Brexit and the Future of the Special Relationship between the United States and the United Kingdom by A. A. Aleshin, S. V. Kislitsyn

“…The U.S. needs British military bases and investment while the UK needs American technologies, especially in the nuclear sphere, and investment alike. …”
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Comparing International Guidelines for the Remission of Hypertension After Bariatric Surgery by Carina Vieira Dias, Ana Lúcia Silva, Joana Dias, Paulo Cardoso, Rute Castanheira, Andreia Fernandes, Filipa Nunes, Tina Sanai, Mercedes Sanchez, João Maia-Teixeira, Ana Luísa De Sousa-Coelho

“…Dissimilar hypertension guidelines are available for clinicians, namely those prepared by the American Heart Association (AHA) and the European Society of Cardiology (ESC), which may lead to distinctive appreciation of health outcomes of patients with obesity after bariatric and metabolic surgery, such as hypertension remission. …”
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Prevalence of Diabetes and Associated Risk Factors among a Group of Prisoners in the Yaoundé Central Prison by Sylvain Raoul Simeni Njonnou, Jérôme Boombhi, Martine Claude Etoa Etoga, Aimée Tiodoung Timnou, Ahmadou Musa Jingi, Kevin Nkem Efon, Esther Astrid Mbono Samba Eloumba, Marie-Josiane Ntsama Essomba, Odette Kengni Kebiwo, Alice Ninon Tsitsol Meke, Stéphane Talbit Ndjonya, Mesmin Dehayem Yefou, Eugène Sobngwi

“…Diabetes was defined according to the American Diabetes Association (ADA) criteria. Analyzed variables included phenotypic characteristics, lifestyle, the reason for detention, the sentence severity, and the length of detention. …”
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Optimizing Operating Room Efficiency for Primary Hip and Knee Arthroplasty Using Performance Benchmarks by Koorosh Kashanian, BMSc, Matey Juric, BSc, Tim Ramsay, PhD, Pascal Fallavollita, PhD, Paul E. Beaulé, MD, FAAOS, FRCSC

“…All surgeries were performed as outpatients and included 160 females and 135 males; 161 TKA and 134 THA; mean age, 66.1; mean body mass index, 28.6 kg/m2; American Society of Anesthesia, 2. Time points, demographics, and adverse events were recorded. …”
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Estimates of critical loads and exceedances of acidity and nutrient nitrogen for mineral soils in Canada for 2014–2016 average annual sulfur and nitrogen atmospheric deposition by H. Cathcart, J. Aherne, M. D. Moran, M. D. Moran, V. Savic-Jovcic, P. A. Makar, A. Cole

“…Other parameters explored include modelled base cation deposition and site-specific nutrient and base cation uptake estimates based on North American tree chemistry data and tree species and biomass maps. …”
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U.S.-UK Voting Cohesion in the United Nations General Assembly: Important Votes (2001–2019) by A. O. Mamedova

“…Washington pays close attention to other countries’ voting behavior in the UNGA, especially when it comes to Israel-related issues. Whereas the Anglo-American Special Relationship has been extensively studied with the focus on the military and political aspects, US-UK interaction in international organizations, especially in the UN, deserves greater attention. …”
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Single Buried Intramedullary K-Wire Fixation in Nonthumb Metacarpal Shaft Fractures with Immediate Postoperative Mobilization without Any Immobilization by Wuttipong Siriwittayakorn, Nath Adulkasem, Pichet Sangthongsil, Wasapol Pitiguagool, Wattanai Atthakorn, Kraisong Watatham, Wichit Siritattamrong

“…Clinical outcomes were evaluated with total active flexion; grip strength; disability of arm, shoulder, and hand (DASH) score; and the American Society for Surgery of the Hand Total Active Flexion (ASSH TAF) score. …”
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Lupus Eritematosus Sistemik pada Pria by Fajriansyah Fajriansyah, Najirman Najirman

“…Pasien ini didiagnosis dengan lupus eritematosus sistemik sesuai dengan kriteria ACR (American College of Rheumatology) revisi tahun 1997, dimana bila terdapat 4 dari 11 kriteria ACR. …”
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Wem gehört die Interkulturalität? Über das Verhältnis von linguistischen Teildisziplinen und Kulturforschung by Csaba Földes

