The Impact of COVID-19 on the Delivery of Educational Programs in Native American Communities: Qualitative Study by Lea Sacca, Christine Markham, Belinda Hernandez, Ross Shegog, Melissa Peskin, Stephanie Craig Rushing, Hannah Warren, Monique Tsosie

“… BackgroundDespite the availability of culturally responsive sexual health educational programs for American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) youth, barriers to their uptake and utilization persist in tribal communities. These challenges were exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic, which required flexible program delivery using both in-person and virtual classrooms. …”
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Use of Wild Edible Plants: Can They Meet the Dietary and Nutritional Needs of Indigenous Communities in Central India by Alka Mishra, Singam Laxmana Swamy, Tarun Kumar Thakur, Rajeev Bhat, Arvind Bijalwan, Amit Kumar

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Validation of a Mobile Health Technology Platform (FeverTracker) for Malaria Surveillance in India: Development and Usability Study by Ipsita Pal Bhowmick, Dibyajyoti Chutia, Avinash Chouhan, Nilay Nishant, P L N Raju, Kanwar Narain, Harpreet Kaur, Rocky Pebam, Jayanta Debnath, Rabindra Tripura, Kongkona Gogoi, Suman Ch Nag, Aatreyee Nath, Debabrata Tripathy, Jotish Debbarma, Nirapada Das, Ujjwal Sarkar, Rislyn Debbarma, Rajashree Roy, Bishal Debnath, Dipanjan Dasgupta, Suraj Debbarma, Kamal Joy Tripura, Guneram Reang, Amit Sharma, Manju Rahi, Jyoti Chhibber-Goel

“…The use of the app in 19 tribal villages of the Dhalai district in Tripura, India, assisted in the surveillance of 1880 suspected malaria patients and confirmed malaria infection in 93.4% (114/122; Plasmodium falciparum), 4.9% (6/122; P vivax), and 1.6% (2/122; P falciparum/P vivax mixed infection) of cases. …”
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Whole‐exome sequencing of a Saudi epilepsy cohort reveals association signals in known and potentially novel loci by Abdulrahman H. Al Anazi, Ahmed S. Ammar, Mahmoud Al-Hajj, Cyril Cyrus, Danah Aljaafari, Iname Khoda, Ahmed K. Abdelfatah, Abdullah A. Alsulaiman, Firas Alanazi, Rawan Alanazi, Divya Gandla, Hetal Lad, Samar Barayan, Brendan J. Keating, Amein K. Al-Ali

“…This offers a unique opportunity for the discovery of rare genetic variants impacting this disease as there is a high rate of consanguinity among large tribal pedigrees. Results We performed WES on 144 individuals diagnosed with epilepsy, to interrogate known epilepsy-related genes for known and functional novel variants. …”
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Period Prevalence of Rheumatic Heart Disease and the Need for a Centralized Patient Registry in American Samoa, 2016 to 2018 by Rebecca C. Woodruff, Ipuniuesea Eliapo‐Unutoa, Howard Chiou, Maria Gayapa, Sara Noonan, Pradeep S. B. Podila, Victoria Rayle, Guillermo Sanchez, Ray Tulafono, Chris A. Van Beneden, Matthew Ritchey

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Comparative evaluation of different integrated farming system models for small and marginal farmers under the Eastern Himalayas by RAKESH KUMAR, M K PATRA, A THIRUGNANAVEL, BIDYUT C DEKA, DIBYENDU CHATTERJEE, T R BORAH, G RAJESHA, H D TALANG, S K RAY, MANOJ KUMAR, PRAVIN KUMAR UPADHYAY

“…The field crops, vegetables and livestock components were included in IFS model considering topography of land, soil texture and preference for the tribal livelihood. The performance in terms of component wise productivity, profitability, employment generation and sustainability value index (SVI) were evaluated in consecutive three years (2012–2015). …”
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Diagnostic Value of Applying ACR-TIRADS on Thyroid Nodule Biopsies at a Tertiary Care Centre in the United Arab Emirates: A Prospective Observational Study by ANOOP KUMAR PANDEY, Maneesha Pandey, Arvind Kavishwar, Mani Jain

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Perceptions of and challenges faced by primary healthcare workers about preconception services in rural India: A qualitative study using focus group discussion by Amruta Paresh Chutke, Prakash Prabhakarrao Doke, Jayashree Sachin Gothankar, Prasad Dnyandeo Pore, Sonali Hemant Palkar, Archana Vasantrao Patil, Aniruddha Vinayakrao Deshpande, Khanindra Kumar Bhuyan, Madhusudan Vaman Karnataki, Aparna Nishikant Shrotri

