“The state has a debt to us, it ended our dreams, our life projects”: Reconstructing life projects after torture by Anne Sønneland

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Political Cataclysms at the Start of the Century and the Future of the International Relations System by A. V. Korobkov

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Problems of legal regulation of start-ups in Ukraine by I. V. Lysenko, А. M. Lysenko, L. V. Perevalova

“…The term “start-up” is defined as a business entity registered in accordance with the procedure established by law that offers a competitive innovative service or product, a newly developed or improved technology that will improve a certain area of human activity, but has limited resources. …”
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Medical staff planning for field hospital deployments: the START hospital by F. Javier Martin-Campo, M. Teresa Ortuño, Berta Ruiz-Gonzalez

“…Findings – The model has been validated using data from the operation in a case study of the deployment of the Spanish START hospital in Turkey 2023, demonstrating the practical utility of the model in similar operations. …”
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Economic analysis of hemodialysis and urgent-start peritoneal dialysis therapies by Alexandre Minetto Brabo, Dayana Bitencourt Dias, Everton Nunes da Silva, Daniela Ponce

“…Abstract Introduction: Unplanned initiation of renal replacement therapy (RRT) in chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients is a common situation worldwide. In this scenario, peritoneal dialysis (PD) has emerged as a therapeutic option compared to hemodialysis (HD). …”
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The Impact of Uncertainty on Pedestrians’ Decision to Start Roadway Crossing during the Clearance Phase by Milan Simeunović, Andrijana Jović, Pavle Pitka, Mladen Dobrić

“…However, there is the issue of pedestrian decision as to whether to cross if they arrive at the crosswalk during the clearance phase, which represents a violation in many countries. Due to the proof that pedestrian violations multiply the risk of traffic accidents, in this study, the tendency of pedestrians to commit violations during the clearance time has been researched. …”
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Providing an entrepreneurial marketing model based on teamwork with an emphasis on start-up companies by Parastoo Bafghi, Mahmoud Ahmadi Sharif, Sina Nematizadeh

“…Entrepreneurship has a meaning beyond the creation of work and employment. …”
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Four Years of Tariff War and Two Years of Phase-One Agreement Between the U. S. and China — Has it Worked for the U. S.? by Berend Diekmann, Michael Kilpper

“…Abstract Four years after the Sino-American tariff war started and two years after the “Phase-One” deal was signed, it is a good time to take stock of the outcomes for the U. …”
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CONTROVERSIAL ISSUES REGARDING THE EXTENSION OF THE “NEW START” TREATY: CAN THE USA AND RUSSIA PRESERVE EXISTING STRATEGIC ARMS CONTROL? by Marina Kostic

“…Treaty between the United States of America and the Russian Federation on measures for further reduction and limitation of strategic offensive arms (“New START”) is the last pillar of the arms control regime on which the end of the Cold War and the new world order rested. …”
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Treating TNF Receptor Associated Periodic Fever Syndrome in End-Stage Renal Failure by J. Coutinho, R. S. Chorão, M. Oliveira, C. R. Santos

“…He was started on anakinra while on hemodialysis with marked reduction of his serum amyloid A protein (SAA) levels. …”
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A Case Report of Membranoproliferative Glomerulonephritis: Infection‐Related or Immune‐Related? by Ayman Azhary, Mohammed Taha, Nooh Mohamed Hajhamed, Salahaldeen Ismail Mohammed, Nouh Saad Mohamed, Waleed Azhary Sir Alkhatim

“…ABSTRACT Membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis (MPGN) has previously been used as an umbrella term to describe a spectrum of hypocomplementemic glomerular diseases, which are rare causes of end stage kidney disease (ESKD). …”
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‘If Ya Wanna End War and Stuff, You Gotta Sing Loud’—A Survey of the Provisional Agreement between FARC and Colombia on Illicit Drugs by Francesco Seatzu

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‘Two in One’ Cloning Vector Applied for Blunt-End and T-A Cloning with One-Step Digestion–Ligation and Screening of Positive Recombinants by Unaided Eyes by Xingli Zhang, Chong Teng, Kaidi Lyu, Shanhua Lyu, Yinglun Fan

“…Here, a novel cloning vector, pYFRed, which is based on the pUC19 backbone, has emerged and can be applied in both blunt-end and T-A cloning. …”
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Perfusate Liver Arginase 1 Levels After End-Ischemic Machine Perfusion Are Associated with Early Allograft Dysfunction by Giuseppina Basta, Serena Babboni, Daniele Pezzati, Serena Del Turco, Emanuele Balzano, Gabriele Catalano, Lara Russo, Giovanni Tincani, Paola Carrai, Stefania Petruccelli, Jessica Bronzoni, Caterina Martinelli, Simona Palladino, Arianna Trizzino, Lorenzo Petagna, Renato Romagnoli, Damiano Patrono, Giandomenico Biancofiore, Adriano Peris, Chiara Lazzeri, Davide Ghinolfi

“…Receiver operating characteristic analysis indicated that ARG-1 at the end of MP had a good predictive accuracy for EAD (AUC = 0.713; <i>p</i> = 0.02). …”
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Political and Institutional Approaches to Advancing International Religious Freedom in the U.S. Foreign Policy in 1998–2020 by V. A. Shchipkov

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A Conditioned Exchange by Fredrik Torisson

“…This relationship can be discussed in terms of a different kind of conditioning that has less to do with industrialisation, but which could, in extension, form a starting point for discussions on architecture’s role in the formation and conditioning of homo œconomicus.…”
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Cognitive prehabilitation for geriatric patients undergoing elective surgery: a PRISMA-P-compliant protocol for a systematic review by Yu He, Nianyi Sun, Wenchen Zou, Anren Zhang, Xiaochai Han, Caitao Chen

“…The planned start and end dates for the study were 1 September 2021 and 1 August 2023.Ethics and dissemination Ethical approval will not be required for this protocol. …”
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Romantic pre-wedding tourism: a lucrative market for a destination’s tourism development? The example of the Dalat climatic resort in Vietnam by Anh Thư Lê

“…To meet this demand, pre- and post-wedding destinations (the product’s start and end points, respectively), are becoming increasingly ‘romantic’ to attract this clientele. …”
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Helicobacter pylori CagA and IL-1β Promote the Epithelial-to-Mesenchymal Transition in a Nontransformed Epithelial Cell Model by Haruki Arévalo-Romero, Isaura Meza, Gabriela Vallejo-Flores, Ezequiel M. Fuentes-Pananá

“…Gastric cancer is the third cause of cancer death worldwide and infection by Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) is considered the most important risk factor, mainly by the activity of its virulence factor CagA. H. pylori/CagA-induced chronic inflammation triggers a series of gastric lesions of increased severity, starting with gastritis and ending with cancer. …”
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Study protocol for a randomised controlled trial of a care partner assisted intervention to improve oral health of individuals with mild dementia by Bei Wu, Gary Yu, Brenda L Plassman, Patricia Poole, Shahrzad Siamdoust, Melanie Bunn, Bobbi Burwell, Yaolin Pei, Christine Downey, Danni Gomes, Angela Kamer, A Leak Bryant, Ruth A Anderson

“…The study enrollment started in November 2021, and the data collection will end in Spring 2024.Ethics and dissemination The study has been approved by the Institutional Review Board of the NYU Grossman School of Medicine and Duke University, and is registered at Clinicaltrials.gov. …”
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