Insights into Hepatocellular Carcinoma in Patients with Thalassemia: From Pathophysiology to Novel Therapies by Pei-Chin Lin, Wan-Yi Hsu, Po-Yi Lee, Shih-Hsien Hsu, Shyh-Shin Chiou

“…Thalassemia is a heterogeneous congenital hemoglobinopathy common in the Mediterranean region, Middle East, Indian subcontinent, and Southeast Asia with increasing incidence in Northern Europe and North America due to immigration. …”
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Abiotic and biotic factors associated with tick population dynamics on a mammalian host: Ixodes hexagonus infesting otters, Lutra lutra. by Ellie Sherrard-Smith, Elizabeth Chadwick, Joanne Cable

“…Climatic phenomena such as the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) affect weather conditions in northern Europe. Consequently parasite distributions, particularly species with life stages exposed to the external environment, can be affected. …”
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Genomes from historical Drosophila melanogaster specimens illuminate adaptive and demographic changes across more than 200 years of evolution. by Max Shpak, Hamid R Ghanavi, Jeremy D Lange, John E Pool, Marcus C Stensmyr

“…By comparing historical samples ranging from the early 1800s to 1933 against modern-day genomes, we document evolution across thousands of generations, including time periods that encompass the species' initial occupation of northern Europe and an era of rapidly increasing human activity. …”
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The impact of climate change on crop mix shift in the Nordic region by Doan Nainggolan, Abrha Teklay Abay, Jesper Heile Christensen, Mette Termansen

“…Abstract Growing evidence of anthropogenic climate change suggests marked changes in agricultural ecosystems and crop suitability across the globe. Northern Europe is primarily predicted to see beneficial impacts through crop shifts towards the North of the region. …”
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Classification and mechanism of spring and summer floods in northern Xinjiang from 2006 to 2011 by Ping Chen, Weiyi Mao, Junqiang Yao, Jing Chen, Liyun Ma

“…Through analysis of the atmospheric circulation evolution process of the three types of floods, it can be concluded that when a rainstorm‐type flood occurs, northern Xinjiang is affected by an anomalous cyclone that forms in front of the strengthened trough over northern Europe. Anomalous cyclones provide favorable conditions for precipitation, which is conducive to rainstorm‐type floods. …”
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Parametric Investigation Using Computational Fluid Dynamics of the HVAC Air Distribution in a Railway Vehicle for Representative Weather and Operating Conditions by Christian Suárez, Alfredo Iranzo, José Antonio Salva, Elvira Tapia, Gonzalo Barea, José Guerra

“…A complete CFD model, including the car’s geometry in detail, the passengers, the luminaires, and other the important features related to the HVAC system (air supply inlets, exhaust outlets, convectors, etc.) are developed to investigate eight different typical scenarios for Northern Europe climate conditions. The results, analyzed and discussed in terms of temperature and velocity fields in different sections of the tram, and also in terms of volumetric parameters representative of the whole tram volume, show an adequate behavior from the passengers’ comfort point of view, especially for summer climate conditions.…”
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A perfect prognosis downscaling methodology for seasonal prediction of local-scale wind speeds by Jaume Ramon, Llorenç Lledó, Pierre-Antoine Bretonnière, Margarida Samsó, Francisco J Doblas-Reyes

“…In all cases, the enhancement is particularly noted in northern Europe. By being more capable of anticipating local wind speed conditions in higher quality, hybrid predictions will boost the application of seasonal predictions outside the field of pure climate research.…”
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Sindbis Virus Infection in Non-Blood-Fed Hibernating <i>Culex pipiens</i> Mosquitoes in Sweden by Alexander Bergman, Emma Dahl, Åke Lundkvist, Jenny C. Hesson

“…A crucial, but unresolved question concerning mosquito-borne virus transmission is how these viruses can remain endemic in regions where the transmission is halted for long periods of time, due to mosquito inactivity in, e.g., winter. In northern Europe, Sindbis virus (SINV) (genus alphavirus, <i>Togaviridae</i>) is transmitted among birds by <i>Culex</i> mosquitoes during the summer, with occasional symptomatic infections occurring in humans. …”
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Urban freight policy maturity and sustainable logistics: are they related? by Jonathan Cowie, Keith Fisken

“…This is based on five city case studies located across Northern Europe and uses an adapted form of Kiba-Janiak (Res Transp Bus Manag 24:4–16, 2017, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rtbm.2017.05.003 ) five stages of ‘city maturity’ with regards to urban freight policy development. …”
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Diversity of Transmission Outcomes Following Co-Infection of Sheep with Strains of Bluetongue Virus Serotype 1 and 8 by Eva Veronesi, Karin Darpel, Simon Gubbins, Carrie Batten, Kyriaki Nomikou, Peter Mertens, Simon Carpenter

