Lifestyle Interventions to Prevent Type 2 Diabetes: A Systematic Review of Economic Evaluation Studies by Koffi Alouki, Hélène Delisle, Clara Bermúdez-Tamayo, Mira Johri

“…Eligible studies were identified through relevant databases including PubMed, Medline, National Health Services Economic Evaluation, CINHAL, EconLit, Web of sciences, EMBASE, and the Latin American and Caribbean Health Sciences Literature. …”
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Healthcare access, attitudes and behaviours among Navajo adults during the COVID-19 pandemic: a cross-sectional study by Robin B Harris, Carmenlita Chief, Heidi E Brown, Rachelle L Begay, Priscilla R Sanderson, Breanna Lameman

“…Discussion themes revealed perceived disruptions of healthcare needs with acknowledgement that healthcare providers were supportive throughout the Navajo Nation quarantine.Conclusion Presence of comorbidities and living in multigenerational homes do not explain the disproportionate effects of COVID-19 among American Indian communities. Strengthening family and community bonds supported resilience in these communities.…”
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MycoNews 2023: Editorial, news, reports, awards, personalia, and book news by David L. Hawksworth

“…Reports are provided of several mycological meetings in 2023: the Asian Mycological Congress, XIX Congress of European Mycologists, a meeting of European Mycological Groups and Societies, the XI Latin American Mycological Congress, Westerdijk Spring Symposium on Fungal Evolution, the Brazilian Society of Mycology, the Annual Meeting of the Mycological Society of China, and the Fifth Iranian Mycological Congress. …”
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Melatonin Secretion Pattern in Critically Ill Patients: A Pilot Descriptive Study by Yuliya Boyko, René Holst, Poul Jennum, Helle Oerding, Miki Nikolic, Palle Toft

“…Blood-melatonin was taken every 4th hour, and polysomnography was carried out continually during a 48-hour period. American Academy of Sleep Medicine criteria were used for sleep scoring if sleep patterns were identified; otherwise, Watson’s classification was applied. …”
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Cómo crear ediciones digitales académicas entre La Habana y Berlín. El caso de Proyecto Humboldt Digital (ProHD) by Antonio Rojas-Castro, Grisel Terrón Quintero, Alaina Solernou Ferrer, Tobias Kraft

“…Among the many outstanding chapters of his famous journey through the American tropics, the two visits to Cuba (1800–1801/1804) stand out as a particular case. …”
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Estimating Aggregate Capacity of Connected DERs and Forecasting Feeder Power Flow With Limited Data Availability by Amir Reza Nikzad, Amr Adel Mohamed, Bala Venkatesh, John Penaranda

“…The method is tested using a North American utility feeder data, achieving an average accuracy of 95.56% for forecasting aggregate load power, 93.70% for feeder flow predictions, and 97.53% for estimating the aggregate capacity of DERs.…”
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Gilles de la Tourette Syndrome: Clinical Features of 75 Cases from Argentina by F. Micheli, M. Gatto, O. Gershanik, A. Steinschnaider, M. Fernandez Pardal, M. Massaro

“…It may be concluded that the overall pattern of GTS is not dissimilar to that described for European, Asian and American populations, thus highlighting the previously recognized cross-cultural uniformity.…”
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Location of Emergency Escape Ramps on Two-Lane Rural Highways Based on the Fuzzy Multicriteria Decision-Making Method by Mohammad Heidarian, Ali Abdi Kordani, Alireza Sarkar, Seyed Mohsen Hosseinian

“…Also, the speed of vehicles entering the escape ramp was examined according to the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) in the proposed options that were obtained from the experts. …”
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Interstitial Mycosis Fungoides: An Unusual Mimic of Interstitial Granuloma Annulare Not to Miss by Neha Singh, Kiley K. Fagan, Douglas J. Grider

“…Reported is a case of a 62-year-old African American female who presented with an asymptomatic, progressive rash of the left underarm and abdomen with histologic features suggestive of granuloma annulare. …”
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High-Precision Heading Determination Based on the Sun for Mars Rover by Yinhu Zhan, Shaojie Chen, Donghan He

