The Nusplingen Plattenkalk – A Shark Lagoon in the Late Jurassic of the Swabian Alb Geopark by Guenter Schweigert, Siegfried Roth

“…The Nusplingen Plattenkalk formed in a deep lagoon surrounded by islands. The highly diverse and exceptionally preserved fossil fauna and flora allow a reconstruction of the Late Jurassic marine food-web and the palaeoenvironment. …”
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Related Strategies to Promote Gastronomy in Geographically Disadvantaged Areas by Maria del Pilar Leal Londoño

“…The present article analyzes State and local level tourism-related strategies to promote traditional cuisine in two geographically disadvantaged areas : two districts in the Catalonian Pyrenees, and two Scottish islands. The article is developed on the basis of a literature review and seven interviews given to a variety of stakeholders involved in the strategies. …”
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Determining whether ethnic minorities with severe obesity face a disproportionate risk of serious disease and death from COVID-19: outcomes from a Southern California-based retrosp... by Qiaowu Li, Hemesh Mahesh Patel, Shefali Khandwala, Poonam Somani, Stephanie Tovar, Alejandra Montano

“…The risk of death was greater in Asian (RR 3.96, 95% CI 1.88 to 8.33; p<0.001), Hispanic (RR 3.03, 95% CI 2.53 to 3.61; p<0.001) and Pacific Islander (RR 4.60, 95% CI 1.42 to 14.92; p=0.011) patients compared with White (RR 1.47, 95% CI 1.13 to 1.91; p=0.005) and Black (RR 2.83, 95% CI 1.99 to 4.02; p<0.001) patients with a BMI over 45 kg/m².Conclusions Ethnic minorities with severe obesity, particularly Asian, Hispanic and Pacific Islander patients, had a statistically significant higher risk of hospitalisation, invasive ventilator use and death due to COVID-19. …”
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CHEMICAL AND SENSORY CHARACTERISTIC OF SORGHUM (Sorghum bicolor) TAPAI WITH TRADITIONAL PACKAGING by Andre Yusuf Trisna Putra, Rosida Rosida, Khoirul Azmir

“…<p class="Default" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 21.3pt;"><span lang="IN">Tapai is one of the traditional food from Java island. Nowadays, traditional food is being ignored by people. …”
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Tourist brownfields in French Polynesia - Revealing a destination crisis and a form of resistance to international tourism by Philippe Bachimon

“…The tourist wastelands mark in a decisive, recurrent and permanent way the landscape of the tourist islands of the French Polynesia. Our study makes their exhaustive inventory and a classification according to their degree of desertion and considering how long the fallow land has been in existence. …”
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Mortalité et cyclones en Guadeloupe (Antilles françaises) by Frédéric Leone, Samuel Battut, Victoria Bigot, Guilhem Cousin Thorez, Thomas Candela, Freddy Vinet

“…This paper lays the methodological basis for a historical catalogue of significant and deadly hydro-meteorological events that have occurred in the Guadeloupe archipelago and the northern islands since 1635. For the recent period, post 1950, it is supplemented by a Geographical Information System used to locate and inform each victim with his profile, his behavior, the circumstances and causes of death. …”
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Little Fire Ant Wasmannia auropunctata (Roger) (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Formicidae) by Virginia Rose Seagal, Andrea Lucky

“…The little fire ant, Wasmannia auropunctata (Roger), is a problematic invasive species from Central and South America that has become established in numerous countries and on islands around the world. This species has been documented in the state of Florida since at least 1924, where it was first recorded in Miami (Wetterer and Porter 2003). …”
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The Evolution of Antimicrobial Resistance in <i>Acinetobacter baumannii</i> and New Strategies to Fight It by Viola Camilla Scoffone, Gabriele Trespidi, Giulia Barbieri, Arooba Arshad, Aygun Israyilova, Silvia Buroni

