Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on emergency department visits and infant health: a scoping review protocol by Mark Walker, Shi Wu Wen, Yanfang Guo, Romina Fakhraei, Brenden Osborne, Mélika Moorjani-Houle

“…Introduction The novel SARS-CoV-2 pandemic has provided a set of unique challenges for paediatric patients requiring emergency care across the globe. Reduction in paediatric emergency department (ED) usage during the COVID-19 pandemic has been widely reported, but no studies to date have consolidated and described what ramifications these reductions may have on neonatal and infant health. …”
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The macroeconomics of abortion: A scoping review and analysis of the costs and outcomes. by Yana van der Meulen Rodgers, Ernestina Coast, Samantha R Lattof, Cheri Poss, Brittany Moore

“…<h4>Background</h4>Although abortion is a common gynecological procedure around the globe, we lack synthesis of the known macroeconomic costs and outcomes of abortion care and abortion policies. …”
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The Crisis of US-centric Globalization: Causes, Trends and Scenarios of Development by A. A. Kasantzev, V. M. Sergeev

“…The globalization is conceived in the article as a process of reinforcement of network connections of different parts of the globe. The network is distributed unevenly around the world. …”
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A Tanzanian Boy with Molecularly Confirmed X-Linked Adrenoleukodystrophy by M. C. J. Dekker, A. M. Sadiq, R. Mc Larty, R. M. Mbwasi, M. A. A. P. Willemsen, H. R. Waterham, B. C. Hamel

“…It had been described in various populations across the globe, but very few cases have been reported from Africa. …”
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A Review of the Engineering Properties of Metakaolin Based Concrete: Towards Combatting Chloride Attack in Coastal/Marine Structures by Deveshan L. Pillay, Oladimeji B. Olalusi, Paul O. Awoyera, Carlos Rondon, Ana María Echeverría, John Temitope Kolawole

“…Changing human lifestyle and increasing urbanisation are contributory factors to the high demand for concrete construction materials across the globe. With the imminent developments in the unpopulated marine/coastal zones, higher installation of concrete facilities is still expected. …”
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Exploring Best Practices and Tensions in Immigrant-Led Community-Based Social Service Planning Models for Immigrant and Refugee Communities by Sandeep K. Dhillon, Stefanie Machado, Ryan Wai Shing Lai 黎韋成, Kari Grain

“…Findings are based on immigrant integration models from case studies and published research across the globe and elucidate critical themes in terms of promising practices, tensions and challenges, and recommendations for effective service delivery models in immigrant integration organizations.…”
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Exploring perceived impacts of shifting Mopane woodland on medicinal plants in Vhembe, South Africa by Andisa A Mufungizi, Walter Musakwa, Nelson Chanza

“…Shifting ecosystems, driven by climate change and human activities, are affecting various ecosystems around the globe. This is a phenomenon which unfolds spatially and temporally. …”
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Checklist of commercially important Scombridae in Aceh, Indonesia by Azzahra Rudi Reefa, Tria Aswina Cut, Ulfa Khaira Nanda, Muhammad Razi Nanda, Muchlisin Zainal A., Ramadhaniaty Mutia, Riska Rahayu Sri, Damora Adrian, Siti-Azizah Mohd Nor, Fadli Nur

“…The Scombridae family represents one of the most commercially valuable groups of pelagic fish, widely consumed across the globe. Despite their economic importance and high market demand, scientific data on Scombridae species in Aceh remains scarce. …”
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Noise risk assessment of the sensitive areas in the Administrative Center of Manolo Fortich Bukidnon by Sheerah Dale M. Orlasan, Judy Marie R. Zoleta, Kenn Migan Vincent C. Gumonan

“…This study extends beyond the locality of the scope, for it may serve as a valuable resource information for battling noise pollution to create a better environment across the globe.…”
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Empowering Urdu sentiment analysis: an attention-based stacked CNN-Bi-LSTM DNN with multilingual BERT by Lal Khan, Atika Qazi, Hsien-Tsung Chang, Mousa Alhajlah, Awais Mahmood

“…Abstract Sentiment analysis (SA) as a research field has gained popularity among the researcher throughout the globe over the past 10 years. Deep neural networks (DNN) and word vector models are employed nowadays and perform well in sentiment analysis. …”
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Los patrones culturales del Contador Público en la aplicación del valor razonable by Samuel Pérez-Grau

