Biomedical research and vulnerability: a study on responsibility of health professionals in research involving human beings by Angelita Maria Maders

“…The conclusion extracted from the present research is that health professionals must have their actions guided and limited by the Ethics Codes related to their professional areas but also that there must be a legal regulation that takes into account the diversity and vulnerability of Latin Americans in order to make possible holding referred professionals liable and thus protecting the individuals involved.…”
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Recurrent CSF Rhinorrhea Misdiagnosed as Chronic Allergic Rhinitis with Subsequent Development of Bacterial Meningitis by Michael T. Ulrich, Lawrence K. Loo, Michael B. Ing

“…A 36-year-old African American female with significant medical history of obesity and hypertension presented to the emergency department with headache, altered level of consciousness, fever, and neck stiffness. …”
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Heating Has No Effect on the Net Protein Utilisation from Egg Whites in Rats by Ryosuke Matsuoka, Yayoi Takahashi, Mamoru Kimura, Yasunobu Masuda, Masaaki Kunou

“…Male Sprague-Dawley rats (n=36, 198±1 g) were divided into six groups and fed American Institute of Nutrition-76 chow containing unheated EW, soft-boiled EW, boiled EW, milk whey protein, soybean protein, or no protein over a 10-day period using pair-feeding. …”
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4-H Pizza Garden: An Agricultural Adventure by Janet Golden, Joy Jordan, Nan Jensen, Betty Lipe, Millie Ferrer-Chancy, Anne Fugate, Erin Karkheck, Linda Bobroff, Karla Shelnutt, Tracy Tesdall

“…According to a recent Gallup poll, kids between the ages of 3 and 11 prefer pizza to all other foods for lunch and dinner. Americans eat about 100 acres of pizza each day, or 350 slices per second! …”
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INNA N. GOLUBOVSKAYA AS THE FOUNDER OF A UNIQUE COLLECTION OF MEIOTIC GENE MUTATIONS IN MAIZE AND A TALENTED RESEARCHER OF THE PROBLEM OF MEIOSIS GENETIC CONTROL by Yu. F. Bogdanov

“…Golubovskaya’s contribution to the studies on maize genetics and genetic control of meiosis was expressly extolled by American geneticists.…”
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Asian Options Pricing and Parameter Estimation of Uncertain Mean-Reverting Currency Model With Exponential Ornstein–Uhlenbeck Exchange Rate by Lujun Zhou, Zhigang Fu

“…The parameters of the model are estimated using real financial data from Canada and the United States, including the Canadian Overnight Repo Rate Average (CORRA), the American Federal Funds Effective Rate (AFFER), and the monthly average exchange rate of the US Dollar to the Canadian Dollar (USDCAD). …”
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Adrenal Incidentalomas with Supraphysiologic Response to ACTH Stimulus: A Case Report by Marianna Antonopoulou, Asya Perelstein

“…A 72-year-old African American male had a CT scan of the abdomen showing right and left adrenal masses measuring and , respectively. …”
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Walker 256 Tumor Growth Suppression by Crotoxin Involves Formyl Peptide Receptors and Lipoxin A4 by Patrícia Brigatte, Odair Jorge Faiad, Roberta Cornélio Ferreira Nocelli, Richardt G. Landgraf, Mario Sergio Palma, Yara Cury, Rui Curi, Sandra Coccuzzo Sampaio

“…We investigated the effects of Crotoxin (CTX), the main toxin of South American rattlesnake (Crotalus durissus terrificus) venom, on Walker 256 tumor growth, the pain symptoms associated (hyperalgesia and allodynia), and participation of endogenous lipoxin A4. …”
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INTERNATIONAL ISOTOPES MARKETS by S. Z. Zhiznin, V. M. Timohov

“…The article uses empirical data from a forecast study of the global radiopharmaceuticals market made in 2015 by a research company «Markets and Markets» for the European, North American and global markets. The paper also analyzes the statistical data on the global export and import of natural uranium, enriched and depleted uranium, plutonium, thorium and some stable isotopes of non-medical purposes, presented by a company «Trend economy» in 2014. …”
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Resilience and Adaptation: Yukon River Watershed Contaminant Risk Indicators by Lawrence Duffy, La’Ona De Wilde, Katie Spellman, Kriya Dunlap, Bonita Dainowski, Susan McCullough, Bret Luick, Mary van Muelken

