Jackson–Vanik Amendment and Development of Soviet-American Relations in 1972-1975 by V. Yungblyud, D. Ilyin

“…It was officially canceled only in 2012, but only in order to give way to a law that allows the United States, at its discre tion, to impose sanctions on individuals allegedly responsible for human rights violations in Russia (the so-called Magnitsky Act) and remains an obstacle to the development of equal Russian-American economic ties.…”
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The Association Between Occupational Smoke Exposures and the Prevalence of Eye and Respiratory Health Conditions Among Commercial Fish Smokers in Abuesi, Ghana: A Cross-Sectional S... by Charity Owusu, Albert Ofori, Frank Adusei-Mensah, Carl Halladay Abraham, Samuel Kyei, Reginald Quansah, David Kofi Essumang

“…Eye health findings were equally concerning, with distant vision impairment affecting 26.37%, eye discomfort reported at 53.02%, and notable rates of cataracts (28.6%) and refractive errors (17.9%). …”
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Analisis Sentimen Maskapai Penerbangan Menggunakan Metode Naive Bayes dan Seleksi Fitur Information Gain by Arif Bijaksana Putra Negara, Hafiz Muhardi, Indira Melinda Putri

“…The results of the tests that have been done show that the average value of accuracy, precision, recall after adding Information Gain shows better results of 0.865 compared to the addition of information gain which is equal to 0.81. …”
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Genetic and Plasma Proteomic Approaches to Identify Therapeutic Targets for Graves’ Disease and Graves’ Ophthalmopathy by Ke C, Yu Y, Li J, Yu Y, Sun Y, Wang Y, Wang B, Lu Y, Tang M, Wang N, Chen Y

“…Chenxin Ke,1,* Yuefeng Yu,1,* Jiang Li,1 Yuetian Yu,1 Ying Sun,1 Yuying Wang,1 Bin Wang,1 Yingli Lu,1 Mengjun Tang,2 Ningjian Wang,1 Yi Chen1 1Institute and Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Shanghai Ninth People’s Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, People’s Republic of China; 2Orthopedic Department, Taizhou Hospital of Zhejiang Province, Zhejiang University, Taizhou, People’s Republic of China*These authors contributed equally to this workCorrespondence: Yi Chen, Email chenyi9h@126.com; Ningjian Wang, Email wnj486@126.comBackground: The blood proteome is a major source of biomarkers and therapeutic targets. …”
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The Combination of D-TACE-HAIC, Lenvatinib, and PD-1 Inhibitors Shows Significant Clinical Efficacy in Patients with Unresectable Hepatocellular Carcinoma by Wu Y, Zhu J, Zhang H, Xia N

“…Yintao Wu,* Jianyong Zhu,* Hong Zhang, Nianxin Xia Senior Department of Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Surgery, the First Medical Center of PLA General Hospital, Beijing, 100853, People’s Republic of China*These authors contributed equally to this workCorrespondence: Nianxin Xia, Senior Department of Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Surgery, the First Medical Center of PLA General Hospital, Beijing, 100853, People’s Republic of China, Email doctorxnx@163.comPurpose: This study was developed to compare the efficacy of combined D-TACE-HAIC + lenvatinib + PD-1 inhibitor treatment to that of TACE + sorafenib treatment for patients with intermediate and advanced HCC.Patients and Methods: Here, a retrospective analysis of patients with unresectable HCC who underwent transarterial chemoembolization (TACE) from March 2018 to March 2022 at the our hospital was conducted. …”
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Cost of Serum Versus Skin Allergy Testing Among Medicare Fee-for-Service Beneficiaries in the United States by Kenny Y. Kwong, Yang Z. Lu

“…**Objective:** This study compared cost and utilization of allergy testing utilizing skin vs sIgE testing and whether equal access (parity) to both testing methods affects overall allergy testing costs among Medicare fee-for-service beneficiaries in the United States. …”
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Associations of the Need for Surgery in Emergency Department Patients with Small Bowel Obstructions by Daniel J. Berman, Alexander W. Mahler, Ryan C. Burke, Andrew E. Bennett, Nathan I. Shapiro, Leslie A. Bilello

“…We identified seven independent associations for the decision of surgery: abdominal distension (OR 0.27, 95% CI 0.10–0.62); gastrografin (OR 0.41, 95% CI 0.20–0.81); previous SBO (OR 0.42, 95% CI 0.26–0.66); higher Charlson Comorbidity Index score (OR 0.87, 95% CI 0.80–0.95); nasogastric decompression (OR 2.04, 95% CI 1.25–3.39), initial systolic blood pressure <100 mm Hg (OR 2.65, 95% CI 1.05–6.53); free fluid or volvulus/closed-loop obstruction on computed tomography (OR 7.95, 95% CI 4.25–15.39), with the AUC for the predictive model equaling 0.73. Conclusion: We identified seven independent associations present in the ED associated with the decision for surgery. …”
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Enhancing Drought Forecast Accuracy Through Informer Model Optimization by Jieru Wei, Wensheng Tang, Pakorn Ditthakit, Jiandong Shang, Hengliang Guo, Bei Zhao, Gang Wu, Yang Guo

