Associations between degree of food processing and all-cause and cause-specific mortality: a multicentre prospective cohort analysis in 9 European countriesResearch in context by Esther M. González-Gil, Michèle Matta, Fernanda Morales Berstein, Manon Cairat, Geneviève Nicolas, Jessica Blanco, Nathalie Kliemann, Renata Bertazzi Levy, Fernanda Rauber, Inarie Jacobs, Aline Al Nahas, Emine Koc Cakmak, Eszter P. Vamos, Kiara Chang, Sahar G. Yammine, Christopher Millett, Mathilde Touvier, Maria Gabriela Matias Pinho, Konstantinos K. Tsilidis, Alicia K. Heath, Christina M. Lill, Valeria Pala, Conchi Moreno-Iribas, Maria Santucci De Magistris, Christina C. Dahm, Niels Bock, Anja Olsen, Anne Tjønneland, Yvonne T. van der Schouw, Pilar Amiano, Franziska Jannasch, Matthias B. Schulze, Francesca Romana Mancini, Chloé Marques, Claire Cadeau, Catalina Bonet, Daniel Redondo-Sánchez, Kristin Benjaminsen Borch, Magritt Brustad, Guri Skeie, Jesús Humberto-Gómez, Alessandra Macciotta, Pietro Ferrari, Laure Dossus, Marc J. Gunter, Inge Huybrechts

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Effects of Forbush Decreases on the Global Electric Circuit by J. Tacza, G. Li, J.‐P. Raulin

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Law Enforcement's Role in Tackling Illegal Gold Mining for Sustainable Development Goals by Puji Prayitno Kuat, Pandu Ramadhan Galih, Nuha Ilmawan Faiz

“…This study uses a qualitative research design to evaluate law enforcement efforts in Brazil, Ghana, and Indonesia. Primary data were collected through semi-structured interviews involving law enforcement personnel, government officials, environmental experts, and local community members affected by mining activities. …”
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Striking the Right Balance by Monica Verdoia, MD, PhD, Rasha Al-Bawardy, MD, Maria Antonieta Albanez A. de Medeiros Lopes, MD, Aaysha Cader, MD, MSc, Mayank Dalakoti, MD, Anas Merdad, MD, Yubrine Moraa Gachemba, MD, Hazel Mburu, MD, Sarah Rosanel, MD, Alan Sigal, MD

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A Critical and Progressive Review on Maternal and Child Health Policies in India by Prity Kumari, Anand Kumar Chaudhary

“…Although India outperformed the global average in terms of maternal mortality reduction between 1990 and 2016, we still have a long way to go to catch up with large economies such as Brazil (44), China (27) and Japan (5). …”
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Asymmetric Effects of Trade Openness and National Income on Government Size in BRICS Countries: New Evidence for Wagner’s Law by Дхиани Мехта, Никундж Патель

“… The growing economic prominence of BRICS nations (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa) has attracted considerable attention to the macroeconomic dynamics driving their development. …”
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Quantum control in size selected semiconductor quantum dot thin films by Kärcher Victor, Reiker Tobias, da Costa Pedro F.G.M., de Camargo Andrea S.S., Zacharias Helmut

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Una plataforma para la implementación de cursos en línea adaptativos: descripción y punto de vista de los docentes by Julián Moreno Cadavid, Demetrio Arturo Ovalle Carranza, Rosa María Vicari

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Why Is Participation Low in Referendums? Lessons from Latin America by Eli Gavin Rau, Radha Sarkar, Susan C. Stokes

“…We draw on cross-national evidence, qualitative research in Colombia, and quantitative analysis of municipal-level referendum voting behavior in Brazil. The key to understanding low voter turnout in these settings is the relatively weaker incentives that political parties have to turn out the vote when control over office is not at stake. …”
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Prevalence of COVID-19 among healthcare workers before and after vaccination by Karina Pinheiro Teixeira dos Reis, Mirelle de Oliveira Saes, Ivy Bastos Ramis

