XMRV Discovery and Prostate Cancer-Related Research by David E. Kang, Michael C. Lee, Jaydip Das Gupta, Eric A. Klein, Robert H. Silverman

“…Subsequent investigations in North America, Europe, Asia, and Africa have either observed or failed to detect XMRV in patients (prostate cancer, chronic fatigue syndrome-myalgic encephalomyelitis (CFS-ME), and immunosuppressed with respiratory tract infections) or normal, healthy, control individuals. …”
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Exposure to outdoor air pollution and its human health outcomes: A scoping review. by Zhuanlan Sun, Demi Zhu

“…The included studies showed an increasing publication trend from 1992 to 2008, and most of the studies were conducted in Asia, Europe, and North America. Among the eight categorized health outcomes, asthma (category: respiratory diseases) and mortality (category: health records) were the most common ones. …”
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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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ANALYSIS OF FOREIGN EXPERIENCE OF INTRODUCTION OF THE SCHOOL DRESS CODE by O, I, Denisova

“…The advantages and disadvantages of existing approaches to the development requirements in the countries of Europe, Asia, Africa, and North America are analysed.Scientific novelty. The influence of policy of a school dress-code on children’s behavior and health, relationships in multinational school groups, identification and safety of school students is proved. …”
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Absence of the Genetic Marker IS6110 from a Strain of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Isolated in Ontario by Susan T Howard, Matthew T Oughton, Albert Haddad, Wendy M Johnson

“…The arrival of immigrants with tuberculosis from southeast Asia, where most strains of M tuberculosis lacking IS6110 have been traced, has important implications for epidemiological studies of tuberculosis in North America.…”
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Basal Cell Carcinoma of the Female Breast Masquerading as Invasive Primary Breast Carcinoma: An Uncommon Presentation Site by Mark B. Ulanja, Mohamed E. Taha, Arshad A. Al-Mashhadani, Marwah Muaad Al-Tekreeti, Christie Elliot, Santhosh Ambika

“…Skin cancer as a single entity is the most common malignancy in North America, accounting for half of all human cancers. …”
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Identifying Large- and Small-Scale Habitat Characteristics of Monarch Butterfly Migratory Roost Sites with Citizen Science Observations by Andrew K. Davis, Nathan P. Nibbelink, Elizabeth Howard

“…Monarch butterflies (Danaus plexippus) in eastern North America must make frequent stops to rest and refuel during their annual migration. …”
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Trends of Rural Tropospheric Ozone at the Northwest of the Iberian Peninsula by S. Saavedra, A. Rodríguez, J. A. Souto, J. J. Casares, J. L. Bermúdez, B. Soto

“…Tropospheric ozone levels around urban and suburban areas at Europe and North America had increased during 80’s–90’s, until the application of NOx reduction strategies. …”
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Unstable thoracolumbar injuries: A bibliometric analysis of the most influential papers by Eduardo Cattapan Piovesan, Werner Petry Silva, Alfredo Guiroy, Bruna Zanatta De Freitas, Vinícius Cercena Vargas, Charles Carazzo

“…Conclusions: The unstable thoracolumbar research field is prominent in North America and has been more frequently published in orthopedic journals, after 1995.…”
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Existence of multiple-stable equilibria for a multi-drug-resistant model of mycobacterium tuberculosis by Abba B. Gumel, Baojun Song

“…The resurgence of multi-drug-resistant tuberculosis in some partsof Europe and North America calls for a mathematical study to assess theimpact of the emergence and spread of such strain on the global effort to effectively control the burden of tuberculosis. …”
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Diversity, Distribution, and Evolution of Bioluminescent Fungi by Brian A. Perry, Dennis E. Desjardin, Cassius V. Stevani

“…With the caveat that most regions of the world have not been extensively sampled for bioluminescent fungi, the areas with the most known species are Japan (36), South America (30), North America (27), Malesia, South Asia, and Southeast Asia (26), Europe (23), Central America (21), China (13), Africa (10), Australasia, Papua New Guinea, and New Caledonia (11), and the Pacific Islands (5). …”
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Addressing the diversity of Xylodon raduloides complex through integrative taxonomy by Javier Fernández-López, M. Teresa Telleria, Margarita Dueñas, Andrew W. Wilson, Mahajabeen Padamsee, Peter K. Buchanan, Gregory M. Mueller, María P. Martín

“…Four different species were found inside the Xylodon raduloides complex, with a biogeographic distribution pattern bound by geographic regions: Europe, North America, Patagonia, and Australia–New Zealand. …”
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Deep Venous Thrombosis and Bilateral Pulmonary Embolism Revealing Silent Celiac Disease: Case Report and Review of the Literature by Igor Dumic, Scott Martin, Nadim Salfiti, Robert Watson, Tamara Alempijevic

“…PE, however, as a presentation of CD is exceedingly rare and to the best of our knowledge this is the third case report of such an occurrence and the only case report of a patient from North America. It is important to recognize that the first symptoms or signs of celiac disease might be extraintestinal. …”
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Improving Oil Supply Security: Using a Risk Optimization Model to China and India by Ming Qi, Danyang Shi, Congcong Li, Jialu Wu, Pei Wang

“…India should import four times as much oil from the United States as it does now and import 10 times more crude oil from Russia. Africa and North America will play a more important role in India’s oil supply security.…”
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Development of Screening Tools for the Interpretation of Chemical Biomonitoring Data by Richard A. Becker, Sean M. Hays, Steven Robison, Lesa L. Aylward

“…Evaluation of a larger number of chemicals in commerce from the perspective of potential human health risk has become a focus of attention in North America and Europe. Screening-level chemical risk assessment evaluations consider both exposure and hazard. …”
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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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The Current State and Needs of North American Movement Disorders Fellowship Programs by Ludy C. Shih, Daniel Tarsy, Michael S. Okun

“…A 31-item internet-based survey was formulated and distributed to academic movement disorders listed in the American Academy of Neurology (AAN) directory as having a movement disorders fellowship and to all National Parkinson Foundation Centers of Excellence and Care Centers in North America. Results. There was a 77% response rate among academic movement disorders centers. …”
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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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A Novel Strain of <i>Orientia tsutsugamushi</i> Detected from Chiggers (Acari: Trombiculidae) on Wild Rodents by Hak Seon Lee, Seong Yoon Kim, Hee Il Lee

“…<i>Orientia</i> species have recently been discovered in South America, Africa, Europe, and North America. In accordance with these circumstances, we tried to find new or novel bacterial strains in the Republic of Korea (ROK). …”
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Social effect of implementing active longevity strategies by V. I. Aleshnikova, T. A. Burtseva, Z. A. Nuriddinov

“…The paper considers declarations, concepts, and strategies directing to solve the problem of population aging, which is relevant for countries of the Europe, North America, the Russian Federation. The authors investigate the issues of an assessment of the social effect of implementing strategies and programs for active longevity, in domestic science and practice and conclude, that at present, universal methodology is not developed, and the existing standard approaches are adapted from the management of corporate structures. …”
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