A Long Shadow of World War II: Development of the National Security Concept in the United States by V. A. Veselov

“…Special attention is given to discussions that preceded the adoption of the National Security Act of 1947, as well as to its initial results. …”
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Elevated troponin levels in an athlete: Myocardial infarction or a physiological reaction? by Janković Tamara, Đorđević Stefan

“…He denied experiencing chest pain, difficulty breathing, palpitations, headaches, or dizziness in the moments preceding the event. His ECG showed sinus rhythm, his heart rate was 61/min, and the cardiac axis had not shifted, but he did have an inverted T wave in V1 and a hyperacute T wave in V3. …”
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The internet gaming disorder and its associated factors among college students at Imam Mohammed Ibn Saud Islamic University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia: A cross-sectional study by Khalid Bin Abdulrahman, Tariq Y. Alhomoud, Ismail S. Alateeq, Faisal N. Al-Mohaisen, Musab S. Alshamrani, Saleh I. Alhathlul, Mohammed Abdulaziz Khamsah

“…WHO defines IGD as a disease with a pattern of uncontrollable gaming behavior, characterized by increasing priority given to gaming over other activities to the point that gaming takes precedence over most interests and activities of daily living. …”
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Le Prince de Miguasha au musée du Parc de Miguasha by Gaëlle Mazé

“…Depuis, les paléontologues du parc de Miguasha ont mis au jour Elpistostege watsoni, une espèce datant de 380 millions d’années et ayant donc précédé Eusthenopteron dans la course à la conquête du sol2. …”
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Experimental study on in-situ simulation of rainfall-induced soil erosion in forest lands converted to cash crop areas in Dabie Mountains. by Gao Li, Tao Yang, Rui Chen, Haogang Dong, Feng Wu, Qinghua Zhan, Jinyan Huang, Minxuan Luo, Li Wang

“…Furthermore, within the bounds of rainfall infiltration, preceding drought conditions followed by intense rainfall exacerbate soil erosion accumulation, highlighting the significance of initial soil moisture content as a critical factor. …”
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Hand cooling induces changes in the kinetics of oxygen uptake by Louis Finiel, Daria Neyroud, Jean-Philippe Antonietti, Anthony M. J. Sanchez, Fabio Borrani

“…Ten active participants underwent three 8-minute constant work rate exercises (CWR) at ∆25%, with one CWR preceded by hand cooling (2 min at 0 °C, HC) and two consecutive CWR to induced priming effect on the second bout (SB). …”
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Socioeconomic differences in inpatient care expenditure in the last year of life among older people: a retrospective population-based study in Stockholm County by Bo Burström, Nicola Orsini, Megan Doheny, Pär Schön, Anders Walander, J Agerholm

“…Objectives To investigate the association between inpatient care expenditure (ICE) and income group and the effect of demographic factors, health status, healthcare and social care utilisation on ICE in the last year of life.Design Retrospective population-based study.Setting Stockholm County.Participants Decedents ≥65 years in 2015 (N=13 538).Outcome ICE was calculated individually for the month of, and 12 months preceding death using healthcare register data from 2014 and 2015. …”
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RSM-Based Optimization of the Parameters Affecting TiO2-Mediated UV Photocatalysis of Vehicular Emissions in Enclosed Parking Garages by Sandeep Singh, Parteek Thind, Manpreet Kaur Verma, Dapinder Deep Singh, Arjun Sareen, Dheeraj Ahuja, Jasgurpreet Singh Chohan, Raman Kumar, Shubham Sharma, Nima Khalilpoor, Alibek Issakhov

“…In the preceding times, the number of enclosed parking garages has increased significantly in developing nations. …”
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Expression of Matrix Metalloproteinases and Their Tissue Inhibitors in Peripheral Blood Leukocytes and Plasma of Children with Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease by Joanna B. Trojanek, Jacek Michałkiewicz, Renata Grzywa-Czuba, Wojciech Jańczyk, Lidia Gackowska, Izabela Kubiszewska, Anna Helmin-Basa, Aldona Wierzbicka-Rucińska, Mieczysław Szalecki, Piotr Socha

“…Association of MMP-2 and MMP-9 expression with serum liver injury parameters (ALT, GGT) may suggest leukocyte engagement in the early stages of NAFLD development which possibly precedes subsequent systemic inflammatory responses.…”
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Incidence of the postpartum diagnosis of thyroid eye disease in relation to thyroid function in Graves’ disease by Nami Suzuki, Jaeduk Yoshimura Noh, Ai Kozaki, Natsuko Watanabe, Ai Yoshihara, Miho Fukushita, Masako Matsumoto, Hideyuki Imai, Shigenori Hiruma, Masahiro Ichikawa, Masakazu Koshibu, Akiko Sankoda, Rei Hirose, Toshu Inoue, Kiminori Sugino, Koichi Ito

