New in US-Canadian Relations and Ratification of the USMCA Agreement by I. A. Sokov

“…This is also connected with the trade war between the United States and China, that was repeatedly emphasized both in the US Administration and in the Congress during D. Trump's presidency. The United States-Canadian relations have worsened significantly, although the countries' leaders do not recognize it publicly during the agreement's preparation and its ratification, for almost three years. …”
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Embarking on Friendship: Exploring Early Soviet-Indian Relations by S. I. Lunev

“…Soviet diplomacy played a pivotal role in shaping policy changes: diplomats sought to gather crucial information about events in the country, transmit it to the USSR, and promote bilateral rapprochement, sometimes even acting in violation of instructions.The article pays particular attention to the activities of Subhas Chandra Bose, the leader of the left wing of the Indian National Congress, who according to Indian sociological surveys on the most prominent politicians of the 20th century, ranks second only to Mahatma Gandhi. …”
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Understanding the current backlash against LGBTIQ+ rights through the lens of heteroactivism: A case study of the International Organization for the Family’s transnational norm dif... by Strand Cecilia, Eriksson Åsa, Svensson Jakob

“…In this article, we identify differences between the two periods, noting that the period covering the flagship event, the World Congress of Families (WCF) in 2022, was markedly less LGBTIQ-hostile and adversarial than the first period. …”
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A Multiswarm Intelligence Algorithm for Expensive Bound Constrained Optimization Problems by Wali Khan Mashwani, Ruqayya Haider, Samir Brahim Belhaouari

“…The test suite of benchmark function is recently designed for the special session of EAs competition in IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation (IEEE-CEC′13). …”
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Durvalumab Plus Chemotherapy for Advanced Biliary Tract Cancer Treatment: Insights from the TOPAZ-1 Trial by Ralph Fritsch

“…This review summarizes the clinical evidence supporting the addition of durvalumab to CG in this indication, including the latest 3-year follow-up data from the TOPAZ-1 trial, presented at the Cholangiocarcinoma Foundation (CCF) 2024 Annual Conference and at the European Society for Medical Oncology Gastrointestinal Cancers (ESMO GI) Congress 2024, alongside real-world outcome data reflecting two years of clinical practice since FDA approval of durvalumab plus CG for first-line treatment of BTC. …”
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Management of the Pregnant Inflammatory Bowel Disease Patient on Antitumour Necrosis Factor Therapy: State of the Art and Future Directions by Yvette PY Leung, Remo Panaccione, Subrata Ghosh, Cynthia H Seow

“…Although research investigating the long-term outcomes of children exposed to anti-TNF therapy in utero is limited, there is no known adverse effect on either pregnancy or newborn outcomes including infectious complications with this class of drugs. The World Congress of Gastroenterology consensus statement on biological therapy for IBD considered infliximab and adalimumab to be low risk and compatible with use during conception and during pregnancy in at least the first two trimesters. …”
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Physics Features of TRU-Fueled VHTRs by Tom G. Lewis, Pavel V. Tsvetkov

“…The current waste management strategy for spent nuclear fuel (SNF) mandated by the US Congress is the disposal of high-level waste (HLW) in a geological repository at Yucca Mountain. …”
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Search for the turning points in the Soviet Lithuanian historiography: 1956 (?) by Aurimas Švedas

“… The XX Congress of the Soviet Union Communist Party which took place in February 1956 became a symbol of radical reforms in the Soviet Union. …”
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Interacting with Compatriots in Russian Regions: the Experience of Tatarstan by R. R. Gimatdinov, I. R. Nasyrov

“…The Coordination Council for the Affairs of Compatriots is created in Tatarstan .The sessions of the World Congress of Tatars (WCT) are held every five years. …”
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France in the Vienna System of International Relations (the First Half of The 19^th Century) by I. V. Ignatchenko

