Suitability of Commercial Transport Media for Biological Pathogens under Nonideal Conditions by Kyle Hubbard, Gregory Pellar, Peter Emanuel

“…This study evaluates commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) transport media based on sample recovery, viability, and quality of nucleic acids and peptides for nonpathogenic strains of Bacillus anthracis, Yersinia pestis, and Venezuelan equine encephalitis virus, in addition to ricin toxin. …”
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Three Waves of Populism in Latin America by O. V. Varentsova

“…This article presents common characteristics of Latin American populist regimes that emerged in different historical periods which help identify the origins as well as distinctive features of Venezuelan and Bolivian political regimes. It is stated that the Châvez and Morales left populist regimes resemble classic populist regimes in that they rely on incendiary anti-establishment discourse. …”
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Brief communication: gaps and opportunities in HIV research in Venezuela by Jesús A. Morgado, María G. Medina, Rafael N. Guevara, Martín Carballo, Jaime R. Torres, Fhabián S. Carrión-Nessi, David A. Forero-Peña

“…A decrease in national scientific production was observed starting in 2017, although there was an increase in foreign research on the Venezuelan migrant population. Knowledge gaps were identified in areas such as epidemiology, efficacy and resistance to antiretroviral therapy, and HIV in pregnancy.…”
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Itinéraire d’un syndicaliste devenu candidat à la présidentielle : Utilisation et contention d’un militant ouvrier dans le Venezuela de Chávez by Thomas Posado

“…This path is full of lessons about Venezuelan trade-union field about polarization of the country and the ability of the government to contain left currents, contrary to other Latin-American countries.…”
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Postcolonialité et archive : le cas du roman de l’après-guerre et l’héritage du conflit armé au Guatemala by Mónica Quijano

“…Its main exponent was the text written by Elisabeth Burgos, Me llamo Rigoberta Menchú, y así me nación la conciencia (1983), where the Venezuelan anthropologist transcribed Menchú's testimony about the injustice suffered by Guatemalan peasant communities during the second half of twentieth century. …”
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A Mosquito Culex cedecei Stone and Hair (Insecta: Diptera: Culicidae) by Kristin Elizabeth Sloyer, Nathan Daniel Burkett-Cadena

“…Several members of the Spissipes section are important vectors of enzootic subtypes of Venezuelan equine encephalitis virus (VEEV). Everglades virus (EVEV) is subtype II of VEEV in Florida, for which Culex cedecei is the primary enzootic vector. …”
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Knowledge and risk behaviors related with HIV infect in Communitarian General Medicine students. by Luis Manuel Padrón Velázquez, Clara Hilda Vega Blanco

“…<strong><br />Methods:</strong> A cross-sectional, descriptive, epidemiological, observational study was developed from July to December 2006 including 44 Venezuelan Medicine students, from Giradot municipality, Aragua state, who referred having had sexual intercourse in the last semester of 2006. …”
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Tooth loss and need for prosthetic treatment. El Carmen, Barinas State, Venezuela, 2018 by Yoel Gonzalez Beriau, Nadia Jover Capote

“…<strong><br />Conclusion</strong>: the conditions of oral health, specifically of tooth loss, in these Venezuelan patients, were characterized by the predominance of the female sex, as well as the youngest. …”
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Measuring self-reliance and wellbeing among forcibly displaced women enrolled in a gender-focused economic empowerment program: A protocol for a pilot randomized controlled trial i... by Lindsay Stark, Ilana Seff, Adriana Monar, Diany Castellar, Neetu Mahi, Arturo Harker Roa

“…Colombia currently hosts nearly three million Venezuelan refugees and migrants and is home to seven million internally displaced Colombians. …”
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Toxoplasmosis infection. by Irina Clara Delgado Varela, Carmen Niurka Piña Loyola, Ariel García Borges

“…<br /><strong>Objective:</strong> To determine the characteristics of toxoplasmosis infection in Charavalle community, Bermúdez municipality, Sucre State, Venezuelan Republic. <strong><br />Methods:</strong> A descriptive, cross-sectional study was developed between April and September 2006. …”
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Por una política de defensa común latinoamericana: la propuesta venezolana by Adriana Suzart de Pádua, Suzeley Kalil Mathias

“…This article presents the foundation of the Venezuelan proposal for the integration of an area of defense, specifically, by the Armed Forces, and provides an analysis of the proposal’s viability.…”
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Latin American Disintegration under Jair Bolsonaro During Brazilian Chancellor Ernesto Araujo’s Mandate, 2019-2021 by Ana Livia Esteves

