A Novel Student-Initiated International Emergency Medicine Competition: A Decade of Experience from the Khon Kaen University International Challenge of Emergency Medicine by Yui Okamura, Parames Ngeabngamsri, Ami Iwano, Thanachit Krikeerati, Kotaro Yanagisawa, Thanut Jansirirat, Moeko Ohkoshi, Tomonari Shimoda, Thomas Mayers, Praew Kotruchin, Pattarapong Makarawate

“…Since 2016, it has been held eight times and attracted participation from approximately 500 students across 18 countries spanning Asia, Europe, North America, and Africa. …”
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Validez y fiabilidad de la escala de participación de niños y adolescentes (CASP): una revisión sistemática by Elizabeth Roldán González, Andry Yasmid Mera Mamián, Ana Marcela Bolaños Roldán, Lina Giccela Suarez Muñoz, Paola Andrea García Marín

“…The Child and Adolescent Participation Scale (CASP) has been used to assess this construct, with its validity and reliability reported in various countries. Objective: This study analyzed the validity and reliability of the CASP scale, identifying its strengths and limitations. …”
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Fertility-Sparing Surgery in Early Epithelial Ovarian Cancer: A Viable Option? by Christina Fotopoulou, Ioana Braicu, Jalid Sehouli

“…Epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC) continues to represent one of the most lethal conditions in women in the western countries. With the shifting of childbearing towards higher age, EOC increasingly affects women with active childbearing wish, resulting in major impacts on treatment management. …”
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Lassa Fever in Pregnancy: Report of 2 Cases Seen at the University College Hospital, Ibadan by O. O. Bello, O. R. Akinajo, K. H. Odubamowo, T. A. O. Oluwasola

“…Lassa fever (LF), an acute viral haemorrhagic fever, is an endemic zoonotic viral infection in West Africa countries with up to 15% case fatality rate. Though a rodent-borne infection, it can also be transmitted from person to person during the care of sick relations or more commonly in health care settings as a nosocomial infection. …”
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An overview of the distribution and ecology of the alien cyanobacteria species Raphidiopsis raciborskii, Sphaerospermopsis aphanizomenoides and Chrysosporum bergii in Europe by Šuikaitė Izabelė, Vansevičiūtė Gelminė, Koreivienė Judita

“…In this article, we provide a detailed overview of the countries where they are distributed and the occurrence of the blooms in Europe. …”
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Earthquake Influence on the Rail Irregularity on High-Speed Railway Bridge by Zhipeng Lai, Xin Kang, Lizhong Jiang, Wangbao Zhou, Yulin Feng, Yuntai Zhang, Jian Yu, Leixin Nie

“…In this study, the differences between existing rail irregularities without being subjected to an earthquake between different countries were first studied. Results show that existing power spectrum density and time-domain displacement samples of rail irregularities in the American code are the largest, while the irregularities of the Germany railway are higher than those of China in a specific range of rail wavelengths. …”
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Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Dual M. tuberculosis/M. bovis Infection as the Cause of Tuberculosis in a Gorilla and a Lioness, Respectively, in Ibadan Zoo, Nigeria by Aina Adeogun, Olutayo Omobowale, Chiaka Owuamanam, Olugbenga Alaka, Victor Taiwo, Dick van Soolingen, Simeon Cadmus

“…This is even very important in countries where there is little public health awareness about the disease; thus confined animals in the zoo can be infected directly or indirectly by infected humans and vice versa. …”
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Effect of temperature on seasonal wind power and energy potential estimates in Nordic climates by Markus Salmelin, Hannu Karjunen, Jukka Lassila

“…The topic is highly relevant in the Nordic countries where roughly 10% of new global added wind capacity is installed annually.…”
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Beta-Thalassemia in Iran: New Insight into the Role of Genetic Admixture and Migration by Ali Reza Rezaee, Mohammad Mehdi Banoei, Elham Khalili, Massoud Houshmand

“…We compared the frequencies of β-globin mutations in different regions of Iran with those derived from neighboring countries. The analysis provided evidence of complementary information about the genetic admixture and migration of some mutations, as well as the remarkable genetic classification of the Iranian people and ethnic groups.…”
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Peripheral Signals Mediate the Beneficial Effects of Gastric Surgery in Obesity by Silvia Barja-Fernández, Cintia Folgueira, Cecilia Castelao, Rosaura Leis, Felipe F. Casanueva, Luisa M. Seoane

