Clinical characterization of patients with suicide behaviour in the intensive therapy

Se realizó un estudio descriptivo prospectivo de las características  clínicas  de pacientes con conducta  suicida ingresados  en la terapia intensiva del hospital central de Maputo, capital de Mozambique, en el periodo de Enero de 2007 a Enero del 2009. El objetivo de este estudio fue caracterizar a los pacientes con conducta suicida que ingresan en la unidad de terapia intensiva. Se tuvieron en cuenta variables  como: edad, sexo, método empleado, motivo de ingreso, complicaciones. El 22, 5 % de los pacientes falleció, la letalidad más elevada fue provocada por la ingestión de herbicida. El método más empleado  fue la ingestión de raticida, pero con una baja letalidad, la causa más frecuente que motivo  el ingreso en la unidad  fue la depresión neurológica  (62,0%). Predominó el grupo de edades entre 21 a 40 años. La complicación más importante fue la bronconeumonía bacteriana. Se concluyó que los métodos más empleados  tienen una baja letalidad.It was carried out a prospective descriptive study of the clinical behavior of patient with suicidal behavior entered in the intensive therapy of the central hospital of Maputo, capital of Mozambique, in the period of January of 2007 to January of the 2009. They were kept in mind variables as: age, sex, used method, entrance reason, complications, among others. The 22, the patients' 5 % died, the highest letalidad was caused by the ingestion herbicide. The method more employee was the raticide ingestion, but with a low letalidad, the most frequent cause that I motivate the entrance in our unit was the neurological depression (62, 0 %). The group of ages prevailed among 21-40 years. The most important complication was the bacterial bronchopneumonia. You concluded that the methods more employees have a low letalidad.

Blood Cell Classification Using the Hough Transform and Convolutional Neural Networks

https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-77712-2_62The detection of red blood cells in blood samples can be crucial for the disease detection in its early stages. The use of image processing techniques can accelerate and improve the effectiveness and efficiency of this detection. In this work, the use of the Circle Hough transform for cell detection and artificial neural networks for their identification as a red blood cell is proposed. Specifically, the application of neural networks (MLP) as a standard classification technique with (MLP) is compared with new proposals related to deep learning such as convolutional neural networks (CNNs). The different experiments carried out reveal the high classification ratio and show promising results after the application of the CNNs.Universidad de Málaga. Campus de Excelencia Internacional Andalucía Tech

Short term survival in Spontaneous Intracerebral Hemorrhage

Se evaluó prospectivamente la supervivencia en 123 pacientes que constituyeron una cohorte de estudio con el diagnóstico de hemorragia intracerebral espontánea. El objetivo del presente estudio fue determinar la supervivencia a corto plazo en los pacientes con hemorragia intracerebral espontánea en el hospital Carlos Manuel de Céspedes de Bayamo. La supervivencia fue medida en días, los factores predictores de supervivencia fueron determinados por regresión de riesgo proporcional de Cox. En la muestra estudiada 75 fueron hombres (media de edad 65,01) y 48 mujeres (media de edad 64,60); 54 pacientes (43,9%) murieron dentro de los primeros 30 días. La probabilidad de supervivencia a los 30 días estaba condicionada por el desplazamiento estructuras línea media (p= 0,000),  la puntuación  de Glasgow al ingreso (p= 0,000), la presencia del síndrome de Respuesta Inflamatoria Sistémica (p= 0,009), la sepsis respiratoria baja (p= 0,010) y la arritmia respiratoria (p= 0,035). Se generó una curva ROC para determinar la capacidad pronóstica del modelo de regresión de Cox, el área bajo la curva ROC fue de 0,909. Concluimos que con los valores obtenidos por el ajuste del modelo de regresión de riesgo proporcional de Cox se podría estimar la supervivencia a corto plazo de nuestros enfermos.Introduction: the spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage (SICH) occupies since 10% until 15 % all the cases of cerebrovascular acute diseases (in some series it reaches 30 %).Objective: to determine the short term survival in patients with spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage at Carlos Manuel de Cespedes Hospital in Bayamo.Method: it was prospectively evaluated the survival in 123 patients who constituted a cohort of study with the diagnostic of spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage.Results: the survival was measured in days, the survival predicting factors were determined by regression of Cox proportional risk. In the sample studied 75 patients were men (average of age- 65, 01) and 48 women (average of age- 64, 60); 54 patients (43, 9%) passed away within the first 30 days. The survival probability after 30 days was conditioned by the displacement of medium line structures (p= 0,000), the Glasgow punctuation at the time of hospitalizing (p= 0,000), the presence of the Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome (p= 0,009), the low respiratory sepsis (p= 0,010) and the respiratory arrhythmia (p= 0,035). It was generated a ROC curve to determine the prognosis capacity of the Cox regression model, the area under the Roc curve was about 0,909.Conclusions: the values obtained through the adjustment of the regression model of Cox proportional risk, could estimate the short term survival of our patients

