Imperatives of Strengthening Governance in the World Bank’s Engagement in Iraq, 2014–2018 by A. I. Solomatin

“…The crisis in the Arab world provoked an unprecedented strengthening of the Salafi jihadist groups, in particular, the notorious Islamic State in Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS). In 2014 ISIS took over large swathes of territory in war-torn Syria and Iraq, which had gone through a complex and extremely risky process of nation-building after overthrow of Saddam Hussein’s regime. …”
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KGB Struggle with Antisoviet Manifestation in Lithuania and Abroad: People's Discreditation by Kristina Burinskaitė

“…In Soviet Lithuania, the discreditable information is related to the person's past, his activity in independent Lithuania, during the first Soviet and Nazi occupation, and after the war period. …”
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The German Days of Dora Pejačević by Domagoj Marić

“…The second occasion was due to her permanent move immediately after her marriage to the Austrian nobleman Ottomar von Lumbe. There is a whole series of questions about the time that Dora Pejačević spent in Germany – in the first place, why did she choose those two German cities, and not, for example, Vienna, Budapest, or Prague? …”
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International development cooperation and political risks for transnational business: Linking research topics by V. I. Bartenev

“…Despite political risks had initially been associated with developing countries (and transition economies — after the Cold War), two distinctive research clusters have developed separately from one another — quite inexplicably. …”
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Polyethylene microplastic exposure adversely affects oocyte quality in human and mouse by Qiaoling Wang, Fengli Chi, Yingdong Liu, Qiurong Chang, Siyu Chen, Pengcheng Kong, Wanli Yang, Wenqiang Liu, Xiaoming Teng, Yan Zhao, Yi Guo

“…RNA sequencing indicated significant upregulation of inflammation-related genes (Il10ra, Il1a, Il33, Tnfaip8l2, and Tnfrsf1b) in the PE-exposed group. …”
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The effect of prone positioning on maternal haemodynamics and fetal wellbeing in the third trimester-A primary cohort study with a scoping review. by Laura Ormesher, Jessica Catchpole, Linda Peacock, Heather Pitt, Anastasia Fabian-Hunt, Dexter Hayes, Claudia Popp, Jason M Carson, Raoul van Loon, Lynne Warrander, Karli Büchling, Alexander E P Heazell

“…However, the TVR remained relatively consistent, which implies that the MAP and CO decrease at a similar rate when occlusion occurs. …”
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Inhibition of MEK1 Signaling Pathway in the Liver Ameliorates Insulin Resistance by Atsunori Ueyama, Nobuhiro Ban, Masanori Fukazawa, Tohru Hirayama, Minako Takeda, Tatsuo Yata, Hiroyasu Muramatsu, Masaki Hoshino, Marii Yamamoto, Masao Matsuo, Yuka Kawashima, Tatsuhiko Iwase, Takehisa Kitazawa, Youichi Kushima, Yuichiro Yamada, Yoshiki Kawabe

“…Although mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase (MEK) is a key signaling molecule and a negative regulator of insulin action, it is still uncertain whether MEK can be a therapeutic target for amelioration of insulin resistance (IR) in type 2 diabetes (T2D) in vivo. …”
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The Concept of Sovereignty in the US International Studies at the Turn of the 21st Century by A. D. Katkov

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Intermittent Preventive Treatment of Malaria in Pregnancy: Assessment of the Sulfadoxine-Pyrimethamine Three-Dose Policy on Birth Outcomes in Rural Northern Ghana by Francis Anto, Ibrahim Haruna Agongo, Victor Asoala, Elizabeth Awini, Abraham Rexford Oduro

“…This study determined the level of uptake of SP and its association with birth outcomes in rural northern Ghana. Methods. A survey was carried out at the War Memorial Hospital in Navrongo, Ghana, among mothers who had delivered within ten weeks and were seeking postnatal care. …”
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Anti-constitutional activities and cover organisations of national-socialist movement in Klaipėda region in 1935-1937 by Mindaugas Valiukevičius

“…All undercover activities of these organizations had been fine-tuned by a special A. Hitler's directive for Klaipėda region issued in the end of November 1935. …”
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Dyskryminacja dzieci pozamałżeńskich w ustawodawstwie cywilnym w Drugiej Rzeczypospolitej i próby jej przezwyciężenia w projektach kodyfikacyjnych by Leonard Górnicki

