Changing Perspectives on the Planning of Ankara (1924-2007) and Lessons for a New Master-Planning Approach to Developing Cities by Olgu Çalişkan

“…As one of the newly planned capitals in the 20th century – like Islamabad, Canberra and Brazil –, Ankara represents an original case in planning history: from shaping a new town under the influence of early European urbanism to the control of a dynamic metropolitan form by structural planning approaches. …”
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Dynamic Interdependence of Systematic Risks in Emerging Markets Economies: A Recursive-Based Frequency-Domain Approach by Emmanuel Asafo-Adjei, Anokye M. Adam, Anthony Adu-Asare Idun, Peace Y. Ametepi

“…Moreover, from the wavelet multiple cross-correlations, Qatar, Brazil, Indonesia, and Czech Republic led for most timescales. …”
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The paradox of resource-richness: unraveling the effects on financial markets in natural resource abundant economies by Muhammad Imran, Muhammad Kamran Khan, Salman Wahab, Bilal Ahmed, Zhang Jijian

“…This study uses diagnostic tests and method of moments quantile regression to examines this interplay across Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, India, Russia, and the United States. …”
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Assessment of the antioxidant and antimicrobial activity of hydrolysates from lupine (Lupinus mutabilis) flour by Sara Gallegos Bosmediano, José Villacís-Chiriboga, Yadira Quimbita Yupangui, Fernanda Guimaraes Drummond e Silva, Jenny Ruales Nájera

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Dynamic Spillovers of Economic Policy Uncertainty: A TVP-VAR Analysis of Latin American and Global EPU Indices by Nini Johana Marín-Rodríguez, Juan David González-Ruíz, Sergio Botero

“…This study examines the dynamic interconnectedness of economic policy uncertainty (EPU) among Latin American economies—Brazil, Chile, Colombia, and Mexico—and significant international regions, including the United States, Europe, and Japan, as well as a global EPU index. …”
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Silver Diamine Fluoride Use among Dental Students and Pediatric Dentists: An Observational Study by Juliana da Silveira Gaiotto, Letícia Santos Alves de Melo, Marcia Hiromi Tanaka, Rita de Cássia Loiola Cordeiro, Elaine Pereira da Silva Tagliaferro, Angela Cristina Cilense Zuanon

“… Objective: To evaluate the use of silver diamine fluoride (SDF) among undergraduate dental students and graduate students/specialists in pediatric dentistry in Brazil. Material and Methods: The data were collected with online questionnaires sent to the participants (n=404) by e-mail and were analyzed by logistic regression models (α=0.05). …”
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Changing the vector of Russia’s foreign economic activity in the context of growing anti-Russian sanctions by О. B. Anikin, A. N. Gromova

“…In  conclusion, the article notes the process of   transformation of  the Russian FEA which consists of   its reorientation to   states that did not support sanctions against Russia and further development of   foreign economic relations with the countries of   the Eurasian Economic Union, Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa), and other friendly states.…”
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Allocation of Interline Power Flow Controller-Based Congestion Management in Deregulated Power System by Muhammad Safdar Sial, Qinghua Fu, Talles Vianna Brugni

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Growth and senescence of mavuno, marandu, ipyporã and mulato II grasses subjected to stockpiling by Bruno Humberto Rezende Carvalho, Gustavo Segatto Borges, Dallety Haloma Alves Miler de Oliveira, Geovana Lopes Nascimento, Khazuê Ubagai Machado, Manoel Eduardo Rosalino Santos

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Chemical composition and larvicidal activity of the essential oil of Tagetes minuta Linnaeus from the southern Brazilian highlands by Elisiane de Bona Sartor, Renan Reisdörfer Schorr, Fernando Cesar Martins Betim, Cintia Aparecida dos Anjos, Camila Freitas de Oliveira, Luciane Dalarmi, Deise Prehs Montrucchio, Josiane de Fátima Gaspari Dias, Obdulio Gomes Miguel, Marilis Dallarmi Miguel