Caracterización clínica y epidemiológica de fallecidos con diagnóstico necrópsico de endocarditis infecciosa 1986-2008

Fundamento: La endocarditis infecciosa se considera como una afección grave, debido a la agresividad del agente infeccioso que la causa, el daño valvular y la afectación multiorgánica que puede provocar. Objetivo: describir las características clínicas y epidemiológicas de la endocarditis infecciosa diagnosticada en la necropsia. Métodos: estudio descriptivo y retrospectivo, en fallecidos con diagnóstico necrópsico de endocarditis infecciosa entre 1986 y el 2008 en el Hospital Clínico Quirúrgico Provincial Celia Sánchez Manduley, de Granma, Cuba. Resultados: la frecuencia de endocarditis infecciosa diagnosticada en la necropsia osciló anualmente entre 0,4 y 1,5 % en 13 376 necropsias realizadas a fallecidos mayores de 15 años. El germen más frecuente fue el estafilococo áureo. La edad media fue de 44 ± 26,2 años. La fiebre, taquicardia, palidez anémica y soplos estuvieron en más del 90 % de los casos. Síntomas por daño neurológico en más de la cuarta parte. Las instrumentaciones más observadas fueron la terapéutica endovenosa y las infecciones ginecológicas. Las quemaduras e infecciones broncopulmonares, fueron las fuentes de infección más frecuentes. La endocarditis nosocomial también estuvo presente. Conclusión: los resultados evidenciaron cambios en la epidemiología de la endocarditis infecciosa en los últimos años. Su curso se mostró, en la mayoría de los casos, agudo, con sepsis grave generalizada, falla multiorgánica y disfunción cardiaca severa

Hallazgos anatómicos en fallecidos con diagnóstico necrópsico de endocarditis infecciosa

Fundamento: La endocarditis infecciosa sigue desafiando a la medicina moderna a pesar de no ser tan frecuente en la población general. La incidencia de la enfermedad depende del grupo de riesgo. La correlación de los hallazgos anátomo-patológicos con elementos clínicos y epidemiológicos, puede explicar el comportamiento actual de esta entidad. Objetivo: describir las características anatómicas en fallecidos con diagnóstico necrópsico de endocarditis infecciosa. Métodos: estudio descriptivo, de pacientes con diagnóstico necrópsico de endocarditis infecciosa entre 1986 y el 2008, en el Hospital Clínico Quirúrgico Provincial Celia Sánchez Manduley, de Granma. Las variables analizadas fueron: edad, sexo, lesiones anatómicas previas, localización de las vegetaciones, infartos embólicos sistémicos y abscesos embólicos orgánicos, complicaciones evolutivas, cultivo de las lesiones y causas directas de la muerte. Resultados: la frecuencia de endocarditis infecciosa diagnosticada en la necropsia osciló anualmente entre 0,4 y 1,5 %. La endocarditis sobre válvulas nativas y sin daño previo, fue la más frecuente. Los hallazgos anatómicos fueron más frecuentes en el corazón izquierdo. La endocarditis derecha nosocomial representó casi la tercera parte de los fallecidos y se identificaron factores de riesgo. Las lesiones embolígenas a diferentes órganos, las complicaciones sistémicas y las causas directas de muerte, evidenciaron casos de endocarditis infecciosa aguda. El germen más frecuente fue el estafilococo áureo. Conclusión: el conocimiento de hallazgos anatómicos puede apoyar la comprensión del comportamiento clínico–epidemiológico. La correlación entre los hallazgos anatómicos y los clínicos fue baja, de lo que se infieren dificultades en el diagnóstico en vida.</p

