General principles of combating corruption in the countries of the Visegrad Four: the experience of the Czech Republic by V. S. Makarenko, O. S. Bakumov

“…The first group includes the Police of the Czech Republic, the General Inspectorate of Security Forces, the Prosecutor's Office of the Czech Republic, and the Financial and Analytical Unit of the Ministry of Finance. …”
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Borderlands Peregrinations by Adela C. Licona

“…En este artículo se desarrolla una definición y se ofrece un uso de la retórica de las fronteras, borderlands rhetorics, en contex- tos académicos y no académicos. …”
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Ibero-American consensus statement on migraine treatment by José Miguel Láinez, Oscar Pradilla, Pablo Irimia, Fidel Sobrino, Michel Volcy, Pedro Kowaks, Ildefonso Rodríguez Leyva, Fiorella Martín, Lucía Zavala, Alex Espinoza

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Displacing the Christian Theodicy of Hell: Yi Kwangsu’s Search for the Willful Individual in Colonial Modernity by Jun-Hyeok Kwak, Mengxiao Huang

“…The Christian imaginary of hell in non-Western cultures often demarcates the question of God’s sovereignty from the sufferings of sinners in the problem of hell. …”
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Comportamiento clínico epidemiológico del trauma ocular grave según clasificación estandarizada, Cienfuegos, 2009 -2011 by Joselito Cruz Martínez, Bárbara Teresa Ríos Araujo, Liuset Damayansi Díaz Pérez, Inés Zamora Galindo

“…<strong>Fundamento</strong>: Son múltiples los tipos de urgencias atendidas en los servicios de oftalmología, pero entre ellas los traumatismos oculares constituyen una de las causas más frecuentes.…”
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Appraisals of Salient Visual Elements in Web Page Design by Johanna M. Silvennoinen, Jussi P. P. Jokinen

“…Although there is research on the relationship between emotional experience and visual user interface design, the focus has been on the overall visual impression and not on visual elements. Additionally, often in a software development process, programming and general usability guidelines are considered as the most important parts of the process. …”
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Linguagem, espaço e nação: um mapeamento das identidades multigeográficas do protagonista imigrante by Cecily Raynor

“…Specifically, I argue thatcontemporary migration-themed novels challenge, stretch and/or interruptnarrative time-space cohesion by obscuring, often gradually, the boundaries between the national and transnational. …”
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Spatial distribution and influencing factors of secondhand smoke exposure in Chinese healthcare facilities: a cross-sectional survey by Ying LIU, Xinying ZENG, Lin XIAO, Shiwei LIU

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Asenet se drievoudige transformasie. Vergelykende momente in die apokriewe verhaal "Josef en Asenet" en die Pauliniese corpus by J. A. du Rand

“…This threefold transformation can be compared to the Pauline metaphor of “putting off” and “putting on” (of clothing) in Colosians 3:9-10. …”
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Combination Treatment of Perioperative Rehabilitation and Psychoeducation Undergoing Thoracic Surgery by Kazuhiro Hayashi, Takayuki Inoue, Motoki Nagaya, Satoru Ito, Hiroki Nakajima, Keiko Hattori, Izumi Kadono, Kohei Yokoi, Yoshihiro Nishida

“…However, there have been few reports on cases at high risk of postoperative complications. Cancer patients often have negative automatic thoughts about illness, and these negative automatic thoughts are associated with reduced health behavior and physical activity. …”
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Outcomes and Complications of Minimally Invasive Glaucoma Surgeries (MIGS) in Primary Angle Closure and Primary Angle Closure Glaucoma: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Paik B, Chua CH, Yip LW, Yip VC

“…Benjamin Paik,1 Chun Hau Chua,2 Leonard W Yip,1,2 Vivien CH Yip1,2 1Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore; 2Department of Ophthalmology, National Healthcare Group Eye Institute, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, SingaporeCorrespondence: Vivien CH Yip, TTSH Medical Centre, 11 Jalan Tan Tock Seng, Level 1, Singapore, 308433, Singapore, Email vyip82@yahoo.co.ukTopic: To analyse the safety and efficacy of minimally invasive glaucoma surgeries (MIGS) in lowering IOP and medication burden in primary angle closure (PAC) or primary angle closure glaucoma (PACG).Clinical Relevance: MIGS is off-label in angle closure, as implantation of the device is difficult when there is iridotrabecular contact. …”
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Hydrogel-Based Innovations in Carpal Tunnel Syndrome: Bridging Pathophysiological Complexities and Translational Therapeutic Gaps by Venera Cristina Dinescu, Liviu Martin, Marius Bica, Ramona Constantina Vasile, Andrei Gresita, Marius Bunescu, Mihai Andrei Ruscu, Madalina Aldea, Alexandra Daniela Rotaru-Zavaleanu

