Seroprevalence of COVID-19 in Blood Donors: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Hassan Nourmohammadi, Ali Hasanpour Dehkordi, Amir Adibi, Seyed Mohammad Amin Hashemipour, Mohsen Abdan, Moloud Fakhri, Zahra Abdan, Diana Sarokhani

“…The seroprevalence of COVID-19 in blood donors in North America 10%, Europe 7%, Asia 23%, South America 5%, and Africa was 4%; Moreover, the seroprevalence of IgG antibodies was estimated to be 23% (95% CI: 18%–29%) and IgM 29% (95% CI: 9%–49%). …”
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Strategies to improve interpersonal communication along the continuum of maternal and newborn care: A scoping review and narrative synthesis. by Klaartje M Olde Loohuis, Bregje C de Kok, Winter Bruner, Annemoon Jonker, Emmanuella Salia, Özge Tunçalp, Anayda Portela, Hedieh Mehrtash, Diederick E Grobbee, Emmanuel Srofeneyoh, Kwame Adu-Bonsaffoh, Hannah Brown Amoakoh, Mary Amoakoh-Coleman, Joyce L Browne

“…These reported on 128 strategies to improve interpersonal communication and were conducted in Europe and North America (n = 85), Sub-Saharan Africa (n = 12), Australia and New Zealand (n = 10), Central and Southern Asia (n = 9), Latin America and the Caribbean (n = 6), Northern Africa and Western Asia (n = 4) and Eastern and South-Eastern Asia (n = 2). …”
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Temporal and geographical dynamics of early-onset Parkinson’s disease burden: insights from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021 by Yong Li, Dianhui Tan, Cheng Luo, Junchen Chen

“…Significant increases were observed in East Asia (AAPC 5.1%), Andean Latin America (AAPC 2.0%), and North Africa/Middle East (AAPC 1.1%), with a decline in High-income North America. …”
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Spatiotemporal Pattern Evolution in Global Green Trade Networks: Implications for Health Economics by Haiyan Zhou, Shaobin Wei, Xun Xi, Haitao Zhou, Hao Hu

“…This is a typical network comprising “smaller worlds”; the focus of green product exports has largely stayed unchanged, while imports are shifting from North America and East Asia towards North America, Europe, and the Middle East; the spatial structure of the network shows a transition away from the original transcontinental “dual arch” pattern with the United States at the core towards a “transcontinental + intracontinental” one characterized by the coexistence of “multiple arches” centering around Europe and Asia; the trade network adopts a “point-to-point” model, with no obvious interdependence and competition between countries (regions); furthermore, geographically proximate and culturally similar countries are prone to have closer trade ties. …”
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Crecimiento económico y productividad en Latinoamérica. El proyecto LA-KLEMS by André Hofman, Matilde Mas, Claudio Aravena, Juan Fernández de Guevara

“…Antecedentes: El objetivo de este artículo es analizar el crecimiento económico, la productividad y sus determinantes en cinco países de América Latina (Argentina, Brasil, Chile, Colombia y México) durante el periodo 1990-2010. …”
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La recesión y la medición de la tasa de desempleo de México ante una eventual reforma laboral by Roberto Gutiérrez Rodríguez

“…También se encuentran diferencias considerables con los de América Latina y el Caribe, a pesar de las similitudes culturales y de desarrollo, y aun mayores con los miembros del Tratado de Libre Comercio de América del Norte (tlcan), particularmente Estados Unidos. …”
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Les disparus politiques en Uruguay, entre l’histoire et la mémoire by Eugenia Allier Montaño

“…Discussions on violence during the years 1960-1980 in South America have for some time been a central issue in the public space of many South American countries. …”
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A Southern Shakespeare? by Michèle Vignaux

“…America’s relationship to Shakespeare is notoriously ambiguous, wavering between rejection and appropriation. …”
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The lower bound for number of hexagons in strongly regular graphs with parameters $\lambda=1$ and $\mu=2$ by Reimbay Reimbayev

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Florida’s Seepage Slope Wetlands by Megan E. Brown, Debbie L. Miller

“…Florida is home to one of North America’s most unique and diverse ecosystems, the seepage slope. …”
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Biology and Management of Poison Ivy (Toxicodendron radicans) in the Home Landscape by Yuvraj Khamare, Chris Marble

“… Poison ivy is an allergenic plant of the cashew family native to North America. Poison ivy, poison oak, and poison sumac all grow in Florida and contain the oily resin called urushiol. …”
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Whiteness Studies I by Peter Kolchin

“…Over the past two decades, scholars in the social sciences and humanities have increasingly focused on « whiteness » as a new way of exploring race and racism in America. These two articles evaluate the way historians have approached the subject. …”
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Laguncularia racemosa, White Mangrove by Michael G. Andreu, Melissa H. Friedman, Mary McKenzie, Heather V. Quintana

“…Quintana, describes this native evergreen tree that grows in the coastal areas of south Florida, the Caribbean, and Central America – scientific and common names, description, storm tolerance, and applications. …”
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Cranberry Fruitworm Acrobasis vaccinii Riley (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) by James T. Brown, Jennifer L. Gillett-Kaufman

“… Cranberry fruitworms (Acrobasis vaccinii Riley) are native to North America and have been classified as pests since the introduction of cranberry as an agricultural product (Tomlinson 1960). …”
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Music and social change in Argentina and Chile 1950-1980 and beyond by Rodolfo Pino Robles

“…La música ha sido una actividad social para el cambio en toda América. El canta-autor habla por el que no puede; el compositor o intérprete asume una posición moral de denuncia y movilización. …”
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Organizace českého exilu v Austrálii v letech 1948–1989 by Jaroslav Miller

“… The communist coup in Czechoslovakia in 1948 produced a huge emigration wave to Western Europe, America and, rather surprisingly, Australia. Based upon yet not studied sources from Czech and Australian archives and libraries, the article examines the organisational platforms of Czech exile in Australian cities and regions, the disputes within its central body (Ústředí československých demokratických organizací v Austrálii a na Novém Zélandu) and the disharmony between post-February and post-August refugees over activities and the ultimate goals of exile movement. …”
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Late Quaternary Ant Fossils From Packrat Middens (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): Implications for Climatic Change in the Chihuahuan Desert by William P. MacKay, Scott A. Elias

“…Packrat (Neotoma spp.) middens in rock-shelters provide important paleoecological records for the desert regions of North America. Specimens of various arthropod species accumulate in the middens and are cemented into a black, tarry mass by packrat urine.…”
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A Rare Form of Brucella Bursitis with Negative Serology: A Case Report and Literature Review by F. M. Almajid

“…Brucellosis is still endemic in certain parts of the world including the Mediterranean, the Middle East, Latin America, and African regions. Osteoarticular manifestations are common presenting features. …”
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Political Awakenings by Claudia Franziska Brühwiler

“…Philip Roth’s The Plot Against America traces the political awakening of its two child protagonists, the narrator Philip and his elder brother Sanford. …”
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Intraspecific Variation in a Scorpionfly Newly Recorded from Texas and the State of Taxonomy of North American Panorpidae (Mecoptera) by Joshua R. Jones

“…A synopsis of the principal modern keys for identification of North American Panorpa is provided, and an argument for a modern taxonomic review of the Panorpidae of North America is presented.…”
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