal of the Latin-American Association of Quality Control, Pathology and Recovery of Construction. …”
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The impact of COVID-19 on the well-being and cognition of older adults living in the United States and Latin America by Ganesh M. Babulal, Valeria L. Torres, Daisy Acosta, Cinthya Agüero, Sara Aguilar-Navarro, Rebecca Amariglio, Juliana Aya Ussui, Ana Baena, Yamile Bocanegra, Sonia Maria Dozzi Brucki, Julian Bustin, Diego M. Cabrera, Nilton Custodio, Monica M. Diaz, Lissette Duque Peñailillo, Idalid Franco, Jennifer R. Gatchel, Ana Paola Garza-Naveda, Mariana González Lara, Lidia Gutiérrez-Gutiérrez, Edmarie Guzmán-Vélez, Bernard J. Hanseeuw, Ivonne Z. Jimenez-Velazquez, Tomás León Rodríguez, Jorge Llibre-Guerra, María J. Marquine, Jairo Martinez, Luis D. Medina, Claudia Miranda-Castillo, Alejandra Morlett Paredes, Diana Munera, Alberto Nuñez-Herrera, Maira Okada de Oliveira, Santiago J. Palmer-Cancel, Enmanuelle Pardilla-Delgado, Jaime Perales-Puchalt, Celina Pluim, Liliana Ramirez-Gomez, Dorene M. Rentz, Claudia Rivera-Fernández, Monica Rosselli, Cecilia M Serrano, Maria Jose Suing-Ortega, Andrea Slachevsky, Marcio Soto-Añari, Reisa A. Sperling, Fernando Torrente, Daniela Thumala, Patrizia Vannini, Clara Vila-Castelar, Tatiana Yañez-Escalante, Yakeel T. Quiroz

“…Methods: 1,608 (646 White, 852 Latino, 77 Black, 33 Asian; 72% female) individuals from the US and four Latin American countries aged ≥ 55 years completed an online survey regarding well-being and cognition during the pandemic between May and September 2020. …”
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The Impact of Land Property Rights Interventions on Investment and Agricultural Productivity in Developing Countries: a Systematic Review by Steven Lawry, Cyrus Samii, Ruth Hall, Aaron Leopold, Donna Hornby, Farai Mtero

“…The study results draw attention particularly to the significant gains in productivity and investment in agriculture in the Latin American and Asian cases due to tenure formalization, and the comparatively weak effects attributable to formalization in Africa. …”
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Clinical and pulmonary function analysis in long-COVID revealed that long-term pulmonary dysfunction is associated with vascular inflammation pathways and metabolic syndrome by Sergio Sanhueza, Mabel A. Vidal, Mabel A. Vidal, Mauricio A. Hernandez, Mario E. Henriquez-Beltran, Mario E. Henriquez-Beltran, Mario E. Henriquez-Beltran, Mario E. Henriquez-Beltran, Camilo Cabrera, Romina Quiroga, Bárbara E. Antilef, Kevin P. Aguilar, Daniela A. Castillo, Faryd J. Llerena, Marco Fraga Figueroa, Mauricio Nazal, Eritson Castro, Paola Lagos, Alexa Moreno, Jaime J. Lastra, Jorge Gajardo, Pamela Garcés, Benilde Riffo, Jorge Buchert, Rocío Sanhueza, Valeska Ormazába, Pablo Saldivia, Cristian Vargas, Guillermo Nourdin, Elard Koch, Felipe A. Zuñiga, Liliana Lamperti, Paula Bustos, Enrique Guzmán-Gutiérrez, Claudio A. Tapia, Luciano Ferrada, Gustavo Cerda, Ute Woehlbier, Erick Riquelme, Maria-Isabel Yuseff, Braulio A. Muñoz Ramirez, Giovanna Lombardi, David De Gonzalo-Calvo, David De Gonzalo-Calvo, Carlos Salomon, Ricardo A. Verdugo, Luis A. Quiñones, Luis A. Quiñones, Luis A. Quiñones, Alicia Colombo, Alicia Colombo, Maria I. Barría, Gonzalo Labarca, Gonzalo Labarca, Gonzalo Labarca, Estefania Nova-Lamperti

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The Impact of Business Support Services for Small and Medium Enterprises on Firm Performance in Low‐ and Middle‐Income Countries: A Systematic Review by Caio Piza, Tulio Antonio Cravo, Linnet Taylor, Lauro Gonzalez, Isabel Musse, Isabela Furtado, Ana C. Sierra, Samer Abdelnour

“…And the evidence available was mainly about programmes in Latin American countries. There is a likelihood of bias in many studies. …”
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LA ELEVADA PREVALENCIA Y SEVERIDAD DE SÍNTOMAS UROGENITALES DE MUJERES INDÍGENAS ZENÚES COLOMBIANAS EN POSTMENOPAUSIA, TAMBIÉN ES EVIDENCIADA EN OTRA POBLACIÓN AMERINDIA* by Álvaro Monterrosa Castro, Ivette Marina Romero Pérez, Ángel Paternina Caicedo, Eliana Ojeda Lazo

