Would Phrynops geoffroanus’ plastron formula and morphological diversity be preserved under anthropic conditions? by Mauro Sérgio Cruz Souza Lima, Ulisses Caramaschi, Jonas Pederassi, Joara de Sousa Andrade, Diogo Brunno e Silva Barbosa

“…Abstract Phrynops geoffroanus has a wide distribution in South America, living in aquatic environments such as rivers, streams, and lakes, in natural and urban environments. …”
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Becoming a Caregiver: The Role of the Environment in the Process of Children Becoming Responsible for Others by Carolina Remorini

“…To gain an insight into how children develop sophisticated and ecologically relevant skills to become autonomous and responsible for the care of others within the context of environmental interdependence, we present and analyze a cultural practice that is salient to the identity and way of life in rural communities of the Andean region in South America: becoming a shepherd. Considering the aforementioned findings, it can be posited that being able to care for others represents a significant developmental milestone. …”
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Phytochemistry, Pharmacology and Toxicology of Spilanthes acmella: A Review by Suchita Dubey, Siddhartha Maity, Mahendra Singh, Shubhini A. Saraf, Sudipta Saha

“…Spilanthes acmella is an important medicinal plant, found in tropical and subtropical countries mainly India and South America. Popularly, it is known as toothache plant which reduces the pain associated with toothaches and can induce saliva secretion. …”
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Militanza, “impegno” e critica sociale dell’antropologia sulla base di intense etnografie. Le intenzioni trasformative e i giudizi politici dell’antropologo by Antonino Colajanni

“…The essay ends with a reference to some examples of “soft-engagement” by the author within its ethnographic researches in various contexts of indigenous South America.…”
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A Hypothesis Concerning a Potential Involvement of Ceramide in Apoptosis and Acantholysis Induced by Pemphigus Autoantibodies by Wendy B. Bollag

“…A variant of EPF in patients from El Bagre, Colombia, South America, has recently been reported to be distinct from previously described loci in Brazil and Tunisia epidemiologically and immunologically. …”
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Willingness to stay or quit: evidence from migrants working in the galway bar and restaurant industry in Ireland by Olaiwola Jamiu Ogunpaimo, Kesiena Ebenade

“…On the contrary, the majority of those willing to build a long-term career in the industry are from the EU, North America and Asia, while a more significant proportion of migrant workers from Africa and South America plan to stop working in the sector. Insights gained from the study highlight the need for targeted retention strategies to address the hospitality industry’s low employee retention issues. …”
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Nutritional and Health Benefits of Jackfruit (Artocarpus heterophyllus Lam.): A Review by R. A. S. N. Ranasinghe, S. D. T. Maduwanthi, R. A. U. J. Marapana

“…., which is commonly known as jackfruit is a tropical climacteric fruit, belonging to Moraceae family, is native to Western Ghats of India and common in Asia, Africa, and some regions in South America. It is known to be the largest edible fruit in the world. …”
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Grass-like mantid, American grass mantid, Thesprotia graminis, (Scudder, 1878) (Insecta: Mantodea: Thespidae) by Bethany McGregor, Nathan Burkett-Cadena, Andrea Lucky

“…There are 14 Neotropical species within the genus Thesprotia, all of which occur in South America except Thesprotia graminis (Rondon et al. 2007). …”
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On Cytheridella whitmani sp. nov. (Crustacea, Ostracoda) from Cape Cod (Massachusetts, USA), with a reappraisal of the taxonomy of the genus by Koen Martens, Nadiny Martins de Almeida, Michael Shribak, Janet Higuti, Isa Schön

“…The literature on the genus is reviewed and the synonymy of the fossil Cytheridella boldii Purper, 1974 with the type species C. ilosvayi Daday, 1905, both described from South America, is confirmed. The status of Cytheridella americana (Furtos, 1936) is reverted to that of “uncertain species”. …”
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Acute Cholestatic Hepatitis A Virus Infection Presenting with Hemolytic Anemia and Renal Failure: A Case Report by Robert T. Lapp, Fedja Rochling

“…A 42-year-old Caucasian male presented with cholestasis, hemolytic anemia and renal failure after consuming street tacos in Central and South America while on a business trip. His protracted course required corticosteroid therapy, multiple sessions of plasma exchange, and numerous units of packed red blood cells. …”
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Napiergrass: Biology and Control in Sugarcane by Curtis Rainbolt

