The US Nuclear Policy in the XXI Century: Continuity and Change in the Strategies of the George W. Bush, Barack Obama, and Donald Trump Administrations by E. P. Buzhinsky, V. A. Veselov

“…However, a growing uncertainty over the future of the Treaty between the United States of America and the Russian Federation on Measures for the Further Reduction and Limitation of Strategic Offensive Arms (New START) after February of 2021 necessitates a broader chronological perspective on the evolution of the U.S. nuclear policy in order to separate short-term considerations from long-term trends. …”
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Stakeholders' perceptions of personal health data sharing: A scoping review. by Prima Alam, Ana Bolio, Leesa Lin, Heidi J Larson

“…Most of the included studies were based within North America and Western Europe, with the United States (n = 8) and the United Kingdom (n = 7) representing the most studied countries. …”
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Theory of Planned Behavior in predicting condom use in Latin-American Women by David Javier Enríquez-Negrete, Ricardo Sánchez-Medina, Susana Xóchitl Bárcena-Gaona, Itzel Guadalupe Chávez-Santos

“…In addition, we discussed the relevance of the variables proposed by the TCP about the cultural context of Latinos and the critical use of the model in populations other than North America.…”
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Isotemporal substitution of sedentary time with different physical activity intensities and sleep in obesity parameters across eight latin American countries by Eduardo Rossato de Victo, Diego Sales, Diego G. D. Christofaro, Mauro Fisberg, Irina Kovalskys, Pablo del Val Martín, Gerson Ferrari

“…The results highlight the importance of replacing ST and increasing the intensity of physical activity as an effective strategy for preventing and managing obesity in Latin America.…”
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From global recommendations to (in)action: A scoping review of the coverage of companion of choice for women during labour and birth. by Meghan A Bohren, Alya Hazfiarini, Martha Vazquez Corona, Mercedes Colomar, Bremen De Mucio, Özge Tunçalp, Anayda Portela

“…We included data from a maternal health sentinel network of hospitals in Latin America, using descriptive statistics to assess coverage among 120,581 women giving birth in these sites from April 2018-April 2022. …”
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Pseudogymnoascus destructans environmental reservoir decreases 11 years after an outbreak of white‐nose syndrome by Karen J. Vanderwolf, Donald F. McAlpine, Caleb C. Ryan, Hugh G. Broders

“…Pd has devastated populations of some bat species in North America, where environmental reservoirs of the fungus are considered a threat to the persistence of bat populations. …”
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Procesos y organización del trabajo: elementos incidentes en la conformación de una agenda social integracionista by Neiza Salazar Borrego

“…Los procesos y organización de trabajo (PTyOT) dentro de los esquemas de integración económica en América Latina, varían según la estructura productiva de cada país y la forma como los mercados laborales se han ido transformando debido a los diversos fenómenos de la flexibilización, la consecuente regulación y la aparición de nuevas formas de trabajo como la terciarización y la subcontratación. …”
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PHYTOCHEMICAL, USE IN ETHNOMEDICINE, AND THERAPEUTIC ACTIVITIES OF MARCHANTIA GENUS by Dicki Bakhtiar Purkon, Tonny Cortis Maigoda, Adreanus Andaja Soemardji, Yayat Sudaryat, Faizah Min Fadhlillah, Maria Immaculata Iwo, Ainun Nadhifah

“…This plant species belongs to the Marchantiaceae family, which was used empirically in China, North America, Ancient Greece, and Indonesia to treat open wounds, burns, hepatotoxicity, and infection prevention. …”
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El Comando Sur y los “actores malignos”: ¿protección regional o continuidad del dominio estadounidense? by Loreta Telleria Escobar

“…El surgimiento de China y Rusia como potencias emergentes, que ponen en peligro la hegemonía estadounidense en América Latina y el Caribe, sin duda inaugura un nuevo corolario de aplicación de la Doctrina Monroe en la región. …”
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The Soviet and Russian Energy Industry as Objects of Western Sanctions: Political Rivalry or Economic Competition by Y. V. Borovsky

“…The main inspirer of sanctions and other restrictive measures of the West against the Soviet and Russian energy industry has always been the United States of America. The core motive of such behavior has been political rivalry, although in certain periods (for example, in the 1950s-1960s, 2010-ies) the United States may also be driven by economic competition or the desire to ensure the interests of its energy companies. …”
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International Business and the Crisis of Globalization by A. Yu. Borisov

