The influence of the built environment on drug misuse and abuse by Adewumi Oladele, Edward Onyango, Kyle Esdaille

“…As the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown brought America to a standstill, the drug overdose epidemic took a sharp turn for the worse. …”
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A Survey of Alien Dendroflora of Bosnia and Herzegovina by Neđad Bašić, Fatima Pustahija, Aldin Boškailo, Edina Muratović

“…The B&H allochthonous dendroflora generally originate from Asia (260 taxa) and North America (128), with a significant share of hybrids (81). …”
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El Plus Dolor y el Nuevo Negro: Gustavo Urrutia y su trabajo en la prensa negra/afro en Cuba by Elena Oliva

“…Finalmente, se evalúa el lugar de Urrutia y sus propuestas en la trayectoria del pensamiento negro/afro en América Latina y el Caribe.     …”
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Refractory human cytomegalovirus infection without evidence of genetic resistance in the UL-54 and UL-97 genes in a pediatric hematopoietic stem cell transplant recipient: a case r... by Alejandra Pando-Caciano, Ketty Adid Escudero-Ramirez, Jackeline Carol Rodríguez-Torres, Holger Maita-Malpartida, Holger Maita-Malpartida

“…This is the first case reported in Peru and Latin America of a refractory CMV infection in a pediatric HSCT recipient without evidence of clinical symptoms and CMV genetic resistance. …”
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NASSDA as a Data-Collaborative Network to Enhance Social Science Research in East Asia by Pei-Shan Liao, Shuai Wang, Hiroshi Ishida, Hearan Koo, Won-ho Park

“…Such international collaboration, however, is few in regions other than Europe and North America. It is also important to share social science data, given the contributions of social science research. …”
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PHYTOCHEMICAL, USE IN ETHNOMEDICINE, AND THERAPEUTIC ACTIVITIES OF MARCHANTIA GENUS by Dicki Bakhtiar Purkon, Tonny Cortis Maigoda, Adreanus Andaja Soemardji, Yayat Sudaryat, Faizah Min Fadhlillah, Maria Immaculata Iwo, Ainun Nadhifah

“…This plant species belongs to the Marchantiaceae family, which was used empirically in China, North America, Ancient Greece, and Indonesia to treat open wounds, burns, hepatotoxicity, and infection prevention. …”
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Machine learning algorithms in air quality modeling by A. Masih

“…The results obtained suggest that, machine learning techniques are mainly conducted in continent Europe and America. Furthermore a factorial analysis named multi-component analysis performed show that pollution estimation is generally performed by using ensemble learning and linear regression based approaches, whereas, forecasting tasks tend to implement neural networks and support vector machines based algorithms.…”
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Prevalencia y factores de riesgo del comportamiento anormal estereotipado aerofagia en el caballo criollo colombiano by J. J. Patiño Marulanda, S. A. Vélez Gil, J. R. Martínez Aranzales

“…Esta prevalencia fue superior a la mayoría de otros reportes de Sur América. La aerofagia, posiblemente obedeció tanto a factores inherentes al animal como a factores externos relacionados con el manejo; sin embargo, se requiere el diseño de estudios longitudinales sobre prácticas de manejo y de líneas dentro de la raza para cuantificar y validar la información relacionada con la posible predisposición genética o racial a la aerofagia y a otras estereotipias y comportamientos anormales observados en estos animales.…”
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La historia “trágica” de la conquista en los libros y los impresos de los hombres de letras en las provincias independientes de la Nueva Granada, 1811-1821 by Rafael E. Acevedo P.

“…Se muestra cómo durante ese período, al tiempo que se producían los procesos de emancipación y posteriormente la fundación de la República, esos actores sociales (sacerdotes, impresores, abogados y gentes de letras) empezaron a participar de manera crítica en la vieja discusión y polémica sobre la presencia de España en América desde el siglo XVI. Ello dio como resultado la aparición de varias versiones sobre el pasado y de la escritura de la historia referida a la conquista del territorio americano en la que se destacaban “los trescientos años de vejaciones”, la “opresión”, la “tiranía” y las “conductas inocuas de los españoles”. …”
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Estimation of the potential geographical distribution of invasive peach fruit fly under climate change by integrated ecological niche models by Farman Ullah, Yuan Zhang, Hina Gul, Muhammad Hafeez, Nicolas Desneux, Yujia Qin, Zhihong Li