“…Also, the evolution of drug resistance in <i>A. baumannii</i>, which is mainly driven by mobile genetic elements, is reported, with particular reference to plasmid-associated resistance, resistance islands, and insertion sequences. Finally, an overview of existing, new, and alternative therapies is provided.…”
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Chromatin-based memory as a self-stabilizing influence on cell identity by Charles C. Bell, Geoffrey J. Faulkner, Omer Gilan

“…Deeper appreciation of this self-stabilizing role for chromatin broadens our perspective of Waddington’s epigenetic landscape from a static surface with islands of stability shaped by evolution, to a plasticine surface molded by experience. …”
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Genetic Relationships in Black Kites (Milvus migrans) from Northeast Asia, Japan, Taiwan, India and Australia: Does M. m. formosanus Exist? by Natalya G. Andreyenkova, Shiao-Yu Hong, Hui-Shan Lin, Igor V. Karyakin, Yasuko Iwami, Ruslan А. Kirillin, Ivan Literák

“…Two of them inhabit in the Palearctic: the western part is occupied by the European Black Kite (M. m. migrans), and the eastern by the Black-Eared Kite (M. m. lineatus). The islands of Japan are also inhabited by M. m. lineatus, however, this population is rather isolated from the mainland and may be genetically different.…”
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Little Fire Ant Wasmannia auropunctata (Roger) (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Formicidae) by Virginia Rose Seagal, Andrea Lucky

“…The little fire ant, Wasmannia auropunctata (Roger), is a problematic invasive species from Central and South America that has become established in numerous countries and on islands around the world. This species has been documented in the state of Florida since at least 1924, where it was first recorded in Miami (Wetterer and Porter 2003). …”
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Sur l’origine de l’écriture libyque. Quelques propositions by Dominique Casajus

“…Attested in more than a thousand inscriptions from Libya to the Canary Islands in northern Africa, these alphabets are probably the forebears of the current ones used by the Tuareg. …”
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A New Seamless Transfer Control Strategy of the Microgrid by Zhaoyun Zhang, Wei Chen, Zhe Zhang

“…And it is under V/F control when the microgrid is under islanding. The microgrid mode controller is used to solve the planned conversion. …”
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Matching and positivity beyond minimal coupling in effective theories of photons and gravitons by Edoardo Alviani, Adam Falkowski

“…Much as in the case of minimal coupling, the Wilson coefficients beyond the leading order turn out to be confined to small islands in the much larger theory space allowed by existing positivity constraints.…”
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Les signes de l’interaction esprit-humain by Fanny Tilmant

“…These stories nevertheless indicate a certain polysemy in the inhabitants’ perceptions, actions and interpretations connected with the relations that can be developed with masheitani. Through the islanders’ accounts of their experiences, this article highlights the characteristics of the interactions between human beings and invisible beings in everyday life. …”
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An Overview and Informal Key of the Ferns of Florida by Douglas G. Scofield, Ginger M. Allen, Martin B. Main

“…Tropical storms and winds have transported fern spores to Florida from Caribbean islands and resulted in a high diversity of species. …”
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An Overview and Informal Key of the Ferns of Florida by Douglas G. Scofield, Ginger M. Allen, Martin B. Main

“…Tropical storms and winds have transported fern spores to Florida from Caribbean islands and resulted in a high diversity of species. …”
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Cuckoo Hosts Fine‐Tune Their Egg Rejection After Experiencing a Parasitism Event by Bin Li, Longwu Wang, Jianping Liu, Wei Liang

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Breeding stages affect egg recognition in azure-winged magpies (Cyanopica cyanus) by Jianping Liu, Fudong Zhou, Hanlin Yan, Wei Liang

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Long Noncoding RNAs in Metabolic Syndrome Related Disorders by Magdalena Losko, Jerzy Kotlinowski, Jolanta Jura

“…In this review, we summarize data concerning the significance of long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) in metabolic syndrome related disorders, focusing on adipose tissue and pancreatic islands.…”
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