RISKS OF PAYMENT SYSTEMS IN THE CONTEXT OF RUSSIA'S MILITARY AGGRESSION AGAINST UKRAINE AND INTERNATIONAL SANCTIONS AGAINST RUSSIA by Mădălina RĂDOI, Mihaela ENE

“…The response of the European Union, the United States of America and Great Britain came very quickly to the aggressions generated by Russia; thus, a package of sanctions was implemented targeting: Russian oligarchs, annexed regions, certain banks, entities, individuals, but also certain goods or services provided by/for natural or legal persons from Russia, thereby wanting to decrease the power economic of Russia. …”
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Dredging and sediment discharge in a river with floodplain. Physicochemical and microbiological effects in Paraná river by Maria Josefina Gonzalez, Stella Maris Gonzalez, Aldo Raul Paira, Pablo Agustín Collins

“…The effects caused during the operation of a suction dredge in a South America river under two temporal conditions were analyzed: i) the short and medium-term effects on the physicochemical variables, and ii) the immediate effects on the physicochemical variables and the abundance of bacterioplankton. …”
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Validation of a Radio frequency identification system for tracking location of laying hens in a quasi-commercial aviary system by Gebhardt-Henrich, Sabine G., Kashev, Alexander, Petelle, Matthew B., Toscano, Michael J.

“…Cage-free housing is increasingly chosen in Europe, North America, and Australia as an animal-welfare friendly farm system for laying hens. …”
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Sensitivity of Ground Magnetometer Array Elements for GIC Applications I: Resolving Spatial Scales With the BEAR and CARISMA Arrays by Stavros Dimitrakoudis, David K. Milling, Andy Kale, Ian R. Mann

“…Specifically, we study the GMD response to two storm‐time substorms using data from two magnetometer arrays, the Baltic Electromagnetic Array Research Project in Scandinavia and the Canadian Array for Realtime Investigations of Magnetic Activity array in North America, so as to determine the appropriate magnetometer spacing in latitude and longitude, for monitoring and assessing GIC risk. …”
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Psychological distress during the first phase of the COVID-19 pandemic in Ecuador: Cross-sectional study. by Juan Gómez-Salgado, Ingrid Adanaque-Bravo, Mónica Ortega-Moreno, Regina Allande-Cussó, Cristian Arturo Arias-Ulloa, Carlos Ruiz-Frutos

“…<h4>Background</h4>The effects of the COVID 19 pandemic on the mental health of citizens from Asia, Europe, or North America begin to be known, but there are fewer publications on its effects in Latin American countries. …”
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Reconstruction of Araucaria araucana cone production reveals warming intensifies regionally synchronized masting by Andrew Hacket‐Pain, Fidel A. Roig, Davide Ascoli, Carlos LeQuesne, Martin Hadad

“…Here we use tree‐rings to create a four‐century reconstruction of annual cone production to uncover centennial‐scale evolution in masting of Araucaria araucana, a dioecious masting species in South America. Over the last four decades, direct observations of annual cone production in this species revealed remarkable range‐wide synchrony of masting. …”
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VÍNCULOS TRANSNACIONAIS E MEDIAÇÕES CULTURAIS: a livraria Mestre Jou como distribuidora da editora Fondo de Cultura Económica no Brasil (1952-1965) by Bruna Marinho Valle Roriz, Luciano Mendes de Faria

“…A editora mexicana Fondo de Cultura Económica (FCE), fundada em 1934, iniciou, já nos anos 1940, um movimento de expansão rumo ao sul do continente, incentivada por objetivos comerciais e por uma declarada missão de integração cultural da América Latina. Considerando tal contexto, este artigo é parte de uma pesquisa mais ampla sobre a circulação dos livros do FCE no Brasil, por meio da atuação de sua distribuidora exclusiva, a Livraria Mestre Jou, entre os anos de 1952 e 1965. …”
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A Systematic Literature Review and Bibliometric Analysis of Ophthalmology and COVID-19 Research by Ali Forouhari, Vahid Mansouri, Sare Safi, Hamid Ahmadieh, Amir Ghaffari Jolfayi

“…Most of the publications were affiliated with the United States of America. However, Singapore and the United Kingdom were the countries with the highest number of publications after population adjustment. …”
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Non-Operative Rehabilitation Principles for Use in Individuals with Acetabular Dysplasia: A North American Based Delphi Study by Ashley E. Disantis, RobRoy L. Martin, Keelan Enseki, Victoria Spaid, Michael McClincy

“… # Study Design Delphi study # Methods A panel of 15 physiotherapists from North America who were identified as experts in non-operative rehabilitation of individuals with AD by a high-volume hip preservation surgeon participated in this Delphi study. …”
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The question of Baltic states in the policy of the Great Western powers in 1943 by Ramojus Kraujelis

