Effects of Abiotic Factors on the Geographic Distribution of Body Size Variation and Chromosomal Polymorphisms in Two Neotropical Grasshopper Species (Dichroplus: Melanoplinae: A... by Claudio J. Bidau, Carolina I. Miño, Elio R. Castillo, Dardo A. Martí

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Providers' Perceptions of Challenges in Obstetrical Care for Somali Women by Jalana N. Lazar, Crista E. Johnson-Agbakwu, Olga I. Davis, Michele P.-L. Shipp

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Marine Habitat Selection by Marbled Murrelets (Brachyramphus marmoratus) during the Breeding Season. by Teresa J Lorenz, Martin G Raphael, Thomas D Bloxton

“…To address this information gap, we conducted a 5-year study of marine resource selection by murrelets in Washington, which contains a population experiencing the steepest documented declines and where marine habitat is believed to be compromised. …”
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Bioterrorism in Canada: An Economic Assessment of Prevention and Postattack Response by Ronald St John, Brian Finlay, Curtis Blair

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Evaluating the Interference of Bicycle Traffic on Vehicle Operation on Urban Streets with Bike Lanes by Ziyuan Pu, Zhibin Li, Yong Wang, Mao Ye, Wei (David) Fan

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Extracranial Meningioma in the Scalp with Concurrent Steatocystoma by Jiankun Tong, Sergei A. Aksenov, Mitchell I. Chorost, William H. Rodgers

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Text mining of practical disaster reports: Case study on Cascadia earthquake preparedness. by Julia C Lensing, John Y Choe, Branden B Johnson, Jingwen Wang

“…Notably, it reveals potential differences in priorities between Washington and Oregon state-level emergency management, uncovers latent sentiments expressed within the reports, and identifies inconsistent vocabulary across the field. …”
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Simulated Annealing Based Hybrid Forecast for Improving Daily Municipal Solid Waste Generation Prediction by Jingwei Song, Jiaying He, Menghua Zhu, Debao Tan, Yu Zhang, Song Ye, Dingtao Shen, Pengfei Zou

“…The hybrid model was built and multistep ahead prediction ability was tested based on daily MSW generation data from Seattle, Washington, the United States. The hybrid forecast model was proved to produce more accurate and reliable results and to degrade less in longer predictions than three individual models. …”
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Modeling the Joint Choice Decisions on Urban Shopping Destination and Travel-to-Shop Mode: A Comparative Study of Different Structures by Chuan Ding, Binglei Xie, Yaowu Wang, Yaoyu Lin

“…This study uses the data collected in the downtown areas of Maryland-Washington, D.C. region, for shopping trips, considering household, individual, land use, and travel related characteristics. …”
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Diplomatic History of the Great Patriotic War and the New World Order by A. Y. Borisov

“…It was largely due to the US desire to realize their material advantages to the detriment of the Soviet Union after the war and build a system that would be a one-sided expression of the interests of Washington. Americans, especially after the death of President Roosevelt, and during his successor Truman understood international cooperation as an assertion of its global leadership while ignoring the interests of the Soviet Union, which bore the brunt of the war.…”
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On the New US Military Strategy in the Arctic by Valeriy N. Konyshev, Alexander A. Sergunin

“…The main threat to Russia’s security in the region is the constant military presence and build-up of US/NATO military infrastructure in close proximity to its Arctic borders, as well as Washington’s intention to implement the principle of “freedom of navigation” in the Arctic Ocean, including the Northern Sea Route.…”
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Japan in the Russia - U.S. Relations by S. V. Volkov

“…This country is central to Washington's policy to contain China. Tokyo is headed for the rapid rejection of pacifist principles of its foreign policy. …”
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Analysis of Differences in ECG Characteristics for Different Types of Drivers under Anxiety by Yongqing Guo, Xiaoyuan Wang, Qing Xu, Quan Yuan, Chenglin Bai, Xuegang (Jeff) Ban

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Bolsonaro’s ‘Anti-Diplomacy' by J. A. Timofeeva

“…Unilateral concessions to Washington predictably gave no results and lowered Brazilian independence in decision making. …”
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Characteristics of Precipitation, Streamflow, and Sediment Transport of the Hangman Creek in the Pacific Northwest, USA: Implication for Agricultural Conservation Practice Implemen... by Yongping Yuan, Sean Kanyuk

“…In this study, we investigated long-term precipitation, streamflow, and suspended sediment load patterns within the Hangman Creek watershed, draining from the Rocky Mountains in Idaho to Washington, to identify the magnitude of changes with the goal of better understanding the links between these processes and the potential effects of agricultural conservation practices (ACPs) implemented since the 1990s. …”
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The “Nixon China Shock” in the Mirror of Japanese Domestic Politics by V. V. Nelidov

“…Kissinger to the PRC and about the President’s upcoming visit there) became one of the pivotal points in the history of Japanese foreign policy and contributed to Tokyo becoming more independent from Washington in its diplomatic course. Using the case of Japan’s reaction to this event, the article explores the characteristic features of the foreign policy making process in post-war Japan and demonstrates the considerable influence of these features on the character of Japanese foreign policy of the so-called “1955 System” period (the prolonged and continuous dominance of the conservative Liberal Democratic Party in 1955-93). …”
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Influence of Running and Walking on Hormonal Regulators of Appetite in Women by D. Enette Larson-Meyer, Sonnie Palm, Aasthaa Bansal, Kathleen J. Austin, Ann Marie Hart, Brenda M. Alexander

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Adapting to Détente: US Policy on Korean Unification in 1968-1973 by D. A. Sadakov

“…By this time the Americans had strong military and political positions on the Korean peninsula. Washington managed to thwart DPRK attempts in 1966–1969 to destabilize the situation in the South. …”
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Data from a multi-year targeted proteomics study of a longitudinal birth cohort of type 1 diabetes by Lisa M. Bramer, Ernesto S. Nakayasu, Javier E. Flores, Jennifer E. Van Eyk, Michael J. MacCoss, Hemang M. Parikh, Thomas O. Metz, Bobbie-Jo M. Webb-Robertson

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Managing Dyspnea in Patients with Advanced Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: A Canadian Thoracic Society Clinical Practice Guideline by Darcy D Marciniuk, Donna Goodridge, Paul Hernandez, Graeme Rocker, Meyer Balter, Pat Bailey, Gordon Ford, Jean Bourbeau, Denis E O’Donnell, Francois Maltais, Richard A Mularski, Andrew J Cave, Irvin Mayers, Vicki Kennedy, Thomas K Oliver, Candice Brown, Canadian Thoracic Society COPD Committee Dyspnea Expert Working Group

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