Systematic Review of Primary Hyperparathyroidism in India: The Past, Present, and the Future Trends by P. V. Pradeep, B. Jayashree, Anjali Mishra, S. K. Mishra

“…Primary hyperparathyroidism (PHPT) has become an asymptomatic disease in the Western world with the introduction of routine calcium screening. …”
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The Importance of Magnesium in Clinical Healthcare by Gerry K. Schwalfenberg, Stephen J. Genuis

“…Emerging evidence confirms that nearly two-thirds of the population in the western world is not achieving the recommended daily allowance for magnesium, a deficiency problem contributing to various health conditions. …”
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Wirelessly Powered Endoscopically Implantable Devices into the Submucosa as the Possible Treatment of Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease by J. Hajer, M. Novák, J. Rosina

“…Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) is a rather common disease with a prevalence reaching up to 10 or 20% in the western world. The most specific symptoms which point to the diagnosis of GERD are feelings of heartburn and the regurgitation of acidic stomach contents into the esophagus. …”
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Minerals in edible insects: A review of content and potential for sustainable sourcing by Mingxing Lu, Chenxu Zhu, Sergiy Smetana, Ming Zhao, Haibo Zhang, Fang Zhang, Yuzhou Du

“…Entomophagy is a tradition in many countries including China and Thailand, and edible insects have attracted a lot of attention in Western World due to their suitable nutrient composition, high mineral content (e.g., Fe, Zn, Ca, Mg) and potential use as a supplement in human diet. …”
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The Economics of Immortality: The Demi-Immortal Oriental, Enlightenment Vitalism, and Political Economy in Dracula by J. Jeffrey Franklin

“…Dracula has fulfilled the ambition of Dracula: it has colonized and enthralled the industrial and post-industrial Western world, achieved the integration into modern free-market capitalism that its namesake was unable to achieve. …”
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The first rodent behavioral study (1822) and the diffusion of human-bred albino rats and mice in the 19th century by Raffaele d’Isa

“…Moreover, at that time, in the Western world rats were mostly seen as pest animals or baits for rat-catching sports, and were not kept as pets. …”
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Posterior Positivity Distribution Analysis of Subclinical Bluetongue in the Eastern and North-Eastern States of India: A Wakeup Call for Outbreak Preparedness by Siddhartha Narayan Joardar, Aritra Sanyal, Ahmed Abd El Wahed, Saibal Ray

“…., BTV-3 and BTV-8, in the western world. In short, as a powerful computational tool, MCMC could be used for accurate seroprevalence estimation, species-specific insights, regional analysis, enhanced decision-making and epidemiological insights for bluetongue.…”
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Phytocanabinoids and synthetic cannabinoids: from recreational consumption to potential therapeutic use – a review by Helena M. Teixeira, Helena M. Teixeira

“…Cannabinoids are part of the most popular group of illicit substances in the Western world. The word “cannabinoid” refers to any chemical substance, regardless of structure or origin, that binds to the body’s cannabinoid receptors and that has effects similar to those produced by the Cannabis plant. …”
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The Impact of Modifiable Risk Factors on the Endothelial Cell Methylome and Cardiovascular Disease Development by Hashum Sum, Alison C. Brewer

“…Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the most prevalent cause of mortality and morbidity in the Western world. A common underlying hallmark of CVD is the plaque-associated arterial thickening, termed atherosclerosis. …”
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Stromal-Cell-Derived Factor-1 (SDF-1)/CXCL12 as Potential Target of Therapeutic Angiogenesis in Critical Leg Ischaemia by Teik K. Ho, X. Shiwen, D. Abraham, J. Tsui, D. Baker

“…In the Western world, peripheral vascular disease (PVD) has a high prevalence with high morbidity and mortality. …”
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‘O worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness: let the whole earth tremble before him’ (Psalm 96:9)

“…Most people in the Western world have however lost any link with the church or with institutional Christianity. …”
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Brexit and the Future of the Special Relationship between the United States and the United Kingdom by A. A. Aleshin, S. V. Kislitsyn

