Toxicity and Molecular Identification of Green Toadfish Lagocephalus lunaris Collected from Kyushu Coast, Japan by Yuji Nagashima, Takuya Matsumoto, Keisuke Kadoyama, Shoichiro Ishizaki, Makoto Terayama

“…Green toadfish Lagocephalus lunaris inhabits tropical and subtropical seas and contains high tetrodotoxin (TTX) levels in the muscle as well as liver and gonad. …”
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Condición humana y condición animal: antropogénesis en dos novelas del Período Especial en Cuba by René Camilo García-Rivera

“… Las novelas Las bestias (2006) y Animal tropical (2001), escritas respectivamente por Ronaldo Menéndez y Pedro Juan Gutiérrez, constituyen ejemplos del protagonismo de la cuestión animal en la narrativa cubana contemporánea: en ambas obras, la condición animal resulta clave para la construcción del devenir de las tramas y la conformación de la condición humana. …”
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Papaya Mealybug, Paracoccus marginatus Williams and Granara de Willink (Insecta: Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) by Alison Walker, Marjorie Hoy, Dale Meyerdirk

“… The papaya mealybug, Paracoccus marginatus Williams and Granara de Willink, is a small hemipteran that attacks several genera of host plants, including economically important tropical fruits and ornamentals. The papaya mealybug was discovered in Manatee and Palm Beach counties in Florida in 1998 and subsequently spread rapidly to several other Florida counties. …”
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Simulated Antarctic sea ice expansion reconciles climate model with observation by Wei Liu

“…Compared to the sea-ice decline scenario, Antarctic sea ice expansion brings tropical precipitation changes closer to observations. …”
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Organization of hospital services for an outbreak of arboviral infections. Cienfuegos 2018 by Carlos García Gómez, María Ocavina Rodríguez Roque, Viviana García Escudero, Andrés Pável Peña Batista, Mailé Ramírez Martínez, Onel Rodríguez Chávez

“…<p><strong>Foundation:</strong> arbovirus infections are among the main diseases that affect tropical regions. Within this group, dengue plays a preponderant role. …”
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Fossil fish assemblage of the Laguna Formation, Philippines: unveiling the uniqueness of Pleistocene freshwater ecosystems in Southeast Asia by Tomáš Přikryl, Abigael Castro, Allan Gil Fernando, Jaan Ruy Conrad Nogot, Clarence Magtoto, Kevin Garas, Dominique Mediodia, Chien-Hsiang Lin

“…This study represents the first systematic description of freshwater fish fossils in the Philippines and marks the first discovery of these taxa in the tropical West Pacific region.…”
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Jamun Seed: A Review on Bioactive Constituents, Nutritional Value and Health Benefits by Yamini Tak, Manpreet Kaur, Mool C. Jain, Mahesh Kumar Samota, Nirmal Kumar Meena, Gurpreet Kaur, Rajendra Kumar, Daisy Sharma, José M. Lorenzo, Ryszard Amarowicz

“…Jamun fruit, a member of the Myrtaceae family, is commercially grown in tropical and subtropical areas of the world for its fruits with sweet, sour, and astringent luscious flesh. …”
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Papaya Mealybug, Paracoccus marginatus Williams and Granara de Willink (Insecta: Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) by Alison Walker, Marjorie Hoy, Dale Meyerdirk

“… The papaya mealybug, Paracoccus marginatus Williams and Granara de Willink, is a small hemipteran that attacks several genera of host plants, including economically important tropical fruits and ornamentals. The papaya mealybug was discovered in Manatee and Palm Beach counties in Florida in 1998 and subsequently spread rapidly to several other Florida counties. …”
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Traversées, hybridations grotesques et inquiétante étrangeté dans The Island of Dr Moreau (1896) de H. G. Wells : la mort de l’humain ? by Françoise DUPEYRON-LAFAY

“…The island on which Prendick is compelled to live for months, instead of leading to (re)construction as in traditional utopias, is an anarchic tropical jungle that deconstructs and shatters all his norms and certainties, reflecting his wild and alien(ated) state.…”
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Application of Coal Ash to Postmine Land for Prevention of Soil Erosion in Coal Mine in Indonesia: Utilization of Fly Ash and Bottom Ash by Shinji Matsumoto, Shunta Ogata, Hideki Shimada, Takashi Sasaoka, Ginting J. Kusuma, Rudy S. Gautama

