Five principles to prioritise in small-scale surgical quality improvement: a qualitative study of the views of surgical improvement leaders by Mary Dixon-Woods, Graham Martin, Alessandra Giusti, Clifford Y Ko

“…We aimed to identify experienced leaders’ views on the principles that should guide small-scale QI projects in surgery.Methods Two rounds of virtual focus groups were conducted with 10 QI leaders, comprising surgeons, anaesthetists and nurses from three countries (Ireland, the UK and the USA). All participants had formal training in improvement techniques and at least 10 years’ experience leading small-scale QI efforts in surgery. …”
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Understanding the coupled relationship between regional longevity and physical geographical environment in Hechi, Guangxi, China by Qucheng Deng, Yaqing Liu, Yongping Wei, Wei Liang, Kaixian Zhu, Yonghua Li, Lihai Zhang

“…Abstract Healthy ageing plays an important role in ageing societies in many countries, and centenarians are a sign of longevity. …”
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Instrumental intelligent platforms for criminal analysis by V. M. Strukov, Y. V. Gnusov, Y. V. Gnusov

“…A comparative overview of the functionality of analytical tools of intelligent software of law enforcement agencies of foreign countries and domestic developments is given. Features of functional components of intellectual systems of criminal analytics are named. …”
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EBOLA AND COVID-19 EPIDEMICS: A DISCOURSE ON NIGERIA’S FOREIGN POLICY RESPONSES by BARILEDUM KIA, CALISTUS N DUMLE

“…These include setting up of screening and monitoring Centre at the nation’s Airports, facilitated the setting up of a regional solidarity fund, in which countries made contributions, initiated actions that adjudged Ebola epidemic as not only national and regional but also international emergency, donated huge sum to worst affected states like Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia. …”
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The U.S.-Turkey ‘Model Partnership’: Testing the Limits (2009–2010) by A. I. Aliyeva

“…The paper also determines the main factors behind a rapprochement of two countries following a temporary estrangement. The conclusion is drawn that a further escalation of tensions was prevented mainly because security factor played a predominant role. …”
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Penetrating liver injury caused by a metal fragment from a blast accident in a factory: a case report by Chan Hee Park, Jeong Woo Lee

“…Penetrating abdominal injuries are rare in countries that do not allow legal possession of firearms by the public. …”
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Analysis and forecasting of pet food markets using extrapolation methods by O. Nikolaieva, YE Svishchova, A. Hladka

“…The analysis of this market in Ukraine made it possible to identify common features in the development of the domestic pet industry and in the countries of Europe and the whole world, and to prove that the domestic market of pet products is promising. …”
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Analysis Employment Changes in Tourism Sector and It’s Impact on Balanced Regional Development (Case Study: Gilan Province) by Mohammad Eskandari Noudeh, Ahmad Pourahmad, Mghgan Khoshdelan

“…Tourism regional planning to prevent unbalanced development of tourism destinations is one of the important issues in development tourism industry in developing countries. For tourism regional planning, identification regions position relative to each other is necessary. …”
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Skeletal Manifestations of Scurvy: A Case Report from Dubai by Shahryar Noordin, Naveed Baloch, Muhammad Sohail Salat, Abdul Rashid Memon, Tashfeen Ahmad

“…Nutritional deficiencies are rarely reported in developed countries. We report a child of Pakistani origin brought up in Dubai who developed skeletal manifestations of scurvy due to peculiar dietary habits. …”
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Russia and the West: Contradictory Dialogue by T. V. Zonova, A. Giannotti

“…A number of Russian politicians grew supportive of some Western movements and parties of the right spectrum, the so called “sovranists” who aimed at withdrawing their countries from international treaties and unions. Meanwhile, Donald Trump’s victory in the 2016 elections as the Republican right-wing candidate, who pledged to improve US-Russia relations, was much praised in Moscow. …”
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Prostate Cancer Screening and Willingness among Staff of Faculties of Health Sciences and Technology and Basic Medical Sciences, University of Nigeria Nsukka, Enugu State, Nigeria by Rita I. Ogu, Cornelius O. Ogu, Christopher C. Wogu