“…Since the American Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity landed on Mars in 2004, it has travelled more than 40 km, and heading-determination technology based on its sun sensor has played an important role in safe driving of the rover. …”
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Tumor Size as a Critical Prognostic Factor in T1-2 Stage Esophageal Cancer by Zilong Wu, Bentong Yu

“…Therefore, tumor size should be included in the American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC) TNM staging of T1-2 esophagus cancer patients.…”
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Risk of Colorectal Cancer in Ulcerative Colitis Patients: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Qing Zhou, Zhao-Feng Shen, Ben-sheng Wu, Cheng-biao Xu, Zhong-qi He, Tuo Chen, Hong-tao Shang, Chao-fan Xie, Si-yi Huang, Yu-gen Chen, Hai-bo Chen, Shu-tang Han

“…The time of malignant transformation in Asian UC patients started after 10-20 years of this disease duration. North American UC-associated CRC patients significantly increased in more than 30 years of this disease duration. …”
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Retinitis Pigmentosa with EYS Mutations Is the Most Prevalent Inherited Retinal Dystrophy in Japanese Populations by Yuuki Arai, Akiko Maeda, Yasuhiko Hirami, Chie Ishigami, Shinji Kosugi, Michiko Mandai, Yasuo Kurimoto, Masayo Takahashi

“…Differential disease profiles with lower prevalence of Stargardt disease from European and North American populations were obtained. We found 205 sequence variants in 159 of 349 probands with an identification rate of 45.6%. …”
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What if writing rock history was also writing with “ifs”? Or how Lester Bangs liked playing a trick on his reader’s perception of time by Maud Berthomier

“…However, from the beginning of his work, American rock critic Lester Bangs took a radically different look at the manner in which that history should be written. …”
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Awareness and Uptake of Family Screening in Patients Diagnosed with Colorectal Cancer at a Young Age by Niamh M. Hogan, Marion Hanley, Aisling M. Hogan, Margaret Sheehan, Oliver J. McAnena, Mark P. Regan, Michael J. Kerin, Myles R. Joyce

“…The mean age was 51 (30–59). 66% had node positive disease. 25% had a family history of colorectal cancer in a FDR. While American and Canadian guidelines identified 100% of these patients as requiring screening, British guidelines advocated screening for only 40%. …”
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Randomized Controlled Pilot Study Testing Use of Smartphone Technology for Obesity Treatment by Jerilyn K. Allen, Janna Stephens, Cheryl R. Dennison Himmelfarb, Kerry J. Stewart, Sara Hauck

“…The sample was 78% female and 49% African American, with an average age of 45 years, and average BMI of 34.3 kg/m2. …”
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Pantoea agglomerans Bacteremia: Is It Dangerous? by Ikwinder Preet Kaur, Sindhura Inkollu, Amulya Prakash, Haresh Gandhi, Mohsin Sheraz Mughal, Doantrang Du

“…A 34-year-old African-American male with uncontrolled diabetes mellitus type I and recurrent skin infections was admitted with diabetic ketoacidosis. …”
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Contribution of Dr. Vladimir A. Koshkin to the development of plant physiology at VIR by B. V. Rigin, I. G. Loskutov, I. I. Matvienko, Z. A. Shchedrina, R. A. Abdullaev, E. V. Zuev, E. E. Radchenko

“…He participated in collecting missions in Latin American countries (Cuba, Mexico, Colombia, and Brazil) and was awarded a Timiryazev Gold Medal. …”
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How do transnational grassroots networks reframe the global norms of water and forests governance? by Émilie Dupuits, Géraldine Pflieger

“…The study focuses on two case studies: the Latin-American Confederation of Community Organizations for Water Services and Sanitation (CLOCSAS), and the Mesoamerican Alliance of Peoples and Forests (AMPB). …”
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LOKALUS IR GLOBALUS POŽIŪRIAI Į PRAĖJUSĮ ŠIMTMETĮ: GÜNTERIS GRASSAS VERSUS „TIME“ by Aldis Gedutis

“…Grass My Century and the collective text 80 days, that changed the world published in an American magazine Time. These texts represent different perspectives – My Century is an example of local perspective, while 80 days, that changed the world pretends to represent the global point of view. …”
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