Intervention in International Navigation: A Case Study of Seizure of Oil Tankers by States in the Implementation of Domestic and International Cross-Border Sanctions by Reyhane Derogari, Hatam Sadeghi Ziyazi, Somayehsadat Mirilavasani

“…Exercising the jurisdiction of states in different maritime areas is a subject that has always been a source of controversy throughout the history of the international law of the seas. The efforts that have been made to increase these qualifications and the restrictions that have been applied to regulate them. …”
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Effects of Artificial Intelligence and Virtual Reality in Martial Arts Sports on Students’ Physical and Mental Health by JingGang Li, XiaoShuang Wang, LiJun Wang, Hyoungkil Kang

“…As a treasure left over from Chinese traditional culture, martial arts have a long history and lasts for a long time. With the country’s promotion and support of martial arts culture, martial arts have also attracted more and more people’s attention. …”
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Spontaneous Uterine Perforation of Pyometra Presenting as Acute Abdomen by Toshihiro Kitai, Kentaro Okuno, Hiromi Ugaki, Yoshiko Komoto, Satoshi Fujimi, Masahiko Takemura

“…A 66-year-old postmenopausal woman with diffuse abdominal pain and vomiting was admitted to our institution. She had a history of mixed connective-tissue disease and had been taking steroids for 20 years. …”
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TB and poverty: the effect of rifampicin-resistant TB on household income by A. Ciobanu, V. Plesca, S. Doltu, M. Manea, L. Domente, A. Dadu

“…Social factors leading to poverty were identified for each stage: diagnostic period (history of incarceration: cOR 2.3, 95% CI 1.1–5.2); treatment period (being unemployed or unofficially employed: cOR 6.7, 95% CI 4.3–10.0); and post-treatment (being married or cohabiting: cOR 5.7, 95% CI 2.9–11.0). …”
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A Rare Case of Eosinophilic Gastroenteritis and Ampullitis Leading to Benign Papillary Stenosis by Akwe Nyabera, Keya Shah, Nso Nso, Saphwat Eskaros, Negar Niknam

“…We present a 70-year-old woman with a history of asthma, eosinophilic esophagitis, and eosinophilic sinusitis, who underwent work up for postprandial abdominal pain and abnormal liver function tests. …”
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Vessels with epigraphic and pseudo-epigra­phic inscriptions from the territory of the Tsarevskoye settlement by Iudin N.I., Nuretdinova A.R.

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Knowledge and Attitude of Sciatica Pain and Treatment Methods among Adults in Saudi Arabia by Majdi Hashem, Reem Abdulrahman AlMohaini, Norah Ibrahim AlMedemgh, Sara Abdulmajed AlHarbi, Lena Saleh Alsaleem

“…Questions were divided into four groups, each containing multiple questions covering the following aspects: demographic data, past medical history, and the assessment of knowledge and attitudes regarding sciatica. …”
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Quand des pesticides empoisonnent la recherche, la réglementation et la démocratie : by Louise Vandelac

“…Never in the history of science has been published such a detailed account of the attacks and perfidious manipulations of an agribusiness giant to destroy the reputation and life of one of the most published scientists on its flagship product : Bayer-Monsanto's Roundup, the world's best-selling pesticide and a glyphosate-based herbicide used on GMOs designed to absorb it without dying, a key to agro-industrial concentration. …”
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Physiological, biochemical and genetic bases of amaranth (Amaranthus L.) breeding for food and feed purposes (a review) by A. B. Shcherban

“…This crop has a long history dating back to the days of the Aztecs and Incas, for whom it was one of the most important crops, along with corn. …”
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Zika, a Mosquito-Transmitted Virus by L. Phil Lounibos, Barry W. Alto, Nathan D. Burkett-Cadena, Cynthia C. Lord, Chelsea T. Smartt, C. Roxanne Rutledge Connelly, Jorge R. Rey

“…This 7-page fact sheet describes the Zika microbe, its mosquito hosts, and the disease it causes. A history of the virus and its migration are included, along with some details about the virus in the state of Florida and preventative measures people can take to avoid infection. …”
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Severe Pulmonary Infection in a 20-Month-Old Female by Yasmeen Mann, Paul Zeller, Kristen Carrillo-Kappus, Melissa Victor, Mary Moore

