HIV Drug Resistance-Associated Mutations in Antiretroviral Naïve HIV-1-Infected Latin American Children by Luis E. Soto-Ramirez, Roberto Rodriguez-Diaz, D. Robert Harris, Rohan Hazra

“…Our goal was to describe the presence of HIV drug resistance among HIV-1-infected, antiretroviral (ARV) naïve children and adolescents in Latin America and to examine resistance in these children in relation to drug exposure in the mother. …”
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The Guyana Diabetes and Foot Care Project: Improved Diabetic Foot Evaluation Reduces Amputation Rates by Two-Thirds in a Lower Middle Income Country by Julia Lowe, R. Gary Sibbald, Nashwah Y. Taha, Gerald Lebovic, Madan Rambaran, Carlos Martin, Indira Bhoj, Brian Ostrow

“…Type 2 diabetes is the fourth leading cause of death in Guyana, South America. A complex, interprofessional, quality improvement intervention to improve foot and diabetes care was rolled out in two phases. …”
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National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale: comparison of original and modified versions for Singapore culture by Shu Han Lim, Tai Yan Guek, Fung Peng Woon, Deirdre Danyi Tay, Shu Swen Ho, Szu Chyi Ng, Deidre Anne De Silva

“…Introduction: The National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS), originally designed in the United States of America, contains items on dysphasia and dysarthria that are deemed culturally unsuitable for the Singapore context. …”
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An investigation into the extent of, and reason for, the theory-to-practice disparity in Montessori early childhood settings in South Africa by Susanne van Niekerk

“…Previous Montessori research in Europe and North America has addressed the results of, but not the reasons for, modification to Montessori best practice. …”
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An Analysis of 3-Year Outcomes Following Canaloplasty for the Treatment of Open-Angle Glaucoma by Mahmoud A. Khaimi, Justin D. Dvorak, Kai Ding

“…University of Oklahoma, Dean McGee Eye Institute, Oklahoma, United States of America. Design. Nonrandomized single-center retrospective chart review. …”
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Development of Screening Tools for the Interpretation of Chemical Biomonitoring Data by Richard A. Becker, Sean M. Hays, Steven Robison, Lesa L. Aylward

“…Evaluation of a larger number of chemicals in commerce from the perspective of potential human health risk has become a focus of attention in North America and Europe. Screening-level chemical risk assessment evaluations consider both exposure and hazard. …”
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Identification of homozygosity-rich regions in the Holstein genome by M. G. Smaragdov

“…These values do not exceed those for Holstein cattle in North America. The results of this study confirmed the more accurate identification of ROH by consecutive runs, and also that the number of allowed heterozygous SNPs may have a significant effect on ROH data.…”
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Identificación y valoración del patrimonio precolombino construido con tierra modelada by Luis Fernando Guerrero Baca

“…En el presente texto, se analizan algunos casos en los que el uso de esta importante técnica alcanzó un alto desarrollo tecnológico y en los que no se ha podido reconocer y valorar uno de los sistemas de edificación precolombina más significativos para América Latina debido a la ausencia de estudios especializados. …”
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Complex Laparoscopic Myomectomy with Severe Adhesions Performed with Proper Preventive Measures and Power Morcellation Provides a Safe Choice in Certain Infertility Cases by Jaime Alfaro-Alfaro, María de los Ángeles Flores-Manzur, Roberto Nevarez-Bernal, Rodrigo Ayala-Yáñez

“…Two years ago, the Food and Drug Administration in the United States of America (FDA) issued the alert on power morcellation for uterine leiomyomas, addressing the risk of malignant cell spreading within the abdominal cavity (actual risk assessment from 1 in 360 to 1 in 7400 cases). …”
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Immunoinformatics Approach for Epitope-Based Peptide Vaccine Design and Active Site Prediction against Polyprotein of Emerging Oropouche Virus by Utpal Kumar Adhikari, Mourad Tayebi, M. Mizanur Rahman

“…Several outbreaks of OROV in South America, especially in Brazil, have changed its status as an emerging disease, but no vaccine or specific drug target is available yet. …”
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Characterizing the impacts of seismic lines on the water budget of a Boreal Watershed in Alberta (Western Canada) by Daniels Kononovs, Christine Rivard, Dani Degenhardt, Katherine N. Snihur, Daniela Gutierrez-Rueda, Cody N. Lazowski, Kelly J. Rozanitis, Baptiste Coutret, Kurt O. Konhauser, Daniel S. Alessi

