Measuring economic inequality: challenges, facts and assessment by M. V. Bikeeva, I. V. Moiseeva

“…The joint use of monetary and non-monetary approaches allows achieving the goal of the study – a comprehensive and objective statistical assessment of the level of economic inequality and poverty of the Russian population.Materials and methods. The information base of the study was the data of the Federal State Statistics Service, as well as materials of analytical and scientific reports “Report on inequality in the world 2018”, “Poverty and income inequality in Russia and abroad”, “Russian society after the presidential elections – 2018: a request for change”, etc. …”
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All-Russian Voting as an Institution of Democracy: Justification, Effects, Perspectives by I. V. Ignatushko

“…Weber’s theory of plebiscite democracy and the theory of social institution. The study used the method of systems analysis and general logical methods.Results and discussion. …”
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Discrediting Strategy as a Dominant of the Discursive Personality of an American Political Radio Commentator by D. Je. Gunkova

“…The radio broadcasts were devoted to the election campaign (October – November 2016) and postelection polemics (January – March 2017). …”
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The U.S. Assistance to the MENA Arab Countries under the Trump Administration: The Logic of a Diff erentiated Approach by V. I. Bartenev

“…The U.S. will not abandon this highly diff erentiated approach after the 2020 elections but the structure of assistance to the MENA region might undergo quite a dramatic transformation.…”
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Impact of short-term physical prehabilitation on psychophysiological parameters in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting by О. A. Trubnikova, I. V. Tarasova, E. G. Mos’kin, D. S. Kupriyanova, I. D. Syrova, Yu. A. Argunova, O. L. Barbarash

“…To study psychophysiological parameters in the patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) who optionally underwent a short course of physical prehabilitation (PPR).Materials and Methods. We carried out a prospective randomised study which included 97 male patients (45 to 70 years) with coronary artery disease who underwent elected CABG; 47 of them additionally underwent a 5-7-day course of aerobic physical training before the surgery. …”
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Definition of factor Xa inhibitor–related, life‐threatening gastrointestinal bleeding and guidance on when to use reversal therapy: A Delphi panel by Gregory J. Fermann, Brooks D. Cash, Nayantara Coelho‐Prabhu, Marc Maegele, Roland Bingisser, Vinay Sehgal, Alexander T. Cohen, Anna Hundt Golden, Jon Russo, Mark Price, Allen Mangel, Bruce Koch, Mary J. Christoph, Truman J. Milling Jr.

“…Abstract Objective To define and contextualize life‐threatening gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding in the setting of factor Xa (FXa) inhibitor therapy and to derive a consensus‐based, clinically oriented approach to the administration of FXa inhibitor reversal therapy. Methods We convened an expert panel of clinicians representing specialties in emergency medicine, gastroenterology, vascular medicine, and trauma surgery. …”
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Patient-reported and Clinical Outcomes following Gender-affirming Chest Surgery: A Comparison of Binary and Nonbinary Transmasculine Individuals by Cole V. Roblee, BS, Rebecca Arteaga, BA, Iulianna Taritsa, BS, Mona Ascha, MD, Joshua P. Weissman, BBA, Paige Hackenberger, MD, Megan Perez, MD, Marco Ellis, MD, Sumanas W. Jordan, MD, PhD

“…We compare patient-reported and clinical outcomes after GCS between nonbinary and binary transmasculine individuals who underwent GCS. Methods:. We performed an institutional retrospective chart review. …”
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Feasibility and Clinical Outcomes of Robot-Assisted Sacrocolpopexy Using Autologous Round Ligament Grafts: A Novel Non-Mesh Surgical Approach for Pelvic Organ Prolapse by Shinichi Togami, Takashi Ushiwaka, Nozomi Furuzono, Yusuke Kobayashi, Chikako Nagata, Mika Fukuda, Mika Mizuno, Shintaro Yanazume, Hiroaki Kobayashi

“…All patients met the inclusion criteria for symptomatic POP-Q stage II or higher and elected to undergo non-mesh RSC. The procedures were performed using the da Vinci^® Xi or the hinotori™ Surgical Robot System. …”
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Israeli Youth Pilgrimages to Poland. Rationale and Polemics by Dan Soen, Nitza Davidovich