“…The MaxEnt and CLIMEX results showed that the south of North and Central America was suitable for B. zonata. The European countries were slightly suitable for B. zonata. …”
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The diversity of spring hexaploid triticales, differing on the time of the onset of developmental phases under conditions of near Ob region of Western Siberia by M. V. Emtseva, P. I. Stepochkin

“…Late ripening were the samples from Zambia, Brazil, North America. Among triticales from Mexico, Dagestan and Russia both early and late ripening forms occurred. …”
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Proactive assessment of a native North American egg parasitoid, Anastatus reduvii (Hymenoptera: Eupelmidae), as a potential biological control agent of Lycorma delicatula (Hemipter... by Mari West, Marco Molfini, Mark S. Hoddle

“…In a quarantine laboratory study, Anastatus reduvii, an egg parasitoid native to and widespread in North America, including California, parasitized 79% of L. delicatula egg masses with an average egg parasitism rate of 31%. …”
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A Systematic Review of Research on Late Spring Frost and its Estimation Methods by Mobina Abdollahi Fuzi, Bahram Bakhtiari, Kourosh Qaderi

“…This event has caused more economic losses to agriculture than any other climatic hazard in Asia, North America, and Europe. However, the severity of damage due to LSF may be amplified by climate change.…”
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Transformation of the American academic system during the COVID-19 pandemic by S. A. Grishaeva, I. S. Suslenko

“…The ongoing transformations and structural alterations are most visible in the United States of America, due to a number of factors – from the historical dynamism of the development of the American higher education system to its active role in the development and rollout of technological advancements. …”
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Quem cuida de quem cuida? Casos sobre remuneração do trabalho reprodutivo das mães e a crise de cuidado pós Covid-19 by Renata Garcia Senlle

“…A primeira, de 2022, nos Estados Unidos da América, do marido que relata que a esposa demanda uma compensação financeira para engravidar, considerando as perdas que teria após a maternidade. …”
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Holy Terror!: Islamophobia and Intermediality in Frank Miller’s Graphic Novel by Frank Mehring

“…I will turn to the medium of graphic novels to first reveal how Miller’s narratives and silhouette aesthetics of (super)heroes have become complicit with Islamophobic responses to the crisis of 9/11; second, to trace the discourse of Islamophobia in post-9/11 America in Miller’s work; and, third, to reveal how this discourse interlinks with the patriotic logic of the fight against terrorism.…”
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Global prevalence of malnutrition in older adults: A comprehensive systematic review and meta-analysis by Nader Salari, Niloofar Darvishi, Yalda Bartina, Fatemeh Keshavarzi, Melika Hosseinian-Far, Masoud Mohammadi

“…Results: In the review of 98 studies with a total sample size of 79976, the prevalence of malnutrition in the world's elderly was obtained as 18.6 % (95 % confidence interval: 16.4-21.1 %), so that the highest prevalence of malnutrition was in the elderly of Africa with 35.7 %, followed by the America with 20.3 %. According to the subgroup analysis regarding the indicators of malnutrition in the elderly, the highest prevalence of malnutrition in the elderly was obtained as 39.9 % according the NRS-2002 index. …”
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Validation of a one-step reverse transcription PCR detection method for Tobamovirus maculatessellati, in tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) and pepper (Capsicum annuum L.) by Chellappan Padmanabhan, Andrea Gilliard, Kai-Shu Ling, Yazmín Rivera

“…Inclusivity tests were performed against a diverse collection of six ToMMV isolates in North America. Exclusivity tests showed no cross reaction with eleven non-target viruses and seven viroids commonly found on tomato and pepper host plants. …”
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¿Planear un paisaje urbano conservativo en el sureste de México? Reflexiones para el caso de Tapachula, Chiapas by Carlos Mario Almeida Cerino, Vincenzo Bertolini, Tomás Martínez Trinidad

“… El tema del paisajismo urbano es algo relativamente novedoso para latino América y aún poco tratado en México, sobre todo en el sureste y en especial el estado de Chiapas. …”
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Valoración de competencias específicas del profesional en Psicología desde la Universidad de Costa Rica by Zaida Salazar-Mora, Jorge Esteban Prado-Calderón

“…En el marco del proyecto Tuning - América Latina un total de 11 académicos/as de 10 países de la región elaboraron una propuesta de 24 competencias específicas para la formación en Psicología.  …”
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