“…Study focus: Petroleum exploration has increasingly disturbed boreal ecosystems in North America. Seismic lines are one of the major footprints of the petroleum industry: they form cleared linear corridors in forests and their regeneration is generally poor. …”
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Effect of drought stress on physiological behavior and growth ofblack locust (Robinia pseudoacacia) seedlings by Novita Anggraini, Eny Faridah, Sapto Indrioko

“…Black locust (Robinia pseudoacacia) is a native species from North America and it has spread to Europe and Asia. Black locust is also one species used for land rehabilitation in semiarid and arid areas. …”
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Pelletization and quality evaluation of torrefied selected biomass with microwave absorber by Obiora S. Agu, Lope G. Tabil, Edmund Mupondwa, Bagher Emadi, Duncan Cree

“…Camelina straw and switchgrass are herbaceous biomass feedstock for biofuel production, and they can be produced in large quantities in North America. The current study investigated the pelleting of optimized microwave torrefied camelina straw and switchgrass with and without biochar and high-density polyethylene (HDPE) as a binder during densification. …”
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Relaciones interamericanas, su influencia en los procesos integracionistas y de concertación política del continente (2018-2023) by Sabdiel Lafargue Moreno, Angélica María Fuentes Caraballo

“… En el trabajo se realiza un análisis de los principales fenómenos, esencialmente de índole política, que afectaron el funcionamiento de los distintos mecanismos de integración económica y de concertación política en América Latina y el Caribe, así como los avances que en este nsentido se habían logrado con estos mecanismos. …”
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Dissociative Experiences Scale: Psychometric Analysis in Puerto Rico and Contributions to the Discussion of the Factor Structure by Juan González-Rivera

“…This study will advance further research on dissociation and dissociative disorders in Puerto Rico and Latin America.…”
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Comparative analysis of the Global Initiative for Asthma and the South American guidelines for the diagnosis, management and prevention of asthma in pediatric patients by Leonardo Villegas Huertas, Mikel Silva Barrios, Jean Pierre Seguier Huamán, José Vela Ruiz, Joyce Desposorio Robles, Maria del Socorro Alatrista Gutiérrez

“…<p><strong>Foundation:</strong> Asthma is a chronic inflammatory disease with a high prevalence in South America, which requires proper diagnosis, optimal management and prevention measures supported by constantly updated scientific evidence.…”
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The Current State and Needs of North American Movement Disorders Fellowship Programs by Ludy C. Shih, Daniel Tarsy, Michael S. Okun

“…A 31-item internet-based survey was formulated and distributed to academic movement disorders listed in the American Academy of Neurology (AAN) directory as having a movement disorders fellowship and to all National Parkinson Foundation Centers of Excellence and Care Centers in North America. Results. There was a 77% response rate among academic movement disorders centers. …”
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Laboratory and field efficacy of natural products against the invasive pest Halyomorpha halys and side effects on the biocontrol agent Trissolcus japonicus by Elena Chierici, Elisa Marchetti, Adriana Poccia, Antonio Russo, Vito Antonio Giannuzzi, Lorenzo Governatori, Luca Zucchi, Gabriele Rondoni, Eric Conti

“…Since its outbreaks in North America and Europe, H. halys has been controlled with synthetic pesticides. …”
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Evaluation of Provider Screening Practices for Fracture Risk Assessment among Patients with HIV Disease by Faryal Mirza, Sabina Zawadzka, Anne Abbate, Michael Thompson, Dorothy Wakefield, Lisa M. Chirch

“…To address this increased risk, the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) released fracture risk screening recommendations in 2015, which differ significantly from recommendations that apply to the general population. …”
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Limited Transmission of the Ectoparasitic Fungus Hesperomyces virescens between Lady Beetles by Ted E. Cottrell, Eric W. Riddick

“…The ectoparasitic fungus Hesperomyces virescens Thaxter (Ascomycota: Laboulbeniales) commonly infects the invasive lady beetle Harmonia axyridis (Pallas) and several other aphidophagous lady beetles in North America and Europe. We tested the hypothesis that bodily contact between adults of different lady beetle species supports horizontal transmission of H. virescens. …”
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