Peter the Great's Venetian Policy and the Prut Campaign by A. O. Yastrebov

“…They can be interpreted as a call to Venice to recognize the intermediate results of the Northern War and as an appeal to the republic's orthodox subjects to join Russia in the impending conflict. …”
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Health Risk Assessment of Chemicals: From Bulk to Nano by Soqrat Omari Shekaftik, Jamal Biganeh, Maedeh Hosseinzadeh, Hamidreza Jafari Nodoushan, Neda Mehrparvar

“…Conducting a thorough health risk assessment helps employers recognize these dangers and implement necessary controls. …”
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Imperfect bipolarity: The ‘third power’ factor in Soviet-American relations in the nuclear field (1958–1968) by V. А. Veselov

“…On the basis of a number of historical cases, the paper demonstrates that during this period the superpowers constantly had to reckon with the ‘third power’ factor. The latter did not only influence the logic and dynamics of Soviet-American relations, but also to a large extent predetermined the direction and nature of their military development and planning. …”
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Analysis of marker substitutions in A/chicken/Astrakhan/2171-1/2020 H5N8 isolate of avian influenza virus recovered in the Astrakhan Oblast by N. G. Zinyakov, A. V. Andriyasov, Ye. V. Ovchinnikova, A. A. Kozlov, P. D. Zhestkov, D. B. Andreychuk, I. A. Chvala

“…At the end of 2020, a large-scale bird death was registered at one of the poultry farms in the Astrakhan region, the cause of which was avian influenza. Data on detection of the marker substitutions in viral proteins of avian influenza virus A/chicken/Astrakhan/2171-1/2020 isolate are presented in the paper. …”
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Care home resident identification: A comparison of address matching methods with Natural Language Processing. by Víctor Suárez-Paniagua, Arlene Casey, Charis A Marwick, Jennifer K Burton, Helen Callaby, Isobel Guthrie, Bruce Guthrie, Beatrice Alex

“…<h4>Conclusions</h4>Address-matching techniques using NLP methods can determine with reasonable accuracy if individuals live in a care home based on their GP-registered addresses. …”
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Segmentation of the iliac crest from CT-data for virtual surgical planning of facial reconstruction surgery using deep learning by Stefan Raith, Tobias Pankert, Jônatas de Souza Nascimento, Srikrishna Jaganathan, Florian Peters, Mathias Wien, Frank Hölzle, Ali Modabber

“…The geometries of the iliac crests were consistently and completely recognized on both sides without any gaps. Conclusions: The method was successfully used to extract the individual geometries of the iliac crest from CT data. …”
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Postural control patterns in gravid women-A systematic review. by Wanda Forczek-Karkosz, Agata Masłoń

“…<h4>Objectives</h4>The aim was to review the available literature on postural strategies throughout pregnancy in both static and dynamic conditions and to provide an assessment of the quality of these studies in terms of methodological issues to identify the reasons for the inconsistencies in findings between research centers.…”
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Effects of sodium polyphosphate usage on quality of chickcn salami having decreased salt levels by Servet Karaçam, Yusuf Doğruer

“…This sludy was carried out to determine the possible usage of sodium polyphosphate (STPP) to evaluate the quality problems in chicken salami in which reduced ration of NaCI was used and to determine the effects of STTP and reduced salt on the chemical, microbiological and sensorial properties. …”
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Comparative embryological study of some Jerusalem artichoke (<i>Helianthus tuberosus</i> L.) accessions with different seed-setting ability from the VIR collection by O. N. Voronova, A. A. Babro, A. V. Lyubchenko

“…That is why a detailed investigation of possible reasons for the failure of seed setting is very important for this crop.   …”
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Évaluation du développement territorial comme processus d'innovation et d'institutionnalisation : le cas du Territoire du Alto Sertão do Piauí e Pernambuco au Nordeste du Brésil... by Jean-Philippe Tonneau, Marc Piraux, Emilie Coudel, Sergio Guilherme de Azevedo

“…Territorial engineering processes must be assessed in the light of their ability to build competencies, to encourage innovation and have it recognized by the governance systems. The methods used to evaluate the experiment are then presented both qualitative and quantitative.The experiment is described in the second part of the article. …”
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Oligogenic effect is associated with the clinical heterogeneity of autosomal dominant deafness-15 by Jianyan Pan, Hua Teng, Fang Liu, Siyi Chen, Yaning Liu, Yanling Teng, Desheng Liang, Zhuo Li, Lingqian Wu

“…Abstract Autosomal dominant deafness-15 which is caused by mutation in the POU4F3 gene, has been reported with a wide degree of clinical heterogeneity, even between intrafamilial members. However, the reason is still elusive. In this study, A four-generation Chinese family with 11 patients manifesting late-onset progressive non-syndromic hearing loss was recruited. …”
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Water management for rice production: a key component of food security in East Africa by Denis Bwire, Hirotaka Saito, Roy C. Sidle, Moses Mugisha