“…Methods: a cross-sectional and observational study that assessed cases of flu syndrome that occurred between March 2020 and December 2021 in healthcare workers vaccinated and unvaccinated with CoronaVac or Astrazeneca in a hospital in the extreme south of Brazil. The study included cases of flu syndrome characterized and monitored by the institution’s occupational health sector and who underwent diagnostic tests by RT-PCR for SARS-CoV-2. …”
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Computational Perspectives into Plasmepsins Structure—Function Relationship: Implications to Inhibitors Design by Alejandro Gil L., Pedro A. Valiente, Pedro G. Pascutti, Tirso Pons

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La Inserción internacional de Suramérica: la apuesta por la Unasur by Carlos Alberto Chaves García

“…In like manner, the new experience of regional cohesion responds to the projection of the geostrategic interests of Argentina, Brazil, and Venezuela, as an expression of the competence of the leadership of said scheme for regional cooperation and integration.…”
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Unsteady Squeezing Flow and Heat Transfer Analysis of Magnetohydrodynamic Third-grade Nanofluid between Two Disks Embedded in a Porous Medium subjected to Thermal Radiation using H... by Gbeminiyi Musibau Sobamowo, Ahmed Amoo Yinusa, Mufutau Adekojo Waheed, Antonio Marcos de Oliveira Siqueira

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“Planting potatoes with science”: A school project to raise consciousness of the importance of plant protection by José Alberto Caram de Souza-Dias, Falko Feldmann

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How legitimate are urban climate planning processes? A comparative assessment of Accra, Ahmedabad, Bonn and São Paulo by Niklas Wagner, Minal Pathak

“…By analysing UCAPs of four cities from different regions of the world - Accra (Ghana), Bonn (Germany), São Paulo (Brazil), and Ahmedabad (India) - we unpack the quality of UCAP creation processes in terms of their legitimacy including whether and how key stakeholders were involved in shaping the plan. …”
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Environmental factors to promote the use of a Public Park in adults by Alfredo Leopoldo Enrique Messenger Valenzuela, Ana Carolina Belther Santos, Marcelo Dutra Della Justina, Thuany Stahelin Kuhn, Joris Pazin, Cassiano Ricarso Rech

“…A cross-sectional study was carried out in 2014/2015 in a park in the city of Florianopolis, Brazil. A face-to-face interview was performed, including sociodemographic data and environmental factors that stimulate park use. …”
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A Comprehensive Review of Multi-Port DC/DC Converters for The Off-Grid System Integration with Renewable Energy Resources by Ruaa M. Al-dalawi, Ayad Al-Dujaili, Daniel A. Pereira

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Por una política de defensa común latinoamericana: la propuesta venezolana by Adriana Suzart de Pádua, Suzeley Kalil Mathias

“…In this scenario, with different perceptions regarding what constitutes a threat, two proposals for military integration exist, one lead by Brazil within the context of the Union of South American Nations (Unasur) and the other lead by Venezuela in the context of the Bolivarian Alliance of the Peoples of Our America (Alba). …”
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Dynamic nonlinear control strategies for resilient heterogeneous vehicle platooning and handling Byzantine attacks in communication networks by Ammar Alsinai, José Roberto Castilho Piqueira, Waqar Ul Hassan, Azmat Ullah Khan Niazi, Farida Safder

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The Human Papillomavirus Enigma: A Narrative Review of Global Variations in Oropharyngeal Cancer Epidemiology and Prognosis by Hitesh Rajendra Singhavi, Pankaj Chaturvedi, Deepa Nair

“…Conversely, the American region exhibited one of the highest HPV positivity rates, reaching up to 65% in different states of the USA, while Brazil reported an incidence of up to 38%. In the European Union, the UK had the highest incidence of HPV-associated OPC, reaching up to 52%. …”
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