The Modified Frailty 5-Factor Index Predicts Adverse Outcomes After Ventral Hernia Repair in a National Database by Allison L. Diaz, BS, Wen-Yu Lee, MS, Cheongeun Oh, PhD, Laura L. Kimberly, PhD, MSW, MBE

“…Descriptive analyses were performed on demographics, comorbidities, American Society of Anesthesiologists class, and the modified frailty index score. …”
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Law and Politics in FCPA Prosecutions of Foreign Corporations by Elizabeth Acorn

“…More than 40 years after the creation of the FCPA, this article reviews and outlines a growing interdisciplinary research agenda that considers historical, legal, and political influences on the application of the FCPA to foreign corporations. …”
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Conceptos para el estudio del agro latinoamericano: campesinos y agricultores familiares by Eloy Gómez-Pellón

“…It also reviews the contributions of the new American tradition in peasant studies (e.g., Kroeber, Redfield) and examines the relevant literature on Latin American family farming (e.g., Schejtman, Maletta, Schneider). …”
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COVID-19 and the Black Death: Nutrition, frailty, inequity, and mortality by Katherine D. VAN SCHAIK, Sharon N. DeWITTE

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Principal approaches and achievements in studying race composition of wheat stem rust by A. S. Rsaliyev, Sh. S. Rsaliyev

“…Wheat stem rust caused by the biotrophic fungus Puccinia graminis f. sp. tritici is a dangerous disease that seriously damages the economics in many countries of the world. The review contains information about epidemics of wheat stem rust and causes of their emergence worldwide. …”
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International Dimension in Colonization of the North-West of America and California at the End of the 17-18 ^th Centuries by A. Y. Petrov, V. N. Kostornichenko, M. M. Koskina

“…It analyses the history of exploration of these territories, expeditions to the northern part of the Pacific Ocean, and historical maps of this region. For the first time in Russian historiography the authors touch upon the exploration of California in the 18th century.The exploration of the North Pacific Ocean, the northwestern American coast, including certain areas of California, Alaska and the Aleutian Islands has long attracted the attention of European powers. …”
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HAYDENO WHITE’O NARATYVISTINIO-TROPOLOGINIO PROJEKTO RECEPCIJA IR KRITIKA by Vytautas Žemgulis

“…In the second section of the article the criticisms of this theory are reviewed, identifying main topics, discussing critics’ positions. …”
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HAYDENO WHITE’O NARATYVISTINIO-TROPOLOGINIO PROJEKTO RECEPCIJA IR KRITIKA by Vytautas Žemgulis

“…In the second section of the article the criticisms of this theory are reviewed, identifying main topics, discussing critics’ positions. …”
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Słowo - obraz - pamięć w labiryntach komiksu by Grażyna Gajewska

“…A particular type of comics is the one that presents historical contents. Works of brilliant artists from different cultures such as, for example, Hiroshima 19Ą5 Barefoot Gen by Nakazawa Keij, Art Spiegelman’s Motts, or Achtung Zeligl by Krzysztof Gawronkiewicz and Krystian Rosenberg have become available 011 the Polish publishing market and have been widely reviewed and discussed academically. …”
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The science and politics of ‘knowledge’ in safe sport research by Benjamin Carr

“…Lastly, a brief discourse review illustrates how athletes’ capital may be appropriated to reinforce claims of validity and exclusivity of knowledge. …”
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Intellectual Disability and Parenthood by Isack Kandel, Mohammed Morad, Gideon Vardi, Joav Merrick

“…Jewish Law has been very progressive regarding the possibility of marriage between persons with ID (in contrast to American Law where historically this right has been denied, until recently). …”
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Comparative Ethics of Modern Payment Models by Jacob Riegler

“…Photo by Marek Studzinski on Unsplash ABSTRACT Payment models directly impact the way patients experience care. Historically, payment model innovations have been examined mostly from economic, organizational, and public health lenses. …”
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