“…Growing crisis of globalization has set up new rules of the game of market forces as a result of emerging new centers of state power, both in Europe and in Asia at the expense of «indispensable» America. American decay has become the buzz – word in academic community on both sides of the Atlantic. …”
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International Scope of Emergency Ultrasound: Barriers in Applying Ultrasound to Guide Central Line Placement by Providers in Nairobi, Kenya by Fareen Zaver, Keith Boniface, Benjamin Wachira, Grace Wanjiku, Hamid Shokoohi

“…While ultrasound (US) use for internal jugular central venous catheter (CVC) placement is standard of care in North America, most developing countries have not adopted this practice. …”
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Semen quality and diversity of morphological sperm abnormalities in bulls: breed and strain effects by M. A. Kleshchev, V. L. Petukhov, L. V. Osadchuk

“…This problem is very important due to a wide expansion of highly productive cattle breeds created in Europe and North America. However, until the present no investigation of changing semen quality in bulls of imported breeds during their adaptations to environmental conditions of Western Siberia has been conducted. …”
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Species Distribution Models Reveal Varying Degrees of Refugia From the Invasive Asian Needle Ant for Native Ants Versus Ant‐Plant Seed Dispersal Mutualisms by Drew Kanes, Daniel Malagon, Ben Camper, Anna Hewitt, Simon Dunn, Eva Purcell, Sharon Bewick

“…Records in and near the park represent some of the highest elevation locations of B. chinensis in North America. The goals of this study were to characterize the status of the B. chinensis invasion in GSMNP, to assess the role that disturbance and human visitation play in B. chinensis invasion within GSMNP, to identify the potential of B. chinensis to spread into higher elevations in the park and the southern Appalachians and to determine the impact that this might have on native species, including keystone seed‐dispersers within the Aphaenogaster rudis complex and their myrmecochorous plants. …”
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José Medina Echavarría y la sociología del desarrollo by Juan Jesús Morales Martín

“…Medina Echavarría put into practice in Latin America the sociology of development, introducing the importance of the social. …”
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Pedagogía Crítica, Educación y Cultura de Paz: Hacia una delimitación del objeto de estudio y estado del arte desde el origen decolonial by Sabas Manuel Bustamante Fuentes

“…Teniendo presente lo anterior, se busca poder fundamentar y construir una propuesta, que sirva como enfoque pedagógico decolonial, encaminada a educar para la paz y crear una cultura de ella en América Latina y en especial en Colombia y así mismo, que brinde la posibilidad de mejorar las prácticas de enseñanzas actuales en la implementación de la Cátedra de la Paz en las instituciones educativas del país.…”
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Teacher Training Doctoral Studies Basic Parameters and Development Vectors in Russia and in the World: The Results of the Global Study of Leading Universities by E. V. Brodovskaya, A. Yu. Dombrovskaya, A. B. Shatilov, R. V. Parma

“…Based on the results of the selection of the leading universities, 60 universities of North and Latin America, Russia, China, Europe, and Australia have been selected. …”
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Modelos de crecimiento, estacionariedad y rompimientos: comparación entre las tendencias de crecimiento de las economías de la OCDE y las de los países menos desarrollados by Zeus Salvador Hernández-Veleros

“…Asimismo, se plantean algunas de las causas de las desaceleraciones y las crisis en las Economías de América Latina ( EAL ), ya sea por factores internos, externos, comunes a varias economías o por factores particulares a alguna de ellas.…”
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Emerging practices supporting diabetes self-management among food insecure adults and families: A scoping review. by Enza Gucciardi, Adalia Yang, Katharine Cohen-Olivenstein, Brittany Parmentier, Jessica Wegener, Vanita Pais

“…A major limitation of this review is the lack of global representation considering no studies outside of North America satisfied our inclusion criteria, due in part to the English language restriction.…”
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Clinical Isolates of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Differ in Their Ability to Induce Respiratory Burst and Apoptosis in Neutrophils as a Possible Mechanism of Immune Escape by María M. Romero, Luciana Balboa, Juan I. Basile, Beatriz López, Viviana Ritacco, Silvia S. de la Barrera, María C. Sasiain, Lucía Barrera, Mercedes Alemán

“…Here we evaluated the capability to induce PMN apoptosis of two prevalent Mtb lineages in Argentina, the Latin America and Mediterranean (LAM), and Haarlem, using the H37Rv as a reference strain. …”
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