Peace negotiations between Russia and Latvia in 1920: Premises, key issues, and outcomes by Yu. L. Mikhailova

“…The author examines territorial concessions made by the RSFSR to Latvia and concludes that they served as a demonstration of the Soviet Russia readiness to take into account the territorial claims of the Baltic republics, which allowed it to achieve peace in the region and fix new borders, as well as to establish trade relations indispensable for the survival of a young Soviet state during the Civil War. At the same time, the Soviet representatives took a hard line on compensations for the damage caused during hostilities and the return of property evacuated from Latvia. …”
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A Cross-Sectional Study Exploring Mental Health among Patients Suffering from Dengue in Pakistani Tertiary Care Hospitals by null Faiza, Fatima Jawad, Namra Chaudhary, Mahnoor Younas, Sadaf Fatima, Fiza Ayub, Allah Bukhsh Awan, Tahir Mehmood Khan

“…These findings may warrant practitioners to integrate timely psychological screening and care for dengue patients.…”
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Real-world assessment of effectiveness and safety of filgotinib in 286 patients with ulcerative colitis in 9 UK centres by David Young, Sohail Rahmany, Deborah Taylor, Emma Davis, Michael Colwill, Sonia Kalyanji Mehta, Roisin Campbell, Karl Hazel, Karishma Sethi-Arora, Susan Ritchie, Ashley I Heinson, Helen Moyses, Keith Bodger, Emma Johnston, Lucy Hicks, Anjan Dhar, Jimmy Limdi, Rachel Cooney, John Paul Seenan, Kamal Patel, Alissa Walsh, Fraser Cummings

“…Results: Data were analysed for a total of 286 patients with a median follow-up time of 229 (IQR 113–324) days. The median age at filgotinib initiation was 38 (IQR 27–51) years, 64% were men and median disease duration was 5.1 (IQR 1.9–10.5) years; 56% had previous exposure to advanced therapies (biologics and small molecule) and 6% previously received tofacitinib. …”
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Clinical outcomes and anti-inflammatory mechanisms predict maximum heart rate improvement after physical activity training in individuals with psychiatric disorders and comorbid ob... by Pau Soldevila-Matías, Joan Vicent Sánchez-Ortí, Patricia Correa-Ghisays, Vicent Balanzá-Martínez, Gabriel Selva-Vera, Roberto Sanchis-Sanchis, Néstor Iglesias-García, Manuel Monfort-Pañego, Pilar Tomás-Martínez, Víctor M Victor, Benedicto Crespo-Facorro, Constanza San Martin Valenzuela, José Antonio Climent-Sánchez, Rosana Corral-Márquez, Inmaculada Fuentes-Durá, Rafael Tabarés-Seisdedos

“…A better clinical outcomes along with regulation of inflammatory, oxidative, and cardiovascular mechanisms were critical for predicting significant maximum heart rate variation over time (χ2 = 32.2 to 39.0, p < 0.0001).<h4>Conclusions</h4>The regulation of the anti-inflammatory mechanisms may be essential for maintained of healthy physical activity across psychiatric disorders and obesity. …”
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Evolution of Orofacial Symptoms and Disease Progression in Idiopathic Parkinson’s Disease: Longitudinal Data from the Jönköping Parkinson Registry by Seyed-Mohammad Fereshtehnejad, Örjan Skogar, Johan Lökk

“…Individuals with more severe orofacial burden at baseline had shorter median time to develop UPDRS-Part III > 28 [3rd tertile = 4.7 yr, 2nd tertile = 6.2 yr, and 1st tertile = 7.8 yr; p = 0.014]. …”
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Network meta-analysis of the efficacy of endoscopic cardia peripheral tissue scar formation (ECSF) in the treatment of gastroesophageal reflux disease. by Chaoyi Shi, Shunhai Zhou, Xuanran Chen, Diyun Shen, Tianyue Wang, GeSang ZhuoMa, Mingzhi Feng, Yan Sun, Jun Zhang

“…Network meta-analysis (NMA) was used to assess the outcomes, with outcome metrics including the Gastroesophageal Reflux Questionnaire (GERD-Q) score, proton pump inhibitor discontinuation rate, pH <4.2 percent acid reflux time (AET), lower esophageal pressure (LES pressure), DeMeester score, adverse events, and patient satisfaction. …”
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An introduction to MyBFF@school, a school-based childhood obesity intervention program: a cluster randomized controlled trial by Abdul Halim Mokhtar, Zahari Ishak, Fuziah Md. Zain, Rusidah Selamat, Abqariyah Yahya, Muhammad Yazid Jalaludin

“…There were several challenges during the pilot study which included strain in manpower, limited variation of physical activity, nutrition, and psychology modules, time-constraint after school hours, co-curriculum marks, contamination effect, and school selection. …”
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Intrapleural fibrinolytic therapy for pleural infections: Outcomes from a cohort study by Glenn Khai Wern Yong, Jonathan Jia Jun Wong, Xiaoe Zhang, Carmen Pei Sze Tan, Xiao Na Wang, Poh Seo Quek, Kim Hoong Yap

“…Mean age was 65 years (standard deviation [SD] 15.5). Mean time from chest tube insertion to first dose of IPFT was 10.2 days (SD 11.5). …”
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Negative Effects of Reforming Russian Graduate School: Analysis and Ways to Minimize by M. A. Kashina