“…He then moves on to the work of overcoming discrimination against extramarital children in the Codification Commission of the Republic of Poland, analyzing the original drafts prepared by Stanisław Gołąb (1934) and the drafts by the Subcommittee of the law on kinship and guardianship relations of the Codification Commission based on them. …”
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Acceptability and Preliminary Effects of Intensive Brief Trauma-Focused PTSD Treatment for Refugees by Petter Tinghög, Lina Vågbratt, Julia Jennstål, Maria Bragesjö, Niklas Möller

“…Conclusions: The results suggest that this brief and massed treatment program for refugees with PTSD is a well-received and preliminary effective treatment option. …”
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Learning interventions and training methods in health emergencies: A scoping review. by Heini Utunen, Giselle Balaciano, Elham Arabi, Anna Tokar, Aphaluck Bhatiasevi, Jane Noyes

“…<h4>Methods</h4>We conducted a scoping review to map and better understand what learning interventions and training methods have been used in different types of health emergencies and by whom. …”
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Dinámica del crecimiento de una pastura de agropiro alargado de acuerdo con la época de fertilización nitrogenada by R. FERNÁNDEZ GRECCO

“…En la EEA INTA Balcarce se llevaron a cabo dos ensayos sobre una pastura de agropiro alargado con el objetivo de evaluar el efecto de la fertilización nitrogenada sobre la dinámica del crecimiento y la acu- mulación de forraje durante dos épocas del año: otoño-invierno y primavera. …”
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Prevalence of nutritional anemia and its risk factors in children under five in the Gaza Strip by Abdel Hamid El Bilbeisi, Abdel Hamid El Bilbeisi

“…BackgroundThe present study aimed to determine the prevalence of anemia and its associated risk factors among under-five children aged 24–59 months in Gaza Strip, Palestine.MethodThis cross-sectional study was conducted in 2023 before Gaza war, among a representative sample of under-five children. …”
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Russia of PeterI: Gaining Great Power Status by P. A. Krotov

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Russian Science Foundation grant No. 20-14-00140 supported this study. The authors are thankful to the multi-access Center “Bioinformatics” for the use of computational resources a... by O. V. Vishnevsky, I. V. Chadaeva, E. B. Sharypova, B. M. Khandaev, K. A. Zolotareva, A. V. Kazachek, P. M. Ponomarenko, N. L. Podkolodny, D. A. Rasskazov, E. V. Zemlyanskaya, A. G. Bogomolov, O. A. Podkolodnaya, L. K. Savinkova, M. P. Ponomarenko

“…Accordingly, in this paper, albumin, globulin, and β­amylase of common wheat Triticum aestivum L. (1753) are analyzed, which have been identified earlier as targets for attacks by human class E immunoglobulins. At the genomic level, we wanted to find signs of past negative selection against the allergenicity of these three proteins (albumin, globulin, and β­amylase) during the domestication of ancestral forms of modern food plants. …”
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The Millenium of Lithuania: Two Eliminated Alternatives by Alfredas Bumblauskas

“…At the same time, attention is drawn to the fact that rejection of both the Constitution of Third May and Paul Hymans' second project had a tragic outcome - the historical alternatives that triumphed led to the destruction of both the Grand Duchy of Lithuania in 1795 and the Republic of Lithuania in 1940.   …”
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LIČANI U "VELIKOM RATU" Zimska bitka za Karpate, siječanj – travanj 1915. by NIKOLA TOMINAC

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Exploring the relationship between sepsis and Golgi apparatus dysfunction: bioinformatics insights and diagnostic marker discovery by Wanli Ma, Xinyi Liu, Ran Yu, Jiannan Song, Lina Hou, Ying Guo, Hongwei Wu, Dandan Feng, Qi Zhou, Haibo Li

“…A diagnostic model constructed using five pivotal genes (B3GNT5, FUT11, MAN1C1, ST6GAL1, and C1GALT1C1) exhibited predictive accuracy, with AUC values exceeding 0.96 for all genes. …”
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