Smokeless tobacco excise taxes in the US: Standardizing the measurement for empirical analysis by Yanyun He, Zezhong Zhang, Qian Yang, Ce Shang

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An Afrocentric Critique of World Systems Analysis as a Critical Theory in International Relations by Makhura Rapanyane, Kgothatso Shai

“…The aim of this paper is to bring about world system analysis as the best tool in analysing the world politics, understanding world history and key reasons for imperialism, and why core countries such as the United States of America (USA), China and etc., often intervene in world crises through grants and other forms of aid. …”
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Couple-Based Intervention to Improve HIV Care Engagement for Women and their Partners in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa: Outcomes of a Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial by Jennifer M. Belus PhD, Alastair van Heerden PhD, Abigail C. Hines MPH, Thembelihle P. Pita MCom, Yvonne Mdakane MSS, Jessica F. Magidson PhD, Heidi van Rooyen PhD, Ruanne V. Barnabas MBChB, PhD

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Comparison of three-dimensional digital exoscope to standard operating microscope in minimally-invasive lumbar decompression: A cohort study in a community setting by Daniel E. Fulkerson, Evan Medich, Dale F. Szpisjak, Daniel H. Fulkerson

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P-cadherin-dependent adhesions are required for single lumen formation and HGF-mediated cell protrusions during epithelial morphogenesis by Sydnie K. Tran, Jessanne Y. Lichtenberg, Corinne E. Leonard, Jessica R. Williamson, Hazel R. Sterling, Grace K. Panek, Amanda H. Pearson, Santiago Lopez, Christopher A. Lemmon, Daniel E. Conway, Priscilla Y. Hwang

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Ambient wing cistern: History, anatomy, imaging and approaches: An overview by Mohamed R. Emara, Alkawthar M. Abdulsada, Abdulaziz S. Alayyaf, Hussein A. Baban, Hala A. Al-Hchaimi, Mustafa Ismail, Samer S. Hoz

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Investigating Effective Factors in Maxillary Sinus Membrane Rupture and Its Treatment Methods: A Review by Nima Dehghani, Mohadeseh Azarsina, Xaniar Mahmoudi, Rahil Barani, Sahar Hassantash, Neshatafarin Manouchehri

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What Is the Prevalence of Hip Abductor Pathology in Patients Undergoing Total Hip Arthroplasty? by David A. Brethouwer, DO, Matthew L. Brown, MD, Julie C. McCauley, MPH, William D. Bugbee, MD, Eric Y. Chang, MD, Alecio F. Lombardi, MD, Brian J. Rebolledo, MD

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Medium-scale traveling ionospheric disturbances created by primary gravity waves generated by a winter storm by Kogure Masaru, Chou Min-Yang, Yue Jia, Otsuka Yuichi, Liu Huixin, Sassi Fabrizio, Pedatella Nicholas, Randall Cora E., Harvey V. Lynn

“…A cold weather front moved over the northern-central USA (90–100°W, 35–45°N) during the daytime of 20 October 2020, with strong upward airflow. …”
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‘There’s a Little Bit of Tension There’: perspectives of mothers and early childhood educators on breast-feeding in child care centers by Jill R Demirci, Rachel Dieterich, Melissa Glasser, Caroline Harpel, Timothy Shope

“… Abstract Objective: To explore mothers’ and early childhood (EC) educators’ experiences of breast-feeding/breast milk provision and breast-feeding support in child care centres (CCC) in the USA. Design: We conducted one-time, semi-structured phone interviews with mothers and EC educators to examine perceptions of support, accommodations and barriers to breast-feeding in CCC. …”
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Results of a study of soybean source material for breeding purposes under the conditions of Primorsky Territory by E. A. Vasina, E. S. Butovets, L. M. Lukyanchuk

“…Compared to the reference ‘Primorskaya 4’, an increase of more than 35% in productivity was observed in the cultivars ‘Mestnaya’ (Russia), ‘Jilin’ (China), ‘Montreal’ (France), and ‘XP 977-1.9’ (USA). Cvs. ‘No. 075-2’ (USA), ‘K0152’ (Ukraine), ‘Muzanze Stamm M 4789/74’, ‘SOJA 1065’ and ‘Adsoi’ (Germany) were characterized by earliness (100 days). …”
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Co-occurrence of a Mullerian anomaly and Kallmann syndrome: A case report by Lea C. George, Rebecca Gendelman, Anat Chemerinski, Pierre Lespinasse, Inessa A. Goldman, Sara Morelli

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Multiple blood feeding bouts in mosquitoes allow for prolonged survival and are predicted to increase viral transmission during dry periods by Christopher J. Holmes, Souvik Chakraborty, Oluwaseun M. Ajayi, Melissa R. Uhran, Ronja Frigard, Crystal L. Stacey, Emily E. Susanto, Shyh-Chi Chen, Jason L. Rasgon, Matthew DeGennaro, Yanyu Xiao, Joshua B. Benoit

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Elliptical Fourier analysis of molar outlines in Late Pliocene Parapapio whitei from Makapansgat Limeworks, South Africa by Alexander C. Kim, Frank L’Engle Williams

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Strongly Magnetized Accretion with Low Angular Momentum Produces a Weak Jet by Alisa Galishnikova, Alexander Philippov, Eliot Quataert, Koushik Chatterjee, Matthew Liska

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Strategies to Enhance Nanocrystal Formulations for Overcoming Physiological Barriers Across Diverse Routes of Administration by Yanamadala Y, Muthumula CMR, Khare S, Gokulan K

“…Yaswanthi Yanamadala,* Chandra Mohan Reddy Muthumula,* Sangeeta Khare, Kuppan Gokulan Division of Microbiology, National Center for Toxicological Research, US Food and Drug Administration, Jefferson, AR, 72079, USA*These authors contributed equally to this workCorrespondence: Kuppan Gokulan, Division of Microbiology, National Center for Toxicological Research, US Food and Drug Administration, 3900 NCTR Road, Jefferson, AR, 72079, USA, Email Kuppan.gokulan@fda.hhs.govAbstract: Poor aqueous solubility and bioavailability limit the translation of new drug candidates into clinical applications. …”
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The results of the ecological study of different ecotypes of spring barley varieties in the dry conditions of the Volgograd Province by G. V. Kozubovskaya, V. I. Balakshina

“…Twenty-two varieties from Russia, the USA, Canada, Belarus and Germany were selected for the study, and 'Donetskiy 8' was used as a reference.Results and conclusions. …”
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Obliquity Dependence of Ocean Productivity and Atmospheric CO2 on Earth-like Worlds by Paul Lerner, Anastasia Romanou, Michael Way, Christopher Colose

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Evaluation of conditioning temperature and retention time on Enterococcus faecium inactivation, vitamin stability, metabolizable energy, and amino acid digestibility by J.I. Vargas, W.J. Pacheco, L.M. Almeida, C.W. Starkey, E. Monu

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Three months of weekly rifapentine plus isoniazid for TB prevention among people with HIV by R. Borse, B. Randive, S. Mattoo, P. Malik, H. Solanki, A. Gupta, R.E. Chaisson, V. Mave, N. Suryavanshi

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