Dendritic cell deficiencies persist seven months after SARS-CoV-2 infection

Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (SARS-CoV)-2 infection induces an exacerbated inflammation driven by innate immunity components. Dendritic cells (DCs) play a key role in the defense against viral infections, for instance plasmacytoid DCs (pDCs), have the capacity to produce vast amounts of interferon-alpha (IFN-α). In COVID-19 there is a deficit in DC numbers and IFN-α production, which has been associated with disease severity. In this work, we described that in addition to the DC deficiency, several DC activation and homing markers were altered in acute COVID-19 patients, which were associated with multiple inflammatory markers. Remarkably, previously hospitalized and nonhospitalized patients remained with decreased numbers of CD1c+ myeloid DCs and pDCs seven months after SARS-CoV-2 infection. Moreover, the expression of DC markers such as CD86 and CD4 were only restored in previously nonhospitalized patients, while no restoration of integrin β7 and indoleamine 2,3-dyoxigenase (IDO) levels were observed. These findings contribute to a better understanding of the immunological sequelae of COVID-19

Dendritic cell deficiencies persist seven months after SARS-CoV-2 infection

Virgen del Rocío Hospital COVID-19 Working Team José Miguel Cisneros, Sonsoles Salto-Alejandre, Judith Berastegui-Cabrera, Pedro Camacho-Martínez, Carmen Infante-Domínguez, Marta Carretero-Ledesma, Juan Carlos Crespo-Rivas, Eduardo Márquez, José Manuel Lomas, Claudio Bueno, Rosario Amaya, José Antonio Lepe, Jerónimo Pachón, Elisa Cordero, Javier Sánchez-Céspedes, Manuela Aguilar-Guisado, Almudena Aguilera, Clara Aguilera, Teresa Aldabo-Pallas, Verónica Alfaro-Lara, Cristina Amodeo, Javier Ampuero, María Dolores Avilés, Maribel Asensio, Bosco Barón-Franco, Lydia Barrera-Pulido, Rafael Bellido-Alba, Máximo Bernabeu-Wittel, Candela Caballero-Eraso, Macarena Cabrera, Enrique Calderón, Jesús Carbajal-Guerrero, Manuela Cid-Cumplido, Yael Corcia-Palomo, Juan Delgado, Antonio Domínguez-Petit, Alejandro Deniz, Reginal Dusseck-Brutus, Ana Escoresca-Ortega, Fátima Espinosa, Nuria Espinosa, Michelle Espinoza, Carmen Ferrándiz-Millón, Marta Ferrer, Teresa Ferrer, Ignacio Gallego-Texeira, Rosa Gámez-Mancera, Emilio García, Horacio García-Delgado, Manuel García-Gutiérrez, María Luisa Gascón-Castillo, Aurora González-Estrada, Demetrio González, Carmen Gómez-González, Rocío González-León, Carmen Grande-Cabrerizo, Sonia Gutiérrez, Carlos Hernández-Quiles, Inmaculada Concepción Herrera-Melero, Marta Herrero-Romero, Luis Jara, Carlos Jiménez-Juan, Silvia Jiménez-Jorge, Mercedes Jiménez-Sánchez, Julia Lanseros-Tenllado, Carmina López, Isabel López, Álvaro López-Barrios, Luis F. López-Cortés, Rafael Luque-Márquez, Daniel Macías-García, Guillermo Martín-Gutiérrez, Luis Martín-Villén, José Molina, Aurora Morillo, María Dolores Navarro-Amuedo, Dolores Nieto-Martín, Francisco Ortega, María Paniagua-García, Amelia Peña-Rodríguez, Esther Pérez, Manuel Poyato, Julia Praena-Segovia, Rafaela Ríos, Cristina Roca-Oporto, Jesús F. Rodríguez, María Jesús Rodríguez-Hernández, Santiago Rodríguez-Suárez, Ángel Rodríguez-Villodres, Nieves Romero-Rodríguez, Ricardo Ruiz, Zida Ruiz de Azua, Celia Salamanca, Sonia Sánchez, Víctor Manuel Sánchez-Montagut, César Sotomayor, Alejandro Suárez Benjumea & Javier ToralSevere Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (SARS-CoV)-2 infection induces an exacerbated inflammation driven by innate immunity components. Dendritic cells (DCs) play a key role in the defense against viral infections, for instance plasmacytoid DCs (pDCs), have the capacity to produce vast amounts of interferon-alpha (IFN-α). In COVID-19 there is a deficit in DC numbers and IFN-α production, which has been associated with disease severity. In this work, we described that in addition to the DC deficiency, several DC activation and homing markers were altered in acute COVID-19 patients, which were associated with multiple inflammatory markers. Remarkably, previously hospitalized and nonhospitalized patients remained with decreased numbers of CD1c+ myeloid DCs and pDCs seven months after SARS-CoV-2 infection. Moreover, the expression of DC markers such as CD86 and CD4 were only restored in previously nonhospitalized patients, while no restoration of integrin β7 and indoleamine 2,3-dyoxigenase (IDO) levels were observed. These findings contribute to a better understanding of the immunological sequelae of COVID-19.This work was supported by Consejeria de Transformacion Economica, Industria, Conocimiento y Universidades Junta de Andalucia (research Project CV20-85418), Consejeria de salud Junta de Andalucia (Research Contract RH-0037-2020 to JV) the Instituto de Salud Carlos III (CP19/00159 to AGV, FI17/00186 to MRJL, FI19/00083 to MCGC, CM20/00243 to APG, and COV20/00698 to support COHVID-GS) and the Red Temática de Investigación Cooperativa en SIDA (RD16/0025/0020 and RD16/0025/0026), which is included in the Acción Estratégica en Salud, Plan Nacional de Investigación Científica, Desarrollo e Innovación Tecnológica, 2008 to 2011 and 2013 to 2016, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Fondos FEDER. ERM was supported by the Spanish Research Council (CSIC).Peer reviewe

