Treatment and outcomes of high-risk neuroblastoma in Southeast Asia: a single-institution experience and review of the literature by Anselm Chi-Wai Lee, Chan Hon Chui, Robert Kwok, Kim Shang Lee, Chee Meng Fong, Wilfred Hing-Sang Wong

“…Introduction: In Europe and North America, the majority of children with high-risk neuroblastoma survive the disease. …”
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Food recalls: An unnecessary and preventable factor in food waste by Rubén Morawicki

“…An example of this was the multistate recall by the Peanut Corporation of America in 2009 due to its peanut butter being contaminated with Salmonella typhimurium (CDC, 2009). …”
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Propagation of Theobroma cacao by Rooted Cuttings in Mini-Tunnels by Lucía Melissa Vásquez Zamora, Sofía Rengifo-Del Aguila, Juan Carlos Guerrero Abad, Geomar Vallejos Torres, Sixto Alfredo Imán Correa, Elías Torres Flores, Francisco Mesén Sequeira, Mike Anderson Corazon Guivin

“…Cacao is an economically important crop that is currently planted in Asia, Africa, and America. Cuttings is a technique of vegetative propagation suitable for the conservation of selected desirable characteristics in cacao trees. …”
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Late blight resistance of wild potato species under field conditions in the Northwest of Russia by N. M. Zoteyeva

“…A group of Central American species and large part of species with areas of distribution in South America expressed high level of interspecific polymorphism in foliar resistance to late blight.…”
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Nueva gestión pública en Colombia y bienestar laboral del profesorado universitario by María Fernanda Caballero-Lozada, Libia Esperanza Nieto-Gómez

“…Se examina la adopción del modelo de Nueva Gestión Pública (NGP) en Colombia, proceso que se ve reflejado en la Constitución Política de Colombia de 1991, específicamente en el artículo 67, en la Ley 30 de 1992 y en la aplicación de la Tercera Reforma de la Educación Superior en América Latina. Para considerar la relación entre las condiciones de trabajo en el escenario de la NGP en el profesorado colombiano con el bienestar laboral, se realizó un análisis basado en revisión bibliográfica de documentos a partir del año 2000. …”
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Quality indicators of supportive care for patients with cancer undergoing treatment: a systematic review by Ayako Okuyama, Mai Kuwabara, Sadamoto Zenda

“…Eight articles (44.4%) were from North America, four (22.2%) from Europe, two (11.1%) from Oceania, two (11.1%) from Asia, and one (5.6%) from Africa; 64.3% of the indicators were process indicators based on guidelines. …”
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Predicting changes in agricultural yields under climate change scenarios and their implications for global food security by Christine Li, James Camac, Andrew Robinson, Tom Kompas

“…Without mitigation and adaptation, countries in South Asia, sub-Saharan Africa, North America, and Oceania could become at risk of being unable to meet national calorie demand by the end of the century under the most severe emissions scenario.…”
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American alligators (Alligator mississippiensis) as wetland ecosystem carbon stock regulators by Christopher M. Murray, Tyler Steven Coleman, Wray Gabel, Ken W. Krauss

“…Within blue carbon ecosystems, tidally influenced wetlands alone store a disproportionately higher amount of organic carbon than other blue carbon systems. North America harbors 42% of tidally influenced global wetland area, which has been identified as a critical carbon stock in the context of climate change mitigation. …”
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Validation of the Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy/Gynecologic Oncology Group Neurotoxicity Questionnaire for the Latin American Population by Ivana Leao Ribeiro, Luz Alejandra Lorca, Rodrigo Cuevas-Cid, Snehil Dixit, Nicolás Yáñez-Benavides, Francisco Ortega-Gonzalez

“…The Chilean version of the FACT/GOG-Ntx neurotoxicity subscale is a valid and reliable scale for evaluating neurotoxicity symptoms in adult cancer survivors in Latin America. The scales also adequately distinguish between sex-based well-being among the afflicted population.…”
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Monitoring of vegetation and land use changes process using Landsat data (Case study: Sarvestan plain) by sara kaviani ahangar, Rasool Mahdavi, gholamreza zehtabian, hamid gholami, Ashok K Chapagain

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Sleep Behaviour in Sickle Cell Disease: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Melanie Koelbel, Fenella J. Kirkham

