Update on Babesiosis by Edouard Vannier, Peter J. Krause

“…Episodic cases are reported in Europe, Asia, Africa, and South America. The severity of infection ranges from asymptomatic infection to fulminant disease resulting in death, although the majority of healthy adults experience a mild-to-moderate illness. …”
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The transcriptomic footprint of Mytella strigata: de novo transcriptome assembly of a major invasive species by V. G. Vysakh, Sandhya Sukumaran, Wilson Sebastian, A. Gopalakrishnan

“…Abstract Mytella strigata, a potentially invasive species native to South America, is rapidly spreading across various aquatic ecosystems around the globe, posing a threat to native mussels. …”
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Omnivorous Behaviour of the Agouti (Dasyprocta leporina): A Neotropical Rodent with the Potential for Domestication by Kegan Romelle Jones, Kavita Ranjeeta Lall, Gary Wayne Garcia

“…Similar studies in South America have shown that wild and captive reared agoutis consumed animal matter. …”
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Improving Regional Dynamic Downscaling with Multiple Linear Regression Model Using Components Principal Analysis: Precipitation over Amazon and Northeast Brazil by Aline Gomes da Silva, Claudio Moises Santos e Silva

“…Tests for the Amazon and Northeast region of Brazil (South America) showed that the method provided a more realistic prediction in terms of average daily rainfall for the analyzed period prescribed, after comparing with the prediction made by set through the arithmetic averages of the simulations. …”
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Higher Education of Latin America in the Trajectory of International Student Mobility by E. G. Ermolieva

“…Also, the article studies some versions of intraregional cooperation in South America, as well as the Network university consortium (BRICS as example). …”
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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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The current distribution of pond slider Trachemys scripta (Reptilia: Emydidae) in Croatia by Toni Koren, Ana Štih, Ivona Burić, Katarina Koller, Boris Lauš, Mladen Zadravec

“…It was introduced to Europe, Africa, South America and Asia and included on the EU list of 100 World's Worst Invasive Alien Species and the List of invasive alien species of Union concern. …”
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Maternal Health Coping Strategies of Migrant Women in Norway by Berit Viken, Anne Lyberg, Elisabeth Severinsson

“…Data were obtained by means of 17 semistructured interviews with women from South America, Europe, the Middle East, Asia, and Africa. …”
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Patient navigation services for cancer care in low-and middle-income countries: A scoping review. by Milena Dalton, Emily Holzman, Erica Erwin, Sophia Michelen, Anne F Rositch, Somesh Kumar, Verna Vanderpuye, Karen Yeates, Erica J Liebermann, Ophira Ginsburg

“…<h4>Results</h4>Fourteen studies reported on patient navigation interventions in cancer care in low-income and middle-income countries in Asia, South America, and Africa. Most studies reported on women's cancers and included navigation interventions at most points along the cancer care continuum i.e. awareness, education, screening participation, adherence to treatment and surveillance protocols.…”
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Detection of antibodies to non-structural proteins of foot-and-mouth disease virus (review) by A. S. Yakovleva, A. V. Scherbakov

“…In thecountriesandzones freefromFMD with vaccination thisELISA isusedforconfirmation of thevirus infection absencein vaccinated herds. In South America, ELISA fordetection ofantibodiesagainstFMD virus non-structuralproteins wasusedfordetection of infectedanimalsduring thediseaseeradication. …”
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Diversity, Distribution, and Evolution of Bioluminescent Fungi by Brian A. Perry, Dennis E. Desjardin, Cassius V. Stevani

“…With the caveat that most regions of the world have not been extensively sampled for bioluminescent fungi, the areas with the most known species are Japan (36), South America (30), North America (27), Malesia, South Asia, and Southeast Asia (26), Europe (23), Central America (21), China (13), Africa (10), Australasia, Papua New Guinea, and New Caledonia (11), and the Pacific Islands (5). …”
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Design and Construction of the Real Felipe Fortress of Callao: Analysis of the Military Treatise and Layout Using Photogrammetry and GIS by Diego Javier Celis-Estrada, Pablo Rodriguez-Navarro, Teresa Gil-Piqueras