Cross-disease Meta-analysis of Genome-wide Association Studies for Systemic Sclerosis and Rheumatoid Arthritis Reveals IRF4 as a New Common Susceptibility Locus

Objectives: Systemic sclerosis (SSc) and rheumatoid arthritis (RA) are autoimmune diseases that share clinical and immunological characteristics. To date, several shared SSc- RA loci have been identified independently. In this study, we aimed to systematically search for new common SSc-RA loci through an inter-disease meta-GWAS strategy. Methods: We performed a meta-analysis combining GWAS datasets of SSc and RA using a strategy that allowed identification of loci with both same-direction and opposingdirection allelic effects. The top single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) were followed-up in independent SSc and RA case-control cohorts. This allowed us to increase the sample size to a total of 8,830 SSc patients, 16,870 RA patients and 43,393 controls. Results: The cross-disease meta-analysis of the GWAS datasets identified several loci with nominal association signals (P-value < 5 x 10-6), which also showed evidence of association in the disease-specific GWAS scan. These loci included several genomic regions not previously reported as shared loci, besides risk factors associated with both diseases in previous studies. The follow-up of the putatively new SSc-RA loci identified IRF4 as a shared risk factor for these two diseases (Pcombined = 3.29 x 10-12). In addition, the analysis of the biological relevance of the known SSc-RA shared loci pointed to the type I interferon and the interleukin 12 signaling pathways as the main common etiopathogenic factors. Conclusions: Our study has identified a novel shared locus, IRF4, for SSc and RA and highlighted the usefulness of cross-disease GWAS meta-analysis in the identification of common risk loci

Clonal chromosomal mosaicism and loss of chromosome Y in elderly men increase vulnerability for SARS-CoV-2

The pandemic caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19) had an estimated overall case fatality ratio of 1.38% (pre-vaccination), being 53% higher in males and increasing exponentially with age. Among 9578 individuals diagnosed with COVID-19 in the SCOURGE study, we found 133 cases (1.42%) with detectable clonal mosaicism for chromosome alterations (mCA) and 226 males (5.08%) with acquired loss of chromosome Y (LOY). Individuals with clonal mosaic events (mCA and/or LOY) showed a 54% increase in the risk of COVID-19 lethality. LOY is associated with transcriptomic biomarkers of immune dysfunction, pro-coagulation activity and cardiovascular risk. Interferon-induced genes involved in the initial immune response to SARS-CoV-2 are also down-regulated in LOY. Thus, mCA and LOY underlie at least part of the sex-biased severity and mortality of COVID-19 in aging patients. Given its potential therapeutic and prognostic relevance, evaluation of clonal mosaicism should be implemented as biomarker of COVID-19 severity in elderly people. Among 9578 individuals diagnosed with COVID-19 in the SCOURGE study, individuals with clonal mosaic events (clonal mosaicism for chromosome alterations and/or loss of chromosome Y) showed an increased risk of COVID-19 lethality

