Complete Genome Sequence Analysis of the First Imported Mpox Virus Clade Ib Variant in China by Yin Song, Yong Yan, Jingyu Xu, Shencong Lv, Ganglin Ren, Yamei Zhou, Wanchen Song, Rui Ge, Peihua Xu, Guoying Zhu, Zhongwen Chen

“…This recent outbreak of MPXV mainly emerged in several European and American countries and subsequently spread to over 100 countries and regions worldwide. …”
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Integrated Evaluation of Age-Related Changes in Structural and Functional Vascular Parameters Used to Assess Arterial Aging, Subclinical Atherosclerosis, and Cardiovascular Risk in... by Daniel Bia, Yanina Zócalo, Ignacio Farro, Juan Torrado, Federico Farro, Lucía Florio, Alicia Olascoaga, Javier Brum, Walter Alallón, Carlos Negreira, Ricardo Lluberas, Ricardo L. Armentano

“…This work was carried out in a Uruguayan (South American) population to characterize aging-associated physiological arterial changes. …”
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Experimental Research of Continuous Concrete Beams with GFRP Reinforcement by Nikola Baša, Mladen Ulićević, Radomir Zejak

“…The test results have also been compared to current code provisions, and they have shown that the American Concrete Institute (ACI) 440.1R-15 well predicted the failure load for continuous beams with GFRP reinforcement. …”
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Les rendez-vous manqués de l’ethnologie et de la primatologie de terrain (1960-2010) by Vincent Leblan

“…The ambition of a primate societies ethnography presently called for in ethology is then examined under two different angles:for one part, by tracing the unrecognized descent of the use of the culture concept in primatology to American (USA) cultural anthropologists’ comments on anthropoid psychology during the interwar years, while this invention is often traced exclusively to Japanese primatology in the postwar years. …”
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Protective Effects of BDNF against C-Reactive Protein-Induced Inflammation in Women by Nicole Noren Hooten, Ngozi Ejiogu, Alan B. Zonderman, Michele K. Evans

“…We examined BDNF levels in 3 groups of women that were age- and race-matched with low (<3 mg/L), mid (>3–20 mg/L), and high (>20 mg/L) hsCRP (n=39 per group) and found a significant association between hsCRP, BDNF, and 8-oxodG. In African American females with high hsCRP, increases in BDNF were associated with decreased serum 8-oxodG. …”
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The Effectiveness and Cost Analysis of a Pilot Newborn Hearing Screening Program at a Hospital in a Low- to Middle-Income Country by Pariya Lertbussarakam, Pittayapon Pitathawatchai

“…The program’s effectiveness was assessed based on the standards of the American Academy of Pediatrics. All costs related to screening, diagnostic, and intervention stages were also evaluated. …”
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Construction of Gender Identity in Political Discourse by E. D. Butsyk

“…Further in the article we analyse a few devices of creating the images of masculinity and femininity by famous English and American politicians. As structural components of gender identity, masculinity and femininity turn out to be modifiable parameters depending on the pragmatic attitudes of communicators. …”
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Relationship with place: a transformative and sustainable pedagogy for the planet by Julie Singleton

“…Although place-based education can be applied in any community and educational setting, I offer my own cultural perspective as an American with a critique of the consumer culture of the place in which I reside and the effect of rigid institutions on eco-values. …”
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A Novel Spine Fixation System Made Entirely of Carbon-Fiber-Reinforced PEEK Composite: An In Vitro Mechanical Evaluation by Ofir Uri, Yoram Folman, Gil Laufer, Eyal Behrbalk

“…An in vitro mechanical evaluation of the CFR-PEEK CarboClear system was conducted in compliance with the American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) F1717, F2193, and F543 standards. …”
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Les recompositions territoriales de l’action publique à l’aune de la proximité by Catherine Carré, Eleni Chouli, José Frédéric Deroubaix

“…More and more alternative solutions are experimented and implemented in Northern American and European cities. These experiences are based on source control and sustainable urban drainage solutions (SUDS). …”
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Trees, seeds and seedlings analyses in the process of obtaining a quality planting material for black locust (Robinia pseudoacacia L.) by Andrea M. ROMAN, Irina M. MORAR, Alina M. TRUTA, Catalina DAN, Adriana F. SESTRAS, Liviu HOLONEC, Florin IORAS, Radu E. SESTRAS

