Qualitative Study of Mental Health Improvements with Traditional Cultural Healers in North America by L. Mehl-Madrona, B. Mainguy

“…Methods We collected 56 case stories from people who consulted traditional cultural healers instead of conventional medical practitioners for serious mental health problems. …”
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LATIN-MH: a model for building research capacity within Latin America by B. B. Bonini, R. Araya, J. Quayle, M. Silva Evangelista, LeS. N. Price, P. R. Menezes

“… Background. Latin America Treatment and Innovation Network in Mental Health (LATIN-MH) is a research hub located in Brazil and Peru that conducts a research project to help reduce the treatment gap in mental health in Latin America (LA). …”
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The mind on trial: mental illness and capital punishment in America's highest execution state by Deambrogio, C

“…<p>Mentally ill and intellectually disabled capital defendants are regularly sentenced to death in Texas, America’s highest execution state. Psycho-legal scholars argue that the reason for this phenomenon is that Texas courts rely on out-dated clinical criteria and stereotypes without scientific foundation in their mental incapacity evaluations. …”

Comparative survival analyses among captive chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) in America and Japan by Judy Che-Castaldo, Kristin Havercamp, Koshiro Watanuki, Tetsuro Matsuzawa, Satoshi Hirata, Stephen R. Ross

“…Here, we present the first comparative analysis of life history data for two ex situ chimpanzee populations residing in North America (1975–2020; n = 730) and Japan (1980–2020; n = 660). …”
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A case of spontaneous pneumothorax due to paragonimiasis in North America with literature review by Seung Ah Kang, Parag Kumar Patel, Sachin Patil, Andres Bran-Acevedo, Lester Layfield, Sebastian Wiesemann, William Roland

“…The species, Paragonimus kellicotti , causes human paragonimiasis in North America. As a foodborne disease, human infection with P. kellicotti occurs after eating raw or undercooked crayfish containing metacercariae. …”
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The Electoral Success of the Left in Latin America: Is There Any Room for Spatial Models of Voting? by Juan A. Moraes, Diego Luján

“…Why have moderate electorates elected and reelected leftist governments in Latin America over the last twenty years? Scholars who rely on the classic Downsian logic of the median voter theorem have observed a process of ideological moderation among the most salient left-wing parties in the region. …”
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Association of Interdental Cleaning and Untreated Root Caries in Adults in the United States of America by Lingfang Shi, Zhongxin Zhu, Qiqi Tian, Libo He

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«Voice of America» at the service of the US Department of State (1945–1953): the battle for existence by Tetiana Klynina

“…Special attention is drawn to William Benton, Assistant Secretary of State of the United States, the man who single-handedly saved the «Voice of America» from complete disappearance. …”
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El Multiculturalismo, como Estrategia Pedagógica de Integración en América Latina by Cristóbal Arteta Ripoll*

“…</p><p><strong>Keywords:</strong> Globalization, Multiculturalism, Integration, Politics, Latin America, Strategies.</p>…”
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Open educational resources in higher education: cases from Latin America and Europe by Santos, A, Cobo, C, Costa, C, Aguilar, J, Cabrera, M, Cadme, E, Castro, V, Chicaiza, J, Jara, I, Lane, A, Maina, M, Mancebo, R, Mariano, S, Pérez-Mateo, M, Piedra, N, Romero, A, Sarango-Lapo, C, Schuwer, R, Thomson, S, Torres, D, Villar-Onrubia, D

A task force for diagnosis and treatment of people with Alzheimer’s disease in Latin America by Francisco Lopera, Nilton Custodio, Mariana Rico-Restrepo, Ricardo F. Allegri, José Domingo Barrientos, Estuardo Garcia Batres, Ismael L. Calandri, Cristian Calero Moscoso, Paulo Caramelli, Juan Carlos Duran Quiroz, Angela Marie Jansen, Alberto José Mimenza Alvarado, Ricardo Nitrini, Jose F. Parodi, Claudia Ramos, Andrea Slachevsky, Sonia María Dozzi Brucki

