Lock-out, lock-in, and networked sovereignty. Resistance and experimentation in Africa’s trajectory towards AI by Iginio Gagliardone

“…But, following Mbembe, it is by reconnecting with the epistemic traditions that characterized pre-colonial Africa (Mbembe, 2020) that it becomes possible to experiment with new forms of resistance and value making that seem more attuned to some of the realities brought by digital technologies, and Artificial Intelligence more specifically. …”
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International Dimension in Colonization of the North-West of America and California at the End of the 17-18 ^th Centuries by A. Y. Petrov, V. N. Kostornichenko, M. M. Koskina

“…It tries to understand the policies of European powers in the American Northwest and the reasons for pursuing their colonial interests there. It analyses the history of exploration of these territories, expeditions to the northern part of the Pacific Ocean, and historical maps of this region. …”
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Imperial Questions and Social Identities by Lauren Banko

“…These new statuses for the former Ottoman subjects, the majority of whom were Arab, reflected colonial and imperial norms and they incorporated the changing international terminology of identity issued from the League of Nations and post-World War I treaties. …”
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Indígenas, catequesis y civilización en la Provincia de Minas (Brasil, siglo XIX) by Izabel Missagia de Mattos

“…De esta forma, la investigación del fenómeno empírico de la dinámica de las identidades indígenas en la situación colonial puede revelar tanto sus directrices históricas, fornecidas principalmente por las prácticas indigenistas coetáneas, como su contracara nativa, la de los procesos etnopolíticos. …”
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esculpir da mulher brasileira by Ana Elisa Spaolonzi Queiroz Assis, Rodrigo Pereira de Figueiredo

“…Seguindo o raciocínio e em sintonia com a diversidade cultural e racial que modelou a sociedade brasileira, por uma revisão de literatura, este artigo vincula história, sociologia e estudo jurídico para dar compreensão no tempo e no espaço dos papeis sociais e os direitos conferidos à mulher no Brasil desde o período colonial, demostrando como as organizações sociais modelaram a imagem das mulheres e como foram os processos de insurreição por elas militados a fim de afastar a superioridade masculina. …”
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A scoping review on the use of different blood sources and components in the artificial membrane feeding system and its effects on blood-feeding and fecundity rate of Aedes aegypti... by Yuvaraahnee Suresh, Aishah Hani Azil, Syamsa Rizal Abdullah

“…In addition, human blood of up to 10 days after the expiration date could still be used to establish Ae. aegypti colonies with good blood-feeding rates and number of eggs produced. …”
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La sor-horroridad de la monstrua latina: visiones del miedo desde una perspectiva de género en Trabalhar cansa y As boas maneiras de Juliana Rojas y O animal cordial de Gabriela Am... by Estefanía Paz Hermosilla Órdenes

“…Ambas líneas se analizan desde el contexto latinoamericano, sobre el cual el terror emerge como un fenómeno histórico-cultural que alude al pasado colonial de América Latina y el Caribe. Al respecto, se plantea el concepto de sor-horroridad como contracara de la sororidad, por medio del cual se visibiliza las formas de violencia que las mujeres ejercen contra otras mujeres y disidencias, y cómo ésta es resultado de los privilegios que les otorga el sistema capitalista patriarcal hetero-cis. …”
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Hydrogel as an alternative to agar for laboratory rearing of the green peach aphid Myzus persicae by Ana Paula Nascimento Silva, Camila Faria Chagas, Emanuel Lucas de Andrade Alves, Vinícius de Castro Carvalho, Khalid Haddi

“…Furthermore, the most significant differences between the evaluated treatments resulted mostly from the combined effects of the host plants and the temperatures. Therefore, colonies of M. persicae can be maintained over time producing sufficient offspring using N. physalodes leaves on a layer of hydrogel (0.6 g) at 20 °C. …”
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Cosmétiques by Jean-Louis Déotte

“…On peut faire l’hypothèse que, fasciné par la civilisation aztèque pour deux raisons (c’était une société pour la guerre, où un paysan pouvait gravir tous les échelons de l’armée, bref une sorte de démocratie en armes comme la France d’alors), il projeta ces caractéristiques sur la colonie qu’était l’Algérie française. Son aveuglement fut le produit d’une incapacité à penser le colonialisme et le passage révolutionnaire au post-colonialisme. …”
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CO2lonialismo y geografías de esperanza by Julianne Hazlewood

“…Theoretically linking relations between climate change, colonialism, and capitalism, San Lorenzo is investigated as an agricultural frontier where “CO2lonialism” unfolds in African oil palm cultivation and agrofuel production. …”
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Evaluation of ior ® Leukocim efficacy on patients with Neutropenia. by Ana María Ramos Cedeño, Leslie Pérez Ruiz, Julio Dámaso Fernández Águila, Tamara Guerra, Maritza Cabrera Zamora, Hailen Bobillo López

