Reconstructing Iraq after the Victory over the Islamic State: Prospects for International Engagement by article Editorial

“…The conclusion is drawn that smaller than expected commitments made by international donors in Kuwait (mostly in the form of loans and export credits) can be expalined, mainly, by the shift in the perceptions of the ‘established’ donors, and the U.S. in particular, which proved to be unwillling to invest large sums of money in a notoriously corrupt country and at the same time quite confident about the oil-rich Iraq’s ability to meet reconstruction needs from its own funds. …”
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Priority trends and prospects of blackberry breeding in conditions of Central Russia by L. A. Gruner, B. B. Kornilov

“…The analysis of world trends and experience in the blackberry breeding and variety study, as well as the results of our own research of the culture conducted in the Orel region, allow us to consider it promising and relevant to work on improving the range of varieties of this plant in Central Russia. …”
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Preparation of noninfectious scRNAseq samples from SARS-CoV-2-infected epithelial cells. by Raven M Osborn, Justin Leach, Michelle Zanche, John M Ashton, ChinYi Chu, Juilee Thakar, Stephen Dewhurst, Sonia Rosenberger, Martin Pavelka, Gloria S Pryhuber, Thomas J Mariani, Christopher S Anderson

“…However, there are only 190 BSL3 laboratory facilities registered with the U.S. Federal Select Agent Program, as of 2020, and only a subset of these are outfitted with the equipment needed to perform high-throughput molecular assays. …”
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Ultrasonic Guided Waves-Based Monitoring of Rail Head: Laboratory and Field Tests by Piervincenzo Rizzo, Marcello Cammarata, Ivan Bartoli, Francesco Lanza di Scalea, Salvatore Salamone, Stefano Coccia, Robert Phillips

“…The second part of the paper shows the results of field testing conducted in south east Pennsylvania under the auspices of the U.S. Federal Railroad Administration.…”
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The effect of insurance status on treatment modality in advanced oral cavity cancer by Shanmugappiriya Sivarajah, Daniel Ghods-Esfahani, Alexandra Quimby, Fawaz Makki, Giacomo Montagna, Hadi Seikaly

“…These findings support the premise of expanding insurance coverage in the US. Graphical Abstract…”
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L’oppidum du Marduel (Saint-Bonnet-du-Gard) du Bronze final IIIb à l’époque romaine : synthèse des recherches sur un habitat occupé dans la longue durée by Denis Lebeaupin

“…BC.The diachronic study of the finds enables us to understand the economy of the community and in particular to follow the evolution of trade with the Mediterranean world. …”
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Performance Analysis of Costs Implementation Using the EVM Method (Earned Value Method) on the Work of Expanding the Distribution Pipeline Network in Samarinda City by Apriyanto Iring Patanduk, Wateno Oetomo, Risma Marleno

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Tumor mutation burden for predicting immune checkpoint blockade response: the more, the better by Ming Zheng

“…Background Recently, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved immune checkpoint blockade (ICB) for treating cancer patients with tumor mutation burden (TMB) >10 mutations/megabase (mut/Mb). …”
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Previous Crop and Cultivar Effects on Methane Emissions from Drill-Seeded, Delayed-Flood Rice Grown on a Clay Soil by Alden D. Smartt, Kristofor R. Brye, Christopher W. Rogers, Richard J. Norman, Edward E. Gbur, Jarrod T. Hardke, Trenton L. Roberts

“…In order to adequately estimate CH4 emissions, it is important to include data representing the range of environmental, climatic, and cultural factors occurring in rice production, particularly from Arkansas, the leading rice-producing state in the US, and from clay soils. The objective of this study was to determine the effects of previous crop (i.e., rice or soybean (Glycine max L.)) and cultivar (i.e., Cheniere (pure-line, semidwarf), CLXL745 (hybrid), and Taggart (pure-line, standard-stature)) on CH4 fluxes and emissions from rice grown on a Sharkey clay (very-fine, smectitic, thermic Chromic Epiaquerts) in eastern Arkansas. …”
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The Ginkgo biloba Extract Reverses the Renal Effects of Titanium Dioxide Nanoparticles in Adult Male Rats by Carlos Enrique Escárcega-González, Irma Guadalupe Reynoso-Andeola, Fernando Jaramillo-Juárez, Haydée Martínez-Ruvalcaba, Francisco A. Posadas del Rio