“…The United States as the leader of the Western world expect Great Britain not only to follow its policy but to support it, i.a. by maintaining a high level of military spending. …”
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Subacute Stroke in a Young Female: A Case of Moyamoya Syndrome Initially Anchoring with Anxiety by Saira Chaughtai, Zeeshan Chaughtai, Muhammad Shaheryar Haider, Hasnan M. Ijaz, Sarah Elmedani, Mohamed Bakr, Mohammad A. Hossain, Arif Asif

“…It was first described in Japan and subsequently reported in other Asian countries, but infrequently found in the Western world. Interestingly, there may be racial differences in the presentation and subsequent prognostication of treatment of moyamoya. …”
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COVID-19 Vaccine Acceptance Level in Ethiopia: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Addisu Tadesse Sahile, Girma Demissie Gizaw, Tennyson Mgutshini, Zewdu Minwuyelet Gebremariam, Getabalew Endazenaw Bekele

“…Despite the undeniable negative impact of the disease on human beings, lower than expected proportions of people have taken up the vaccines, particularly in the developing non-Western world. Ethiopia represents an interesting case example, of a nation where COVID-19 vaccine acceptance levels have not been well investigated and a need exists to assess the overall level of vaccine acceptance. …”
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Music Drama as a Christian Parable: Mozart’s <i>Idomeneo</i> by Nils Holger Petersen

“…In modern times, ecclesiastical boundaries and religious doctrines often seem to matter little in the music and theater culture of the Western world; classical opera is often staged more in order to respond to contemporary political or social issues than to communicate the original intentions of its creators (the so-called <i>Regieoper</i>). …”
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Soviet Russia/the USSR and transformation of the international relations system in the first half of the 1920s by E. V. Romanova

“…However, the awareness of hostility by the Western world and the desire to preserve its unique socio-economic order, kept Moscow from attempts to integrate deeply into the Versailles system. …”
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المکتبات الخضراء ودورها فى مواجهة تحدیات الاستدامة البیئیة : دراسة تحلیلیة مقارنة by د. مها لؤى حاتم

“…The least effective stepsfor sustainability can have a significant impact on the overall picture of libraries.With a small funding, the library gets significant returns as a result of marketing.Achieving environmental awareness does not necessarily require significant effortor substantial funds, but also effective activities in developing joint relationshipswith other institutions, library friend groups, school projects, suppliers and librarybeneficiaries.The problem of the study lies in, the spread of the phenomenon of greenlibraries at the level of many developed countries in the Western world, andactivates its components at the level of the Arab world, which calls forextrapolation of the elements of environmental sustainability and therequirements of their application to various categories of libraries. …”
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New biomarkers for diagnosis of bladder cancer: a bibliometric analysis by Roberto Falabella, Valentina De Simone, Felice Crocetto, Francesco Del Giudice, Angelo Porreca, Nazario Foschi, Biagio Barone, Luca Di Gianfrancesco, Valentina Di Pasquale, Vincenzo Francesco Caputo

“… Background/Objectives: Bladder cancer is a multifactorial disease, ranking as the 10th most common cancer globally and the fourth most common cancer in men and the ninth in women in the Western world. This bibliometric analysis aims to identify and evaluate scientific literature addressing new biomarkers for bladder cancer diagnosis, as well as to identify the most prolific organizations, authors, journals, countries, and keywords within this research domain. …”
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‘Coming out’/self-disclosure in LGBTQ+ adolescents and youth: International and Indian scenario - A narrative review of published studies in the last decade (2012-2022) by Swapnajeet Sahoo, Velprashanth Venkatesan, Rahul Chakravarty

“…Additionally, we have tried to look for differences in CO in LGBTQ+ adolescents and youth in the Western world vis-a-vis Indian/Eastern societies. Materials and Methods: An extensive literature search in electronic databases, PUBMED, Web of Science, EMBASE, Medline, Scopus, and search engine ‘Google Scholar’ using specific search terms and assessment of all published articles until 20th May 2023 was done. …”
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Muslim Bank as a Historical Category: Creating Credit Institutions for Muslims In the First Half of the 20 ^th Century by R. I. Bekkin

“…According to the author, the very creation of Islamic banks, as well as their convergence with conventional (non-Islamic) credit institutions, which we observe today, is a natural result of a change in the economic interests of the ruling class both in the countries of the spread of Islam and in the Western world.The article examines the history of the creation of Muslim banks in Bosnia and Herzegovina and in British India. …”
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