“…Background: Previous studies reported good awareness and knowledge but poor uptake of prostate cancer screening across various settings and countries. Additionally, previous studies reported positive willingness for prostate cancer screening based on questionnaire responses. …”
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Mediation in criminal proceedings: novelties of legislation and prospects for its improvement by T. H. Fomina

“…Ukraine is guided in this direction by the international legal standards and the positive experience of many foreign countries. In the general sense, mediation contributes to the humanization of criminal policy against the offender, creates conditions for ensuring the rights, freedoms and legitimate interests of the victim and real compensation for the damage caused to them, accelerates the criminal process. …”
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Acceptance of Elective Single-embryo Transfer in a Resource-limited Setting: A Cross-sectional Questionnaire-based Study by Nithya Panapakkam Jayakumar, Megha Solanki, Reka Karuppusami, Treasa Joseph, Thayparmbil Kunjummen Aleyamma, Mohan Shashikant Kamath

“…Background: While elective single-embryo transfer (eSET) has been advocated in select countries, the global acceptance of the eSET policy has been undermined due to various issues. …”
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Longitudinal Cross-Lagged Analysis Between Depressive Symptoms, Social Withdrawal, Self-Esteem, and School Adaptation in Multicultural Adolescents by Chung Choe, Seunghee Yu

“…In Korea, as the number of multicultural families formed through the marriage of Korean men and foreign women from lower-income countries such as China, Southeast Asia, and Central Asia increases, the psychosocial adaptation of adolescents from these families is becoming increasingly important. …”
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Perceptions of healthcare workers in high-risk areas of a Singapore hospital during COVID-19: a cross-sectional study by Phui-Sze Angie Au-Yong, Wee-Ming Peh, Frederick Hong-Xiang Koh, Li-Ming Teo, Siok-Peng Ng, Alina Li-Na Tan, Aven Shan-Hua Ng, Min-Hoe Chew

“…The pandemic had a lower degree of psycho-emotional impact on HCWs here as compared to other countries.…”
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Balance correlations, agentic zeros, and networks: The structure of 192 years of war and peace. by David Dekker, David Krackhardt, Patrick Doreian, Pavel N Krivitsky

“…We apply the model to a large data set consisting of friendly vs hostile relations between countries from 1816 to 2007. We find strong evidence for one of the balance statements, and virtually no evidence for unbalanced predictions. …”
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The impact of environmental fees to taxes on total factor productivity of manufacturing enterprises: empirical evidence from China by Jing Huang, Zhaoyang Zhao, Xinjing Yang, Yuhang Tian

“…Balancing environmental benefits with economic gains is a crucial challenge for developing countries striving for sustainable development in today’s context. …”
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MIGRATION, REMITTANCES, AND LOCAL DEVELOPMENT IN MOLDOVA by Vitalie Ștîrba, Alexandru Stratan, Eugenia Lucașenco

“…Remittances and know-how transfer play a significant role in economic development in countries with high out-migration, and Moldova, in this regard, has been abundantly studied. …”
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The recent landscape of RSV vaccine research by Karen Kelleher, Nadisha Subramaniam, Simon B. Drysdale

“…Globally, RSV contributes to millions of LRTI cases annually, with a disproportionate burden in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). The RSV virion outer capsule contains glycoproteins G and F which are essential for viral entry into respiratory epithelial cells and represent key targets for therapeutics development. …”
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Ukraine’s debt security in the context of military conflict by N. V. Pavlenko

“…In order to increase the level of debt security of Ukraine, it has been proposed to initiate the development of an international protocol for debt cancellation for countries affected by armed aggression. In the course of domestic debt restructuring, it has been suggested that the yield on domestic government bonds should be reduced, but this can only be done if monetary policy is changed.…”
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