“…Simultaneously, the model exhibits equally optimal forecasting performance across different time scales. …”
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Access to HIV testing and factors associated among sexual minority women in a metropolitan region of the Brazilian Amazon by Janaína de Freitas Vale, Wanderson Santiago de Azevedo Júnior, Paula Regina Barbosa de Almeida, Adinaldo Moreira Martins, Flavine Evangelista Gonçalves, Eliã Pinheiro Botelho, Fabianne de Jesus Dias de Sousa, Cintia Yolette Urbano Pauxis Aben-Athar, Luiz Fernando Almeida Machado, Glenda Roberta Oliveira Naiff Ferreira

“…In the final model, multiple backward logistic regression was performed, the highest chances of never having been tested for HIV were participants aged 18 to 30 years (OR 2.99; p = 0.038); with income less than or equal to 1 minimum wage (OR 1.91; p = 0.026); participants who did not have children (OR 6.67; p = 0.012); and those who did not have an active sexual life (OR 4.73; p = 0.006). …”
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A Psychometric Analysis of the Polish Online Version of the Aging Semantic Differential Scale (ASD) by Puto G, Wadelska-Kaczmarek A, Muszalik M

“…Theoretical validity of the scale was assessed using principal component analysis (PCA) with Oblimin rotation with delta parameter equal to 0 and Kaiser normalization. Discriminant validity of the obtained factors was calculated using the AVE (Average Shared Squared Variance) and MSV (Maximum Shared Squared Variance) parameters. …”
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Identifying [between] Geser and Genghis Khan. Part 1: Contamination of Images in Folklore and Historical Memories of Central and Inner Asia by Natalia N. Nikolaeva, Evgenii V. Nolev

“…The involvedness of Siberia’s peoples ― including Buryat clans and tribes (despite their largely peripheral locations) ― in general Mongolian historical events led to the two characters became equally popular, widespread, and somewhat sacral folklore images. …”
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Numerical Study of the Effect of Out-of-Plane Distance in the Lateral Direction at the Mid-Span of a Steel Beam on the Sectional Moment Capacity by Ahmed Mohamed Sayed, Nageh M. Ali, Mishal H. Aljarbou, Abdullah Alzlfawi, Salman Aldhobaib, Hani Alanazi, Abdulmalik H. Altuwayjiri

“…The results showed that using an out-of-plane distance equal to the flange width of the BFIB-300 cross-section caused a 60% decrease in the ultimate capacity. …”
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A comparative study of analgesic effect between ultrasound-guided posterior vis-a-vis lateral transversus abdominis plane block in patients undergoing total abdominal hysterectomy... by Rajib Sikder, Sankar Roy, Arunava Biswas, Dipasri Bhattacharya

“…They were randomly divided into two equal groups, 40 each (Groups L and P). Ultrasound-guided lateral TAP block and posterior TAP block were administered bilaterally with 20 mL 0.25% bupivacaine in the L group and P group, respectively, on each side of the abdomen after skin closure at the end of the operation. …”
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Bimodal Patterns of Locomotor Activity and Sleep in Drosophila: A Model for Their Simulation by Putilov AA, Verevkin EG, Petrovskii DV, Zakharenko LP

“…Arcady A Putilov,1,&ast; Evgeniy G Verevkin,1,&ast; Dmitrii V Petrovskii,2,&ast; Lyudmila P Zakharenko2,&ast; 1Independent Research Group “biomedical Systems Math-Modeling”, Berlin, 12489, Germany; 2Department of Insect Genetics, Institute of Cytology and Genetics of the Siberian Branch, the Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk, 630090, Russia&ast;These authors contributed equally to this workCorrespondence: Arcady A Putilov, Independent Research Group “Biomedical Systems Math-Modeling, 11, Nipkowstr, Berlin, 12489, Germany, Tel/Fax +0049-30-53674643, Email arcady.putilov@gmail.comPurpose: Two previously proposed modelling approaches to explain the bimodal pattern of activity and/or sleep in Drosophila melanogaster are based on 1) the concept of morning and evening oscillators underlying the peaks of activity in the morning and evening, respectively, and 2) the concept of two cycles of buildup and decay of sleep pressure, gated only by the circadian oscillator. …”
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Prevalence, Antimicrobial Resistance, and Associated Factors of Streptococcus pneumoniae Colonization Rate among Old-Age Patients with Respiratory Tract Infection Attending Sheik H... by Surafel Mekuria, Ayichew Seyoum, Zerihun Ataro, Tigist Abebe, Kedir Urgessa