“…Black locust (Robinia pseudoacacia L.) was among the first North-American tree species imported in Europe. In Romania, black locust has established itself as a forest tree appreciated for multiple uses. …”
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Cross-Sectional Survey to Assess Dental Students’ Perception of the Utilization of a Case Difficulty Assessment Form during Various Stages of Root Canal Therapy by Lubna E. Hamadah, Maha M. Algofaily, Ali T. Alaqla, Naif A. Alrubaiq, Ghaida A. Aljammaz

“…This study aimed to assess if the American Association of Endodontics (AAE) case difficulty assessment form affects the dental student’s perception of the difficulty encountered while performing root canal treatment (RCT). …”
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Le « modèle américain » de la consommation de masse by Emily S. Rosenberg

“…La diffusion de l’« American Way of Life », qui accompagne la reconstruction de l’Europe et sert de contrepoint au communisme, démontre sa remarquable flexibilité et lui permet de se traduire moins par une « américanisation » des modes de vie que par un déploiement d’un consumérisme multi-local s’adaptant à tous les contextes nationaux. …”
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Real Estate Investment Trusts in the Developed Countries by Y. A. Burkova

“…USA has the oldest REITs market in the world with 133 trusts operating there. Popularity of American REITs is explained by the fact that they usually hold well diversified portfolios of property with stable income. …”
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Financialization against Industrialization: a regulationnist approach of the Brazilian Paradox by Eliane Araújo, Miguel Bruno, Débora Pimentel

“…For its relevancy regarding the future of the industry in this country, our work also examines the recent evolution of the Brazilian growth in the context of the spread of the North-American crisis. This regime has been characterized by a strong dominance of financial accumulation ; it constraints on investment and consumption decisions, which would explains the sharp drop of the industrial production in late 2008, when the global financial markets were largely affected. …”
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Effects of Regional Trade Agreement to Local and Global Trade Purity Relationships by Siyu Huang, Wensha Gou, Hongbo Cai, Xiaomeng Li, Qinghua Chen

“…This indicates that although global and most regional trade relations gradually deteriorated during the period 2007–2017, RTAs generate trade relations among members, especially contributing to the relative prosperity of European Union (EU) and North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) countries. In addition, we apply the network to reflect the purity of the trade relations among countries. …”
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Estelle L’Hardy’s Ecstatic State and Jenny Wren’s Blessed Children: Dickens’s Invention within the Evolving Mental Sciences by Carole Koepke Brown

“…Over the centuries a French doctor, a Swiss doctor, and an American doctor championed Despine. They deepened the understanding of this cohort of bewildering patients who generally have an early history of overwhelming, chronic trauma and develop hysteria or double consciousness, later called multiple personalities (or identities) now termed dissociative identity disorder. …”
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Prehypertension and Hypertension among Schoolchildren in Brazzaville, Congo by Bertrand Fikahem Ellenga Mbolla, Annie Rachel Okoko, Jean Robert Mabiala Babela, Gaston Ekouya Bowassa, Thierry Raoul Gombet, Suzy-Gisèle Kimbally-Kaky, Benjamin Longo-Mbenza

“…This cross-sectional study was conducted from March to May 2011 in five representative urban schools in Brazzaville. American Pediatric Society’s definition of pre-HT and HT was used. …”
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RITUXIMAB VERSUS SPLENECTOMY IN CHRONIC PRIMARY ITP: EXPERIENCE OF A SINGLE HEMATOLOGY CLINIC by Rawanda Shamoon, Ahmed Khudair Yassin, Sarah Laith Alnuaimi

“…The initial platelet counts and bleeding symptoms were recorded, and initial and long-term responses to treatment were evaluated based on the American Society of Hematology guidelines. Results: The mean age of the patients was 42.1 years with a male-to-female ratio of 1:1.8. …”
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Entre Paris et les Tropiques, le rôle inattendu des Instituts Pasteur dans la naissance de la psychologie animale pendant la période coloniale by Marion Thomas

“…With the help of Calmette, the psychologists Paul Guillaume and Ignace Meyerson in Paris, on the one hand, and the American psychologists Robert Yerkes et Henry Nissen in French Guinea, on the other hand, made the best of the conditions offered by the Pasteur Institutes to study respectively the chimpanzee mind in the laboratory and its behaviour in the wild. …”
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