“…Obesity is nowadays a public health problem both in the industrialized world and developing countries. The different treatments to fight against obesity are not very successful with the exception of gastric surgery. …”
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Role of Public Institutions and Soft Law in Climate Change Governance After Paris Agreement: European Green Deal as a Catalyst and the Change in the Administrative and Legal Set-Up... by Emel Karabulut Uçar, Bengi Demirci

“…The aim of this study is to understand how organizational and legislative structures have changed in the countries which ratified Paris Agreement and to understand the characteristics of the climate change governance model brought about. …”
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ESTIMATING PRIVATE FINANCIAL RETURN ON INVESTMENT IN EDUCATION IN TANGAIL CITY: A MINCERIAN MODEL ANALYSIS by Kazi Tabassum, Muhammad Rabiul Islam Liton

“…In most of the cases researchers used earnings function for estimating return on investments in education and found lower return for developing and least developed countries. Therefore, the study aimed to investigate the private financial return on investments in education in Tangail City of Bangladesh. …”
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Research on the Pattern and Evolution Characteristics of Global Dry Bulk Shipping Network Driven by Big Data by Haijiang Li, Xin Zhang, Peng Jia, Qianqi Ma

“…Link prediction results indicate that many potential new shipping routes exist within regions or between neighboring countries, exhibiting clear regional clustering characteristics. …”
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Preserving, improving and rediscovering: The role of the Research Centre of Viticulture and Enology in safeguarding grapevine genetic resources in Italy by Maria Antonietta Palombi, Vittorio Alba, Marco Ammoniaci, Noemi Bevilacqua, Angelo Raffaele Caputo, Roberto Carraro, Stefano Favale, Simone Garavelloni, Massimo Gardiman, Massimo Morassut, Marina Niero, Roberto Nuti, Giuseppina Pipitone, Sergio Puccioni, Alessandra Zombardo

“…Protecting this biodiversity is of utmost importance, especially in countries historically devoted to viticulture, such as Italy. …”
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Coinfection with Rickettsia helvetica and Herpes Simplex Virus 2 in a Young Woman with Meningoencephalitis by Kenneth Nilsson, Katarina Wallménius, Carl Påhlson

“…Because Sweden and other European countries are endemic areas for rickettsioses, the paper reaffirms the importance of investigating for the presence of rickettsial infections in endemic areas in cases of meningitis of uncertain aetiology.…”
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Prevalence and Pattern of Soil-Transmitted Helminthic Infection among Primary School Children in a Rural Community in Imo State, Nigeria by Kelechi Kenneth Odinaka, Emeka Charles Nwolisa, Francis Mbanefo, Alfreda Chinekwu Iheakaram, Seline Okolo

“…Soil-transmitted helminthic infection is a common public health challenge of primary school children in resource challenged and developing countries. Our aim was to determine the prevalence and pattern of soil-transmitted helminthic infection among primary school children in a rural community in Imo State, Nigeria. …”
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GENDER STRUCTURE OF HIGHER EDUCATION TEACHING STAFF IN RUSSIA by Victoria F. Pugach

“…The paper shows the gender structure of higher education teaching staff in the post-Soviet Russia, and draws the results of comparison with foreign countries. The data is based on Russian and international educational statistics. …”
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Government Supervision on Explosive Enterprises’ Immoral Behaviors in E-Commerce Enterprises: An Evolutionary Game Analysis by Liang Shen, Yuanyuan Chen, Runjie Fan, Yuyan Wang

“…Especially in developing countries, there is a direct relationship between massive immoral behaviors and the inefficiency of government supervision. …”
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Behavioral Assumptions of Islamic Economics Revisited Is the Giving Behavior of Muslims Different from Others? by Murat Çokgezen, Mohammed Seid Hussen

“…This study aims to test the validity of this assumption by analyzing a cross-national survey measuring the attitudes, beliefs and behavior patterns of diverse populations in 19 European countries. The empirical results based on a logistic regression and Propensity Score Matching approach indicate no difference between Muslims and members of other religions in terms of the likelihood of involvement in giving activities. …”
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On measures to protect domestic market and export support in conditions of preferential trade of the EAEU and Vietnam by Yu. G. Kirillov, E. K. Enza

“…The development of free trade of the Eurasian Economic Union with third countries does not exclude the creation of a mechanism to protect the domestic market for sensitive goods and maintaining the necessary balance of trade balances of the parties involved. …”
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