SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURIAL VENTURES IN VIETNAM: AN IDEOGRAPHIC LENS by Yolanda Sarason, Kristi Yuthas, Linh Nguyen

“…Social ventures in Vietnam face cultural obstacles and advantages that differ greatly from those in the US, where much of the research on social entrepreneurial ventures has focused. …”
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Burden of Comorbidities and Healthcare Resource Utilization Among Medicaid-Enrolled Extremely Premature Infants by Meredith E. Mowitz, Wei Gao, Heather Sipsma, Pete Zuckerman, Hallee Wong, Rajeev Ayyagari, Sujata P. Sarda

“…**Objectives:** To characterize real-world patient characteristics, prevalence of comorbidities, rates of HCRU, and direct healthcare charges and societal costs among premature infants in US Medicaid programs, with respect to GA and the presence of respiratory comorbidities. …”
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Enhancing postoperative analgesia in carotid endarterectomy patients: The potential of ultrasound-guided carotid sheath block combined with superficial cervical plexus block: A ran... by Anamarija Kruc, Lada Lijovic, Matteo Skrtic, Iva Pazur, Nikola Perisa, Tomislav Radocaj

“…The Subject group (28 participants) received US-guided CSB and SCB. The Control group (31 participants) received only an SCB. …”
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La restitution architecturale et hydraulique du rampant des Massues sur l’aqueduc de la Brévenne à Lyon et ses conséquences sur l’aval du parcours by Paul François

“…Better still, it allows us to formulate the hypothesis that the Brévenne aqueduct was capable of carrying water to the Fourvière hill at a height of 287.5 m and perhaps even to the Verbe Incarné fountain.…”
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La segunda mejor opción de un territorio como desafío a la despoblación rural: aplicación al Pirineo Catalán by Ana Vera Martín, Antoni F. Tulla Pujol

“…La SMO permite delimitar que AyUS podrían ser los más adecuados para un territorio, aunque hubiera otros territorios más aptos para hacerlo mejor. …”
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Proactive assessment of a native North American egg parasitoid, Anastatus reduvii (Hymenoptera: Eupelmidae), as a potential biological control agent of Lycorma delicatula (Hemipter... by Mari West, Marco Molfini, Mark S. Hoddle

“…Since its establishment in the US in 2014, L. delicatula continues to expand its range, and its invasion into California is highly anticipated. …”
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Carbon utilization and storage through rehabilitation of groundwater wells by Vivek V. Patil, Gabriella Basso, Steven Catania, Christopher Catania, Timothy Ostapuk, Robert Vince

“…Overall, our results and analysis of the US market suggest that using CO $${_2}$$ 2 for well rehabilitation and maintenance has a storage potential of several megatonnes of CO $${_2}$$ 2 annually in the US alone.…”
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Criticism of Contributory Negligence in Contracts Law in Iran and America by mozhdeh zafari, Morteza Shahbazinia, MEHRZAD ABDALI, Seyyed Elham-aldin Sharifi

“…It is concluded that in the US legal system, contributory negligence is usually dismissed in the field of contracts; but "reasonable reliance" and "predictability" have efficient similarities to the contributory negligence concept and this fact reveals traces of contributory negligence in the US legal system. …”
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Regional-specific trends of PM2.5 and O3 temperature sensitivity in the United States by Lifei Yin, Bin Bai, Bingqing Zhang, Qiao Zhu, Qian Di, Weeberb J. Requia, Joel D. Schwartz, Liuhua Shi, Pengfei Liu

“…In contrast, PM2.5 in the western US became more sensitive to temperature, highlighting the urgent need to manage and mitigate the impact of worsening wildfires. …”
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The EU Methodology of Security and Defense Planning by M. V. Alexandrov

“…The author conducts a comparative analysis of the EU security and defence planning methodology with that of the US and NATO. He shows that the methodology is very similar. …”
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Advancing inclusive research calculator for oncology disease areas: A resource to support the development of enrollment targets in diversity action plans for industry sponsors. by David J Press, Spencer L James, Bruno Jolain, Nicole Richie

“…The AIR Calculator uses data from the US Cancer Statistics database, which covers 100% of the US population. …”
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Challenges and Opportunities for Maximizing the Utilization of the New Development Bank in Brazil by Bruno De Conti, Cyro Faccin

“…Initiating its operations in 2016, the New Development Bank (NDB) disbursed close to US$ 14.6 billion by the conclusion of 2021. However, Brazil received only US$ 1.86 billion (12.8%) of this sum, marking it as the recipient of the least funding from the Bank thus far. …”
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Genres of old Serbian literature in novels of the second half of the 20th century: On the example of the novels: 'Nišči' - Vidosav Stevanović, 'Hazardski rečnik' - Milorad Pavić an... by Furtula Katarina N.

“…Therfore, we attempted to answer the questions that arise before us: What makes a genre a genre? Furthermore, how many elements of a genre are "enough" for us, as a readers/researchers, to recognize that genre? …”
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A prospective observational study on asymptomatic bacteriuria in pregnancy & its effects on maternal & perinatal outcome by K. Mounika, Pramila Gupta, Parveen Yousuff

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SARS-CoV-2 Genome-Based Severity Predictions Correspond to Lower qPCR Values and Higher Viral Load by Martin Skarzynski, Erin M. McAuley, Ezekiel J. Maier, Anthony C. Fries, Jameson D. Voss, Richard R. Chapleau

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Osteoporosis Knowledge, Self-Efficacy, and Beliefs among College Students in the USA and China by M. Allison Ford, Martha Bass, Yan Zhao, Jin-Bing Bai, Yue Zhao

“…Methods. Chinese (𝑛=409) and US (𝑛=408) college students completed the Osteoporosis Health Belief, Self-Efficacy, and Knowledge Tests. …”
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Validation of a Novel Landmark-guided Intra-articular Postero-medial Surgeon-administered Injection Technique by Nicolas S. Piuzzi, MD, Andrew I. Spitzer, MD, Jason Mussell, PhD, Ignacio Pasqualini, MD, Stan Dysart, MD, Jeffrey Gonzales, MD, Michael A. Mont, MD, Jess H. Lonner, MD, William Mihalko, MD, PhD

“…An anesthesiologist administered a US-guided ACB using 20 mL of dilute indocyanine dye. …”
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A feasibility study of combining solar/wind energy to power a water pumping system in Jordan's Desert/Al-Mudawwara village by Zakaria Al-Omari, Nour Khlaifat, Mike Haddad

“…The results obtained show that the scenario with minimum initial capital cost (ICC) and total NPC, respectively, was the one with DG/WT/storage batteries (SB) ($US 53,69) and ($US 59,611). The HRES (PV/WT/SBs) is the optimal scenario since it produces power at the lowest CoE ($US 0.241/kWh), leading to reliable energy and eliminating GHGE.…”
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Enhancement of tetracycline removal in aquatic environment by nano-pyrite/H_2 O_2/ultrasound as a sono-Fenton process by Elham Aseman-Bashiz, Hossein Sayyaf

“…Comparison of the efficiency of the proposed system components confirmed the remarkable synergy between sono-catalysis and Fenton reactions due to the simultaneous application of nano-pyrite, HP, and US power. Meanwhile, US irradiation caused fluidization, turbulence, mass transfer, and nano-pyrite surface cleaning due to its cavitation and oscillation effects. …”
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Taxing data when the United States disagrees by Tarcísio Diniz Magalhães, Allison Christians

“…This Article argues that in the face of such U.S. resistance, EU member states and countries elsewhere ought to reconsider using the income tax system to achieve their goals instead. …”
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