“…&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h3&gt;Abstract&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The High Prevalence and Severity of Urogenital Symptoms in Postmenopausal Colombian Indigenous Women of Zenú Ethnicity is Also Evident In Other Amerindian Population&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Background:&lt;/strong&gt; Latin American women have more severe menopausal symptoms than women from other regions of the world. …”
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Gender differences and management of stroke risk of nonvalvular atrial fibrillation in an upper middle-income country: Insights from the CARMEN-AF registry by J. Antonio González-Hermosillo, Manuel A. Baños-González, Milton E. Guevara-Valdivia, Jorge A. Vázquez-Acosta, Manuel Odín de los Ríos Ibarra, Kulio A. Aguilar-Linares, Carlos Cantú-Brito, José L. Leiva-Pons, Gerardo Pozas-Garza, Eddie A. Favela-Pérez, Manlio F. Márquez, María Sangeado Santos, César González Aguilar, Jorge Gómez Flores, Karim Yarek Juárez Escobar, Samantha Rodríguez Bastidas, José Raúl de los Ríos Ibarra, Carmen Summerson Lama, José Paz Marcelo Jiménez Cruz, Enrique Martínez Flores, Norberto Matadamas Hernández, Vanesa Esperanza Matadamas Carmona, Candelaria Mancilla, Rocío Camacho Casillas, José Refugio Ramírez González, Reynaldo Magaña Magaña, Jorge Carrillo Calvillo, Ulises Rojel Martínez, Marco Antonio Alcocer Gamba, Héctor Francisco Fernández Saldaña, Laura Reséndiz Barrón, Susano Lara Vaca, Edgar Alfredo Rodríguez Salazar, Humberto Rodríguez Reyes, Marco Aurelio Islava Gálvez, José Salvador Lainez Zelaya, Lidia Evangelina Betancourt Hernández, Yoloxochitl García Jiménez, Sadoc Marín Rendon, Nicolás Reyes Reyes, Luis Gerardo Molina Fernández de Lara, Carlos Gutiérrez González, Fernando Flores Silva, Alberto Zenón Baños Velasco, Miguel Ernesto Beltrán Gámez, Amanda Castelán Ojeda, César Iván Vázquez Serna, Miguel Ángel Negrete Rivera, Alejandro Lechuga Martín del Campo, Demetrio Kosturakis García, Ramón Miguel Esturau Santaló, José Luis Novelo Del Valle, Luis Delgado Leal, Luis Ángel Trujillo Muñoz, José Fabián Hernández Díaz, Mariano Miguel Guerra, Raúl Isaac Márquez, María Isabel Sánchez Ramírez, Marcos Robledo, José Manuel Enciso Muñoz, Juan Carlos Núñez Fragoso, Saúl Flores

“…There is scarce information about clinical characteristics and use of antithrombotic therapies in Latin American patients with nonvalvular AF. Objective: To describe the gender differences in clinical characteristics, thromboembolic risk, and antithrombotic therapy of patients with nonvalvular AF recruited in Mexico, an upper middle-income country, into the prospective national CARMEN-AF Registry. …”
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Elena+ Care for COVID-19, a Pandemic Lifestyle Care Intervention: Intervention Design and Study Protocol by Joseph Ollier, Simon Neff, Christine Dworschak, Arber Sejdiji, Prabhakaran Santhanam, Roman Keller, Grace Xiao, Alina Asisof, Dominik Rüegger, Caterina Bérubé, Lena Hilfiker Tomas, Joël Neff, Jiali Yao, Aishah Alattas, Veronica Varela-Mato, Amanda Pitkethly, Mª Dolores Vara, Mª Dolores Vara, Rocío Herrero, Rocío Herrero, Rosa Mª Baños, Rosa Mª Baños, Rosa Mª Baños, Carolina Parada, Rajashree Sundaram Agatheswaran, Victor Villalobos, Olivia Clare Keller, Olivia Clare Keller, Wai Sze Chan, Varun Mishra, Nicholas Jacobson, Catherine Stanger, Xinming He, Viktor von Wyl, Viktor von Wyl, Steffi Weidt, Severin Haug, Michael Schaub, Birgit Kleim, Jürgen Barth, Claudia Witt, Urte Scholz, Urte Scholz, Elgar Fleisch, Elgar Fleisch, Elgar Fleisch, Florian von Wangenheim, Florian von Wangenheim, Lorainne Tudor Car, Lorainne Tudor Car, Falk Müller-Riemenschneider, Falk Müller-Riemenschneider, Sandra Hauser-Ulrich, Alejandra Núñez Asomoza, Alicia Salamanca-Sanabria, Jacqueline Louise Mair, Tobias Kowatsch, Tobias Kowatsch, Tobias Kowatsch

