Divergent Responses of Grassland Productivity to Large-Scale Atmospheric Circulations Across Ecoregions on the Mongolian Plateau by Cuicui Jiao, Xiaobo Yi, Ji Luo, Ying Wang, Yuanjie Deng, Xiao Guo

“…Autumn TCs, particularly the Pacific/North America and North Atlantic Oscillation, had a greater impact in arid regions like the Gobi Desert steppe and the Great Lakes Basin desert steppe ecoregions. …”
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EAST ASIA - REGIONAL OR GLOBAL FINANCIAL INTEGRATION? by S. V. Nozdrev

“…Currently, among the investment flows that lay ground for financial integration with other regions, the leading place is taken by funds from and to the countries of North America and Western Europe. At the same time, the growth in intraregional investment, especially in terms of assets, significantly exceeds growth from the group of developed countries, the share of participation of the latter in interregional relations is gradually decreasing. …”
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Squamanitaceae and three new species of Squamanita parasitic on Amanita basidiomes by Jian-Wei Liu, Zai-Wei Ge, Egon Horak, Alfredo Vizzini, Roy E. Halling, Chun-Lei Pan, Zhu L. Yang

“…Our data indicates that “S. umbonata” from the Northern hemisphere forms two species complexes, one complex includes six specimens from North America, Europe, and East Asia, the other includes two specimens from Central America and North America respectively. …”
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Global cervical cancer elimination: quantifying the status, progress, and gaps by Liangru Zhou, Yi Li, Hongyun Wang, Ruixi Qin, Zhen Han, Ruifeng Li

“…Most of these were in Europe (41, 30.83%), Asia (32, 24.06%), and North America (20, 15.04%). Additionally, 126 countries (44 (34.92%) HICs and 82 (65.08%) LMICs)) had published national guidelines on CC management. …”
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The Effectiveness of Ultrasound Surveillance for Hepatocellular Carcinoma in a Canadian Centre and Determinants of Its Success by Korosh Khalili, Ravi Menezes, Tae Kyoung Kim, Leyla Kochak Yazdi, Hyun-Jung Jang, Suraj Sharma, Jordan Feld, Morris Sherman

“…BACKGROUND: The effectiveness of surveillance for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) using ultrasound (US) in North America has been questioned due to the predominance of patients of Caucasian ethnicity and larger body habitus.…”
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African Honey Bee: What You Need to Know by Malcolm T. Sanford, H. Glenn Hall

“…The European honey bee is the race common to North America, and is an amalgam of many European subspecies imported over the past several centuries. …”
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Spanish Moth or Convict Caterpillar, Xanthopastis timais (Cramer) (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Noctiuidae) by John B. Heppner, Kathryn A. Barbara, Eileen A. Buss

“…Spotted larval forms of Spanish moth appear similar to lily borer larvae, Brithys crini (Fabricius) (Godfrey 1972) of Europe and the Old World tropics, but only the banded larval form of the Spanish moth occurs in North America. This document is EENY-271, one of a series of Featured Creatures from the Entomology and Nematology Department, Florida Cooperative Extension Service, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida. …”
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Blueberry Gall Midge on Southern Highbush Blueberry in Florida by Oscar E. Liburd, Douglas A. Phillips

“… Blueberry gall midge is a small fly native to North America that feeds on blueberries and cranberries. …”
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Blueberry Gall Midge on Southern Highbush Blueberry in Florida by Oscar E. Liburd, Douglas A. Phillips

“… Blueberry gall midge is a small fly native to North America that feeds on blueberries and cranberries. …”
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Spanish Moth or Convict Caterpillar, Xanthopastis timais (Cramer) (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Noctiuidae) by John B. Heppner, Kathryn A. Barbara, Eileen A. Buss

“…Spotted larval forms of Spanish moth appear similar to lily borer larvae, Brithys crini (Fabricius) (Godfrey 1972) of Europe and the Old World tropics, but only the banded larval form of the Spanish moth occurs in North America. This document is EENY-271, one of a series of Featured Creatures from the Entomology and Nematology Department, Florida Cooperative Extension Service, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida. …”
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Cactus Moth, Cactoblastis cactorum (Berg) (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) by Dale H. Habeck, F. D. Bennett, Christine Miller