“…Rice farming is expanding in the region, with up to 90% produced on smallholder farms using traditional flooding and rain-fed methods, vulnerable to climate change and variability. …”
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Novel Intuitionistic Fuzzy Fault Tree Analysis for Effective Infectious Medical Waste Management by Rocky Khajuria, Komal, Morteza Yazdani

“…In this case, the problem is associated with ambiguity and uncertainty due to a variety of practical and financial reasons. So, the main objective of the paper is to analyze any infectious medical waste management system under uncertainty and identification of the critical incidents of its failure. …”
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Evaluation of Wisconsin and CaPTHUS Indices Usefulness for Predicting Monoglandular and Multiglandular Disease in Patients with Primary Hyperparathyroidism through the Analysis of... by Loredana De Pasquale, Eleonora Lori, Antonio Mario Bulfamante, Giovanni Felisati, Luca Castellani, Alberto Maria Saibene

“…The main challenge for treating primary hyperparathyroidism (PHPT) is to understand if it is caused by a single adenoma (80–85% of the cases) or by a multiglandular disease (15–20%), both preoperatively and intraoperatively. For this reason, some preoperative scores were proposed in the literature, to perform focused parathyroidectomy, avoiding intraoperative parathormone assay (ioPTH). …”
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Effect of Concussion on Reaction Time and Neurocognitive Factors: Implications for Subsequent Lower Extremity Injury by Tyler Ray, Daniel Fleming, Daniel Le, Mallory Faherty, Carolyn Killelea, Jeffrey Bytomski, Tracy Ray, Larry Lemak, Corina Martinez, Michael F. Bergeron, Timothy Sell

“…# Background Recent evidence has demonstrated that athletes are at greater risk for a lower extremity injury following a return-to-sport (RTS) after sport-related concussion (SRC). …”
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Association between the triglyceride–glucose index and the risk of acute kidney injury in critically ill patients with acute pancreatitis: a retrospective study by Zheng Wang, Haoyu Zhang, Xiaozhou Xie, Jie Li, Yuchen Jia, Jiongdi Lu, Chongchong Gao, Feng Cao, Fei Li

“…Abstract Background The triglyceride–glucose (TyG) index is increasingly recognized for its ability to predict cardiovascular and metabolic risks. …”
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Magnetic Resonance Tracking of Endothelial Progenitor Cells Labeled with Alkyl-Polyethylenimine 2 kDa/Superparamagnetic Iron Oxide in a Mouse Lung Carcinoma Xenograft Model by Cong Chen, Hong Yu, Rui Xia, Lei Wang, Hua Ai, Shiyuan Liu, Zhiming Xu, Xiangsheng Xiao, Fabao Gao

“…The potential of using endothelial progenitor cells (EPCs) in novel anticancer therapy and the repair of vascular injury has been increasingly recognized. In the present study, EPCs were labeled with N-alkyl-polyethylenimine 2 kDa (PEI2k)-stabilized superparamagnetic iron oxide (SPIO) to facilitate magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of EPCs in a mouse lung carcinoma xenograft model. …”
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Perioperative SARS-CoV-2 Infection in Patients Undergoing Elective Surgery in Gynecology Clinic: Tertiary Center Experience by Gulnihal Reyhan Toptas, Eylem Unlubilgin, Tugba Kinay, Ali Riza Dogan, Mehmet Akif Akgul, Sitare Aslanova, Emel Ebru Ercan, Vakkas Korkmaz, Sezin Erturk Aksakal, Yaprak Ustun

“…RESULTS: Operations of 133 (33%) of 406 patients were canceled for various reasons. 275 patients were operated on. Preoperatively three patients were diagnosed with COVID-19. …”
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Ergonomics Status of Indonesian Forestry Workers: Physical-Mental-Social Fatigue, Job Satisfaction, Concept of Hazards, and Concept of Accident Cost by Efi Yuliati Yovi

“…The general characteristics of the respondents were having: (1) limited financial capacity, (2) inadequate knowledge to recognize various potential hazards sources at work, and (3) inappropriate understanding of the concept of accident costs. …”
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Diagnostics and treatment of exocrine pancreatic insufficiency: clinical guidelines of the Russian gastroenterological Association by V. T. Ivashkin, I. V. Mayev, A. V. Okhlobystin, S. A. Alekseyenko, Ye. V. Beloborodova, Yu. A. Kucheryavy, T. L. Lapina, A. S. Trukhmanov, I. B. Khlynov, M. V. Chikunova, A. A. Sheptulin, O. S. Shifrin

“…Patient should intake at least normal daily amount of fat and divide daily ration to at least six meals. Patients should be motivated to restrain from alcohol consumption and smoking as they can lead to further progression of pancreatic exocrine insufficiency and symptoms of pancreatitis.…”
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