“…The public health care system is primarily accessed by rural and tribal Indian population. It is essential to know the frontline healthcare workers perception about preconception care. …”
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Mature and old-growth forests contribute to large-scale conservation targets in the conterminous United States by Dominick A. DellaSala, Brendan Mackey, Patrick Norman, Carly Campbell, Patrick J. Comer, Cyril F. Kormos, Heather Keith, Brendan Rogers

“…MOG were displayed by major forest types (n = 22), landownerships (federal, state, private, and tribal), and Gap Analysis Project (GAP) management status overlaid on the NatureServe’s Red-listed Ecosystems and species, above-ground living biomass, and drinking water source areas. …”
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Diné teachings and public health students informing peers and relatives about vaccine education: Providing Diné (Navajo)-centered COVID-19 education materials using student health... by Marissa Tutt, Chassity Begay, Shawndeena George, Christopher Dickerson, Carmella Kahn, Mark Bauer, Nicolette Teufel-Shone

“…The Diné (Navajo) Teachings and Public Health Students Informing Peers and Relatives about Vaccine Education (RAVE) intervention was designed to utilize trusted health messengers as an effective means to address adults' vaccine concerns and hesitancy.MethodsThe research team used COVID-19 vaccine materials developed in a previous collaboration with non-Navajo tribal communities and publicly available materials. …”
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Measuring and controlling medical record abstraction (MRA) error rates in an observational study by Maryam Y. Garza, Tremaine Williams, Sahiti Myneni, Susan H. Fenton, Songthip Ounpraseuth, Zhuopei Hu, Jeannette Lee, Jessica Snowden, Meredith N. Zozus, Anita C. Walden, Alan E. Simon, Barbara McClaskey, Sarah G. Sanders, Sandra S. Beauman, Sara R. Ford, Lacy Malloch, Amy Wilson, Lori A. Devlin, Leslie W. Young

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RESPONSIVITAS PEMERINTAH DAERAH TERHADAP ISU PEMERINTAHAN ASLI KAMPUNG DAN IMPLIKASINYA TERHADAP HUBUNGAN KERJASAMA PEMERINTAHAN DESA DENGAN PEMERINTAHAN ONDOAFI/ONDOFOLO PADA MASY... by , IBRAHIM KRISTOFOL KENDI, S.SOS, , Dr. Agus Heruanto Hadna, M.Si

“…To realize the above, the desire of indigenous peoples in terms of return Sentani village identity has been lost since the imposition of village governance structure of the political empowerment of the New Order era, the struggle of indigenous peoples Sentani which was facilitated by NGOs AFP3 and Sentani Tribal Council (DAS) for support government towards strengthening institutional capacity Ondoafi / Ondofolo as mandated by Law No.. 21 of 2001 regarding Special Autonomy for Papua Province. …”

A new subfamily classification of the Leguminosae based on a taxonomically comprehensive phylogeny by Azani, N, Babineau, M, Bailey, CD, Banks, H, Barbosa, AR, Pinto, RB, Boatwright, JS, Borges, LM, Brown, GK, Bruneau, A, Candido, E, Cardoso, D, Chung, K-F, Clark, RP, Conceicao, ADS, Crisp, M, Cubas, P, Delgado-Salinas, A, Dexter, KG, Doyle, JJ, Duminil, J, Egan, AN, De La Estrella, M, Falcao, MJ, Filatov, DA, Fortuna-Perez, AP, Fortunato, RH, Gagnon, E, Gasson, P, Rando, JG, De Azevedo Tozzi, AM, Gunn, B, Harris, D, Haston, E, Hawkins, JA, Herendeen, PS, Hughes, CE, Iganci, JRV, Javadi, F, Kanu, SA, Kazempour-Osaloo, S, Kite, GC, Klitgaard, BB, Kochanovski, FJ, Koenen, EJM, Kovar, L, Lavin, M, Le Roux, M, Lewis, GP, De Lima, HC, Lopez-Roberts, MC, Mackinder, B, Maia, VH, Malecot, V, Mansano, VF, Marazzi, B, Mattapha, S, Miller, JT, Mitsuyuki, C, Moura, T, Murphy, DJ, Nageswara-Rao, M, Nevado, B, Neves, D, Ojeda, DI, Pennington, RT, Prado, DE, Prenner, G, De Queiroz, LP, Ramos, G, Filardi, FL, Ribeiro, PG, Rico-Arce, MDL, Sanderson, MJ, Santos-Silva, J, Sao-Mateus, WMB, Silva, MJS, Simon, MF, Sinou, C, Snak, C, De Souza, ER, Sprent, J, Steele, KP, Steier, JE, Steeves, R, Stirton, CH, Tagane, S, Torke, BM, Toyama, H, Da Cruz, DT, Vatanparast, M, Wieringa, JJ, Wink, M, Wojciechowski, MF, Yahara, T, Yi, T, Zimmerman, E

