Preparation For Flight: The Physical Profile of Pre-Professional and Professional Circus Artists in the United States by Stephanie J Greenspan, Melanie I Stuckey

“… # Study Design Descriptive laboratory study # Methods Circus artists (n=201; ages 13-69y; 172 females ASAB, 29 males ASAB) from 10 cities across the United States underwent a baseline physical examination including shoulder, hip and trunk measures of passive (PROM) and active (AROM) range of motion, measures of flexibility (shoulder and hip), strength (manual muscle tests, grip strength), cardiovascular fitness (3 minute-step test), balance (single limb and handstand), and performance, (pull-ups, and the closed kinetic chain upper extremity stability test \[CKCUEST\]). …”
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Temperature, violent crime, climate change, and vulnerability factors in 44 United States cities by Seulkee Heo, Hayon Michelle Choi, Jesse D. Berman, Michelle L. Bell

“…The Uniform Crime Reporting Program data were used to calculate daily city-specific number of violent crimes (n = 2,447,458 incidents). Generalized additive modeling was used to estimate relative risks (RRs) of violent crime. …”
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Death and disappearance: Measuring racial disparities in mortality and life expectancy among people in state prisons, United States 2000-2014. by Bryan L Sykes, Ernest K Chavez, Justin D Strong

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U.S.-UK Voting Cohesion in the United Nations General Assembly: Important Votes (2001–2019) by A. O. Mamedova

“…The article analyzes US-UK voting cohesion in the United Nations General Assembly in 2001 – 2019 based on the annual lists of important votes drawn up by the US Department of State. …”
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Impacts of drought on respiratory mortality in the upper midwest United States: a population subgroup assessment by Yeongjin Gwon, Yuanyuan Ji, Jesse D Berman, Azar M Abadi, Ronald D Leeper, Jared Rennie, Jesse E Bell

“…Despite these risks, there remains a notable gap in research on the health impacts of drought, particularly at the regional level within the United States. This study aims at assessing the risk of severe drought exposure to respiratory mortality in the Upper Midwest of the United States among the general population and at-risk subgroups from 2000 to 2018. …”
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Changes in public awareness of the social determinants of health over 15 years in Wisconsin, United States by Stephanie A. Robert, Amy Yinan Liu

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Study of some features of the foreign countries special police units activities by М. О. Borovyk

“…The latter involves the acquisition of knowledge of mine action, techniques for using a radio station, techniques of forced entry into the building and release of hostages, skills of extreme control and techniques of aiming fire at the vehicle, scuba diving techniques and express interrogation methods. A general description of the police functions of special police units in countries such as Poland, Germany and the United States is given. …”
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Is Securitisation a Natural and Useful Response to Existential Threats? Introducing the Idea of Peacification by Timo Kivimäki

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Comparison of Canadian versus United States Emergency Department Visits for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Exacerbation by Brian H Rowe, Rita K Cydulka, Chu-Lin Tsai, Sunday Clark, Douglas Sinclair, Carlos A Camargo

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The EU Public Diplomacy in the United States under the D. Trump Administration: Challenges, Key Projects and Outcomes by A. N. Marchukov

“…In that regard, Brussels pays special attention to ensuring trust-based relations with the United States, which traditionally acts as the EU’s leading trade and military partner. …”
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Sources of Legal Regulation of Mergers, Acquisitions, Consolidations, Joint Stock Companies in Russia and Corporations in the United States by S. E. Kuzmin

“…The article outlines general characteristics of the sources of law, regulating relations associated with mergers, consolidations, acquisitions of joint stock companies in Russia and corporations in the United States respectively in the Russian legislation and the legislation of the United States and individual States. …”
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Association of reported sleep disturbances with objectively assessed mild cognitive impairment among adults in the United States by Chan Shen, Hao Wang, Arthur Nguimatsa Djiotsop, R. Constance Wiener, Mona Pathak, Sophie Mitra, Patricia A Findley, Usha Sambamoorthi

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Practice patterns on the management of secondary hyperparathyroidism in the United States: Results from a modified Delphi panel. by David E Henner, Beatrice Drambarean, Teresa M Gerbeling, Jessica B Kendrick, William T Kendrick, Lisa Koester-Wiedemann, Thomas L Nickolas, Anjay Rastogi, Anis A Rauf, Brenda Dyson, Michael C Singer, Pooja Desai, Kathleen M Fox, Sunfa Cheng, William Goodman

“…Therefore, an expert panel defined consensus SHPT practice patterns in the United States with real-world context from the nephrology community.…”
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Divergent values and perspectives drive three distinct viewpoints on grizzly bear reintroduction in Washington, the United States by Tara S. Easter, Anna R. Santo, Abigail H. Sage, Neil H. Carter, Kai M. A. Chan, Jason I. Ransom

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Quality of Life with Late-Onset Pompe Disease: Qualitative Interviews and General Public Utility Estimation in the United Kingdom by Lena Hubig, Anna-Katrine Sussex, Alasdair MacCulloch, Derralynn Hughes, Ryan Graham, Liz Morris, Syed Raza, Andrew J. Lloyd, Amanda Sowinski, Katy Gallop

“…**Objectives:** This study aimed to develop health state vignettes and estimate health state utility values for LOPD in the United Kingdom. …”
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On the New US Military Strategy in the Arctic by Valeriy N. Konyshev, Alexander A. Sergunin

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Race, Gender, and Power : Black Women, White Women, and Racial Segregation in the Southern United States (1920-1970) by Anne Stefani

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Survey on the presence of floating microplastics, trace metals and metalloids in seawater from Southern Italy to the United States of America by Elisabetta Morici, Gaetano Cammilleri, Sergio Scirè, Francesco Paolo Bonomo, Luigi Tranchina, Francesca Terracina, Paola Galluzzo, Vincenzo Ferrantelli, Vincenzo Paolo Monteverde, Francesco Giuseppe Galluzzo, Sergio Davì, Mariano Licciardi, Salvatore Dara

“…High concentrations of Pb and Cr were recorded in the Mediterranean waters whereas high Arsenic (As) were found in the Southern coasts of United States, with values that exceeded the limits considered hazardous for aquatic life (81.55–101.12 µg/L). …”
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Promoting Internal Armed Conflict Resolution and Peacebuilding: The Case of the U.S.-Colombia Relations (Part II) by A. A. Manukhin

“…In this context the role of external sponsors of the peaceful agreement in general and the United States in particular becomes crucial. …”
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Using Facebook Ads to promote blood pressure checks among African Americans in the United States: A descriptive study by Katherine J POLAK, Jessica LC SAPP, Jennifer L SEDILLO

“…Introduction: Although hypertension is common in the United States, the African American community is disproportionately affected by high blood pressure. …”
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