“…Abstract: The Vienna system of international relations established at the Congress of Vienna in 1814-1815, was a real challenge for the French political elite during all subsequent decades. …”
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Direct Analysis in Real Time Mass Spectrometry for the Nondestructive Investigation of Conservation Treatments of Cultural Heritage by Marcello Manfredi, Elisa Robotti, Greg Bearman, Fenella France, Elettra Barberis, Pnina Shor, Emilio Marengo

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Historical Perspective of Inborn Errors of Immunity in Turkey by Yıldız Camcıoğlu

“…Since 1974, TSI has been the driving force organizing the ''National Immunology Congress' and joint meetings with international immunology and inborn errors of immunity (IEIs) centers. …”
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Clientelism and Ethnicity as Constraints to Party Organization Change: The AKP in Turkey and Change in District Presidencies by Halide Yazgan, Gül Arıkan Akdağ

“…Based on the existing literature, the study tests the relevance of electoral and intra-party alliance concerns on party organization change for the AKP in its 2017 District Congress. We believe that both the electoral and intra-party alliance concerns the party faced in 2017, make it a suitable case to test the basic hypothesis of the study. …”
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Patient-Reported Outcomes of Visual Disturbances with a Trifocal Intraocular Lens: A Meta-Analysis by Dagny Zhu, Suyen Karki, Mukesh Dhariwal, Erkki Soini, Christian Asseburg

“…Method A systematic literature search was conducted in PubMed and congress presentations from April 2021 to December 2022 to identify studies with patient-reported outcomes on the incidence of visual disturbances (starbursts, halos, glare) post bilateral implantation of PanOptix IOL during cataract surgery. …”
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The Russian Public Movement: program positions and place in the political spectrum of Russia (1994–1996) by S. V. Novikov

“…The analysis allows us to conclude that the Russian Public Movement was the result of the dispersion of the electorate of the Congress of Russian Communities, between many insignificant parties and movements that were artificially brought to participate in the elections. …”
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The Rapidly Evolving Treatment Landscape in Newly Diagnosed Multiple Myeloma: Current Status and Future Directions by Yuxin Liu, Clifton Mo, Monique Hartley-Brown, Shonali Midha, Adam S. Sperling, Giada Bianchi, Omar Nadeem, Betsy O’Donnell, Jacob Laubach, Paul G. Richardson

“…Ongoing trials are also outlined, including the data presented at the 65th American Society of Hematology (ASH) Annual Meeting & Exposition, the 2024 American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting, the 2024 European Hematology Association (EHA) Congress and the 21st International Myeloma Society (IMS) Annual Meeting 2024. …”
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Legal and Organizational Principles of Militia Activities of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic in 1956 by V. A. Grechenko

“…Stalin in 1953 marked the beginning of the partial liberalization of the political regime in the Soviet Union; the strongest impetus for the continuation and intensification of this process was in 1956, the year of the XX Congress of the CPSU and the CPSU Central Committee Resolution “On overcoming the Stalin’s cult of personality and its consequences”, where a lot of terrible truth about the Soviet past was told for the first time. …”
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Enhancing Paediatric and Strabismus Ophthalmology Departments in Spain Through the Inclusion of Orthoptists: Insights from a Nationwide Survey by Ana María Cruz Lasso

“…Methodology: Participants were recruited via WhatsApp and flyers during the 30th SEEOP Congress in May 2023 and invited to review a report on orthoptists’ significance followed by completing a 12-question online survey. …”
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Les langues de la diffusion scientifique : une question pour les géographes et les géographies by Nathalie Lemarchand, Antoine Le Blanc

“…The account of the Forum and the ideas and proposals that came out of it have been presented at the Congress of the IGU in Krakow in August 2014. The final report will be published in an International journal.…”
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Evaluation System and Empirical Research of Strong Maritime Province by WANG Yuxuan, ZHOU Lu, MAO Hanxuan, FENG Chengyu, QIN Shili

“…The report of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China proposes to develop the marine economy, protect the marine ecological environment, and accelerate the construction of a maritime power. …”
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