Institutions matter for economic growth. Thus, the leaders who help to develop institutions, and their ideas and beliefs, must play a central role in any narrative that seeks to explain such growth. This leads to the ...

Breast cancer (BC) is the most common cancer in women worldwide and the second most common malignancy as a whole, therefore constituting an important cause of death and a severe burden for public health systems. During the ...

This chapter explores the relationships between social identity, intergroup contact, and health among mestizos and indigenous people in Mexico and Chile. Building on social identity theory and self-categorization theory, ...

Las municipalidades son instituciones de alto dinamismo interactivo, y en general de estructura organizacional de carácter Weberiano, con un marcado verticalismo, preocupado de un bienestar del usuario como cliente demandante, ...

The conventional technique for percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PNL) ends by placing a nephrostomy tube within the access tract. However, feasibility and safety of tubeless PNL have been widely demonstrated. In this modification, ...

Side effects of immune checkpoint inhibitors, termed immune-related adverse events, are relatively common, but immune checkpoint inhibitor-mediated cardiotoxicities are rare; however, they can be serious and potentially ...

Injections of lipopolysaccharide (LPS) have been used to produce the signs of sepsis and study their underlying mechanisms. Intravenous (IV) injections of LPS in anesthetized cats induce tachypnea, tachycardia and hypotension, ...

Introduction: Pseudomonas aeruginosa (PA) has historically been one of the major causes of severe sepsis and death among neutropenic cancer patients. There has been a recent increase of multidrug-resistant PA (MDRPA) ...