MIGRATION AND INSTITUTIONAL CHANGE: THE CASES OF SOUTHERN MEXICAN STATES AND THEIR EMIGRANT COMMUNITIES IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

MIGRATION AND INSTITUTIONAL CHANGE: THE CASES OF SOUTHERN MEXICAN STATES AND THEIR EMIGRANT COMMUNITIES IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

This paper illustrates institutional approaches of emigrant states toward emigrants abroad, and how these approaches can change over time.These can range from absolute exclusion and non-communication, over fractional collaboration in specific matters, to even permanent institutional inclusion, for instance, through representation of migrants in hom

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Mutation and Epistasis in Influenza Virus Evolution

Influenza remains a persistent public health challenge, because the rapid evolution of influenza viruses has led to marginal vaccine efficacy, antiviral resistance, and the here annual emergence of novel strains.This evolvability is driven, in part, by the virus’s capacity to generate diversity through mutation and reassortment.Because many n

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Characterization of Macroinvertebrate Communities in the Hyporheic Zone of River Ecosystems Reflects the Pump-Sampling Technique Used.

The hyporheic zone of river ecosystems provides a habitat for a diverse macroinvertebrate community that click here makes a vital contribution to ecosystem functioning and biodiversity.However, effective methods for sampling this community have proved difficult to establish, due to the inaccessibility of subsurface sediments.The aim of this study w

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Update on the use of memantine in Alzheimer’s disease

Robert J van MarumGeriatric Department, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The NetherlandsAbstract: Memantine is a low to moderate affinity N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor (NMDAR) antagonist.The effects of memantine in Alzheimer’s disease (AD) have been studied in 7 randomized controlled trials in many post-hoc analyses.Three out o

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