“…Since its arrival in the Florida Keys in 1989, this invasive species has become a serious threat to the diversity and abundance of Opuntia cactus in North America. The spread of this moth raises concerns about harm to rare opuntioid species (prickly pear and related cacti), the endangerment of wild opuntioids in the southwestern United States and Mexico, and the consequent effects on entire desert ecosystems and economic hardship for communities in Mexico that cultivate and sell Opuntia. …”
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Colorado Potato Beetle, Leptinotarsa decemlineata (Say) and False Potato Beetle, Leptinotarsa juncta (Germar) (Insecta: Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) by Richard L. Jacques, Jr.

“… True "potato beetles" are members of the beetle genus Leptinotarsa, with 32 species in North America, including Mexico; 10 species in the continental United States, including two species in Florida. …”
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Bermudagrass Stem Maggot—A New Pest in Florida by Ann Blount, Tim Wilson, Jay Ferrell, Russ Mizell, Jonael Bosques

“…The identification of the fly was the first record of this species in North America, and it has the potential to become a serious pest of bermudagrass and stargrass in Florida. …”
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Apple Maggot, Apple Maggot Fly, Rhagoletis pomonella (Walsh) (Insecta: Diptera: Tephritidae) by Howard V. Weems, Thomas R. Fasulo

“… The apple maggot, Rhagoletis pomonella (Walsh), also known as the apple maggot fly and “railroad worm,” is native to North America. Originally, it fed on the fruit of wild hawthorn (Crataegus spp.), but then became a primary pest of cultivated apples, especially in the northeastern United States and southeastern Canada. …”
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La stratégie de la « smart city » au Japon : expérimentations nationales et circulations globales by Raphaël Languillon-Aussel, Nicolas Leprêtre, Benoit Granier

“…The “smart” cities constitute a new urban imaginary which has recently been spreading through the world, in particular in East Asia, North America, and Europe. Is it for all that a new urban model and, in that case, is it a unique and globalized one? …”
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Estimation for a Second-Order Jump Diffusion Model from Discrete Observations: Application to Stock Market Returns by Tianshun Yan, Yanyong Zhao, Shuanghua Luo

“…The empirical analysis of stock market data from North America, Asia, and Europe is provided for illustration.…”
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A cinematographic analysis of English-dubbed Korean films by Miseon Yoon

“…The data comprises 12 original and English-dubbed Korean film DVDs released in North America in the 21st century. Using a multimodal corpus ELAN, the film texts are segmented into individual shots, with the dubbed dialogue analyzed based on shot sizes and sound types. …”
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Biology and Management of Pilea microphylla (Artillery Weed) in Ornamental Crop Production by Dabalina Saha, Chris Marble, Shawn Steed, Nathan Boyd

“…Artillery weed occurs primarily in moist, disturbed areas and is thought to be native to South America and parts of North America. It is found throughout Florida. Written by Debalina Saha, Chris Marble, Shawn Steed, and Nathan Boyd, and published by the Environmental Horticulture Department, December 2016. …”
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Apple Maggot, Apple Maggot Fly, Rhagoletis pomonella (Walsh) (Insecta: Diptera: Tephritidae) by Howard V. Weems, Thomas R. Fasulo

“… The apple maggot, Rhagoletis pomonella (Walsh), also known as the apple maggot fly and “railroad worm,” is native to North America. Originally, it fed on the fruit of wild hawthorn (Crataegus spp.), but then became a primary pest of cultivated apples, especially in the northeastern United States and southeastern Canada. …”
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Atmospheric Transport Towards the Iberian Peninsula in the 3- to 10-Day Range by Raquel Nieto, Luis Gimeno

“…Transatlantic transport is the main pathway of the air reaching the Iberian Peninsula in the studied range of 3—10 days; local sources are limited to 3 days of transport. The presence of North America as a source from days 6—10 of transport identifies this region as the main potential contributor to the middle-lived pollutants over the Iberian Peninsula.…”
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