The main thesis we defend in this article is that the traumatic experience of displacement in Colombia leads displaced people to act within a socio-cultural structure that degrades door-swings their identity and compels them to use hiding, obscurity, silence, and diversion as major strategies to face their new status.To support our thesis, four maj
In recent years, the Mediterranean Sea has become an accumulation zone for waste generated by the 22 countries bordering its shores.Although the effects of plastic litter on the marine environment and on organisms have recently been studied in other areas, further information is needed for the Mediterranean Sea and, in particular, about plastics ad
Surgical site infections with atypical mycobacteria are uncommon but not unheard of.Atypical mycobacteria are abundantly present in soil and water and can cause infections when the immune system is compromised.We present four cases of atypical mycobacterial infections at the port site following laparoscopy.In the first case, a laparoscopic cholecys