UKRAINIAN ELITES DISCOURSE IN RESPECT OF THE DONBASS TERRITORY AND POPULATION OF 2009-2018: ANALYSIS OF THE NATIONAL FACEBOOK SEGMENT by A. A. Tokarev

“…This work proceeded in several stages: from November 2016, when my colleagues and I began brainstorming, until May 2018, when the final schedules were obtained: the allocation of opinion leaders in the social network, downloading their posts from January 1, 2009 to February 15, 2018, the isolation from the discourse of posts devoted to the Donbas, the creation of a vocabulary that allows differentiating discourses according to the degree of their emotionality, an assessment of their frequency degree, an explanation of the discourses dynamics through event analysis. The database consists of 653 662 739 characters in 7 languages from 1,069,687 posts of 376 Ukrainian Facebook top-bloggers, downloaded and analyzed using the information-analytical system «Semantic Archive». …”
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Biochemical blood parameters and level of endogenous intoxication in cows suffering from hepatopathies under heat stress by E. V. Kuzminova, E. N. Rud, M. P. Semenenko, A. A. Abramov

“…Global warming results in increased extreme weather  events, including heatwaves,  droughts and floods, which exceed plants’and animals’tolerance thresholds, thus posing a threat to the economy and agriculture. …”
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Efficacy and safety of hemoporfin photodynamic therapy in treating port-wine stains in Chinese children: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Jing Xu, Hongxin Li

“…Additionally, almost all children with PWS treated with HMME-PDT developed edema (99.9%), more than half presented purpura (67.6%), some developed crust (30.8%) and hyperpigmentation (15.0%), and a few occurred scar (2.4%) and hypopigmentation (1.4%).ConclusionAfter HMME-PDT treatment, more than half of the pediatric patients showed an improvement of ≥60%, and no serious adverse reaction events occurred. This study demonstrated that HMME-PDT possessed promising therapeutic efficacy in children with PWS, suggesting that HMME-PDT could be considered a recommended treatment strategy for pediatric PWS. …”
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The Role of Subtropical High Pressure in the Spatial Daily Precipitation Distribution in Iran by Amir Hosein Halabian, Mehran Shabankari

“…Comparing the frequency of positive phase occurrence days with that of negative phase event days in the level under study showed that during recent 50 years the aggravation days of subtropical high pressure were definitely more than weakening days of this dynamic system. …”
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Lost in Broadcasting: League of Nations, International Broadcasting and Swiss Neutrality by A. S. Khodnev

“…Maintaining the nation's neutrality, the Swiss government vigilantly observed the unfolding events during the war. During the peak of Nazi Germany's advances, Bern adopted stringent measures against the LN, upholding a resolute diplomatic stance. …”
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Treatment Interruption and Regimen Change in Firstgeneration versus Second-generation Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitors used as First-line Therapy for Chronic Myeloid Leukemia by Melea A. Ward, Gang Fang, Kristy L. Richards, Christine M. Walko, Stephanie R. Earnshaw, Laura E. Happe, Susan J. Blalock

“…**Background:** Research has shown that treatment interruptions are associated with worse failure-free survival in chronic myeloid leukemia (CML); however they are commonly used in clinical trials to manage adverse events. **Objectives:** This study assessed the comparative rates of treatment interruption and regimen change between patients initiating first-line therapy with a first-generation tyrosine kinase inhibitor (1GTKI) imatinib versus second-generation TKI (2GTKI), dasatinib or nilotinib, for the treatment of CML in clinical practice. …”
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The Impact of Intracoronary Imaging on PCI Outcomes in Cases Utilising Rotational Atherectomy: An Analysis of 8,417 Rotational Atherectomy Cases from the British Cardiovascular Int... by Majd B. Protty, Sean Gallagher, Andrew S. P. Sharp, Vasim Farooq, Mohaned Egred, Peter O’Kane, Peter Ludman, Mamas A Mamas, Tim Kinnaird

“…Adjusted rates of in-hospital major adverse cardiac/cerebrovascular events (IH-MACCE), its individual components (death, peri-procedural MI, stroke, and major bleed), or 12-month mortality were not significantly altered by the use of imaging in RA-PCI. …”
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Roman stamped bricks from the Tussla-collection in the Hungarian National Museum by Linda Dobosi, Tamás Szabadváry

“…Both the Tussla couple and the collection had a troubled and eventful fate which led to the loss of some of the material. …”
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Validation of the Kidney Failure Risk Equation in the Colombian Population by C. Larrarte, J. Vesga, F. Ardila, A. Aldana, D. Perea, M. Sanabria

“…The rate of dialysis initiation was three events per 100 patient-years, 95% CI (2.9–3.6). The optimal cutoff for sensitivity was 0.94, for specificity, 0.76, and the area under the ROC curve was 0.92. …”
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Acute Coronary Syndromes and Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease: “Un Affaire de Coeur” by Abdulrahman Ismaiel, Stefan-Lucian Popa, Dan L. Dumitrascu

