Disputable issues of the surgical strabismus correction in patients with Graves’ ophthalmopathy by D.S. Atarshchikov, E.Yu. Korchemkina

“…Korchemkina² </p> <p> ¹Central Clinical Hospital and Polyclinic of the Department for Presidential Affairs, Moscow, Russian Federation </p> <p> ²Academy of Postgraduate Education of the Federal Scientific and Clinical Center of the Federal Medical Biological Agency of Russian Federation, Moscow, Russian Federation </p> <p> Graves’ ophthalmopathy (GO) is an autoimmune disease characterized by lymphocytic infiltration, fibroblast activation and the accumulation of collagen and glycosaminoglycans in the orbital tissues and extraocular muscles. …”
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Multimodal smoking cessation treatment combining repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation, cognitive behavioral therapy, and nicotine replacement in veterans with posttraumatic... by Jonathan R Young, Carri S Polick, Andrew M Michael, Moritz Dannhauer, Jeffrey T Galla, Mariah K Evans, Addison Troutman, Angela C Kirby, Michelle F Dennis, Claire W Papanikolas, Zhi-De Deng, Scott D Moore, Eric A Dedert, Merideth A Addicott, Lawrence G Appelbaum, Jean C Beckham

“…Veterans suffering from posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD)-about 11% of those receiving care from the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)-have triple the risk of developing tobacco use disorder (TUD). …”
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A real-world analysis of antidepressant medications in US veterans aged 60 years and older: a comparative analysis by Ryan D Pittman, S Scott Sutton, Joseph Magagnoli, Tammy H Cummings

“…Methods: This retrospective study analyzed data from the Veterans Affairs (VA) database, including 142,138 patients aged ≥60 years diagnosed with MDD. …”

ASEAN Defence Ministers MeetingPlus: Institutional structure, specific features, and evolution (2010–2022) by K. G. Muratshina

“…While other dialogue partners, primarily the United States and China, are pressurising ASEAN in order to ‘win over’ the Southeast Asian countries to their side, Russia consistently promotes an equal, practice-oriented dialogue, and adheres to the principles of non-interference in internal affairs and in local conflicts. The author concludes that, in spite of the low-profile practical achievements of the ADMM-Plus, the Meeting remains suitable for all its participants, as the main effect of its activity represents the maintenance of contacts and negotiations in the defence area in the face of the new regional security challenges.…”
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Cycles of History: China, North Korea and the End of the Korean War by Sheila Miyoshi Jager

“…It was the beginning of China's decline and Japan's ascendancy in East Asian affairs. For the first time since the founding of the Choson dynasty in 1392, China would have little influence over the Korean peninsula.China regained much of its influence over North Korea during the Korean War years (1950-53) when Mao decided to intervene in that conflict once UN forces crossed the 38th parallel north after landing at Inch'on in September 1950, thus saving North Korea from certain defeat (Chinese forces did not leave the peninsula until 1958). …”
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Amputations of Lower Limb in Subjects with Diabetes Mellitus: Reasons and 30-Day Mortality by Magdalena Walicka, Marta Raczyńska, Karolina Marcinkowska, Iga Lisicka, Arthur Czaicki, Waldemar Wierzba, Edward Franek

“…The source of data regarding mortality was the database of the Polish Ministry of Digital Affairs. Results. Between 2010 and 2019, the annual number of amputations in patients with diabetes increased significantly from 5,049 to 7,759 (p for trend<0.000001). …”
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Environmental Sustainability, Value Re-Orientation as Panacea to Gender-Based Violence and Culture of Silence Among Adolescent Girls by Florence Adeoti Yusuf, Adesile Moshood Imran, Peter Sanjo Adewale

“…The State Ministry of Youth and Women Affairs should develop a value reorientation program that challenges social norms and the silent culture. …”
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The Present and the Future of the Special Relationship: The Debate in the United States and the United Kingdom by A. O. Mamedova

“…Particular attention is paid to the House of Commons Foreign Affairs Committee’s reports on UK–U.S. relations and the Report of the Iraq Inquiry (Chilcot report). …”
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“Italy System” as a Case of Innovative Economic Diplomacy by R. O. Raynkhardt

“…The article deals with the description and analysis of functioning of the Italian national system of economic diplomacy.The author provides an insight into the historical and economic background and conditions of its development from the earliest stages to present time focusing on the latest events (from 2010 onwards).He casts light upon the procedures and mechanisms of interaction between the key national economic-diplomatic agents i.e. ministry of foreign affairs, ministry of economic development, export-promotion agency ITA, investment-attraction agency Invitalia, other authorized bodies (in particular, the Coordination Council on the Internationalization of the Italian Economy - CRII), public and private institutes. …”
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A Stylistic Analysis of Majdieh Treatise by Seyyed Kamak Sharifi, Narges Oskouie, Aziz Hojjaji

“…In line with the awakening movement of constitutional literature to enlighten the thoughts and reform the affairs, this work depicts the disorders of the era in the form of a stable prose, with a critical and humorous language. …”
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The performance status gap in immunotherapy for frail patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer by Julie Tsu-Yu Wu, June Corrigan, Chloe Su, Clark Dumontier, Jennifer La, Aparjita Khan, Shipra Arya, Alex H. S. Harris, Leah Backhus, Millie Das, Nhan V. Do, Mary T. Brophy, Summer S. Han, Michael Kelley, Nathanael R. Fillmore

