Forest Tent Caterpillar, Malacosoma disstria Hübner (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Lasiocampidae) by James R. Meeker

“… The forest tent caterpillar, Malacosoma disstria Hübner, is the most widely distributed indigenous tent caterpillar in North America (Furniss and Carolin 1977). The forest tent caterpillar has been recognized as an important defoliator of a wide variety of deciduous hardwood trees throughout its range for many years (Batzer and Morris 1978). …”
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Black Swan Event and The Stock Market Volatility Response to Shocks in Developed, Emerging, Frontier and the BRIC Markets: Lessons from the COVID-19 Pandemic by Nayanjyoti Bhattacharjee, Anupam De

“…Further, the developed markets in North America, and the frontier markets in Africa were associated with a symmetric volatility response. …”
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Willingness to stay or quit: evidence from migrants working in the galway bar and restaurant industry in Ireland by Olaiwola Jamiu Ogunpaimo, Kesiena Ebenade

“…On the contrary, the majority of those willing to build a long-term career in the industry are from the EU, North America and Asia, while a more significant proportion of migrant workers from Africa and South America plan to stop working in the sector. …”
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THE EFFECT OF SOCIAL PROGRESS AND EDUCATION ON CORRUPTION: A CONTINGENCY THEORY PERSPECTIVE by Hatidža Jahić, Merima Činjarević

“…These measures were gathered for 84 countries across five continents (Europe, Africa, Asia, North America, and South America). Support was found for the main effect of social progress on corruption as well as for the main effect of education on corruption. …”
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White Garden Snail, Theba pisana (Mueller) (Gastropoda: Helicidae) by Jane E. Deisler, Lionel A. Stange

“… The white garden snail, Theba pisana (Mueller), is the worst potential agricultural pest of the helicid snails introduced to North America (Mead 1971). It is the most frequently intercepted foreign land snail (Hanna 1966, Mead 1971), generally arriving in shipments from the Mediterranean countries. …”
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Resolving issues in the genus Dioxys (Hymenoptera, Megachilidae, Dioxyini) in the West Palaearctic with a new identification key by T. J. Wood

“…The bee genus Dioxys is widely distributed across the Holarctic from the Mediterranean basin to western North America but is species-poor, and individual species can prove challenging to identify. …”
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An investigation into the extent of, and reason for, the theory-to-practice disparity in Montessori early childhood settings in South Africa by Susanne van Niekerk

“…Previous Montessori research in Europe and North America has addressed the results of, but not the reasons for, modification to Montessori best practice. …”
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THE EFFECT OF SOCIAL PROGRESS AND EDUCATION ON CORRUPTION: A CONTINGENCY THEORY PERSPECTIVE by Hatidža Jahić, Merima Činjarević

“…These measures were gathered for 84 countries across five continents (Europe, Africa, Asia, North America, and South America). Support was found for the main effect of social progress on corruption as well as for the main effect of education on corruption. …”
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White Garden Snail, Theba pisana (Mueller) (Gastropoda: Helicidae) by Jane E. Deisler, Lionel A. Stange

“… The white garden snail, Theba pisana (Mueller), is the worst potential agricultural pest of the helicid snails introduced to North America (Mead 1971). It is the most frequently intercepted foreign land snail (Hanna 1966, Mead 1971), generally arriving in shipments from the Mediterranean countries. …”
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Global patterns of taxonomic and phylogenetic endemism in liverwort assemblages by Hong Qian, Shenhua Qian

“…Regions exhibiting notably high endemism are predominantly found in tropical Asia, Madagascar, eastern Australia, and the Andes, while those with notably low endemism are generally in temperate Eurasia and North America, parts of Africa, and eastern South America. …”
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New information on Bonapartenykus (Alvarezsauridae: Theropoda) from the Allen Formation (middle Campanian-lower Maastrichtian) of Río Negro Province, Patagonia, Argentina clarifies... by Jorge Gustavo Meso, Jonah Nathaniel Choiniere, Mattia Antonio Baiano, Stephen Louis Brusatte, Juan Ignacio Canale, Leonardo Salgado, Diego Pol, Michael Pittman

“…This clade had a widespread distribution in Laurasia in what is now Europe, Asia, and North America, although there are also several Cretaceous taxa from Gondwana in what is now Argentina that all belong to the family Alvarezsauridae. …”
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Migrant churches and reverse mission: Missiological gaps and missionary trap by Phillip Musoni

“…Currently, many Zimbabwean churches like other African Churches have crossed continental borders, setting up branches in Europe and North America. This phenomenon of African Churches engaging with diasporic communities has been described by scholars as a ‘Reverse Mission’. …”
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Diverse fox circovirus (Circovirus canine) variants circulate at high prevalence in grey wolves (Canis lupus) from the Northwest Territories, Canada by Canuti, Marta, King, Abigail V.L., Franzo, Giovanni, Cluff, H. Dean, Larsen, Lars E., Fenton, Heather, Dufour, Suzanne C., Lang, Andrew S.

“…Finally, viruses from Europe and North America were mixed, indicating that the origin of the four lineages might predate the segregation of European and American wolf and fox populations. …”
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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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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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The Hidden Economic Consequences of Migraine to the UK Government: Burden-of-Disease Analysis Using a Fiscal Framework by Rui Martins, Samuel Large, Rachel Russell, Gary Surmay, Mark P. Connolly

“…Europe has the fourth-highest prevalence of migraine, after North America, South America, and Central America, and above Asia and Africa. …”
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NASSDA as a Data-Collaborative Network to Enhance Social Science Research in East Asia by Pei-Shan Liao, Shuai Wang, Hiroshi Ishida, Hearan Koo, Won-ho Park

“…Such international collaboration, however, is few in regions other than Europe and North America. It is also important to share social science data, given the contributions of social science research. …”
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Sing A Song for Home: How Displaced Iranian Song-Writers in LA Conceive of Home and Homeland by Pouya Morshedi, Lisa-Jo K. van den Scott

“…Many of them moved to Europe and North America. We analyzed songs from 1979 to 1999, produced in Los Angeles, as the heart of Iranian pop music after the revolution, focusing on the concept of “home.” …”
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Archibald Henry Sayce (1845–1933) and the Transition from 19th-Century Comparative Philology to 20th-Century General Linguistics by Subbiondo Joseph L., Kilarski Marcin

“…On the other hand, his reinterpretation of examples from the languages of North America, Southern Africa, and Tasmania as evidence of the lack of abstract and generic terms not only violated his methodological assumptions but was also consistent with the common nineteenth-century practice of treating words as an index of civilizational development.…”
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Disease Burden and Harm of Osteoarthritis by WU Haotian, LIN Jianhao

“…The heaviest burden is observed in high-income North America while the fastest growth of burden is observed in high-income Asia Pacific. …”
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