“…Furthermore, seven out of eight studies evaluating NAFLD and hepatic steatosis severity as a predictor of all-cause and cardiovascular mortality and in-hospital major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE) in ACS patients demonstrated a significant independent association. …”
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Malnutrition in spondylodiscitis: an overlooked risk factor by Julius Gerstmeyer, Clifford Pierre, Thomas A. Schildhauer, Amir Abdul-Jabbar, Rod J. Oskouian, Jens R. Chapman

“…Malnutrition, a multifactorial condition defined by imbalance or deficiency of nutrients, is a known risk factor for various adverse events such as postoperative infection and readmissions in spine surgery. …”
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Floods after drought: storytelling with agro-pastoralists in a Kenyan dryland by Ruben V. Weesie, Melanie Rohse, Anne F. Van Loon, Johanna Koehler, Marlies H. Barendrecht, Moses Mwangi

“…In the 21st century, however, droughts and floods are no longer experienced as discrete, named events but rather as a new normal. Floods after drought have become more frequent, short-lived, intense, and erosive, their regenerative function diminishing. …”
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Central Asian Nomads in the Spread of Buddhism in Russia by Baatr U. Kitinov

“…The history of Buddhism in Middle Asia and its subsequent transition to Russia is rich in every dimension: in peoples and lands, events, processes, which played an important role in the history of religion, etc. …”
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Risk assessment method for the organization of environmental safety in the sphere of residential and industrial construction by A. N. Larionov, E. E. Smirnova

“…The significance of the scenario approach as one of the most effective methods for assessing environmental risk is emphasized, which allows taking into account possible scenarios of events and assess their consequences. It is necessary to develop a more accurate definition of environmental risk in construction when formulating environmental measures and assessing their compliance (it is possible to improve an analogue of the Japanese CASBEE ecological assessment system in construction).…”
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Legislative amendments regarding criminal proceedings under martial law by V. V. Ablamska

“…In particular, it is advisable to provide that in the event of the end of martial law, a serviceman or his/her lawyer has the right to apply to the investigating judge, the court with a request to change the preventive measure or choose a more lenient one.…”
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On Modeling Agent Behavior Change Through Multi-Typed Information Diffusion in Online Social Networks by Masaaki Miyashita, Norihiko Shinomiya, Daisuke Kasamatsu, Genya Ishigaki

“…Notably, the propagation of misinformation during events such as the COVID-19 pandemic has driven collective behavioral responses, sometimes exacerbating crises such as panic buying and bank runs. …”
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Enhancing end-of-life care practices on the medicine units: perspectives from nurses and families by Julie C Reid, Deborah J Cook, Neala Hoad, Anne Boyle, Rajendar Hanmiah, Lucinda Landau

“…While most often a sombre event, opportunities exist to optimise the experience both for the dying patient and their loved ones. …”
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Evaluation of Arterial Stiffness Using Pulse Wave Velocity and Augmentation Index in Patients with Chronic Venous Insufficiency by Mustafa Dogdus, Onur Akhan, Mehmet Ozyasar, Ahmet Yilmaz, Mehmet Sait Altintas

“…Arterial stiffness has been shown to be a predictor of cardiovascular events and mortality. The relationship between CVI and arterial stiffness using pulse wave velocity (PWV) and augmentation index (Aix) was evaluated in this study. …”
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Outcome of autologous bone marrow transplant in patients with relapsed and refractory diffuse large B-cell lymphoma in relation with prognostic factor: A single-center experience by Fawaz Salim Yousif, Bassam Francis Matti, Zina Ali Al-Bakri, Safa A. Faraj, Mazin A. Mohammed, Zahraa S. Shakir, Mahmood W. Khalid, Saba H. Al Hlali, Sarah M. Saeb, Kareem K. Khanjar, Maryam R. Humadi

“…RESULTS: The mean age of DLBCL patients in this study was 41.3 (14–65) years, post-ASCT at day 100; there were 33 (91.6%), 2 (5.5%), and 1 (2.7%) patients in complete remission, relapsed progressive disease, and death, respectively, At 3-year posttransplant, the overall survival (OS) was 71%, whereas the event-free survival (EFS) was 59%. According to disease status pre-ASCT, the OS was 62%, 80%, and 66% with P = 0.7, whereas the EFS was 66%, 60%, and 50% with P = 0.5 for CR, UCR, and PR, respectively. …”
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RETROSPECTIVE STUDY OF THE EFFICACY OF LONG-TERM TREATMENT OF FELINE IDIOPATHIC CYSTITIS by Anca Bărbos, Vlad Luca, Alexandra Biriș, Radu Lăcătuș

“…Most of our patients presented after a triggering event (64.29%) with symptoms such as pollakiuria (75%), stranguria (78.57%), excessive toileting of the pelvic area (75%) and periuria in 71.43% of cases. …”
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