“…Peru constituted the most important Viceroyalty of the Spanish Empire in South America, with the Port of Callao controlling the South Pacific trade routes. …”
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Structure, floristic and diversity from Laguna de San Diego (Samaná, Colombia) by Julio Andrés Sierra-Giraldo, Susana Velásquez-Franco, Mitchell James Power, Jairo Andrés Orozco-Agudelo, Luz Amparo Triana-Moreno

“…In this study, we present the first botanical record from Distrito de Manejo Integrado Laguna de San Diego flora’s, part of South America’s northernmost active volcanic field. Here, we analyzed the diversity, structure, and composition in four different cover types (Dense forest: Bd, Mosaic of pastures with natural spaces: Mpen, Pastures: P, and Secondary vegetation: Vs). …”
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Peripheral T-Cell Lymphoma: Review and Updates of Current Management Strategies by Tiffany Tang, Kevin Tay, Richard Quek, Miriam Tao, Soo Yong Tan, Leonard Tan, Soon Thye Lim

“…Based on recent epidemiological studies, NK-cell lymphomas occur almost exclusively in Asia and South America, although T-cell lymphomas appear to occur in the East as commonly as in the West. …”
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Immunoinformatics Approach for Epitope-Based Peptide Vaccine Design and Active Site Prediction against Polyprotein of Emerging Oropouche Virus by Utpal Kumar Adhikari, Mourad Tayebi, M. Mizanur Rahman

“…Several outbreaks of OROV in South America, especially in Brazil, have changed its status as an emerging disease, but no vaccine or specific drug target is available yet. …”
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<i>Cryptoblabes gnidiella</i> Millière (Pyralidae, Phycitinae): An Emerging Grapevine Pest in Greece by Konstantinos B. Simoglou, Iraklis Topalidis, Dimitrios N. Avtzis, Achilleas Kaltsidis, Emmanouil Roditakis

“…However, it has recently been reported as an emerging grapevine pest in southern European Union countries and in the Middle East, North Africa, and South America. This may be attributed to the global warming trends. …”
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Telework preference: an understanding from theory of planned behavior by Pedro I. Leiva, Edgar E. Kausel, Hector P. Madrid, Rodrigo A. Alday

“…Drawing on the Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB), we propose that employees' telework preference is influenced by their attitudes and subjective norms regarding teleworking, moderated by their perceptions of telework behavioral control.MethodsData was collected with a two-wave survey from 162 employees of two service organizations in Chile, South America.ResultsOur findings reveal that positive attitudes toward teleworking significantly predict telework preference. …”
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Targeted Next-Generation Resequencing of Gene Identifies Novel Multiple Variants Pattern in Severe Hereditary Factor V Deficiency by Piotr K. Janicki, Sonia Vaida, Hamid A. B. AL-Mondhiry

“…The present study investigated the genetic defects underlying severe Factor V deficiency in a 26-year-old Columbian (South America) female and her immediate family (both parents and newborn child) by next generation sequencing (NGS) of the entire gene locus. …”
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A Novel Strain of <i>Orientia tsutsugamushi</i> Detected from Chiggers (Acari: Trombiculidae) on Wild Rodents by Hak Seon Lee, Seong Yoon Kim, Hee Il Lee

“…<i>Orientia</i> species have recently been discovered in South America, Africa, Europe, and North America. In accordance with these circumstances, we tried to find new or novel bacterial strains in the Republic of Korea (ROK). …”
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PATRONES ATMOSFÉRICOS SIMULADOS EN EL CLIMA PRESENTE Y FUTURO ASOCIADOS AL DESCENSO DE TEMPERATURA EN EL SUDESTE DE SUDAMERICA by Cintia Rabelo da.Rocha Repinaldo, Gabriela Viviana Müller, Kelens Martins Andrada

“…The atmospheric features associated with extreme cold events, identified by the temperature drop in the winter, in three regions of southeastern South America are analyzed with reanalysis data from NCEP / NCAR as well as simulations of the coupled ocean-atmosphere HadCM3 and GFDL-CM2.0 models for the present and CMIP3 A2 future scenario. …”
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