Determinants of COVID-19 Case Fatality Rate in the United States: Spatial Analysis Over One Year of the Pandemic by Niranjan J. Kathe, Rajvi J. Wani

“…**Background:** The United States continues to account for the highest proportion of the global Coronavirus Disease-2019 (COVID-19) cases and deaths. …”
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Fiabilidad en la detección de las superficies selladas empleando datos del programa Copernicus by Emilio José Illán-Fernández, Alfredo Pérez-Morales, Asunción Romero-Díaz

“…Este proceso, y su generalización a escala global, afectan de forma directa a las funciones básicas del suelo, acrecentando otros problemas como pueden ser la pérdida de biodiversidad, contaminación, degradación edáfica, inundaciones, o los efectos del cambio climático. …”
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Urban Land Subsidence Characteristics and Their Relationship with Locations Liable to Waterlogging Based on SBAS-InSAR by LIU Huanyu, WU Zhen, YU Huanghao, CHEN Guangcheng, XIAO Yang, LI Kuang, LI Binquan

“…Under the background of global climate change, extreme rainstorm events occur frequently, and many cities have suffered from serious waterlogging, resulting in huge losses of people's lives and property. …”
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Cold War as Social Conflict, Iron Curtains and Application of Dѐtente Policy as Cold War Concept by Effiong Ekpo, Udeoji Ebele Angela

“…The paper instead opines that cold war as a global social systemic conflict located in the typology of conflict or interest, which subsume economic interest, ideological incompatibility and misperception. …”
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The Efficacy of the proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation (PNF) approach in stroke rehabilitation to improve basic activities of daily living and quality of life: a systematic... by Mercè Sitjà-Rabert, Francesc Xavier Guiu-Tula, Rosa Cabanas-Valdés, Gerard Urrútia, Natàlia Gómara-Toldrà

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Vulnerabilidad social en la ciudad turística fordista: Lloret de Mar by Ernest Cañada, Fátima Santos-Izquierdo Bueno, María Antonia Martínez-Caldentey, Ivan Murray Mas

“… La pandemia de la COVID-19 tuvo un impacto sin precedentes en la economía global y especialmente en el turismo. Pero los efectos de la crisis sanitaria han sido desiguales territorialmente. …”
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Depression, Anxiety, and Stress In The Time of COVID-19 Pandemic In Kurdistan Region, Iraq by Niaz mustafa kamal, Nasih Othman

“…The global spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, its threat to people’s health and its indirect impacts through the subsequent measures taken by governments to control the disease have led to uncertainty and huge disruption in the way people used to live with a negative impact on mental health and wellbeing.  …”
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Women's experiences and outcomes of abortion care in sub-Saharan countries: A mixed methods systematic review protocol. by Negash Wakgari, Gizachew A Tessema, Stuart J Watson, Delayehu Bekele, Zoe Bradfield

“…<h4>Methods</h4>Eight databases including Medline, Embase, Scopus, CINAHL, Cochrane Library, Psych-Info, Web of Science, and Global Health will be searched using subject headings and specific keywords related to women's abortion care experiences, abortion care outcomes, and its measurement. …”
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Detección de errores en el proceso metacognitivo de monitoreo de la comprensión lectora en niños by Adriana Jaramillo Arana, Gustavo Montaña de la Cadena, Lina Marcela Rojas Reina

“…A través de la categorización de la comprensión lectora en textos con errores semánticos, esta investigación encontró que la capacidad de 60 niños de 4º grado entre los 9 y 10 años para realizar inferencias y abstraer información de un texto narrativo se altera significativamente, lo cual los aleja de implementar estrategias metacognitivas exitosas que permitan una comprensión global de un texto. Los niños de esta investigación mostraron dificultades para ejercer control sobre sus procesos cognitivos cuando leen; no son cognitivamente tan flexibles como los lectores de alto rendimiento; les es difícil identificar los aspectos principales de un texto; tienen dificultad para detectar sus fallas de comprensión y no están en capacidad de ajustar las actividades de la lectura a los propósitos de la misma ni de establecer criterios que les permitan determinar su propio nivel de comprensión. …”
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The High Price of Gender Noncompliance: Exploring the Economic Marginality of Trans Women in South Africa by Siyanda Buyile Shabalala, Megan Campbell