Taking the pulse of Earth's tropical forests using networks of highly distributed plots

Tropical forests are the most diverse and productive ecosystems on Earth. While better understanding of these forests is critical for our collective future, until quite recently efforts to measure and monitor them have been largely disconnected. Networking is essential to discover the answers to questions that transcend borders and the horizons of funding agencies. Here we show how a global community is responding to the challenges of tropical ecosystem research with diverse teams measuring forests tree-by-tree in thousands of long-term plots. We review the major scientific discoveries of this work and show how this process is changing tropical forest science. Our core approach involves linking long-term grassroots initiatives with standardized protocols and data management to generate robust scaled-up results. By connecting tropical researchers and elevating their status, our Social Research Network model recognises the key role of the data originator in scientific discovery. Conceived in 1999 with RAINFOR (South America), our permanent plot networks have been adapted to Africa (AfriTRON) and Southeast Asia (T-FORCES) and widely emulated worldwide. Now these multiple initiatives are integrated via ForestPlots.net cyber-infrastructure, linking colleagues from 54 countries across 24 plot networks. Collectively these are transforming understanding of tropical forests and their biospheric role. Together we have discovered how, where and why forest carbon and biodiversity are responding to climate change, and how they feedback on it. This long-term pan-tropical collaboration has revealed a large long-term carbon sink and its trends, as well as making clear which drivers are most important, which forest processes are affected, where they are changing, what the lags are, and the likely future responses of tropical forests as the climate continues to change. By leveraging a remarkably old technology, plot networks are sparking a very modern revolution in tropical forest science. In the future, humanity can benefit greatly by nurturing the grassroots communities now collectively capable of generating unique, long-term understanding of Earth's most precious forests.Additional co-authors: Susan Laurance, William Laurance, Francoise Yoko Ishida, Andrew Marshall, Catherine Waite, Hannsjoerg Woell, Jean-Francois Bastin, Marijn Bauters, Hans Beeckman, Pfascal Boeckx, Jan Bogaert, Charles De Canniere, Thales de Haulleville, Jean-Louis Doucet, Olivier Hardy, Wannes Hubau, Elizabeth Kearsley, Hans Verbeeck, Jason Vleminckx, Steven W. Brewer, Alfredo Alarcón, Alejandro Araujo-Murakami, Eric Arets, Luzmila Arroyo, Ezequiel Chavez, Todd Fredericksen, René Guillén Villaroel, Gloria Gutierrez Sibauty, Timothy Killeen, Juan Carlos Licona, John Lleigue, Casimiro Mendoza, Samaria Murakami, Alexander Parada Gutierrez, Guido Pardo, Marielos Peña-Claros, Lourens Poorter, Marisol Toledo, Jeanneth Villalobos Cayo, Laura Jessica Viscarra, Vincent Vos, Jorge Ahumada, Everton Almeida, Jarcilene Almeida, Edmar Almeida de Oliveira, Wesley Alves da Cruz, Atila Alves de Oliveira, Fabrício Alvim Carvalho, Flávio Amorim Obermuller, Ana Andrade, Fernanda Antunes Carvalho, Simone Aparecida Vieira, Ana Carla Aquino, Luiz Aragão, Ana Claudia Araújo, Marco Antonio Assis, Jose Ataliba Mantelli Aboin Gomes, Fabrício