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Caribbeanist Anthropology and Minerva's Owl: Lessons Forgotten, Lessons Learned

The Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Anthropology, Volume 27, Issue 3, Page 289-308, September 2022., 2022
Abstract This essay presents a sketch of what a critical genealogy of the anthropology of the Caribbean might involve. After looking at the origins of anthropological interest in the region, I will focus on two case studies that, for better or worse, may be said to have had lasting diagnostic value for key epistemological orientations in Caribbeanist ...
Stephan Palmié
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Fragile connections: Community computer networks, human infrastructures, and the consequences of their breakdown in Havana

American Anthropologist, Volume 124, Issue 2, Page 383-398, June 2022., 2022
Abstract To compensate for their lack of internet access, Cuban video game enthusiasts and programmers have built vast grassroots computer networks, the biggest of which, SNET (Street Network), at one point connected tens of thousands of households across Havana.
Steffen Köhn, Nestor Siré
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Identifying the possibilities and pitfalls of conducting IUCN Red List assessments from remotely sensed habitat information based on insights from poorly known Cuban mammals

Conservation Biology, Volume 35, Issue 5, Page 1598-1614, October 2021., 2021
Abstract The International Union for Conservation of Nature's Red List of Threatened Species (RLS) is the key global tool for objective, repeatable assessment of species’ extinction risk status, and plays an essential role in tracking biodiversity loss and guiding conservation action.
Clare Duncan, Monika Böhm, Samuel T. Turvey   +2 more
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Mecanismos Represivos del Estado Cubano

Revista Foro Cubano, 2021
El presente trabajo analiza algunos de los mecanismos represivos del estado cubano, a saber: los actos de repudio, la regulación, el descrédito y la difamación, la vigilancia panóptica y el hostigamiento policial.
Roberto Garcés Marrero
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Biometry, Refractive Errors, and the Results of Cataract Surgery: A Large Sample Study

Journal of Ophthalmology, Volume 2021, Issue 1, 2021., 2021
The statistical characteristics of biometry and refractive error in a large sample of cataractous Cuban patients are presented, comparing between sexes and age groups. All patients were studied at the Cuban Institute of Ophthalmology “Ramón Pando Ferrer,” La Habana.
Iván Hernández-López, Sahily Estradé-Fernández, Taimí Cárdenas-Díaz, Alfo José Batista-Leyva, Michele Figus   +4 more
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A network approach to cartel detection in public auction markets [PDF]

Scientific Reports, 2019
Competing firms can increase profits by setting prices collectively, imposing significant costs on consumers. Such groups of firms are known as cartels and because this behavior is illegal, their operations are secretive and difficult to detect.
Johannes Wachs, J. Kertész
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La publicidad de bien público y la educación sexual en Cuba

Grafica: Documents de Disseny Gràfic, 2016
La prevención es una premisa de la educación en salud cubana. Se plantean como objetivos del estudio identificar las características del diseño gráfico cubano para la prevención de las ITS y diseñar una propuesta de bien público basado en nuevos ...
Eduardo Alejandro Hernández Alfonso, Luis Ernesto Paz Enrique   +1 more
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Post-cartel tacit collusion: Determinants, consequences, and prevention

International Journal of Industrial Organization, 2020
We experimentally investigate the determinants of post-cartel tacit collusion (PCTC), the effects of PCTC on market outcomes, and potential policy measures aimed at its prevention.
Subhasish M. Chowdhury, Carsten J. Crede
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El Reguetón Cubano Sí Tiene Quien Le Escriba

Revista Foro Cubano, 2021
El reguetón ha coronado. Este producto cultural ha permanecido en los gustos de diversos públicos por más de dos décadas, visibilizando estructuras de dominación instauradas en los diferentes sistemas sociales. A partir de un análisis crítico de ensayos,
Hazell Santiso Aguila
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Cartel formation with quality differentiation

Mathematical Social Sciences, 2020
Research on collusion in vertically differentiated markets is conducted under one or two potentially restrictive assumptions. Either there is a single industry-wide cartel or costs are assumed to be independent of quality or quantity.
Iwan Bos, Marco A. Marini, R. Saulle
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