“…The United States of America and Great Britain were those Western powers that represented the point of view of Western democracy on the issue of the occupation and annexation of Lithuania and other Baltic states. …”
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La Gran Colombia de la Gran Bretaña: la importancia del lugar en la producción de imágenes nacionales, 1819 - 1830 by Lina del Castillo

“…El considerar los materiales visuales y geográficos producidos dentro de este complejo contexto transnacional nos ayudará a entender aspectos poco examinados por los estudiosos de la historia de la ciencia y de la cultura visual sobre América a principios del siglo XIX. Al resaltar cuán complejas y provisionales fueron aquellas imágenes, el ensayo esclarece las negociaciones domésticas e internacionales que se dieron en torno a lo que debería significar una República de Colombia. …”
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The consequences of changes in forest land cover in the Alpine and Jurassic massifs on the physico-chemical status of deep lake waters by Van Tuan Nghiem, Rachid Nedjai, Nacer Nasreddine Messaoud

“…The issue of acidification in lake waters has been the topic of numerous scientific studies in northern Europe and North America. In recent years, interest in the topic has spread to southern Europe and Asia because similar symptoms have been observed (drop in pH and in redox potential, generally accompanied by oxygen depletion). …”
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50 años de memorias y geografías by Rodolfo Quiroz, Vicente Lataste, Daniela González

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La periferia latinoamericana en el sistema global del capitalismo by Raúl Prebisch

“…Por un lado, retoma su antigua preocupación por las relaciones entre centros y periferia analizándola a la luz de algunos rasgos salientes de la situación contemporánea; el tema tiene, a su juicio, la mayor significación, porque la naturaleza de esas relaciones condiciona, limita y orienta las modalidades y posibilidades de desarrollo de los países de América Latina. Por otro, penetra en el estudio de la dinámica interna del capitalismo periférico con el objeto de desentrañar sus principales componentes, contradicciones y tendencias. …”
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Enhanced testing can substantially improve defense against several types of respiratory virus pandemic by James Petrie, James A. Hay, Oraya Srimokla, Jasmina Panovska-Griffiths, Charles Whittaker, Joanna Masel

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LA POLÍTICA HABITACIONAL EN LA AGENDA INTERNACIONAL: EL PAPEL DE CITIES ALLIANCE EN EL CASO DE LA CIUDAD DE NEUQUÉN by Gabriela A. Pérez

“…El comienzo del milenio encuentra nuevamente a las ciudades de América Latina como escenarios de profundas transformaciones y de problemas complejos, entre los cuales la resolución de las carencias habitacionales se reposiciona en la agenda internacional como un “eje estratégico” para la superación de la pobreza y la precariedad urbana. …”
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Characterizing the extractable proteins from tomato leaves – A proteomics study by Marietheres Kleuter, Yafei Yu, Lukas Verdegaal, Francesco Pancaldi, Antoine H.P. America, Atze Jan van der Goot, Luisa M. Trindade

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A Colorado Front Range grassland exhibits decreasing dominance of cheatgrass (Bromus tectorum) over time by Janet S. Prevéy, Timothy R. Seastedt

“…Abstract Causes, consequences, and potentials for recovery from invasions by the invasive annual grass, cheatgrass (Bromus tectorum), in western North America have been extensively documented. The vast majority of these studies have come from regions where yearly precipitation is dominated by “winter‐wet” patterns, but this species has also demonstrated its ability to invade plant communities in “spring/summer‐wet” areas as well. …”
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The archaeological direction in Japanese studies in Russia: Development, peculiarities, personal experience by A. V. Tabarev

“…Cooperation reached its peak in 2007/8–2019, enjoying the support of Russian (RSFH, RFBR, RSF) and Japanese scientific foundations, and was implemented in a variety of formats (projects, exchanges, internships, symposiums, exhibitions, publications, etc.) and in a variety of geographical areas, both in Russia and Japan, as well as third countries – in Central Asia (Mongolia) and South America (Ecuador). One of the striking examples of such interaction is the fruitful cooperation of the Division of Foreign Archaeology (Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography SB RAS, Novosibirsk) and the Laboratory of Archaeology (Tohoku University, Sendai), resulting in a large number of publications in leading scientific journals and several dissertation studies on the Jomon and Kofun periods.…”
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Treatment and outcomes of high-risk neuroblastoma in Southeast Asia: a single-institution experience and review of the literature by Anselm Chi-Wai Lee, Chan Hon Chui, Robert Kwok, Kim Shang Lee, Chee Meng Fong, Wilfred Hing-Sang Wong

“…Introduction: In Europe and North America, the majority of children with high-risk neuroblastoma survive the disease. …”
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