“…We report a 20-month-old female admitted for suspected CAP. History included a week-long cough, fever, dyspnea, single occurrence of seizure-like activity, and a sick contact. …”
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The logic of the nation: Nationalism, formal logic, and interwar Poland by David E. Dunning

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Small Bowel Obstruction Secondary to a Metamucil Bezoar: Case Report and Review of the Literature by Sara Abou Azar, Mohammad Rachad Wehbe, Sarah Jamali, Ali Hallal

“…This is a case of a 48-year-old female with no previous abdominal surgery who presented with acute abdominal pain. The patient’s history was remarkable for the daily ingestion of 1.5 teaspoons of Metamucil with minimal amount of water. …”
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Low Grade Islet but Marked Exocrine Pancreas Inflammation in an Adult with Autoimmune Pre-Diabetes by Hiroshi Nomoto, Tatyana Gurlo, Madeline Rosenberger, Mark D. Girgis, Sarah Dry, Peter C. Butler

“…Pre-operative fasting glucose of 109 mg/dl and HbA1C 5.8% revealed prediabetes with an anti-GAD 1,144 (5–250 U/ml) together with family history implying pre-T1D. There was patchy low grade immune infiltration in some, but not all, islets that met criteria for autoimmune insulitis. …”
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Brugada Syndrome and Pregnancy: Highlights on Antenatal and Prenatal Management by Laura Giambanco, Domenico Incandela, Antonio Maiorana, Walter Alio, Luigi Alio

“…A 20-year-old pregnant woman at 13 weeks of gestation was referred to our department because of her familial history of sudden cardiac deaths. Brothers and sisters of her mother died of Brugada syndrome in childhood or older and live components of this family were carrier of mutation in Brugada gene. …”
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Comparative Study of 5-Day and 10-Day Cefditoren Pivoxil Treatments for Recurrent Group A β-Hemolytic Streptococcus pharyngitis in Children by Hideaki Kikuta, Mutsuo Shibata, Shuji Nakata, Tatsuru Yamanaka, Hiroshi Sakata, Kouji Akizawa, Kunihiko Kobayashi

“…Subjects were 226 children with a history of at least one episode of GABHS pharyngitis. …”
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Comparison of Dark Personality Traits, Feeling of Alienation and Spiritual Well-Being in People with and without Tendency to Vandalism by Abbas Abolghasemi, Seyyedeh Zahra Seyyed Noori, Morteza Zakeri, Reza Ghorbani

“…The sample for the present study consisted of 380 prisoners, including 180 individuals with a history of vandalism and 200 without. These participants were identified and selected from among the prisoners residing in facilities within Guilan Province. …”
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Medicinal Plant Use in North Karelia, Finland, in the 2010s by Renata Sõukand, Natalia Kuznetsova, Julia Prakofjewa, Sabira Ståhlberg, Ingvar Svanberg, Baiba Prūse, Giulia Mattalia, Raivo Kalle

“…Finnish North Karelia is a region with a rich cultural history of ethnomedicinal plant use, shaped by centuries of interactions among various ethnic groups. …”
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Successful Pregnancy Outcome in Women with Recurrent IVF Failure and Anti-hCG Autoimmunity: A Report of Three Cases by Valeria Muller, Ksenia Ob’edkova, Inna Krikheli, Igor Kogan, Irina Fedorova, Elena Lesik, Evgenia Komarova, Alexandr Gzgzyan

“…We report three cases of effective management of infertility in women with a history of repeated unsuccessful IVF attempts, who have developed antibodies to hCG. …”
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Prognostic Factors for Immune Thrombocytopenia Outcome in Greek Children: A Retrospective Single-Centered Analysis by Alexandros Makis, Athanasios Gkoutsias, Theodoros Palianopoulos, Eleni Pappa, Evangelia Papapetrou, Christina Tsaousi, Eleftheria Hatzimichael, Nikolaos Chaliasos

“…Chronic ITP children were more likely to be of age > 10 years (p=0.015) and have gradual initiation of the disease (p=0.001), platelets > 10 × 109/L (p=0.01), and impaired immunological markers (p<0.003) compared to newly diagnosed/persistent groups. Recent history of infection was found mainly in the newly diagnosed/persistent group (p=0.013). …”
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