Baccaro, Plínio Barbosa de Camargo, Paulo Barni, Jorcely Barroso, Luis Carlos Bernacci, Kauane Bordin, Marcelo Brilhante de Medeiros, Igor Broggio, José Luís Camargo, Domingos Cardoso, Maria Antonia Carniello, Andre Luis Casarin Rochelle, Carolina Castilho, Antonio Alberto Jorge Farias Castro, Wendeson Castro, Sabina Cerruto Ribeiro, Flávia Costa, Rodrigo Costa de Oliveira, Italo Coutinho, John Cunha, Lola da Costa, Lucia da Costa Ferreira, Richarlly da Costa Silva, Marta da Graça Zacarias Simbine, Vitor de Andrade Kamimura, Haroldo Cavalcante de Lima, Lia de Oliveira Melo, Luciano de Queiroz, José Romualdo de Sousa Lima, Mário do Espírito Santo, Tomas Domingues, Nayane Cristina dos Santos Prestes, Steffan Eduardo Silva Carneiro, Fernando Elias, Gabriel Eliseu, Thaise Emilio, Camila Laís Farrapo, Letícia Fernandes, Gustavo Ferreira, Joice Ferreira, Leandro Ferreira, Socorro Ferreira, Marcelo Fragomeni Simon, Maria Aparecida Freitas, Queila S. García, Angelo Gilberto Manzatto, Paulo Graça, Frederico Guilherme, Eduardo Hase, Niro Higuchi, Mariana Iguatemy, Reinaldo Imbrozio Barbosa, Margarita Jaramillo, Carlos Joly, Joice Klipel, Iêda Leão do Amaral, Carolina Levis, Antonio S. Lima, Maurício Lima Dan, Aline Lopes, Herison Madeiros, William E. Magnusson, Rubens Manoel dos Santos, Beatriz Marimon, Ben Hur Marimon Junior, Roberta Marotti Martelletti Grillo, Luiz Martinelli, Simone Matias Reis, Salomão Medeiros, Milton Meira-Junior, Thiago Metzker, Paulo Morandi, Natanael Moreira do Nascimento, Magna Moura, Sandra Cristina Müller, Laszlo Nagy, Henrique Nascimento, Marcelo Nascimento, Adriano Nogueira Lima, Raimunda Oliveira de Araújo, Jhonathan Oliveira Silva, Marcelo Pansonato, Gabriel Pavan Sabino, Karla Maria Pedra de Abreu, Pablo José Francisco Pena Rodrigues, Maria Piedade, Domingos Rodrigues, José Roberto Rodrigues Pinto, Carlos Quesada, Eliana Ramos, Rafael Ramos, Priscyla Rodrigues, Thaiane Rodrigues de Sousa, Rafael Salomão, Flávia Santana, Marcos Scaranello, Rodrigo Scarton Bergamin, Juliana Schietti, Jochen Schöngart, Gustavo Schwartz, Natalino Silva, Marcos Silveira, Cristiana Simão Seixas, Marta Simbine, Ana Claudia Souza, Priscila Souza, Rodolfo Souza, Tereza Sposito, Edson Stefani Junior, Julio Daniel do Vale, Ima Célia Guimarães Vieira, Dora Villela, Marcos Vital, Haron Xaud, Katia Zanini, Charles Eugene Zartman, Nur Khalish Hafizhah Ideris, Faizah binti Hj Metali, Kamariah Abu Salim, Muhd Shahruney Saparudin, Rafizah Mat Serudin, Rahayu Sukmaria Sukri, Serge Begne, George Chuyong, Marie Noel Djuikouo, Christelle Gonmadje, Murielle Simo-Droissart, Bonaventure Sonké, Hermann Taedoumg, Lise Zemagho, Sean Thomas, Fidèle Baya, Gustavo Saiz, Javier Silva Espejo, Dexiang Chen, Alan Hamilton, Yide Li, Tushou Luo, Shukui Niu, Han Xu, Zhang Zhou, Esteban Álvarez-Dávila, Juan Carlos Andrés Escobar, Henry Arellano-Peña, Jaime Cabezas Duarte, Jhon Calderón, Lina Maria Corrales Bravo, Borish Cuadrado, Hermes Cuadros, Alvaro Duque, Luisa Fernanda Duque, Sandra Milena Espinosa, Rebeca Franke-Ante, Hernando García, Alejandro Gómez, Roy González-M., Álvaro Idárraga-Piedrahíta, Eliana Jimenez, Rubén Jurado, Wilmar López Oviedo, René López-Camacho, Omar Aurelio Melo Cruz, Irina Mendoza Polo, Edwin Paky, Karen Pérez, Angel Pijachi, Camila Pizano, Adriana Prieto, Laura Ramos, Zorayda Restrepo Correa, James Richardson, Elkin Rodríguez, Gina M. Rodriguez M., Agustín Rudas, Pablo