“…Se aplica un enfoque mixto que, además de estimar el tamaño de la muestra de contadores locales a encuestar permita extraer de ella otra submuestra intencional de contables que fungen como ejecutivos o jefes de al menos otro contador supuestamente capacitados para recabar de ellos, mediante el cuestionario GLOBE y de una entrevista en profundidad, una visión de la racionalidad institucional que distingue principios, prácticas y símbolos organizacionales. …”
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From lab to landscape-scale experiments for the morphodynamics of sand dunes by Claudin, Philippe, Courrech du Pont, Sylvain, Narteau, Clément

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Spatio-temporal rainfall variability and trends using a Kriging-interpolation and Innovative trend analysis approach: the case of Wolaita zone, south Ethiopia by Elias Bojago

“…Abstract Climate change is one of the worst environmental issues, with a negative impact on most developing countries across the globe and in some regions, including Ethiopia. This study seeks to establish the temporal and spatial changes in rainfall for the period 1987–2021. …”
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Phylogeny, Phytomedicines, Phytochemistry, Pharmacological Properties, and Toxicity of Croton gratissimus Burch (Euphorbiaceae) by Kirkland Dingili Magwilu, Joseph Mwanzia Nguta, Isaac Mapenay, Dorine Matara

“…Croton gratissimus is an important plant in Africa setup and across the globe for its ethnomedicinal uses in managing a wide range of diseases. …”
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Outcome and Prognostic Factors for Traumatic Endophthalmitis over a 5-Year Period by Simona Delia Nicoară, Iulian Irimescu, Tudor Călinici, Cristina Cristian

“…The infection rate in open globe injuries was 8.13% and 34.78%, if an intraocular foreign body (IOFB) was associated. …”
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COVID-19 Lockdowns Improve Air Quality in the South-East Asian Regions, as Seen by the Remote Sensing Satellites by Abirlal Metya, Panini Dagupta, Santanu Halder, S. Chakraborty, Yogesh K. Tiwari

“…Abstract The appearance of COVID-19 in December, 2019 in China and its rapid spread all over the globe, forced the governments to severely curb the social and economic activities of their respective countries. …”
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The synergistic effect of microwave drying and plasma surface treatments on the wettability of green wood by Sauradipta Ganguly, Jure Žigon, Kavyashree Srinivasa, Marko Petrič, Sebastian Dahle

“… In spite of being both a one-step solution to several problems associated with woodworking and also energy efficient, the application of microwave (MW) modification in wood research has remained very limited and this promising method has practically no use in wood industries across the globe. Research done so far in this field primarily sheds light on its potential in enhancing wood permeability, treatability and uniform wood drying. …”
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Copy Number Variation of UGT 2B Genes in Indian Families Using Whole Genome Scans by Avinash M. Veerappa, Prakash Padakannaya, Nallur B. Ramachandra

“…These UGT2B genes are highly polymorphic in nature and have distinct polymorphisms associated with specific regions around the globe. Copy number variations (CNVs) status of UGT2B17 in Indian population is not known and their disease associations have been inconclusive. …”
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UniAMP: enhancing AMP prediction using deep neural networks with inferred information of peptides by Zixin Chen, Chengming Ji, Wenwen Xu, Jianfeng Gao, Ji Huang, Huanliang Xu, Guoliang Qian, Junxian Huang

“…Abstract Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) have been widely recognized as a promising solution to combat antimicrobial resistance of microorganisms due to the increasing abuse of antibiotics in medicine and agriculture around the globe. In this study, we propose UniAMP, a systematic prediction framework for discovering AMPs. …”
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The WHO’s 75th anniversary: WHO at a pivotal moment in history by Lawrence O Gostin, Roojin Habibi, Benjamin Mason Meier, Helen Clark, K Srinath Reddy, Jemilah Mahmood, Danwood Mzikenge Chirwa, Björn Kümmel, Winnie Mpanju-Shumbusho, Attiya Waris, Miriam K Were

“…WHO governance in the coming years will define the future of the Organisation and, crucially, the health and well-being of billions of people across the globe. At this pivotal moment, WHO must learn critical lessons from its past and make fundamental reforms to become the Organisation it was meant to be. …”
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