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Weetman Pearson in historical and historiographical context : British-Mexican relations, informal empire, Mexican national development, and the rise of global business in the late nineteenth century -- British lions : business and politics in late Victorian and Edwardian Britain -- The foundations of a business empire : the Gran Canal in Mexico, 1889-1900 -- The extension of empire : the Tehuantepec National Railway, 1896-1918 -- The birth of El Aguila and the apotheosis of empire, 1901-10 -- The empire strikes back : revolution and counter-revolution 1911-13 -- The unravelling of empire : civil war and World War 1914-19

On 3 June 1915 the state legislature of Oaxaca in southern Mexico issued a decree which proclaimed that the 'free and sovereign state of Oaxaca reassumes its sovereignty until such time as constitutional order is restored in the republic' (i.e. in accordance with the Constitution of 1857). Governor José Inés Dávila therefore declared that the executive and legislative branches of the state government would assume control and responsibility over the federal agencies and services within the state. The justification for this dramatic course of action, taken at the height of a period of intense civil war in Mexico, was the decree issued by Venustiano Carranza in December 1914, which had suspended the Constitution in favour of a 'temporary' period of pre-constitutional government over which he was personally to retain strict executive control as First Chief of the Constitutionalist Army – thus effectively dissolving the constitutional base of the federation. The immediatecasus belliwas the occupation of the town of Pochutla on Oaxaca's Pacific coast on 1 May by a detachment of Constitutionalist troops, in what Governor Inés Dávila described as 'a preconceived plan of attack on the sovereignty of the state'.

Historische Studie über die Entstehung und Entwicklung der Bewegung für ein souveränes Oaxaca von der Proklamation durch den Gouverneur Jose Ines Davila am 3. Juni 1916 bis zum Vertrag von San Agustin Yatareni im Mai 1920. Darstellung der sozialen Zusammensetzung, der inneren politischen Konflikte und der übergreifenden Ziele der Bewegung

Abstract Background Health staff in Afghanistan may be at high risk of needle stick injury and occupational infection with blood borne pathogens, but we have not found any published or unpublished data. Methods Our aim was to measure the percentage of healthcare staff reporting sharps injuries in the preceding 12 months, and to explore what they knew about universal precautions. In five randomly selected government hospitals in Kabul a total of 950 staff participated in the study. Data were analyzed with Epi Info 3. Results Seventy three percent of staff (72.6%, 491/676) reported sharps injury in the preceding 12 months, with remarkably similar levels between hospitals and staff cadres in the 676 (71.1%) people responding. Most at risk were gynaecologist/obstetricians (96.1%) followed by surgeons (91.1%), nurses (80.2%), dentists (75.4%), midwives (62.0%), technicians (50.0%), and internist/paediatricians (47.5%). Of the injuries reported, the commonest were from hollow-bore needles (46.3%, n = 361/780), usually during recapping. Almost a quarter (27.9%) of respondents had not been vaccinated against hepatitis B. Basic knowledge about universal precautions were found insufficient across all hospitals and cadres. Conclusion Occupational health policies for universal precautions need to be implemented in Afghani hospitals. Staff vaccination against hepatitis B is recommended.

This book explores the Hispanic Atlantic corridor, argued to have been an important channel of dialogue between the Spanish intelligentsia and that of the new Latin American republics, despite the tensions within the relationship which were often central to debates and arguments flowing from one side of the Atlantic to the other