Unsuccessful Peace-making: the Mission of Francesco da Collo and Antonio de Conti to Moscow (1518-1519) by O. F. Kudriavtsev

“…Despite the envoys' efforts, the mission achieved only a temporary one-year truce, with insurmountable barriers to a comprehensive peace including territorial disputes—especially over the control of Smolensk—and the issue of repatriating Russian prisoners of war from Poland.Furthermore, da Collo’s report serves as an early illustration of how Muscovy was constructed as an eastern, despotic power, offering one of the first examples of Russia being depicted as the “Other” in early modern European thought. …”
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Systematic Review of Surgical Care in the Incarcerated Population: Identifying Knowledge Gaps for Future Research by Totadri Dhimal, MD, Paula Cupertino, PhD, Aqsa Ghaffar, BS, Yue Li, PhD, Xueya Cai, PhD, Cristopher Soto, BS, Megha Ramaswamy, PhD, MPH, Bruce W. Herdman, PhD, Fergal J. Fleming, MD, MPH, Anthony Loria, MD, MSCI

“…Original research on surgical care for incarcerated individuals was included, excluding case reports/series (<10 patients), abstracts, and studies involving prisoners of war, plastic surgeries for recidivism reduction, transplants using organs from incarcerated individuals, and nonconsensual surgical sterilization. …”
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