“…A total of 188 individuals greater than or equal to 60 years suspected of both upper and lower respiratory tract infections were included. …”
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Using RNA-Seq to Explore the Repair Mechanism of the Three Methods and Three-Acupoint Technique on DRGs in Sciatic Nerve Injured Rats by Tao-tao Lv, Yan-jun Mo, Tian-yuan Yu, Shuai Shao, Meng-qian Lu, Yu-ting Luo, Yi Shen, Yu-mo Zhang, Wong Steven

“…Intervention was applied once a day for 10 days, then 1 day of rest, followed by 10 more days of intervention, totally equaling 20 times of intervention. The effect of the three methods and three-point technique on the recovery of injured rats was evaluated using behavior analysis. …”
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Accounting for racial bias and social determinants of health in a model of hypertension control by Yang Hu, Nicholas Cordella, Rebecca G. Mishuris, Ioannis Ch. Paschalidis

“…Decision threshold differentiation was implemented to equalize FNR. Race-specific models revealed different sets of social variables predicting high SBP, with Black patients being affected by structural barriers (e.g., food and transportation) and White patients by personal and demographic factors (e.g., marital status). …”
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Nonlinear Association Between Serum Uric Acid and Femoral Neck Bone Mineral Density in Male Patients with Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Fatty Liver Disease by Tan J, Wang L, Li H, Wang H, Yang X

“…Juan Tan,1,&ast; Lin Wang,1,&ast; Hong Li,2 Honggang Wang,3 Xiaozhong Yang3 1Department of General Practice, The Affiliated Huai ‘an No. 1 People’s Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Huai’an, Jiangsu, People’s Republic of China; 2Department of Health Management Center, The Affiliated Huai ‘an No. 1 People’s Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Huai’an, Jiangsu, People’s Republic of China; 3Department of Gastroenterology, The Affiliated Huai ‘an No. 1 People’s Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Huai’an, Jiangsu, People’s Republic of China&ast;These authors contributed equally to this workCorrespondence: Honggang Wang; Xiaozhong Yang, Email hayy_wanghg@163.com; hayy_yxzh@163.comPurpose: To investigate the relationship between serum uric acid (SUA) levels and femoral neck bone mineral density (BMD) in patients with metabolic dysfunction-associated fatty liver disease (MAFLD).Patients and Methods: This cross-sectional study included 597 adult inpatients with type 2 diabetes mellitus and ultrasonography-confirmed fatty liver disease. …”
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Supercritical CO2 Brayton Cycle Design for Small Modular Reactor with a Thermodynamic Analysis Solver by Pan Wu, Chuntian Gao, Yanping Huang, Dan Zhang, Jianqiang Shan

“…Optimal cycle efficiencies of 34.36% and 32.6% can be achieved for the recompression Brayton cycle and simple Brayton cycle under dry-cooled condition (compressor inlet temperature equals to 55°C). Increasing the dry cooling flow rate will be helpful to decrease the compressor inlet temperature. …”
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A Rare Case of Spontaneous Heterotopic Pregnancy at 12&nbsp;weeks of Gestation Following Natural Conception With Literature Review by Wang F, Xu Y, Dong X, Jiang P, Yu QQ

“…Fei Wang,1,&ast; Yuting Xu,1,&ast; Xin Dong,2 Pei Jiang,3 Qing-Qing Yu4 1Department of Gynecology, Jining No.1 People’s Hospital, Jining, People’s Republic of China; 2Department of Ultrasonography, Jining No.1 People’s Hospital, Jining, People’s Republic of China; 3Translational Pharmaceutical Laboratory, Jining NO.1 People’s Hospital Jining, People’s Republic of China; 4Clinical Research Center, Jining NO.1 People’s Hospital, Jining, People’s Republic of China&ast;These authors contributed equally to this workCorrespondence: Qing-Qing Yu, Clinical Research Center, Jining No.1 People’s Hospital, Jining, People’s Republic of China, 272011, Email yuqingqing_lucky@163.com Pei Jiang, Translational Pharmaceutical Laboratory, Jining No.1 People’s Hospital, Jining, 272011, People’s Republic of China, Email jiangpeicsu@sina.comBackground: Spontaneous heterotopic pregnancy is an uncommon and possibly serious problem characterized by maternities at unique implantation sites, with only one occurring in the intrauterine cavity. …”
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