Movements of the Glandirana Frogs in Japan and South Korea: A Strategy for Defining Geographical Movements of Amphibians by Akira Oike, Koji Tojo, Yoriko Nakamura, Etsuro Ito, Masahisa Nakamura

“…The Japanese islands were originally included in the Eurasian Continent as part of the southern and northern landmasses. …”
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Application of the numbered heads together learning model to improve learning outcomes of Christian religion education by Deflita R. N Lumi, Thofan Rame

“…The low learning outcomes of Christian Religious Education in class IV students at SDK Scriptura Bengel Talaud Islands Regency compared to other subjects. To improve learning achievement in Christian Religious Education, it is necessary to have innovative learning models that can motivate students to be active in learning. …”
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S’adapter à la dégradation de l’environnement dans le Delta du Saloum : Variabilité des stratégies chez les femmes socés et niominkas du Sénégal by Marie Fall

“…In Saloum islands, the Niominkas practice the same activities. …”
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Dissipative nonlinear structures in tokamak plasmas by K. A. Razumova

“…By disrupting the bonds between separate magnetic surfaces filled with islands, one can produce zones of reduced transport in the plasma, i.e. …”
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Risk factors for difficult peripheral venous cannulation in hospitalised patients. Protocol for a multicentre case–control study in 48 units of eight public hospitals in Spain by Jose Miguel Morales-Asencio, Ian Blanco-Mavillard, Miguel Angel Rodríguez-Calero, Ismael Fernandez-Fernandez, Luis Javier Molero-Ballester, Catalina Matamalas-Massanet, Luis Moreno-Mejias, Joan Ernest de Pedro-Gomez

“…The variables hypothesised to be risk factors for the appearance of difficult venous cannulation will be studied using a logistic regression model.Ethics and dissemination The study was funded in January 2017 and obtained ethical approval from the Research Ethics Committee of the Balearic Islands. Informed consent will be obtained prior to data collection. …”
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Promoting Physical Activity in the Management of Type 2 Diabetes: A Feasibility Study to Develop Intervention Tools for Delivery of Diabetes‐Specific Education by Daniel Crabtree, Sara Bradley, Jenni Connelly, Lynn Bauermeister, Trish Gorely, Sandra MacRury

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Scalable Cell-Free Massive MIMO With Indoor/Outdoor Users by Felip Riera-Palou, Miquel Duran, Guillem Femenias

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The bioguided fractionation and pharmacological activity of an endemic Salix canariensis species by Gutiérrez Sandra Dévora, Kuri Susana Abdala, Martín-Herrera Domingo

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Cornsilk Fly, Euxesta stigmatias Loew (Insecta: Diptera: Otitidae) by John L. Capinera

“…It occurs throughout the Caribbean Islands, Mexico, Central and South America south to Bolivia and Paraguay, and in Florida. …”
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Cornsilk Fly, Euxesta stigmatias Loew (Insecta: Diptera: Otitidae) by John L. Capinera

“…It occurs throughout the Caribbean Islands, Mexico, Central and South America south to Bolivia and Paraguay, and in Florida. …”
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Sculpture as Literature and History: Captive and Captivating Venus Figures from the Greek Revolutionary Era by Gonda Van Steen

“…This paper focuses on the sculpture of the Venus de Milo, a chance find of 1820, but a token discovery in the fermentation brought on by the growing tensions between the Ottoman administrative hierarchies, the foreign diplomats, the Greek intellectuals and yet aspiring revolutionaries, and the local populations of the Aegean islands. For lack of an ancient history of the Venus, antiquarianism, treasure-hunting, archival evidence, and Greek revolutionary history blend in the statue’s new lease on life, which is a Western afterlife in literature and legend as well as in history, from which the islanders of Milos have all but been erased. …”
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D’un citoyen à l’autre : les premières constitutions de Haïti et de Cuba by Sylvie Bouffartigue

“…The revolution in Haiti and Cuba, the main islands in the Caribbean world, inaugurated and closed the cycle of the Latin American independences. …”
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Comparative Genomic Analysis of Rhodococcus equi: An Insight into Genomic Diversity and Genome Evolution by Jianchao Ying, Jun Ye, Teng Xu, Qian Wang, Qiyu Bao, Aifang Li

“…Comparative genomic analysis revealed that the genomes of R. equi shared identical collinearity relationship, and heterogeneity was mainly acquired by means of genomic islands and prophages. Moreover, genomic islands in R. equi were always involved in virulence, resistance, or niche adaptation and possibly working with prophages to cause the majority of genome expansion. …”
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Îles flottantes et corps guéris : les eaux prodigieuses du lac de Bolsena by Martin Jaillet

“…Lake Bolsena (Lazio, Italy), the largest volcanic lake in Europe with fluctuating levels, and its two islands (Bisentina and Martana) have been at the heart of intense demographic, socio-economic and cultural dynamics since prehistoric times. …”
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Listeria monocytogenes Meningitis in an Immunosuppressed Patient with Autoimmune Hepatitis and IgG4 Subclass Deficiency by Shahin Gaini

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Volcanic Geological Sites in UGGp European Geoparks: Special Issue by João Carlos Nunes, Michael Benton

“…The sites include currently active locations along the mid-Atlantic ridge, from the Canary Islands and the Azores in the south to Iceland in the north. …”
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Editorial: Recreational team sports: prevention, treatment, and rehabilitation of non-communicable diseases by Malte Nejst Larsen, Magni Mohr, Magni Mohr, Felipe Lobelo, Jennifer K. Frediani

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Genetic risk factors associated with gestational diabetes in a multi-ethnic population. by Paula Benny, Hyeong Jun Ahn, Janet Burlingame, Men-Jean Lee, Corrie Miller, John Chen, Johann Urschitz

“…We investigated whether the same gene loci confer a risk for gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) in women from Hawaii, and in particular, Pacific Islander and Filipino populations.<h4>Methods</h4>Blood was collected from 291 women with GDM and 734 matched non-diabetic controls (Pacific Islanders: 71 GDM, 197 non-diabetic controls; Filipinos: 162 GDM, 395 controls; Japanese: 58 GDM, 142 controls). …”
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Risk Factors and Consequences of Food Neophobia and Pickiness in Children and Adolescents: A Systematic Review by Carmen del Campo, Cristina Bouzas, Josep A. Tur

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Les valeurs de la nature dans les iles subantarctiques by Anne Atlan, Véronique Van Tilbeurgh

“…This article explores the values attributed to nature and how they are articulated in a particular territory, the French sub-Antarctic islands. Since these islands do not have permanent populations and are not exploited for their biological or mining resources, the values directly utilitarian are not present there, and the other types of values are expressed more widely than in more classical situations. …”
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