The X factor: reflections on containment by Alastair Reid

“…The X factor (Oxforddictionaries.com, n.d.) noun 1. a noteworthy special talent or quality: 'There are plenty of luxury cars around, but the S-Type has that special X factor.' 2. a variable in a given situation that could have the most significant impact on the outcome: 'The young vote may turn out to be the X factor.' …”

Cosmic jurisdictions: quod lege naturae, moribus et consuetudine inductum est by M. I. Myklush, V. K. Marinich

“…The authors also propose developing a “sanitary atmospheric zone” to ensure humanity`s safety from the effects of the “X” factor. Moreover, the authors suggest applying different principles of international regulation to the “Ballistic space,” the “Orbital layer” and the space beyond it, based on the mechanisms of “tacit consent,” “silent disapproval”, “active consent”, and “active disapproval”. …”
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Diagnosis, treatment, surgical practices and review of the literature in rare coagulation factor deficiencies by Hüseyin Avni Solgun

“…Abstract Background Rare bleeding disorders (RBDs) include fibrinogen (Factor I), prothrombin (Factor II), Factor V(FV), combined Factor V and Factor VIII, Factor VII, Factor X, Factor XI, Factor XII, and Factor XIII deficiencies. …”
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Factors associated with preventive health services use by older war-displaced Japanese returning from China and by older Korean residents of Japan: a descriptive correlational stud... by Chu Hyang Oh

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Factors related to patients’ readiness for advance care planning: a systematic review by Milad Asghardoust Rezaei, Ali Zahiri, Toktam Kianian, Elahe Hashemi, Ali Askari, Mobina Golmohammadi, Amir Mirsadeghi, Salman Barasteh

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Factors associated with dental care utilization among Iranian adult populations based on Anderson model by Ashkan Negintaji Zardak, Mostafa Amini-Rarani, Ibrahim Abdollahpour, Faezeh Eslamipour, Bahareh Tahani

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Factors, characteristics and influences of the changes of muscle activation patterns for patients with knee osteoarthritis: a review by Shizhong Liu, Zuyu Du, Le Song, Haoyue Liu, Clarence Augustine T. H. Tee, Huanyu Liu, Yuan Liu

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Factors involved in maintaining Karnofsky Performance Status (≥ 50%) in glioblastoma, IDH-wildtype patients treated with temozolomide and radiotherapy by Shigeo Ohba, Takao Teranishi, Kazuyasu Matsumura, Masanobu Kumon, Daijiro Kojima, Eiji Fujiwara, Kazutaka Nakao, Kiyonori Kuwahara, Kazuhiro Murayama, Eriel Sandika Pareira, Seiji Yamada, Masahiro Joko, Shunsuke Nakae, Jun Muto, Yuya Nishiyama, Kazuhide Adachi, Hikaru Sasaki, Masato Abe, Mitsuhiro Hasegawa, Yuichi Hirose

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Factors of progression to severity and death in COVID-19 patients at two health care sites in Bamako, Mali by Abdoulaye Mamadou Traore, Mamadou Karim Toure, Yaya Ibrahim Coulibaly, Modibo Keita, Bakary Diarra, Salif Sanafo, Garan Dabo, Mamoudou Kodio, Bourama Traore, Aminata Diarra, Adama Dicko, Hamar A. Traore, Ousmane Faye, Daouda K. Minta

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Factors influencing changes in the quality of life of the Hainan migratory population with hypertension: a survey of the Chengmai mangrove bay community by Qiaochun Chen, Jing Zhou, Na Li, Luming Liu, Yixuan Li, Wenfang Long, Ziyue Luo, Yunru Liu, Sha Xiao

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