“…Methods Patients in the veterans affairs national precision oncology program from 1/2019–12/2021 who received first-line ICI for advanced NSCLC were followed until death or study end 6/2022. …”
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Systemic Poverty Modelling: Case of Central Asia by F. I. Arzhaev, V. Y. Andriukhin, D. V. Saprynskaya

“…Central Asia has been facing the problem of poverty for a long time, but this issue remains unresolved. The state of affairs differs a lot from one state to another in the region, however all of them are exposed to high risks since poverty in Central Asia has acquired the character of a systemic phenomenon. …”
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Mémoire d’immigrés et malemort : controverses autour du passé coolie chez les Chinois de Tahiti by Anne-Christine Trémon

“…Les archives de l’époque ne procurent guère d’éclaircissements sur cette affaire. Cet imbroglio historique alimente les divergences d’interprétations qui prévalent aujourd’hui au sein de la communauté chinoise. …”
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Military and Political Studies by A. I. Podberyozkin

“…Its founding fathers were such prominent scholars of international affairs, as I.G. Usachyov, A.D. Nikonov, A.G. Arbatov, V.G. …”
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Aproximación a la equidad en salud en perspectiva de dignidad: notas para una bioética social by Maria Teresa Escobar López, José Antonio García Pereáñez, Fabio Aurelio Rivas Muñoz

“… El escrito aborda la perspectiva sanitaria, en lo fundamental mercantil, por la cual se rigen los destinos de la salud en el planeta desde los últimos años del siglo XX, a partir de unas apreciaciones de Philip Musgrove, ex-funcionario del Banco Mundial (BM) y ex-editor de Health Affairs. Musgrove fue uno de los protagonistas en la elaboración del informe que terminó poniendo la salud abiertamente en manos del BM. …”
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Information system on microbial collections as a part of bioresource collections portal for Russia’s FASO organizations: a working protocol by F. V. Kazantsev, A. A. Smirnova, A. S. Rozanov, Yu. E. Uvarova, D. A. Afonnikov, S. E. Peltek, S. A. Lashin

“…Not every organization that has such collections has an open access electronic catalog, which not only complicates work with these unique materials, but also even hides the fact of the existence of such collections. This state of affairs requires the development of electronic resources for presenting these materials to the scientific community. …”
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Protocol of the Nurses’ Mental Health Study (NMHS): a nationwide hospital multicentre prospective cohort study by Jiaxin Yang, Chongmei Huang, Shuiyuan Xiao, Xuting Li, Meng Ning, Zengyu Chen, Yusheng Tian, Qiang Yu, Yamin Chen, Ya-Min Li

“…Variables including sociodemographic information, work-related factors, health status, lifestyle habits, objective experiences, family and social relations, current affairs opinions and overall evaluation will be collected. …”
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Validation of the Transition Readiness and Appropriateness Measure (TRAM) for the Managing the Link and Strengthening Transition from Child to Adult Mental Healthcare in Europe (MI... by Fiona McNicholas, Dieter Wolke, Jason Madan, Jatinder Singh, Federico Fiori, Paramala Santosh, Jane Warwick, Helena Tuomainen, Swaran Singh, Laura Adams, Mathilde Mastroianni, Natalie Heaney, Kate Lievesley, Ilyas Sagar-Ouriaghli, Giovanni Allibrio, Rebecca Appleton, Nikolina Davidović, Giovanni de Girolamo, Gwen Dieleman, Katarina Dodig-Ćurković, Tomislav Franić, Charlotte Gatherer, Suzanne Gerritsen, Elisa Gheza, Lidia Manenti, Athanasios Maras, Francesco Margari, Adriana Pastore, Moli Paul, Diane Purper-Ouakil, Francesco Rinaldi, Vehbi Sakar, Ulrike Schulze, Giulia Signorini, Cathy Street, Priya Tah, Sabine Tremmery, Amanda Tuffrey, Frank Verhulst, Anna Wilson

“…To improve this state of affairs, there needs to be a recognition of the problem and initiatives and an urgent requirement for appropriate tools for measuring readiness and outcomes at the transfer boundary (16–18 years of age in Europe). …”
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Poor Nurses’ Work Environment Increases Quiet Quitting and Reduces Work Engagement: A Cross-Sectional Study in Greece by Ioannis Moisoglou, Aglaia Katsiroumpa, Aggeliki Katsapi, Olympia Konstantakopoulou, Petros Galanis

“…After controlling for confounders, we found that lower nurse participation in hospital affairs, less collegial nurse–physician relationships, worse nursing foundations for quality of care, and lower levels of nurse manager ability, leadership, and support were associated with higher levels of quiet quitting among nurses. …”
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Sustainability analysis of urban neighborhoods with emphasis on spatial and social justice Case Study: Maragheh City by Ali Movahed, Hasan Ahar, Ayub manouchehri, hadiseh gheysari, Abdolbaset Bozorgzadeh

“…According to the rates obtained from the vikor method and considering the final points, Shams Tabrizi and PehrAbad neighborhoods are in a state of affairs and the property districts, Sheikh Taj and TapaliBagi and Ohadi have a favorable situation.  …”
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