Nicolas Sarkozy's Role in the 2008 Georgia Conflict: The "United West" Confronting Russia by D. Mikhaylov

“…While Sarkozy's primary objective was to end the bloodshed promptly, his strategic goals also encompassed preventing Georgia from falling back into Russia's sphere of influence and demonstrating the EU's capacity to independently resolve crises in the post-Soviet region.Sarkozy successfully persuaded Moscow and Tbilisi to accept his mediation, known as the "good offices," to normalize the situation in South Ossetia. …”
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Is There an Association Between Injury History and Lower Extremity Joint Injury During Canada Games Competition? by Umar Yousufy, Nicole J. Chimera

“…Chi-Square (χ^2^ ) test of independence determined association between injury history and incidence of lower extremity joint injury during Canada Games competition. …”
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Site Specific Effect of Tobacco Addiction in Upper Aerodigestive Tract Tumors: A Retrospective Clinicopathological Study by Ashok Kumar, Amita Sharma, Babita Ahlawat, Sonam Sharma

“…An institutional study was carried out in 102 patients to investigate the site specific effect of addictions, that is, tobacco smoking and tobacco chewing (smokeless), both independently and synergistically in development of malignancies in upper aerodigestive tract through retrograde questionnaire. …”
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Dexmedetomidine Reduces Incidences of Ventricular Arrhythmias in Adult Patients: A Meta-Analysis by Qiaonan Zhong, Ashish Kumar, Abhishek Deshmukh, Courtney Bennett

“…Data extraction was carried out by two authors independently. Results. We identified 6 out of 126 studies that met the selection criteria for our meta-analysis, all of which focused on the perioperative cardiac surgery period. …”
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Development of Applied Linguistics by Meilutė Ramonienė

“…The article focuses on the work started after the restoration of independence of the Republic of Lithuania in 1990, because only from that time onwards did the work of Lithuanian applied linguistics enter the international mainstream of this science. …”
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Non-Fiction from a Historical Perspective: Situation of Lithuanian Statemen Amid Tragic Events of 1940–1941 by Юрате Ландсберґіте-Бехер

“…The first question is the meeting of the last Government and the loss of Independence on June 15, 1940. Most Lithuanians believe it was President Antanas Smetona’s guilt (1874–1944), though he voted against the Soviets’ ultimatum and realised where things were leading. …”
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Psychological well-being on housewives who have children with special needs by Berliana Putri Pertiwi

“…Therefore, this study aims to find out about how the picture of psychological well-being in housewives who have children with special needs based on aspects and factors, how about their self-acceptance, positive relationships with others, independence, purpose in life, and personal growth of the subjects used.  …”
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Activities of the Armed Forces of Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia: Experience for Ukraine by V. V. Chumak

“…It is stated that the National Armed Forces of the Republic of Latvia is a group of troops intended to protect the fundamental freedoms, independence and territorial integrity of the state. …”
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Frequency-Tunable Tri-Band Metamaterial-Inspired Antenna by Kyung-Duk Jang, Jae-Hyun Lee

“…The proposed antenna can adjust each resonant frequency independently by adjusting the antenna parameters, the length of SRR, meander lines, and ground branch line, which can affect each current path. …”
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TRANSFORMATION OF THE CONCEPT "SUBJECT" IN THE CLINICAL DISCOURSE OF PHILOSOPHICAL ANTHROPOLOGY by V. M. Skyrtach

“…It showed that the accentuation is purely inexpedient in terms of discursiveness, conversation, and the result is the assertion of the independence of the internal, albeit marginal, world of the deviant subject. …”
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Apixaban in Comparison to Warfarin for Stroke Prevention in Nonvalvular Atrial Fibrillation: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Observational Studies by Muhammad U. Siddiqui, David Scalzitti, Zunaira Naeem

“…Relevant studies were searched in the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, MEDLINE, PubMed, and clinicaltrials.gov. After being independently reviewed by two authors, five articles were included in the systematic review. …”
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A study of Belarusian women’s perceptions of safety and its relationships with victimization and social gender by I. V. Golyakova, V. А. Karpiyevich

“…It has been shown that feminine-type women associate safety with their qualities and abilities, and masculine-type women associate it with the attitude to solving personal safety problems with the help of psychological strength and orientation to independence.…”
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Strong barrier coverage of directional sensor networks with mobile sensors by Lu Zhao, Guangwei Bai, Hang Shen, Zhenmin Tang

“…We assume that a number of stationary directional sensors are placed independently and randomly following a Poisson point process in a two-dimensional rectangular area. …”
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Liberal Preoperative Fasting in Adults Undergoing Elective Surgery: A Scoping Review Protocol by Haoyue Gan, Hangcheng Liu, Huaping Huang, Mei He

“…Two trained investigators will independently screen and extract the data, and any disagreements will be judged by a third investigator. …”
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Lossy Joint Source-Channel Coding Using Raptor Codes by O. Y. Bursalioglu, M. Fresia, G. Caire, H. V. Poor

“…The sequence of quantization indices is decomposed into bitplanes, and each bitplane is independently mapped onto a sequence of channel coded symbols. …”
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What are the impacts of oral complications from cancer therapy on the quality of life of children? A protocol to update a scoping review. by Nona Attaran, Apoorva Sharma, Martin Morris, Olawale Dudubo, Mary Ellen Macdonald

“…Two reviewers will independently screen the retrieved articles using Rayyan software and chart data from included articles. …”
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Application of Random Dynamic Grouping Simulation Algorithm in PE Teaching Evaluation by Haitao Hao

“…The method is characterized by the generation of evaluation conclusions with probabilistic (reliability) information and thus has more advantages than the absolute conclusion form in terms of problem interpretation. Because of the independence of the stochastic simulation solution method, it is applied to the “bottom-up” evaluation model as an example, and a novel autonomous evaluation method is constructed. …”
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Renin-Angiotensin System Gene Variants and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: Influence of Angiotensinogen by Siew Mei Joyce-Tan, Shamsul Mohd Zain, Munavvar Zubaid Abdul Sattar, Nor Azizan Abdullah

“…Nonetheless, our analysis revealed that the associations of the AGT variants with T2DM were independently associated. Thus, this study suggests that genetic variants of the RAS can modestly influence the T2DM risk.…”
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Asian Flu Pandemic in Indonesia, 1957: Government and Public Response by Muhammad Fakhriansyah, Kurniawati Kurniawati

“…The Asian flu pandemic struck when the Indonesian government faced difficult problems after the War of Independence (1945-1949). This situation made it difficult for the government to act. …”
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Analisis a factors affecting the development of women entrepreneurship and its effects on sustainable social development in urban areas by Nafiseh VarKianipoor, Seyed Mohammadreza Hoseini, rohalla Samiee, Majid Ashrafi

“…Therefore, giving them identity and independence and providing the ground for their active participation in various economic and social affairs, especially entrepreneurial activities in urban areas is a very important factor of this great force. …”
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