General practitioners’ clinical decision-making in patients that could have cancer: a vignette study comparing the Baltic states with four Nordic countries by Alexander Rosendahl, Anet Vanaveski, Liina Pilv-Toom, Jānis Blumfelds, Vija Siliņa, Mette Brekke, Tuomas Koskela, Aurimas Rapalavičius, Hans Thulesius, Peter Vedsted, Michael Harris

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Hand hygiene adherence in intensive care units: comparison before and during the COVID-19 pandemic in a municipality of São Paulo state by Vanessa Aparecida Vilas-Boas, Pedro Antonio Teodoro de Moraes, Marcela Grispino Vieira Torres de Lolo, Edinêis de Brito Guirardello, Maria Isabel Pedreira de Freitas

“…Methods: Analytical retrospective study using indirect documentation, with data obtained from a notification spreadsheet for epidemiological indicators of healthcare-associated infection in the state. Data on monthly alcohol-based sanitizer use were collected from the intensive care units of public and private general hospitals of the municipality. …”
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Research of temperature deformations of selflubricating tapered bearings of low-consumption rotor units by N. A. Raykovskiy, V. L. Yusha, A. V. Tretyakov, V. A. Zakharov, K. I. Kuznetsov

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The Public Health Service “Increased Risk” 2020 Policy Change Has not Improved Organ Utilization in the United States: A Nationwide Cohort Study by Dane C. Paneitz, MD, MPH, Stanley B. Wolfe, MD, MPH, Duc Giao, BA, Shannon N. Tessier, PhD, Leigh Anne Dageforde, MD, MPH, Nahel Elias, MD, Seyed Alireza Rabi, MD, PHD, Eriberto Michel, MD, David A. D’Alessandro, MD, Asishana A. Osho, MD, MPH

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One-year Prevalence, Comorbidities, and Cost of Hospitalizations for Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency among Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease in the United States by Christopher M. Blanchette, Emily Zacherle, Joshua M. Noone, Bryce A. Van Doren, Debosree Roy, Reuben Howden

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Consumer Products Nerve Injuries Among Patients Products Presenting to United States Emergency Departments Between 2012 and 2021: A Nationwide Cohort by Ganga A, Mukhdomi T, Kim EJ, Ly E, Patel Y, Dankievitch KN, Kendall MC

“…We investigated the incidence of consumer product-related nerve injuries (CPNIs) in patients who presented to the ED in the United States.Materials and Methods: The National Electronic Injury Surveillance System was queried to identify patients presenting to US EDs between 2012 and 2021 with CPNIs. …”
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UN SECRETARY-GENERAL NORMATIVE CAPABILITY TO INFLUENCE THE SECURITY COUNCIL DECISION-MAKING PROCESS by D. G. Novik, V. A. Plotnikov

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Promoting Internal Armed Conflict Resolution and Peacebuilding: The Case of the US–Colombia Relations (Part I) by A. A. Manukhin

“…The paper covers a relatively long period — from mid-1960s to the end of 2000s — and examines the key stages and areas of the United States-Colombia cooperation aimed at the cessation of hostilities in the latter. …”
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Trends in depressive symptoms among high school students with and without health-risk behaviors in the United States: A population-based studyResearch in context by Tanner J. Bommersbach, Mark Olfson, Taeho Greg Rhee

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Behavioral risk factors and socioeconomic inequalities in ischemic heart disease mortality in the United States: A causal mediation analysis using record linkage data. by Yachen Zhu, Laura Llamosas-Falcón, William C Kerr, Jürgen Rehm, Charlotte Probst

“…<h4>Background</h4>Ischemic heart disease (IHD) is a major cause of death in the United States (US), with marked mortality inequalities. …”
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The effect of healthy eating index-2015 in the associations of biological aging and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease: an interaction and mediation analysis by Xiang Zhang, Zhijie Ding, Yong Yan, Weiming Yang, Xiaoming Ai, Yongping Zhou

“…Abstract Background The present study explored the association between biological aging (BA), healthy eating index-2015 (HEI-2015) and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) in the general population of the United States. Methods We used data from the NHANES database between 2017–2018 years to conduct the study. …”
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Transatlantic links and BRICS: prospects of strategic co-existence by E. R. Voronin

“…Considering the commitment of the countries of the BRICS the norms and principles of international law, the author believes that the central place in the agenda of their relations with the United States and the West in general can take the task of expanding the legal framework of relations between them, the further development of the practice of the decision of the international problems solely on a legal basis.…”
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Organizational structure of a state agency: concept, typology and directions of application to the system of the National Police of Ukraine by K. L. Buhaichuk

“…The author of the paper has analyzed the general theoretical approaches to determining the content and characteristics of the organizational structures of state agencies; has formulated the key principles for the formation of organizational structures. …”
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Predictors of Colorectal Cancer Screening and Screening Modalities among Patients seen at Federally Qualified Health Centers Funded by the United States Health Resources and Servic... by Megan R.M. Aaronson, Nadereh Pourat, Connie Lu, Jayraan Badiee, Helen Yu-Lefler, Benjamin Picillo, Hank Hoang, Folasade P. May

“…Introduction: Federally qualified health centers provide primary care services to millions of low-income patients in the United States who face challenges accessing colorectal cancer (CRC) screening. …”
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«No news on it and haven’t written...»: the sources of personal origin about the fate of the immigrant Nikolay N. Artamonov, Jr. by D. I. Petin

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Evolution of U.S. Policy Approaches to Ensuring Cybersecurity and Defense of Critical Information Infrastructure by M. V. Smekalova

“…In the early 2000s, challenges and threats emanating from the cyberspace were prioritized by leading world powers. The United States were among the first to elaborate legal framework for cyberpolicy aiming at providing national security after terrorist attacks of 2001. …”
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Much Lower Prevalence and Mortality of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease in Japan Than in the United States Despite Higher Smoking Rates: A Meta-Analysis/Systematic Review by Akira Sekikawa, Mengyi Li, Niva Joshi, Brandon Herbert, Curtis Tilves, Chendi Cui, Shiyao Gao, Yuefang Chang, Yasutaka Nakano, Frank C Sciurba

“…Background: A recent systematic review showed Japan’s mortality from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is the lowest among 204 countries, despite notably higher smoking rates in men in Japan than in the United States. This study aims to compare (1) trends in smoking rates, (2) trends in COPD mortality, and (3) the spirometry-based COPD prevalence in the general adult population between Japan and the United States. …”
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Impact of the Timing of Enzyme Replacement Therapy Initiation and Cognitive Impairment Status on Outcomes for Patients with Mucopolysaccharidosis II (MPS II) in the United States:... by Karen S. Yee, David Alexanderian, Yidie Feng, Xiaowei Ren, Bernd Schweikert, Olulade Ayodele

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Network inference with hidden units by Joanna Tyrcha, John Hertz

“…We derive a mean field theory, based on a factorized ansatz for the distribution of hidden-unit states, which offers an attractive alternative for large systems. …”
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Daily sodium intake and constipation in US adult males: an uncommon negative association revealed by national health and nutrition examination survey data from the United States (2... by Xue-Feng Peng, Hua Yang, Wen-Xing Chen, Miao Yu, Deng-Chao Wang

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