“…We identified 31 studies, with most of the research being conducted in North America, using polysomnography, actigraphy and questionnaires/diaries in paediatric SCD cohorts. …”
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Machine learning prediction of combat basic training injury from 3D body shape images. by Steven Morse, Kevin Talty, Patrick Kuiper, Michael Scioletti, Steven B Heymsfield, Richard L Atkinson, Diana M Thomas

“…<h4>Methods</h4>US Army basic training recruits between the ages of 17 and 21 (N = 17,680, 28% female) were scanned for uniform fitting using the 3D body imaging scanner, Human Solutions of North America at Fort Jackson, SC. From the 3D body imaging scans, a database consisting of 161 anthropometric measurements per basic training recruit was used to predict the probability of discharge from the US Army due to injury. …”
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Educação CTS a partir do Sul Global: proposições para uma formação cidadã decolonial crítica na educação em ciências by Victor Bianchetti, Suzani Cassiani

“…Além disso, nos inspiramos nas experiências vivenciadas ao longo do processo de doutoramento do autor e do projeto de pesquisa “A educação em biologia e a construção de cidadanias: uma perspectiva latino-americana”, que contou com a participação de pesquisadores de cinco países da América Latina. Em nossa proposição, a Formação Cidadã Decolonial Crítica se sustenta na dialética freireana Denúncia e Anúncio, fundamentada em quatro pilares (i) identificação das contradições e  (ii) estudo das contradições, (iii) recusa à adaptação e a (iv) práxis decolonial crítica transformadora. …”
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La política habitacional en la agenda internacional: el papel de cities alliance en el caso de la ciudad de Neuquén by Gabriela Ana Pérez

“…El comienzo del milenio encuentra nuevamente a las ciudades de América Latina como escenarios de profundas transformaciones y de problemas complejos, entre los cuales la resolución de las carencias habitacionales se reposiciona en la agenda internacional como un “eje estratégico” para la superación de la pobreza y la precariedad urbana. …”
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Spatiotemporal Variability in Wind Turbine Blade Leading Edge Erosion by Sara C. Pryor, Jacob J. Coburn, Rebecca J. Barthelmie

“…However, no such assessment currently exists for the United States of America (USA). To address this research gap, blade coating lifetimes at 883 sites across the USA are generated based on high-frequency (5-min) estimates of material fatigue derived using a mechanistic model and robust meteorological measurements. …”
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Acute Rheumatic Fever: Findings of a Hospital-Based Study and an Overview of Reported Outbreaks by Upton D Allen, Michael Braudo, Stanley E Read

“…The results facilitate the characterization of acute rheumatic fever within North America into three different patterns of occurrence.…”
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Variación espacial y temporal del Índice de calidad del agua en la estratificación térmica del lago de Zirahuén, Michoacán, México by Rosalva Mendoza-Ramírez, Ramón Domínguez-Mora, Rodolfo Silva-Casarín, Karina Suárez-Alcántara, Aníbal Sol-Benítez, Eliseo Carrizosa-Elizondo

“…Se utilizaron dos métodos, el primero es el desarrollado por la Fundación Nacional de Saneamiento de los Estados Unidos de América, que usa nueve variables, físicas, químicas y bacteriológicas, para la estimación del índice. …”
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Parasitological, Hematological, and Immunological Response of Experimentally Infected Sheep with Venezuelan Isolates of Trypanosoma evansi, Trypanosoma equiperdum, and Trypanosoma... by Nereida Parra-Gimenez, Armando Reyna-Bello

“…There are three trypanosoma species of veterinary importance in South America: (1) Trypanosoma evansi, the causative agent of derrengadera mechanically transmitted by bloodsucking insects such as tabanids, (2) Trypanosoma vivax, also mechanically transmitted by some dipteras hematophages as tabanids and/or Stomoxys, and (3) T. equiperdum, a tissue parasite adapted to sexual transmission and the causative agent of dourine, a distinctive disease that affects only Equidae. …”
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Solar parking lot capacity: an abundant dual-use alternative to meet demand for the renewable energy transition by Scott Markwith

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Global Research Hotspots in Venous Thromboembolism Anticoagulation: A Knowledge-Map Analysis from 2012 to 2021 by Jia Wang, Yang-Xi Liu, Yi-Dan Yan, Li Liu, Chi Zhang, Mang-Mang Pan, Hou-Wen Lin, Zhi-Chun Gu

“…International cooperation is concentrated in North America and Europe; the most influential documents, journals, authors, and organizations were also from these two continents. …”
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