“…In this article, the authors noted that the longstanding debate in Israeli society over the various methods for instilling the Holocaust and the journeys to Poland by adolescents expresses these three perspectives. …”
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The longitudinal impact of low-dose morphine on diurnal cortisol profiles in people with chronic breathlessness and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD): an exploratory stu... by Diana H. Ferreira, Richella Ryan, Nina Smyth, Angela Clow, David C. Currow

“…Participants in the RCT could elect to continue in a six-month blinded extension. …”
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Ekonomi politik media: analisis keberpihakan pemberitaan Sindonews pada calon presiden pasca debat 1 calon presiden by Azam Muzafarudin Arkham

“…This research uses a qualitative approach with case study methods and content analysis. Thus, this research contributes to understanding the dynamics of the political economy of the media in the context of the presidential election. …”
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A data-driven machine learning algorithm to predict the effectiveness of inulin intervention against type II diabetes by Shuheng Yang, Ralf Weiskirchen, Wenjing Zheng, Xiangxu Hu, Aibiao Zou, Zhiguo Liu, Hualin Wang

“…After screening T2DM patients, feature election was conducted using LASSO regression, and a machine learning model was developed using XGBoost. …”
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Food Access in New York City During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Social Media Monitoring Study by Leah Butz, Charles Platkin, Jonathan Chin, Juan Pablo Chavez Salas, Ellie Serres, May May Leung

“…Results from this type of research can provide information to community leaders and elected officials to better address future crises.…”
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The effects of message framing on US police chiefs’ support for interventions for opioid use disorder: a randomized survey experiment by Brandon del Pozo, Saba Rouhani, Amelia Bailey, M. H. Clark, Kaitlin F. Martins, Fatema Z. Ahmed, Danielle Atkins, Barbara Andraka-Christou

“…Methods A two-armed survey utilizing a randomized, between-subjects design tested framing-based variance in support among US chiefs of police for overdose prevention centers, syringe service programs (SSPs), Good Samaritan laws, police naloxone distribution, trustworthiness of officers in recovery from OUD, and related propositions. …”
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Perioperative Healthcare Utilization of Patients Undergoing Brostrom Repair: A Truven Marketscan Retrospective Study by Michelle M. Coleman MD, PhD, Jenny Nguyen BSc, Megan Lameka MD, Sameh A. Labib MD

“…This study could help demonstrate the economic burden placed on patients and the healthcare system with unnecessary prolonged nonoperative management of operative foot and ankle pathologies. Methods: MarketScan was queried for patients undergoing Brostrom Repair in both the inpatient and outpatient setting between January 2009 through December 2022 along with their corresponding nonsurgical encounters. …”
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Mendelian Randomization Reveals Potential Causal Relationships Between DNA Damage Repair-Related Genes and Inflammatory Bowel Disease by Zhihao Qi, Quan Li, Shuhua Yang, Chun Fu, Burong Hu

“…The GWAS summarized data for IBD and its two subtypes, Crohn’s disease (CD) and ulcerative colitis (UC), were acquired from the FinnGen study. We elected from genetic variants located within or near 2000 DDR-related genes in cis, which are closely associated with DDR-related gene changes. …”
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Analisis Sentimen Bahasa Indonesia pada Twitter Menggunakan Struktur Tree Berbasis Leksikon by Feby Tri Saputra, Yani Nurhadryani, Sony Hartono Wijaya, Defina Defina

“…The tree structure is constructed by adding words to the lexicon sentiment. The tree-based method is tested on cross-topic data such as the tweet data of the 2018 West Java Governor Election, the 2019 Presidential Election, and the COVID-19 pandemic. …”
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Editorial by Wen-Hung Liao

“…The study employs observational methods and semi-structured in-depth interviews to analyze user behavior. …”
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A feasibility study on the use of cranial nerve non-invasive neuromodulation to improve affected arm function in people in the chronic stage of a stroke by Maureen Ahiatsi, Guillaume Léonard, Eléonor Riesco, Marie-Claude Girard, Marie-Hélène Milot

“…Recruitment and drop-out rates, number of people who elected not to participate, adherence and adverse events were collected to assess feasibility. …”
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Birds of a feather? Mis- and dis-information on the social media platform X related to avian influenza by Lauren N. Cooper, Marlon I. Diaz, John J. Hanna, Zachary M. Most, Christoph U. Lehmann, Richard J. Medford

“…A large portion of the tweets contained references to a planned epidemic or “plandemic” to influence the upcoming 2024 US presidential election. These tweets were countered by a limited number of tweets discussing infection locations, case reports, and preventive measures. …”
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