“…Subsequently, the paper focuses on culturally oriented linguistic approaches, specifically three current and differing research directions that are investigated critically regarding their content profiles, namely (a) the Russian/post-Soviet linguoculturology (LC), (b) the Anglo-American cultural linguistics (CL), and (c) intercultural linguistics (IL) – situated primarily within the field of German Studies – which focuses on interculturality and multilingualism. …”
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Moscow Treaty of the USSR-Germany and «Letter on German Unity». From Conflict to Compromise by A. M. Filitov

“…Formally declaring a positive attitude to the" new Eastern policy " of Germany, in fact the American side tried to compromise it in every possible way and complicate the process of preparing the Moscow Treaty. …”
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The Role of Chinese Small and Medium TNCs in the Modernization of the National Economy by D. B. Kalashnikov

“…The major field of Chinese SMFAs is the promotion of products manufactured in the PRC in the American and European markets, and it contributes to the development of the national innovation system, redistributes the added value in favor of national manufacturers, and stimulates the development of hightech industries of the PRC. …”
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INTERNATIONAL RIVALRY IN THE ENERGY SECTOR: THE EASTERN EUROPEAN MARKET OF ATOMIC ENERGY IN FOCUS by Y. V. Borovsky

“…International rivalry is more a political process, necessarily involving some rival pairs of states (or groups of states) that compete with each other not only to get some benefits, but to expand their territory or power.The competition and rivalry betweenRussiaand the West in the sphere of nuclear power are especially apparent in the Eastern European region where the American, European and Japanese corporations, with the support of the Western foreign ministries and EU institutions, try to achieve two main goals. …”
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Emergency Laparotomy in the Critically Ill: Futility at the Bedside by Niels D. Martin, Sagar P. Patel, Kristen Chreiman, Jose L. Pascual, Benjamin Braslow, Patrick M. Reilly, Lewis J. Kaplan

“…Inclusion was defined by emergency laparotomy in the operating room (OR) in a patient with an American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) score ≥4 or bedside laparotomy in the ICU (BSL). …”
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Head rotation and the perception of eyelid height and contour by Daniel B Rootman, Elana Meer, Nicholas J Jackson, Stefania B Diniz, John M Nesemann

“…This study investigates surgeons’ and laypeople’s accuracy and efficiency in perceiving eyelid asymmetry from different spatial perspectives.Methods A prospective psychometric experiment was conducted where oculoplastic surgeons were recruited from the American Society of Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and the Brazilian Oculoplastic Surgery Society, and control participants were recruited via crowdsourcing (Amazon’s Mechanical Turk). …”
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Gastronomy vs gastro-anomie? Japan’s foodscape by А. V. Malov, S. V. Chugrov

“…It is proved that, along with the import of foreign food products, which undermined the food self-sufficiency of the state, the patterns of the Euro-American civilization were imported, which modified the model of social behavior, ingrained eating habits, and age-old culinary foundations of Japanese society. …”
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What is the current state of precision rehabilitation? Protocol for a scoping study with a consultation phase by Annie Pouliot-Laforte, Evemie Dubé, Dahlia Kairy, Danielle E Levac

“…The consultation phase will involve a purposeful sampling of key stakeholders (clinicians, researchers and managers) in large North American rehabilitation centres. Semi-structured individual interviews will be conducted and analysed using deductive thematic analysis. …”
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Comparison between sevoflurane and propofol induction in I-gel insertion in pediatric patients undergoing inguinal herniotomy by Harshita Singh, Harpreet Kaur, Shirin Parveen, Narendra Singh Bafila, Kirtika Yadav, Anam Rizwan, Dhruvraj Singh

“…Materials and Methods: The prospective observational study included 66 children aged 6 months–8 years with American society of anesthesiologists physical status I and II, scheduled for elective herniotomy. …”
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La ecología política de la crisis global y los límites del capitalismo benévolo by Eduardo Gudynas

“…The environmental dimension is assumed merely as an instrumental adjustment that results in generating the illusion of a benevolent capitalism, which is defended even by progressive South American governments.…”
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Efficacy of short term non steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs in Indian patients with axial spondyloarthritis by Shubha Bhalla, Shallu Verma, Anand Narayan Malaviya

“…The efficacy of NSAIDs observed in this study was much higher than that reported in European/North American patients. The reason for this difference needs further study.…”
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Calculated parameters for the diagnosis of Wilson disease by Nada Syazana Zulkufli, Pavai Sthaneshwar, Wah-Kheong Chan

“…Similarly, molar NCC below the European cut-off of 1.6 umol/L showed higher accuracy than the American cut-off of 3.9 umol/L (80.3% vs. 59.6%) (P < 0.001). …”
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