“…Brazil’s approach to the Venezuelan issue determined its engagement with the Forum for the Progress and Integration of South America (PROSUR), an institution that ultimately failed to deliver concrete results in democracy promotion and regional policy coordination. …”
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SIDOR de cuasi monopolio estatal venezolano a parte de una multinacional latina by RITA GIACALONE

“…Abstract Ten years after the privatization of the Siderurgica del Orinoco (Sidor) in Venezuela, this article analyzes what has happened since then in matters such as production, investments, exports, changes in property, and relationships with the Venezuelan socio-political environment. We also explore the history of Sidor before 1998 and the process of formation of the Consorcio Amazonia, original buyer of Sidor, in order to determine what strengths the steel plant had and which ones were brought by the new owners. …”
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Association between sociodemographic characteristics, stress level and resilience with family functioning of immigrants by Sonia Silva Marcon, Erika dos Santos Ratuchnei Dal Pizzol, Iven Giovanna Trindade Lino, Mariana Enumo Balestre, Aroldo Gavioli, Luciano Marques dos Santos, Rebeca Rosa de Souza, Mayckel da Silva Barreto

“…Results: The immigrants were between 18 and 69 years old (average 35.6 years ± 12.0), the majority were female, Venezuelan, with up to eight years of education, family income of one minimum wage, lived in a rented house and had been in Brazil for more than two years. …”
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The Applicability of Limiting Phase Angle Temperatures for Specifying Asphalt Binder Low Temperature Performance by Kristjan Lill, Karli Kontson, Andrus Aavik

“…Of the binders tested, the low temperature behaviour of the Venezuelan binder stands out with better performance. …”
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Partial Purification of Integral Membrane Antigenic Proteins from Trypanosoma evansi That Display Immunological Cross-Reactivity with Trypanosoma vivax by Norma P. Velásquez, Rocío E. Camargo, Graciela L. Uzcanga, José Bubis

“…Since the production of T. vivax antigens is a limiting factor as this parasite is difficult to propagate in experimental animal models, our goal has been to identify and isolate antigens from T. evansi that cross-react with T. vivax. Here, we used the Venezuelan T. evansi TEVA1 isolate to prepare the total parasite lysate and its corresponding cytosolic and membranous fractions. …”
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Determination of the physicochemical and microbiological quality of buffalo milk in the south of lake Maracaibo by Luis Álvarez, Alexis Zambrano, Datty Rosales-Zambrano

“…It was developed at the Chemical, Industrial and Agricultural Analysis Research Laboratory (LIAQIA), in conjunction with the Venezuelan dairy company CONLAC and the VATCA Laboratory. …”
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Self-replicating recombinant virus-like particles of lentivirus proliferating in glioblastoma cells and normal human macrophages by Herman D. Moshkoff, Andrey E. Moshkoff, Dmitry A. Moshkoff

“…Aim of the study: to evaluate the possibility of forming HIV-1 recombinant virus-like particles (recVLPs) and HIV-1B recombinant VLPs and simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV) — SHIV89.6P based on self-replicating RNAs (srRNAs) producing target lentivirus antigens on the alphavirus replicon platform (Sindbis virus or Venezuelan equine encephalomyelitis virus (VEEV)), and also to evaluate the ability of HIV-1B and SHIV89.6P VLPs to infect glioblastoma cells and normal human macrophages. …”
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Validating the reproductive tract score (RTS) technique in pre-service buffalo heifers by Freddys Escalona-Ramírez, Jessenia Mercado-Carrillo, Balbino A. Jaimes-Vazques, Antonio Landaeta-Hernández

“… The fast growth of buffalo (Bubalus bubalis) herds has placed this livestock species as a suitable alternative for animal protein production in the Venezuelan tropics. As with any domestic species with food production interest, the buffalo’s reproductive performance has a paramount relevance, which may be improved by applying the technique of reproductive tract scores (RTS). …”
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Ações Estatais ou Políticas Públicas? Fronteiras, Fluxos Migratórios e Política Migratória by José Renato de Campos Araújo, Paula Vitória Pereira, Bryan Zelmar Sempertegui Rodas

“…At the federal level, the text reviews the uncoordinated performance of the Brazilian State in relation to the flow of Venezuelans who enter Brazil through the border located in the state of Roraima, through the municipality of Pacaraima. …”
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