Stevenson, Markéta Chudomelová, Martin Dancak, Radim Hédl, Stanislav Lhota, Martin Svatek, Jacques Mukinzi, Corneille Ewango, Terese Hart, Emmanuel Kasongo Yakusu, Janvier Lisingo, Jean-Remy Makana, Faustin Mbayu, Benjamin Toirambe, John Tshibamba Mukendi, Lars Kvist, Gustav Nebel, Selene Báez, Carlos Céron, Daniel M. Griffith, Juan Ernesto Guevara Andino, David Neill, Walter Palacios, Maria Cristina Peñuela-Mora, Gonzalo Rivas-Torres, Gorky Villa, Sheleme Demissie, Tadesse Gole, Techane Gonfa, Kalle Ruokolainen, Michel Baisie, Fabrice Bénédet, Wemo Betian, Vincent Bezard, Damien Bonal, Jerôme Chave, Vincent Droissart, Sylvie Gourlet-Fleury, Annette Hladik, Nicolas Labrière, Pétrus Naisso, Maxime Réjou-Méchain, Plinio Sist, Lilian Blanc, Benoit Burban, Géraldine Derroire, Aurélie Dourdain, Clement Stahl, Natacha Nssi Bengone, Eric Chezeaux, Fidèle Evouna Ondo, Vincent Medjibe, Vianet Mihindou, Lee White, Heike Culmsee, Cristabel Durán Rangel, Viviana Horna, Florian Wittmann, Stephen Adu-Bredu, Kofi Affum-Baffoe, Ernest Foli, Michael Balinga, Anand Roopsind, James Singh, Raquel Thomas, Roderick Zagt, Indu K. Murthy, Kuswata Kartawinata, Edi Mirmanto, Hari Priyadi, Ismayadi Samsoedin, Terry Sunderland, Ishak Yassir, Francesco Rovero, Barbara Vinceti, Bruno Hérault, Shin-Ichiro Aiba, Kanehiro Kitayama, Armandu Daniels, Darlington Tuagben, John T. Woods, Muhammad Fitriadi, Alexander Karolus, Kho Lip Khoon, Noreen Majalap, Colin Maycock, Reuben Nilus, Sylvester Tan, Almeida Sitoe, Indiana Coronado G., Lucas Ojo, Rafael de Assis, Axel Dalberg Poulsen, Douglas Sheil, Karen Arévalo Pezo, Hans Buttgenbach Verde, Victor Chama Moscoso, Jimmy Cesar Cordova Oroche, Fernando Cornejo Valverde, Massiel Corrales Medina, Nallaret Davila Cardozo, Jano de Rutte Corzo, Jhon del Aguila Pasquel, Gerardo Flores Llampazo, Luis Freitas, Darcy Galiano Cabrera, Roosevelt García Villacorta, Karina Garcia Cabrera, Diego García Soria, Leticia Gatica Saboya, Julio Miguel Grandez Rios, Gabriel Hidalgo Pizango, Eurídice Honorio Coronado, Isau Huamantupa-Chuquimaco, Walter Huaraca Huasco, Yuri Tomas Huillca Aedo, Jose Luis Marcelo Peña, Abel Monteagudo Mendoza, Vanesa Moreano Rodriguez, Percy Núñez Vargas, Sonia Cesarina Palacios Ramos, Nadir Pallqui Camacho, Antonio Peña Cruz, Freddy Ramirez Arevalo, José Reyna Huaymacari, Carlos Reynel Rodriguez, Marcos Antonio Ríos Paredes, Lily Rodriguez Bayona, Rocio del Pilar Rojas Gonzales, Maria Elena Rojas Peña, Norma Salinas Revilla, Yahn Carlos Soto Shareva, Raul Tupayachi Trujillo, Luis Valenzuela Gamarra, Rodolfo Vasquez Martinez, Jim Vega Arenas, Christian Amani, Suspense Averti Ifo, Yannick Bocko, Patrick Boundja, Romeo Ekoungoulou, Mireille Hockemba, Donatien Nzala, Alusine Fofanah, David Taylor, Guillermo Bañares-de Dios, Luis Cayuela, Íñigo Granzow-de la Cerda, Manuel Macía, Juliana Stropp, Maureen Playfair, Verginia Wortel, Toby Gardner, Robert Muscarella, Hari Priyadi, Ervan Rutishauser, Kuo-Jung Chao, Pantaleo Munishi, Olaf Bánki, Frans Bongers, Rene Boot, Gabriella Fredriksson, Jan Reitsma, Hans ter Steege, Tinde van Andel, Peter van de Meer, Peter van der Hout, Mark van Nieuwstadt, Bert van Ulft, Elmar Veenendaal, Ronald Vernimmen, Pieter Zuidema, Joeri Zwerts, Perpetra Akite, Robert Bitariho, Colin Chapman, Eilu Gerald, Miguel Leal, Patrick Mucunguzi, Miguel Alexiades, Timothy R. 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