“…Abstract Tagetes minuta L. is a naturalized species that is not endemic to the high-altitude fields of Santa Catarina in southern Brazil. In this study, we investigated the composition of the essential oil (EO) from the flowers of the plant and its larvicidal activity against Aedes aegypti. …”
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Prevalence of Self-Reported Halitosis and Associated Factors: A Cross-Sectional Study among Dental Patients by Marina Alievi, Stêvan da Silva Freitas, Rafaela Cherobini Moresco, Lilian Rigo

“… Objective: To determine the prevalence of self-reported halitosis among patients attending the dental clinic of a university in southern Brazil and identify associated factors. Material and Methods: The sample of this cross-sectional study included 269 individuals over 18 who attended the clinic for six months. …”
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The Use of Antisense-Mediated Inhibition to Delineate The Role of Inflammatory Agents in The Pathophysiology of Spinal Cord Injury by Damien D. Pearse, Francisco C. Pereira, Katina Chatzipanteli, Francisco W. Dalton Dietrich, Mary Bartlett Bunge

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Retóricas em disputa: o debate intelectual sobre as políticas de ação afirmativa para estudantes negros no Brasil by Karine Pereira Goss

“…As much as the entailing of the intellectuals to science and the theoretical matrices they use to explain the nation lies on their relative different positioning to the affi rmative action implementation for black students in Brazil.…”
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Impacts of Industry 4.0 in developed countries & BRICs by Guilherme Rodrigues de Sousa, Jorge Muniz Jr, Marta Lígia Pomim Valentim, Liane Mahlmann Kipper, Elaine Mosconi, Márcio Giannini Pereira

“…The countries researched are Germany, Brazil, China, South Korea, the US, India, Japan, and Russia. …”
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Experimental study of the influence of Potassium Chloride salt on the rheological properties of Carboxyl Methyl Cellulose (CMC) and Poly Anionic Cellulose – Regular (PAC-R) mud typ... by Chimezie Sidney Uduba, Ibrahim Ademola Fetuga, Monica Wobo, Olabode Thomas Olakoyejo, Antônio Marcos de Oliveira Siqueira, Joshua Kolawole Gbegudu

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Personal protective equipment in dentistry before and after COVID-19 by María Elizabeth Peña Téllez, Suzely Adas Saliba Moimaz, Cléa Adas Saliba Garbin, ´Tânia Adas Saliba

“…The studies were carried out in Brazil, Yemen, Cuba, Mexico, Lebanon, Turkey, India, London, and Colombia. …”
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E. coli Meningitis Presenting in a Patient with Disseminated Strongyloides stercoralis by Juliana B. Gomez, Yvan Maque, Manuel A. Moquillaza, William E. Anicama

“…A 43-year-old Hispanic man, with history of travelling to the jungle regions of Peru and Brazil two decades ago, and who received prednisone due to Bell’s palsy for three weeks before admission, presented to the Emergency Department with diarrhea, fever, and hematochezia. …”
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Editorial: ticks & tick-borne parasites and diseases by Ala E. Tabor, Ala Tabor

“…The articles also include authors from most continents globally with first author contributions from Australia, Bangladesh, Brazil, Czech Republic, Germany, India, Mexico, Pakistan, South Africa, Spain, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, USA and Zambia. …”
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A Case Study of Complex Policy Design: The Systems Engineering Approach by Shqipe Buzuku, Javier Farfan, Kari Harmaa, Andrzej Kraslawski, Tuomo Kässi

“…The proposed approach is showcased in a case study of sustainable policy formulation for a wastewater treatment plant at a pulp and paper industry in Brazil. The results show that it is possible to generate a solution space that highlights the best possible combinations of the given alternatives while also providing an optimal sequence and grouping for an optimized implementation. …”
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Correlation between risk factors that influence the development of children's language by Marianna Momoe Nanakuma Matsumoto, Heloisa Adhmann Ferreira, Isabelly Bueno Araujo, Daniela Cardilli-Dias, Daniela Regina Molini-Avejonas

“…Methods A retrospective study was carried out with 194 children aged 0 to 5 years and 11 months who were participants of primary health care (PHC) in the municipality of São Paulo, Brazil, from 2016 to 2020. The database was thoroughly analyzed using R software, and the most relevant risk factors were correlated through statistical analysis, generating altered and unaltered PDL results. …”
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