Within-hospital Temporal Clustering of Postoperative Complications and Implications for Safety Monitoring and Benchmarking Using ACS-NSQIP Data by Mark E. Cohen, PhD, Yaoming Liu, PhD, Clifford Y. Ko, MD, MS, MSHS, FACS, Bruce L. Hall, MD, PhD, MBA, FACS

“…To determine the extent to which within-hospital temporal clustering of postoperative complications is observed in the American College of Surgeons, National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (ACS-NSQIP). …”
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Physicians’ knowledge, attitudes, and beliefs regarding practices of male and female surgical sterilization procedures in Lebanon by Jad Najdi, Alexandre Armache, Elia Abou Chawareb, Nassib Abou Heidar, Marwan Zein, Anthony Fadel, Jimmy Nehme, Bassel Bachir

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Embryo versus endometrial receptivity: untangling a complex debate by Ramazan Mercan, Yilmaz Guzel, İrem Usta, Ebru Alper

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Paléoparasitologie : Apports des méthodes de la Parasitologie médicale à l’étude des populations anciennes by Stéphanie Harter, Françoise Bouchet

“…Since the beginning of the 20th century, research into parasitic diseases has been carried out in the European and American scientific community. The application of the diagnostic methods of current medical coprology to increasingly varied archaeological samples has made it possible to augment the data for Palaeopathology by the discovery of other infectious diseases not before detected.…”
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Dětství v otroctví pohledem dobových ego-dokumentů by Šárka Bubíková

“… The article introduces the specific kind of American ego-documents – the so-called slave narratives – and uses them to discuss the experience of childhood spent in slavery. …”
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ENTREPRENEURSHIP EDUCATION IN RUSSIA: DIAGNOSIS OF THE PROBLEM by Yuriy B. Rubin

“…Also the author explains approaches used by European, American universities and educational institutions of developing countries, which are not yet in use by Russian universities.…”
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Clinical Remission of Chronic Refractory Pelvic Symptoms in Three Men by Bradley R. Hennenfent, Antonio Espinosa Feliciano

“…We report on three American men with chronic refractory pelvic pain, urinary symptoms, and sexual dysfunction who traveled to the Philippines for treatment. …”
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Postscript on the «Siberian Century»: response to Alexey Sushko by P. A. Eltsov

“…The article contains a reply to the critical comments by Alexey Sushko on the translation of the separate chapter from the book «Long Telegram 2: Neo-Kennanite Approach to Russia» by the American anthropologist, historian and political scientist Peter Eltsov. …”
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A PROBLEM OF OPENING OF THE SECOND FRONT IS IN EUROPE: LOOK AFTER SEVEN DECADES by A. A. Paderin

“…In author's opinion, it is fully grounded historically, that front, formed by the Anglo-American troops in Normandy, for example, was called not norman or western, but «second». …”
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The Effect of Telemedicine on Access to Acute Stroke Care in Texas: The Story of Age Inequalities by Karen C. Albright, Amelia K. Boehme, Michael T. Mullen, Tzu-Ching Wu, Charles C. Branas, James C. Grotta, Sean I. Savitz, Catherine Wolff, Bisakha Sen, Brendan G. Carr

“…Data from the US Census Bureau and the 2010 Neilson Claritas Demographic Estimation Program, American Hospital Association annual survey, and The Joint Commission list of PSCs and survey response data for all hospitals in the state of Texas were used. …”
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SOCIAL DESIGNING OF ADVERTISING EDUCATION: THE UNITED STATES EXPERIENCE by N. Starykh, N. Lazutova

“…The challenges of post-industrial economy and the reduction of public funding of universities in the 1960s was painful for the American academic community, as for their Russian counterparts today. …”
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Epidemiology of Chagas Disease in the United States of America: A Short Review and Some Comments by Stephen A. Klotz

“…This report discusses autochthonous cases of Chagas disease as well as disease in immigrants from Latin American countries. Suggestions for epidemiology research and medical care are discussed given the evolving epidemiology of the disease in the United States of America.…”
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Does Routine Pain Assessment Result in Better Care? by Thomas Hadjistavropoulos, Ying C MacNab, Amanda Lints-Martindale, Ronald Martin, Heather Hadjistavropoulos

“…BACKGROUND: Although a variety of national organizations such as the Canadian Pain Society, the American Pain Society and the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Health Care Organizations have advanced the idea that pain should be assessed on a routine basis, there is little evidence that systematic pain assessment information is used routinely by clinicians even when it is readily available.…”
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Effects of dietary bile acid on the growth performance, intestinal health, blood biochemistry, and antioxidative response of Nile tilapia (Oreochromus niloticus) fed high-fat diets by Mahmoud A.O. Dawood, Sameh El-Dahan, Samy Elsaadawy, Ahmed E. Noreldin, Hani Sewilam

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Prevalence of Sero-Molecular Markers of Hepatitis C and B Viruses among Patients with β-Thalassemia Major in Northern West Bank, Palestine by Kamal Dumaidi, Amer Al-Jawabreh, Fekri Samarah, Maha Rabayaa

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Floods’ Impact on Cities’ Critical Infrastructure: A Case Study on Dubai by Diaa Addeen Abuhani, Raghad Aldamani, Imran Zualkernan, Reem Alali, Himanshu Grover

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Agent-based risk analysis model for road transportation of dangerous goods by Hassan Kanj, Ajla Kulaglic, Wael Hosny Fouad Aly, Mutaz A.B. Al-Tarawneh, Khaled Safi, Sawsan Kanj, Jean-Marie Flaus

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Venezuela: Political Confrontation and the World Community by Z. W. Iwanowski, D. M. Rozental

“…The miscalculations of the incumbent president were used in election campaigns in other Latin American countries and became one of the reasons for the defeat of left candidates, the subsequent ‘right drift’ leading to the isolation of the republic. …”
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Learning-Based Spectrum Sensing for Cognitive Radio Systems by Yasmin Hassan, Mohamed El-Tarhuni, Khaled Assaleh

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