Anterior and posterior tibial anesthetic block in diabetic foot surgery. by José Julio Ojeda González, Evangelina Dávila Cabo, Remberto González Enoa, Obdulio Rodríguez García

“…The variables measured were: age, weight, height, surgical time, type of surgery, cardiac frequency medium arterial pressure, and classification of patients according to the American Association of Anesthesiology All the patients were applied a scale for assessing pain in three different moments.…”
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Geographic Mapping of Crohn’s Disease and Its Relation to Affluence in Jiangsu Province, an Eastern Coastal Province of China by Dong Hu, Jianan Ren, Gefei Wang, Guosheng Gu, Song Liu, Xiuwen Wu, Jun Chen, Huajian Ren, Zhiwu Hong, Jieshou Li

“…The standardized incidence ratio (SIR) was calculated for each area of Jiangsu province and a thematic map of CD was made according to the local SIR. The association between incidence and local economic status was revealed by correlation between SIR of CD and different local economic indicators. …”
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Advancing Sustainable Development Goals through Earth Observation Satellite Data: Current Insights and Future Directions by Qiang Zhao, Le Yu

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Social determinants of student mental health before and after the Beirut port explosion: two cross-sectional studies by Julia Scheuring, Tania Bosqui

“…In the partially adjusted regression model (adjusting for demographics), only financial stress was significantly associated with depressive symptoms. In the fully adjusted model (adjusting for adversity), financial stress was associated with depressive and anxiety symptoms. …”
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Influence of Investors' Sentiment on Bitcoin Returns by Mahdieh Rezagholizadeh, Mohammad Abdi Seyyedkolaee, Zahra Mohseni Kolagar

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Rates of Multidrug-Resistant Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections in Hospitalized Non-Immunocompromised Pediatric Patients: A 9-Year Retrospective Study at a Lebanese Tertiary Medica... by Zakhour R, Khafaja S, Korman R, Boutros CF, El Zein Z, Chmaisse A, Haj M, Haddara A, El-Houry Z, Jbahi M, Chamseddine S, Bou Karroum S, Al Oweini D, Youssef YS, Youssef N, Nasser M, Fayad D, Abi Farraj F, El Nakib C, Isaac I, Lteif M, Araj GF, Dbaibo GS

“…The objectives of this study were to describe the epidemiology, potential contributing factors, and antimicrobial resistance patterns associated with infections caused by MDR Gram-negative bacteria (GNB) in non-immunocompromised children and adolescents.Methods: This was a retrospective observational study conducted at the American University of Beirut Medical Center (AUBMC) from 2009 to 2017. …”
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Le football professionnel en Europe est-il en crise ? Une réponse régulationniste by Jérémie Bastien

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What if prescribed fire is not an option? A review of alternative treatments. by Michael G Andreu, Christopher Kinslow, Stephen Enloe

“…This publication provides an overview for landowners and land managers that want to understand surrogate treatments and the economic and ecological tradeoffs associated with each treatment. …”
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Urban Stock-Demography Approach to Uncover Electric Vehicle Battery and Embedded Lithium Stock across 366 Cities in China by Chenyang Wang, Peng Wang, Linchang Zheng, Wei Chen, Yuqi Hu, Rui Jing, Yi Ding, Xiaojie Liu, Wei-Qiang Chen

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THE INFLUENCE OF ETHNO-NATIONAL LOBBIES ON THE US FOREIGN POLICY: HISTORY OF THE UKRAINIAN DIASPORA by I. D. Loshkariov, D. A. Parenkov, A. A. Sushentsov

“…The main organization of the Ukrainian diaspora is the Ukrainian Committee of the Congress of America, which is an umbrella structure for organizations of economic, cultural and political profile, as well as for associations of veterans, women and youth. …”
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Assessing the Direct Impact of Typhoons on Vegetation Canopy Structure and Photosynthesis by Yaoyao Zheng, Simin Zhan, Zaichun Zhu, Sen Cao, Jiana Chen, Pengjun Zhao, Weimin Wang, Ranga B. Myneni

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Prospects for the North America’ shale hydrocarbons development by T. V. Polyakova

“…An entire generation of American politicians were concerned about the growing U.S. dependence on imported oil and natural gas. …”
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INTERNATIONAL RIVALRY IN THE ENERGY SECTOR: THE EASTERN EUROPEAN MARKET OF ATOMIC ENERGY IN FOCUS by Y. V. Borovsky

“…The comprehensive analysis of theoretical publications allows us to consider international competition as an abstract, depoliticized contest of states and other international actors (including companies) for some limited (mainly economic) benefits. International rivalry is more a political process, necessarily involving some rival pairs of states (or groups of states) that compete with each other not only to get some benefits, but to expand their territory or power.The competition and rivalry betweenRussiaand the West in the sphere of nuclear power are especially apparent in the Eastern European region where the American, European and Japanese corporations, with the support of the Western foreign ministries and EU institutions, try to achieve two main goals. …”
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The Impact of Social Media for Hand Surgeons: A Prevalence and Correlation Study With Online and Academic Reputations by Sameer R. Khawaja, BS, Krishna N. Chopra, MA, Musab Gulzar, BS, Ozair R. Khawaja, HS, Shammah E. Udoudo, BS, Joseph G. Monir, MD, Michael B. Gottschalk, MD, Adrian L. Huang, MD, Nina Suh, MD, Eric R. Wagner, MD, MS

“…Type of study/level of evidence: Economic/decision analysis IV.…”
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Reflections by a member of the Editorial Board by Kevin T. Smith

“…Afterwards they obtained a joint Yugoslav American Project, “Possible alterations of wood in air polluted trees”, which defined my earlier collaborations with Professor Torelli and Katarina Čufar on silver fir decline in Slovenia and Europe. …”
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Cardiovascular disease attenuates the protective effect of folate on global cognitive function in an elderly population: a cross-sectional study by Jianqiang Zhang, Di Yue, Huifeng Zhang

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The Rise and Fall of the Iraqi Sunni Awakening Movement by Ramiz Sevdimaliyev

“…The emergence of the Iraqi Sunni Awakening was associated not so much with a sense of ideological, patriotic, or religious obligation but with the loss of economic power of the tribal leaders who decided to mobilize against the AQI.Since 2006, the Sunni Awakening has been a key component of the US strategy to combat jihadi groups. …”
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Impact of gut microbial diversity on egg production performance in chickens by Liping Wu, Tao Zhang, Zhihua Luo, Huiyuan Xiao, Di Wang, Cailong Wu, Xinyan Fang, Jiawei Li, Jing Zhou, Junjie Miao, Hongli Tan, Yanan Wang, Qing Liu, Jianhua Huang

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Cognitive impairment and self-reported health outcomes among older adults: Longitudinal evidence from Australia by Rezwanul Haque, Khorshed Alam, Jeff Gow, Christine Neville, Syed Afroz Keramat

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RUSSIA'S STRATEGIC DETERRENCE AND DEFENSE AGAINST POTENTIAL MEANS AND METHODS OF STRATEGIC ATTACK by A. I. Podberezkin, A. V. Zhukov

“…The authors note that the expansion of the meaningful content of the concept of strategic stability in the Russian Federation occurred as a result of the development of strategic non-nuclear deterrence forces and the US policy to reduce the dependence of American foreign and defense policy on the factor of nuclear deterrence. …”
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