“…This study brings trans women to the forefront of global discourse on gender‐based economic inequalities. …”
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Valoración cultural y paisajística de conjuntos poblacionales rurales: comarca del Altiplano (Murcia/Sureste de España) by Miguel Ángel Sánchez-Sánchez, Alfonso Albacete Moreno

“…Para ello, se estableció una metodología cuantitativa basada en el análisis, mediante ecuaciones ponderadas, de dos áreas o coronas, una interior y otra exterior, de los núcleos poblacionales, que permitía obtener un valor numérico global denominado “valor cultural y paisajístico”. …”
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Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Air Pollution in Poland Based on Surface Measurements and Satellite Data by Mikalai Filonchyk, Volha Hurynovich, Haowen Yan

“…Abstract Since its first detection in December 2019 in the Chinese city of Wuhan, the virus has become a global pandemic within just three months. The Polish government declared a state of emergency on March 14, 2020, which was connected with the adoption of a number of measures aimed to prevent the spread of the virus. …”
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Quality of Life in Wilson’s Disease: A Systematic Literature Review by Chakrapani Balijepalli, Kevin Yan, Lakshmi Gullapalli, Stephane Barakat, Helene Chevrou-Severac, Eric Druyts

“…QOL questionnaires used across studies included the 12-Item Short Form Health Survey Questionnaire (version 1) (SF-12) (n=2), the 36-Item Short Form Health Survey Questionnaire (version 1) (SF-36) (n=3), Global Assessment Scale (GAS) (n=1), and World Health Organization QOL brief questionnaire (WHO-QOL-BREF) (n=1). …”
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Photovoltaic solar energy prediction using the seasonal-trend decomposition layer and ASOA optimized LSTM neural network model by Venkatachalam Mohanasundaram, Balamurugan Rangaswamy

“…Abstract As the global energy demand continues to produce, photovoltaic (PV) solar energy has emerged as a key Renewable Energy Source (RES) due to its sustainability and potential to reduce dependence on fossil fuels. …”
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Costos de producción en las empresas del sector de la construcción: un caso de análisis prospectivo by María Yohana Noguera, Haydeé Rincón de Parra

“…Los resultados parciales de la investigación se resumen en lo siguiente: i) La compañía no calcula costos para cada línea de producción, sino en forma global para todos los productos. ii) La información obtenida se utiliza sólo para explorar rentabilidad. iii) La única herramienta que utiliza para presupuestar costos es el análisis de precios unitarios. …”
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Ground-level Particulate Sulphate and Gaseous Sulphur Dioxide Downwind of an Aluminium Smelter by Dane Blanchard, Julian Aherne

“…Abstract Particulate sulphate (pSO4 2−) is an atmospheric pollutant known to affect human/environmental health and global radiative-forcing. The Rio Tinto (RT) aluminium smelting facility in Kitimat, British Columbia, is the primary source of sulphur dioxide (SO2) emissions to the surrounding Kitimat Valley, a relatively isolated and unpolluted region. …”
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Challenges and Solutions for Keeping Maternity and Gynecology Services Functioning Comprehensively in Secondary Level Health Care Facility in COVID-19 Pandemic Situation Using a Cl... by Jayanta Kumar Biswas, Pratistha Lall, Soumen Das Poddar, Vikas Srivastava, Ajith Nilakantan

“…CONCLUSION: COVID-19 pandemic had caused an unprecedented global healthcare crisis. The experience and data collected from our hospital in the study period validate the ‘clinical’ working protocol that enables comprehensive maternity and gynecology care at secondary level care centers even in a pandemic situation without adverse outcomes on patients or the hospital staff. …”
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Características del discurso escrito de los estudiantes en clases de ciencias by Óscar Eugenio Tamayo, Neus Sanmartí

“…Se encontró baja estructuración global de los textos de los estudiantes y una mezcla de diferentes modelos explicativos de la respiración…”
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Generalizability of machine learning models for diabetes detection a study with nordic islet transplant and PIMA datasets by Dinesh Chellappan, Harikumar Rajaguru

“…Abstract Diabetes Mellitus (DM) is a global health challenge, and accurate early detection is critical for effective management. …”
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LITHUANIAN EMIGRANTS’ SATISFACTION WITH THEIR HOLIDAY IN HOMELAND by Viktorija Grigaliūnaitė, Lina Pilelienė

“… Contemporary global environment leads to a situation when citizens of many countries emigrate to search for better carriers, education, or life opportunities. …”
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