“…To address these issues, the Americas Health Foundation convened a panel of eight neurologists, geriatricians, and psychiatrists from Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guatemala, Mexico, and Peru who are experts in AD for a three-day virtual meeting to discuss best practices for AD diagnosis and treatment in LAC and create a manuscript offering recommendations to address identified barriers. …”
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Attribution of spatial and temporal variations in terrestrial methane flux over North America by X. F. Xu, H. Q. Tian, C. Zhang, M. L. Liu, W. Ren, G. S. Chen, C. Q. Lu, L. Bruhwiler

“…The relative importance of each environmental factor in determining the magnitude of CH&lt;sub&gt;4&lt;/sub&gt; flux showed substantially spatial variation across North America. This factorial attribution of CH&lt;sub&gt;4&lt;/sub&gt; flux in North America might benefit policy makers who would like to curb climate warming by reducing CH&lt;sub&gt;4&lt;/sub&gt; emission.…”
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Global and regional epidemiology of HIV-1 recombinants in 1990-2015: a systematic review and global survey by Hemelaar, J, Elangovan, R, Yun, J, Dickson-Tetteh, L, Kirtley, S, Gouws-Williams, E, Ghys, P, WHO-UNAIDS Network for HIV Isolation and Characterisation

“…Unpublished original HIV-1 subtyping data were collected through a survey among experts in the field who were members of the WHO–UNAIDS Network for HIV Isolation and Characterisation. …”

Risks of low vaccination coverage and strategies to prevent the resurgence of vaccine-preventable diseases in infants in the COVID-19 pandemic scenario: recommendations for Latin A... by Maria L. Avila Agüero, Jose Brea Del Castillo, Luiza Helena Falleiros-Arlant, Eitan Berezín, Jose Cassio de Moraes, Carlos Torres-Martínez, Eduardo L. Lopez, María E. Castillo, Almudena Laris-Gonzalez, Fortino Solorzano, Angela Gentile, Juan Pablo Torres Torretti, Eduardo López-Medina

“…Introduction The WHO 2030 Immunization Agenda (IA-2030) harmonizes immunization activity plans at community, national, regional and global levels. …”
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Beyond the borders. Ahmed Hassan Mattar and his activism between Africa and South America by Daniel Kersffeld

“…In sum, Mattar’s course can be seen as that of an activist who understood the social reality of a certain time and who assumed politics as a commitment to fight against colonialism and imperialism. …”
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A Simulation Training to Prepare Camp Counselors for Working With Children at Camp HOPE America by Angela B. Pharris, Julie Miller-Cribbs, Jedediah E. Bragg, Bonni Goodwin, Chan M. Hellman

“…This pilot evaluation study provides the results of a social simulation-based training for counselors who will work with children who have witnessed family violence through Camp HOPE America. …”
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Laws and regulations governing rotation of health warning labels on cigarette packs in the Region of the Americas by Fernanda Alonso, Kevin Welding, Joanna E. Cohen

“…To provide detailed information about how countries in the Region of the Americas are fulfilling the requirements set out in the guidelines for the implementation of Article 11 of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control in relation to the rotation of health warning labels and to identify possible challenges in the implementation of the laws or regulations governing the rotation. …”
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Underage & Overweight: Americas Childhood Obesity Crisis What Every Family Needs to Know by Chodaesessie Wellesley-Cole Morgan

“…Underage & Overweight: Americas Childhood Obesity Crisis What Every Family Needs to Know was written primarily for parents, teachers, school administrators, doctors, nurses, other health care professionals, and policymakers. …”
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FROM SLOVENIA TO AMERICA – THE FOOTSTEPS THROUGH TIME IN SLOVENIAN WOMEN’S AUTO/BIOGRAPHICAL BOOKS by Mirjam Milharčič-Hladnik

“…The majority of the narrators, nineteen out of twenty one, were Slovenian immigrant women who had arrived in America with the first immigration wave and they told the stories about the hardships and extremeley hard work. …”
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The Patriarch’s Balls: Class-Consciousness, Violence, and Dystopia in George Saunders’ Vision of Contemporary America by Juliana Nalerio

“… In late 19th Century America, the elite of wealthy New York families were united by the Patriarch’s Balls. …”
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