Health promotion for dementia risk reduction in Indigenous populations of Canada, Aotearoa New Zealand, United States of America, and Australia: Scoping review protocol. by Kathryn Meldrum, Yvonne Hornby-Turner, Valda Wallace, Sarah G Russell, Rachel Quigley, Edward Strivens

“…Dissemination of the findings through continuing community engagement, conference presentations and publications will be led by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander members of the research team.…”
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Biodiversity indicators for breeding passerines in a multiple-cuckoo system in China: A comparison of cuckoos and raptors by Sidan Lin, Wei Liang

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Enhancing insights in sexually transmitted infection mapping: Syphilis in Forsyth County, North Carolina, a case study. by Lani Fox, William C Miller, Dionne Gesink, Irene Doherty, Marc Serre

“…Our methodology extends current models with: 1) donut geomasking to enhance resolution while protecting patient privacy; 2) a moving window uniform grid to control the modifiable areal unit problem, edge effect and remove kriging islands; and 3) mitigating the "small number problem" with Uniform Model Bayesian Maximum Entropy (UMBME). …”
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Red Palm Mite, Raoiella indica Hirst (Arachnida: Acari: Tenuipalpidae) by Marjorie A. Hoy, Jorge Peña, Ru Nguyen

“…Hoy, Jorge Peña and Ru Nguyen, describes this pest of several important ornamental and fruit-bearing palm species that is in the process of colonizing islands in the Carribean.  Includes sections on distribution; description and life cycle; hosts; survey, detection and damage; management; and selected references.  …”
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Gênes et les réseaux du commerce du sucre à la fin du Moyen Âge by Mohamed Ouerfelli

“…This success granted Genoa the chance of having a very early investment in the new sugar factories of the Atlantic Islands.…”
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Method to create and optimize original electric power communication network based on K-means by Xin JIN, Liang YANG, Cheng-ming JIN, Guo-hua SU, Lei SUN

“…The major contribution was using the K-means to create nodes instead of traditional Waxman means in order to get a suitable and strong original electric power communication network.After the nodes were created,a vulnerability analysis was given on the grid of the network topology and check that if it has a network islanding,at last the weak nodes would be reinforced.A simulation about this algorithm shows that this algorithm which combines K-means and vulner-ability can create a electric power communication networks with better resistance of risks.…”
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Red Palm Mite, Raoiella indica Hirst (Arachnida: Acari: Tenuipalpidae) by Marjorie A. Hoy, Jorge Peña, Ru Nguyen

“…Hoy, Jorge Peña and Ru Nguyen, describes this pest of several important ornamental and fruit-bearing palm species that is in the process of colonizing islands in the Carribean.  Includes sections on distribution; description and life cycle; hosts; survey, detection and damage; management; and selected references.  …”
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Prevalence  of  Chronic  Otitis  Media  and  Its  Associated  Hearing  Impairment  among  School  Going  Children by Arun Maran Sattien, Priyokumar Singh Oinam, Mosin Babu, Shandyalata Yumlembam, Lalnunpuia Thangluah

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Power Spectral Density and Functional Connectivity Changes due to a Sensorimotor Neurofeedback Training: A Preliminary Study by Juan L. Terrasa, Guzmán Alba, Ignacio Cifre, Beatriz Rey, Pedro Montoya, Miguel A. Muñoz

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Psychiatric Care, Training and Research in Aotearoa New Zealand by Chao-Cheng (Chris) Lin, Charlotte Mentzel, Maria Luz C. Querubin

“…The country comprises two main islands – the North and South Islands – with total population of 5 million. …”
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Facial masks and soft‐biometrics: Leveraging face recognition CNNs for age and gender prediction on mobile ocular images by Fernando Alonso‐Fernandez, Kevin Hernandez‐Diaz, Silvia Ramis, Francisco J. Perales, Josef Bigun

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Women’s understanding and experiences of menopause in low-income and middle-income countries in the Asia Pacific region: a scoping review protocol by Michelle Redman-MacLaren, Karen Cheer, Relmah Baritama Harrington, Dorothy Esau, Emmy Foroasi

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Masking Agents Evaluation for Lead Determination by Flow Injection-Hydride Generation-Atomic Fluorescence Spectrometry Technique: Effect of KI, L-Cysteine, and 1,10-Phenanthroline by Blanca G. Beltrán, Luz O. Leal, Laura Ferrer, Víctor Cerdà

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Enhancing the robustness of block ciphers through a graphical S-box evolution scheme for secure multimedia applications by Abdul Razaq, Muhammad Mahboob Ahsan, Hanan Alolaiyan, Musheer Ahmad, Qin Xin

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Seabird nutrient subsidy alters size and resource use of functionally important mangrove macroinvertebrates by Jennifer Appoo, Nicholas A. J. Graham, Christopher W. Jones, Sébastien Jaquemet, Nancy Bunbury

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In Vitro Osteogenic Properties of Two Dental Implant Surfaces by Marta Monjo, Christiane Petzold, Joana Maria Ramis, Staale Petter Lyngstadaas, Jan Eirik Ellingsen

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Taro Planthopper Tarophagus colocasiae (Matsumura) (Insecta: Hemiptera: Delphacidae: Delphacinae) by Alexander Tasi, Adam Dale

“…Schott) Originally native to Southeast Asia, Indonesia, and islands in the Pacific Ocean, Tarophagus colocasiae was first discovered in the continental United States at a garden center in Winter Haven, FL in 2015. …”
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Registros más occidentales de Gonatodes albogularis fuscus (Squamata: Sphaerodactylidae) en Honduras y comentarios sobre su taxonomía y conservación by Cristopher A. Antúnez-Fonseca, Oscar R. Suazo-Ortega, Alejandro J. Salguero-Sánchez, Marcio Martínez

“… Gonatodes albogularis fuscus (Hallowell, 1855) is known mainly from the lowlands from Chiapas in Mexico to western Venezuela and Colombia and in several Caribbean islands. In Honduras it has been reported from the center, south, east and north, however there are no reports from the west of the country. …”
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Les paradoxes du littoral Swahili by François Bart

“…In such a wide area, the relaying function of islands and continental corridors from main harbours is very important.…”
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Taro Planthopper Tarophagus colocasiae (Matsumura) (Insecta: Hemiptera: Delphacidae: Delphacinae) by Alexander Tasi, Adam Dale

“…Schott) Originally native to Southeast Asia, Indonesia, and islands in the Pacific Ocean, Tarophagus colocasiae was first discovered in the continental United States at a garden center in Winter Haven, FL in 2015. …”
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