“…In the past studies, coal ash was applied to postmine land with the aim of improving soil conditions for plant growth; however, heavy rain in the tropical climate may cause soil erosion with the change in soil conditions. …”
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Influence of winter Saharan dust on equatorial Atlantic variability by Ignasi Vallès-Casanova, Ori Adam, Marta Martín Rey

“…Abstract While Saharan dust’s influence on sea surface temperature variability in the tropical North Atlantic is well-documented, its effects on the equatorial region remain underexplored. …”
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Culture and sensitivity analysis in rhinitis atrophic: case series by Shelly Tjahyadewi, Rano Aditomo, Rahayu Rahayu, Agung Sulistyanto, Nurfauziati Pasaribu

“…It is more prevalent in tropical regions and among populations with low socioeconomic status and poor hygiene, although its exact etiology remains unclear. …”
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Tracking- and Scintillation-Aware Channel Model for GEO Satellite to Land Mobile Terminals at Ku-Band by Ali M. Al-Saegh, A. Sali, J. S. Mandeep, Alyani Ismail

“…The effect of satellite tracking loss at different mobile terminal speeds is considered for directional mobile antenna systems, a reliable tropospheric scintillation model for an LMS scenario at tropical and temperate regions is presented, and finally a new quality indicator module for different modulation and coding schemes is included. …”
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Correction: In vitro inhibition of Xanthomonas vasicola pv. musacearum, the causal agent of banana Xanthomonas Wilt, using medicinal plant extracts from North Kivu, Eastern Democra... by Franchement Mukeshambala, Angele Ibanda, Ludivine Lassois, Gakuru Semacumu, Dhed’a Djailo, Leon Nabahungu, Guy Blomme, Godefroid Monde

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Together for Tomorrow: Advancing Global Child Health through Equitable Collaboration and Action by Erva Nur Cinar, Rebecca Rhodes, Helen Brotherton

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Correction to: Safeguarding and using global banana diversity: a holistic approach by Ines Van den Houwe, Rachel Chase, Julie Sardos, Max Ruas, Els Kempenaers, Valentin Guignon, Sebastien Massart, Sebastien Carpentier, Bart Panis, Mathieu Rouard, Nicolas Roux

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Dengue social representations related to newspaper publications in the northeast of Argentina by Agustín Villarreal, Lucía Genzone, Maria José Villarreal, Rosa Yanina Macchi, Natalia Soledad Amerio

“…Background: Dengue is an infectious disease, is transmitted by the Aedes aegypti mosquito, especially in tropical regions. In the last few years, the city of Posadas (Misiones-Argentina) faces an increase in the number of cases that has led the provincial government to decree a sanitary and epidemiological emergency in 2020. …”
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La « connexion hamburger » appliquée à l’Amazonie brésilienne. Décryptage de l’ « effet papillon » entre consumérisme carné et déboisement by Guillaume Marchand

“…We will see that the international hamburger connection is a phenomenon with numerous ramifications, not consuming every times tropical dense forests but more often savannas and transition forest areas.…”
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The Development of a Customization Framework for the WRF Model over the Lake Victoria Basin, Eastern Africa on Seasonal Timescales by R. Argent, X. Sun, F. Semazzi, L. Xie, B. Liu

“…The runs are analyzed using Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission rainfall data and Climatic Research Unit temperature data. …”
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Effect of isolated compounds from Combretum trifoliatum on toxicity and detoxification enzymes in Nilaparvata lugens by Nutchaya Kumrungsee, Saksit Nobsathian, Worakawee Chumworathayee, Poonnanan Phankaen, Benjawan Dunkhunthod, Opender Koul, Chatwadee Saiyaitong, Vasakorn Bullangpoti

“…Abstract The brown planthopper (BPH) Nilaparvata lugens (Stål) is a major insect pest of Oryza sativa that causes crop yield loss in tropical regions, including Thailand. In this study, the crude ethanolic extract of the leaves and branches of Combretum trifoliatum , its active isolated components, apigenin and camphor, and Finopril were tested for their ability to control the first to fifth instars of N. lugens. …”
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