“…Bluetongue virus (BTV) causes an economically important disease, bluetongue (BT), in susceptible ruminants and is transmitted primarily by species of <i>Culicoides</i> biting midges (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae). Since 2006, northern Europe has experienced multiple incursions of BTV through a variety of routes of entry, including major outbreaks of strains of BTV serotype 8 (BTV-8) and BTV serotype 1 (BTV-1), which overlapped in distribution within southern Europe. …”
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Piuro Landslide: 3D Hydromechanical Numerical Modelling of the 1618 Event by Andrea Morcioni, Tiziana Apuani, Francesco Cecinato

“…It destroyed the ancient village of Piuro (Italian Bregaglia Valley), renowned as an important trading center between the Mediterranean region and Northern Europe. The event had a significant impact among communities of all Alpine regions and was well documented by chronicles and paintings during subsequent decades. …”
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Tunnel valleys in the southeastern North Sea: more data, more complexity by A. Lohrberg, J. Schneider von Deimling, H. Grob, K.-F. Lenz, S. Krastel

“…<p>Large Pleistocene ice sheets have produced glacial structures both at and below the surface in northern Europe. Some of the largest and most erosive structures are so-called tunnel valleys (TVs): large and deep channels (typically up to 5 km wide and up to 400 m deep, with lengths up to 100 km), which formed below ice sheets. …”
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The Content of Heavy Metals in the Soil and Litterfall an a Beech-Pine-Spruce Stand in Northern Poland by Jonczak Jerzy, Parzych Agnieszka

“…The fluxes were higher for Mn, Zn and Ni, and comparable for Cu in relation to those observed in other beech, pine, spruce and mixed stands in northern Europe.…”
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Purification and Characterization of Recombinant Expressed Apple Allergen Mal d 1 by Julia A. H. Kaeswurm, Bettina Nestl, Sven M. Richter, Max Emperle, Maria Buchweitz

“…Mal d 1 is the primary apple allergen in northern Europe. To explain the differences in the allergenicity of apple varieties, it is essential to study its properties and interaction with other phytochemicals, which might modulate the allergenic potential. …”
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Shutdown of Atlantic overturning circulation could cause persistent increase of primary production in the Pacific by Ralf Liebermann, Matthias Hofmann, Georg Feulner

“…A potential shutdown of the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation (AMOC) is commonly recognized to have a significant impact on the Northern hemispheric climate, notably in Northern Europe. The collapse of the northbound heat transport by the AMOC is supposed to cool down surface air temperatures at the Scandinavian coast by up to 6 K accompanied by a concomitant nutrient starvation of phytoplankton in Subarctic and Arctic regions. …”
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Gene flow relates to evolutionary divergence among populations at the range margin by Peter Kaňuch, Berrit Kiehl, Anna Cassel-Lundhagen, Ane T. Laugen, Matthew Low, Åsa Berggren

“…Methods To disentangle genetic versus environmental drivers of population differences in morphology, we measured the size of four different body traits in wild-caught individuals from the two most distinct latitudinally-matched pairs of populations occurring at about 60°N latitude in northern Europe, characterised by either restricted or continuous gene flow, and corresponding individuals raised under laboratory conditions. …”
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Dynamic Modeling of an Offshore Floating Wind Turbine for Application in the Mediterranean Sea by Lorenzo Cottura, Riccardo Caradonna, Alberto Ghigo, Riccardo Novo, Giovanni Bracco, Giuliana Mattiazzo

“…In the last few years, some offshore floating wind farms were deployed in Northern Europe for technology validation, with very promising results. …”
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Seasonality of the global cruise industry by Hirohito Ito, Shinya Hanaoka, Kashin Sugishita

“…Cruise ships were deployed to Alaska and Northern Europe in summer and dispersed to the equator and Southern Hemisphere in winter. …”
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A multi-model study of impacts of climate change on surface ozone in Europe by J. Langner, M. Engardt, A. Baklanov, J. H. Christensen, M. Gauss, C. Geels, G. B. Hedegaard, R. Nuterman, D. Simpson, J. Soares, M. Sofiev, P. Wind, A. Zakey

“…Corresponding changes of 95-percentiles of hourly ozone are close to 2 ppb(v) in the same region. In northern Europe ensemble mean for mean and daily maximum show negative changes while there are no negative changes for the higher percentiles indicating that climate impacts on O&lt;sub&gt;3&lt;/sub&gt; could be especially important in connection with extreme summer events.…”
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Cross-Border Forms of Animal Use by Indigenous Peoples by Stefan Kirchner

“…While colonial borders have affected the lives of herding communities in Africa and while there are cross-border indigenous activities in different parts of Latin America, the situation in Northern Europe is particularly noteworthy. This is because cross-border activities are possible there not simply because effective border controls are difficult to ensure in such remote areas but mainly because several of the relevant states have the long-term political will to allow for cross-border activities. …”
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