Risk Factors for Diabetic Retinopathy in Latin America (Mexico) and the World: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Oscar Vivanco-Rojas, Sonia López-Letayf, Valentina Londoño-Angarita, Fátima Sofía Magaña-Guerrero, Beatriz Buentello-Volante, Yonathan Garfias

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Inequalities in health system coverage and quality: a cross-sectional survey of four Latin American countries by Javier Roberti, PhD, Hannah H Leslie, PhD, Svetlana V Doubova, PhD, Jesús Medina Ranilla, MD, Agustina Mazzoni, MSc, Laura Espinoza, BS, Renzo Calderón, MSc, Catherine Arsenault, PhD, Ezequiel García-Elorrio, PhD, Patricia J García, ProfPhD

“…Summary: The premise of health as a human right in Latin America has been challenged by health system fragmentation, quality gaps, a growing burden of chronic disease, sociopolitical upheaval, and the COVID-19 pandemic. …”
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Ecuador’s National Surgical Strengthening Plan: first in Latin America, provides hope for surgical care agenda by Gabriella Y. Hyman, Juan Carlos Salamea, Ayla Gerk, Nikathan Kumar, Taylor Wurdeman, Kee B. Park, Edgar Rodas, John G. Meara, Robert Riviello, Tarsicio Uribe-Leitz, Ruth Jimbo

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Exploring long COVID condition in Latin America: Its impact on patients’ activities and associated healthcare use by Adriana Angarita-Fonseca, Adriana Angarita-Fonseca, Adriana Angarita-Fonseca, Rodrigo Torres-Castro, Vicente Benavides-Cordoba, Santos Chero, Mauricio Morales-Satán, Bricia Hernández-López, Rafael Salazar-Pérez, Santiago Larrateguy, Santiago Larrateguy, Diana C. Sanchez-Ramirez

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Innovation in Latin America and the Caribbean from Advanced Human Capital: Contribution to the Development of Patents in Emerging Countries by Andrea Pincheira Varas, Andrés Araujo de la Mata

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Dengue Prediction in Latin America Using Machine Learning and the One Health Perspective: A Literature Review by Maritza Cabrera, Jason Leake, José Naranjo-Torres, Nereida Valero, Julio C. Cabrera, Alfonso J. Rodríguez-Morales

“…Dengue fever is a serious and growing public health problem in Latin America and elsewhere, intensified by climate change and human mobility. …”
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Percutaneous closure of subclavian iatrogenic injuries after central venous catheterization: a Latin American experience by Carlos Eduardo Rey Chaves, Claudia Orozco, Eduardo Posada, María Gómez Zuleta, Ernesto Fajardo, Vladimir Barón, Oscar Geovanny Hernández Rodríguez

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Emergency Remote Teaching in Latin America Higher Education: the case of a regional public university in Argentina by Gustavo Daniel Constantino

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Understanding the Burden of Respiratory Syncytial Virus in Older Adults in Latin America: An Expert Perspective on Knowledge Gaps by Ricardo Amorim Correa, Francisco Arancibia, Renato De Ávila Kfouri, Alberto Chebabo, Gabriel García, Luis Miguel Gutiérrez Robledo, Gustavo Lopardo, Julio Nemerovsky, Carlos M. Pérez, Adrian Rendon, Guillermo M. Ruiz-Palacios, Bhumika Aggarwal, Arnas Berzanskis, Otavio Cintra

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Epidemiological findings, estimates of the instantaneous reproduction number, and control strategies of the first Mpox outbreak in Latin America by Cándida Díaz-Brochero, Zulma M. Cucunubá

“…Background: The 2022–2023 period marked the largest global Mpox outbreak, with Latin America's situation notably underexplored. …”
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A distributed content repositories model and a decisions support system for learning objects in Latin-America by Carlos Cobos, Erwin Meza, Martha Mendoza, Jorge Moreno, Norman Muñoz