“…Elena+ is available for public download on iOS and Android devices in English, European Spanish and Latin American Spanish with future languages and launch countries planned, and no limits on planned recruitment. …”
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OP-4 IMPLEMENTATION OF A RE-LINKAGE TO CARE STRATEGY IN PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC HEPATITIS C WHO WERE LOST TO FOLLOW-UP IN LATIN AMERICA by Manuel Mendizabal, Marcos Thompson, Esteban Gonzalez-Ballerga, Margarita Anders, Graciela E Castro-Narro, Mario G Pessoa, Hugo Cheinquer, Gabriel Mezzano, Ana Palazzo, Ezequiel Ridruejo, Valeria Descalzi, Jose A Velarde-Ruiz Velasco, Sebastian Marciano, Linda Muñoz, Maria I Schinoni, Jaime Poniachik, Rosalía Perazzo, Eira Cerda, Francisco Fuster, Adriana Varon, Sandro Ruiz García, Alejandro Soza, Cecilia Cabrera, Andres J Gomez-Aldana, Flor de María Beltrán, Solange Gerona, Daniel Cocozzella, Fernando Bessone, Nelia Hernández, Cristina Alonso, Melina Ferreiro, Florencia Antinucci, Aldo Torre, Bruna D Moutinho, Silvia Coelho Borges, Fernando Gomez, Maria Dolores Murga, Federico Piñero, Gisela F Sotera, Jhonier A Ocampo, Valeria A Cortés Mollinedo, Marcos Girala, Pedro Montes, Natalia Ratusnu, Claudia A Zuñagua, Lida Castillo, Mauricio Castillo Barradas, Rocío Chávez, Cláudia Ivantes, Julia Brutti, Laura Tenorio, Jorge Garavito, Katherine Zevallos, Fernando Contreras, Mirtha Infante, Emilia Vera-Pozo, Martín Tagle, Luis G Toro, Carlos A De La Rocha, Daniela Simian, Marcelo O Silva

“…Group NT: only received vehicle; Group HCC: damage group induced by weekly administration of DEN and 2-AAF for 12 weeks; and Group HCC/PFD: which received the same treatment as Group HCC, plus PFD (300 mg/kg) (**p<0.005) Materials and Methods: We conducted an implementation study utilizing a strategy to contact patients with HCV who were not under regular follow-up in 45 centers from 13 Latin American countries. Patients with HCV were identified by the international classification of diseases (ICD-9/10) or equivalent. …”
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Multinational prospective cohort study of rates and risk factors for ventilator-associated pneumonia over 24 years in 42 countries of Asia, Africa, Eastern Europe, Latin America, a... by Victor Daniel Rosenthal, Zhilin Jin, Ziad A. Memish, Camilla Rodrigues, Sheila Nainan Myatra, Mohit Kharbanda, Sandra Liliana Valderrama-Beltran, Yatin Mehta, Mohammad Abdellatif Daboor, Subhash Kumar Todi, Guadalupe Aguirre-Avalos, Ertugrul Guclu, Chin Seng Gan, Luisa Fernanda Jiménez Alvarez, Rajesh Chawla, Sona Hlinkova, Rajalakshmi Arjun, Hala Mounir Agha, Maria Adelia Zuniga Chavarria, Narangarav Davaadagva, Mat Nor Mohd Basri, Katherine Gomez, Daisy Aguilar De Moros, Chian-Wern Tai, Alejandro Sassoe Gonzalez, Lina Alejandra Aguilar Moreno, Kavita Sandhu, Jarosław Janc, Mary Cruz Aleman Bocanegra, Dincer Yildizdas, Yuliana Andrea Cano Medina, Maria Isabel Villegas Mota, Abeer Aly Omar, Wieslawa Duszynska, Souad BelKebir, Amani Ali El-Kholy, Safaa Abdulaziz Alkhawaja, George Horhat Florin, Eduardo Alexandrino Medeiros, Lili Tao, Nellie Tumu, May Gamar Elanbya, Reshma Dongol, Vesna Mioljević, Lul Raka, Lourdes Dueñas, Nilton Yhuri Carreazo, Tarek Dendane, Aamer Ikram, Souha S. Kanj, Michael M. Petrov, Asma Bouziri, Nguyen Viet Hung, Vladislav Belskiy, Naheed Elahi, María Marcela Bovera, Ruijie Yin

“…Setting: This study was conducted across 743 ICUs of 282 hospitals in 144 cities in 42 Asian, African, European, Latin American, and Middle Eastern countries. Participants: The study included patients admitted to ICUs across 24 years. …”
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Forced Sterilization by Fiona Griffin

“…The sterilizations come under the backdrop of pervasive victimization of women, discrimination, and gender-based violence, made worse in the aftermath of sterilization.[12]  Among women forcibly sterilized in Latin American countries, pregnant women with HIV are six times more likely to be forcibly sterilized than pregnant women with HIV whose diagnosis was unknown to themselves and their physicians.[13] Equivalent findings have been documented in Southern Africa.[14] By perpetuating HIV-discriminatory beliefs that deem women unworthy of reproduction, clinicians subject patients to harmful discrimination and freely discount the principle of justice. …”
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