“…The Ginkgo biloba extract (GbE) is a commercial product used as a nutraceutic herbal remedy in Europe and US. It contains 27% of the polyphenols isorhamnetin, kaempferol, and quercetin, as antioxidants. …”
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Chemical and Physical Properties of Meadowfoam Seed Oil and Extra Virgin Olive Oil: Focus on Vibrational Spectroscopy by Aleksandra Zielińska, Krzysztof Wójcicki, Dorota Klensporf-Pawlik, João Dias-Ferreira, Massimo Lucarini, Alessandra Durazzo, Giuseppe Lucariello, Raffaele Capasso, Antonello Santini, Eliana B. Souto, Izabela Nowak

“…We have also determined the content of fatty acids in both of the oils using gas chromatography, while the use of mid-infrared (MIR) and near-infrared (NIR) spectroscopy allowed us to assign bands corresponding to the vibrations present in the tested functional groups. …”
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On the space of SARS-CoV-2 genetic sequence variants by A. Yu. Palyanov, N. V. Palyanova

“…Thus it can be assumed that it is determined to some extent, which allows us to hope for a possibility of modeling the evolution of the coronavirus.…”
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Evaluating the usefulness of plasma chromogranin A measurement in cyclic ACTH-dependent Cushing’s syndrome by Keisuke Kakizawa, Miho Yamashita, Yuto Kawauchi, Akira Ikeya, Kenji Ohba, Akio Matsushita

“…The experience in evaluating this patient prompted us to investigate the potential use of plasma chromogranin A as a diagnostic marker of ACTH-dependent Cushing’s syndrome. …”
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Humoral Hypercalcemia of Malignancy with a Parathyroid Hormone-Related Peptide-Secreting Intrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma Accompanied by a Gastric Cancer by Katsushi Takeda, Ryosuke Kimura, Nobuhiro Nishigaki, Shinya Sato, Asami Okamoto, Kumiko Watanabe, Sachie Yasui

“…Immunohistochemical staining for PTHrP was positive for the ICC and negative for the GC, leading us to believe that the cause of the HHM was a PTHrP-secreting ICC. …”
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Cardiometabolic deaths in black and white men: Tracing the risks from early- to mid-adulthood by Rebecca Arden Harris, Sameed Ahmed M. Khatana, Judith A. Long

“…Objective: This study aimed to estimate and compare cardiometabolic disease (CMD) mortality in U.S. Black and White men during the transition from early adulthood to middle age. …”
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Changes in the Structural and Functional Albumin Properties in Patients with Decompensated Liver Cirrhosis by A. A. Turkina, M. V. Maevskaya, M. S. Zharkova, V. T. Ivashkin

“…The severity of these changes increased with the progression of cirrhosis. Our data allow us to raise the question of the need to use the EPR test to determine indications for albumin replacement therapy in patients with cirrhosis and the presence of ascites, even at normal values of its serum concentration.…”
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Anxiety, Depression, and Stress Reaction/Adjustment Disorders and Their Associations with Healthcare Resource Utilization and Costs Among Newly Diagnosed Patients With Breast Cance... by Dingwei Dai, Henriette Coetzer, Sean R. Zion, Michael J. Malecki

“…**Methods:** This retrospective observational cohort study was conducted using a large US administrative claims database with an index date of newly diagnosed breast cancer. …”
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Consideration of the effect of manufacturing deviations from the shape of a multistage axial compressor by A. S. Zolotukhin, E. I. Davletgareeva, F. A. Malyshev

“…An approach to the mathematical description of cavities is described, consisting of four steps. This approach allows us to gradually determine the influence of the deviation on the characteristics of the compressor. …”
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BEAUTY IN MATHEMATICAL EDUCATION: SYNERGETIC WORLDVIEW by V. A. Testov

“…The synergetrics as a general scientific theory about self-organisation of complex systems allows us to give another interpretation of beauty – as a kind of attractor, the result of self-organisation of nature or theflight of human thought. …”
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Assessment of knowledge and behaviors of an opioid overdose education and naloxone distribution program during the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic by Alexis E. Horace, Ojochogwu Atawodi-Alhassan

“…Abstract Background The state of Louisiana ranked 4th in the US for per capita overdose rates as 56 out of 100,000 persons died due to overdose and 1,300 of those deaths involved opioids. …”
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