“…Currently, napiergrass is widely used in Central America, South America, and Africa as a forage crop. Napiergrass was introduced to South Florida and Texas for use as a forage crop, but it is no longer widely used for this purpose and has become a major weed problem. …”
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Combination of metagenomic next-generation sequencing and morphology for identifying Coccidioides immitis: a case report by Hong Liu, Kaixin Zhou, Chaoran Zhong, Ming Guan

“…., endemic to the Southwestern United States and Central and South America. In this article, we report a case of Coccidioides immitis-induced meningitis in a 27-year-old man who was experiencing recurrent fever and headache. …”
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Classical Biological Control of Tropical Soda Apple with Gratiana boliviana by Rodrigo Diaz, Julio Medal, Kenneth Hibbard, Amy Roda, A. Fox, S. Hight, Philip Stansly, Brent Sellers, James Cuda, William A. Overholt

“…Tropical soda apple is a prickly shrub native to South America. First reported in Glades Co., Florida in 1988, it later spread to Georgia, Alabama, Louisiana, Texas, Mississippi, Tennessee, North Carolina, and South Carolina. …”
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Robustness Analysis of the Regional and Interregional Components of the Weighted World Air Transportation Network by Issa Moussa Diop, Cherif Diallo, Chantal Cherifi, Hocine Cherifi

“…Indeed, it contains five local components covering different regions (North America-Caribbean, Europe-Russia, East and Southeast Asia-Oceania, Africa-Middle East-Southern Asia, and South America) and one global component linking these regions. …”
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A framework for the early detection and prediction of dengue outbreaks in the Republic of Panama by Grimaldo E. Ureña, Yamilka Diaz, Juan M. Pascale, Sandra López-Vergès, Javier E. Sanchez-Galan

“…The dengue virus (DENV) is endemic in most tropical regions of Central and South America. It is known that when the number of mosquito vectors (Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus) for this disease becomes abundant, the number of infectious cases increases. …”
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Typification of intraspecific taxa in <i>Solanum andigenum</i> Juz. et Buk. by N. A. Oskina, T. A. Gavrilenko, I. G. Chukhina

“…The WIR herbarium collections comprise the taxonomic diversity of cultivated potatoes described by Russian taxonomists and based on the study of plant materials collected in South America during the expeditions organized by N. …”
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Phenological cycles in the Pantanal woody communities: Responses to climate and soil moisture seasonality. by Julia Arieira, Karl-L Schuchmann, Arnildo Pott, Michelle D Lanssanova, Ana Silvia O Tissiani, Osvaldo Borges Pinto Junior, Marinêz Isaac Marques

“…The unique phenological response of the Pantanal's woody communities to the hydro-climatic cycle sets it apart from other non-flooded savannas of tropical South America. This response involves the intricate interplay between phenological dynamism and alternating drought and wet-flooded phases.…”
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THE EFFECT OF SOCIAL PROGRESS AND EDUCATION ON CORRUPTION: A CONTINGENCY THEORY PERSPECTIVE by Hatidža Jahić, Merima Činjarević

“…These measures were gathered for 84 countries across five continents (Europe, Africa, Asia, North America, and South America). Support was found for the main effect of social progress on corruption as well as for the main effect of education on corruption. …”
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Classical Biological Control of Tropical Soda Apple with Gratiana boliviana by Rodrigo Diaz, Julio Medal, Kenneth Hibbard, Amy Roda, A. Fox, S. Hight, Philip Stansly, Brent Sellers, James Cuda, William A. Overholt

“…Tropical soda apple is a prickly shrub native to South America. First reported in Glades Co., Florida in 1988, it later spread to Georgia, Alabama, Louisiana, Texas, Mississippi, Tennessee, North Carolina, and South Carolina. …”
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First record of two rare Agaricales (Basidiomycota) from Southeastern Brazil by Larissa Trierveiler-Pereira, Amanda Prado-Elias, Juliano M. Baltazar

“…The species was previously only known from the type locality in Puerto Rico and here we report its occurrence in South America for the first time. Description and color photographs are presented for both species.…”
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