“…Despite a long history of human activity, the Yukon River has not received the holistic and interdisciplinary attention given to the other great American river systems. By using hypothesis-based monitoring of key watershed functions, we can gain insight to regime-shifting stresses such as fire, toxins, and invasive species development. …”
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Optical Model of Laminated Remote Phosphor Films and Its Application in White LED by Yong-Hao Chen, Ning-Ze Zhuo, Peng Jiang, Shao-Wen Cheng, Peng-Fei Shen, Hai-Bo Wang

“…The photochromic properties of the phosphor films were studied by TM-30-15 method proposed by the North American Lighting Association. The investigation discloses that the normalized cross correlation of single-layer phosphor film spectral power distribution between the simulation and experimental results is about 99%, and the deviation of color coordinates is within 0.01. …”
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Strongyloides Hyperinfection in a Renal Transplant Patient: Always Be on the Lookout by Murtaza Mazhar, Ijlal Akbar Ali, Nelson Iván Agudelo Higuita

“…Strongyloides infection in renal transplant patient is very rare and often presents with hyperinfection, associated with high mortality rates. The American Transplant Society recommends pretransplant screening with stool examination and Strongyloides stercoralis antibody in recipients and donors from endemic areas or with eosinophilia. …”
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Incidence of Extrusion Following Type I Polypropylene Mesh “Kit” Repairs in the Correction of Pelvic Organ Prolapse by James C. Lukban, Roger D. Beyer, Robert D. Moore

“…Data were pooled from two prospective multicenter studies evaluating the safety and efficacy of the Perigee and Apogee (American Medical Systems, Minnetonka, Minn, USA) to treat anterior and posterior/apical prolapses, respectively. …”
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Structure Diversity and Properties of Some Bola-like Natural Products by Valentin A. Stonik, Tatyana N. Makarieva, Larisa K. Shubina, Alla G. Guzii, Natalia V. Ivanchina

“…In their shapes, molecules of some bipolar metabolites resemble the so-called bola, a hunting weapon of the South American inhabitants, consisting of two heavy balls connected to each other by a long flexible cord. …”
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A National Synthetic Populations Dataset for the United States by James Rineer, Nicholas Kruskamp, Caroline Kery, Kasey Jones, Rainer Hilscher, Georgiy Bobashev

“…We use publicly available U.S. Census American Community Survey (ACS) 5-year estimates from the 2015–2019 ACS. …”
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Les jeux de la spectature : paratextes cinématographiques des années vingt et archéologie du virtuel by Fabrice Lyczba

“…Through the analysis of examples of 1920s American film paratexts that play with the question of the reality of film fictions, this article describes how this discursive formation of realism signals the emergence of a modern and playful media spectatorship. …”
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Die uitbeelding van die vroulike rol in advertensies in Suid-Afrikaanse vrouelydskrifte by Angela Petersen

“…The hypotheses for the analysis were derived from literature and research relating to the portrayal of women in American advertising, and from South African seminar material and a few articles on this subject which could be located. …”
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Perioperative Risk: Short Review of Current Approach in Non Cardiac Surgery by Andreea Boghean, Cristian Guțu, Dorel Firescu

“…Cardiovascular risk scores are necessary tools to prevent perioperative cardiovascular morbidity and mortality and the most frequently used are Lee/RCRI (Revised Cardiac Risk Index), APACHE II (Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation), POSSUM (Physiological and Operative Severity Score for the enumeration of Mortality and Morbidity), The American University of Beirut (AUB)-HAS2. To reduce the perioperative risk, there is a need for an appropriate preoperative risk assessment, as well as the choice of the type and timing of surgical intervention. …”
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Diet and Skin Cancer: The Potential Role of Dietary Antioxidants in Nonmelanoma Skin Cancer Prevention by Rajani Katta, Danielle Nicole Brown

“…Nonmelanoma skin cancer (NMSC) is the most common cancer among Americans. Ultraviolet (UV) radiation exposure is the major risk factor for the development of NMSC. …”
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Exoplanet Occurrence Rate with Age for FGK Stars in Kepler by Maryum Sayeed, Ruth Angus, Travis A. Berger, Yuxi(Lucy) Lu, Jessie L. Christiansen, Daniel Foreman-Mackey, Melissa K. Ness

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