“…Graduate school remains the level of higher education, but at the same time is divided into research branch and pedagogical one. …”
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General practice database on mortality in adults on methylphenidate: cohort study by Bruno Stricker, Katia Verhamme, Kiki Cheung

“…The total study population consisted of 97 198 participants.Main outcome measures Serious psychiatric events such as depression and suicide attempts, and overall mortality.Analyses Risks of development of each event during the use of methylphenidate were expressed as HR with 95% CI, adjusted for relevant confounders with methylphenidate as a time-dependent determinant. Additional adjustment was performed for the intervention (‘intention-to-treat’).Results Although during follow-up, the unadjusted risks of depression and suicide attempt were strongly increased in users, depression and psychosis became non-significant after adjustment for alcohol-abuse and substance-abuse and psychiatric disease in the medical history and after adjustment for ‘intention-to-treat’. …”
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Chitosan-DNA nanoparticles: synthesis and optimization for long-term storage and effective delivery by Aigul Raimbekova, Ulpan Kart, Akbayan Yerishova, Timur Elebessov, Sergey Yegorov, Tri Thanh Pham, Gonzalo Hortelano

“…Confocal microscopy was used to visualize post-transfection gene expression. Time, volume, and effect of sonication were tested to optimize the lyophilization process. …”
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Comprehensive Research of Scaling Prediction for Gas Reservoir Fluid considering Phase State by Heng Zheng, Chunsheng Pu

“…It is a well-known fact that there is no device that can directly measure the extent of scaling formation in a high-temperature and high-pressure reservoir. At the same time, the commonly applied scaling prediction method does not account for the fluid phase state. …”
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Acute Stroke Care and Thrombolytic Therapy Use in a Tertiary Care Center in Lebanon by Mazen J. El Sayed, Tharwat El Zahran, Hani Tamim

“…Public education regarding stroke is needed to decrease time from symptoms onset to ED presentation and potentially improve outcomes further.…”
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The effect of air-pollution and weather exposure on mortality and hospital admission and implications for further research: A systematic scoping review. by Mary Abed Al Ahad, Frank Sullivan, Urška Demšar, Maya Melhem, Hill Kulu

“…The narrative synthesis included all original studies with time-series, cohort, or case cross-over design; with ambient air-pollution and/or weather exposure; and mortality and/or hospital admission outcomes.…”
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Simulation of Daily Rainfall from Concurrent Meteorological Parameters over Core Monsoon Region of India: A Novel Approach by Utpal Misra, Atri Deshamukhya, Sanjay Sharma, Srimanta Pal

“…Daily rainfall is found to be optimally dependent on four concurrent meteorological parameters, namely, geopotential height, specific humidity, zonal, and meridional wind at 1000 mb, 925 mb, 850 mb, and 700 mb pressure levels during 00, 06, 12, and 18 Greenwich Mean Time (GMT). The architecture of the optimized feedforward MLP model consists of 64 nodes in the input layer, 10 nodes in the hidden layer, and 1 node in the output layer. …”
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Modeling TEC Irregularities in the Arctic Ionosphere Using Empirical Orthogonal Function Method by Yaqi Jin, Wojciech J. Miloch, Daria Kotova, Knut Stanley Jacobsen, Đorđe Stevanović, Lasse B. N. Clausen, Nicholas Ssessanga, Federico DaDalt

“…The IGS ROTI maps are daily averaged in magnetic latitude and local time coordinates. To develop a climatological model, the ROTI maps are decomposed into base functions and coefficients using the empirical orthogonal function (EOF) method. …”
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Burden of mortality related to pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium. Cuba 2005-2018 by Delia María Galvez Medina, Lisbeth Fernández González, Armando Humberto Seuc Jo, José Luis Peñalvo García, Miguel Ángel Martínez Morales, Vivian Herrera Gómez

“…<br /><strong>Conclusion</strong>: direct obstetric deaths were the most frequent and those with the greatest impact on life expectancy; while indirect obstetrician women showed a tendency to increase over time. For other deaths, women died at an earlier age.…”
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Unlocking Sustainability through Supply Chain Visibility by Md Mehedi Hasan Emon, Tahsina Khan

“…By fostering a culture of real-time information sharing through ICTs, companies can optimize operational efficiency. …”
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Obesity as a risk factor for COVID-19 breakthrough infection among the fully vaccinated urban population of South Gujarat – A retrospective cohort study by Mayank Jha, Pratham Kholwadwala, Vatsal Kalariya, Mamta Rani, Jayant Patel, Hitesh Shah, Rushikesh Shukla

“…Societies were randomly selected from eight different zones of the city, and all the eligible individuals of the society available at the time of survey were interviewed. Data entry and analysis were done using Microsoft excel, Open Epi, Quantpsy, and SPSS-16 software. …”
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Humanitarian Aid of the Red Cross and Other Public Organizations of the Netherlands To Soviet Russia During the Famine of 1921–1923 by G. G. Tsidenkov

“…Historiography of the famine in Soviet Russia and Ukraine 1921-23. includes a large number of scholar papers covering foreign humanitarian aid to starving population in the context of the work of such large organizations as the American Relief Administration, the Nansen Committee, etc. At the same time, there are practically no articles and thesis which fully describe the assistance to the Soviet starving from individual states and national aid committees. …”
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