“…Thyroid dysfunction preceded TED diagnosis in more than half of the patients and the median time for each event was 6.5 vs. 8.1 months. …”
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Association between Dietary Total Antioxidant Capacity and Odds of Preeclampsia: A Case-control Study by Mahshid Taherkhani, Farzaneh Montazerifar, Azita Hekmatdoost, Bahram Rashidkhani, Abolfazl Payandeh, Mansour Karajibani

“…Dietary intakes were assessed using a validated food frequency questionnaire evaluating the preceding year. DTAC was measured by two methods: ferric reducing antioxidant potential (FRAP) and oxygen radical absorbance capacity (ORAC). …”
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Reconstructing the genetic structure of the Kazakh from clan distribution data by M. K. Zhabagin, О. Е. Balanovsky, Zh. M. Sabitov, A. Z. Temirgaliyev, A. T. Agdzhoyan, S. M. Koshel, Е. М. Ramankulov, E. V. Balanovska

“…The analysis of inter-population variability revealed the largest diversity between geographic territories corresponding to the social-territorial groups of the Kazakh Khanate (zhuzes) rather than to other historical groups that existed on the territory of Kazakhstan in preceding and modern epochs. The same is evidenced by the principal components and multidimensional scaling plots, which grouped geographic populations into three clusters corresponding to three zhuzes. …”
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Pre-immunotherapy alters stereotactic ablative radiotherapy-induced systemic T cell responses in early-stage NSCLC by Chao Liu, Yanjuan Chen, Xiaohui Li, Zhijie Bai, Meilin Jiang, Dongsheng Sheng, Wenxue Zou, Rui Huang, Qingyu Huang, Fuhao Wang, Jingyang Zhu, Huiru Sun, Bing Liu, Zongcheng Li, Bing Sun

“…Here, we aimed to provide a high-resolution transcriptomic profiling of the systemic T cell response following SABR, with or without preceding immunotherapy/chemotherapy. Methods We conducted single-cell RNA and T cell receptor (TCR) sequencing of T cells from peripheral blood of seven patients with early-stage NSCLC taken pre- and post-SABR without or with prior immunotherapy and chemotherapy (icSABR). …”
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Bredemolic Acid Ameliorates Selected Liver Function Biomarkers in a Diet-Induced Prediabetic Rat Model by Akinjide Moses Akinnuga, Angezwa Siboto, Bongiwe Khumalo, Ntethelelo Hopewell Sibiya, Phikelelani Ngubane, Andile Khathi

“…Prediabetes is an intermediary hyperglycaemic state that precedes type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) in which abnormal metabolism of glucose and lipids occurs in organs such as the liver. …”
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Lyme neuroborreliosis as initial expression of Lyme disease in an elderly patient by Emidio Mata, Bárbara Lage Garcia, André Pereira, Joana Rego, Flávia Santos, Carlos Fernandes, Jorge Cotter

“…Early neurological symptoms, often preceding classic cutaneous signs, may lead to diagnostic delays. …”
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Cerebral tissue oxygen desaturations and increased fractional oxygen extraction events vary by gestational age in preterm infants by M. Mohamed, M. Frasketi, H. Hoffman, M. Elgendy, S. Aly, H. Aly

“…Cerebral desaturation events were defined as: 1) a drop below event threshold for at least 30 s (s), 2) preceded by a period above the event threshold for at least 30s, and 3) followed by a period above the threshold for at least 60s. …”
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Increased risk of Pneumocystis jirovecii colonization in rheumatoid arthritis patients on biologics and Janus kinase inhibitor by Ya-Chun Huang, Nan-Yao Lee, Meng-Yu Weng

“…PJ colonization serves as a reservoir for transmission and precedes the development of PJ pneumonia. We aim to clarify the association of PJ colonization in patients of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) treated with biologics or Janus kinase inhibitors (JAKi). …”
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Programmed neurite degeneration in human central nervous system neurons driven by changes in NAD+ metabolism by Markus Brüll, Selina Multrus, Michael Schäfer, Ivana Celardo, Christiaan Karreman, Marcel Leist

“…Abstract Neurite degeneration (ND) precedes cell death in many neurodegenerative diseases. …”
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Attempt to save Friendship, or What the Liberator of Prague Did in Czechoslovakia in May 1968 by I. A. Permyakov, S. G. Antonenko

“…In August 2018, at the initiative of the Prague 6 City Council, metal “information plates” were installed on the pedestal of the monument to Marshal Konev, where among other things it was stated that “In 1968, he personally backed the intelligence surveillance preceding the invasion of the armed forces of the Warsaw Pact into Czechoslovakia". …”
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Sickle Cell Nephropathy and Associated Factors among Asymptomatic Children with Sickle Cell Anaemia by Uchenna Modestus Nnaji, Christian Chukwukere Ogoke, Henrietta Uche Okafor, Kingsley I. Achigbu

“…The prevalence of significant proteinuria and haematuria, its association with eGFR, and the effect of past sickle cell crisis (in the preceding 24 months) on renal function were also evaluated. …”
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