“…This paper describes a content object and metadata repositories model, which provides an alternative to search and to access repositories developed in Colombia and Latin America. Along with the repositories model, an initial design of a decision support system for repositories is presented. …”
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Regards sur la nature : place de l’observation dans les textes astronomiques latins by Émilie-Jade Poliquin

“…To answer this question, we chose to analyze some of the demonstrations presented in Latin astronomical texts: the second book of Natural History by Pliny the Elder, the Astronomica by Manilius, the Commentary on Plato’s Timeus by Calcidius, the Commentary on the Dream of Scipio by Macrobius and the book VIII of the Marriage of Philology and Mercury by Martianus Capella.…”
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Ecosystem-Based Practices for Smallholders’ Adaptation to Climate Extremes: Evidence of Benefits and Knowledge Gaps in Latin America by Raffaele Vignola, M. Jimena Esquivel, Celia Harvey, Bruno Rapidel, Pavel Bautista-Solis, Francisco Alpizar, Camila Donatti, Jacques Avelino

“…Agricultural practices of smallholder farming systems of Latin America can play an important role in reducing their exposure to the risks associated with climate extremes. …”
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Philosophy of Praxis and Theory of History in Caio Prado. An original Marxist in the formation of contemporary Latin American thought by Yuri Martins-Fontes

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Vocabulary acquisition in the language classroom: what it is, how it works, which strategies and approaches are suitable for Latin instruction by María Luisa Aguilar García

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Culturally enhancing a group-based motivational interviewing substance use prevention program for Latine youth by Oswaldo Moreno, Melissa Avila, Isis Garcia-Rodriguez, Stephanie Romo, Jennifer Rodriguez, Cristian Matos, Lisa S. Fuentes, Cindy Hernandez, Mayra S. Ramos, Geovani Muñoz, Daniel Gutierrez, Adrian J. Bravo, Rosalie Corona

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Ambulatory Antibiotic Use Patterns in Bolivia: Identifying Targets for Future Antibiotic Stewardship Efforts in Latin America by Rodolfo E. Quirós, Maria E. Mesalles, Elvio D. Escobar, Juan Carlos Tapia Torrez, Sara E. Cosgrove, Valeria Fabre

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Pilgrimage and Polemics: Early Reception of Latin Christendom in Kievan Rus’ between Byzantine Normativity and Practical Decisions by Simon Malmenvall

“…This article analyses the main traits of reception of Latin (Roman Catholic) Christendom in Kievan Rus’, drawing from the notion of its confessional ≫otherness≪ in relation to the Eastern Orthodox norm. …”
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The PRINCIPAL Network: A Model to Optimize Infection Care and Prevention in Pediatric Oncology in the Latin American Region by Miguela A. Caniza, Maysam R. Homsi, Milka Vázquez, Ivan F. Gutierrez, Ioannis Kopsidas, Sheena Mukkada, Paola Friedrich, Monika Metzger

“…Graduates of training courses in IC&P in immunocompromised hosts identified a need for a community that would enable members to share health care experiences, provide resources for continuing medical education, and foster collaborative research and quality improvement opportunities. We developed a Latin American network, Prevencionistas e Infectólogos para Cáncer Pediátrico en América Latina, to grow and sustain the expertise of the clinical workforce in IC&P. …”
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Depth and proximity of third molars to the inferior alveolar canal in panoramic radiographs of a Latin American population by María Claudia Garcés-Elias, Roberto Antonio León-Manco, Jorge Arturo Beltrán-Silva

“…Methods: a cross-sectional study was conducted with a sample of 6488 lower molar records of digital panoramic radiographs of patients from 6 Latin American countries from 2010-2015. The variables studied were the depth of lower third molar according to the Pell and Gregory classification, and the proximity of a third molar to the Inferior Alveolar Canal that was evaluated according to the proposed classification, based on a modification of the Langlais et al classification.20 Descriptive and bivariate statistical analyses were performed. …”
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