“…The traditionally recognised subfamily Mimosoideae is a distinct clade nested within the recircumscribed Caesalpinioideae and is referred to informally as the mimosoid clade pending a forthcoming formal tribal and/or cladebased classification of the new Caesalpinioideae. …”

The situation in Peć kaza (1899-1901) by Zarković Vesna S.

“…In January of that year, numerous Albanians from various regions met and held a meeting, where they spoke about opposition to reforms and the expansion of tribal self-governance. Through influential beys, Porta emphasized the importance of unity and joint action against possible attacks from Serbia and Montenegro. …”
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The archetypal criticism of "Hooshroba Castle" story by Jalil Moshydy, Sonia Noori

“…The basic fact of life archetype such as birth, growing up, love, family and tribal life, death ...at the same concepts as the archetype known myths. …”
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Bosnian literature in Vladimir Jurčić’s horizons: Reconstruction of the unpublished book Muslims in croatian literature by Nehrudin Rebihić

“…He emphasized the „poljodjelski“ character of Bosniak writers between the two world wars, while in older literature, especially in the oral literary tradition- and all that for need of ideological manipulation in the time of the Independent State of Croatia - war, he emphasized the highland (tribal) character that manifested itself in the epic-agonal consciousness. …”

Measuring the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on Diné and White Mountain Apache school personnel, families, and students: protocol for a prospective longitudinal cohort study by Joshuaa D. Allison-Burbank, Allison Ingalls, Paul Rebman, Rachel Chambers, Renae Begay, Ryan Grass, Alicia Tsosie, Shannon Archuleta, Allison Barlow, Francene Larzelere, Laura Hammitt, Lauren Tingey, Emily Haroz

“…This study aims to: (1) understand the barriers and facilitators to school re-opening and in-person school attendance from the perspective of multiple stakeholders in Diné and Apache communities; and (2) evaluate the educational, social, emotional, physical, and mental health impacts of returning to in-person learning for caregivers and youth ages 4–16 who reside or work on the Diné Nation and the White Mountain Apache Tribal lands. Methods We aim to recruit up to N = 200 primary caregivers of Diné and Apache youth ages 4–16 and up to N = 120 school personnel. …”
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Relationship between Trust and Social Consensus among Citizens of 20 Years Old and Above in Gonbadekavoos by Gholamreza Khoshfar, Safieh Mehdizadeh Afrozi

“…Social consensus is an important background for social order, especially when we talk about the inner order of society and social trust have been one of the most important factors for development of social capital and for social interactions and relations leading to social order. Characteristics of tribal culture of the research place (Gonbadekavoos) should be taken into consideration because solidarity is an important issue there and social consensus in that city is very crucial. …”
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Wood Products for Cultural Uses: Sustaining Native Resilience and Vital Lifeways in Southeast Alaska, USA by Adelaide Johnson, Audrey E. Clavijo, Glenn Hamar, Deborah-Aanutein Head, Andrew Thoms, Wayne Price, Arianna Lapke, Justin Crotteau, Lee K. Cerveny, Hailey Wilmer, Lillian Petershoare, Andrea Cook, Sienna Reid

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Inside the Outsider: The Reappearance in Chinese Literature of Long Absent Type of Character by Anne Weddell-Wedellsborg

“…The search in literature for national identity has been most conspicuously expressed in the so-called "root-seeking" (xungen) literature, prominent since 1984, which consciously tries to rediscover some traditional Chinese elements, mainly Daoism and Buddhism, but also tribal cultures, primitive myths and folklore.3 This search, as well as being a psychologically understandable response to the tremendous and sudden influx of Western culture and to the whole process of economic modernization, has also been triggered off by the urge to find the roots and causes of the Cultural Revolution. …”
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