“…<p><strong>Bakground:</strong> Neutropenia and infections are the most restrictive side effects in chemotherapy application. The granulocytic colonies stimulating factor activates the neutrophils, shortens the neutropenic period and can be effective against the potential risk of infection. …”
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Threats and the active protection of birds in a riverbed: postulates for the strategy of the preservation of the middle Vistula River avifauna by Dariusz Bukaciński, Monika Bukacińska, Arkadiusz Buczyński

“…This effort included (a) reducing the number of American minks and red foxes, (b) neutralising the presence of predators and livestock at the nesting sites with electric fences and the use of incubators and dummy eggs and (c) restoration of the nesting habitat, as well as, in the case of mew gulls, (d) increasing the genetic diversity within colonies. The most important demand is the conducting of the active protective measures in a comprehensive way and continuously for at least five years (until 2023), optimally throughout the decade (2019--2028). …”
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Violencia Familiar en México. Propuesta de una metodología participativa para la intervención y desarrollo social en una zona semi rural de Cosío, Aguascalientes by Mireya Brillit López-García, María Rebeca Padilla de la Torre

“…La iniciativa se situó en el municipio de Cosío del Estado de Aguascalientes en México, que comparte con otras regiones varias características, como su pasado colonial, la migración de varones, la presencia de machismo y conservadurismo. …”
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Etnografía, biopolítica y colonialidad. Genealogías de la precariedad urbana en la Región Metropolitana de Buenos Aires by Silvia Grinberg

“…Proponemos que los pánicos, miedos y angustias propias de lo urbano no constituyen una novedad del siglo XXI, sino que forman parte neurálgica de la constitución de la moderna y colonial de Buenos Aires.…”
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English medium instruction in the higher education in Pakistan: A retrospective analysis using the ROAD-MAPPING framework by K. A. Siddiqui

“…However, the adoption of EMI in the higher education in Pakistan was more a colonial legacy than a thoughtful choice. In fact, EMI has remained the medium of instruction in the higher education in Pakistan for over seventy years.Aim. …”
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Mémoire et littérature : la trace mémorielle et le souvenir de la traite des Noirs dans « La Trace : Agouzou femme esclave » de Monique Arien-Carrère by Aubain Pemangoyi Leyika

“…À travers un dispositif narratif polyphonique, il réinterroge l’histoire de l’esclavage colonial, matrice de l’imaginaire antillais pour se souvenir. …”
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Epidemiology of Avian Tuberculosis in Selected Districts of Oromia Region, Ethiopia by Tesfaye Debelu, Fufa Abunna, Gezahegne Mamo Kassa, Gobena Ameni

“…Nevertheless, only 0.02% (2/120) of the cultured tissues had shown colonial growth up to 12 weeks of incubation, and both were seen on sodium pyruvate-enriched Lowenstein–Jensen medium slants. …”
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Em busca da terra sem males: violência, migração e resistência em Kaká Werá Jecupé e Eliane Potiguara by Leno Francisco Danner, Julie Dorrico, Fernando Danner

“…El argumento central a ser defendido está en que esos escritores/as son profundamente moldeados/as y impactados por la violencia simbólico-material a que fueron sometidos en términos de nuestra modernización conservadora, de modo que el miedo a la muerte, el dolor por la pérdida de sus territorios y por la negación de su identidad cultural, el recuerdo dramático y melancólico de la destrucción de su hogar y de los suyos, así como la migración forzada, el no reconocimiento y la invisibilización sociales, el hambre y la miseria vivida en las periferias de la ciudad, llevan a la construcción de un relato autobiográfico, testimonial y mnemónico de su singularidad étnico-antropológica y de la violencia colonial que posee un sentido altamente político y politizante, profundamente carnal, punzante y vinculado. …”
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Das Ende der kolonialen Epoche im Himalaya by Anna Okopińska

“…Their subservient mentality inherited from colonial times and a lack of confidencein their own abilities served as obstacles to social advancement. …”
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Universal Health Coverage in Bangladesh: Activities, Challenges, and Suggestions by Taufique Joarder, Tahrim Z. Chaudhury, Ishtiaq Mannan

“…However, there are barriers pertaining to the larger policy level which includes a rigid public financing structure dating from the colonial era. While others pertain to the health sector’s implementation shortfalls including issues of human resources, political interference, monitoring, and supervision, most key informants discussed demand-side barriers too, such as sociocultural disinclination, historical mistrust, and lack of empowerment. …”
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