“…Addressing these gaps could unlock the full potential of hydrogel-based interventions, which offer minimally invasive, customizable solutions that could improve long-term outcomes and reduce recurrence rates. …”
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Une éducation à l’olympisme est-elle possible ? by Christophe Maillard, Éric Monnin

“…It would also allow to offer a look distanced on a widely celebrated and mediatized international event, which joins in a trade and social logic. …”
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THE PHENOMENON OF CRYPTOCURRENCY FROM DIVERSE PERSPECTIVES by Živilė Nemickienė

“…The crypto industry matured at an incredible pace offers this possibility and firmly takes roots in a global society. …”
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Primary Carcinoma in the Fallopian Tube: A Two Cases Report by Myriam García Tirada, Mario Joel Arroyo Díaz, Luis Enrique Pompa Montes de Oca, Ramón Portales Pérez, María Victoria López Soto

“…Its clinical and histological behavior is often similar to that of an ovarian cancer. In literature there are reports on the association between ovarian and endometrial cancer. …”
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Defining indicators for disease burden, health outcomes, policies and barriers and facilitators to health services for migrant populations in the Middle East and North African regi... by Charles Agyemang, Ali Ardalan, Farah Seedat, Bouchra Assarag, Nuria Casamitjana, Kolitha Wickramage, Sally Hargreaves, Ana Requena-Mendez, Fouad M Fouad, Dominik Zenner, Anna Deal, Stella Evangelidou, Wafa Saidi, Chiaki Ito, Oumnia Bouaddi, Moudrick Abdellatifi, Alba Cuxart-Graell, Hassan Edries, Eman Elafef, Taha Maatoug, Anissa Ouahchi, Liv Mathilde Pampiri, Sara Arias, Adel Abdelkhalek, Ahmed Hamed Arisha, Ibrahim Ahmed Bani, Aasmaa Chaoui, Wafa Chemao-Elfihri, Kenza Hassouni, Mahmoud Hilali, Mohamed Khalis, Wejdene Mansour, Ali Mtiraoui, MENA Migrant Health Working Group, Asad Adam, Adnene Ben Haj Aissa, Salma Altyib, Hanen Ben Belgacem, Imane Belkhammar, Thomas Calvot, Luciana Ceretti, Nelly Chavassieux, Hassan Chrifi, Mohamed Douagi, Algdail Elnil, Gonzalo Fanjul, Ahmed Hamed, Abdedayem Khelifi, Lora Makhlouf, Maissa Mokni, Davide Olchini, Tarik Oufkir, Nasong Park, Giuseppe Raffa, Sandra Santafé, Alice Sironi, Fatma Temimi, Zeineb Turki

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Oxidative and Antioxidative Stress Status in Children with Inflammatory Bowel Disease as a Result of a Chronic Inflammatory Process by Urszula Grzybowska-Chlebowczyk, Paulina Wysocka-Wojakiewicz, Martyna Jasielska, Bożena Cukrowska, Sabina Więcek, Maria Kniażewska, Jerzy Chudek

“…In the IBD group, more often, higher concentrations of anti-oxLDL were recorded among patients with longer-duration disease. …”
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Scoping review of climate drivers on maternal health: current evidence and clinical implicationsAJOG Global Reports at a Glance by Claire Masters, MHP, Chuhan Wu, MS, Dara Gleeson, MPH, Michaela Serafica, RN, MSN, Jordan L. Thomas, PhD, Jeannette R. Ickovics, PhD

“…Driven in part by large (often population-based) studies and objective outcomes from surveillance data or medical record reviews, studies in this scoping review were evaluated as high quality (scoring 7-9 on the Newcastle-Ottawa Scale). …”
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Beyond the “I” in the Obesity Epidemic: A Review of Social Relational and Network Interventions on Obesity by Janette S. Leroux, Spencer Moore, Laurette Dubé

“…Findings suggested that (1) social support was most often targeted; (2) few interventions were beyond the individual level; (3) most interventions were framed on behaviour change theories; and (4) the social relational component tended to be conceptually ancillary to the intervention. …”
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A Rare Case of Tracheal Schwannoma Successfully Treated With Endoscopic Resection and Cryoablation Under Rigid Bronchoscopy by Ming Chiu Chan, Cheuk Cheung Derek Leung, Yu Hong Chan, Man Ying Ho, Chun Hoi Chen, Ching Man Ngai, Hiu Ching Christy Chan, Yiu Cheong Yeung

“…Tracheal schwannomas are exceedingly rare, often resulting in delayed diagnosis. Clinicians should maintain a high suspicion of tracheal tumors in patients with unexplained respiratory symptoms. …”
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